Questions for January 2008 from the Six Games Played at the AGLOA National Tournament

1. LinguiSHTIK (All Divisions): Is eighty in a prepositional phrase in the following sentence?

   I bought the house next door to my uncle who is eighty.

2. Equations and On-Sets (All Divisions): A player reaches for the challenge block but knocks it aside without picking it up. The player then decides he doesn’t want to challenge. What happens?
3. Presidents (Click on the numbers to obtain a list of the presidents in that range.)

   1-12: At age 23, I started my Garden Book, a journal in which I recorded all the details of planting and harvesting, first blossoms, bird study, weather, varieties of plants, the layout of the beds, and my many botanical experiments. Because I kept records faithfully for more than 55 years, the local garden club has been able to restore my heirloom gardens. 13-24: I went to the Republican presidential convention in Chicago committed to my colleague John S. Sherman. However, a deadlock between the "Stalwart" and "Half-Breed" factions of the party led to my nomination on the 36th ballot.

    

   25-33: I had one of worst receptions ever for a president throwing out the first ball of the baseball season. The Washington Senators' home opener came shortly after I had fired Douglas MacArthur as Far East commander – and just one day after MacArthur went before Congress and spoke his famous line, "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." The crowd at Griffith Stadium booed me loudly. The Air Force Band tried to drown out the jeers with "Ruffles and Flourishes" and "Hail to the Chief." I explained my action to friends this way: "I fired MacArthur because he wouldn't respect the authority of the president."

   34-43: I awarded the National Medal of Technology to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. At the University of Illinois, Marc Andreesen and his team of programmers started work on Mosaic, the first Internet browser, during my last year in the White House.

4. Propaganda (Click on the name of the section to obtain a list of techniques for that section.)
   • Section B and Section D: What two techniques are illustrated by this ad on a Web site? One technique is from Section B and the other is from Section D.

   Welcome to Nicole's, Hudson Valley's finest custom catering. With a choice of several plush banquet rooms, delicious menus and gorgeous scenery, Nicole's is the premier choice for your event. We are proud to have you as our guest.

   • Section C: Ad in Reader's Digest magazine: "Promise Buttery Spread is rich in heart health essentials like Omega 3 and 6, vitamins B6 and B12, is non-hydrogenated and has no trans fats."
   • Section F: Professor Nicholas Negroponte of MIT announced that his school has created $100 laptop computers that will be given to children around the world. Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, criticized the computers' design because they lack a hard disk drive. However, defenders of Negroponte's plan believe Gates was really irritated by the laptops' use of Linux, the free operating system that competes with Microsoft's Windows systems.
5. World Events - The Year 2007: Who is this person?

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