# Bricker Challenge 2004 Edition #3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143 "2004-03-24T15:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143/21 "2004-03-24T19:26:48Z")
_2. I can never remember Pascal’s triangle - isn’t that something about betting how you’re better off believing in God?_ Pascal’s Wager posits that belief in God is better than not, because if there is no God, then belief or lack of it is meaningless, but if there is a God, then lack of belief is the only losing proposition. Pascal’s Triangle (see #18 and #44) is a number triangle in which the value of a field is obtained by adding the two entries diagonally above. _3. I need trepaning like I need a ho–. well, you get the idea._ Trepanation involves drilling a hole in your head. _4. I’m against blame-the-victim mentality as much as the next guy, but let’s face it: Mayella was not at all reluctant._ E’well, she had it coming. Nah, I can’t make a pun on that. Mayella Ewell, To Kill A Mockingbird. _5. This question refers to Image A, found here. Who is this man?_ Josef Stalin. _6. Sure, Phoebe, Piper, and Paige have their moments - but did they ever talk to the spirit of the prophet Samuel?_ Phoebe, Piper and Paige are witches from the television show _Charmed_. The prophet Samuel was summoned by the Witch of Endor in 1 Samuel 28. Given that the three ladies seem relatively young, I’m gonna say that no, Saul didn’t ask for their services. _7. “If winter comes, can Spring be far behind? And if Spring is here, then C.J. and Toby will work together to help the Bartlett administration!” If the Shelley poem ended that way, what might the title be?_ Ode to the West Wing. _8. Any change we make SEEMS to have a positive effect, because the workers work harder when they’re being studied. Whose effect is this?_ Hawthorne’s. _9. I averted a Sirian attack on the Earth by pretending to be a traitor to the Council of Science. Everything worked out well, perhaps because I was fortunate, as befits my name._ As it does, Lucky Starr. _10. What Atari arcade castle-building game shares a name with an LA police scandal?_ Rampart. _11. What note do you need to add to C, E, and Bb (the only flat in the key signature) to achieve a dominant 7th chord?_ The dominant of F major is C, therefore the dominant seventh is based on the dominant triad of F major, therefore you’re missing the G. _12. What promotions was Fry surprised to see earned by Captain Crunch and Count Chocula?_ Admiral Crunch and Archduke Chocula. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143/22 "2004-03-24T19:45:23Z")
I’m not playing the game, but I want to quibble about a G being “needed” in a C7 dominant chord. The characteristic dominant sound is already well established by the notes you gave, specifically the tritone interval between E and Bb. Adding the root C establishes (aurally) that this is a C dominant chord, not a Gb/F# dominant chord, which is the only other possibility. The fifth in a C7 chord, G, is just gravy. It adds nothing substantive to the chord; it just reinforces the overtones. Thus one doesn’t really “need” to add it, as you said, to achieve a C7 dominant chord. You had a C7 dominant chord to start; in fact, even without the C given, one could say definitely that it was a dominant chord with one of two possible roots, because it contained a tritone interval. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143/23 "2004-03-24T19:58:31Z")
lno: 11 ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143/24 "2004-03-24T19:59:18Z")
(G) = Googled. Sixteen answers are mine, the rest I researched. This is my first time playing one of these threads, so please count my answers as most of the regular players would have theirs counted. 1. (G) Rose of Sharon is a character in “The Grapes of Wrath,” who gives a sickly man breast milk for nourishment. 2. Nope; in fact, monotheists beware: to construct it properly, you must look to the TWO above. It’s a mathematical construction where the values are arranged in a triangular grid and each node is equal to the sum of the two numbers above. 3. Trepanning is the practice of drilling a hole in one’s skull in order to relieve the unhealthy pressure. 4. (G) Mayella is a character in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” who falsely accuses Tom Robinson of rape. 5. Is that Joseph Stalin? 6. Aren’t they the central characters of the television series “Charmed?” 7. (G) “Ode to the West Wing” 8. (G) "Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn, " by Isaac Asimov 9. (G) Rampart 10. (G) G (heh) 11. (G) Admiral Crunch and Archduke Chocula 12. (G) Strephon 13. (G) Tisiphone, Magaera and Alecto 14. Vermeer? 15. (G) You’re Eugene Onegin 16. (G) Coriolanus 17. (G) 3 (The second Bernoulli number is 1/6, and 6/3 = 2) 18. (G) He is a district marshall, assistant to the Master, who leads the district 19. Canter? 20. (G) 501©(7) is the tax designation of a social or recreation club 21. Paladins and rangers are both warriors. Paladins must always be good, while rangers must always be neutral? 22. (G) Billy Ray Valentine, Eddie Murphy’s character in “Trading Places” 23. “Nighthawks” 24. (G) Let’s go out on a limb and say no. 25. (G) The Peninsular Campaign 26. “Sotto voce” is a stage direction instructing an actor to speak in a loud whisper 27. (G) A reference to “The Name of the Rose” 28. (G) Commodore George Dewey, at the Battle of Manila. “You may fire when ready, Gridley” (which I only previously knew from a “wabbit season” Bugs, Daffy and Elmer cartoon) 29. You would be (Fundamentally Oral / Wild) Bill the Cat(t) 30. 150 to nothing 31. The Lustr’ous Potentate. The Illust’rouns Potentate. The Il-lus-tri-ous… Coy, dad blame it, this here’s Bubba. 32. (G) Captain Yossarian 33. Robert Jordan 34. (G) George Gibbs 35. (G) Exorcism 36. (G) Hilda 37. Maxfield Parrish 38. (G) Francisco d’Anconia 39. (G) Hans Mollman? 40. (G) Binomial theorem 41. (G) Pozzo 42. “Sunday in the Park with George” 43. Elton John Carpenter? 44. (G) Jacob Marley 45. (G) Perth Amboy 46. (G) Jonathan Kincaid ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143/25 "2004-03-24T20:26:32Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > 1. I heard that back in the early 20th century, the Chicago Cubs played a game against some bush-league Midwestern team that lasted for days and thousands of innings before the tie was broken. Is this true? This question refers to _The Iowa Baseball Confederacy_ by (I think) W.P.Kinsella, the same author who wrote _Shoeless Joe_, on which _Field of Dreams_ is based. I don’t have the energy to attempt to conglomerate other answers, however… ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143/26 "2004-03-24T20:56:36Z")
1. Do you suppose Rose of Sharon was a member of the La Leche League? _She couldn’t have been since the La Laeche League was not founded until 1957, well after the Depression era events of **Grapes of Wrath** _. 1. I can never remember Pascal’s triangle - isn’t that something about betting how you’re better off believing in God? _No, Pascal’s triangle is a geometrical configuration of numbers. The wager is that famous fallacy that if you believe in God you’re safer than not believing in god._ 3. I need trepaning like I need a ho…. well, you get the idea. _Trepanning is drilling holes in the skull to relieve pressure, and no, you don’t need it._ 1. I’m against blame-the-victim mentality as much as the next guy, but let’s face it: Mayella was not at all reluctant. Mayella was the victim in **To Kill a Mockingbird**. She was a victim of incest IIRC. 5. This question refers to Image A, found [here](http://68.100.238.101:8080/trivia). Who is this man? _Stalin_ 1. Sure, Phoebe, Piper, and Paige have their moments - but did they ever talk to the spirit of the prophet Samuel? _No_. They are not from Endor. 1. “If winter comes, can Spring be far behind? And if Spring is here, then C.J. and Toby will work together to help the Bartlett administration!” If the Shelley poem ended that way, what might the title be? _Ode to the West Wing_ 1. Any change we make SEEMS to have a positive effect, because the workers work harder when they’re being studied. Whose effect is this? _Hawthorne’s_ 1. I averted a Sirian attack on the Earth by pretending to be a traitor to the Council of Science. Everything worked out well, perhaps because I was fortunate, as befits my name. _Lucky starr from the Asimov series_ 1. What Atari arcade castle-building game shares a name with an LA police scandal? _Rampart_ 1. What note do you need to add to C, E, and Bb (the only flat in the key signature) to achieve a dominant 7th chord? \*The addition of a G will make a C7 chord. 1. What promotions was Fry surprised to see earned by Captain Crunch and Count Chocula? _Admiral Crunch and Archduke Chocula ( **Futrama** reference)._ 1. Not to be politically incorrect, but name the fairy that gains a seat in Parliament, at least according to Gilbert & Sullivan. _Lolanthe_ 1. Name the Three Furies. Note: one of them is NOT a 1958 Plymouth bought from Roland LeBay. Explain the note. \*Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone were the furies. Roland LeBay sold the title character of Steven King’s novel, **Christine**. 15. This question refers to Image B, found [here](http://68.100.238.101:8080/trivia). Name the artist. _Jan Vermeer. The title of the painting is “Woman Holding a Balance.”_ 1. I’m wealthy, disenchanted, too selfish to admit (at least at first) that I’m in love with Tatyana, and too dense to refuse the duel with her husband Lensky. _You are Onegin from Tchaikovsky’s opera of the same name_ 1. Shylock is to The Merchant of Venice as Aufidius is to … ? _Coriolanus_ 19. A Knight of Columbus is wearing a green cape and chapeau, and carrying a white-handled sword. What can you tell me about him? _He is a marshall_. 1. Walk, trot, gallop. What’s missing? _Canter_. 22. In the Gygax AD&D world, paladins and rangers were both examples of what general class of characters? And what restrictions applied to them? Discuss. _Warriors. they have to be good._ 23. I was a petty criminal and con man until I came to the attention of William and Randolph, after being falsely accused of trying to steal the company payroll. They not only bail me out, but give me a high-paying job at their company, much to the chagrin of the previous job holder. He and I ultimately reconcile our differences over a common interest in orange juice. Who am I? \*Billy Ray Valentine, played by Eddie Murphy in **Trading Places**. 26. What name was given to the 1862 Union Army effort to capture the confederate capital, dashed by President Lincoln’s reluctance to use McDowell’s forces in Northern Virginia? _Peninsular Campaign_. 1. I like to talk with my classmates during music class, but I won’t get in trouble - my music teacher keeps glaring at me but he seems to think my name is Sato Vochie. _Sotto Voce-- he’s telling you to pipe down._ 1. The debate over whether Aristotle was in favor of or against laughter may seen dry and academic, but for one blind monk, it was apparently a matter of life and death, and definitely NOT dry. _Severinus, the killer monk in Eco’s **The Name of the Rose**. He killed to cover the discovery of a lost Aristotalien treatise on humor. Humor was anathema to severinus._ 1. We all know the story of “DEWEY BEATS TRUMAN,” but how about how Dewey beat the Spanish at Manila, huh? _Admiral Dewey. Spanish -American war_ 30. Considering all the West Virginia jokes, it’s amazing that Turin Turambar didn’t hail from there. \*Turin Turambar nailed his own sister in the **Silmarillion**. Inbred hillbilly joke. heh. 1. I was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and my life was chronicled by Bob Woodward in “Frazzled.” I was accused of using a relationship with former UN Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick to sell secrets to Russia, and I briefly served as a televangelist and presidential candidate. I also sang lead for “Deathtongue,” and gossip columns linked me to Socks, the Clinton White House cat. An alum of the Betty Ford clinic, I’m best known for sputtering inarticulate noises and being perpetually unkempt. Who am I? _You are Bill the Cat_. 1. What’s the final score of a Quidditch match in which both teams play perfect defense? _150 to nothing._ (The snitch is 150 points). 34. The only sane inhabitant on Pianosa? _Yossarian, **Catch 22** , but he was probably crazy too._ 1. What musical couple’s relationship is threatened by a Swedish nightingale but strengthened because they like each others’ style? 2. In “Our Town,” who does Emily marry? _George Gibbs_ 39. The medieval church ritual involving a bell, a book, and a candle was… ? _Ann excommunication_. 42. Name John Galt’s associate, who used his dashing playboy image to destroy the world copper market. _Francisco d’Anconia_ 1. Who starred in, and directed, the original film version of “Man Getting Hit By Football,” a role later reprised by George C. Scott? _Peter Griffin ( **Family Guy** )_ 45. From which blind supplicant do Estragon and Vladimir earn two hundred francs? _Pozzo_ 48. Seven years after we parted company, I was called upon to introduce my former partner to the world of the occult – despite his skepticism, I was neither an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, or a fragment of an underdone potato. You are Marley in **A Christmas Carol** \* ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143/27 "2004-03-24T21:06:35Z")
_39. The medieval church ritual involving a bell, a book, and a candle was-- ?_ Excommunication. _40. In comedian Eddie Izzard’s version, to whom is Dr. Heimlich is married?_ Hilda. _41. This question refers to Image E, found here. Who is the artist?_ Damned Maxfield Parrish. Bloody Moody Blues. _42. Name John Galt’s associate, who used his dashing playboy image to destroy the world copper market._ Francisco d’Anconia. _43. Who starred in, and directed, the original film version of “Man Getting Hit By Football,” a role later reprised by George C. Scott?_ Hans Moleman. _44. Explain the mathematics theorem that has the modern Major General teeming with a lotta news._ Expanding the power of a binomial expression results in a polynomial series. If you detach the coefficients and arrange them in a triangular array you get Pascal’s Triangle, which was probably the impetus for question #2. _45. From which blind supplicant do Estragon and Vladimir earn two hundred francs?_ Pozzo. _46. This question refers to Image F, found here. What’s the Broadway musical?_ Sunday In The Park With George. _47. Before and After answer: name the singer who re-wrote “Candle In The Wind” in honor of his million-dollar winnings on Regis Philbin’s game show._ Elton John Carpenter. _48. Seven years after we parted company, I was called upon to introduce my former partner to the world of the occult – despite his skepticism, I was neither an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, or a fragment of an underdone potato._ Jacob Marley. _49. What was the capital of East Jersey?_ Perth Town. _50. What was the name of the hunter that stalked Gilligan, in homage to “The Most Dangerous Game?”_ Jonathan Kinkaid. By the way, congratulations on the hardest Major Odal question yet—I may visit the library and read the book just to head off any future impossible-to-google questions from that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143/28 "2004-03-24T21:43:08Z")
1. I need trepaning like I need a ho…. well, you get the idea. Trepanation is the act of drilling a hole in one’s head, i believe it was thought to ease pressure on the brain to treat various maladies. 2. This question refers to Image A, found here. Who is this man? Josef Stalin 3. Sure, Phoebe, Piper, and Paige have their moments - but did they ever talk to the spirit of the prophet Samuel? 4. What Atari arcade castle-building game shares a name with an LA police scandal? Rampart 5. Name the Three Furies. Note: one of them is NOT a 1958 Plymouth bought from Roland LeBay. Explain the note. I don’t recall the Fury’s names, but the note referrs to the Stephen King book/movie Christine. 6. This question refers to Image B, found here. Name the artist. Rembrandt? 7. Walk, trot, gallop. What’s missing? Canter 8. This question refers to Image C, found here. What is the title of this piece? Boulevard of Broken Dreams? 9. I like to talk with my classmates during music class, but I won’t get in trouble - my music teacher keeps glaring at me but he seems to think my name is Sato Vochie. Sotto Vocce (sp) is a musical term… i believe for a solo voice performance? 10. I was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and my life was chronicled by Bob Woodward in “Frazzled.” I was accused of using a relationship with former UN Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick to sell secrets to Russia, and I briefly served as a televangelist and presidential candidate. I also sang lead for “Deathtongue,” and gossip columns linked me to Socks, the Clinton White House cat. An alum of the Betty Ford clinic, I’m best known for sputtering inarticulate noises and being perpetually unkempt. Who am I? Bill the Cat 11. Name John Galt’s associate, who used his dashing playboy image to destroy the world copper market. Francisco D’Anaconia 12. Who starred in, and directed, the original film version of “Man Getting Hit By Football,” a role later reprised by George C. Scott? Hans Moleman 13. This question refers to Image F, found here. What’s the Broadway musical? Porgy and Bess? ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143/29 "2004-03-24T21:43:25Z")
_1. Do you suppose Rose of Sharon was a member of the La Leche League?_ In the Grapes of Wrath, she breastfed a sick man. _2. I can never remember Pascal’s triangle - isn’t that something about betting how you’re better off believing in God?_ Pascal’s Triangle is used as a simple way to calculate coefficients for a binomial distribution. The top row is ‘1’, the second row is ‘1 1’, the third row is ‘1 2 1’, and so on down the line, with each number being the sum of the two above it. _3. I need trepaning like I need a ho…. well, you get the idea._ Everyone needs a hole in the head. Especially poked directly through the skull. _4. I’m against blame-the-victim mentality as much as the next guy, but let’s face it: Mayella was not at all reluctant._ Poor Tom Robinson. Dead mockingbirds aren’t much fun. _5. This question refers to Image A, found here. Who is this man?_ Good ol’ Joe Stalin. _6. Sure, Phoebe, Piper, and Paige have their moments - but did they ever talk to the spirit of the prophet Samuel?_ They were Charmed, I’m sure. _7. “If winter comes, can Spring be far behind? And if Spring is here, then C.J. and Toby will work together to help the Bartlett administration!” If the Shelley poem ended that way, what might the title be?_ Ode to the West Wing. _8. Any change we make SEEMS to have a positive effect, because the workers work harder when they’re being studied. Whose effect is this?_ It’s not a who, it’s a where. The Hawthorne plant of Western Electric. _9. I averted a Sirian attack on the Earth by pretending to be a traitor to the Council of Science. Everything worked out well, perhaps because I was fortunate, as befits my name._ Bless my stars. My Lucky Starr, that is. _10. What Atari arcade castle-building game shares a name with an LA police scandal?_ Rampart. _11. What note do you need to add to C, E, and Bb (the only flat in the key signature) to achieve a dominant 7th chord?_ Hrm…Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge…Good…er, G. _12. What promotions was Fry surprised to see earned by Captain Crunch and Count Chocula?_ Archduke Chocula. Admiral Crunch. _13. Not to be politically incorrect, but name the fairy that gains a seat in Parliament, at least according to Gilbert & Sullivan._ Strephon. It’s good to know the Queen. From Iolanthe. _14. Name the Three Furies. Note: one of them is NOT a 1958 Plymouth bought from Roland LeBay. Explain the note._ The three are Magaera, Tisiphone, and Alectra. AKA the Erinyes. Not, however, Christine, who was just a product of Stephen King’s imagination. As far as you know. _15. This question refers to Image B, found here. Name the artist._ Vermeer, apparently. _16. I’m wealthy, disenchanted, too selfish to admit (at least at first) that I’m in love with Tatyana, and too dense to refuse the duel with her husband Lensky_ Ah, poor Eugene Onegin… _17. Shylock is to The Merchant of Venice as Aufidius is to … ?_ Coriolanus. _18. Give an example of an odd composite number k that evenly divides the denominator of the (k - 1)th Bernoulli number._ I’m working on it. _19. A Knight of Columbus is wearing a green cape and chapeau, and carrying a white-handled sword. What can you tell me about him?_ He’s a District Marshall. He’s Fourth Degree. _20. Walk, trot, gallop. What’s missing?_ Canter. _21. Actually, we’re not a 501©(3) - we’re a 501©(7). As you can imagine, we’re quite socialable._ You’re not a publicly funded non-profit corporation, you’re a social club. _22. In the Gygax AD&D world, paladins and rangers were both examples of what general class of characters? And what restrictions applied to them? Discuss._ Both were Fighters. Paladins had to be Lawful Good, and have a Charisma of 17 or greater, Wisdom 13, Strength 12. Rangers have to be good, Wis and Con of at least 14, Str and Int of 13 or more. _23. I was a petty criminal and con man until I came to the attention of William and Randolph, after being falsely accused of trying to steal the company payroll. They not only bail me out, but give me a high-paying job at their company, much to the chagrin of the previous job holder. He and I ultimately reconcile our differences over a common interest in orange juice. Who am I?_ Billy Ray Valentine. Ah, poor Louis…The moral of the story? Bets for one dollar are evil. Always bet everything. _24. This question refers to Image C, found here. What is the title of this piece?_ Nighthawks. By Hopper. _25. I heard that back in the early 20th century, the Chicago Cubs played a game against some bush-league Midwestern team that lasted for days and thousands of innings before the tie was broken. Is this true?_ Depends on if you believe WP Kinsella or not. But, mess with the Iowa Baseball Confederacy at your own peril. _26. What name was given to the 1862 Union Army effort to capture the confederate capital, dashed by President Lincoln’s reluctance to use McDowell’s forces in Northern Virginia?_ It’s the Peninsular Campaign. _27. I like to talk with my classmates during music class, but I won’t get in trouble - my music teacher keeps glaring at me but he seems to think my name is Sato Vochie._ Lower your voice, dumbass. _28. The debate over whether Aristotle was in favor of or against laughter may seen dry and academic, but for one blind monk, it was apparently a matter of life and death, and definitely NOT dry._ Ah, The Name of the Rose. Umberto Eco sure does spin a good medieval yarn. _29. We all know the story of “DEWEY BEATS TRUMAN,” but how about how Dewey beat the Spanish at Manila, huh?_ Way to beat up on an outmoded Spanish navy, there, George. _30. Considering all the West Virginia jokes, it’s amazing that Turin Turambar didn’t hail from there._ Hey, a sly inbreeding crack. Funny. There sure are a lot of depressing stories in the Silmarillion, aren’t there? _31. I was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and my life was chronicled by Bob Woodward in “Frazzled.” I was accused of using a relationship with former UN Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick to sell secrets to Russia, and I briefly served as a televangelist and presidential candidate. I also sang lead for “Deathtongue,” and gossip columns linked me to Socks, the Clinton White House cat. An alum of the Betty Ford clinic, I’m best known for sputtering inarticulate noises and being perpetually unkempt. Who am I?_ You are Bill the Cat, from Bloom County _32. What’s the final score of a Quidditch match in which both teams play perfect defense?_ 150-0. _33. This question refers to Image D, found here. What title is given to the chief executive of the local organization whose symbol appears here?_ The head of a Lodge is the Worshipful Master. _34. The only sane inhabitant on Pianosa?_ Well, if you can call Yossarian sane, I guess…it’s sort of a Catch-22, though. _35. That guy in Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom The Bell Tolls wrote that book about a Wheel of Time, right?_ Maybe. Did THAT Robert Jordan have an obsession with women pulling hair? _36. What musical couple’s relationship is threatened by a Swedish nightingale but strengthened because they like each others’ style?_ I got nothing. _37. In “Our Town,” who does Emily marry?_ Emily marries George Gibbs. _38. What’s Kerak’s Major Odal’s secret for actual, as opposed to merely virtual, killing?_ How does one trump the Dueling Machine? Telepathy helps. _39. The medieval church ritual involving a bell, a book, and a candle was… ?_ Exorcism. Or, getting someone to vomit pea soup. One of those. _40. In comedian Eddie Izzard’s version, to whom is Dr. Heimlich is married?_ Ah, Gunter. He was married to Hilde. _41. This question refers to Image E, found here. Who is the artist?_ That guy who paints trees on islands. _42. Name John Galt’s associate, who used his dashing playboy image to destroy the world copper market._ Francisco d’Anconia _43. Who starred in, and directed, the original film version of “Man Getting Hit By Football,” a role later reprised by George C. Scott?_ Hans Moleman. Ow. _44. Explain the mathematics theorem that has the modern Major General teeming with a lotta news_ He is the very model of a modern Major General. He knows stuff. He’s teeming with a lot of news about the binomial theorem. He also knows cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. _45. From which blind supplicant do Estragon and Vladimir earn two hundred francs?_ Pozzo. Gogot really should be here by now, shouldn’t he? _46. This question refers to Image F, found here. What’s the Broadway musical?_ Saturday in the Park with George. _47. Before and After answer: name the singer who re-wrote “Candle In The Wind” in honor of his million-dollar winnings on Regis Philbin’s game show._ Elton John Carpenter _48. Seven years after we parted company, I was called upon to introduce my former partner to the world of the occult – despite his skepticism, I was neither an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, or a fragment of an underdone potato._ Being Scrooge’s partner was a real pain in the ass, eh, Marley? _49. What was the capital of East Jersey?_ Perth Amboy _50. What was the name of the hunter that stalked Gilligan, in homage to “The Most Dangerous Game?”_ Jonathan Kincaid ---
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Kingspades: 37 Diogenes the Cynic: 31 lno: 11 BurnMeUp: less than 10 DynoSaur: 43 ---
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I’ve got all 50, I think; I just don’t want to swing for the fences until I’ve narrowed it down a little more… _39. The medieval church ritual involving a bell, a book, and a candle was-- ?_ Excommunication. _40. In comedian Eddie Izzard’s version, to whom is Dr. Heimlich is married?_ Hilda. _41. This question refers to Image E, found here. Who is the artist?_ Damned Maxfield Parrish. Bloody Moody Blues. _42. Name John Galt’s associate, who used his dashing playboy image to destroy the world copper market._ Francisco d’Anconia. _43. Who starred in, and directed, the original film version of “Man Getting Hit By Football,” a role later reprised by George C. Scott?_ Hans Moleman. _44. Explain the mathematics theorem that has the modern Major General teeming with a lotta news._ Expanding the power of a binomial expression results in a polynomial series. If you detach the coefficients and arrange them in a triangular array you get Pascal’s Triangle, which was probably the impetus for question #2. _45. From which blind supplicant do Estragon and Vladimir earn two hundred francs?_ Pozzo. _46. This question refers to Image F, found here. What’s the Broadway musical?_ Sunday In The Park With George. _47. Before and After answer: name the singer who re-wrote “Candle In The Wind” in honor of his million-dollar winnings on Regis Philbin’s game show._ Elton John Carpenter. _48. Seven years after we parted company, I was called upon to introduce my former partner to the world of the occult – despite his skepticism, I was neither an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, or a fragment of an underdone potato._ Jacob Marley. ---
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lno: 10 ---
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Doobie doobie doo… _20. Walk, trot, gallop. What’s missing?_ Canter. _21. Actually, we’re not a 501©(3) - we’re a 501©(7). As you can imagine, we’re quite socialable._ 501©(7) is the section of the 1986 tax code that describes Social and Recreation tax-exempt organizations. 501©(3) is for religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, and other non-profits. _22. In the Gygax AD&D world, paladins and rangers were both examples of what general class of characters? And what restrictions applied to them? Discuss._ Paladins and rangers are subclasses of the fighter class. They have restrictions based on alignment (paladins must be lawful good, and rangers must be good), statistics (paladins require str 12+, wis 13+, cha 17+, rangers require str 13+, int 13+, wis 14+, con 14+) and code of conduct. _23. I was a petty criminal and con man until I came to the attention of William and Randolph, after being falsely accused of trying to steal the company payroll. They not only bail me out, but give me a high-paying job at their company, much to the chagrin of the previous job holder. He and I ultimately reconcile our differences over a common interest in orange juice. Who am I?_ Billy Valentine, played by Eddie Murphy, in Trading Places. _24. This question refers to Image C, found here. What is the title of this piece?_ Nighthawks. _25. I heard that back in the early 20th century, the Chicago Cubs played a game against some bush-league Midwestern team that lasted for days and thousands of innings before the tie was broken. Is this true?_ Is your name Gideon Clarke? Was your dad struck by lightning? Pfah. I don’t believe you. _26. What name was given to the 1862 Union Army effort to capture the confederate capital, dashed by President Lincoln’s reluctance to use McDowell’s forces in Northern Virginia?_ Peninsular campaign. _27. I like to talk with my classmates during music class, but I won’t get in trouble - my music teacher keeps glaring at me but he seems to think my name is Sato Vochie._ Sotte voce. Quiet, you! _28. The debate over whether Aristotle was in favor of or against laughter may seen dry and academic, but for one blind monk, it was apparently a matter of life and death, and definitely NOT dry._ Jorge, the blind monk in Umberto Eco’s “Name of the Rose”. If it is possible to laugh at anything, then without fear of the devil, there is no need of God. _29. We all know the story of “DEWEY BEATS TRUMAN,” but how about how Dewey beat the Spanish at Manila, huh?_ Commodore George Dewey, the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American war. _30. Considering all the West Virginia jokes, it’s amazing that Turin Turambar didn’t hail from there._ Huh, I thought it was Arkansas. Either way, if you find a young naked woman, don’t call her Níniel and take her to wife, 'cos she’s your sister.\* _31. I was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and my life was chronicled by Bob Woodward in “Frazzled.” I was accused of using a relationship with former UN Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick to sell secrets to Russia, and I briefly served as a televangelist and presidential candidate. I also sang lead for “Deathtongue,” and gossip columns linked me to Socks, the Clinton White House cat. An alum of the Betty Ford clinic, I’m best known for sputtering inarticulate noises and being perpetually unkempt. Who am I?_ Bill the Cat. Let’s devour Nicaragua together, baby. ---
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lno: 12 ---
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_1. Do you suppose Rose of Sharon was a member of the La Leche League?_ Rose of Sharon breastfed a man at the end of The Grapes of Wrath. _32. What’s the final score of a Quidditch match in which both teams play perfect defense?_ 150 to 0. _33. This question refers to Image D, found here. What title is given to the chief executive of the local organization whose symbol appears here?_ Worshipful Master. _34. The only sane inhabitant on Pianosa?_ Yossarian. _35. That guy in Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom The Bell Tolls wrote that book about a Wheel of Time, right?_ Robert Jordan was both a demolitions expert and wrote TWOT? Nnnnnah. _37. In “Our Town,” who does Emily marry?_ George Gibbs. _38. What’s Kerak’s Major Odal’s secret for actual, as opposed to merely virtual, killing?_ Telepathy. _50. What was the name of the hunter that stalked Gilligan, in homage to “The Most Dangerous Game?”_ Jonathan Kinkaid. _46. This question refers to Image F, found here. What’s the Broadway musical?_ Sunday In The Park With George. _47. Before and After answer: name the singer who re-wrote “Candle In The Wind” in honor of his million-dollar winnings on Regis Philbin’s game show._ Elton John Carpenter. _48. Seven years after we parted company, I was called upon to introduce my former partner to the world of the occult – despite his skepticism, I was neither an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, or a fragment of an underdone potato._ Jacob Marley. ---
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**1. Do you suppose Rose of Sharon was a member of the La Leche League?** She couldn’t have been since the La Laeche League was not founded until 1957, well after the Depression era events of Grapes of Wrath. **2. I can never remember Pascal’s triangle - isn’t that something about betting how you’re better off believing in God?** Pascal’s Wager posits that belief in God is better than not, because if there is no God, then belief or lack of it is meaningless, but if there is a God, then lack of belief is the only losing proposition. Pascal’s Triangle (see #18 and #44) is a number triangle in which the value of a field is obtained by adding the two entries diagonally above. **3. I need trepaning like I need a ho…. well, you get the idea.** Trepanation involves drilling a hole in your head. **4. I’m against blame-the-victim mentality as much as the next guy, but let’s face it: Mayella was not at all reluctant.** E’well, she had it coming. Nah, I can’t make a pun on that. Mayella Ewell, To Kill A Mockingbird **5. This question refers to Image A, found here. Who is this man?** Josef Stalin. **6. Sure, Phoebe, Piper, and Paige have their moments - but did they ever talk to the spirit of the prophet Samuel?** Phoebe, Piper and Paige are witches from the television show Charmed. The prophet Samuel was summoned by the Witch of Endor in 1 Samuel 28. Given that the three ladies seem relatively young, I’m gonna say that no, Saul didn’t ask for their services. **7. “If winter comes, can Spring be far behind? And if Spring is here, then C.J. and Toby will work together to help the Bartlett administration!” If the Shelley poem ended that way, what might the title be?** Ode to the West Wing **8. Any change we make SEEMS to have a positive effect, because the workers work harder when they’re being studied. Whose effect is this?** Hawthorne’s **9. I averted a Sirian attack on the Earth by pretending to be a traitor to the Council of Science. Everything worked out well, perhaps because I was fortunate, as befits my name.** Lucky Starr **10. What Atari arcade castle-building game shares a name with an LA police scandal?** Rampart **11. What note do you need to add to C, E, and Bb (the only flat in the key signature) to achieve a dominant 7th chord?** G **12. What promotions was Fry surprised to see earned by Captain Crunch and Count Chocula?** Admiral Crunch and Archduke Chocula **13. Not to be politically incorrect, but name the fairy that gains a seat in Parliament, at least according to Gilbert & Sullivan.** Strephon **14. Name the Three Furies. Note: one of them is NOT a 1958 Plymouth bought from Roland LeBay. Explain the note.** Megaera, Tisiphone, Alecto, Christine was the 58 Plymouth that tormented people as a modern-day version of a Fury. **15. This question refers to Image B, found here. Name the artist.** Jan Vermeer **16. I’m wealthy, disenchanted, too selfish to admit (at least at first) that I’m in love with Tatyana, and too dense to refuse the duel with her husband Lensky.** Onegin **17. Shylock is to The Merchant of Venice as Aufidius is to … ?** Coriolanus **18. Give an example of an odd composite number k that evenly divides the denominator of the (k - 1)th Bernoulli number.** 3 **19. A Knight of Columbus is wearing a green cape and chapeau, and carrying a white-handled sword. What can you tell me about him?** He is a marshall. **20. Walk, trot, gallop. What’s missing?** The Archbishop of Canter-bury. **21. Actually, we’re not a 501©(3) - we’re a 501©(7). As you can imagine, we’re quite socialable.** 501©(7) is the section of the 1986 tax code that describes Social and Recreation tax-exempt organizations. 501©(3) is for religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, and other non-profits. **22. In the Gygax AD&D world, paladins and rangers were both examples of what general class of characters? And what restrictions applied to them? Discuss.** Paladins and rangers are subclasses of the fighter class. They have restrictions based on alignment (paladins must be lawful good, and rangers must be good), statistics (paladins require str 12+, wis 13+, cha 17+, rangers require str 13+, int 13+, wis 14+, con 14+) and code of conduct. **23. I was a petty criminal and con man until I came to the attention of William and Randolph, after being falsely accused of trying to steal the company payroll. They not only bail me out, but give me a high-paying job at their company, much to the chagrin of the previous job holder. He and I ultimately reconcile our differences over a common interest in orange juice. Who am I?** Eddie Murphy playing Billy Ray Valentine **24. This question refers to Image C, found here. What is the title of this piece?** “Nighthawks” **25. I heard that back in the early 20th century, the Chicago Cubs played a game against some bush-league Midwestern team that lasted for days and thousands of innings before the tie was broken. Is this true?** Is your name Gideon Clarke? Was your dad struck by lightning? Pfah. I don’t believe you. **26. What name was given to the 1862 Union Army effort to capture the confederate capital, dashed by President Lincoln’s reluctance to use McDowell’s forces in Northern Virginia?** Peninsular Campaign. **27. I like to talk with my classmates during music class, but I won’t get in trouble - my music teacher keeps glaring at me but he seems to think my name is Sato Vochie.** Sotto Voce-- he’s telling you to pipe down. **28. The debate over whether Aristotle was in favor of or against laughter may seen dry and academic, but for one blind monk, it was apparently a matter of life and death, and definitely NOT dry.** Jorge, the blind monk in Umberto Eco’s “Name of the Rose”. If it is possible to laugh at anything, then without fear of the devil, there is no need of God. **29. We all know the story of “DEWEY BEATS TRUMAN,” but how about how Dewey beat the Spanish at Manila, huh?** Commodore George Dewey, the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American war. **30. Considering all the West Virginia jokes, it’s amazing that Turin Turambar didn’t hail from there.** Huh, I thought it was Arkansas. Either way, if you find a young naked woman, don’t call her Níniel and take her to wife, 'cos she’s your sister **31. I was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and my life was chronicled by Bob Woodward in “Frazzled.” I was accused of using a relationship with former UN Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick to sell secrets to Russia, and I briefly served as a televangelist and presidential candidate. I also sang lead for “Deathtongue,” and gossip columns linked me to Socks, the Clinton White House cat. An alum of the Betty Ford clinic, I’m best known for sputtering inarticulate noises and being perpetually unkempt. Who am I?** Bill The Cat (damn, I miss Bloom County - Breathed would have had a blast with Bush) **32. What’s the final score of a Quidditch match in which both teams play perfect defense?** 150-0 **33. This question refers to Image D, found here. What title is given to the chief executive of the local organization whose symbol appears here?** Worshipful Master **34. The only sane inhabitant on Pianosa?** Yossarian, Catch 22, but he was probably crazy too. **35. That guy in Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom The Bell Tolls wrote that book about a Wheel of Time, right?** Robert Jordan **36. What musical couple’s relationship is threatened by a Swedish nightingale but strengthened because they like each others’ style?** I’m probably waaaayy overthinking this, but Lindblad? **37. In “Our Town,” who does Emily marry?** George Gibbs **38. What’s Kerak’s Major Odal’s secret for actual, as opposed to merely virtual, killing?** Telepathy **39. The medieval church ritual involving a bell, a book, and a candle was… ?** Excommunication. **40. In comedian Eddie Izzard’s version, to whom is Dr. Heimlich is married?** Hilda. **41. This question refers to Image E, found here. Who is the artist?** Maxfield Parrish **42. Name John Galt’s associate, who used his dashing playboy image to destroy the world copper market.** Francisco d’Anconia. **43. Who starred in, and directed, the original film version of “Man Getting Hit By Football,” a role later reprised by George C. Scott?** Hans Moleman. **44. Explain the mathematics theorem that has the modern Major General teeming with a lotta news.** Expanding the power of a binomial expression results in a polynomial series. If you detach the coefficients and arrange them in a triangular array you get Pascal’s Triangle, which was probably the impetus for question #2. **45. From which blind supplicant do Estragon and Vladimir earn two hundred francs?** Pozzo. **46. This question refers to Image F, found here. What’s the Broadway musical?** “Sunday In The Park With George” **47. Before and After answer: name the singer who re-wrote “Candle In The Wind” in honor of his million-dollar winnings on Regis Philbin’s game show.** Elton John Carpenter. **48. Seven years after we parted company, I was called upon to introduce my former partner to the world of the occult – despite his skepticism, I was neither an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, or a fragment of an underdone potato.** Jacob Marley. **49. What was the capital of East Jersey?** Perth Amboy **50. What was the name of the hunter that stalked Gilligan, in homage to "The Most Dangerous Game?"** Jonathan Kinkaid. ---
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lno: 11 grem0517: 49 ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143/38 "2004-03-25T00:47:14Z")
Shamelessly stolen from grem0517, except for #39. **1. Do you suppose Rose of Sharon was a member of the La Leche League?** She couldn’t have been since the La Laeche League was not founded until 1957, well after the Depression era events of Grapes of Wrath. **2. I can never remember Pascal’s triangle - isn’t that something about betting how you’re better off believing in God?** Pascal’s Wager posits that belief in God is better than not, because if there is no God, then belief or lack of it is meaningless, but if there is a God, then lack of belief is the only losing proposition. Pascal’s Triangle (see #18 and #44) is a number triangle in which the value of a field is obtained by adding the two entries diagonally above. **3. I need trepaning like I need a ho…. well, you get the idea.** Trepanation involves drilling a hole in your head. **4. I’m against blame-the-victim mentality as much as the next guy, but let’s face it: Mayella was not at all reluctant.** E’well, she had it coming. Nah, I can’t make a pun on that. Mayella Ewell, To Kill A Mockingbird **5. This question refers to Image A, found here. Who is this man?** Josef Stalin. **6. Sure, Phoebe, Piper, and Paige have their moments - but did they ever talk to the spirit of the prophet Samuel?** Phoebe, Piper and Paige are witches from the television show Charmed. The prophet Samuel was summoned by the Witch of Endor in 1 Samuel 28. Given that the three ladies seem relatively young, I’m gonna say that no, Saul didn’t ask for their services. **7. “If winter comes, can Spring be far behind? And if Spring is here, then C.J. and Toby will work together to help the Bartlett administration!” If the Shelley poem ended that way, what might the title be?** Ode to the West Wing **8. Any change we make SEEMS to have a positive effect, because the workers work harder when they’re being studied. Whose effect is this?** Hawthorne’s **9. I averted a Sirian attack on the Earth by pretending to be a traitor to the Council of Science. Everything worked out well, perhaps because I was fortunate, as befits my name.** Lucky Starr **10. What Atari arcade castle-building game shares a name with an LA police scandal?** Rampart **11. What note do you need to add to C, E, and Bb (the only flat in the key signature) to achieve a dominant 7th chord?** G **12. What promotions was Fry surprised to see earned by Captain Crunch and Count Chocula?** Admiral Crunch and Archduke Chocula **13. Not to be politically incorrect, but name the fairy that gains a seat in Parliament, at least according to Gilbert & Sullivan.** Strephon **14. Name the Three Furies. Note: one of them is NOT a 1958 Plymouth bought from Roland LeBay. Explain the note.** Megaera, Tisiphone, Alecto, Christine was the 58 Plymouth that tormented people as a modern-day version of a Fury. **15. This question refers to Image B, found here. Name the artist.** Jan Vermeer **16. I’m wealthy, disenchanted, too selfish to admit (at least at first) that I’m in love with Tatyana, and too dense to refuse the duel with her husband Lensky.** Onegin **17. Shylock is to The Merchant of Venice as Aufidius is to … ?** Coriolanus **18. Give an example of an odd composite number k that evenly divides the denominator of the (k - 1)th Bernoulli number.** 3 **19. A Knight of Columbus is wearing a green cape and chapeau, and carrying a white-handled sword. What can you tell me about him?** He is a marshall. **20. Walk, trot, gallop. What’s missing?** The Archbishop of Canter-bury. **21. Actually, we’re not a 501©(3) - we’re a 501©(7). As you can imagine, we’re quite socialable.** 501©(7) is the section of the 1986 tax code that describes Social and Recreation tax-exempt organizations. 501©(3) is for religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, and other non-profits. **22. In the Gygax AD&D world, paladins and rangers were both examples of what general class of characters? And what restrictions applied to them? Discuss.** Paladins and rangers are subclasses of the fighter class. They have restrictions based on alignment (paladins must be lawful good, and rangers must be good), statistics (paladins require str 12+, wis 13+, cha 17+, rangers require str 13+, int 13+, wis 14+, con 14+) and code of conduct. **23. I was a petty criminal and con man until I came to the attention of William and Randolph, after being falsely accused of trying to steal the company payroll. They not only bail me out, but give me a high-paying job at their company, much to the chagrin of the previous job holder. He and I ultimately reconcile our differences over a common interest in orange juice. Who am I?** Eddie Murphy playing Billy Ray Valentine **24. This question refers to Image C, found here. What is the title of this piece?** “Nighthawks” **25. I heard that back in the early 20th century, the Chicago Cubs played a game against some bush-league Midwestern team that lasted for days and thousands of innings before the tie was broken. Is this true?** Is your name Gideon Clarke? Was your dad struck by lightning? Pfah. I don’t believe you. **26. What name was given to the 1862 Union Army effort to capture the confederate capital, dashed by President Lincoln’s reluctance to use McDowell’s forces in Northern Virginia?** Peninsular Campaign. **27. I like to talk with my classmates during music class, but I won’t get in trouble - my music teacher keeps glaring at me but he seems to think my name is Sato Vochie.** Sotto Voce-- he’s telling you to pipe down. **28. The debate over whether Aristotle was in favor of or against laughter may seen dry and academic, but for one blind monk, it was apparently a matter of life and death, and definitely NOT dry.** Jorge, the blind monk in Umberto Eco’s “Name of the Rose”. If it is possible to laugh at anything, then without fear of the devil, there is no need of God. **29. We all know the story of “DEWEY BEATS TRUMAN,” but how about how Dewey beat the Spanish at Manila, huh?** Commodore George Dewey, the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American war. **30. Considering all the West Virginia jokes, it’s amazing that Turin Turambar didn’t hail from there.** Huh, I thought it was Arkansas. Either way, if you find a young naked woman, don’t call her Níniel and take her to wife, 'cos she’s your sister **31. I was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and my life was chronicled by Bob Woodward in “Frazzled.” I was accused of using a relationship with former UN Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick to sell secrets to Russia, and I briefly served as a televangelist and presidential candidate. I also sang lead for “Deathtongue,” and gossip columns linked me to Socks, the Clinton White House cat. An alum of the Betty Ford clinic, I’m best known for sputtering inarticulate noises and being perpetually unkempt. Who am I?** Bill The Cat (damn, I miss Bloom County - Breathed would have had a blast with Bush) **32. What’s the final score of a Quidditch match in which both teams play perfect defense?** 150-0 **33. This question refers to Image D, found here. What title is given to the chief executive of the local organization whose symbol appears here?** Worshipful Master **34. The only sane inhabitant on Pianosa?** Yossarian, Catch 22, but he was probably crazy too. **35. That guy in Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom The Bell Tolls wrote that book about a Wheel of Time, right?** Robert Jordan **36. What musical couple’s relationship is threatened by a Swedish nightingale but strengthened because they like each others’ style?** I’m probably waaaayy overthinking this, but Lindblad? **37. In “Our Town,” who does Emily marry?** George Gibbs **38. What’s Kerak’s Major Odal’s secret for actual, as opposed to merely virtual, killing?** Telepathy **39. The medieval church ritual involving a bell, a book, and a candle was… ?** _Exorcism_. **40. In comedian Eddie Izzard’s version, to whom is Dr. Heimlich is married?** Hilda. **41. This question refers to Image E, found here. Who is the artist?** Maxfield Parrish **42. Name John Galt’s associate, who used his dashing playboy image to destroy the world copper market.** Francisco d’Anconia. **43. Who starred in, and directed, the original film version of “Man Getting Hit By Football,” a role later reprised by George C. Scott?** Hans Moleman. **44. Explain the mathematics theorem that has the modern Major General teeming with a lotta news.** Expanding the power of a binomial expression results in a polynomial series. If you detach the coefficients and arrange them in a triangular array you get Pascal’s Triangle, which was probably the impetus for question #2. **45. From which blind supplicant do Estragon and Vladimir earn two hundred francs?** Pozzo. **46. This question refers to Image F, found here. What’s the Broadway musical?** “Sunday In The Park With George” **47. Before and After answer: name the singer who re-wrote “Candle In The Wind” in honor of his million-dollar winnings on Regis Philbin’s game show.** Elton John Carpenter. **48. Seven years after we parted company, I was called upon to introduce my former partner to the world of the occult – despite his skepticism, I was neither an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, or a fragment of an underdone potato.** Jacob Marley. **49. What was the capital of East Jersey?** Perth Amboy **50. What was the name of the hunter that stalked Gilligan, in homage to "The Most Dangerous Game?"** Jonathan Kinkaid. ---
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ENugent: 48 ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143/40 "2004-03-25T00:56:58Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > ENugent: 48 You mean NetHack lied to me!? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2004-edition-3/236143.md?page=3)