mathNEWSquiz #4

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Hello everyone! Well, I'm happy to say that Squiz submissions have picked up somewhat since last issue; thank you all (all four of you) for making me feel needed. For the curious, last week's answers were: Lewis Carroll: (i) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, (ii) SATISFIABILITY, (iii) Around 4 p.m., (iv) A bunch of oysters, (v) Stuff 'em into a burlap sack and sit on them. (Note: I screwed this one up, it should have been guinea pigs, not gerbils. Sorry.) Graphic Novels and Comics: Guy Fawkes Day, November 5^th, (ii) Angel, Beast, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Cyclops and Professor Xavier, (iii) Hal Jordan, (iv) He stole them from Gideon Resale, a pawn shop, (v) Two plays — A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest. Popular Music: (i) Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, (ii) Bill Haley & the Comets, (iii) Roadkill, (iv) They played the recording backwards when they mixed it, (v) The Mamas and the Papas.

As I mentioned, I saw a vast improvement in Squiz submissions this week, with four entries, tripling the total number of entries this term! In no particular ascending order, they were the Super Furry Animals of SWO with 5 points, Lukas Kamps with 7.5, Greg "Hologrami" Taylor with 8, and the win going to an Australian correspondant, Malcolm McNeil, with 10.5 points. Congratulations, Malcolm! The traditional prize is a gift certificate to our Coffee & Doughnut shop; however, it seems fairly unlikely that you'll ever stop by to visit. Don't worry, we'll think of something.

I did get a comment from one of the submitters that they still thought the Squiz pretty hard. All right then, I'll see what I can do.

Water, Water Everywhere

1. Four out of the five Great Lakes are contained at least partially in Canada. Which one is not?
2. How many men went down on the ship Edmund Fitzgerald?
3. What is the technical name for the white fluffy clouds that most people depict when they draw clouds?
4. What happens when you go swimming in the Dead Sea?
5. What makes coastal Norway so much warmer than Sweden?

Ancient History

1. How long was Julius Caesar's campaign in Gaul?
2. Why is Lao-Tzu remembered today?
3. Who was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity?
4. What did Hadrian's Wall protect against?
5. Socrates taught Plato, Plato taught Aristotle; who was Aristotle's most famous pupil?

More Song Lyrics
Name the song and artist

1. "And I speak to you like the chorus to the verse
   Chop another line like a coda with a curse"
2. "Lying in a den in Bombay
   With a slack jaw, and not much to say
   I say to the man, `Are you trying to tempt me,
   Because I come from the land of plenty?' "
3. "`I know I've seen that face before,'
   Big Jim was thinking to himself
   `Maybe down in Mexico,
   or a picture up on somebody's shelf.' "
4. "You heard of honest Socrates
   The man who never lied
   They weren't so grateful as you'd think
   Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried"
5. "Atmospherics after dark, noise and voices from the past
   Across the dial from Moscow to Cologne;
   Interference in the night, thousand miles on either side
   Stations fading into the unknown."

So I hope that you all find this Squiz to your liking. Submissions are due on November 16^th at 6:30; you can mail them to mathnews@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca or drop them by the MathSoc or mathNEWS office anytime before then. Good luck,

Squizmaster So-Krates