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ATPM 5.07
July 1999

This is the latest in ATPM’s series of Trivia Challenges. Answers to this month’s Trivia Challenge will be found in the next issue of ATPM. If you have any suggestions for future Trivia Challenges, or wish to comment about almost anything, please e-mail me at egoss@atpm.com.

I would like to congratulate the winners of last month’s Trivia Challenge 5.06 —Star Trek Stars: First Place went to Kevin Barton and Second Place goes to Gregory Hersh. They each won an ATPM t-shirt!

This month’s prize is the fabulous new ATPM t-shirt! The ultra-cool, 100% cotton t-shirt emblazoned with the ATPM logo on the front and our Logo and Motto on the back goes to the first two correct entries I receive. Send your answers to: egoss@atpm.com. All readers are eligible to win once every 12 months.

This month test your skill with a potpourri of subjects as you take part in:

Trivia Challenge 5.07: The Grab Bag III

 1. How many bones are there in a cat’s body?

  A. 206                   B. 220

  C. 244                   D. 232

 2. Who is Stargate SG-1’s friendly Ja’fa?

  A. Khim’tar              B. Teal’c

  C. Z’or                  D. Neelix

 3. Who programmed the game “Apeiron” for Ambrosia Software?

  A. Andrew Welch          B. Arlo Rose

  C. Floyd Minter          C. John Norstaad

 4. What horse last won the Triple Crown?

  A. Sunday Silence        A. Alydar

  C. Secretariat           D. Affirmed

 5. Who is Shmi’s grandson?

  A. Anakin                B. Luke

  C. Mace                  D. Han

 6. Troops from what country were the first peacekeeping    

    force to enter Kosovo?

  A. Great Britain         B. France

  C. Italy                 D. Russia

 7. The Texas-Oklahoma border is mostly defined by what feature?

  A. The Red River         B. The Rio Grande

  C. The 54th Parallel     D. The Natoches Mountains

 8. The Box Tops and Big Star shared what lead singer?

  A. Nick Lowe             B. Evan Dando

  C. Alex Chilton          D. Phil Collins

 9. What are the inhabitants of Monaco called?

  A. The Monacans          B. Monagasques

  B. Monacoans             D. The Monacoers

10. Who is Superman’s father?

  A. Jor-el                B. Kal-el

  C. Dumar                 C. Da’an

11. SETI@Home work units are approximately what size?

  A. 500K                  B. 1MB

  C. 150K                  D. 350K

12. In what year was the Lincoln Memorial dedicated?

  A. 1917                  B. 1922

  C. 1912                  D. 1925

13. Whose voice was featured in Apple’s first four “Think Different”

    commercials?

  A. Jim Henson            B. Jeff Goldblum

  C. Richard Dreyfuss      D. James Sloyan

14. Who hit “The shot heard ’round the world”?

  A. Sammy Sosa            B. Mark McGwire

  C. Arnold Palmer         D. Robby Thompson

15. What TV network first aired “The Pirates Of Silicon Valley”?

  A. ABC                   B. TNN

  C. TNT                   D. TLC 

The Rules

Each question has only one correct answer. The answers are stored in a hermetically sealed envelope guarded by a fierce Lhasa Apso named “Hammerli” who lives in our house.

Last Month’s Answers 5.06—Star Trek Stars

 1. Who was Captain Kirk’s Yeoman?       E. Janice Rand   

 2. Who was the youngest Captain         H. James T. Kirk 

    ever to command a Starship?

 3. Who was the Helmsman of The          O. Hikaru Sulu 

    Enterprise, and later Captain

    of The Excelsior?

 4. Who is the Enterprise’s              B. Uhura

    Communications Officer?

 5. What Star Trek cast member           M. Leonard Nimoy

    directed the movie “Three Men 

    and a Baby”?

 6. Kirstie Alley played this Vulcan     G. Lt. Saavik 

    in “The Wrath Of Khan.”

 7. Exposure to Delta-rays disfigured    A. Christopher Pike 

    and crippled this former Captain.

 8. Who supplies the voice for The       K. Majel Barrett 

    Enterprise’s computer?

 9. Who was found in suspended           C. Khan Noonien Singh

    animation on the S.S. Botany Bay?

10. What TV star played social worker    N. Joan Collins

    Edith Keeler?

11. Who is Spock’s father?               L. Sarek

12. What doctor invented the M-5         J. Richard Daystrom 

    multitronic computer?

13. Who discovered warp drive?           F. Zefram Cochrane

14. Who wrote the famous episode         I. David Gerrold

    “The Trouble With Tribbles”?

15. What time-traveller is immune        D. Gary Seven

    to the Vulcan Neck Pinch?

This Month’s CD Recommendation

“Robbie Robertson” by Robbie Robertson—the ex-Band member makes a “Desert Island Top 20”! Intricate rhythms, outstanding musicianship, and thought-provoking lyrics. An absolute must-have!

Copyright © 1999 Edward Goss, egoss@atpm.com.

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