# Bricker Challenge 2005, Edition # 2½

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2005-edition-2/312399>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 13, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2005-edition-2/312399 "2005-07-13T20:00:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2005-edition-2/312399/41 "2005-07-15T15:31:23Z")

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Sorry for the hijack, but…

**Antonius Block** , are you a traveling man?

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**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2005-edition-2/312399/42 "2005-07-15T21:30:01Z")

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> [@Zakalwe](#):
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> **Antonius Block** , are you a traveling man?

Kids these days and their code words!

I don’t get your reference, **Zakalwe** , I’m afraid. I’m not a [“Fellow Traveler”](http://www.bartleby.com/59/14/fellowtravel.html) as in Communist sympathizer, I’m neither a Friend of Dorothy nor of Bill W., and I’m not a [salesman](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098510/).

If all you mean is “do I travel” then, well, I’m reasonably well-traveled over a couple of regions of the world, but have of late been quite the _opposite_ of a traveler, due to physical problems.

Do you have a reason for asking? 🙂

[I’ve just had a thought. In WW2, the [Bletchley Park]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley\_Park](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park)) codebreakers planted crosswords in the UK papers, then recruited people who sent in correct answers. Is the **Bricker Challenge** an updated version of this? Are you the next-level handler, **Zakalwe**? Have I just blown any chances of being recruited due to blurting this out? Now, of course, you’ll deny it, and I’ll **know** that I’ve uncovered the truth.]

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2005-edition-2/312399/43 "2005-07-15T23:51:50Z")

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> [@Bricker](#):
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> That’s the wisest approach. When I write a question, I highlight the elements that must be answered for the question to be correct. It’s not consistent – for example, I didn’t require that someone explain that both a Bricker Challenge and the Queen of Sheba’s approach to Solomon were tests with hard questions.

And you didn’t make them point out that Solomon converted the Queen of Sheba to Judaism, instead of Christianity, either. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2005-edition-2/312399/44 "2005-07-19T14:29:54Z")

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> [@Antonius Block](#):
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> Kids these days and their code words!

Nothing like that. There was a question in the Challenge that (based on your knowledge of the answer with needing a reference) indicated you might be a member of an organization to which I belong. That’s all.

Of course, the Bricker Challenge may still be a recruiting tool for some secret organization, but I haven’t managed to win one yet, so I wouldn’t know. 😉

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