Here's a Mathematically challenging Rocketry quiz in rhyming couplets. The clues are all rocketry orientated and adding up each of the answers as you go should give you a grand total at the end. |
1. Got a big rocket then Rock-Sim it and aim for the upper altitude limit. 2. Minimum thrust to weight ratio must be right - it's ? : 1 for a safe, stable flight. 3. Numbers in the UKRA magazine multiplied; then by the number of cert levels you divide. 4. The centigrade temperature as a Hybrid guide; to the point of breakdown for Nitrous Oxide. 5. Since SWARM began so many rockets have soared; How many have won the Homer Hickam Award? 6. Thirty four rockets, Rocket Boys launched in the air; but which year did they win the Science Fair ? 7. For those mighty 'M' launches, eager intentions; Requirements in feet of launchsite dimensions 8. To be 'Fathers of Rocketry' was their endeavour; Tsiolkovsky & Goddard, add their birth-years together. 9. We wish them well with every test flight; In feet what's the Starchaser Skybolt's height? 10. SWARM's Pterodactyl lifts off with great strength; multiply fin number with (inch) diameter & (inch) length 11. The minimum safe distance for a Hybrid launch in feet; multiply with the metric one for 'M' motor- that's neat ! 12. Soar free yet supported, aim high yet be grounded; Starchaser and UKRA add the years they were founded. 13. SWARM RSO Interviews, add the years of each one; (but don't forget Phil when you're doing this sum!) 14. A history of invention has given Rocketry a boost; Boxer Rockets -which year were they introduced? 15. The first half of the Folly Gate postcode- that's right! Multiply with the number of the A road at thesite. 16. In 2005, the first ODell Altitude Plate was won but what was the recorded altitude done? 17. Add the year NASA started to the first flight of the Shuttle then subtract the Moon Landing -that's subtle! 18. There's a lot of them so need great focus to fix; How many fins on the rocket 'Matrix'? 19. Goddard was a genius - you just can't knock-it; the year he launched his first liquid-fuelled rocket. 20.If you're finding this easy, don't be a gloater; just add the metric safe distance to launch an 'H' motor. Have you got the right total - then give a cheer; Separate the total into month and year Seen this way, with a glance that's cursory You'll spot something special with a 2007 Anniversary. |