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mathNEWS quiz #6

The Horrible Gnomick Demon Has been Cast Out!

Hi, everybody! How are you all on this fine (?) Friday morning? Ready for exams?

Anyway, I'll cut to the proverbial chase. Here are the solutions to last issue's squiz: Song Lyrics: 1) ``Hip To Be Square'' -- Huey Lewis and the News; 2) ``Bad News Beat'' -- Neil Young; 3) ``Second Hand News'' -- Fleetwood Mac; 4) ``News'' -- Dire Straits; 5) ``Headline News'' -- ``Weird Al'' Yankovic; The theme is ``news''; Mars: 1) Iron content in the soil; 2) Deimos and Phobos; 3) Mariner IV first reached Mars and Viking I first landed on Mars; 4) Pathfinder and Sojourner; 5) Olympus Mons; Potpourri: 1) Lucy Lawless; 2) Bumps on people's heads; 3) Tom Lehrer; 4) 1215; 5) 15; Movie Quotes: 1) ``Desperado''; 2) ``Space Jam''; 3) ``Manhattan Murder Mystery''; 4) ``Hot Shots!''; 5) ``Reservoir Dogs''.

Here is the (rather short) list of people who submitted to last issue's squiz, with their scores in parentheses: Chung Wai Chan, et al. (6); Pokey & Taz (11); Royal Recreational Lemming Society of Canada (23); and the winner (once again), is Ian ``The Word Guy'' Facey with 25 points! You can pick up your squizprize in the MathSoc office. And no, Ian, you wouldn't have gotten $1,000 in C&D coupons even if you had gotten all of the potpourri correct. :D

Important Dates

  1. What year did Sir Alexander Graham Bell first test his precusror to the modern telephone?
  2. What year was the Magna Carta signed by King John?
  3. What date was Japan's official surrender signed on the U.S.S. Missouri?
  4. What date did Michael Collins die at Béal na Bláth?
  5. What date did Nicholas II of Russia abdicate?

Important People

  1. Who was killed in a battle at Béal na Bláth in Ireland on August 22, 1922?
  2. Who abdicated the Russian throne on March 2, 1917?
  3. Who first tested his precursor to the modern phone in Brantford, Ontario?
  4. Who signed the Magna Carta in 1215?
  5. Who signed the official Japanese surrender for Japan on September 2, 1945?

Important Events

  1. What important document did King John of England sign in 1215?
  2. What did Japanese General Yoshijiro Umezu sign on the U.S.S. Missouri?
  3. What happened to Michael Collins on August 22, 1922?
  4. What important event in Russian history took place on March 2, 1917?
  5. What was first tested in Brantford, Ontario, by sir Alexander Graham Bell in 1876?

That's all, folks! You can go home now.


Stuart ``Jean-Guy!'' Pollock

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