From: tool@panix.com
Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 5, Round 2 - Science - Space Probes
> 1. This series consisted of 10 interplanetary probes, exploring
> Venus, Mars, and Mercury. Its probes achieved several space
> travel firsts, including the first planetary flyby and the
> first planetary orbiter.
Mariner
> 2. This series of space probes consisted of two probes, both of
> which landed on Mars in 1976 -- the first manmade objects to
> land on Mars. They took the first high-resolution images of
> the Martian surface, and their analysis of the surface of Mars
> revealed that Mars once had water.
Viking
> 3. Named for a famous scientist, this probe was launched in 1989
> to study Jupiter and its moons; it did not arrive at
> Jupiter until 1995, and took high-resolution images as well
> as launching an atmospheric probe directly into Jupiter.
> The probe was deliberately crashed into Jupiter in 2003 to
> avoid the possibility of contaminating life on Europa.
Galileo
> 4. Named after a famous explorer, this probe was also launched in
> 1989, sent to radio-map the surface of Venus and measure Venus's
> gravitational field.
Magellan
> 5. This probe program consists of two interstellar probes, which
> were the third and fourth man-made objects to leave our solar
> system. They first studied Jupiter and Saturn; one of the two
> also studied Uranus and Neptune. Both probes remain operational
> and are still sending back data.
Voyager
> 6. This probe program was actually two related probe programs;
> the first sent spacecraft to conduct the first fly-by of the
> Moon and investigate the space between Earth and Venus in 1958
> to 1960, and the second sent probes to explore Venus, Jupiter,
> and Saturn. The final two probes in this series were the first
> man-made objects to leave our solar system.
Pioneer
> 8. This probe was sent to study Saturn and its moons. It launched
> in 1997, arrived at Saturn in 2004, and then studied the planet
> and its system for another 13 years. It discovered 7 new
> moons around Saturn and also provided, on its way to Saturn,
> exceptional images of Jupiter's faint rings.
Huygens
> 9. The Mars Exploration Rover program consisted of two rovers, both
> launched in 2003. Name either of the two rovers from this
> program.
Curiosity
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Entertainment - Mr. President
> 1. Josiah "Jed" Bartlet, during his two terms as President, dealt
> with multiple crises, including invoking the 25th Amendment
> when his daughter was kidnapped and dealing with the fallout
> of concealing his multiple sclerosis from the nation.
West Wing and Martin Sheen
> 2. Andrew Shepherd was a popular President for the first half of his
> first term, but that was partially because his opponents felt
> they couldn't attack him personally when his wife died of cancer
> during his campaign. When he began dating an environmental
> lobbyist, however, they felt free to start attacking both him --
> and her.
The American President and Michael Douglas
> 3. Thomas Whitmore already had a difficult presidency before aliens
> attacked Earth and destroyed most of its armed forces. Luckily,
> Whitmore, who was a former fighter pilot, was able to lead the
> remnants of Earth's armed forces against the alien fleets.
Independence Day and Bill Pullman
> 4. Like Whitmore's, James Dale's presidency was also interrupted
> by aliens attacking Earth. However, rather than fight, Dale
> spent most of the invasion hiding in a bunker after the aliens
> disintegrated Congress. As he said, "I want the American
> people to know that we still have two out of three branches of
> government working for them, and that ain't bad."
Mars Attacks! and Jack Nicholson
> 6. President William Mitchell presided over social-welfare cuts and
> attempted to frame his blameless vice-president for one of
> his own bribery scandals. However, in the last months of
> his presidency -- after a minor stroke, but before he later
> died from a massive stroke -- his harsh personality changed
> dramatically, and he began to reverse his own presidency's
> course. Conspiracy theorists have suggested there were, in fact,
> two President Mitchells.
Dave and Kevin Kline
> 7. Merkin Muffley had the bad luck to be President when nuclear
> war broke out, annihilating all of humanity. However, to the
> very end he was determined to make sure that his staffers would
> not fight in the War Room.
Dr. Strangelove and Peter Sellers
> 8. Jack Stanton, a charming Southern governor with a knack for
> speaking to the common man, was also unfortunately a womanizer
> who cheated on his wife regularly, but nonetheless ran a
> successful campaign for the presidency.
Primary Colors and John Travolta
> 9. Selina Meyer initially became president by rising to the office
> from the vice-presidency, then lost her election, and then
> won a subsequent election to become president by courting
> conservatives, running against same-sex marriage, and allowing
> China to re-annex Tibet. Her presidencies were politely
> described as "underrated" by historians.
Veep and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
> 10. Tom Kirkman never planned to be President, but when the US
> Capitol was blown up during the State of the Union address,
> Kirkman -- about to be fired as the Secretary of Housing and
> Urban Development -- was the sole member of Cabinet not killed,
> and thus ascended to the presidency.
Designated Survivor
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