These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-15,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Night Owls, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
answers in about 3 days.

For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

* Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Opening Lines of Novels

We'll give you the opening lines of a novel; you give us the title.

1. The Salinas Valley is in Northern California.

2. The great fish moved silently through the night water.

3. I WILL NOT:
Drink more than fourteen alcohol units a week.

4. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking
thirteen.

5. All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy
in its own way.

6. When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly
broken at the elbow.

7. The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at
three o'clock in the morning.

8. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

9. Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing
a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

10. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud
to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

* Game 10, Round 8 - Science - Space Probes

This round is about exploring strange new worlds, and boldly going
where no man (or no one) has gone before. That is, it's about
unmanned space probes.

Note: In cases where the answer includes a name and a number,
the name alone will suffice. But if you give the number then it
must be correct for full points.

1. What was the name of the first rover on Mars?

2. Name one of the """two rovers that are now still active on
Mars""".

3. Launched in 1977, flying by Jupiter in 1979, and flying by Saturn
in 1980, this probe is """now""" the furthest man-made object in
the universe; three times more distant than Pluto. What is the
name of this probe? Hint: think of the first "Star Trek" movie.

4. Launched in 2004, Messenger was the first spacecraft to orbit
(rather than just fly by) which planet?

5. A probe launched in 1965 by the Soviets was the first spacecraft
to land on another planet, in the following year. Or to be
precise, communications were lost in the final moments of its
descent, so we don't actually know whether it was still intact
when it reached the surface. But which alien planet received
this Soviet space junk in 1966?

6. In 1970 -- the year after Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon --
the Soviets deployed the first extraterrestrial robotic rover,
also on the Moon. Name *either* the rover or the spacecraft
that delivered it.

7. The Huygens space probe landed in January of 2005 on Titan,
and """is""" currently furthest from Earth of all landed probes.
Titan is a moon of what planet?

8. The Huygens lander probe was launched together with another
probe, which is """now""" orbiting <answer 7>. What is the
name of Huygens' orbiting partner?

9. When launched in 2006, this was intended to be the first probe
to fly by the planet Pluto. It is """now""" expected to
arrive at the dwarf planet Pluto on 2015-07-14. What is the
probe called?

10. What country was the third -- after the USSR and the US --
to launch an interplanetary probe? The probe, launched in 1985,
flew by Halley's comet.

--
Mark Brader | "[These] articles should be self-explanatory.
Toronto | If they *don't* explain themselves,
msb@vex.net | you'll have to read them." -- Michael Wares

My text in this article is in the public domain.

On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 1:07:49 AM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:

> * Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Opening Lines of Novels
>
> We'll give you the opening lines of a novel; you give us the title.
>
> 1. The Salinas Valley is in Northern California.

"East of Eden"
> 2. The great fish moved silently through the night water.

"Jaws"

> 3. I WILL NOT:
> Drink more than fourteen alcohol units a week.

"Bridget Jones' Diary"

> 4. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking
> thirteen.

"1984"

> 5. All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy
> in its own way.

"Anna Karenina"

> 6. When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly
> broken at the elbow.

"To Kill a Mockingbird"

> 8. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
> possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

"Pride and Prejudice"
> 9. Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing
> a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

"Ulysses"

> 10. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud
> to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

> * Game 10, Round 8 - Science - Space Probes
>
> This round is about exploring strange new worlds, and boldly going
> where no man (or no one) has gone before. That is, it's about
> unmanned space probes.
>
> Note: In cases where the answer includes a name and a number,
> the name alone will suffice. But if you give the number then it
> must be correct for full points.
>
> 3. Launched in 1977, flying by Jupiter in 1979, and flying by Saturn
> in 1980, this probe is """now""" the furthest man-made object in
> the universe; three times more distant than Pluto. What is the
> name of this probe? Hint: think of the first "Star Trek" movie.

Voyager

> 4. Launched in 2004, Messenger was the first spacecraft to orbit
> (rather than just fly by) which planet?

Uranus

> 5. A probe launched in 1965 by the Soviets was the first spacecraft
> to land on another planet, in the following year. Or to be
> precise, communications were lost in the final moments of its
> descent, so we don't actually know whether it was still intact
> when it reached the surface. But which alien planet received
> this Soviet space junk in 1966?

Venus

> 7. The Huygens space probe landed in January of 2005 on Titan,
> and """is""" currently furthest from Earth of all landed probes.
> Titan is a moon of what planet?

Saturn
> 9. When launched in 2006, this was intended to be the first probe
> to fly by the planet Pluto. It is """now""" expected to
> arrive at the dwarf planet Pluto on 2015-07-14. What is the
> probe called?

New Horizons
> 10. What country was the third -- after the USSR and the US --
> to launch an interplanetary probe? The probe, launched in 1985,
> flew by Halley's comet.

Japan; China

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Opening Lines of Novels

> 1. The Salinas Valley is in Northern California.

Cannery Row

> 2. The great fish moved silently through the night water.

Jaws

> 3. I WILL NOT:
> Drink more than fourteen alcohol units a week.

Bridget Jones' Diary

> 4. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking
> thirteen.

1984

> 5. All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy
> in its own way.

Anna Karenina

> 6. When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly
> broken at the elbow.

To Kill a Mockingbird

> 7. The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at
> three o'clock in the morning.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

> 8. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
> possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Pride and Prejudice

> 9. Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing
> a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

Ulysses

> 10. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud
> to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

> * Game 10, Round 8 - Science - Space Probes

> 1. What was the name of the first rover on Mars?

Pathfinder

> 2. Name one of the """two rovers that are now still active on
> Mars""".

Spirit

> 3. Launched in 1977, flying by Jupiter in 1979, and flying by Saturn
> in 1980, this probe is """now""" the furthest man-made object in
> the universe; three times more distant than Pluto. What is the
> name of this probe? Hint: think of the first "Star Trek" movie.

Voyager

> 4. Launched in 2004, Messenger was the first spacecraft to orbit
> (rather than just fly by) which planet?

Mercury

> 5. A probe launched in 1965 by the Soviets was the first spacecraft
> to land on another planet, in the following year. Or to be
> precise, communications were lost in the final moments of its
> descent, so we don't actually know whether it was still intact
> when it reached the surface. But which alien planet received
> this Soviet space junk in 1966?

Venus

> 6. In 1970 -- the year after Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon --
> the Soviets deployed the first extraterrestrial robotic rover,
> also on the Moon. Name *either* the rover or the spacecraft
> that delivered it.

Soyuz

> 7. The Huygens space probe landed in January of 2005 on Titan,
> and """is""" currently furthest from Earth of all landed probes.
> Titan is a moon of what planet?

Saturn

> 8. The Huygens lander probe was launched together with another
> probe, which is """now""" orbiting <answer 7>. What is the
> name of Huygens' orbiting partner?

Cassini

> 9. When launched in 2006, this was intended to be the first probe
> to fly by the planet Pluto. It is """now""" expected to
> arrive at the dwarf planet Pluto on 2015-07-14. What is the
> probe called?

New Horizons

> 10. What country was the third -- after the USSR and the US --
> to launch an interplanetary probe? The probe, launched in 1985,
> flew by Halley's comet.

China

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Opening Lines of Novels
>
> 4. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking
> thirteen.

1984
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Science - Space Probes
>
> 3. Launched in 1977, flying by Jupiter in 1979, and flying by Saturn
> in 1980, this probe is """now""" the furthest man-made object in
> the universe; three times more distant than Pluto. What is the
> name of this probe? Hint: think of the first "Star Trek" movie.

Pioneer
> 5. A probe launched in 1965 by the Soviets was the first spacecraft
> to land on another planet, in the following year. Or to be
> precise, communications were lost in the final moments of its
> descent, so we don't actually know whether it was still intact
> when it reached the surface. But which alien planet received
> this Soviet space junk in 1966?

Venus
> 7. The Huygens space probe landed in January of 2005 on Titan,
> and """is""" currently furthest from Earth of all landed probes.
> Titan is a moon of what planet?

Saturn

> 10. What country was the third -- after the USSR and the US --
> to launch an interplanetary probe? The probe, launched in 1985,
> flew by Halley's comet.

China

Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-15,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Night Owls, but have been reformatted and may
> have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
> answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Opening Lines of Novels
>
> We'll give you the opening lines of a novel; you give us the title.
>
> 1. The Salinas Valley is in Northern California.

Grapes of Wrath

>
> 2. The great fish moved silently through the night water.

Jaws

>
> 3. I WILL NOT:
> Drink more than fourteen alcohol units a week.
>
> 4. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking
> thirteen.

1984

>
> 5. All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy
> in its own way.

Terms of Endearment

>
> 6. When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly
> broken at the elbow.

To Kill a Mockingbird

>
> 7. The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at
> three o'clock in the morning.
>
> 8. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
> possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
>
> 9. Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing
> a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.
>
> 10. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud
> to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone

>
>
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Science - Space Probes
>
> This round is about exploring strange new worlds, and boldly going
> where no man (or no one) has gone before. That is, it's about
> unmanned space probes.
>
> Note: In cases where the answer includes a name and a number,
> the name alone will suffice. But if you give the number then it
> must be correct for full points.
>
> 1. What was the name of the first rover on Mars?
>
> 2. Name one of the """two rovers that are now still active on
> Mars""".
>
> 3. Launched in 1977, flying by Jupiter in 1979, and flying by Saturn
> in 1980, this probe is """now""" the furthest man-made object in
> the universe; three times more distant than Pluto. What is the
> name of this probe? Hint: think of the first "Star Trek" movie.

Voyager

>
> 4. Launched in 2004, Messenger was the first spacecraft to orbit
> (rather than just fly by) which planet?

Jupiter; Saturn

>
> 5. A probe launched in 1965 by the Soviets was the first spacecraft
> to land on another planet, in the following year. Or to be
> precise, communications were lost in the final moments of its
> descent, so we don't actually know whether it was still intact
> when it reached the surface. But which alien planet received
> this Soviet space junk in 1966?
>
> 6. In 1970 -- the year after Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon --
> the Soviets deployed the first extraterrestrial robotic rover,
> also on the Moon. Name *either* the rover or the spacecraft
> that delivered it.
>
> 7. The Huygens space probe landed in January of 2005 on Titan,
> and """is""" currently furthest from Earth of all landed probes.
> Titan is a moon of what planet?

Jupiter; Saturn

>
> 8. The Huygens lander probe was launched together with another
> probe, which is """now""" orbiting <answer 7>. What is the
> name of Huygens' orbiting partner?
>
> 9. When launched in 2006, this was intended to be the first probe
> to fly by the planet Pluto. It is """now""" expected to
> arrive at the dwarf planet Pluto on 2015-07-14. What is the
> probe called?
>
> 10. What country was the third -- after the USSR and the US --
> to launch an interplanetary probe? The probe, launched in 1985,
> flew by Halley's comet.

India; China

>

Pete Gayde

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-15,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

> * Game 10, Round 7 - Literature - Opening Lines of Novels

> We'll give you the opening lines of a novel; you give us the title.

> 1. The Salinas Valley is in Northern California.

"East of Eden" (by John Steinbeck). 4 for Joshua.

Two other entrants got the right author, but not the specific novel.

> 2. The great fish moved silently through the night water.

"Jaws" (by Peter Benchley). 4 for Joshua, Dan, and Pete.

In 2013 three people tried "Moby-Dick" (by Herman Melville), whose
actual opening sentence is) fairly well known: "Call me Ishmael."
The second sentence gives a better example of Melville's style,
which is somewhat unlike the sentence in the question: "Some years
ago -- never mind how long precisely -- having little or no money in
my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought
I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world."

> 3. I WILL NOT:
> Drink more than fourteen alcohol units a week.

"Bridget Jones's Diary" (by Helen Fielding). 4 for Joshua and Dan.

> 4. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking
> thirteen.

"Nineteen Eighty-Four" (by George Orwell). 4 for everyone -- Joshua,
Dan, Erland, and Pete.

> 5. All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy
> in its own way.

"Anna Karenina" (by Leo Tolstoy). 4 for Joshua and Dan.

> 6. When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly
> broken at the elbow.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" (by Harper Lee). 4 for Joshua, Dan, and Pete.

> 7. The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at
> three o'clock in the morning.

"Casino Royale" (by Ian Fleming).

> 8. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
> possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

"Pride and Predujice" (by Jane Austen). 4 for Joshua and Dan.

> 9. Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing
> a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

"Ulysses" (by James Joyce). 4 for Joshua and Dan.

> 10. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud
> to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's [or Sorcerer's] Stone" (by
J.K. Rowling). 4 for Joshua, Dan, and Pete.

> * Game 10, Round 8 - Science - Space Probes

> This round is about exploring strange new worlds, and boldly going
> where no man (or no one) has gone before. That is, it's about
> unmanned space probes.

> Note: In cases where the answer includes a name and a number,
> the name alone will suffice. But if you give the number then it
> must be correct for full points.

This was the hardest round in the original game.

> 1. What was the name of the first rover on Mars?

Sojourner (1997).

> 2. Name one of the """two rovers that are now still active on
> Mars""".

2013 answer: Opportunity (active 2004-18), Curiosity (still active,
since 2012). 2023 answer: Curiosity, Perseverance (active since 2021,
with its helicopter Ingenuity), Zhurong (also active since 2021).

Spirit was active 2004-10.

> 3. Launched in 1977, flying by Jupiter in 1979, and flying by Saturn
> in 1980, this probe is """now""" the furthest man-made object in
> the universe; three times more distant than Pluto. What is the
> name of this probe? Hint: think of the first "Star Trek" movie.

Voyager 1. (Still true.) 4 for Joshua, Dan, and Pete.

> 4. Launched in 2004, Messenger was the first spacecraft to orbit
> (rather than just fly by) which planet?

Mercury. Think about it. 4 for Dan.

> 5. A probe launched in 1965 by the Soviets was the first spacecraft
> to land on another planet, in the following year. Or to be
> precise, communications were lost in the final moments of its
> descent, so we don't actually know whether it was still intact
> when it reached the surface. But which alien planet received
> this Soviet space junk in 1966?

Venus. (Venera 3.) 4 for Joshua, Dan, and Erland.

> 6. In 1970 -- the year after Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon --
> the Soviets deployed the first extraterrestrial robotic rover,
> also on the Moon. Name *either* the rover or the spacecraft
> that delivered it.

Lunokhod 1, Luna 17.

> 7. The Huygens space probe landed in January of 2005 on Titan,
> and """is""" currently furthest from Earth of all landed probes.
> Titan is a moon of what planet?

Saturn. (Still true, yes.) 4 for Joshua, Dan, and Erland.
2 for Pete.

> 8. The Huygens lander probe was launched together with another
> probe, which is """now""" orbiting <answer 7>. What is the
> name of Huygens' orbiting partner?

Cassini. (In 2017 it was deliberately crashed into <answer 7>.)
4 for Dan.

> 9. When launched in 2006, this was intended to be the first probe
> to fly by the planet Pluto. It is """now""" expected to
> arrive at the dwarf planet Pluto on 2015-07-14. What is the
> probe called?

New Horizons. (It arrived on schedule.) 4 for Joshua and Dan.

After Pluto, it was directed to another Kuiper-belt object, later
named Arrokoth -- and found that it's shaped like a snowman! See:
http://skyandtelescope.org/wp-content/uploads/Arrokoth-e1582314665288.jpg

> 10. What country was the third -- after the USSR and the US --
> to launch an interplanetary probe? The probe, launched in 1985,
> flew by Halley's comet.

Japan. It was called Sakigake. 3 for Joshua.

Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Ent Geo Can Aud Spo Lit Sci FIVE
Joshua Kreitzer 40 28 5 36 8 36 19 159
Dan Blum 32 32 24 12 0 32 24 144
Pete Gayde 28 31 -- -- -- 16 6 81
Stephen Perry 39 40 -- -- -- -- -- 79
Jason Kreitzer 36 4 0 16 0 -- -- 56
Erland Sommarskog 8 32 -- -- -- 4 8 52
Dan Tilque 8 24 16 0 0 -- -- 48

--
Mark Brader ...the scariest words of the afternoon:
Toronto "Hey, don't worry, I've read all about
msb@vex.net doing this sort of thing!" -- Vernor Vinge

My text in this article is in the public domain.