The title Grandmaster is awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life.
According to this passage, which of the following is true:
| Grandmaster is a higher title than World Champion. | |
| The title World Champion is awarded by the world chess organization FIDE. | |
| World Champion is a higher title than Grandmaster. | |
| World Champion is a title that is held for life. |
A rule change was enacted before the 1974 National Football League (NFL) season to add one sudden death overtime period (15 minutes) to all preseason and regular season games. If no team scored in this period, the game would result in a tie. This rule was enacted to decrease the number of tie games.
The first ever regular season overtime, a September 22 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos, ended in a 35-35 draw. It was not until November 10, when the New York Jets defeated the New York Giants, 26-20, that an overtime game would produce a winner.
Based on this information, which of the following statements is accurate:
| The number of ties appear to have been reduced after this rule change. | |
| The number of ties appear to have stayed the same after this rule change. | |
| The number of ties appear to have increased after this rule change. | |
| There`s not enough information to determine if this rule change impacted the number of ties. |
Conan of Aquilonia is a collection of four linked fantasy short stories written by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Robert E. Howard`s seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.
The stories were originally published in Fantastic for August 1972, July 1973, July 1974, and February, 1975. The collected stories were intended for book publication by Lancer Books, but this edition never appeared due to Lancer`s bankruptcy. The first book edition was issued in paperback by Ace Books in paperback in May 1977.
In what year was the second Conan of Aquilonia short story published?
| 1977 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1974 |