Bricker Challenge 2003 - Edition #4

[Bricker]

The rules are simple. Below is a list of … stuff. Identify it, with enough detail that I know you know what you’re talking about. For example, if you saw a question like, “Does the question, ‘Should I stay or should I go?’ clash with you at all?” then you shouldn’t simply answer, “No, it doesn’t.” Even if that’s technically a true answer, you have failed to identify that the band The Clash sang a song which featured those lyrics prominently.

I will award a prize to the person who answers the most questions correctly by Friday, June 20th, at 11: 00 PM EST, or who answers all fifty correctly sooner. That prize is a six-pack of beer, winner’s choice as to brand, as long as it’s reasonable. I’m the sole arbiter of what constitutes a correct answer and what constitutes reasonable. If you don’t like beer or are too young to drink it, or at my discretion, I may substitute another prize of like value.

Good luck!

1. Beneath the oak at Runnymeade…. what happened again?
2. Somehow, Major Odal is killing people in the dueling machine.
3. In the beginning, you can choose college or go immediately to a career; the former leaves you with some debt but gives you more chances at high salary cards.
4. In vino veritas.
5. Together we climbed hills and trees, learned of love and ABCs, skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
6. Sure, they robbed banks, but did they ever liberate Symbion?
7. The grave’s a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace.
8. What’s the volume of a sphere with radius 2 meters?
9. Ogres are like onions.
10. Was Lawrence the Uncle of Our Country?
11. The comic is an action transvestite – or possibly an executive transvestite.
12. Nick Rivers falls for Hillary Flammond, but will their love survive a traitor in their midst?
13. In this never-written-except-in-my-mind sequel, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy travel to America.
14. Baby M fell well, and Baby Jessica had some surrogate custody issues.
15. You load sixteen tons, and what do you get?
16. Mrs. Shubert is never guilty, but Tony, Barbara, and Eddie Lawrence have all done it.
17. What’s a pocket veto?
18. Remember the Maine! Remember the Alamo! But I forget why.
19. It’s funny that the FBI is detaining Arabs now, considering Abscam and all.
20. My friend told me my computer’s storage was skuzzy, and something about it was gooey too, so I punched him! What right did he have to say that?
21. My speling isn’t gud, but I have some boxight oar. What mettle can I make?
22. Traci Lords looked older than she was, all right.
23. Bahia de cochinos is what the Cubans called it.
24. Manrico the troubadour and Count di Luna are rivals for Leonora’s hand.
25. Here’s where it all started: what were the names of the first two tribes, on the first “Survivor” episode?
26. The length of a rectangle is triple the width plus five inches. The perimeter of the rectangle is 74 inches. What is its area?
27. What, basically, does a carburetor do?
28. What was the name given to the institution of racial discrimination in South Africa?
29. At one point, the line included eleven long-haired friends of Jesus in a chartreuse microbus.
30. Kevin slept with Leslie after she broke up with Alec… and Alec was convinced that Kevin revealed Alec’s previous infidelities. Meanwhile, Kirby was obsessed with Dale Biberman.
31. Ryu, Ken Masters, and Chun-Li Zang were some of the fighter characters you could control.
32. Discuss the general rules for the penalty of intentional grounding in the NFL.
33. Should Ilsa have stayed with Rick instead of leaving with Victor?
34. I was the Duke of Milan, but concentrated on affairs of magic instead of state; my evil sibling Antonio kicked me out of office and put me and my daughter in a leaky boat. Now, however, I’m master of my own island and a powerful magician, and it looks like my little girl’s in love with a prince!
35. Name the R.M. photographer who is best known for his pictures of naked men doing things to other naked men.
36. American aborigines, northeast Arizona, southern end of the Black Mesa. What’s the tribe?
37. After food has been sautéed and removed from the saucepan, you heat a small amount of wine or stock in the pan and stir, loosening browned bits of food on the bottom. Now you have a base for your sauce! What’s the D-word describing this process?
38. Anya liked these little furry creatures just fine early in life, but something must have happened to inspire her fear and loathing of them later on.
39. What R-word describes taking a trick with a trump?
40. Nixon gave the Checkers speech. Why?
41. Consider the area bound by y=x, y=0, and x=4. Rotate that area about the x-axis, and find the volume of the resulting solid.
42. Four-time British Prime Minister and Disraeli rival?
43. The object was to remove things like the funnybone with a pair of tweezers, and not set off the buzzer.
44. Who would you visit at 1313 Mockingbird Lane?
45. Death is the mother of beauty.
46. Balance CaCl2 + AgNO3 = AgCl + Ca(NO3)2.
47. Andrew Lloyd Webber play done traditionally on roller skates?
48. This phrase means either I have no desire for something, or I can’t afford to do it in Japan.
49. Who is Spaceman Spiff’s earth-bound alter-ego?
50. Robert Louis Stevenson character who was of two minds about almost everything?

[Flypsyde]

3. That’s the game of Life.
4. Yeah, I say all kinds of true things after I’ve been hitting the chardonnay.
5. I’m pretty sure this has something to do with Piers Anthony.
6. Shhhh, that’s Top Secret!
7. Another day older and deeper in debt, that’s what.
8. Well, they’re both instances of American defeats/abotages. They’re also spiffy battle cries.
9. Every damn right, you nut, since he’s describing your drive type and the unser interface.
10. Aluminum
11. Apartheid
12. Street Fighter ruled, huh?
13. Of all the gin joints in the world…ahh, Casablanca.
14. Way to go, Prospero.
15. When you think of anally-penetrating whips, you really only think of one name…Maplthorpe.
16. Deglazing.
17. So you didn’t think he was a crook.
18. Helluva Operation you’ve got going on here.
19. The Munsters.
20. Calvin.

[RTFirefly]

1. It wasn’t just a big event, it was a Magna deal.
2. That’s Life.
3. I dunno, but their Field Marshal seemed to Cinque their hopes.
4. 32(pi)/3 cubic meters.
5. Baby Jessica was born to a surrogate mom, who decided she wanted to keep Baby J. That was at about the same time (at least, from this long remove) as Baby M fell down the well, from which she was ultimately rescued.
6. A pocket veto is when a bill passed by Congress fails to become law as a result of the President not signing it within 10 days.
7. For the Spanish-American and Mexican wars, respectively.
8. As Doonesbury put it, a team of six Congressmen, led by a U.S. senator, broke up an FBI entrapment ring. (Others may remember Bloom County’s “Bedfellowscam”. :D)
9. Hey, you’re the user. You shouldn’t have gotten so graphic in your interface.
10. 232 square inches.
11. Apartheid.
12. You can’t just think outside the box; you’ve got to throw from there, while trying to avoid getting sacked, away from any potential receivers.
13. Ilsa asked Rick to do her thinking for him, and he concluded that the problems of three people didn’t amount to a hill of beans.
14. It’s a tempest in a teapot, only without the teapot.
15. Mapplethorpe.
16. When one of your aces gets taken this way, it’s a ruff life.
17. Can’t forget about Pat’s ‘good Republican cloth coat’.
18. You realize how long it’s been since I’ve taught solids of rotation? I’m gonna say 16(pi) cubic units, and hope I did it right.
19. Gladstone.
20. Zette. (Rather visit her than the Munsters, any day!)
21. Calvin.

[Francesca]

1. They signed the Magna Carta
2. That’s life
3. Yep. That wine’s a truth-serum alright.
4. They have layers! But then, everybody loves parfait.
5. Eddie Izzard loves his high heels.
6. That’s top secret.
7. Would that be Pride, Prejudice and Patriotic Americans?
8. Another day older and deeper in debt.
9. A pocket veto is when a bill passed by Congress fails to become law as a result of the President not signing it within 10 days.
10. Aluminium. (I want bonus points for correct spelling ;))
11. 232 square inches
12. Apartheid
13. In Street Fighter
14. They should all meet in Casablanca.
15. Prospero, you watch out for that Miranda.
16. Maplethorpe
17. Deglazing the pan
18. Ruff
19. Because he wasn’t a crook.
20. Gladstone
21. Operation!
22. The Munsters
23. Starlight Express
24. Calvin
25. Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde

[lno]

1. Beneath the oak at Runnymeade… what happened again?
   The Magna Carta was signed.

2. Somehow, Major Odal is killing people in the dueling machine.
   And it’s all Ben Bova’s fault.

3. In the beginning, you can choose college or go immediately to a career; the former leaves you with some debt but gives you more chances at high salary cards.
   Life, the board game.

4. In vino veritas.
   In wine, there is truth. Speaking of, where’s that Yuengling?

5. Together we climbed hills and trees, learned of love and ABCs, skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
   We’ve had joy, we’ve had fun, we’ve had seasons in the sun.

6. Sure, they robbed banks, but did they ever liberate Symbion?
   The Symbionese Liberation Army didn’t liberate much, but Kathleen Soliah made headlines in Minnesota for a while.

7. The grave’s a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace.
   Now therefore, while the youthful hue / sits on thy skin like morning dew

8. What’s the volume of a sphere with radius 2 meters?
   33.51 cubic meters.

9. Ogres are like onions.
   You’re so wrapped up in layers, onion-boy. By the way, want a parfait?

10. Was Lawrence the Uncle of Our Country?
    Half-uncle, maybe, because he was George Washington’s half-brother.

11. The comic is an action transvestite 9 or possibly an executive transvestite.
    Eddie Izzard.

12. Nick Rivers falls for Hillary Flammond, but will their love survive a traitor in their midst?
    Top Secret.

13. In this never-written-except-in-my-mind sequel, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy travel to America.
    Pride And Prejudice 2: Coming To America

14. Baby M fell well, and Baby Jessica had some surrogate custody issues.
    Baby M’s surrogate mother fought for her custody, and Baby Jessica fell down a well. You’ve got it backwards.

15. You load sixteen tons, and what do you get?
    Another day older and deeper in debt. Tell St Peter that I can’t go; I owe my soul to the company store.

16. Mrs. Shubert is never guilty, but Tony, Barbara, and Eddie Lawrence have all done it.
    Murdered Isabel Czerny in “Shear Madness”.

17. What’s a pocket veto?
    When the President fails to sign a bill within the 10 days allowed by the Constitution.

18. Remember the Maine! Remember the Alamo! But I forget why.
    Both cries to kickstart a war, a la Remember the WMD!

19. It’s funny that the FBI is detaining Arabs now, considering Abscam and all.
    Abscam was a FBI sting operation that used a fictitious Arab sheik “Abdul” who bribed politicians for various purposes.

20. My friend told me my computer’s storage was skuzzy, and something about it was gooey too, so I punched him! What right did he have to say that?
    Because you had a SCSI drive and a GUI interface. (And a GUI interface is like a PIN number or ATM machine, yeah, I know.)

21. My speling isn’t gud, but I have some boxight oar. What mettle can I make?
    Bauxite ore makes aluminum.

22. Traci Lords looked older than she was, all right.
    But those underage pornos sure were good. Er, um, I hear.

23. Bahia de cochinos is what the Cubans called it.
    Bay of Pigs.

24. Manrico the troubadour and Count di Luna are rivals for Leonora’s hand.
    Il Trovatore.

25. Here’s where it all started: what were the names of the first two tribes, on the first ‘Survivor’ episode?
    Tagi and Pagong.

26. The length of a rectangle is triple the width plus five inches. The perimeter of the rectangle is 74 inches. What is its area?
    232 square inches.

27. What, basically, does a carburetor do?
    Supplies an internal combustion engine with a mixture of vaporized fuel and air.

28. What was the name given to the institution of racial discrimination in South Africa?
    Apartheid.

29. At one point, the line included eleven long-haired friends of Jesus in a chartreuse microbus.
    We’ve got a great big convoy, ain’t she a beautiful sight?

30. Kevin slept with Leslie after she broke up with Alec- and Alec was convinced that Kevin revealed Alec’s previous infidelities. Meanwhile, Kirby was obsessed with Dale Biberman.
    St. Elmo’s Fire.

31. Ryu, Ken Masters, and Chun-Li Zang were some of the fighter characters you could control.
    Street Fighter II. The first just had Ken and Ryu.

32. Discuss the general rules for the penalty of intentional grounding in the NFL.
    If a player about to be tackled for loss of yardage behind the line of scrimmage throws a forward pass with no real chance of completion. It is penalized by ten yards and a loss of down. If the aforementioned player is out of the pocket, roughly identified by the positions of the two tight ends, it is not a penalty if he throws a pass beyond the line of scrimmage that has no real chance of completion. In this way you’ll often see NFL quarterbacks flushed out of the pocket and throw the ball away to the sidelines rather than risk a sack or interception.

33. Should Ilsa have stayed with Rick instead of leaving with Victor?
    I got a feeling that this is gonna be the start of a beautiful friendship, Bricker.

34. I was the Duke of Milan, but concentrated on affairs of magic instead of state; my evil sibling Antonio kicked me out of office and put me and my daughter in a leaky boat. Now, however, I’m master of my own island and a powerful magician, and it looks like my little girl’s in love with a prince!
    Shakespeare’s Prospero.

35. Name the R.M. photographer who is best known for his pictures of naked men doing things to other naked men.
    Robert Mapplethorpe.

36. American aborigines, northeast Arizona, southern end of the Black Mesa. What’s the tribe?
    Anasazi.

37. After food has been sautéed and removed from the saucepan, you heat a small amount of wine or stock in the pan and stir, loosening browned bits of food on the bottom. Now you have a base for your sauce! What’s the D-word describing this process?
    Deglazing. Mm, yummy.

38. Anya liked these little furry creatures just fine early in life, but something must have happened to inspire her fear and loathing of them later on.
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But bunnies are tasty, huh.

39. What R-word describes taking a trick with a trump?
    Ruff.

40. Nixon gave the Checkers speech. Why?
    To come before us tonight as a candidate for the vice-presidency and as a man whose honesty and integrity was questioned. Also, to claim his innocence in 1952.

41. Consider the area bound by y=x, y=0, and x=4. Rotate that area about the x-axis, and find the volume of the resulting solid.
    64/3 * pi cubic units.

42. Four-time British Prime Minister and Disraeli rival?
    Gladstone.

43. The object was to remove things like the funnybone with a pair of tweezers, and not set off the buzzer.
    Operation!

44. Who would you visit at 1313 Mockingbird Lane?
    The Munsters.

45. Death is the mother of beauty.
    Mind, metaphor, criticism.

46. Balance CaCl2 + AgNO3 = AgCl + Ca(NO3)2.
    CaCl2 + 2 AgNo3 -> 2 AgCl + Ca(NO3)2.

47. Andrew Lloyd Webber play done traditionally on roller skates?
    Starlight Express.

48. This phrase means either I have no desire for something, or I can’t afford to do it in Japan.
    I have no yen for that.

49. Who is Spaceman Spiff’s earth-bound alter-ego?
    Calvin.

50. Robert Louis Stevenson character who was of two minds about almost everything?
    Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.

[Bricker]

I am afraid that this contest may need to be renamed the Bricker Gives lno Beer event.

Congratulations!

I have your pair of sixes packed; I will add a third and send it off tomorrow morning, unless you’d like to add some variety to your picks… let me know.

[lno]

Variety would be nice – but since I can’t think of anything, toss in a sixer of a microbrew from your area along with the case of Black & Tan.

I’ll sit the next one out, honest.