| Preface| Top| Map| Card| Surf| Family| Life| Forestry| Computers|

War of the Minds - Archive - War I

An Internet Contest

We have a winner of War I

Anne Lurie - email: ALurie6171@aol.com
has accumulated 730 points.

• Standings in the War
• Archive of Battles in War I
• The College of the Mind
• Burma Shave Jingles - Another Internet Contest
• People to People - How to be an active participant on this Internet site.

Archives - War I

• War I - battle 21
• War I - battle 20
• War I - battle 19
• War I - battle 18
• War I - battle 17
• War I - battle 16
• War I - battle 15
• War I - battle 14
• War I - battle 13
• War I - battle 12
• War I - battle 11
• War I - battle 10
• War I - battle 9
• War I - battle 8
• War I - battle 7
• War I - battle 6
• War I - battle 5
• War I - battle 4
• War I - battle 3
• War I - battle 2
• War I - battle 1

Standings in the War - I

1. Forestry

In the study of wildlife management what happened at the Kaibab Penisula is often used as an example to illustrate one of the basic principles of population dynamics. Where is the Kaibab Penisula? What happened there? What principle does this illustrate?

2. Computers

When an MS-DOS computer is first turned on it begins reading the hard disk drive by reading the master record located at track 0, head 0, sector 1 or, if reading a floppy disk, it reads the boot record there. The master record contains the Disk Partition Table which contains the location of the boot record. The boot record begins with a three byte jump instruction which allows room in the following bytes for the 8 byte system name and the BIOS Parameter Block. What essential information is contained in the BIOS Parameter Block?

3. Philosophy

This author of "The Spy Who Spoke Porpoise", "They Both Were Naked", and "Generation of Vipers" wrote in his "Essay on Morals" that the steps that lead to Carl Jung's hypothesis and the hypothesis itself are:

1. Man is an animal.
2. Animals, including man, are governed by instinct.
3. Hypothesis: Instinct has taken form in man as legend.
4. Theory of the Law of Opposites which governs instinctual activity: compensation, complement and conservation operate subjectively just as they do in the objective world.

Who was this author?

4. Sports

What sports stadium was built on Coogan's Bluff?

With their primary predator gone, the deer of the area increased so rapidly that they consumed more forage than the Kaibab could produce. The deer stripped the forest and destroyed large areas of forage in the Grand Canyon National Park as well. The famished deer grew feeble, and many defective fawns were born.

Finally, deer hunting in the Kaibab was permitted, in the hope that the size of the deer herd would drop until the range could accommodate it. In addition, the few surviving cougars were protected to allow them to multiply. They then resumed their ecological niche of keeping the herd size down and of killing those deer not vigorous enough to be good breeding stock.

The principle illustrated here is of the problems inherent to upsetting the balance of the natural ecological relationship among species. Other examples with far-reaching consequences include the introduction, whether deliberate or inadvertent, of exotic species that prey upon or otherwise overcome native species.

Also illustrated was the principle that the number of animals in a given habitat cannot exceed the carrying capacity of that habitat.

Anne's answer was dated Mon, 16 Dec 1996 08:10:57 -0500 (EST)

2. The boot sector includes a 'BIOS Parameter Block' (BPB) which contains essential information concerning the disk and is structured like this:

         Byte Label  Meaning                         Values
                                                     boot/ss/ds

         $0   BRA.S  branch to boot code             60 38/00 00
         $2   ....   reserved bytes for OEM code     ....
         $8   SERIAL 24 bit serial number            ....
         $B   BPS    # of bytes per sector, LSB/MSB  00 02
         $D   SPC    # of sectors/cluster (2)        02
         $E   RES    # of reserved sectors, LSB/MSB  01 00
         $10  NFATS  # of FATs (2)                   02
         $11  NDIRS  # of directory entries, LSB/MSB 70 00
         $13  NSECTS # of sectors on media, LSB/MSB  D0 02/D0 02/A0
         05
         $15  MEDIA  description byte of media       F8/F8/F9
         $16  SPF    # of sectors/FAT, LSB/MSB       05 00
         $18  SPT    # of sectors per track, LSB/MSB 09 00
         $1A  NSIDES # of sides on media, LSB/MSB    01 00/01 00/02
         00
         $1C  NHID   # of hidden sectors, LSB/MSB    00
         $1E  ....   boot code if any                ....

              The values described here refer to typical values found
         on a TOS boot disk, a single-sided and a double sided
         non-boot disk. If only one value appears, it is the same on
         all three, if two values appear, then ss and ds are the
         same.

Anne's answer was dated Mon, 16 Dec 1996 07:51:24 -0500 (EST)

3. The author was Philip Wylie.

Anne's answer was dated Mon, 16 Dec 1996 07:07:02 -0500 (EST)

4. Coogan's Bluff was the site of the Polo Grounds, home of the New York Giants.

Anne's answer was dated Mon, 16 Dec 1996 07:06:43 -0500 (EST)

1. Forestry

The total aggregate of all environmental factors affecting the survival and growth of a given tree species can be expressed in a numeric form foresters call site index. What is the definition of site index and what two tree measurements are necessary to determine it?

2. Computers

In MS-DOS assembly language programming a NEAR procedure call pushes how many bytes onto the stack? (Hint: It pushes the current IP.) How does a FAR call differ?

3. Philosophy

A philosopher and anthropologist, he was born in 1907 and wrote "The Immense Journey", a book of essays of biological philosophy. Who was this Nebraskan?

4. Culture

Life gets more exciting with each passing day,
and love is either in your heart or on its way.

If you should survive to a hundred and five,
Look at all you'll derive out of being alive.

Fairy tales can come true.
It can happen to you.

If you're _______________________?

Therefore, the two measurements are the "height" of the dominant trees and the "length of time" it takes for trees of that species to reach that particular height.

If it is stated that an area has a site index for loblolly pine of 70 feet at 50 years, then we expect loblolly seedlings planted on that area today to be 70 feet tall in 50 years.

(Index age and tree species must be stated when referring to site index because the site index of one species will be different from the site index of another species growing on the same area.)

[from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service]

Anne's answer was dated Sun, 1 Dec 1996 10:53:19 -0500 (EST)

Mike's answer was dated Mon, 2 Dec 1996 09:57:55 -0500 (EST)

Michael's answer to question 3 was dated Sun, 1 Dec 1996 08:08:05 -0500(EST)
and to question 4 was Sun, 1 Dec 1996 08:13:40 -0500 (EST)

1. Forestry

John, a forester, while taking a walk with his niece and nephew came upon a large oak tree in a field. He began answering their questions about where trees come from, how they grow, etc. Then they began discussing the uses of wood, the value of trees, and the size of that particular tree. Since John did not have his forestry equipment with him he cut a stick the length of his arm from his eye to his outstretched hand. He held the stick upright in his hand perpendicular to his extended arm and began backing away from the tree until he could sight across the bottom of the stick at the base of the tree and across the top of the stick to the top of the tree. What was John up to? What would he do next?

2. Computers

What is a hash table?

3. Philosophy

What is the difference between predestination and predetermination?

4. History

The "Warrior Pope" hired Donato Bramante. What job did he hire him to do? Who was the "Warrior Pope"?

1. John was estimating the height of the tree. He would next measure (likely by measured paces) the distance on the ground from where he was standing to the tree. The height of the tree would be approximately the same as the distance from John to the tree.

3. Predestination refers to a divine order that something must come to pass. Predetermination refers to the settling of events before they happen, planning a specific outcome. Predetermination is practiced by man, not a deity.

4. Donato Bramante was an architect, assigned the task of designing the Cathedral of St. Peter. The 'Warrior Pope' was Julius II.
The "Warrior Pope" because he formed the Swiss Guards and used them to suppress various rebellions against the Pope. He also hired Michelangelo Buonarroti to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Scott's answers were dated Sun, 17 Nov 1996 11:38:31 -0500(EDT)

Anne Lurie - email: ALurie6171@aol.com
has 20 more points with her answer to question:
2. Hash Table = An array of pointers indexed by a hash function, used in a hashing scheme to provide rapid access to data items which are distinguished by some key.
I use hash tables, for instance, to allow almost instant access by a key based on the patient's name to medical records in a database which may contain as many as 20 or 30 thousand records.

Anne's answer to question 2 was dated Sun, 17 Nov 1996 14:46:05 -0500 (EST)

1. Forestry

What is a Biltmore stick? Where did it get that name?

2. Computers

If a string is located and defined in BASIC by means of a three byte pointer, what is the maximum number of bytes in the string?

3. Philosophy

What is the subject of "Summerhill" by A. S. Neill?

4. Religion

When Cyrus the Persian was King of Babylon, he worshipped an idol called Bel. Bel was said to eat each day twelve bushels of fine flour, forty sheep, and fifty gallons of wine. Daniel told the King, "This Bel of yours is only clay inside and bronze outside, and has never eaten anything." The King, of course, did not believe Daniel. How did Daniel prove his point? Where did all the food go? Specifically, where do we find this story?

Anne Lurie - email: ALurie6171@aol.com
has 10 more points with her answer to question:
1. The 25" Biltmore Cruiser Stick is used to estimate standing timber. The stick features 4 scales:

1. Inches
2. Biltmore scale [thus the name] to determine tree diameter
3. Merritt Hypsometer scale to determine tree heights up to 144 feet
4. Scribner Decimal C scale to determine board footage in 16 ft. logs.

Anne's answer to question 1 was dated Mon, 4 Nov 1996 07:37:31 -0500(EST)

Ted Smith - email: tsmith@aaas.org
has 10 points with his answer to question:
1. 'Biltmore Stick' because it was used at the Biltmore Forestry School in NC, one of US's first forestry schools.
Gifford Pinchot, the first head of the U. S. Forest Service, was one of the first instructors at Biltmore Estates.

Ted's answer to question 1 was dated Mon, 4 Nov 1996 12:56:25 -0500(EST)

Mike's answer to question 3 was dated Wed, 6 Nov 1996 17:07:01 -0500(EST)

Anne's answer to question 3 was dated Mon, 4 Nov 1996 07:28:07 -0500(EST)

Michael's answer to question 4 was dated Tue, 5 Nov 1996 07:34:48 -0500 (EST)

1. Forestry - unanswered

A green tree of forests of the Eastern United States; it has pinnately compound opposite net-veined deciduous leaves 6 to 15 inches long with 3 to 9 leaflets. It has a superior ovary with a 5 parted calyx and 4 to 6 stamens. The flowers are imperfect and the trees are dioecious. The fruit is a double samara each half long winged and one seeded. What is the scientific or latin name of this species?

2. Computers

This question is a nostalgic question for those in on the beginning of the computer age. In Crowther and Woods' "Colossal Cave Adventure" written in the early 1970s the first problem after entering the cave is the huge green fierce snake which blocks the passageway. How does one get past the snake?

3. Philosophy

After relativity he searched for the Unified Field Theory. Who was he? For what was he searching? What would be its philosophical significance?

4. History

In 1873 Henry Wickham arrived in the Amazon River basin. He was on a secret mission for the British government. Why was he in Brazil? Was his mission a success?

2. You get past the snake by throwing the bird at it.
For more information see The story of Colossal Cave and A WWW Simulation of Colossal Cave

3. Einstein's search for a Unified Field Theory was an attempt to unify the forces of nature (electromagnetism, weak-nuclear force, strong -nuclear force, gravity) into a single all-encompassing 'Theory of Everything' which would explain all physical phenomenon and might be considered 'The End of Physics'.
For more information see A Philosopher's Home Page.

4. Henry Wickham was sent to Brazil to bring rubber trees to England, and he did, 70,000 seeds of Hevea brasiliensis, 3,000 of which germinated successfully.
As a result the English established rubber tree plantations in Asia. Today 90% of the world's natural rubber comes from trees in Asia descended from Wickham's seeds.

M. McColm's answer to question 2 was dated Wed, 16 Oct 1996 02:14:51 -0400 (EDT)
and his answer to question 3 was dated Wed, 16 Oct 1996 01:12:53 -0400 (EDT)
and his answer to question 4 was dated Wed, 16 Oct 1996 02:01:21 -0400 (EDT)

1. Forestry

Kentucky bourbon soaks in solitude for years in quite warehouses built on Kentucky hillsides as it absorbs the flavor of the charred white oak barrels. Bourbon barrels are never made of red oak. Why not?

2. Computers

In hexidecimal format what is the sum of 1234h and ABCDh? What is the product of 2Ah and 2?

3. Philosophy

Late 19th and early 20th century American philosopher and perhaps the greatest single force in re-shaping our conception of education, his best known work was Human Nature and Conduct.

4. Literature

One of the few American authors to win the Nobel prize for literature, he had a poodle named Charley. Who was he? For what work did he win the prize? Name two other Americans who also won the Nobel prize for literature.

1. Bourbon barrels are never made of red oak because the bourbon would actually leak through the extremely porous wood.
The pores in white oak wood are closed by deposits of sap and minerals while red oak is said to be porous because the pores are open.

Scott's answer was dated Wed, 2 Oct 1996 15:33:21 -0400(EDT)

2. I calculated the sum of 1234h and ABCDh by first converting the numbers to decimal form. 1234h = (4x1 + 3x16 + 2x16(squared) + 16(cubed)) = 4660 and ABCDh = (13x1 + 12x16 + 11x16(squared) + 10x16(cubed) = 43 981. The sum of these is 48 641. I calculated the product of 2Ah and 2 similarly. 2Ah = (10x1 + 2x16) = 42 , and 42x2 = 84. In hex, the sum is BE01 and the product is 54.

3. The philosopher is John Dewey.

4. The author, John Steinbeck, won the Nobel prize for literature in 1962 for 'The Winter of our Discontent'
Sinclair Lewis and Ernest Hemingway are two Americans other than John Steinbeck who have won the Nobel prize for literature.
I thought the book was "The Grapes of Wrath". On further research it seems that the Nobel prize is given to the person for his works in general, not for a specific work. "The Grapes of Wrath" won the Publitzer. One of his last books was "Travels with Charley".

M. McColm's answer to question 2 was dated Tue, 1 Oct 1996 16:56:15 -0400 (EDT)
and his answer to question 3 was dated Tue, 1 Oct 1996 02:37:19 -0400 (EDT)
and his answer to question 4 was dated Tue, 1 Oct 1996 03:48:25 -0400 (EDT)

1. Forestry

What is Endothia parasitica?
and What has been its economic effect on the forests of North America?

2. Computers

A recent article in the New York Times listed six major computer languages still in general use. They are Cobol, Basic, Pascal, C, C++, and Java. I was surprised that this list did not include the so-called science language or engineer's language. What language is this?

3. Philosophy

What is Chaos Theory and how does it apply to philosophy?

4. History

In the middle of the night large bands of armed men on horseback called "night riders" raided farms burning barns and beating farmers and their families. They captured towns in western Kentucky and burned warehouses. This was part of an episode in American history known as the "Black Patch" war. When did this occur and what was the cause of the "Black Patch" war?

Anne Lurie's answer to question 1 was dated Mon, 16 Sep 1996 14:50:23 -0400
and her answer to question 2 was dated Mon, 16 Sep 1996 07:44:37 -0400 (EDT)

4. The 'Black Patch' War of 1904-1909 was fought over an important Kentucky crop, tobacco. The war put an end to a tobacco buying monopoly held by a number of companies.

M. McColm's answer to question 3 was dated Mon, 16 Sep 1996 19:43:00 -0400 (EDT)
and his answer to question 4 was dated Thu, 19 Sep 1996 01:37:16 -0400 (EDT)

1. Forestry

What is the scientific (latin) name of the tree which has leaves, fruits, and twigs like this?
It is a decidious tree common in the Eastern United States and one of the most valuable timber species.

2. Computers

The title of this web page is "War of the Minds". Its URL is http://www.webcom.com/duane/warmind.html. If you type that URL into your web browser you may get access to this page on the WWW. Or you may get a message, "failed DNS lookup" or something similiar. If you do get such a message you may still be able to access the page by typing the URL as http://206.2.192.35/duane/warmind.html.
What do the following terms mean?

• URL?
• WWW?
• DNS?

What could be the cause of the message "failed DNS lookup" and why would you still be able to access the page by using the second form of the address?

3. Philosophy

One of the newest branches of Philosophy involves the study of beauty. What is this branch called?

4. Literature

Author of "Man with a Bull Tongue Plow" and "Taps for Private Tussie"?

1. The tree is the red oak, quercus rubra.
One of the most valuable veneer species for furniture manufacture and for export.

2.

• URL - uniform resource locator
• WWW - world wide web
• DNS - domain name service

M. McColm's answers were dated Sun, 1 Sep 1996 03:25:27 -0400 (EDT)

4. Man with a Bull Tongue Plow and Taps for Private Tussie were written by Jesse Stuart.
A Kentucky author and school teacher from Greenup county, he wrote tales of the land I knew when I was a teenager. I read his books and wrote to him. He wrote me a nice letter in which he encouraged me to keep reading.

Anne Lurie's answer to question 3 was dated Sun, 1 Sep 1996 09:53:29 -0400 (EDT)
and her answer to question 4 was dated Sun, 1 Sep 1996 10:06:07 -0400 (EDT)

1. Forestry

What is the apical meristem?

2. Computers

In regard to the FAT what are lost clusters and what are cross linked clusters?

3. Philosophy

Who wrote "The Conscience of a Conservative"? How was he linked to Miller?

4. Poetry

"I wanted the gold, and I sought it;
I scrabbled and mucked like a slave.
Was it famine or scurvy--I fought it;
I hurled my youth into a grave.
I wanted the gold, and I got it--
Came out with a fortune last fall--
Yet somehow life's not what I thought it,
and somehow the gold isn't all.

Name the poem and the poet?

1. Meristems are regions of plant tissue actively involved in cell division and production; i.e., where plants grow.
Apical meristems are regions at or near the tip of an axis. Two main types are "Root Apical Meristem" and "Shoot Apical Meristem."
So the apical meristem is the growing tip of roots and stems where elongation takes place as opposed to the cambium of a woody plant where growth in diameter occurs.

2. FAT stands for File Allocation Table, the "table of contents" for a computer's hard disk.
Lost clusters are sections of the disk that are not assigned to any file.
but are identified as being assigned to a file. This usually occurs because of a power failure when data is being added to a file but before the FAT is updated to reflect the added clusters.
Cross-linked clusters claim the same section of the hard disk.
They are clusters of disk sectors that are linked into the file cluster chains of more than one file so that the data they contain actually is read as a part of two or more files. This is a rare occurrence.

3. "Conscience of a Conservative" was written by Barry M. Goldwater, 1960. Barry Goldwater and William Miller were Republican Presidential & Vice Presidential candidates in 1964.
Appropriate at this time of Republican National Convention.

4. This quote is from "The Spell of the Yukon" by Robert W. Service.

Anne Lurie's answers were dated Fri, 16 Aug 1996 07:34:51 -0400 (EDT) thru Fri, 16 Aug 1996 08:10:40 -0400 (EDT)

1. Forestry

In temperate climates the wood of tree stems shows annual rings by which, as most people know, one can tell the age of the tree. These rings can also be used to tell the growth history of the tree and they enable a professional forester to draw some conclusions about the history of the stand as a whole. Why do annual rings occur?

2. Computers

In the original IBM-PC and the IBM-PC XT, IRQ 2 was unused and IRQ 3 was used by COM1. In the AT or 386 class PC, IRQ 2 was said to be cascaded. What does this mean and why was it done?

If a device installed in an XT and using IRQ 2 was put into an AT class machine it would work fine but it would not actually use IRQ 2. What IRQ would it use?

3. Philosophy

"Nothing is worthwhile; everything is futile. For what does a man get for all his hard work?

Generations come and go but it makes no difference. The sun rises and sets and hurries around to rise again. The wind blows south and north, here and there, twisting back and forth, getting nowhere. The rivers run into the sea but the sea is never full, and the water returns again to the rivers and flows again to the sea... everything is unutterably weary and tiresome. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied; no matter how much we hear we are not content.

History merely repeats itself. Nothing is truly new; it has all been done and said before. What can you point to that is new? How do you know it didn't exist long ages ago? We don't remember what happened in those former times, and in the future generations no one will remember what we have done back here. "

Where do we read these words? Who is thought to have written them?

4. Math

Joe flips a quarter. Harry bets him a dime even money that it will land heads. It lands heads. Harry wins. They make the same bet again and the same thing happens.

After Harry wins the third toss, Joe begins to think. "The coin has landed heads three times in a row. It is very unlikely that a coin tossed would land heads four times in a row. (The actual odds are 1 in 16.) I have lost 30 cents. I need to regain my losses."

Joe says to Harry, "I will bet you one dollar against your 50 cents that the coin will not land heads again."

Should Harry take the bet? Explain?

The quotation is from "The Book", one of the modern translations of the Bible, rather than from the more familiar KJV, King James Version.

Anne Lurie's answer to question 3 was dated Wed, 7 Aug 1996 07:46:52 -0400 (EDT)
and her answer to question 2 was dated Fri, 16 Aug 1996 12:14:26 -0400 (EDT)

Kris Green's answer was dated Thu, 1 Aug 1996 13:03:31 -0400 (EDT)

Steven Fisher - email: steven_fisher@pcmailgw.ml.com
answered the same question a few minutes later as follows:
4. Yes, the odds of the next toss being heads is 1:1 (or 50%) since each toss of the coin is an uniquely independent event. Harry should take the bet because he has a 50% shot to double his winnings on one toss (not the combo of four tosses!)

Steven Fisher's answer was dated Thu, 1 Aug 1996 13:31:40 -0400 (EDT)
Steven had a good answer but was a few minutes too late to get the points.

1. Forestry

In cross section the tree stem consists of a center of pith, a zone of usually darkly colored wood, a zone of lightly colored wood, a layer of cells between the wood and the bark and, on the outside, the bark of the tree. Give the name of the type of tissue in each of these four zones outside the pith and the function of each.

2. Computers

The QWERTY keyboard was originally designed to be inefficient so that typists could not hit the keys fast enough to cause typewriter keys to jam. What is the name of the most popular keyboard purposely designed so that the keys are arranged for maximum efficiency in typing speed?

3. Philosophy

Today while the blossoms
still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries
and drink your sweet wine.
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joys that are mine
Today.

When walking, just walk,
When sitting, just sit,
Above all, don't wobble.

Sitting quietly, doing nothing,
Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.

He who knows does not say.
He who says does not know.

4. History

He would have been murdered in his bed by a committee of his townspeople. But in September 622 he and Abu Bekr arrived in this town as a result of the Hegira. Who was he? Where did they arrive? What town did they flee?

The XYLEM cells, which conduct water and minerals, and the PHLOEM cells, which conduct nutrients, together comprise the VASCULAR BUNDLE.

The bark consists of an inner layer of living phloem cells which conduct sugars produced by the leaves downward and the other layer of dead cells described above to protect the living cells beneath

2. The Dvorak keyboard is the most commonly known alternative to the QWERTY keyboard, although it has failed to gain popularity, presumably due to the millions of keyboarders (AKA typists) unwilling or unable to master the new key arrangement.
3. Carpe Diem! Seize the day, and live life to the fullest, for ye shall not pass this way again.
Other acceptable answers besides an answer in kind as above would have been:
Zen, Tao, or Existentialist
or " "
4. Mohammed and Abu Bekr fled Mecca and arrived in Medina when Mohammed learned that the Qoreish tribe planned to kill him.

Anne Lurie's answers were dated Tue, 16 Jul 1996 17:26:31 -0400 (EDT)
and Wed, 17 Jul 1996 17:37:16 -0400

1. Forestry

A measure of the density of tree growth in a timber stand is the per acre cross sectional area of tree stems at breast height (4 1/2 feet above the ground). What is this measure of stand density called?

2. Computers

Before the IBM-PC there were three microcomputers - the TRS-80, the Apple, and the Commodore Pet. It was felt that to sell computers one would have to be able to answer the question: "But what will it do?". So the industry looked for a killer application, a computer program that was so useful people would buy the computer just to be able to use that one program. The very first killer application had the very same initials as had the enemy American had fought ten years before and had called "Charlie". What was the name of this program and what general type of program was it?

3. Philosophy

While he was minding his own business as he lived in Uz they argued about his faith. As a result of the argument this just and innocent man lost his seven sons, his three daughters, his wealth and property, and became afflicted with terrible diseases. Who were they? Who was he? Where do we read of his afflictions? This story is a comment on the extent to which man is at the mercy of a universe beyond his control and his attitude toward this situation.

4. Sports

Explain the "infield fly rule", its purpose, and the circumstances under which it applies.

Anne Lurie's answer was dated Thu, 4 Jul 1996 16:44:23 -0400 (EDT)

Steven Fisher - email: steven_fisher_at_chibfs@pcmailgw.ml.com
also answered this question correctly but about six hours too late.

1. Forestry

What is the scientific (latin) name of the tree which has leaves, fruits, and twigs like this?
It is a decidious tree common in the Eastern United States and one of the most valuable timber species.

2. Computers

In programming the Intel 80x86 chip, the assembly language command, "CMP AL, 07" when compiled into machine language by a compiler calls for what type of action when the resulting program is executed.

3. Philosophy

Pupil of Plato and tutor of Alexander the Great?

4. Literature

In the city on the hill the King, Priam, reigned with Hecuba, his Queen. Below on the plain where the river, Scamander, flowed to the sea, Agamemnon, son of Atreus and King of Argos, laid siege with his army. What story is this, in what book, written by whom? Who won the battle? How? Why the heck had Agamemnon come there with his army in the first place?

1. Forestry

On the topographic map below the arrow marked 3 points to the text notation "BM 1148" and the circle marked one designates a hilltop. If all distances are in feet and the distance from the BM to the hilltop is 2300 feet horizonally what is the average percent slope within plus or minus 1%? What feature of topography is that area marked 2?

2. Computers

Tandy Corp. or Radio Shack began marketing one of the first microcomputers in the fall of 1977. It was the 4k TRS-80 Model I. What chip was used for the ALU of that computer?

3. Philosophy

The author of "Utopia" was beheaded because he refused to deny his allegiance to the Pope. Who was this author and what was the subject of his book which was considered the first of a particular type of books?

4. Sports

Who were the only two pitchers to ever pitch no-hitters through nine innings in the same baseball game?

4. Frederick Toney and James Vaugh pitched 9 hitless innings each on May 2, 1917. Vaugh ended up losing after giving up two hits in the tenth.
James Vaughn was also known as "Hippo" Vaughn because it was said that he ran like one. Toney was pitching for the Reds and Vaughn for the Cubs."
Chuck's answer was dated Tue, 4 Jun 1996 17:10:27 -0400

1. Forestry

On the topographic map below the arrow marked 3 points to the text notation "BM 1148". What does this mean?

2. Computers

On the Internet "http" is an abbreviation for what?

3. Philosophy

What is the study of the nature of knowledge with reference to its limits and validity called?

4. History

Darius the Great, King of Persia, had an army which suffered only one defeat. 30,000 Persian soldiers were defeated by an army of 7,000 soldiers in 490 B. C. Who were the victors and what was the name of the battle and how far did the victors have to travel to return home from the battle.

1. Forestry

On the topographic map below what type of geographic structure is circled and marked 1 and how far above sea level is it at its highest point.

2. Computers

A bit mapped image in 256 colors that is 640 X 480 pixels in size takes up how many kilobytes in uncompressed format?

3. Philosophy

"What is the meaning of Life?" as a philosophical question is similar to the legal question, "When did you stop beating your wife?". How so?

4. Sports

What was "Merkle's Boner" and what was its effect?

1. Forestry

On a topographic map what is the meaning of the term "contour interval = 20 feet"?

2. Computers

An MSDOS call to interrupt 10H affects what computer functions?

3. Philosophy

"What is the sound of one hand clapping?" is a koan from what religious philosophy?

4. History

The information revolution and the first dirt trail of what was to become the information super highway could be said to have had its beginnings in 1450-1455. Why?

1. Forestry

In the United States there are three popular formulas or methods for estimating the number of board feet of lumber which can be produced from a given log. These are called "log rules". Name any two of these.

2. Computers

What does "BIOS" mean and what is its purpose?

3. Philosophy

What economic philosopher wrote "The Wealth of Nations"?

4. Literature

Who wrote "After Many a Summer Dies the Swan"? Name one other book written by this author.

Anne Lurie's answer was dated Wed, 7 Aug 1996 08:12:05 -0400 (EDT)

This answer was dated March 26, 1996. 4:27

This answer was dated March 26, 1996. 15:18

Pat Dintrone - email: patricia.dintrone@sdsu.edu
also answered these two questions correctly but about three hours too late.

1. Forestry

What is the standard height for measuring the diameter of the trunk of a standing tree and what is this diameter called?

2. Computers

What is the purpose of a compiler?

3. Philosophy

His thoughts on the duty of civil disobedience inspired Gandhi. He was jailed because he refused to pay his taxes. He built a house and planted a bean field on the shores of Walden pond. Who was he?

4. Literature

Rima, bird girl of the Amazon jungle, was a creation of what author in what novel?

Jeanne's answers were dated March 9, 1996. 15:34

Jane's answers were dated March 24, 1996.

1. Forestry

What is the scientific (latin) name of the tree which has leaves, fruits, and twigs like this?
It is an aromatic tree common in the Eastern United States with three types of leaves on the same tree.

2. Computers

ASCII - 65 decimal - is what character?

3. Philosophy

He was enlightened as he sat on "the immovable spot" under the Bo tree. Who was he?

4. History

Who was the famous son of Phillip of Macedonia?

Jeanne's answers were dated Feb. 25, 1996. 23:01

The answer was dated Mar. 4, 1996. 14:49

Sassafras - good for sassafras tea, farm gates, and wagon flooring.
A pioneer species abundant in abandoned and unmown fields - shade intolerant.

1. Forestry

What is the scientific (latin) name of the tree which has leaves, flowers, and twigs like this?
It is a decidious tree common in the Eastern United States.

2. Computers

How many nybbles are necessary to store the phrase, "Merry Christmas!"?
Quotation marks are not included.

3. Philosophy

What existentialist wrote "The Myth of Sisyphus"?

4. History

What was "Seward's Folly"?

Joe's answers were dated Feb. 9, 1996.

Simon Brault - email: brault.simon@baznet.ic.gc.ca
has 40 points with his answers to questions:
2. Nybbles necessary to store the phrase, "Merry Christmas!"? - 32
a Nybble is 4 bits. A byte is 8 bits.
and
3. Existentialist who wrote "The Myth of Sisyphus"? - Albert Camus
Existentialism has much in common with Zen Buddhism.

Simon's answers were dated Feb. 20, 1996, 11:50 am.

| Welcome| Index| New| Review| Map| Top Pages|

Last revised December 31, 1996.

URL: http://www.webcom.com/duane/warmind1.html

Go to Top Menu.. ..of Duane & Eva's Old Kentucky Home Page

Please send comments.
All contents copyright (C) 1995, Duane Bristow. All rights reserved.