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ATPM 5.12
December 1999

This is the latest in ATPM’s series of Trivia Challenges. Answers to this month’s Trivia Challenge will be found in the next issue of ATPM. If you have any suggestions for future Trivia Challenges, or would like to contribute a Trivia Challenge, please e-mail me at egoss@atpm.com.

We had no winners in last month’s Trivia Challenge 5.11—The Next Generation. Please try again! This month’s prize is a world-famous ATPM t-shirt! The ultra-cool, 100% cotton t-shirt emblazoned with the ATPM logo on the front and our logo and motto on the back goes to the first two correct entries I receive. Send your answers to egoss@atpm.com. All readers are eligible to win once every 12 months.

This month’s Trivia Challenge is a list of nicknames of famous people—nicknames that are so familiar, we hardly refer to the people by their real names anymore. So see if you can match up the names and nicknames as you take part in:

Trivia Challenge 5.12—Match the Monikers

1.	Satchmo	A.	Jack Nicklaus
2.	The Splendid Splinter	B.	Julius Erving
3.	The Refrigerator	C.	Erwin Rommell
4.	Mr. October	D.	Don Garlits
5.	The Duke	E.	Frank Sinatra
6.	The Golden Bear	F.	Gene Pitney
7.	Ol’ Blue Eyes	G.	Ted Williams
8.	Big Daddy	H.	Louis Armstrong
9.	Ike	I.	William Perry
10.	The Possum	J.	Reggie Jackson
11.	The Fonz	K.	Dale Earnhardt
12.	The Intimidator	L.	Dwight D. Eisenhower
13.	The Rockville Rocket	M.	George Jones
14.	Doctor J	N.	John Wayne
15.	The Desert Fox	O.	Arthur Fonzarelli

Last Month’s Answer’s—The Next Generation

1.	Which is the only TNG episode in which Captain Picard makes entries in a “Military Log” rather than his more usual “Captain’s Log”?	D.	Yesterday’s Enterprise
2.	In the episode “The Offspring,” Data creates a daughter named “Lal.” What does her name mean?	B.	Hindi for “beloved”
3.	In the episode “Darmok,” Picard and the captain of the Tamarian vessel are beamed onto a nearby planet and fight a monster together. What is the Tamarian captain’s name?	A.	Dathon
4.	What is the name of the farming planet that Worf grew up on?	B.	Gault
5.	What was Keiko O’Brien’s maiden name?	A.	Ishikawa
6.	In the episode “Cause and Effect,” the Enterprise meets another ship that has been caught in a time-loop in the Typhon Expanse for 80 years. What is its name?	B.	USS Bozeman
7.	In the episode “The Next Phase,” two characters are thought to have died in a transporter accident. Who are they?	D.	Ro Laren and Geordi La Forge
8.	What is the motto of Starfleet Academy?	B.	Ex astra, scientia
9.	What is the name of the transport ship that Scotty is on board when it crashes into the Dyson Sphere in “Relics”?	C.	USS Jenolan
10.	What is the name of Jean-Luc Picard’s older brother?	D.	Robert
11.	In the episode “Tapestry,” we see how a young Jean-Luc Picard was stabbed through the heart while fighting...?	B.	Three Nausicaans
12.	What does the name of the Klingon weapon “the bat’leth” actually mean?	B.	“Sword of Honor”
13.	In the episode “The Defector,” we find out what Riker’s previous assignment was. Which ship was it?	B.	USS Hood
14.	What was the name of the Neutral Zone border-world where a Romulan ship crashed in “The Enemy”?	C.	Galorndon Core
15.	What is the name of the Klingon ship that Riker serves aboard in “A Matter of Honor”?	C.	IKC Pagh

The Rules

Each question has only one correct answer. The answers are stored in a hermetically sealed envelope guarded by a loving Siamese cat named “Stephanie” who lives in our house.

This Month’s CD Recommendation

“Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu” by Bruce Cockburn—the amazingly prolific Canadian’s 25th album. In a perfect world, this Bruce would be as popular as that other one. Well-crafted songs, biting lyrics, fabulous musicianship, and Lucinda Williams on backup vocals make this CD a must have on anyone’s list.

Parting Pointer

The “Parting Pointer” is ATPM’s “Tips and Tricks” section. If you have a pointer that you would like to share with other readers to make their Mac experience easier or more enjoyable, please send it to me at egoss@atpm.com. Here’s this month’s “Parting Pointer”:

To make the Apple menu function as a powerful application or file launcher, you can organize its contents to place your most-used items at the top, where they are easily accessible. Since the Apple menu sorts items alphabetically, you can move items around by adding space(s) before the name to bring those items to the top. Simply open the Apple Menu Items folder in your System Folder and find those files or programs that you wish to be at the top. Select the items, highlight their names, and add two blank spaces before each name. Then you can select the items you want in your next tier of programs and add a single space to them to put them in the middle of the pack. Leave the least-used items’ names alone and they will stay sorted at the bottom of the list.

Copyright © 1999 Edward Goss, egoss@atpm.com.

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