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   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 4, Rounds 4,6: Dr. S   
   22 Oct 22 17:36:26   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 10/22/22 00:18, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 4, Round 4 - History: Dr. Strangelove   
   >   
   > This is actually a round on the history associated with the   
   > development of nuclear weapons.   
   >   
   > 1. What was the code name of the US-led project in World War II   
   >     to develop a nuclear weapon?   
      
   Manhattan Project   
      
   >   
   > 2. There were many facilities involved with  at various   
   >     locations in the US, UK, and Canada.  But in what city or town   
   >     was the bomb designed?   
      
   Los Alamos NM   
      
   >   
   > 3. Who was the theoretical physicist from Berkeley who supervised   
   >     the bomb-design part of the project?   
      
   Oppenheimer   
      
   >   
   > 4. On 1945-07-16, the first test of a nuclear device was performed.   
   >     What was the code name of this test?   
      
   Trinity   
      
   >   
   > 5. On 1945-08-06, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.   
   >     The next one was dropped three days later... where?   
      
   Nagasaki   
      
   >   
   > 6. Two bomb designs were used at Hiroshima and , and   
   >     each had its own code name.  Name either one.  You don't need   
   >     to say which it was.   
      
   Fat Man   
      
   >   
   > 7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb?   
      
   1949   
      
   >   
   > 8. The US and USSR were the first two countries to possess nuclear   
   >     weapons.  What was the third?   
      
   UK   
      
   >   
   > 9. Within one year, when was the first hydrogen bomb tested?   
      
   1953   
      
   >   
   > 10. Who participated in the hydrogen bomb design and is widely   
   >     known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"?   
      
   Teller   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 4, Round 6 - Leisure - Collectors   
   >   
   > This is a round on collecting hobbies.  We give you the description   
   > of the object a person is collecting and you choose from the handout   
   > list the word for what this person would be called.  Remember,   
   > these are not obsessive-compulsive behaviors... but hobbies.   
   >   
   >      Aerophilatelist  Errinophilist  Lepidopterist      Telegerist   
   >      Arctophile       Ex-librist     Numismatist        Tephrodiscophile   
   >      Bovephile        Fusilatelist   Philatelist        Vecturist   
   >      Cerophilist      Helixophile    Phillumenist       Vexillologist   
   >      Conchologist     Heortologist   Plastokinesophile  Xylographer   
   >      Deltiologist     Iconophile     Pyrographer   
   >   
   > Someone who collects...   
   >   
   > 1. Telephone calling cards.   
      
   telegerist   
      
   > 2. Prints, engravings, etc.   
      
   iconophile   
      
   > 3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money.   
      
   numismatist   
      
   > 4. Postage stamps.   
      
   philatelist   
      
   > 5. Candles or wax objects.   
      
   cerophilist   
      
   > 6. Transportation tokens.   
      
   vecturist   
      
   > 7. Ash trays   
      
   fusilatelist   
      
   > 8. Butterflies (mounted).   
      
   lepidopterist   
      
   > 9. Action figures.   
      
   Plastokinesophile   
      
   > 10. Cow figures or items with a cow motif.   
      
   bovephile   
      
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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