Question
Answer the following about American computers during World War II, for 10 points each.
[10e] The SIGSALY project performed this task with transmitted sound. This task was assisted by Navajo “talkers” and performed by the German Enigma machine cracked by Alan Turing.
ANSWER: encryption [or encoding; accept code-talkers; accept creating ciphertext or ciphers; accept code-breaking or decoding or decrypting]
[10h] During the war, this scientist was contracted to create a differential analyzer for missile trajectories. This man wrote about “Science: The Endless Frontier” while heading the Office of Scientific Research and Development.
ANSWER: Vannevar Bush
[10m] The ORACLE computer later developed for nuclear reactors was created at this national laboratory. The Army Corps of Engineers also used this Tennessee facility to enrich uranium for the Manhattan project.
ANSWER: Oak Ridge National Laboratory [or ORNL]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 88% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 89% | 89% | 22% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 57% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 50% | 13% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
Data
| Yale B | A Brandeis Supreme | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Amherst A | Clark A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Boston University A | Bowdoin B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| BU B | Bowdoin A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Williams A | Diamond Brandeis | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Brandeises Brew | Northeastern A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Harvard A | Tufts A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Yale C | MIT A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Yale A | Brown A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Carabrandeis | Tufts B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |