Aargh! I made a mistake in question #20 in my post (also #20)above.
I’m changing my answer to 22.4%.
Sorry about that, Bricker! The other 49 answers stay the same (for now!)
Antonius Block: 49
These answers were, ahem, borrowed from Antonius Block with the exception of #20, which is his corrected answer, posted in the entire block of 50.
1. What’s the difference between a hub and a switch? Between a switch and a router? Between a switch with VLANs and a router? Discuss.
They operate at different levels of the OSI (Open System Interconnection) model of a network:
A HUB is a multi-port repeater, operating at Layer 1 of the OSI model (the Physical Layer). What enters through one port is reproduced identically at all the other ports, with no switching intelligence.
A SWITCH has some packet-fowarding intelligence, usually operating at Layer 2 of the OSI model (the Data Link Layer). It can send a broadcast signal to all ports, but can also send specific packets out via the relevant port to a specified recipient based on the MAC address. It can also use filtering to allow or block traffic depending on the identity of the source.
A SWITCH can have one or more Virtual Local Area Networks) (VLANs) set by the admin to allow groups of devices (each connected to a port) to communicate with other members in the same VLAN, while disallowing communication between the different VLANs.
HUBS and SWITCHES are invisible to the computers connected to them.
A ROUTER operates at Layer 3 of the OSI model, and uses network addresses (such as IP addresses, which I’m using now!) to determine packet forwarding. Since it has to inspect the data packet, there is always a slight delay in forwarding through a router (whereas a hub or switch can operate at near “wire-speed”). However, routers are extremely flexible and can allow or disallow communication between a large combination of different networks, such as different VLANs (cf the switch-with-VLANs described above). If you need Network Address Translation (NAT), you’re in the market for a router.
2. Has an Oscar ever won an Oscar?
Yes – Oscar Hammerstein II won for Best Song in 1942 (“Lady Be Good”) and 1946 (“State Fair”).
3. Considering question #2, why won’t the concept therein work for the female lead of the 2004 movie based on an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?
Emmy Rossum can’t win an Emmy because they’re for TV.
4. Was it Linda Lovelace or Alexander Haig that Woodward and Bernstein protected?
Could have been either, or anyone, since Deep Throat hasn’t been identified yet.
5. You just better hope that Clifford Irving doesn’t decide to write your biography.
He wrote a hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes.
6. David becomes Bud and Jen becomes Mary Sue, but it won’t make much sense if you watch it on your grandma’s old Quasar.
The movie “Pleasantville”, a color TV is required to get the required effect.
7. Hoffman says that Smith played with salamanders, not angels.
Mark HOFMANN forged some documents that were not quite in keeping with Mormon tradition.
8. This question refers to image A at this page. Who is the artist?
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
9. Is it better to win second prize in a beauty contest or have a bank error in your favor?
In Monopoly, a Bank error is MUCH better than SPiaBC.
10. Was it a good idea for Arnie and Dave to partner up on a do-it-yourself divorce video?
In a certain Law firm in LA (on TV at least), things can start out OK but then get ugly.
11. In Into The Woods, why are the Baker and his Wife childless?
The Witch put an infertility spell on them because the Baker’s father had stolen vegetables - especially the beans! – to satisfy his pregnant wife’s cravings.
12. How can she grow if you won’t let her blow?
“Friends”: “Be Your Own Windkeeper” book, Rachel accuses Ross of trying to “steal her wind” - just like all men everywhere.
13. This question refers to image B at this page. Who is this bride marrying?
Charles Robb (the bride is LBJ’s daughter Lynda).
14. Describe the character – or her characteristics – played by Teri Hatcher on Seinfeld along with the catchphrase associated with her at the end.
Sidra’s breasts, which Jerry thought might be fake: “They’re real, and they’re spectacular”.
15. The inverse-square law describes how to calculate the area of a square using inversible geometry, right?
brianjedi said it best: The inverse-square law says that the intensity of a wave is equal to 1/the square of the radius of the sphere surrounding the emission point. A wave that is 2r from the source will be 1/4 as strong as a wave 1r from the source.
16. What do Samantha Micelli, Jenny Matrix, Jennifer Mancini, and Phoebe Halliwell have in common?
Alyssa Milano roles: “Who’s the Boss”, “Commando”, “Melrose Place”, “Charmed”.
17. He hates Ms. Godfrey, enjoys needling Mr. Rosa, and grits his teeth when Artur bests him. Who is he?
Big Nate, of the comic strip of the same name.
18. In the ground-breaking X-flick Deep Throat, what medical condition is critical to the … ahem… plot?
Linda Lovelace’s clitoris is in her throat!
19. When Homer Simpson appears on “Hollywood Squares," he’s attacked by what other performer?
What is this "Hollywood Squares of which you speak? Oh, you mean Springfield Squares. Flavor-of-the-month Homer mocks Ron Howard, who strikes back.
20. This question refers to image C at this page. To the nearest tenth of a percent, what percentage of a circle’s area is the shaded area?
Relax, Bricker. Or Reuleaux, either way. 22.4%.
21. The corpse of this character’s brother is guarded by order of a big meanie and she can’t even bury him – why so mean, Creon?
Antigone. Her brother Polyneices was on the losing side in Thebes’ civil war, and Creon is the new ruler. To the loser go the, er, vultures.
22. When Billie Bare helps break Ganze out of prison, they’re after money that was hidden by Reggie Hammund. Do they get it?
No, Eddie Murphy (Reggie Hammond) and Nick Nolte stopped Billy Bear and Ganz within “48 Hours”.
23. Why did Baudouin become King when he wasn’t even Leopold’s firstborn child?
Baudouin I was Leopold III’s eldest son (and heir), and became King of the Belgians when Leopold abdicated. Poor big sis Josephine-Charlotte!
24. Who’s the most famous solo resident of Anchorage Island in the Suwarrow Atoll?
Tom Neale, who wrote a book about escaping the rat race – and how!
25. And speaking of islands, who is the biggest and reddest inhabitant of Birdwell Island?
Clifford the Big Red Dog.
26. First I generate sound that contains every frequency within the range of human hearing, and then I reduce each higher octave by about six decibels, to counteract the increase in the number of frequencies per octave, and bingo! White noise!
Nah, Brown noise (named after Brownian motion). Pink noise would be -3dB/octave.
27. This question refers to image D at this page. Who is the artist?
Edgar Degas.
28. Bald NYPD Lt. Theo, who loves ya, baby.
Kojak, of the like-named TV series.
29. In Roman Catholic tradition, what saint is thought to have wiped the face of Christ when he fell while carrying His cross?
Saint Veronica.
30. This question refers to image E at this page. A 70 foot ladder and a 119 foot ladder are placed across an alley in opposite directions, such that the point where they intersect in the air is exactly 30 feet above the ground. How wide is the alley?
56 ft.
31. What Stephen King character knows how to spell ‘moon?’
Tom Cullen in “The Stand”. He knows how to spell everything. Must be a riot at Scrabble!
32. This question refers to image F at this page. Who is the artist?
Goya - (Kronos probably won’t get the Father of the Year award).
33. A told B, and B told C, I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree.
“Chicka Chicka . . . BOOM! BOOM!” certainly livens up the Alphabet.
34. This question refers to image G at this page. Who is this childhood storybook character?
Peter Rabbit.
35. “Don’t pass" means very different things to a traffic engineer and a Vegas pit boss.
The former wants cars to stay in their current order, the latter offers a craps player a bet “against the dice” (i.e. against the roller).
36. What John Grisham character sues Dyloft for making a drug that causes bladder tumors?
J. Clay Carter.
37. You can get a lot of money from the ATM at the Food Emporium if you remember A-N-G-E-L.
Because Collins rewired it in Broadway’s “Rent”.
38. One of Leather Tuscadero’s backup singers was unable to follow her on tour to San Francisco.
Joanie, on “Happy Days”. Mean old Howard forbids her to go.
39. Speaking of leather, she ruins her mom’s suede outfit and he gives up his telescope money to get a pretend girlfriend.
Money “Can’t Buy Me Love”, but $1000 might be able to rent a girlfriend just once, for a month, in the 1980’s…
40. What’s the sum of the interior angles of a dodecehedron?
324 degrees (3 x 108) at each vertex. There are 20 vertices, so 6480 degrees in total if you want to cover ALL the angles.
41. Emily Dickinson – yes. Vogon – no.
Poetry – Belle of Amherst vs the VERY ugly planet-destroying odists from THHGTTG.
42. How popular are “Bort" license plates?
Much more popular than “Bart”, at least - Itchy & Scratchy Land giftshop runs out of "Bort"s.
43. A Knight of Columbus is wearing a purple cape and chapeau, and carrying a white-handled sword. What can you tell me about him?
The purple cape and chapeau show that he is the current Commander of the Color Corps for a local assembly. The white-handled sword is used by current (and former) Faithful Navigators, so this shows that he used to be a Faithful Navigator, the elected chief executive of a local assembly (a higher post than CCC, so he’s taking things a little easier now).
44. VNS got some scrutiny in November 2000, for some reason.
The Voter News Service conducts exit polls, and apparently there were some --er – problems, in Florida.
45. What agency employs Buzz Lightyear?
Star Command.
46. He lives aboard the Busted Flush, which he got because of a broken toilet.
John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee.
47. Few people realize that after the roll on the beach with Burt Lancaster, that same actress went on to play Mindy’s grandmother in the TV series set in Boulder.
But a few other people realize that Deborah Kerr (From here to Eternity) and Elizabeth Kerr (Mork & Mindy) weren’t the same actress.
48. This name is shared by a weatherman that repeats days in Pennsylvania and a capitalist rapist in a meatpacking exposé. Explain.
Phil Connors is the weatherman in Groundhog Day, and Phil Connor is the corrupt boss in Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”.
49. If John Marshall hadn’t died, this never would have cracked.
The Liberty Bell (Cracked while tolling the death of John Marshall). Ask not for whom the bell cracks…
50. What’s the relative minor of E-major?
C sharp minor.
lno:49
I credited Antonius Block with the corrected answer, even though technically, I do ask that we not go back and correct onesy and twosy because it’s hard to keep track.
So lno’s submission is identical to Antonius Block’s.
Dang, and I thought I was being sneaky.
By the by, I think you reused the Faithful Navigator question from a previous Challenge. Only one more time and it’ll match Major Odal in the Dueling Machine. 
Nope - last time it was a green cape worn by a District Marshall.
Nope. Won it in a poker game.
These answers were, ahem, borrowed from lno and Antonius Block 
1. What’s the difference between a hub and a switch? Between a switch and a router? Between a switch with VLANs and a router? Discuss.
They operate at different levels of the OSI (Open System Interconnection) model of a network:
A HUB is a multi-port repeater, operating at Layer 1 of the OSI model (the Physical Layer). What enters through one port is reproduced identically at all the other ports, with no switching intelligence.
A SWITCH has some packet-fowarding intelligence, usually operating at Layer 2 of the OSI model (the Data Link Layer). It can send a broadcast signal to all ports, but can also send specific packets out via the relevant port to a specified recipient based on the MAC address. It can also use filtering to allow or block traffic depending on the identity of the source.
A SWITCH can have one or more Virtual Local Area Networks) (VLANs) set by the admin to allow groups of devices (each connected to a port) to communicate with other members in the same VLAN, while disallowing communication between the different VLANs.
HUBS and SWITCHES are invisible to the computers connected to them.
A ROUTER operates at Layer 3 of the OSI model, and uses network addresses (such as IP addresses, which I’m using now!) to determine packet forwarding. Since it has to inspect the data packet, there is always a slight delay in forwarding through a router (whereas a hub or switch can operate at near “wire-speed”). However, routers are extremely flexible and can allow or disallow communication between a large combination of different networks, such as different VLANs (cf the switch-with-VLANs described above). If you need Network Address Translation (NAT), you’re in the market for a router.
2. Has an Oscar ever won an Oscar?
Yes – Oscar Hammerstein II won for Best Song in 1942 (“Lady Be Good”) and 1946 (“State Fair”).
3. Considering question #2, why won’t the concept therein work for the female lead of the 2004 movie based on an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?
Emmy Rossum can’t win an Emmy because they’re for TV.
4. Was it Linda Lovelace or Alexander Haig that Woodward and Bernstein protected?
Could have been either, or anyone, since Deep Throat hasn’t been identified yet.
5. You just better hope that Clifford Irving doesn’t decide to write your biography.
He wrote a hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes.
6. David becomes Bud and Jen becomes Mary Sue, but it won’t make much sense if you watch it on your grandma’s old Quasar.
The movie “Pleasantville”, a color TV is required to get the required effect.
7. Hoffman says that Smith played with salamanders, not angels.
Mark HOFMANN forged some documents that were not quite in keeping with Mormon tradition.
8. This question refers to image A at this page. Who is the artist?
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
9. Is it better to win second prize in a beauty contest or have a bank error in your favor?
In Monopoly, a Bank error is MUCH better than SPiaBC.
10. Was it a good idea for Arnie and Dave to partner up on a do-it-yourself divorce video?
In a certain Law firm in LA (on TV at least), things can start out OK but then get ugly.
11. In Into The Woods, why are the Baker and his Wife childless?
The Witch put an infertility spell on them because the Baker’s father had stolen vegetables - especially the beans! – to satisfy his pregnant wife’s cravings.
12. How can she grow if you won’t let her blow?
“Friends”: “Be Your Own Windkeeper” book, Rachel accuses Ross of trying to “steal her wind” - just like all men everywhere.
13. This question refers to image B at this page. Who is this bride marrying?
Charles Robb (the bride is LBJ’s daughter Lynda).
14. Describe the character – or her characteristics – played by Teri Hatcher on Seinfeld along with the catchphrase associated with her at the end.
Sidra’s breasts, which Jerry thought might be fake: “They’re real, and they’re spectacular”.
15. The inverse-square law describes how to calculate the area of a square using inversible geometry, right?
brianjedi said it best: The inverse-square law says that the intensity of a wave is equal to 1/the square of the radius of the sphere surrounding the emission point. A wave that is 2r from the source will be 1/4 as strong as a wave 1r from the source.
16. What do Samantha Micelli, Jenny Matrix, Jennifer Mancini, and Phoebe Halliwell have in common?
Alyssa Milano roles: “Who’s the Boss”, “Commando”, “Melrose Place”, “Charmed”.
17. He hates Ms. Godfrey, enjoys needling Mr. Rosa, and grits his teeth when Artur bests him. Who is he?
Big Nate, of the comic strip of the same name.
18. In the ground-breaking X-flick Deep Throat, what medical condition is critical to the … ahem… plot?
Linda Lovelace’s clitoris is in her throat!
19. When Homer Simpson appears on “Hollywood Squares," he’s attacked by what other performer?
What is this "Hollywood Squares of which you speak? Oh, you mean Springfield Squares. Flavor-of-the-month Homer mocks Ron Howard, who strikes back.
20. This question refers to image C at this page. To the nearest tenth of a percent, what percentage of a circle’s area is the shaded area?
22.4%
21. The corpse of this character’s brother is guarded by order of a big meanie and she can’t even bury him – why so mean, Creon?
Antigone. Her brother Polyneices was on the losing side in Thebes’ civil war, and Creon is the new ruler. To the loser go the, er, vultures.
22. When Billie Bare helps break Ganze out of prison, they’re after money that was hidden by Reggie Hammund. Do they get it?
No, Eddie Murphy (Reggie Hammond) and Nick Nolte stopped Billy Bear and Ganz within “48 Hours”.
23. Why did Baudouin become King when he wasn’t even Leopold’s firstborn child?
Baudouin I was Leopold III’s eldest son (and heir), and became King of the Belgians when Leopold abdicated. Poor big sis Josephine-Charlotte!
24. Who’s the most famous solo resident of Anchorage Island in the Suwarrow Atoll?
Tom Neale, who wrote a book about escaping the rat race – and how!
25. And speaking of islands, who is the biggest and reddest inhabitant of Birdwell Island?
Clifford the Big Red Dog.
26. First I generate sound that contains every frequency within the range of human hearing, and then I reduce each higher octave by about six decibels, to counteract the increase in the number of frequencies per octave, and bingo! White noise!
No, that’s pink noise. White noise is just the first part: “a sound that contains every frequency within the range of human hearing.”
27. This question refers to image D at this page. Who is the artist?
Edgar Degas.
28. Bald NYPD Lt. Theo, who loves ya, baby.
Kojak, of the like-named TV series.
29. In Roman Catholic tradition, what saint is thought to have wiped the face of Christ when he fell while carrying His cross?
Saint Veronica.
30. This question refers to image E at this page. A 70 foot ladder and a 119 foot ladder are placed across an alley in opposite directions, such that the point where they intersect in the air is exactly 30 feet above the ground. How wide is the alley?
56 ft.
31. What Stephen King character knows how to spell ‘moon?’
Tom Cullen in “The Stand”. He knows how to spell everything. Must be a riot at Scrabble!
32. This question refers to image F at this page. Who is the artist?
Goya - (Kronos probably won’t get the Father of the Year award).
33. A told B, and B told C, I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree.
“Chicka Chicka . . . BOOM! BOOM!” certainly livens up the Alphabet.
34. This question refers to image G at this page. Who is this childhood storybook character?
Peter Rabbit.
35. “Don’t pass" means very different things to a traffic engineer and a Vegas pit boss.
The former wants cars to stay in their current order, the latter offers a craps player a bet “against the dice” (i.e. against the roller).
36. What John Grisham character sues Dyloft for making a drug that causes bladder tumors?
J. Clay Carter.
37. You can get a lot of money from the ATM at the Food Emporium if you remember A-N-G-E-L.
Because Collins rewired it in Broadway’s “Rent”.
38. One of Leather Tuscadero’s backup singers was unable to follow her on tour to San Francisco.
Joanie, on “Happy Days”. Mean old Howard forbids her to go.
39. Speaking of leather, she ruins her mom’s suede outfit and he gives up his telescope money to get a pretend girlfriend.
Money “Can’t Buy Me Love”, but $1000 might be able to rent a girlfriend just once, for a month, in the 1980’s…
40. What’s the sum of the interior angles of a dodecehedron?
324 degrees (3 x 108) at each vertex. There are 20 vertices, so 6480 degrees in total if you want to cover ALL the angles.
41. Emily Dickinson – yes. Vogon – no.
Poetry – Belle of Amherst vs the VERY ugly planet-destroying odists from THHGTTG.
42. How popular are “Bort" license plates?
Much more popular than “Bart”, at least - Itchy & Scratchy Land giftshop runs out of "Bort"s.
43. A Knight of Columbus is wearing a purple cape and chapeau, and carrying a white-handled sword. What can you tell me about him?
The purple cape and chapeau show that he is the current Commander of the Color Corps for a local assembly. The white-handled sword is used by current (and former) Faithful Navigators, so this shows that he used to be a Faithful Navigator, the elected chief executive of a local assembly (a higher post than CCC, so he’s taking things a little easier now).
44. VNS got some scrutiny in November 2000, for some reason.
The Voter News Service conducts exit polls, and apparently there were some --er – problems, in Florida.
45. What agency employs Buzz Lightyear?
Star Command.
46. He lives aboard the Busted Flush, which he got because of a broken toilet.
John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee.
47. Few people realize that after the roll on the beach with Burt Lancaster, that same actress went on to play Mindy’s grandmother in the TV series set in Boulder.
But a few other people realize that Deborah Kerr (From here to Eternity) and Elizabeth Kerr (Mork & Mindy) weren’t the same actress.
48. This name is shared by a weatherman that repeats days in Pennsylvania and a capitalist rapist in a meatpacking exposé. Explain.
Phil Connors is the weatherman in Groundhog Day, and Phil Connor is the corrupt boss in Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”.
49. If John Marshall hadn’t died, this never would have cracked.
The Liberty Bell (Cracked while tolling the death of John Marshall). Ask not for whom the bell cracks…
50. What’s the relative minor of E-major?
C sharp minor.
I’m going to make a change to #13 (plus my previous change to #20, both in red)
- What’s the difference between a hub and a switch? Between a switch and a router? Between a switch with VLANs and a router? Discuss.
**They operate at different levels of the OSI (Open System Interconnection) model of a network:
A HUB is a multi-port repeater, operating at Layer 1 of the OSI model (the Physical Layer). What enters through one port is reproduced identically at all the other ports, with no switching intelligence.
A SWITCH has some packet-fowarding intelligence, usually operating at Layer 2 of the OSI model (the Data Link Layer). It can send a broadcast signal to all ports, but can also send specific packets out via the relevant port to a specified recipient based on the MAC address. It can also use filtering to allow or block traffic depending on the identity of the source.
A SWITCH can have one or more Virtual Local Area Networks) (VLANs) set by the admin to allow groups of devices (each connected to a port) to communicate with other members in the same VLAN, while disallowing communication between the different VLANs.
HUBS and SWITCHES are invisible to the computers connected to them.
A ROUTER operates at Layer 3 of the OSI model, and uses network addresses (such as IP addresses, which I’m using now!) to determine packet forwarding. Since it has to inspect the data packet, there is always a slight delay in forwarding through a router (whereas a hub or switch can operate at near “wire-speed”). However, routers are extremely flexible and can allow or disallow communication between a large combination of different networks, such as different VLANs (cf the switch-with-VLANs described above). If you need Network Address Translation (NAT), you’re in the market for a router.**
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Has an Oscar ever won an Oscar?
Yes – Oscar Hammerstein II won for Best Song in 1942 (“Lady Be Good”) and 1946 (“State Fair”). -
Considering question #2, why won’t the concept therein work for the female lead of the 2004 movie based on an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?
Emmy Rossum can’t win an Emmy because they’re for TV. -
Was it Linda Lovelace or Alexander Haig that Woodward and Bernstein protected?
Could have been either, or anyone, since Deep Throat hasn’t been identified yet. -
You just better hope that Clifford Irving doesn’t decide to write your biography.
He wrote a hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes. -
David becomes Bud and Jen becomes Mary Sue, but it won’t make much sense if you watch it on your grandma’s old Quasar.
The movie “Pleasantville”, a color TV is required to get the required effect. -
Hoffman says that Smith played with salamanders, not angels.
Mark HOFMANN forged some documents that were not quite in keeping with Mormon tradition. -
This question refers to image A at this page. Who is the artist?
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. -
Is it better to win second prize in a beauty contest or have a bank error in your favor?
In Monopoly, a Bank error is MUCH better than SPiaBC. -
Was it a good idea for Arnie and Dave to partner up on a do-it-yourself divorce video?
In a certain Law firm in LA (on TV at least), things can start out OK but then get ugly. -
In Into The Woods, why are the Baker and his Wife childless?
The Witch put an infertility spell on them because the Baker’s father had stolen vegetables - especially the beans! – to satisfy his pregnant wife’s cravings. -
How can she grow if you won’t let her blow?
"Friends", “Be Your Own Windkeeper” book, Rachel accuses Ross of trying to “steal her wind” - just like all men everywhere. -
This question refers to image B at this page. Who is this bride marrying?
Patrick Nugent (the bride is LBJ’s daughter Lucy, who now goes by Luci). -
Describe the character – or her characteristics – played by Teri Hatcher on Seinfeld along with the catchphrase associated with her at the end.
Sidra’s breasts, which Jerry thought might be fake: “They’re real, and they’re spectacular”. -
The inverse-square law describes how to calculate the area of a square using inversible geometry, right?
brianjedi said it best: The inverse-square law says that the intensity of a wave is equal to 1/the square of the radius of the sphere surrounding the emission point. A wave that is 2r from the source will be 1/4 as strong as a wave 1r from the source. -
What do Samantha Micelli, Jenny Matrix, Jennifer Mancini, and Phoebe Halliwell have in common?
Alyssa Milano roles: “Who’s the Boss”, “Commando”, “Melrose Place”, “Charmed”. -
He hates Ms. Godfrey, enjoys needling Mr. Rosa, and grits his teeth when Artur bests him. Who is he?
Big Nate, of the comic strip of the same name. -
In the ground-breaking X-flick Deep Throat, what medical condition is critical to the … ahem… plot?
Linda Lovelace’s clitoris is in her throat! -
When Homer Simpson appears on “Hollywood Squares," he’s attacked by what other performer?
What is this "Hollywood Squares of which you speak? Oh, you mean Springfield Squares. Flavor-of-the-month Homer mocks Ron Howard, who strikes back. -
This question refers to image C at this page. To the nearest tenth of a percent, what percentage of a circle’s area is the shaded area?
22.4% -
The corpse of this character’s brother is guarded by order of a big meanie and she can’t even bury him – why so mean, Creon?
Antigone. Her brother Polyneices was on the losing side in Thebes’ civil war, and Creon is the new ruler. To the loser go the, er, vultures. -
When Billie Bare helps break Ganze out of prison, they’re after money that was hidden by Reggie Hammund. Do they get it?
No, Eddie Murphy (Reggie Hammond) and Nick Nolte stopped Billy Bear and Ganz within “48 Hours”. -
Why did Baudouin become King when he wasn’t even Leopold’s firstborn child?
Baudouin I was Leopold III’s eldest son (and heir), and became King of the Belgians when Leopold abdicated. Poor big sis Josephine-Charlotte! -
Who’s the most famous solo resident of Anchorage Island in the Suwarrow Atoll?
Tom Neale, who wrote a book about escaping the rat race – and how! -
And speaking of islands, who is the biggest and reddest inhabitant of Birdwell Island?
Clifford the Big Red Dog. -
First I generate sound that contains every frequency within the range of human hearing, and then I reduce each higher octave by about six decibels, to counteract the increase in the number of frequencies per octave, and bingo! White noise!
Nah, Brown noise (named after Brownian motion). Pink noise would be -3dB/octave. -
This question refers to image D at this page. Who is the artist?
Edgar Degas. -
Bald NYPD Lt. Theo, who loves ya, baby.
Kojak, of the like-named TV series. -
In Roman Catholic tradition, what saint is thought to have wiped the face of Christ when he fell while carrying His cross?
Saint Veronica. -
This question refers to image E at this page. A 70 foot ladder and a 119 foot ladder are placed across an alley in opposite directions, such that the point where they intersect in the air is exactly 30 feet above the ground. How wide is the alley?
56 ft. -
What Stephen King character knows how to spell ‘moon?’
Tom Cullen in “The Stand”. He knows how to spell everything. Must be a riot at Scrabble! -
This question refers to image F at this page. Who is the artist?
Goya - (Kronos probably won’t get the Father of the Year award). -
A told B, and B told C, I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree.
"Chicka Chicka . . . BOOM! BOOM!" certainly livens up the Alphabet. -
This question refers to image G at this page. Who is this childhood storybook character?
Peter Rabbit. -
“Don’t pass" means very different things to a traffic engineer and a Vegas pit boss.
The former wants cars to stay in their current order, the latter offers a craps player a bet “against the dice” (i.e. against the roller). -
What John Grisham character sues Dyloft for making a drug that causes bladder tumors?
J. Clay Carter. -
You can get a lot of money from the ATM at the Food Emporium if you remember A-N-G-E-L.
Because Collins rewired it in Broadway’s “Rent”. -
One of Leather Tuscadero’s backup singers was unable to follow her on tour to San Francisco.
Joanie, on “Happy Days”. Mean old Howard forbids her to go. -
Speaking of leather, she ruins her mom’s suede outfit and he gives up his telescope money to get a pretend girlfriend.
Money “Can’t Buy Me Love”, but $1000 might be able to rent a girlfriend just once, for a month, in the 1980’s… -
What’s the sum of the interior angles of a dodecehedron?
324 degrees (3 x 108) at each vertex. There are 20 vertices, so 6480 degrees in total if you want to cover ALL the angles. -
Emily Dickinson – yes. Vogon – no.
Poetry – Belle of Amherst vs the VERY ugly planet-destroying odists from THHGTTG. -
How popular are “Bort" license plates?
Much more popular than “Bart”, at least - Itchy & Scratchy Land giftshop runs out of "Bort"s. -
A Knight of Columbus is wearing a purple cape and chapeau, and carrying a white-handled sword. What can you tell me about him?
The purple cape and chapeau show that he is the current Commander of the Color Corps for a local assembly. The white-handled sword is used by current (and former) Faithful Navigators, so this shows that he used to be a Faithful Navigator, the elected chief executive of a local assembly (a higher post than CCC, so he’s taking things a little easier now). -
VNS got some scrutiny in November 2000, for some reason.
The Voter News Service conducts exit polls, and apparently there were some --er – problems, in Florida. -
What agency employs Buzz Lightyear?
Star Command. -
He lives aboard the Busted Flush, which he got because of a broken toilet.
John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee. -
Few people realize that after the roll on the beach with Burt Lancaster, that same actress went on to play Mindy’s grandmother in the TV series set in Boulder.
But a few other people realize that Deborah Kerr (From here to Eternity) and Elizabeth Kerr (Mork & Mindy) weren’t the same actress. -
This name is shared by a weatherman that repeats days in Pennsylvania and a capitalist rapist in a meatpacking exposé. Explain.
Phil Connors is the weatherman in Groundhog Day, and Phil Connor is the corrupt boss in Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”. -
If John Marshall hadn’t died, this never would have cracked.
The Liberty Bell (Cracked while tolling the death of John Marshall). Ask not for whom the bell cracks… -
What’s the relative minor of E-major?
C sharp minor.
jmizzou - 49
Antonius Block - 48
Phooey. I thought for sure that that answer was wrong. Must ponder. . . .
Hmmm… let’s try again, changes in red while adding some new explanations. I’m going back to my original answer for the bride, and fishing for half-points in the others.
- What’s the difference between a hub and a switch? Between a switch and a router? Between a switch with VLANs and a router? Discuss.
**They operate at different levels of the OSI (Open System Interconnection) model of a network:
A HUB is a multi-port repeater, operating at Layer 1 of the OSI model (the Physical Layer). What enters through one port is reproduced identically at all the other ports, with no switching intelligence.
A SWITCH has some packet-fowarding intelligence, usually operating at Layer 2 of the OSI model (the Data Link Layer). It can send a broadcast signal to all ports, but can also send specific packets out via the relevant port to a specified recipient based on the MAC address. It can also use filtering to allow or block traffic depending on the identity of the source.
A SWITCH can have one or more Virtual Local Area Networks) (VLANs) set by the admin to allow groups of devices (each connected to a port) to communicate with other members in the same VLAN, while disallowing communication between the different VLANs.
HUBS and SWITCHES are invisible to the computers connected to them.
A ROUTER operates at Layer 3 of the OSI model, and uses network addresses (such as IP addresses, which I’m using now!) to determine packet forwarding. Since it has to inspect the data packet, there is always a slight delay in forwarding through a router (whereas a hub or switch can operate at near “wire-speed”). However, routers are extremely flexible and can allow or disallow communication between a large combination of different networks, such as different VLANs (cf the switch-with-VLANs described above). If you need Network Address Translation (NAT), you’re in the market for a router.**
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Has an Oscar ever won an Oscar?
Yes – Oscar Hammerstein II won for Best Song in 1942 (“Lady Be Good”) and 1946 (“State Fair”). -
Considering question #2, why won’t the concept therein work for the female lead of the 2004 movie based on an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?
Emmy Rossum can’t win an Emmy because they’re for TV. -
Was it Linda Lovelace or Alexander Haig that Woodward and Bernstein protected?
Could have been either, or anyone, since Deep Throat hasn’t been identified yet. Linda Lovelace is the star of the movie “Deep Throat”, while Alexander “I’m in charge here!” Haig is a leading candidate for W&B’s DT. -
You just better hope that Clifford Irving doesn’t decide to write your biography.
He wrote a hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes. -
David becomes Bud and Jen becomes Mary Sue, but it won’t make much sense if you watch it on your grandma’s old Quasar.
The movie “Pleasantville”, a color TV is needed to get the required effect. -
Hoffman says that Smith played with salamanders, not angels.
Mark HOFMANN forged some documents that were not quite in keeping with Mormon tradition. -
This question refers to image A at this page. Who is the artist?
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. -
Is it better to win second prize in a beauty contest or have a bank error in your favor?
In Monopoly, a Bank error is MUCH better than SPiaBC. -
Was it a good idea for Arnie and Dave to partner up on a do-it-yourself divorce video?
In a certain Law firm in LA (on TV at least), things can start out OK but then get ugly. -
In Into The Woods, why are the Baker and his Wife childless?
The Witch put an infertility spell on them because the Baker’s father had stolen vegetables - especially the beans! – to satisfy his pregnant wife’s cravings. -
How can she grow if you won’t let her blow?
"Friends", “Be Your Own Windkeeper” book, Rachel accuses Ross of trying to “steal her wind” - just like all men everywhere. -
This question refers to image B at this page. Who is this bride marrying?
Charles Robb (the bride is LBJ’s daughter Lynda). -
Describe the character – or her characteristics – played by Teri Hatcher on Seinfeld along with the catchphrase associated with her at the end.
Sidra’s breasts, which Jerry thought might be fake: “They’re real, and they’re spectacular”. -
The inverse-square law describes how to calculate the area of a square using inversible geometry, right?
brianjedi said it best: The inverse-square law says that the intensity of a wave is equal to 1/the square of the radius of the sphere surrounding the emission point. A wave that is 2r from the source will be 1/4 as strong as a wave 1r from the source. -
What do Samantha Micelli, Jenny Matrix, Jennifer Mancini, and Phoebe Halliwell have in common?
Alyssa Milano roles: “Who’s the Boss”, “Commando”, “Melrose Place”, “Charmed”. -
He hates Ms. Godfrey, enjoys needling Mr. Rosa, and grits his teeth when Artur bests him. Who is he?
Big Nate, of the comic strip of the same name. -
In the ground-breaking X-flick Deep Throat, what medical condition is critical to the … ahem… plot?
Linda Lovelace’s clitoris is in her throat! -
When Homer Simpson appears on “Hollywood Squares," he’s attacked by what other performer?
What is this "Hollywood Squares of which you speak? Oh, you mean Springfield Squares. Flavor-of-the-month Homer mocks Ron Howard, who strikes back. -
This question refers to image C at this page. To the nearest tenth of a percent, what percentage of a circle’s area is the shaded area?
22.4% -
The corpse of this character’s brother is guarded by order of a big meanie and she can’t even bury him – why so mean, Creon?
Antigone. Her brother Polyneices was on the losing side in Thebes’ civil war, and Creon is the new ruler. To the loser go the, er, vultures. -
When Billie Bare helps break Ganze out of prison, they’re after money that was hidden by Reggie Hammund. Do they get it?
No, Eddie Murphy (Reggie Hammond) and Nick Nolte stopped Billy Bear and Ganz within “48 Hours”. -
Why did Baudouin become King when he wasn’t even Leopold’s firstborn child?
Baudouin I was Leopold III’s eldest son (and heir), and became King of the Belgians when Leopold abdicated. Poor big sis Josephine-Charlotte! -
Who’s the most famous solo resident of Anchorage Island in the Suwarrow Atoll?
Tom Neale, who wrote a book about escaping the rat race – and how! -
And speaking of islands, who is the biggest and reddest inhabitant of Birdwell Island?
Clifford the Big Red Dog. -
First I generate sound that contains every frequency within the range of human hearing, and then I reduce each higher octave by about six decibels, to counteract the increase in the number of frequencies per octave, and bingo! White noise!
Nah, Brown noise (named after Brownian motion). Pink noise would be -3dB/octave. White noise is what you generated before applying the filter. -
This question refers to image D at this page. Who is the artist?
Edgar Degas. -
Bald NYPD Lt. Theo, who loves ya, baby.
Kojak, of the like-named TV series. -
In Roman Catholic tradition, what saint is thought to have wiped the face of Christ when he fell while carrying His cross?
Saint Veronica. -
This question refers to image E at this page. A 70 foot ladder and a 119 foot ladder are placed across an alley in opposite directions, such that the point where they intersect in the air is exactly 30 feet above the ground. How wide is the alley?
56 ft. -
What Stephen King character knows how to spell ‘moon?’
Tom Cullen in “The Stand”. He knows how to spell everything. Must be a riot at Scrabble! -
This question refers to image F at this page. Who is the artist?
Goya - (Kronos probably won’t get the Father of the Year award). -
A told B, and B told C, I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree.
"Chicka Chicka . . . BOOM! BOOM!" certainly livens up the Alphabet. -
This question refers to image G at this page. Who is this childhood storybook character?
Peter Rabbit. -
“Don’t pass" means very different things to a traffic engineer and a Vegas pit boss.
The former wants cars to stay in their current order, the latter offers a craps player a bet “against the dice” (i.e. against the roller). -
What John Grisham character sues Dyloft for making a drug that causes bladder tumors?
J. Clay Carter sues Ackerman Labs, makers of the drug Dyloft, in “King of Torts”. -
You can get a lot of money from the ATM at the Food Emporium if you remember A-N-G-E-L.
Because Collins rewired it in Broadway’s “Rent”. -
One of Leather Tuscadero’s backup singers was unable to follow her on tour to San Francisco.
Joanie, on “Happy Days”. Mean old Howard forbids her to go. -
Speaking of leather, she ruins her mom’s suede outfit and he gives up his telescope money to get a pretend girlfriend.
Money “Can’t Buy Me Love”, but $1000 might be able to rent a girlfriend just once, for a month, in the 1980’s… -
What’s the sum of the interior angles of a dodecehedron?
324 degrees (3 x 108) at each vertex. There are 20 vertices, so 6480 degrees in total if you want to cover ALL the angles. -
Emily Dickinson – yes. Vogon – no.
Poetry – Belle of Amherst vs the VERY ugly planet-destroying odists from THHGTTG. -
How popular are “Bort" license plates?
Much more popular than “Bart”, at least - Itchy & Scratchy Land giftshop runs out of "Bort"s. -
A Knight of Columbus is wearing a purple cape and chapeau, and carrying a white-handled sword. What can you tell me about him?
The purple cape and chapeau show that he is the current Commander of the Color Corps for a local assembly. The white-handled sword is used by current (and former) Faithful Navigators, so this shows that he used to be a Faithful Navigator, the elected chief executive of a local assembly (a higher post than CCC, so he’s taking things a little easier now). -
VNS got some scrutiny in November 2000, for some reason.
The Voter News Service conducts exit polls, and apparently there were some --er – problems, in Florida. -
What agency employs Buzz Lightyear?
Star Command. -
He lives aboard the Busted Flush, which he got because of a broken toilet.
**John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee. Not a broken toilet, but a poker hand – without even a pair-- where the player was trying for a flush but failed. ** -
Few people realize that after the roll on the beach with Burt Lancaster, that same actress went on to play Mindy’s grandmother in the TV series set in Boulder.
But a few other people realize that Deborah Kerr (From here to Eternity) and Elizabeth Kerr (Mork & Mindy) weren’t the same actress. -
This name is shared by a weatherman that repeats days in Pennsylvania and a capitalist rapist in a meatpacking exposé. Explain.
Phil Connors is the weatherman in Groundhog Day, and Phil Connor is the corrupt boss in Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”. -
If John Marshall hadn’t died, this never would have cracked.
The Liberty Bell (Cracked while tolling the death of John Marshall). Ask not for whom the bell cracks… -
What’s the relative minor of E-major?
C sharp minor.
Bingo!
Antonius Block - 50 and the win!
You needed to debunk the notion that Travis named his boat after a broken toilet…
Congrats!
Woohoo! This is my 500th post, too, so that goes double! Having just watched 5 time champ on Jeopardy!, I feel I have to say:
[Sean Connery on SNL]
The day is mine, TreBricker!
[/Sean Connery]
[no offence intended!]
You really do a great job on these, Bricker, but I usually miss them until it’s too late because I don’t check MPSIMS very often.
I find your Challenges hugely addictive. I first looked at this one after a few answers had been given, thought “well of course I knew that!”, then looked back at the questions, saw a dozen or so that I could add, and thought about doing a quick post with about 20 answers. At that point I could have walked away…
But NOOOOO! The rationalization of not wanting to do other peoples’ work for them kicked in, and I was lost, because from then on a WIN was the only acceptable result. I’m normally fairly mild-mannered, but…
I’ll post later this evening or tomorrow with a breakdown of what was “already known” vs what was Googled and Wikipedia’d. For now, I just want to say that I’m going to waive my right to the $25 Amazon.com gift certificate. I suppose I could use it to buy Curing Cancer for Dummies and thereby benefit humanity, but I’d probably get the recipe wrong and unleash the Apocalypse.
There are many Dopers for whom I would happily pay the subscription, but none that I specifically know who have expressed their own inability to pay, and it might seem rude to presume. Perhaps if anyone reading this is – or knows of – a candidate, they could post the username here?
I’m aware that you don’t want this hanging for too long, Bricker, so I’ll give a “timeout default”, which may end up being my choice anyway. I remember various posts of yours in which you discuss charitable donations, and I trust your judgement (just no political donations, since that’s an area on which we don’t agree!). If you want to just add $25 to another contribution, that’ll be fine by me. If it’s to the American Heart Association, that would be perfect, but I trust your judgement in any case.
Once again, my chapeau (albeit not purple) is off to you, Bricker!
The American Heart Association does great work, no question about it, but if you’re leaving the ball in my court I’d like to suggest KOVAR, an organization run by the Knights of Columbus and dedicated to helping mentally challenged men, women, and children. KOVAR funds are used to provide grants and zero-interest mortgage loans to organizations that assist the mentally challenged, such as vocational centers and group homes - facilities that permit people in need of such to live as independent a life as possible.
Next month, the Knights are gearing up for a huge fund-raising drive, and this would be a wonderful way to stash an extra $25 in the kitty…
Congrats - you did a great job!
A donation to KOVAR will be perfect, bricker.
It looks as though they do really good work. I know that you’re an active member of the Virginia KofC, and I’ve learnt a little bit more about the Knights thanks to Question #43. Mental health issues are close to my own heart due to family history, so KOVAR seems a very appropriate place for the prize money to end up.
In addition, no-one has come forward to suggest a Doper to sponsor for next year’s subscription (it may be just my extreme threadkilling talent that’s responsible for this), and they’ve had their chance!
So, go for it with KOVAR!
Mundane Pointless Stuff #1: I like how the KOVAR logo doesn’t ignore the Virginia part of the DelMarVa peninsula (for those unfamiliar with VA geography, this is the part that looks like a claw scratching at a mountain on the right side of the map), in contrast to so many cartographical representations of the Old Dominion. Chincoteague and Assateague are part of VA too!
Mundane PointlessStuff #2: My Dopername refers to a Knight (albeit fictional and pre-Columbus), so chivalrous charities are always cool.
I’m still going to post (as promised) a breakdown of which answers I knew, and which I had to search for, but may I ask two quick post-quiz questions myself?
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Do you award half-points in Bricker Challenges? At some point, I had convinced myself that you did, and that my 49/50 was due to having two questions half-right. What’s the skinny on this?
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Were you accepting both “Brown Noise” and “Pink Noise” for #26? At one point, your feedback had given both jmizzou and me 49 points, and the only difference in our answer sets was in the noise color (neither of us had yet explained the “Busted Flush”). Was this just an oversight on your part, or were you allowing both Brown and Pink?
Thanks!
Great!
We have councils on the Eastern Shore, and travelling to that area from where I live is a bit of a challenge – either south an hour to get on Rt 301 and then back northeast over the 301 bridge, or north into Maryland, across the Bay Bridge, and then south. There have been times during that trip that I gritted my teeth and WISHED we didn’t have an Eastern Shore!
I used to, but it was making my brain explode. The current practice is that a question may have multiple elements (TRAVIS MCGEE and BUSTED FLUSH=POKER) but all must be present to win the point.
Allowed both. I wrote the question from memory, and was thinking white noise/pink noise. After I saw the brown noise answer, I Googled it and discovered a whole range of “colored” noises and constructions that I didn’t remember - or never knew in the first place. (I did both lighting and sound design in dinner theater work, long ago, but learned ‘on the job’ with little formal training in either area). It appearing that the brown noise/pink noise answer was arguably correct, I gave credit for that answer as well as the one I originally expected.