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   Subject: Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 10, Rounds 7-8: openings and probes   
   Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:38:05 -0600   
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   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 .  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   
      
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