Thursday, April 07, 2005

LIBRARY TRIVIA QUIZ WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Congratulations to Megan Paterson and Becky Workman, winners of the University Libraries' Trivia Quiz. Each will receive 100 print credits for providing the correct answer and information source for the following questions:

1. What is ADCM, and how does a musician get it?
ADCM is the Archbishop of Canterbury's Diploma in Church Music, awarded to holders of the Choir Training Diploma who pass the Royal School of Church Music's examination. (source: Rainbow, Bernarr and Anthony Kemp. "London: Educational Institutions." Grove Music Online (updated 28 February 2002).

2. Who were the sponsors of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and in what year was it mandated to take effect?
Senators Phil Gramm, Warren Rudman, and Fritz Hollings sponsored the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. The Act requires that deficits be reduced in installments beginning in 1986 and that the budget be balanced by 1991. (source: Milyo, Jeffrey. "Electoral and Financial Effects of Changes in Committee Power: The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Budget Reform, the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and the Money Committees in the House." Journal of Law and Economics 40 (April 1997): 93-111. Available from Expanded Academic Index [Online]; ALSO Thomas, Evan. "Look, Ma! No Hands!': Congress Embraces a Draconian Cure for the Deficit and Dithers on Taxes." Time, 23 December 1985, 18-21. Available from Expanded Academic Index [Online].

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