Article of the Week - Codex Leicester

The Codex Leicester (also briefly known as Codex Hammer) is a collection of largely scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci. The codex is named after Thomas Coke, later created Earl of Leicester, who purchased it in 1717. Of Leonardo's 30 scientific journals, the Codex may be the most famous of all. The Codex provides an insight into the inquiring mind of the definitive Renaissance artist, scientist and thinker as well as an exceptional illustration of the link between art and science and the creativity of the scientific process. The manuscript does not take the form of a single linear script, but is rather a mixture of Leonardo's observations and theories on astronomy; the properties of water, rocks, and fossils; air, and celestial light. The topics addressed include:

• An explanation of why fossils can be found on mountains. Hundreds of years before plate tectonics became accepted scientific theory, Leonardo believed that mountains had previously formed sea beds, which were gradually lifted until they formed mountains. 

• The luminosity of the moon. Leonardo speculated that the moon's surface is covered by water, which reflects light from the sun. In this model, waves on the water's surface cause the light to be reflected in many directions, explaining why the moon is not as bright as the sun .

The Codex was purchased in 1980 by wealthy industrialist and art collector Armand Hammer from the Leicester estate, and renamed the Codex Hammer. In 1994, Bill Gates bought it at an auction for US$30.8 million, making it the most expensive book ever sold, and he subsequently renamed it the Codex Leicester. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Codex Leicester"

League finale this Wednesday!

Well kids, we have arrived. This upcoming week is the end of our quiz league. Will We Butter our Bread with Butter repeat as champs? Will they be unseated by Take off your Pants and Jacket? Will Sookie choose Bill or Eric? So many questions. 

 

Luckily, this week will lend some answers, and some Brewers tickets. 

 

Last week saw a surge from...(deep breath)...Take off your pants and jacket--part 2: First Blood; Electric Bugaloo, Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back/Judgement Day: When Nature Calls--The Secret of the Ooze. That was exhausting...

 

...and the runners-up were Meet-up 1: Disco is Dead...

 

 

...while Hi, my name is Katie, and the condiment mustard comes from me took best team name....

 

 

We 'll see everyone this Wednesday at 8 for the league finale (complete with wager bonus round), so continue to Drink while you Think, Appleton!

Wednesday May 23rd, 2012 scores:

1. 42 Take off your pants and jacket
2. 41 Meet up 1
3. 39 Bread with butter
4. 39 Hello my name is Katie...
5. 39 1minute, 41 seconds? Clearly no whiskey dick...
6. 37 Hello my name is Tyler...
7. 37 Two Molly's make it right
8. 36 Hookers and blow
9. 29 Alicia drive kizzzzz
10. 25 That's no soep in the girls bathroom

Article of the Week - Eddie Slovik

Edward Donald Slovik (February 18, 1920 – January 31, 1945) was a private in the United States Army during World War II and the only American soldier to be court-martialled and executed for desertion since the American Civil War.

Although over 21,000 American soldiers were given varying sentences for desertion during World War II, including 49 death sentences, Slovik's was the only death sentence carried out.
During World War II, 1.7 million courts-martial cases were tried, representing one third of all criminal cases tried in the United States during the same period.

Most of these cases were minor, as were the sentences. Some were serious. Nevertheless, a clemency board, appointed by the Secretary of War in the summer of 1945, reviewed all general court-martial cases where the accused was still in confinement. That Board "remitted or reduced the sentence in 85 percent of the 27,000 serious cases reviewed." The death penalty was rarely imposed, and all of those cases typically were for rapes and murders. Only one executed "had been convicted of a 'purely military offense.'"  

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Eddie Slovik"

Tyler and Katie up to no good again!

With just two weeks to go in our Quizmaster league, we continue to reshuffle our weekly winners like so many STD prescriptions. This week is for all the marbles, so do your homework! 

 

Our winner this past week was Hi my name is Tyler...

 

 

...who narrowly edged their chief rivals, Hi my name is Katie...

 

 

 

...while best team name went to Eat salmon, the other pink meat. (In a related story, I had it "My Way" with Erin won worst team name ever. She's a saint.) 

 

 

 

We'll be back at our normal time this Wednesday, 8pm....

Until next time Appleton, drink while you think!

Wednesday May 16th, 2012 scores:

1. 41 Hi my name is Tyler
2. 40 Hi my name is Katie
3. 38 Butter our bread with butter
4. 38 Take off your pants and jacket
5. 38 Hookers and blow
6. 35 Two Molly's make it right
7. 32 Meet up 1 (eat salmon, the other pink meat)
8. 31 I had it "My Way" with Erin