Game 3, Round 10 -- Challenge Round
A. NASA-Related Acronyms
B. NHL History
C. Spell that Latin
D. Three-Headed Dogs
E. Toronto Channel Changes
F. Vice-Presidential Names
A. NASA-Related Acronyms
A1. What does NASA stand for? Exact answer required.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A2. When NASA was formed in 1958, it incorporated an existing
research organization with a similar acronym. What was that?
Either spell the acronym or show off by giving the full name.
NACA - National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics
B. NHL History
(QM: accept either the city or the team name on these)
B1. Which current NHL team was originally called the Cougars?
Detroit Red Wings
B2. Which current NHL team was originally called the Arenas?
Toronto Maple Leafs
C. Spell that Latin
These are spelling questions; you may want to have a pen and
paper handy before hearing them. (QM: allow both players to
get them if they want)
C1. If the time is 10 A.M., we must be in some other time zone.
But what does A.M. stand for? Spell the answer. You must
give both words exactly.
ANTE MERIDIEM
C2. R.I.P. may stand for "may he rest in peace" in English,
or what equivalent Latin phrase? We're talking about the
singular form, and again we need the exact spelling of all
three words.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE
D. Three-Headed Dogs
D1. Name the three-headed dog that guarded the gates of Hell
in Greek mythology.
Cerberus
D2. Name the three-headed dog in the first Harry Potter novel.
It belonged to Hagrid and was guarding the closed corridor
where the title object was hidden.
Fluffy
E. Toronto Channel Changes
E1. These questions are asking about broadcast TV, not cable
channels. Name the original channel number that CITY-TV
was broadcast on from 1972 to 1983, before moving to its
present channel 57.
79
E2. Name either of the two channel numbers used by CBLT before
it moved in 1972 to its present channel 5.
9 (1952-60)
6
F. Vice-Presidential Names
F1. Who was the most recent US vice-president whose surname had
an odd number of letters?
Walter Mondale
(his president was Carter, 1977-81)
F2. What is the only surname to have been shared by three
different US vice-presidents?
Johnson
(Richard, Andrew, Lyndon)