Before and After
AIPR
Capital Cities
Defunct (or should be) Tech Companies
Album Covers
100

7th president splashes some paint around and creates high art.

Who is Andrew Jackson Pollack?

100

The Claude QM step that is used prior to submitting to pre-check.

What is r4-qm-self-check?

100

This Vermont capital has the fewest residents of any US capital city.

What is Montpelier?

100

Still used by your grandparents for email and other one-stop shop Internet content. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Americans received CDs from this company on a weekly basis.

What is AOL?
100

The 8th studio record by this band spent 736 non-consecutive weeks in the Billboard 200 chart.

Who is Pink Floyd?

200

This nighttime directional beacon is visible to Captain Kirk and crew.

What is North Star Trek?

200

The step that checks for AI text and plagiarism.

What is r4-qa-edit?

200

Carson City, NV, Helena, MT, Indianapolis, IN, and Denver CO all share this geographic trait.

What is they are not on navigable bodies of water?

200

Founded in 1981 and known for its use in scientific computing, 3D visualization, and Hollywood visual effects, this company’s products ran the IRIX operating system. Delisted from the NYSE in 2006.

What is Silicon Graphics (SGI)?

200

The 8th studio record by this British band released in 1969.

Who are the Beatles?

300

This triages the injured while bringing food to them in bed.

What is Emergency Room Service?

300

r4-qm-self-check is used by these foxes.

Who are ticket owners?

300

The capitals of Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, and Wisconsin are all named after this type of person.

What is a U.S. President?

300

Founded by Steve Jobs in 1985 and defunct in 1997, their operating system became the foundation for Mac OS X.

What is NeXT?

300

The aptly named fourth album by British band released in 1971.

Who is Led Zeppelin?

400

 A barbecue where Hey Ya! is played.

What is a cookoutkast?

400

Used by Peer Reviewers as the first step of the peer review.

What is r4-pr-pal?

400

At a Mile High, Denver is only the third highest capital city, trailing these two.

What are Santa Fe and Cheyenne?

400

Makers of a lot of cool stuff, including the PDP-11, VAX, and their own network protocol, this company went defunct in 1998. Most assets were acquired by Compaq.

Who is Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)?

400

Released in 1967 by Lou Reed fronted band.

Who is Velvet Underground?

500

Seventh largest US city hosts Zorro actor.

What is San Antonio Banderas?

500

This step checks for prohibited language, word list violations, typos, and formatting basics.

What is r4-qm-self-check?

500

The capitals of these three states border another state or country.

What are Carson City, NV, Juneau, AK, and Trenton, NJ?

500

Their Navigator web browser held almost 80% of the market in 1996, steadily declining after Microsoft began bundling Internet Explorer with its operating systems. The also made a commercial web server product.

What is Netscape?

500

Debut release in 1979 by British band that features radio waves from pulsar CP 1919.

Who is Joy Division?