1. What item was requested under the title "Computer System Dust Removal Apparatus"? [Vacuum cleaner]

2. What is the actual name of the Chateau? [Guggenheim Annex]

3. What blocked Sieg's last view of Mount Rainier? [the new EE building]

4. Which of the following were actually the names of architects or engineers of Sieg Hall or renovations to Sieg Hall? Rich, Pray, Crapper, Fall, Cheatam, Ratti

5. What top ten CS graduate institution has a faculty member who has been photographed nude in front of Sieg? [MIT]

6. According to the Calvin and Hobbes method of earthquake safety rating for buildings, what minimal earthquake safety rating does Sieg Hall have? [6.8 on the Richter]

7. Rank the following faculty in terms of Sieg Two Building Fund Generosity: (Note that only the first donation counts.) Richard Anderson, Gaetano Borriello, Ed Lazowska, David Notkin [NALB]

8. Match the earthquake-related quote to the person who sent it:
Dean Dr. Denice D. Denton FEMA would have been WAY easier than fundraising!!!
Ed Lazowska Sieg is still standing. The damn thing just won't go away.
Mike Ernst I'm sorry to hear that Sieg is still standing. Better luck next quake.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Faculty members at Sieg Hall ... have been complaining about falling bits of masonry for years.

9. What year was Sieg Hall deemed unsafe for earthquake? [1990]

10. What unusual emergency service has the elevator of Sieg Hall occasionally provided? [Toilet service]

11. What in Sieg Hall is known as "Bennett's Erection"? [The closet at the back of 433.]

12. Which faculty member's advertized research interests inspired the first Sieg Hall mural? [Larry Ruzzo]

13. How did Paula Belcher accidentally fake a gas leak in Sieg? [bringing a durian into the building]

14. When were the batteries in the Vax on the 4th floor last charged? [1980]

15. How much did the cladding cost per column (within a factor of 1.1)? [$6,500]

16. How much money did the graduate students' TGIF raise for the new building? (within a factor of 1.1) [$203.69]

17. Other than bringing cornflakes to the Pit Party by kayak, for what was Randy Day infamous? [living on top of Sieg Hall for a quarter, Autumn Quarter, 1985]

18. How ugly is Sieg? [audience decides best]
The winning answer was, I believe, David Notkin's "so ugly that we're tempted to stay in it so we never have to look at it."

------- Tie breaker: How many Siegs does the new building cost? Whole numbers only, closest without going over wins. [$72 million / $1,061,468 = ~68]

And some left over questions:

------- 10a. How much physical memory (maximum) could the Vax be configured to use? [1MB]

[Coke closet born in 1991.]

5. In what year were pieces of Sieg first distributed as party favors to prospective students? [1999]

5a. In what year were the crumbling columns clad in protective armour? [2000]

9. When was the (a) new building first begun? [1994]

17. Approximately how many Vaxes did Sieg cost (within a factor of 1.1)? [120-180K? ~$1 mil? ~6-8?]