Learn to Lead
Greek Myths
Stuff Major King is studying
Chain of Command
Space Nerd
100
The practice of putting off for no good reason a task that should be done now
What is procrastination?
100
This is the fabled home of the gods
What is Mount Olympus?
100
Name this artwork/artist
What is Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet?
100
This is your Squadron Commander
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Name your Cadet Commander
Who is Captain Eales?
DOUBLE JEOPOARDY: Who is Major King?
100
This was the first American in space
Who was Allen Shepard?
200
This is the body's response to change.
What is stress?
200
After tricking the gods, they punished him by forcing him to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity
Who is Sisyphus?
200
This man created blueprints for a flying machine, guns, and a tank. He is usually considered the critical Renaissance man.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
200
This is your Group Commander
Who is Major Kee?
200
This craft was assembled and maintained in low orbit by five space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada)
What is the International Space Station?
300
This is the existing state of affairs; the way things have always been.
What is the status quo?
300
When the gods granted his wish that everything he touched would turn to gold, but realized his blessing was a curse when he accidentally turned his son into gold.
Who is King Midas?
300
This was the effort by the Catholic Church enacted by the Council of Trent to push back against the Protestant Reformation.
What was the Counter-Reformation?
300
This is your Wing Commander
Who is Colonel Loy?
300
This man's speech at Rice University in Texas inspired America to make the push in the Space Race to put a man on the moon.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
400
This logical fallacy presents two non-optimal choices.
What is a false dilemma?
400
Featured in the broadway play "Hadestown," this son of a muse and songwriter must travel to the Underworld to save his lover, Eurydice
Who is Orpheus?
400
This pirate would tie lit fuses in his beard when he boarded ships to terrify his victims.
Who was Blackbeard?
400
This is your Region Commander
Who is Colonel Hunt?
400
This American rocket scientist patented both liquid-fueled and multi-stage rockets. He has since been recognized as one of the founding fathers of modern rocketry.
Who was Robert Goddard?
500
Known as "Uncle Wiggly Wings" this man gained fame for dropping packages to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949.
Who was the Candy Bomber (Colonel Gail Seymour)?
500
This story, featured in the work-in-progress concept musical "Epic," follows the king of Ithaca and his perilous journey home after the Trojan War.
What is the Odyssey?
500
This is Major King's major/majors
What are history and political science?
500
This is your National Commander
Who is Major General Phelka?
500
After losing his hearing as a child, this Soviet scientist taught himself mathematics and physics by reading books. Eventually, he dreamed up the space elevator and inspired rocket engineers like Wernher von Braun and Sergei Korolev. He is considered the founding father of modern rocketry and astronautics.
Who was Konstantin Tsiolkovsky?