Well I’ll be damned, I triple checked the answer of 124.9 with my brother but since bricker agrees with lemur I’ll amend my answer to 125.
Apologies, the above post by Mushono was written by me.
No searching, no peeking:
- “Pass” and “Don’t Pass” might be traffic instructions, and “Come” and “Don’t Come” might be guidance from a porn director. But where would they all be applicable?
Vegas! - What is the area bounded by y = 3x^2, x=5, and y=0 ?
187.5 - NH3. In water. What happens?
ionizes to ammonia, NH40H - Adam Selene, one of the leaders of the Lunar Revolution, was very unlike the others in the group.
Was a computer; consciousness came w/sufficient connectivity - Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper, too?
Dr Pepper commercial - Best-known vet in Darrowby?
All Creatures Great and Small et seq - If you took est, you got it.
taken? - I own St. James, Tennessee, New York, Kentucky, and Indiana. You land on New York and then roll a 4. What’s the total rent I get?
Monopoly, amt unkn - She criticized my apartment, so I knocked her flat. Explain the joke.
Criticized syn. knocked, apartment (near-) syn. flat - You can’t have cheese without a cow’s stomach, I always say!
Rennet in stomach converts milk to cheese. You must be a true conservative. - Remember Stonewall, 1969! Why?
"Riot", police bust of gay bar, landmark in gay consciousness - John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it.
President didn’t like SupCourt decision - Who shot J.R. ?
Some imaginary character on TV - What’s a suicide king?
Ask me what a suicide door is. - Help me keep my colonels straight: One kept getting fooled by Hogan, one made a name in fried chicken, and a short one lied to Congress, but apparently an admiral ordered it.
Cols. Klink; Sanders; Oliver North (Adm. Poindexter, now back in an honored and powerful position) - Sacre bleu! I’ve forgotten the name of the dish that’s made by stuffing a breaded chicken breast with swiss cheese and ham!
chicken Kiev - What’s the quadratic formula, and what’s it good for?
x=sqrt (something/4)…drat, I can work it when I see it. Gives results of equation of type 0=axsq +/- nab +/- bxsq - What’s the total resistance in an electrical circuit containing a 2-ohm resistor, a 3-ohm resistor, and a 6-ohm resistor all in parallel?
Used to know this. Oh, the shame of it all… - Bix Beiderbecke’s horn?
cornet? - Who was the best actor on the Dukes of Hazzard?
The car And I never even saw the show (just the ads). - Hari Seldon’s invention or field?
Psychohistory, accurate prediction of mass historic events - “Half-and-half” means very different things to a dairyman and a hooker.
cream-added milk; “he didn’t even get half of his half-and-half” The One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding - I worked for Dukes, and was betrothed to Penelope – but all that changed after I was the target of a cruel wager, and an interloper stole my house, my job, and my life. Had it not been for Ophelia’s help, I might have killed myself.
Ulysses. Ophelia the faithful dog - What two characters sing “Some Enchanted Evening” in the musical?
South Pacific, the nurse and the planter - A block weighs four pounds plus half a block. How much does a block weigh in pounds?
Eight pounds - Hiawatha’s grandmother, according to Longfellow?
"daughter of the Moon, Nicomis" The Moon - He really was supposed to be an apprentice to a pilot. But Ruth was hard of hearing.
**Frederick, Pirates of Penzance. “‘Young Frederick!’ ‘Who calls?’ ‘Your late Commander!’ ‘And I, your little Ruth’” ** - Into how many distinct shapes can four cubes be joined, assuming that each cube may be attached to another only full-face to full-face?
Ten - What honorable Bond actress’ character name might suggest she owned many cats?
Pussy Galore (Kitty Galore in the movie) - One man in a thousand, Soloman says, will stick more close than a brother.
Rudyard Kipling poem
MaryEFoo: 17
I think Ryle Dup went +1 on his last post, but I am fast losing track of the amendments and corrections offered. So I’d ask that you repost your entire current answer set as a more prudent way of bringing your total number of correct answers to my attention.
I think these are the only two questions not answered correctly so far. I’ll have a go.
- I own St. James, Tennessee, New York, Kentucky, and Indiana. You land on New York and then roll a 4. What’s the total rent I get?
$50
22. In brief, what the heck was the problem with cell thirteen?
In the book, The Problem with Cell 13, Professor Van Dusen is challenged to find a way out of the notorious Chisholm Prison, an impossible task. Van Dusen accepts the challenge. Wearing nothing but his shirt, trousers, socks and shoes, Van Dusen is given one week to escape. The story is the intrigue-filled adventure of how Van Dusen escapes from Cell 13. (Googled, obviously)
I think these are the only two questions not answered correctly so far. I’ll have a go.
- I own St. James, Tennessee, New York, Kentucky, and Indiana. You land on New York and then roll a 4. What’s the total rent I get?
$50
- In brief, what the heck was the problem with cell thirteen?
In the book, The Problem with Cell 13, Professor Van Dusen is challenged to find a way out of the notorious Chisholm Prison, an impossible task. Van Dusen accepts the challenge. Wearing nothing but his shirt, trousers, socks and shoes, Van Dusen is given one week to escape. The story is the intrigue-filled adventure of how Van Dusen escapes from Cell 13. (Googled, obviously)
Hey! As a lifelong mystery lover, with a special interest in “impossible” crimes, I take personal offense at you IGNORING my correct answer much earlier in this thread! I even got it without a single glance at Google!
Pistols at dawn! whap!
Also, if you ever read the short story (NOT a book), which I recommend, you’ll find out that Ryle Dup also gave a correct answer. 
Total amendments:
- “Pass” and “Don’t Pass” might be traffic instructions, and “Come” and “Don’t Come” might be guidance from a porn director. But where would they all be applicable?
Playing Craps
2. I was only seventeen when I wooed Rose, the beautiful older stage actress. My mistake was taking her to my uncle’s house; they met each other and she left me for him. I thought she was just a gold-digger, for Uncle George was quite wealthy, but he lost all his money and she married him anyway. It got really weird after I came back into their lives years later and their teenage daughter Jenny - my cousin - got a pretty serious crush on me.
“Aspects of Love” by Andrew Lloyd Weber. Googled.
3. What is the area bounded by y = 3x^2, x=5, and y=0 ?
125
4. NH3. In water. What happens?
You get household ammonia, suitable for cleaning floors and such. Don’t mix with Chlorine bleach.
5. Adam Selene, one of the leaders of the Lunar Revolution, was very unlike the others in the group.
From Robert Heinlein’s classic “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress”. Adam Selene, aka Simon Jester, aka Mycroft Holmes, aka Michelle, aka Mike, was a sentient computer.
6. Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper, too?
“Be a pepper, drink Dr. Pepper”. From a Dr. Pepper ad campaign of the 70s and 80s.
7. Best-known vet in Darrowby?
I don’t know, but the best-known vet in Thirsk was James Alfred Wight. The names have been changed to protect the guilty.
8. If you took est, you got it.
This is now known as “The Forum”.
9. I own St. James, Tennessee, New York, Kentucky, and Indiana. You land on New York and then roll a 4. What’s the total rent I get?
50
- She criticized my apartment, so I knocked her flat. Explain the joke.
Brit-speak vs. US-speak. I could knock her flat by pushing her until she fell over, or I could criticize (knock) her apartment (flat).
11. You can’t have cheese without a cow’s stomach, I always say!
Rennet coagaulates the curds, and is made from cow’s stomach most of the time. Of course, any cheese made via this process is not kosher.
12. Remember Stonewall, 1969! Why?
NY vice cops raided a gay bar. To the shock and horror of the cops the sissies and drag-queens fought back, marking the beginning of the modern gay-rights movement.
13. As long as we’re talking about 1969, how about them Mets?
Mets win the World Series over the Orioles
14. John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it.
Andrew Jackson, disagreeing with the concept of judicial review re the removal of the Cherokee.
15. Who shot J.R. ?
J.R. Ewing was shot by Kristin Sheppard. He promised to divorce Sue Ellen and marry her, but he was lying of course.
16. Rodin never asked if the merchants of Calais wanted fries. Ha!
Because you must always ask if someone wants fries if they order Burghers. Especially if the Burghers are starving. Googled.
17. What’s a suicide king?
Any king in a deck of cards where the sword appears to enter the king’s head. The king of hearts.
18. What TV character’s name became attached to the short-shorts style she wore – when she wasn’t helping her cousins keep ahead of the law, that is?
Daisy Duke. Mmmm…cousin-on-cousin sexual-tensiony goodness…
19. Help me keep my colonels straight: One kept getting fooled by Hogan, one made a name in fried chicken, and a short one lied to Congress, but apparently an admiral ordered it.
Colonel Clink, Colonel Sanders, Lt. Colonel North, Admiral Poindexter.
20. Name the five newest mysteries of the rosary.
Jesus’ Baptism
The Wedding at Cana, Jesus’ First Miracle
Jesus’ Proclamation of the Kingdom of God
The Transfiguration
The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper
Googled
21. Sacre bleu! I’ve forgotten the name of the dish that’s made by stuffing a breaded chicken breast with swiss cheese and ham!
Chicken Cordon Bleu.
22. In brief, what the heck was the problem with cell thirteen?
In the book, The Problem with Cell 13, Professor Van Dusen is challenged to find a way out of the notorious Chisholm Prison, an impossible task. Van Dusen accepts the challenge. Wearing nothing but his shirt, trousers, socks and shoes, Van Dusen is given one week to escape. The story is the intrigue-filled adventure of how Van Dusen escapes from Cell 13. (Googled, obviously)
23. In O. Henry’s The Coming-Out of Maggie, what’s the enthnicity of Terry O’Sullivan, her date to the dance?
“I knew he was a Guinea. His name’s Tony Spinelli. I hurried in when they told me you and him was scrappin’. Them Guineas always carries knives. But you don’t understand, Dempsey. I never had a fellow in my life. I got tired of comin’ with Anna and Jimmy every night, so I fixed it with him to call himself O’Sullivan, and brought him along. I knew there’d be nothin’ doin’ for him if he came as a Dago. I guess I’ll resign from the club now.”
Googled.
24. “Don’t care how, I want it now.” But she was a bad egg.
Veruca Salt. The squirrels stuffed her down the garbage chute.
25. Qui Tam is not a character in The Mikado, but a legal principle meaning… what? And why would I even think that it might be a character in The Mikado?
Short for: “qui tam pro domino rege quam pro siepse”, or “He who as much for the king as for himself.” A provision to encourage people aware of fraud against the government to come forward.
SQUIRE, M.: “The Mikado Revisited via the Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1992”, paper presented to Royal Institute of Public Administration Australia (NSW Division) Seminar, “Blowing the Whistle”, Sydney, 1 September 1992.
Googled.
26. Did Gallimard really not know that the … um… equipment was there?
In David Cronenberg’s lepidopterously named movie, the answer is left ambiguous. Even Jeremy Irons doesn’t know.
27. The game is TV’s Jeopardy. The category is Before And After. The answer is ORANGE JULIUS ROSENBERG. Design the question that got us there.
Remember, all answers must be in the form of a question.
“I’ll take ‘Before and After’ for $400, Alex.”
“He ordered this franchised drink for his last meal before his execution…after he gave away atomic secrets.”
“What is ORANGE JULIUS ROSENBERG?”
28. Phil? Phil Connors?
“I’m in insurance now!” Phil eventually buys the whole package from him…term, whole-life, auto, fire, etc. Boy, that Phil is a great guy! Of course he’s got a busy day ahead…got to play piano, save a kid falling out of a tree, perform the Heimlich Manuever, and finish off with some ice sculpture. Not to mention finally boinking Andie MacDowell.
29. Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
Shakespeare Sonnet 73
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou see’st the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west,
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death’s second self, that seals up all the rest.
In me thou see’st the glowing of such fire,
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie
As the deathbed whereon it must expire,
Consumed with that which it was nourished by.
This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long.
- What’s the quadratic formula, and what’s it good for?
Good God, y’all! Absolutely Nothin!
The quadratic equation solves problems of the form:
ax^2 + bx + c = 0
x= (-b +/- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/2a
31. What’s the total resistance in an electrical circuit containing a 2-ohm resistor, a 3-ohm resistor, and a 6-ohm resistor all in parallel?
1/R = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + 1/R3…
1/R = 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/6
Resistance = 1 ohm
32. Which pretty Ziegfeld girl was like a melody?
The actress Billie Dove, googled
33. Bix Beiderbecke’s horn?
Cornet
34. Who was the best actor on the Dukes of Hazzard?
The answer can be found at www.jamesbest.com
35. Hari Seldon’s invention or field?
Psychohistory, the discovery of universal laws of human behavior on a large scale. As an analogy, although the movement of any one gas molecule is unpredictable, the behavior of a large number of molecules is predictable. Psychohistory applied similar principles to human behavior.
36. What course of action should I take to ensure that the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes will have to flirt with real dollies?
According to Johnny Black, you should buy a paper doll. Yikes. Googled.
37. “Half-and-half” means very different things to a dairyman and a hooker.
One is half-cream, half milk. The other is oral followed by intercourse.
38. I worked for Dukes, and was betrothed to Penelope – but all that changed after I was the target of a cruel wager, and an interloper stole my house, my job, and my life. Had it not been for Ophelia’s help, I might have killed myself.
“Sounds to me like y’all are a couple of bookies.”
“I told you he’d understand!”
And they made a lot of money by buying and selling frozen concentrated orange juice. Or was that selling and buying?
39. What two characters sing “Some Enchanted Evening” in the musical?
Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque. Googled.
40. Who was the first person legally prohibited from being elected to a third term as US President?
Eisenhower. The 22nd amendment was ratified in 1951, so it wouldn’t have applied to Truman. Eisenhower was elected in 1952 and took office in 1953. The amendment applied to him.
41. A block weighs four pounds plus half a block. How much does a block weigh in pounds?
b=4+(b/2). b=8.
The block weighs eight pounds.
42. Hiawatha’s grandmother, according to Longfellow?
Hiawatha’s mother was Wenonah, his father was the west wind Mudjekeewis. Wenonah’s mother was Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon Nokomis. Hiawatha’s grandmother was Nokomis.
43. In what state is Paul Anka’s guarantee about giant monsters void?
[Paul Anka]
To stop those monsters 1-2-3
Here’s a fresh new way that’s trouble free
It’s got Paul Anka’s guarantee…
[Lisa]
Guarantee void in Tennessee!
[All]
Just don’t look!
Just don’t look!
Just don’t look!
Just don’t look!
44. He really was supposed to be an apprentice to a pilot. But Ruth was hard of hearing.
He was apprenticed until his 18th birthday. Too bad he wasn’t apprenticed until he was 18 years old.
45. Into how many distinct shapes can four cubes be joined, assuming that each cube may be attached to another only full-face to full-face?
Eight. X’s are cubes, x’s are cubes with a cube stuck on above, .'s are added to preserve formatting
XXXX
XX
XX
X.
XX
.X
XXX
.X.
XX
X.
X.
xX
X.
Xx
X.
xX
.X
- Ralph and Richie’s friend Potsie – what was his actual first and last name?
…And introducing Anson Williams as “Warren Weber”…
47. What honorable Bond actress’ character name might suggest she owned many cats?
The question seems to ask for the character name, but actually asks for the actress’s name. Since Maud Adams’ name doesn’t have the “honor” angle, Octopussy is out. The actress credited with playing Pussy Galore was Honor Blackman.
48. What Monty Python character is proud of the fact that he sleeps all night and works all day?
“I cut down trees, I wear high heels, suspenders and a BRAAAAAR!”
49. What classic ballet positions are just grand, and what do they look like?
A grand plie is when you flex your knees all the way, as opposed to a demi plie where you flex your knees a little. And a grand jette is a big jump.
50. One man in a thousand, Soloman says, will stick more close than a brother.
…And that thousandth man will stand by your side;
To the gallows foot, and after.
– Rudyard Kipling
Googled
manwithaplan: 1
Lemur866: 47
By the way, here’s some commentary that may be helpful:
In my examples, one question was: “Is the quality of mercy strained?”
Person A: “Yes.”
Person B: “No.”
Person C:“You’re referring to Portia’s speech in ‘Merchant of Venice’.”
Person D: “No, it’s not strained, it falleth as gentle rains from the heavens.”
Who gets a credit for a correct answer?
Not A. He was flat-out wrong. Not B. Although his answer is correct, it lacks the context to show he knew what I’m talking about.
Not C either, surprisingly. C’s answer shows the context, exactly correctly… but FAILS TO ANSWER THE ACTUAL QUESTION.
D would get credit. D might be safer to include some words about Shakespeare or Merchant in his answer, but there’s very little chance he posted that line without knowing where it came from. He answered both the actual question and the context.
Now, replace Shakespeare with Jacques Futrelle, and see where it gets you.
- Rick
Let’s see if I can get them all, then…
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Playing Craps
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“Aspects of Love” by Andrew Lloyd Weber.
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125
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You get household ammonia, suitable for cleaning floors and such. Don’t mix with Chlorine bleach.
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Mike, who was a sentient computer.
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“Be a pepper, drink Dr. Pepper”. From a Dr. Pepper ad campaign of the 70s and 80s.
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James Alfred Wight, AKA James Herriot.
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This is now known as “The Forum”.
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$50
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Brit-speak vs. US-speak. I could knock her flat by pushing her until she fell over, or I could criticize (knock) her apartment (flat).
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Rennet coagaulates the curds, and is made from cow’s stomach most of the time. Of course, any cheese made via this process is not kosher.
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NY vice cops raided a gay bar. To the shock and horror of the cops the sissies and drag-queens fought back, marking the beginning of the modern gay-rights movement.
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“Miracle” Mets win the World Series over the Orioles
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Andrew Jackson, disagreeing with the concept of judicial review re the removal of the Cherokee.
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J.R. Ewing was shot by Kristin Sheppard. He promised to divorce Sue Ellen and marry her, but he was lying of course.
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Because you must always ask if someone wants fries if they order Burghers. Especially if the Burghers are starving.
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Any king in a deck of cards where the sword appears to enter the king’s head. The king of hearts.
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Daisy Duke. Mmmm…cousin-on-cousin sexual-tensiony goodness…
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Colonel Clink, Colonel Sanders, Lt. Colonel North, Admiral Poindexter.
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Jesus’ Baptism; The Wedding at Cana, Jesus’ First Miracle; Jesus’ Proclamation of the Kingdom of God; The Transfiguration; The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper
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Chicken Cordon Bleu.
2+2=4 unless, in a rare case, it doesn’t.
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“I knew he was a Guinea. His name’s Tony Spinelli. I hurried in when they told me you and him was scrappin’. Them Guineas always carries knives. But you don’t understand, Dempsey. I never had a fellow in my life. I got tired of comin’ with Anna and Jimmy every night, so I fixed it with him to call himself O’Sullivan, and brought him along. I knew there’d be nothin’ doin’ for him if he came as a Dago. I guess I’ll resign from the club now.”
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Veruca Salt. The squirrels stuffed her down the garbage chute.
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Qui Tam is not a character in The Mikado, but a legal principle meaning… what? And why would I even think that it might be a character in The Mikado?
Short for: “qui tam pro domino rege quam pro siepse”, or “He who as much for the king as for himself.” A provision to encourage people aware of fraud against the government to come forward.
SQUIRE, M.: “The Mikado Revisited via the Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1992”, paper presented to Royal Institute of Public Administration Australia (NSW Division) Seminar, “Blowing the Whistle”, Sydney, 1 September 1992.
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In David Cronenberg’s lepidopterously named movie, the answer is left ambiguous. Even Jeremy Irons doesn’t know.
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“I’ll take ‘Before and After’ for $400, Alex.”
“He ordered this franchised drink for his last meal before his execution…after he gave away atomic secrets.”
“What is ORANGE JULIUS ROSENBERG?” -
“I’m in insurance now!” Phil eventually buys the whole package from him…term, whole-life, auto, fire, etc. Boy, that Phil is a great guy! Of course he’s got a busy day ahead…got to play piano, save a kid falling out of a tree, perform the Heimlich Manuever, and finish off with some ice sculpture. Not to mention finally boinking Andie MacDowell.
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Shakespeare Sonnet 73
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou see’st the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west,
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death’s second self, that seals up all the rest.
In me thou see’st the glowing of such fire,
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie
As the deathbed whereon it must expire,
Consumed with that which it was nourished by.
This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long. -
The quadratic equation solves problems of the form:
ax^2 + bx + c = 0
x= (-b +/- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/2a
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1 Ohm
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The actress Billie Dove
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Cornet
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The answer can be found at www.jamesbest.com
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Psychohistory, the discovery of universal laws of human behavior on a large scale. As an analogy, although the movement of any one gas molecule is unpredictable, the behavior of a large number of molecules is predictable. Psychohistory applied similar principles to human behavior.
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According to Johnny Black, you should buy a paper doll.
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One is half-cream, half milk. The other is oral followed by intercourse.
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“Sounds to me like y’all are a couple of bookies.”
“I told you he’d understand!”
And they made a lot of money by buying and selling frozen concentrated orange juice. Or was that selling and buying? -
Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque. Googled.
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Eisenhower. The 22nd amendment was ratified in 1951, so it wouldn’t have applied to Truman. Eisenhower was elected in 1952 and took office in 1953. The amendment applied to him.
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The block weighs eight pounds.
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Hiawatha’s mother was Wenonah, his father was the west wind Mudjekeewis. Wenonah’s mother was Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon Nokomis. Hiawatha’s grandmother was Nokomis.
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[Paul Anka]
To stop those monsters 1-2-3
Here’s a fresh new way that’s trouble free
It’s got Paul Anka’s guarantee…
[Lisa]
Guarantee void in Tennessee!
[All]
Just don’t look!
Just don’t look!
Just don’t look!
Just don’t look! -
He was apprenticed until his 18th birthday. Too bad he wasn’t apprenticed until he was 18 years old.
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Eight. XXXX;
XX
XX
X.
XX
.X
XXX
.X.
XX
X.
X.
xX
X.
Xx
X.
xX
.X
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Anson Williams as “Warren Weber”
Pussy Galore.
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“I cut down trees, I wear high heels, suspenders and a BRAAAAAR!”
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A grand plie is when you flex your knees all the way, as opposed to a demi plie where you flex your knees a little. And a grand jette is a big jump.
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…And that thousandth man will stand by your side;
To the gallows foot, and after.
– Rudyard Kipling
OK, taking Bricker’s hints (the poor hamsters!):
- “Pass” and “Don’t Pass” might be traffic instructions, and “Come” and “Don’t Come” might be guidance from a porn director. But where would they all be applicable?
Playing Craps
2. I was only seventeen when I wooed Rose, the beautiful older stage actress. My mistake was taking her to my uncle’s house; they met each other and she left me for him. I thought she was just a gold-digger, for Uncle George was quite wealthy, but he lost all his money and she married him anyway. It got really weird after I came back into their lives years later and their teenage daughter Jenny - my cousin - got a pretty serious crush on me.
“Aspects of Love” by Andrew Lloyd Weber. Googled.
3. What is the area bounded by y = 3x^2, x=5, and y=0 ?
125
4. NH3. In water. What happens?
You get household ammonia, suitable for cleaning floors and such. Don’t mix with Chlorine bleach.
5. Adam Selene, one of the leaders of the Lunar Revolution, was very unlike the others in the group.
From Robert Heinlein’s classic “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress”. Adam Selene, aka Simon Jester, aka Mycroft Holmes, aka Michelle, aka Mike, was a sentient computer.
6. Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper, too?
“Be a pepper, drink Dr. Pepper”. From a Dr. Pepper ad campaign of the 70s and 80s.
7. Best-known vet in Darrowby?
I don’t know, but the best-known vet in Thirsk was James Alfred Wight. The names have been changed to protect the guilty.
8. If you took est, you got it.
This is now known as “The Forum”.
9. I own St. James, Tennessee, New York, Kentucky, and Indiana. You land on New York and then roll a 4. What’s the total rent I get?
$50
- She criticized my apartment, so I knocked her flat. Explain the joke.
Brit-speak vs. US-speak. I could knock her flat by pushing her until she fell over, or I could criticize (knock) her apartment (flat).
11. You can’t have cheese without a cow’s stomach, I always say!
Rennet coagaulates the curds, and is made from cow’s stomach most of the time. Of course, any cheese made via this process is not kosher.
12. Remember Stonewall, 1969! Why?
NY vice cops raided a gay bar. To the shock and horror of the cops the sissies and drag-queens fought back, marking the beginning of the modern gay-rights movement.
13. As long as we’re talking about 1969, how about them Mets?
Mets win the World Series over the Orioles
14. John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it.
Andrew Jackson, disagreeing with the concept of judicial review re the removal of the Cherokee.
15. Who shot J.R. ?
J.R. Ewing was shot by Kristin Sheppard. He promised to divorce Sue Ellen and marry her, but he was lying of course.
16. Rodin never asked if the merchants of Calais wanted fries. Ha!
Because you must always ask if someone wants fries if they order Burghers. Especially if the Burghers are starving. Googled.
17. What’s a suicide king?
Any king in a deck of cards where the sword appears to enter the king’s head. The king of hearts.
18. What TV character’s name became attached to the short-shorts style she wore – when she wasn’t helping her cousins keep ahead of the law, that is?
Daisy Duke. Mmmm…cousin-on-cousin sexual-tensiony goodness…
19. Help me keep my colonels straight: One kept getting fooled by Hogan, one made a name in fried chicken, and a short one lied to Congress, but apparently an admiral ordered it.
Colonel Clink, Colonel Sanders, Lt. Colonel North, Admiral Poindexter.
20. Name the five newest mysteries of the rosary.
Jesus’ Baptism
The Wedding at Cana, Jesus’ First Miracle
Jesus’ Proclamation of the Kingdom of God
The Transfiguration
The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper
Googled
21. Sacre bleu! I’ve forgotten the name of the dish that’s made by stuffing a breaded chicken breast with swiss cheese and ham!
Chicken Cordon Bleu.
22. In brief, what the heck was the problem with cell thirteen?
In the book, The Problem with Cell 13, Professor Van Dusen is challenged to find a way out of the notorious Chisholm Prison, an impossible task. Van Dusen accepts the challenge. Wearing nothing but his shirt, trousers, socks and shoes, Van Dusen is given one week to escape. The story is the intrigue-filled adventure of how Van Dusen escapes from Cell 13.
The problem with the cell was that it had an old plumbing system.(Stolen)
23. In O. Henry’s The Coming-Out of Maggie, what’s the enthnicity of Terry O’Sullivan, her date to the dance?
“I knew he was a Guinea. His name’s Tony Spinelli. I hurried in when they told me you and him was scrappin’. Them Guineas always carries knives. But you don’t understand, Dempsey. I never had a fellow in my life. I got tired of comin’ with Anna and Jimmy every night, so I fixed it with him to call himself O’Sullivan, and brought him along. I knew there’d be nothin’ doin’ for him if he came as a Dago. I guess I’ll resign from the club now.”
He was Italian.
Googled.
24. “Don’t care how, I want it now.” But she was a bad egg.
Veruca Salt. The squirrels stuffed her down the garbage chute.
25. Qui Tam is not a character in The Mikado, but a legal principle meaning… what? And why would I even think that it might be a character in The Mikado?
Short for: “qui tam pro domino rege quam pro siepse”, or “He who as much for the king as for himself.” A provision to encourage people aware of fraud against the government to come forward.
SQUIRE, M.: “The Mikado Revisited via the Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1992”, paper presented to Royal Institute of Public Administration Australia (NSW Division) Seminar, “Blowing the Whistle”, Sydney, 1 September 1992.
Googled.
26. Did Gallimard really not know that the … um… equipment was there?
In David Cronenberg’s lepidopterously named movie, the answer is left ambiguous. Even Jeremy Irons doesn’t know.
27. The game is TV’s Jeopardy. The category is Before And After. The answer is ORANGE JULIUS ROSENBERG. Design the question that got us there.
Remember, all answers must be in the form of a question.
“I’ll take ‘Before and After’ for $400, Alex.”
“He ordered this franchised drink for his last meal before his execution…after he gave away atomic secrets.”
“What is ORANGE JULIUS ROSENBERG?”
28. Phil? Phil Connors?
“I’m in insurance now!” Phil eventually buys the whole package from him…term, whole-life, auto, fire, etc. Boy, that Phil is a great guy! Of course he’s got a busy day ahead…got to play piano, save a kid falling out of a tree, perform the Heimlich Manuever, and finish off with some ice sculpture. Not to mention finally boinking Andie MacDowell.
29. Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
Shakespeare Sonnet 73
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou see’st the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west,
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death’s second self, that seals up all the rest.
In me thou see’st the glowing of such fire,
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie
As the deathbed whereon it must expire,
Consumed with that which it was nourished by.
This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long.
- What’s the quadratic formula, and what’s it good for?
Good God, y’all! Absolutely Nothin!
The quadratic equation solves problems of the form:
ax^2 + bx + c = 0
x= (-b +/- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/2a
31. What’s the total resistance in an electrical circuit containing a 2-ohm resistor, a 3-ohm resistor, and a 6-ohm resistor all in parallel?
1/R = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + 1/R3…
1/R = 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/6
Resistance = 1 ohm
32. Which pretty Ziegfeld girl was like a melody?
The actress Billie Dove, googled
33. Bix Beiderbecke’s horn?
Cornet
34. Who was the best actor on the Dukes of Hazzard?
The answer can be found at www.jamesbest.com
35. Hari Seldon’s invention or field?
Psychohistory, the discovery of universal laws of human behavior on a large scale. As an analogy, although the movement of any one gas molecule is unpredictable, the behavior of a large number of molecules is predictable. Psychohistory applied similar principles to human behavior.
36. What course of action should I take to ensure that the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes will have to flirt with real dollies?
According to Johnny Black, you should buy a paper doll. Yikes. Googled.
37. “Half-and-half” means very different things to a dairyman and a hooker.
One is half-cream, half milk. The other is oral followed by intercourse.
38. I worked for Dukes, and was betrothed to Penelope – but all that changed after I was the target of a cruel wager, and an interloper stole my house, my job, and my life. Had it not been for Ophelia’s help, I might have killed myself.
“Sounds to me like y’all are a couple of bookies.”
“I told you he’d understand!”
And they made a lot of money by buying and selling frozen concentrated orange juice. Or was that selling and buying?
39. What two characters sing “Some Enchanted Evening” in the musical?
Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque. Googled.
40. Who was the first person legally prohibited from being elected to a third term as US President?
Eisenhower. The 22nd amendment was ratified in 1951, so it wouldn’t have applied to Truman. Eisenhower was elected in 1952 and took office in 1953. The amendment applied to him.
41. A block weighs four pounds plus half a block. How much does a block weigh in pounds?
b=4+(b/2). b=8.
The block weighs eight pounds.
42. Hiawatha’s grandmother, according to Longfellow?
Hiawatha’s mother was Wenonah, his father was the west wind Mudjekeewis. Wenonah’s mother was Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon Nokomis. Hiawatha’s grandmother was Nokomis.
43. In what state is Paul Anka’s guarantee about giant monsters void?
[Paul Anka]
To stop those monsters 1-2-3
Here’s a fresh new way that’s trouble free
It’s got Paul Anka’s guarantee…
[Lisa]
Guarantee void in Tennessee!
[All]
Just don’t look!
Just don’t look!
Just don’t look!
Just don’t look!
44. He really was supposed to be an apprentice to a pilot. But Ruth was hard of hearing.
He was apprenticed until his 18th birthday. Too bad he wasn’t apprenticed until he was 18 years old.
45. Into how many distinct shapes can four cubes be joined, assuming that each cube may be attached to another only full-face to full-face?
Eight. X’s are cubes, x’s are cubes with a cube stuck on above, .'s are added to preserve formatting
XXXX
XX
XX
X.
XX
.X
XXX
.X.
XX
X.
X.
xX
X.
Xx
X.
xX
.X
- Ralph and Richie’s friend Potsie – what was his actual first and last name?
…And introducing Anson Williams as “Warren Weber”…
47. What honorable Bond actress’ character name might suggest she owned many cats?
The question seems to ask for the character name, but actually asks for the actress’s name. Since Maud Adams’ name doesn’t have the “honor” angle, Octopussy is out. The actress credited with playing Pussy Galore was Honor Blackman.
48. What Monty Python character is proud of the fact that he sleeps all night and works all day?
“I cut down trees, I wear high heels, suspenders and a BRAAAAAR!”
The Lumberjack.
49. What classic ballet positions are just grand, and what do they look like?
A grand plie is when you flex your knees all the way, as opposed to a demi plie where you flex your knees a little. And a grand jette is a big jump.
50. One man in a thousand, Soloman says, will stick more close than a brother.
…And that thousandth man will stand by your side;
To the gallows foot, and after.
– Rudyard Kipling
Googled
To provide even more context to #22:
An old pipe led outside the cell. The Thinking Machine tied a note to a rat, the rat carried the note outside the cell. A conferate found the drain opening, and could pass him nitric acid and various other neccesities through it.
iampunha: 47
lemur866: 48
- “Pass” and “Don’t Pass” might be traffic instructions, and “Come” and “Don’t Come” might be guidance from a porn director. But where would they all be applicable?
Craps - I was only seventeen when I wooed Rose, the beautiful older stage actress. My mistake was taking her to my uncle’s house; they met each other and she left me for him. I thought she was just a gold-digger, for Uncle George was quite wealthy, but he lost all his money and she married him anyway. It got really weird after I came back into their lives years later and their teenage daughter Jenny - my cousin - got a pretty serious crush on me.
“Aspects of Love” by Andrew Lloyd Weber. Googled. - What is the area bounded by y = 3x^2, x=5, and y=0 ?
125 - NH3. In water. What happens?
Ammonia, don’t mix with bleach. - Adam Selene, one of the leaders of the Lunar Revolution, was very unlike the others in the group.
From Robert Heinlein’s classic “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress”. Adam Selene, aka Simon Jester, aka Mycroft Holmes, aka Michelle, aka Mike, was a sentient computer. - Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper, too?
“Be a pepper, drink Dr. Pepper”. From a Dr. Pepper ad campaign of the 70s and 80s. - Best-known vet in Darrowby?
I don’t know, but the best-known vet in Thirsk was James Alfred Wight. The names have been changed to protect the guilty. - If you took est, you got it.
This is now known as “The Forum”. - I own St. James, Tennessee, New York, Kentucky, and Indiana. You land on New York and then roll a 4. What’s the total rent I get?
34 - She criticized my apartment, so I knocked her flat. Explain the joke.
Brit-speak vs. US-speak. I could knock her flat by pushing her until she fell over, or I could criticize (knock) her apartment (flat). - You can’t have cheese without a cow’s stomach, I always say!
Rennet coagaulates the curds, and is made from cow’s stomach most of the time. Of course, any cheese made via this process is not kosher. - Remember Stonewall, 1969! Why?
NY vice cops raided a gay bar. To the shock and horror of the cops the sissies and drag-queens fought back, marking the beginning of the modern gay-rights movement. - As long as we’re talking about 1969, how about them Mets?
Mets win the World Series over the Orioles - John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it.
Andrew Jackson, disagreeing with the concept of judicial review re the removal of the Cherokee. - Who shot J.R. ?
The culprit turned out to Kristen Shepard (Mary Crosby), but he was never really shot as it was a TV show - Rodin never asked if the merchants of Calais wanted fries. Ha!
Because you must always ask if someone wants fries if they order Burghers. Especially if the Burghers are starving. Googled. - What’s a suicide king?
Any king in a deck of cards where the sword appears to enter the king’s head. The king of hearts. - What TV character’s name became attached to the short-shorts style she wore – when she wasn’t helping her cousins keep ahead of the law, that is?
Daisy Duke. Mmmm…cousin-on-cousin sexual-tensiony goodness… - Help me keep my colonels straight: One kept getting fooled by Hogan, one made a name in fried chicken, and a short one lied to Congress, but apparently an admiral ordered it.
Colonel Clink, Colonel Sanders, Lt. Colonel North, Admiral Poindexter. - Name the five newest mysteries of the rosary.
Jesus’ Baptism
The Wedding at Cana, Jesus’ First Miracle
Jesus’ Proclamation of the Kingdom of God
The Transfiguration
The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper
Googled - Sacre bleu! I’ve forgotten the name of the dish that’s made by stuffing a breaded chicken breast with swiss cheese and ham!
Chicken Cordon Bleu. - In brief, what the heck was the problem with cell thirteen?
There was a small pipe leading out to a field in which The thinking machine managed to communicate to the outside world via rats. - In O. Henry’s The Coming-Out of Maggie, what’s the enthnicity of Terry O’Sullivan, her date to the dance?
“I knew he was a Guinea. His name’s Tony Spinelli. I hurried in when they told me you and him was scrappin’. Them Guineas always carries knives. But you don’t understand, Dempsey. I never had a fellow in my life. I got tired of comin’ with Anna and Jimmy every night, so I fixed it with him to call himself O’Sullivan, and brought him along. I knew there’d be nothin’ doin’ for him if he came as a Dago. I guess I’ll resign from the club now.”
Googled. - “Don’t care how, I want it now.” But she was a bad egg.
Veruca Salt. The squirrels stuffed her down the garbage chute. - Qui Tam is not a character in The Mikado, but a legal principle meaning… what? And why would I even think that it might be a character in The Mikado?
Short for: “qui tam pro domino rege quam pro siepse”, or “He who as much for the king as for himself.” A provision to encourage people aware of fraud against the government to come forward.
SQUIRE, M.: “The Mikado Revisited via the Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1992”, paper presented to Royal Institute of Public Administration Australia (NSW Division) Seminar, “Blowing the Whistle”, Sydney, 1 September 1992.
Googled. - Did Gallimard really not know that the … um… equipment was there?
In David Cronenberg’s lepidopterously named movie, the answer is left ambiguous. Even Jeremy Irons doesn’t know. - The game is TV’s Jeopardy. The category is Before And After. The answer is ORANGE JULIUS ROSENBERG. Design the question that got us there.
Remember, all answers must be in the form of a question.
“I’ll take ‘Before and After’ for $400, Alex.”
“He ordered this franchised drink for his last meal before his execution…after he gave away atomic secrets.”
“What is ORANGE JULIUS ROSENBERG?” - Phil? Phil Connors?
“I’m in insurance now!” Phil eventually buys the whole package from him…term, whole-life, auto, fire, etc. Boy, that Phil is a great guy! Of course he’s got a busy day ahead…got to play piano, save a kid falling out of a tree, perform the Heimlich Manuever, and finish off with some ice sculpture. Not to mention finally boinking Andie MacDowell. - Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
Shakespeare Sonnet 73
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou see’st the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west,
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death’s second self, that seals up all the rest.
In me thou see’st the glowing of such fire,
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie
As the deathbed whereon it must expire,
Consumed with that which it was nourished by.
This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long. - What’s the quadratic formula, and what’s it good for?
Solving quadratic equations
The quadratic equation solves problems of the form:
ax^2 + bx + c = 0
x= (-b +/- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/2a - What’s the total resistance in an electrical circuit containing a 2-ohm resistor, a 3-ohm resistor, and a 6-ohm resistor all in parallel?
1-omh - Which pretty Ziegfeld girl was like a melody?
The actress Billie Dove, googled - Bix Beiderbecke’s horn?
Cornet - Who was the best actor on the Dukes of Hazzard?
The answer can be found at www.jamesbest.com - Hari Seldon’s invention or field?
Psychohistory, the discovery of universal laws of human behavior on a large scale. As an analogy, although the movement of any one gas molecule is unpredictable, the behavior of a large number of molecules is predictable. Psychohistory applied similar principles to human behavior. - What course of action should I take to ensure that the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes will have to flirt with real dollies?
According to Johnny Black, you should buy a paper doll. Yikes. Googled. - “Half-and-half” means very different things to a dairyman and a hooker.
One is half-cream, half milk. The other is oral followed by intercourse. - I worked for Dukes, and was betrothed to Penelope – but all that changed after I was the target of a cruel wager, and an interloper stole my house, my job, and my life. Had it not been for Ophelia’s help, I might have killed myself.
“Sounds to me like y’all are a couple of bookies.”
“I told you he’d understand!”
And they made a lot of money by buying and selling frozen concentrated orange juice. Or was that selling and buying? - What two characters sing “Some Enchanted Evening” in the musical?
Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque. Googled. - Who was the first person legally prohibited from being elected to a third term as US President?
Eisenhower. The 22nd amendment was ratified in 1951, so it wouldn’t have applied to Truman. Eisenhower was elected in 1952 and took office in 1953. The amendment applied to him. - A block weighs four pounds plus half a block. How much does a block weigh in pounds?
b=4+(b/2). b=8.
The block weighs eight pounds. - Hiawatha’s grandmother, according to Longfellow?
Hiawatha’s mother was Wenonah, his father was the west wind Mudjekeewis. Wenonah’s mother was Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon Nokomis. Hiawatha’s grandmother was Nokomis. - In what state is Paul Anka’s guarantee about giant monsters void?
[Paul Anka]
To stop those monsters 1-2-3
Here’s a fresh new way that’s trouble free
It’s got Paul Anka’s guarantee…
[Lisa]
Guarantee void in Tennessee!
[All]
Just don’t look!
Just don’t look!
Just don’t look!
Just don’t look! - He really was supposed to be an apprentice to a pilot. But Ruth was hard of hearing.
He was apprenticed until his 18th birthday. Too bad he wasn’t apprenticed until he was 18 years old. - Into how many distinct shapes can four cubes be joined, assuming that each cube may be attached to another only full-face to full-face?
Eight. X’s are cubes, x’s are cubes with a cube stuck on above, .'s are added to preserve formatting
XXXX
XX
XX
X.
XX
.X
XXX
.X.
XX
X.
X.
xX
X.
Xx
X.
xX
.X - Ralph and Richie’s friend Potsie – what was his actual first and last name?
…And introducing Anson Williams as “Warren Weber”… - What honorable Bond actress’ character name might suggest she owned many cats?
The question seems to ask for the character name, but actually asks for the actress’s name. Since Maud Adams’ name doesn’t have the “honor” angle, Octopussy is out. The actress credited with playing Pussy Galore was Honor Blackman. - What Monty Python character is proud of the fact that he sleeps all night and works all day?
“I cut down trees, I wear high heels, suspenders and a BRAAAAAR!” - What classic ballet positions are just grand, and what do they look like?
A grand plie is when you flex your knees all the way, as opposed to a demi plie where you flex your knees a little. And a grand jette is a big jump. - One man in a thousand, Soloman says, will stick more close than a brother.
…And that thousandth man will stand by your side;
To the gallows foot, and after.
– Rudyard Kipling
Googled
The two remaining unanswered questions may be more my fault in phrasing than anything else.
Hints… I haven’t given anyone credit yet for a question in which MaryEFoo has come closest to getting what I’m looking for. The only hint I can give is that if I ask a question in German, the answer might have to be in German. If I ask a question in German and English, maybe replying in both languges is safest.
The other question to which I haven’t given anyone credit is, I am beginning to think, suffering from being too obvious or stupid a thing. But one of the previous Challenges might be instructive. I asked about going to J.P. to get married, and, while there were other parts to the question, I wanted the answer to include what a J.P. was. So if I have asked an actual question, make sure that, in addition to your explanation, you have answered it, even if it’s a stupid or obvious answer.
If I said that I thought you needed a passport to visit New Mexico, and asked what New Mexico was and why I might think that, you’d be safest in replying that you don’t need a passport if you’re in the US, that New Mexico is one of the fifty United States, but that my confusion may have arisen from the fact that the similarly-named Mexico is a different country and might require a passport to visit.
And that’s the last of the hints…
Amendment:
- “Pass” and “Don’t Pass” might be traffic instructions, and “Come” and “Don’t Come” might be guidance from a porn director. But where would they all be applicable?
Where? At a craps table.
Purely out of the goodness of my heart, I’m going to let y’all know that the answer to #8 is “yelled at.”
–Cliffy
Very well… Amend my #1 to ‘A craps table’
and #8 to ‘yelled at’
No changes in scores. est did indeed get you yelled at, and it also became ‘The Forum’. Vegas, Atlantic City, at a craps table - all are acceptable.