# Bricker Challenge 2005, Edition # 4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2005-edition-4/327076 "2005-10-20T14:33:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
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Shodan: 11 Cliffy: 18 ---
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1. The delicious Kim Novak played the role of the mysterious woman that James Stewart must tail in **Vertigo**. Either she did, or did not, jump out of the bell tower when Stewart wussed out due to vertigo and failed to save her. They also played opposite each other in **Bell, Book, and Candle** with Elsa Lancaster (wife of Charles Laughton, who’s only directorial effort was **Night of the Hunter** , with Shelley Winters in a great underwater scene) and Jack Lemon. But that wasn’t part of the question. ---
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> [@Bricker](#): > > 1. So, wait. Madeline was Judy all along? But she died the FIRST time she fell from the bell tower! The ending of the Hitchcock classic, _Vertigo_. > [@](#): > > 1. In what compass direction must you travel to get from Munchkin Country to the Emerald City? And what other areas surround Emerald City? The Emerald City is west of Munchkin County. The Land of Oz is divided into four counties. Munchin in the East, Winkie in the west, Gillikin in the north and Quadling in the south. Emerald City is in the center. It is important to note, however, that many maps of Oz appear as a mirror image with east on the left and west on the right. Sometimes the compass rose will reflect this, sometimes not. > [@](#): > > 1. The most impressive things might happen if Mrs. Greymalkin gave YOU her son Felix’s old chemistry set. I’d probably try to make LSD but Kerby and Fenton used it to spike the lemonade (in Scott Corbett’s children’s classic, _The Lemonade Trick_). > [@](#): > > 1. Distinguish gelatos, sorbets, sherberts, ice cream, and sorghum, please. And which one just doesn’t belong? Ice cream is ice cream- the familiar frozen concoction of milk, cream and sweeteners. Gelato is like ice cream but it has less air so it’s much denser. Sorbets and sherbets (not “sherbe **r** ts”) are similar in that they are both made with sweetened fruit juices or purees but sherbets have some additional dairy or egg products while sorbets do not. > [@](#): > > 1. What’s “bukkake,” to a porn aficionado? Bukkake is the image of a woman being ejaculated on by multiple men. Usually on her face (warning: if at work, do not do an image google). > [@](#): > > 1. What band are you watching if you see Aja Leith on lead guitar and Shana Elmsford on drums? The Holograms. > [@](#): > > 1. Punching down means some very different things to Mike Tyson and a baker. In baking “punching down” bread dough means to press the CO[sup]2[/sup] out of it after the first rise of yeast. To Mike Tyson, the notoriously unstable former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, punching down means literally punching somebody in the head until he falls down. > [@](#): > > 1. If my sister hadn’t spilled the beans about my engagement to Edward, then Edward’s inheritance never would have been cut off, and he wouldn’t have gotten a chance to marry Elinor. But his brother Robert was now getting all that dough, so I was happy to marry him instead. You are Marianne Dashwood, the protagonist of Jane Austin’s _Sense and Sensibility_. > [@](#): > > 1. I wonder if Baron von Kissalot ever paid the cab fare? Probably not. This is a reference to a gag on “The Simpsons” in which Marge Simpson sacractically tells a cab driver to send a large bill to “Baron Von Kisalot[.” We then get a cutaway to a real Baron by that name receiving the bill. > [@](#): > > 1. In HBO’s “Classical Baby” series, what music accompanies the Jackson Pollack painting? Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Busy Bee.” > [@](#): > > 1. What are the Roman Catholic Holy Days of Obligation? All of them, please. These are all the days besides sundays in which Catholics are obligated to attend mass. The exact days are: 1. The Nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ (Christmas) 2. The Epiphany (Jan. 6.) 3. The Ascension (40 days after Easter) 4. The Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) 5. Holy Mary, the Mother of God (octave day of Christmas, Jan. 1) 6. The Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8) 7. The Assumption (Aug. 15) 8. St. Joseph (March 19) 9. Ss. Peter and Paul (June 29) 10. All Saints (Nov. 1) > [@](#): > > 1. Long Island Ice Teas will screw you up, but not nearly as badly as getting involved with a Long Island Lolita. Long Island Iced Teas are strong alcoholic coctails which taste like iced tea. The Long Island Lolita was a teenage girl named Amy Fisher who was convicted of attempted murder for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco in the head. Fisher had been having an affair with Mary Jo’s husband, Joey Buttafuoco. Heh. Buttafuoco. Buttafuoco. > [@](#): > > 1. Everyone knows there are six hundred thirteen mitzvot. But how many of them tell you to do stuff, and how many of them tell you NOT to do stuff? 248 tell you to do stuff, 365 tell you not to do stuff. > [@](#): > > 1. I can never remember if I should order a Grey Goose martini or a Spruce Goose martini. Order the Grey Goose. Grey Goose is a brand of vodka. The Spruce Goose was a nickname for a gigantic airplane designed by Howard Hughs. > [@](#): > > 1. Life upon the wicked stage ain’t ever what a girl supposes, according to what showboatin’ gal? Ellie. > [@](#): > > 1. So I get this card that has a picture of a seal inside, and it says, “You picked a fine time to leave me, you seal.” I don’t get it. It’s a pun on the Kenny rogers song, “You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me, Lucille.” 1. Bellamira and Pilia-Borza just wanted the gold. Abigail lied about her conversion the first time, but not the second. And Barbaras lives happily ever after. Right? [/quote] Um…not quite. Barabas gets boiled alive at the end. > [@](#): > > 1. Diabetes is diabetes. Enough of this type one and type two business; it’s all the same thing. It’s not the same thing. In type 1 diabetes, people do not _produce_ insulin. In type 2, the body is not able to _use_ insulin. > [@](#): > > 1. If Saffron pretended she was my wife, I don’t know if I could have resisted as long as Mal did. If she looked like [this](http://www.starpulse.com/Actresses/Hendricks,_Christina/Gallery/GalleryView.html?pic=2), I’d hit it. > [@](#): > > 1. Stock up on Cipro in case the terrorists attack again. Er…. Remind me how that will that help? It’s used to treat anthrax. > [@](#): > > 1. Natural ones have octahedral crystals, and synthetic ones have at least some cubic sectors visible during fluorescence. You’re talking about diamonds. > [@](#): > > 1. It’s an integer, but not a whole number. It’s the identity element for addition, and arguably not remotely heroic. Zero. > [@](#): > > 1. Who was the first recorded European to see the landmark that gave the 2004 TV series starring Caroline Dhavernas its name? The first verified European to have seen Niagara Falls (aka “Wonderfalls”) was Father Joseph de la Roche-Dallion. > [@](#): > > 1. Classic love triangle: Esmeralda loves Phoebus, and Phoebus loves Frollo, and Frollo loves Esmeralda. No, that won’t end badly. It’s very sad but it’s pretty cool when Quasimodo, aka, the Hunchback of Notre Dame throws Frollo off the balcony. > [@](#): > > 1. In 12 years, Cecil will be twice as old as Adam; right now, he’s five times older. How old is Cecil? Cecil is 20 years old. > [@](#): > > 1. Why haven’t you read that book by Dr. Floyd Ferris, “Why Do You Think You Think?” Because it doesn’t really exist. It’s a fictional book written by a fictional Dr. Farris in Ayn Rand’s _Atlas Shrugged_. > [@](#): > > 1. On the show _Carita de ángel_, what fashion accessory was Tía Pelucas best known for? Wigs. > [@](#): > > 1. Rose was too old for Alex, and too young for George, and Jenny was too young for Alex, but they all had dalliances of a sort anyway. You are describing the andrew lloyd Webber musical, _Aspects of Love_. > [@](#): > > 1. I don’t know what it has to do with hairy limes, but this movie has a famous speech atop a Ferris wheel, in which the bad guy claims the greatness of the Renaissance was the result of Italy’s war experience and the Swiss, in contrast, have produced nothing greater than a cuckoo clock. The speech is made by Harry Lime (played by Orson Wells) in the movie _The Third Man_. > [@](#): > > 1. What lawyer represented Maurice Baron when he sued Morey Amsterdam for plagiarism? Louis Nizer. > [@](#): > > 1. Smash a Lifesaver with a hammer, and get a flash of light. Why? > [@](#): > > [Wintergreen sparking, it’s believed, is actually a three-step process.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_129) Step One: When you shatter the sugar crystals with your teeth, electrons (which are negatively charged) break free. As a result, the atoms in which the electrons were formerly embedded become positively charged. In what amounts to a subatomic game of musical chairs, the free electrons dash around madly trying to find a new home. > > Step Two: Meanwhile, as the sugar crystals disintegrate, nitrogen molecules from the air attach themselves to the fractured surfaces. When the free electrons strike the nitrogen molecules, they cause the latter to emit invisible ultraviolet radiation, along with a faint visible glow. > > Step Three: The UV radiation is absorbed by the wintergreen flavoring, methyl salicylate. This then emits the fairly bright blue light you see. Pretty complicated, I admit. Clearly the planners in the Pentagon weren’t the first to be obsessed with high-tech gimcracks. > [@](#): > > 1. If you were a resident of Kaskaskia Township in April 1881, discuss the complexities of figuring out what state you lived in. The Mississippi River moved over during a flood. This stranded Kaskasia Township of Illinois on the Missouri side of the river. Kaskasia insisted on maintaing its Illinois residency. > [@](#): > > 1. What heroic measures are necessary to get Sam McGee warmed up around Lake LaBarge? Some planks I tore from the cabin floor And lit the boiler fire. Some coal I found that was lying around And heaped the fuel higher. The flames just soared, and the furnace roared, Such a blaze you seldom see. Then I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal And I stuffed in Sam McGee. > [@](#): > > 1. In the musical Annie, what politician is musically derided for promising a chicken in every pot? Herbert Hoover. > [@](#): > > 1. Who was the first serving US Senator to accept a regular TV acting gig? Fred Thompson (Rep. Tennessee). ---
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Diogenes the Cynic: 31 ---
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1. The ending of the Hitchcock classic, _Vertigo_. 2. The Emerald City is west of Munchkin County. The Land of Oz is divided into four counties. Munchin in the East, Winkie in the west, Gillikin in the north and Quadling in the south. Emerald City is in the center. It is important to note, however, that many maps of Oz appear as a mirror image with east on the left and west on the right. Sometimes the compass rose will reflect this, sometimes not. 3. I’d probably try to make LSD but Kerby and Fenton used it to spike the lemonade (in Scott Corbett’s children’s classic, _The Lemonade Trick_). 4. Ice cream is ice cream- the familiar frozen concoction of milk, cream and sweeteners. Gelato is like ice cream but it has less air so it’s much denser. Sorbets and sherbets (not “sherbe **r** ts”) are similar in that they are both made with sweetened fruit juices or purees but sherbets have some additional dairy or egg products while sorbets do not. Sorghum is grain. 5. 1826.49 (units)[sup]3[/sup] 6. Alexander Dumas was the author of _The Three Musketeers_. 7. Raid is both a trademark name for a brand of pesticide, as well as a way of managing hard drives in PCs (which is an acronym for Redundant Array if Inexpensive Discs.). There are several levels of RAID arrays, designed to make multiple discs act as one, mirror one disc onto another as backup, or a combonation of the two. 8. Bukkake is the image of a woman being ejaculated on by multiple men. Usually on her face (warning: if at work, do not do an image google). 9. The Holograms. 10. In baking “punching down” bread dough means to press the CO[sup]2[/sup] out of it after the first rise of yeast. To Mike Tyson, the notoriously unstable former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, punching down means literally punching somebody in the head until he falls down. 11. You are Marianne Dashwood, the protagonist of Jane Austin’s _Sense and Sensibility_. 12. Probably not. This is a reference to a gag on “The Simpsons” in which Marge Simpson sacractically tells a cab driver to send a large bill to “Baron Von Kisalot[.” We then get a cutaway to a real Baron by that name receiving the bill. 13. Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Busy Bee.” 14. These are all the days besides sundays in which Catholics are obligated to attend mass. The exact days are: The Nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ (Christmas) The Epiphany (Jan. 6.) The Ascension (40 days after Easter) The Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Holy Mary, the Mother of God (octave day of Christmas, Jan. 1) The Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8) The Assumption (Aug. 15) St. Joseph (March 19) Ss. Peter and Paul (June 29) All Saints (Nov. 1) 1. You are “pinging.” 2. Long Island Iced Teas are strong alcoholic coctails which taste like iced tea. The Long Island Lolita was a teenage girl named Amy Fisher who was convicted of attempted murder for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco in the head. Fisher had been having an affair with Mary Jo’s husband, Joey Buttafuoco. Heh. Buttafuoco. Buttafuoco. 3. 248 tell you to do stuff, 365 tell you not to do stuff. 4. Order the Grey Goose. Grey Goose is a brand of vodka. The Spruce Goose was a nickname for a gigantic airplane designed by Howard Hughs. 5. Ellie. 6. It’s a pun on the Kenny rogers song, “You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me, Lucille.” 7. You’re talking about Christopher marloe’s antisemitic play _The Jew of malta_. brabas does not live happily ever after unless being boiled alive makes you happy. 8. It’s not the same thing. In type 1 diabetes, people do not _produce_ insulin. In type 2, the body is not able to _use_ insulin. 9. Saffron (Christina Hendricks) pretended to be the wife of a surprised Captain Malcolm Reynolds in an episode of Firefly. Mal tried not to take advantage of her, and he managed to hold out for much longer than anyone should have expected. But ultimately he failed, because she was all naked, and articulate. 10. It’s an antibiotic used to treat anthrax. 11. You’re talking about diamonds. 12. Zero. 13. The first verified European to have seen Niagara Falls (aka “Wonderfalls”) was Father Joseph de la Roche-Dallion. 14. It’s very sad but it’s pretty cool when Quasimodo, aka, the Hunchback of Notre Dame throws Frollo off the balcony. 15. Cecil is 20 years old. 16. Because it doesn’t really exist. It’s a fictional book written by a fictional Dr. Farris in Ayn Rand’s _Atlas Shrugged_. 17. Wigs. 18. You are describing the andrew lloyd Webber musical, _Aspects of Love_. 19. The speech is made by Harry Lime (played by Orson Wells) in the movie _The Third Man_. 20. 1. 2 + 11i 21. To “anger” chocolate is to melt it over low heat in order to return it to suspension. The word is French, though, and isn’t pronouced like the English word “anger.” 22. Louis Nizer. 23. Miracle Max (Billy Crystal) in The Princess Bride. 24. > [@](#): > > [url=Wintergreen sparking, it’s believed, is actually a three-step process. Step One: When you shatter the sugar crystals with your teeth, electrons (which are negatively charged) break free. As a result, the atoms in which the electrons were formerly embedded become positively charged. In what amounts to a subatomic game of musical chairs, the free electrons dash around madly trying to find a new home. > > Step Two: Meanwhile, as the sugar crystals disintegrate, nitrogen molecules from the air attach themselves to the fractured surfaces. When the free electrons strike the nitrogen molecules, they cause the latter to emit invisible ultraviolet radiation, along with a faint visible glow. > > Step Three: The UV radiation is absorbed by the wintergreen flavoring, methyl salicylate. This then emits the fairly bright blue light you see. Pretty complicated, I admit. Clearly the planners in the Pentagon weren’t the first to be obsessed with high-tech gimcracks. 1. The Mississippi River moved over during a flood. This stranded Kaskasia Township of Illinois on the Missouri side of the river. Kaskasia insisted on maintaing its Illinois residency. 2. Some planks I tore from the cabin floor And lit the boiler fire. Some coal I found that was lying around And heaped the fuel higher. The flames just soared, and the furnace roared, Such a blaze you seldom see. Then I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal And I stuffed in Sam McGee. (“Cremation of Sam Magee” by Richard Service) 3. Herbert Hoover. 4. Fred Thompson (Rep. Tennessee). ---
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> [@Bricker](#): > > 1. So, wait. Madeline was Judy all along? But she died the FIRST time she fell from the bell tower! Hitchcock’s Vertigo > [@](#): > > 1. In what compass direction must you travel to get from Munchkin Country to the Emerald City? And what other areas surround Emerald City? East. The others are Quadling Country to the south, Winkie Country to the West, and Gillikin Country to the North. Note - the first map produced had the compass rose reversed - E was on the right and W was on the left. > [@](#): > > 1. The most impressive things might happen if Mrs. Greymalkin gave YOU her son Felix’s old chemistry set. We could spike the Lemonade like in _The Lemonade Trick_. > [@](#): > > 1. Distinguish gelatos, sorbets, sherberts, ice cream, and sorghum, please. And which one just doesn’t belong? Sorghum is a grain, not a frozen dessert. Gelatos and ice cream are made from a custard base. Gelatos tend to have more egg yolks and are churned differently to not introduce as much air in it. Sorbets is generally frozen/churned fruit juice, while Sherberts are fruit juice and dairy (usually milk) > [@](#): > > 1. What’s the volume of a solid cube with sides of length 4pi, into one face of which a cylindrical hole has been drilled of depth 2 and radius 2? Volume of cube - volume of cylinder = (4pi)^3 - 8pi = 1959 (rounding to units used in problem) > [@](#): > > 1. So the whole class starts laughing at my friend after he asked if that guy who wrote “The Three Musketeers” was a dumbass. You ask me, all them old writer guys are dumb asses. Andre Dumas (can’t find the code to make the accent marks 🙂 ) > [@](#): > > 1. Raid kills bugs dead, so I guess Raid 5 kills computer bugs better than Raid 1, or something. I heard the computers at work use Raid 5 on their bugs. RAID is Redundant Array of Independant Disks, fault-tolerant system of using multiple hard drives in concert with each other to allow them to act as one large disk. > [@](#): > > 1. What’s “bukkake,” to a porn aficionado? a semen shower - is that a good enough answer? do I have to elaborate further? > [@](#): > > 1. James Madison must hate William Plummer. James Monroe would have been unanimously elected by the electoral college, except for William Plummer who supposedly believed that only Geo. Washington should be unanimously elected. > [@](#): > > 1. Who was rescued by Coast Guard helicopter 1445? > [@](#): > > 1. What band are you watching if you see Aja Leith on lead guitar and Shana Elmsford on drums? Jem and the Holograms > [@](#): > > 1. Punching down means some very different things to Mike Tyson and a baker. Punching down dough is to reduce the size and air volume after a period of rising to help develop more gluten. Punching down a boxer is to hit the opponent until he drops > [@](#): > > 1. If my sister hadn’t spilled the beans about my engagement to Edward, then Edward’s inheritance never would have been cut off, and he wouldn’t have gotten a chance to marry Elinor. But his brother Robert was now getting all that dough, so I was happy to marry him instead. Marianne Dashwood of Sense and Sensibility > [@](#): > > 1. I still don’t know why I did it, but I ran out that night after seeing the commercial and bought Hüsker Dü. It was like I had to have it. I don’t know either _subliminal advertising_ , what made you do it?_subliminal advertising_ > [@](#): > > 1. I wonder if Baron von Kissalot ever paid the cab fare? “Hokay. Whose da vise guy?” (The Simpson) > [@](#): > > 1. In HBO’s “Classical Baby” series, what music accompanies the Jackson Pollack painting? > [@](#): > > 1. Who played the murderous handyman in “The House With No Doors?” Lenny Smith (Benny Grey was the character name), and both were creations by Heinlein. [quote[ 18. What are the Roman Catholic Holy Days of Obligation? All of them, please. [/quote] All Saint’s Day, Immaculate Conception, Christmas, Easter, The Assumption (since it falls on a Sunday, 01/01/2006 is also a HDoO.). there are days where one is required to attend mass, but they are not Holy Days of Obligation as defined by the Roman Catholics > [@](#): > > 1. First I broadcast a UDP packet with source IP 0.0.0.0 to port 67 on 255.255.255.255. Then if I get a response, I accept the offer. What am I doing? negotiating a connection between computers > [@](#): > > 1. Long Island Ice Teas will screw you up, but not nearly as badly as getting involved with a Long Island Lolita. Long Island Ice Tea screws you up, while a Long Island Lolita screws you, then shoots your wife. > [@](#): > > 1. Everyone knows there are six hundred thirteen mitzvot. But how many of them tell you to do stuff, and how many of them tell you NOT to do stuff? 248 do, 365 do not > [@](#): > > 1. I can never remember if I should order a Grey Goose martini or a Spruce Goose martini. Grey Goose. Spruce Goose is Howard Hughes’ famous plane > [@](#): > > 1. Life upon the wicked stage ain’t ever what a girl supposes, according to what showboatin’ gal? Marge (actually that’s a line from the backup chorus) > [@](#): > > 1. So I get this card that has a picture of a seal inside, and it says, “You picked a fine time to leave me, you seal.” I don’t get it. You just divorced a Kenny Rogers (the singer not the ball player) fan > [@](#): > > 1. Bellamira and Pilia-Borza just wanted the gold. Abigail lied about her conversion the first time, but not the second. And Barbaras lives happily ever after. Right? Well, he lived until he was boiled in oil. > [@](#): > > 1. Diabetes is diabetes. Enough of this type one and type two business; it’s all the same thing. Type I is when insulin is not produced by the body, Type II is when the body is immune to it’s effects > [@](#): > > 1. If Saffron pretended she was my wife, I don’t know if I could have resisted as long as Mal did. Firefly (the tv series, now Serenity the movie) > [@](#): > > 1. Stock up on Cipro in case the terrorists attack again. Er…. Remind me how that will that help? Cipro (Ciprofloxacin) is a treatment for Anthrax (and for some other sinus infections > [@](#): > > 1. Consider an electric line, sixteen feet long, strung between two poles that are both seventeen feet high. The ends of the line are attached to the tops of the poles. At its lowest point, the line hangs nine feet above the ground. How far apart are the two poles? 8 feet > [@](#): > > 1. Natural ones have octahedral crystals, and synthetic ones have at least some cubic sectors visible during fluorescence. Diamonds - but this not always the case. There are some naturally-occurring diamonds of different crystal structures, but most are octahedral > [@](#): > > 1. It’s an integer, but not a whole number. It’s the identity element for addition, and arguably not remotely heroic. 0, but My Hero Zero starred “Schoolhouse Rocky” > [@](#): > > 1. Who was the first recorded European to see the landmark that gave the 2004 TV series starring Caroline Dhavernas its name? most historians say Louis Hennipen > [@](#): > > 1. Classic love triangle: Esmeralda loves Phoebus, and Phoebus loves Frollo, and Frollo loves Esmeralda. No, that won’t end badly. The Hunchback of Notre Dame > [@](#): > > 1. In 12 years, Cecil will be twice as old as Adam; right now, he’s five times older. How old is Cecil? 20 > [@](#): > > 1. Why haven’t you read that book by Dr. Floyd Ferris, “Why Do You Think You Think?” Because it’s not a real book - it’s a fictional book in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand > [@](#): > > 1. On the show _Carita de ángel_, what fashion accessory was Tía Pelucas best known for? Wigs (sometimew with glasses) > [@](#): > > 1. Rose was too old for Alex, and too young for George, and Jenny was too young for Alex, but they all had dalliances of a sort anyway. “Aspects of Love” (“of a sort” = aspect, “dalliance”= love) > [@](#): > > 1. What mathematical term refers to sets in which every space is open? (Don’t swear; the answer is not an F-word). Discrete > [@](#): > > 1. I don’t know what it has to do with hairy limes, but this movie has a famous speech atop a Ferris wheel, in which the bad guy claims the greatness of the Renaissance was the result of Italy’s war experience and the Swiss, in contrast, have produced nothing greater than a cuckoo clock. The Third Man > [@](#): > > 1. Evaluate the product of (3+4i) and (2+i), where i is the imaginary number. 2+11i > [@](#): > > 1. Art Appreciation 101: Identify the artists for items A and B, found [here](http://storage.wp2622.org:8080/Trivia/). A. MC Escher B. Van Gogh > [@](#): > > 1. How did the Great Brain win his bet about riding the wild jackass, especially when he was under “court sentence” not to swindle or cheat any kids in town? > [@](#): > > 1. I keep hearing about this thing I have to do before I can mold chocolate – but why do I care about getting the chocolate mad? you generally have to temper chocolate > [@](#): > > 1. What lawyer represented Maurice Baron when he sued Morey Amsterdam for plagiarism? Louis Nizer > [@](#): > > 1. If you rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles. “You got money?” > [@](#): > > 1. Smash a Lifesaver with a hammer, and get a flash of light. Why? tribolumenescence > [@](#): > > 1. If you were a resident of Kaskaskia Township in April 1881, discuss the complexities of figuring out what state you lived in. Why should I when I can let [The Master do it for me](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_167a.html)? > [@](#): > > 1. What heroic measures are necessary to get Sam McGee warmed up around Lake LaBarge? “Some planks I tore from the cabin floor And lit the boiler fire. Some coal I found that was lying around And heaped the fuel higher. The furnace roared and the flames they soared, Such a blaze you seldom see. Then I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal And I stuffed in Sam McGee” > [@](#): > > 1. In the musical Annie, what politician is musically derided for promising a chicken in every pot? Herbert Hoover 1. Who was the first serving US Senator to accept a regular TV acting gig? [/QUOTE] Fred Thompson ---
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“Andre Dumas” should be “Alexander Dumas” ---
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Diogenes the Cynic: 36 critter42: 39 ---
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I think the previous record was 49 out of 50, and that only on one Challenge. All the others have been solved well before the deadline. Interesting turn of events… ---
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1. So, wait. Madeline was Judy all along? But she died the FIRST time she fell from the bell tower! **Hitchcock’s Vertigo** Quote: 2. In what compass direction must you travel to get from Munchkin Country to the Emerald City? And what other areas surround Emerald City? West. The others are Quadling Country to the south, Winkie Country to the West, and Gillikin Country to the North. Note - the first map produced had the compass rose reversed - E was on the right and W was on the left. Quote: 3. The most impressive things might happen if Mrs. Greymalkin gave YOU her son Felix’s old chemistry set. We could spike the Lemonade like Kirby did in The Lemonade Trick with his chemistry set Quote: 4. Distinguish gelatos, sorbets, sherberts, ice cream, and sorghum, please. And which one just doesn’t belong? Sorghum is a grain, not a frozen dessert. Gelatos and ice cream are made from a custard base. Gelatos tend to have more egg yolks and are churned differently to not introduce as much air in it. Sorbets is generally frozen/churned fruit juice, while Sherberts are fruit juice and dairy (usually milk) Quote: 5. What’s the volume of a solid cube with sides of length 4pi, into one face of which a cylindrical hole has been drilled of depth 2 and radius 2? Volume of cube - volume of cylinder = (4pi)^3 - 8pi = 1959 (rounding to units used in problem) Quote: 6. So the whole class starts laughing at my friend after he asked if that guy who wrote “The Three Musketeers” was a dumbass. You ask me, all them old writer guys are dumb asses. That’s Alexander Dumas (can’t find the code to make the accent marks ) Quote: 7. Raid kills bugs dead, so I guess Raid 5 kills computer bugs better than Raid 1, or something. I heard the computers at work use Raid 5 on their bugs. RAID is Redundant Array of Independant Disks, fault-tolerant system of using multiple hard drives in concert with each other to allow them to act as one large disk. RAID 1 is usually implemented as mirroring; a drive has its data duplicated on two different drives, while RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives Quote: 8. What’s “bukkake,” to a porn aficionado? a semen shower - is that a good enough answer? do I have to elaborate further? Quote: 9. James Madison must hate William Plummer. James Monroe would have been unanimously elected by the electoral college, except for William Plummer who supposedly believed that only Geo. Washington should be unanimously elected. Quote: 10. Who was rescued by Coast Guard helicopter 1445? Quote: 11. What band are you watching if you see Aja Leith on lead guitar and Shana Elmsford on drums? Jem and the Holograms Quote: 12. Punching down means some very different things to Mike Tyson and a baker. Punching down dough is to reduce the size and air volume after a period of rising to help develop more gluten. Punching down a boxer is to hit the opponent until he drops Quote: 13. If my sister hadn’t spilled the beans about my engagement to Edward, then Edward’s inheritance never would have been cut off, and he wouldn’t have gotten a chance to marry Elinor. But his brother Robert was now getting all that dough, so I was happy to marry him instead. I am Marianne Dashwood of Sense and Sensibility Quote: 14. I still don’t know why I did it, but I ran out that night after seeing the commercial and bought Hüsker Dü. It was like I had to have it. I don’t know either _subliminal advertising_, what made you do it?_subliminal advertising_ (note: I tried size tags in my first response, but they didn’t work 🙂 ) Quote: 15. I wonder if Baron von Kissalot ever paid the cab fare? “Hokay. Whose da vise guy?” (The Simpsons) Quote: 16. In HBO’s “Classical Baby” series, what music accompanies the Jackson Pollack painting? Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Quote: 17. Who played the murderous handyman in “The House With No Doors?” Lenny Smith (Benny Grey was the character name) 18. What are the Roman Catholic Holy Days of Obligation? All of them, please. All Saint’s Day, Immaculate Conception, Christmas, Easter, The Assumption (since it falls on a Sunday, 01/01/2006 is also a HDoO, celebrated as Mary, Mother of God.) Quote: 19. First I broadcast a UDP packet with source IP 0.0.0.0 to port 67 on 255.255.255.255. Then if I get a response, I accept the offer. What am I doing? Trying to acquire an IP address from a DHCP server Quote: 20. Long Island Ice Teas will screw you up, but not nearly as badly as getting involved with a Long Island Lolita. Long Island Ice Tea screws you up, while a Long Island Lolita screws you, then shoots your wife. The Long Island Lolita was Amy Fisher Quote: 21. Everyone knows there are six hundred thirteen mitzvot. But how many of them tell you to do stuff, and how many of them tell you NOT to do stuff? 248 do, 365 do not Quote: 22. I can never remember if I should order a Grey Goose martini or a Spruce Goose martini. Grey Goose. Spruce Goose is Howard Hughes’ famous plane Quote: 23. Life upon the wicked stage ain’t ever what a girl supposes, according to what showboatin’ gal? Ellie Quote: 24. So I get this card that has a picture of a seal inside, and it says, “You picked a fine time to leave me, you seal.” I don’t get it. You just divorced a Kenny Rogers (the singer not the ball player) fan, 'cause she’s thinking about his hit “You picked a fine time to leave me lucille” Quote: 25. Bellamira and Pilia-Borza just wanted the gold. Abigail lied about her conversion the first time, but not the second. And Barbaras lives happily ever after. Right? Well, falling into a cauldron isn’t really conducive to living happily ever after, at least for BARABAS… Quote: 26. Diabetes is diabetes. Enough of this type one and type two business; it’s all the same thing. Type I diabetes reflects an inability to metabolize carbohydrates caused by an absolute insulin deficiency, while Type II is when insulin can’t deliver glucose to cells. Quote: 27. If Saffron pretended she was my wife, I don’t know if I could have resisted as long as Mal did. Even being Captain of Firefly (the tv series, now Serenity the movie) Quote: 28. Stock up on Cipro in case the terrorists attack again. Er…. Remind me how that will that help? Cipro (Ciprofloxacin) is a treatment for Anthrax (and for some other sinus infections Quote: 29. Consider an electric line, sixteen feet long, strung between two poles that are both seventeen feet high. The ends of the line are attached to the tops of the poles. At its lowest point, the line hangs nine feet above the ground. How far apart are the two poles? They’re right next to each other. Quote: 30. Natural ones have octahedral crystals, and synthetic ones have at least some cubic sectors visible during fluorescence. Diamonds - but this not always the case. There are some naturally-occurring diamonds of different crystal structures, but most are octahedral Quote: 31. It’s an integer, but not a whole number. It’s the identity element for addition, and arguably not remotely heroic. 0, but My Hero Zero starred “Schoolhouse Rocky” Quote: 32. Who was the first recorded European to see the landmark that gave the 2004 TV series starring Caroline Dhavernas its name? most historians say Louis Hennipen Quote: 33. Classic love triangle: Esmeralda loves Phoebus, and Phoebus loves Frollo, and Frollo loves Esmeralda. No, that won’t end badly. I don’t think Phoebus really would care much for the person(Frollo) that stabbed him near to death especially since he was apparently straight. In any event Esmerelda wound up on the gallows while Frollo was tossed from the Bell Tower by the Hunchback of Notre Dame Quote: 34. In 12 years, Cecil will be twice as old as Adam; right now, he’s five times older. How old is Cecil? 20 Quote: 35. Why haven’t you read that book by Dr. Floyd Ferris, “Why Do You Think You Think?” Because it’s not a real book - it’s a fictional book in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Quote: 36. On the show Carita de ángel, what fashion accessory was Tía Pelucas best known for? Wigs (sometimes with glasses) Quote: 37. Rose was too old for Alex, and too young for George, and Jenny was too young for Alex, but they all had dalliances of a sort anyway. Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Aspects of Love” (“of a sort” = aspect, “dalliance”= love) Quote: 38. What mathematical term refers to sets in which every space is open? (Don’t swear; the answer is not an F-word). Discrete Quote: 39. I don’t know what it has to do with hairy limes, but this movie has a famous speech atop a Ferris wheel, in which the bad guy claims the greatness of the Renaissance was the result of Italy’s war experience and the Swiss, in contrast, have produced nothing greater than a cuckoo clock. “In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed — they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” - Harry Lime, The Third Man Quote: 40. Evaluate the product of (3+4i) and (2+i), where i is the imaginary number. 2+11i Quote: 41. Art Appreciation 101: Identify the artists for items A and B, found here. A. Magritte B. Picasso Quote: 42. How did the Great Brain win his bet about riding the wild jackass, especially when he was under “court sentence” not to swindle or cheat any kids in town? Quote: 43. I keep hearing about this thing I have to do before I can mold chocolate – but why do I care about getting the chocolate mad? chocolate must be angered (melted slowly over low heat) before it’s suitable to pour into molds Quote: 44. What lawyer represented Maurice Baron when he sued Morey Amsterdam for plagiarism? Louis Nizer Quote: 45. If you rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles. “You got money?” - Miracle Max from The Princess Bride Quote: 46. Smash a Lifesaver with a hammer, and get a flash of light. Why? tribolumenescence - is light that is produced by pressure, friction, or mechanical shock Quote: 47. If you were a resident of Kaskaskia Township in April 1881, discuss the complexities of figuring out what state you lived in. Why should I when I can let The Master do it for me (cutting and pasting as linking is wonky for me right now…): "You are clearly a very prudent young man, Robert. I predict a bright future for you in investment counseling. Not all of Illinois lies east of the Mississippi. Kaskaskia township, an area of about 27 square miles in downstate Illinois, slops over onto the west bank of the river. During a flood in April 1881, the Mississippi–which serves, for most purposes, as the state’s legal western border–lost its self-control and cut over into the small Kaskaskia River, forming a new channel about four miles east of its old course. The people of Kaskaskia, alarmed at finding themselves in Missouri, insisted that the border between the states adhere to the old outlines of the river." - Cecil Adams - 09/03/1976 Quote: 48. What heroic measures are necessary to get Sam McGee warmed up around Lake LaBarge? “Some planks I tore from the cabin floor And lit the boiler fire. Some coal I found that was lying around And heaped the fuel higher. The furnace roared and the flames they soared, Such a blaze you seldom see. Then I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal And I stuffed in Sam McGee” Quote: 49. In the musical Annie, what politician is musically derided for promising a chicken in every pot? Herbert Hoover 1. Who was the first serving US Senator to accept a regular TV acting gig? Fred Thompson ---
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critter42: 35 ---
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> [@Bricker](#): > > critter42: 35 typo, sorry critter42: 45 ---
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Let’s see how good my Google-fu and previous-post-stealing abilities are. 1. Vertigo 2. West, as the compass rose on the original map has East and West reversed. Other counties are: Quadling, Winkie, and Gillikin. 3. That would be cool! Me and my writer friend Corbett could do a few tricks with lemonade! 4. sorbet: fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher sherbert: an ice with milk, egg white, or gelatin added ice cream: a sweet flavored frozen food containing cream or butterfat and usually eggs gelato: a soft rich ice cream containing little or no air sorghum: any of an economically important genus (Sorghum) of Old World tropical grasses similar to Indian corn in habit but with the spikelets in pairs on a hairy rachis; especially : any of various cultivars (as grain sorghum or sorgo) derived from a wild form (S. bicolor syn. S. vulgare) Sorghum does not belong as it isn’t a frozen treat. 1. Volume of cube - volume of cylinder = (4pi)^3 - 8pi = 1959 (rounding to units used in problem) 2. That’d be Alexandre Dumas. Your friend might be related to that guy in the A&W commercial. 3. RAID, or Redundant Array of Independent Disks is a method of using multiple hard drives to share data among the drives, essentially combining multiple hard drives into one single logical unit. 4. Bukkake is a practice wherein several men take turns ejaculating onto a person. 5. Most presidential candidates, including James Monroe, probably dislike Faithless Electors. 6. Santa 7. Jem and the Holograms. Note: Shana switched from drums to guitar. Duh. 8. Punching down to a baker means to use your fist to press down on risen dough to remove excess air. Punching down to a boxer is a bad thing, as you lose power when punching a shorter opponent. 9. Hey Ms. Steele, you ain’t gonna pull that football out when I try to kick it again, are you? 10. That’d be the alleged power of subliminal advertising. 11. I’m sure $912 is no skin off his back. I mean, he’s a Baron! Don’t have a cow, man. 12. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 13. Larry Smith playing Benny Grey 14. In addition to Sunday there are 10 other days of obligation: 15. The Nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ (Christmas) 16. The Epiphany (Jan. 6.) 17. The Ascension (40 days after Easter) 18. The Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) 19. Holy Mary, the Mother of God (octave day of Christmas, Jan. 1) 20. The Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8) 21. The Assumption (Aug. 15) 22. St. Joseph (March 19) 23. Ss. Peter and Paul (June 29) 24. All Saints (Nov. 1) 25. Trying to acquire an IP address from a DHCP server 26. A Long Island Iced Tea is one part practically everything alcoholic with some cola and some sweet and sour mix. The Lawn Guyland Lolita is Amy Fisher, who had a thing for greasy, sleazy mechanics and pistols. 27. 248 do, 365 do not 28. Go with Grey Goose Vodka over the H-4 Hercules for your drinking enjoyment. 29. Marge Champion 30. A play on the Kenny Rogers song. If your name isn’t Lucille, you may have gotten a neighbors mail by mistake. 31. Yes. Yes. No. 32. Diabetes 1 is when the beta cells of the pancreas no longer make insulin because the body’s immune system has attacked and destroyed them. Diabetes 2 is when the pancreas loses the ability to secrete enough insulin in response to meals. There is also a third type of diabetes: Gestational Diabetes–caused by the hormones of pregnancy or a shortage of insulin, but usually ends when the baby is born. 33. Any space port in a storm I guess, even a mentally unbalanced port. Btw, I hate Whedon. (Do I lose points for that?) 34. Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride is approved for the inhaled form of anthrax after an individual has been exposed. 35. Right next to one another 36. Diamonds 37. Zero 38. There is some dispute about it. Samuel de Champlain wrote about it in his journals in 1604, but may have been recording information second hand. Louis Hennepin sketched the landmark in 1677. 39. Esmerelda loves Phoebus, Frollo lusts after Esmerelda, and Q loves Esmerelda. Phoebus is engaged to Fleur-de-Lys, but comes to love Esmerelda. That gypsy skank. Someone’s gonna take a fall. 40. 20 41. It’s fictional 42. Wigs 43. Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Aspects of Love” (“of a sort” = aspect, “dalliance”= love) 44. Discrete 45. The Third Man starrying Harry Lime 46. 2+11i 47. A. Rene Magritte B. Pablo Picasso 48. 49. Chocolate must be angered (melted slowly over low heat) before it’s suitable to pour into molds. 50. Louis Nizer 51. Billy Crystal as Miracle Max in The Princess Bride. Inconceivable! 52. Triboluminescence-triggered by mechanical energy or electrical energy from a mechanical action such as friction. 53. During a flood in April 1881, the Mississippi–which serves, for most purposes, as the state’s legal western border–lost its self-control and cut over into the small Kaskaskia River, forming a new channel about four miles east of its old course. The people of Kaskaskia, alarmed at finding themselves in Missouri, insisted that the border between the states adhere to the old outlines of the river. 54. “Some planks I tore from the cabin floor And lit the boiler fire. Some coal I found that was lying around And heaped the fuel higher. The furnace roared and the flames they soared, Such a blaze you seldom see. Then I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal And I stuffed in Sam McGee” 55. Herbert Hoover 56. The anti-union, yet member of SAG, Fred Dalton Thompson ---
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[Copied liberally from previous posters] It seems dreadful to steal so much when I can contribute so little. 1. Vertigo and a case of ambiguous identity 2. West, as the compass rose on the original map has East and West reversed. Other counties are: Quadling, Winkie, and Gillikin. 3. That would be cool! Me and my writer friend Corbett could do a few tricks with lemonade! 4. sorbet: fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher sherbert: an ice with milk, egg white, or gelatin added. Also a powder sold along with a licorice straw. ice cream: a sweet flavored frozen food containing cream or butterfat and usually eggs gelato: a soft rich ice cream containing little or no air sorghum: any of an economically important genus (Sorghum) of Old World tropical grasses similar to Indian corn in habit but with the spikelets in pairs on a hairy rachis; especially : any of various cultivars (as grain sorghum or sorgo) derived from a wild form (S. bicolor syn. S. vulgare) Sorghum does not belong as it isn’t a frozen treat. 1. Volume of cube = 64pi[sup]3[/sup]. Volume of cylinder = 8pi[sup]2[/sup]. Subtract second from first (64pi[sup]3[/sup] - 8pi[sup]2[/sup]) and we get 1905.44 to two decimal places. 2. A double pun. Firstly, the name is Alexandre Dumas; secondly, there were two Dumas - father and son - this author is the father. Your friend might be related to that guy in the A&W commercial. 3. RAID, or Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive or Identical) Disks is a class of method of using multiple hard drives to share data among the drives, combining multiple physical hard drives into one single logical unit. 4. Bukkake is a practice wherein several men take turns ejaculating onto a person. 5. Most presidential candidates, including James Monroe, probably dislike Faithless Electors. 6. Santa 7. Jem and the Holograms. Note: Shana switched from drums to guitar. Duh. 8. Punching down to a baker means to use your fist to press down on risen dough to remove excess air. Punching down to a boxer is a bad thing, as you lose power when punching a shorter opponent. 9. Hey Ms. Steele, you ain’t gonna pull that football out when I try to kick it again, are you? 10. That’d be the alleged power of subliminal advertising. 11. I’m sure $912 is no skin off his back. From the Simpsons. We never actually find out whether the bill is paid. 12. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 13. Larry Smith playing Benny Grey 14. In addition to Sunday there are 10 other days of obligation: 15. The Nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ (Christmas) 16. The Epiphany (Jan. 6.) 17. The Ascension (40 days after Easter) 18. The Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) 19. Holy Mary, the Mother of God (octave day of Christmas, Jan. 1) 20. The Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8) 21. The Assumption (Aug. 15) 22. St. Joseph (March 19) 23. Ss. Peter and Paul (June 29) 24. All Saints (Nov. 1) So the number of days depends upon the number of Sundays in a year. 1. This is DHCP. See [RFC 2131](http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2131.html). 2. A Long Island Iced Tea is one part practically everything alcoholic with some cola and some sweet and sour mix. The Lawn Guyland Lolita is Amy Fisher, who had a thing for greasy, sleazy mechanics and pistols. 3. 248 do, 365 do not 4. Go with Grey Goose Vodka over the Hughes Hercules for your drinking enjoyment. Besides, the Spruce Goose only flew once. 5. Marge Champion 6. A play on the Kenny Rogers song. If your name isn’t Lucille, you may have gotten a neighbors mail by mistake. 7. Yes. Yes. No. 8. Diabetes 1 is when the beta cells of the pancreas no longer make insulin because the body’s immune system has attacked and destroyed them. Diabetes 2 is when the pancreas loses the ability to secrete enough insulin in response to meals. There is also a third type of diabetes: Gestational Diabetes–caused by the hormones of pregnancy or a shortage of insulin, but usually ends when the baby is born. 9. Any space port in a storm I guess, even a mentally unbalanced port. Btw, I hate Whedon. (Do I lose points for that?) 10. Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride is approved for the inhaled form of anthrax after an individual has been exposed. 11. Ordinarily, this would be a catenary, but since the lowest point is exactly half the length of the rope, the poles must be right next to each another 12. Diamonds 13. Zero 14. There is some dispute about it. Samuel de Champlain wrote about it in his journals in 1604, but may have been recording information second hand. Louis Hennepin sketched the landmark in 1677. 15. Esmerelda loves Phoebus, Frollo lusts after Esmerelda, and Q loves Esmerelda. Phoebus is engaged to Fleur-de-Lys, but comes to love Esmerelda. Esme is a gypsy. Someone’s gonna take a fall. 16. 20 17. It’s fictional, mentioned in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. 18. Wigs 19. Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Aspects of Love” (“of a sort” = aspect, “dalliance”= love) 20. Discrete 21. The Third Man starrying Harry Lime 22. 2+11i 23. A. Rene Magritte B. Pablo Picasso 24. This is Tom Fitzgerald’s character. Anything is possible in fiction. 25. Chocolate must be angered (melted slowly over low heat) before it’s suitable to pour into molds. 26. Louis Nizer 27. Billy Crystal as Miracle Max in The Princess Bride. Inconceivable! 28. Triboluminescence-triggered by mechanical energy or electrical energy from a mechanical action such as friction. 29. During a flood in April 1881, the Mississippi–which serves, for most purposes, as the state’s legal western border–lost its self-control and cut over into the small Kaskaskia River, forming a new channel about four miles east of its old course. The people of Kaskaskia, alarmed at finding themselves in Missouri, insisted that the border between the states adhere to the old outlines of the river. 30. “Some planks I tore from the cabin floor And lit the boiler fire. Some coal I found that was lying around And heaped the fuel higher. The furnace roared and the flames they soared, Such a blaze you seldom see. Then I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal And I stuffed in Sam McGee” 31. Herbert Hoover 32. The anti-union, yet member of SAG, Fred Dalton Thompson ---
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soulmurk: 42 Quartz: 42 ---
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> [@Bricker](#): > > 1. So, wait. Madeline was Judy all along? But she died the FIRST time she fell from the bell tower! Vertigo > [@](#): > > 1. What’s the volume of a solid cube with sides of length 4pi, into one face of which a cylindrical hole has been drilled of depth 2 and radius 2? 19pi^3 > [@](#): > > 1. Who was rescued by Coast Guard helicopter 1445? Seymour P. Duncan > [@](#): > > 1. What band are you watching if you see Aja Leith on lead guitar and Shana Elmsford on drums? Jem & the Holograms > [@](#): > > 1. Everyone knows there are six hundred thirteen mitzvot. But how many of them tell you to do stuff, and how many of them tell you NOT to do stuff? 248 Positive, 365 Negative > [@](#): > > 1. Stock up on Cipro in case the terrorists attack again. Er…. Remind me how that will that help? Ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic, can be used to counter anthrax. > [@](#): > > 1. Natural ones have octahedral crystals, and synthetic ones have at least some cubic sectors visible during fluorescence. Diamonds > [@](#): > > 1. In 12 years, Cecil will be twice as old as Adam; right now, he’s five times older. How old is Cecil? Twenty > [@](#): > > 1. What mathematical term refers to sets in which every space is open? (Don’t swear; the answer is not an F-word). Discrete > [@](#): > > 1. Evaluate the product of (3+4i) and (2+i), where i is the imaginary number. 2+11i > [@](#): > > 1. Art Appreciation 101: Identify the artists for items A and B, found [here](http://storage.wp2622.org:8080/Trivia/). A: Max Ernst B: Pablo Picasso > [@](#): > > 1. How did the Great Brain win his bet about riding the wild jackass, especially when he was under “court sentence” not to swindle or cheat any kids in town? He bribed the “Court Jester” > [@](#): > > 1. In the musical Annie, what politician is musically derided for promising a chicken in every pot? Herbert Hoover > [@](#): > > 1. Who was the first serving US Senator to accept a regular TV acting gig? Gaylord Nelson ---
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Thanks to **crttier42** : > [@](#): > > 1. So, wait. Madeline was Judy all along? But she died the FIRST time she fell from the bell tower! > > Hitchcock’s Vertigo > > Quote: > 2. In what compass direction must you travel to get from Munchkin Country to the Emerald City? And what other areas surround Emerald City? > > West. The others are Quadling Country to the south, Winkie Country to the West, and Gillikin Country to the North. Note - the first map produced had the compass rose reversed - E was on the right and W was on the left. > > Quote: > 3. The most impressive things might happen if Mrs. Greymalkin gave YOU her son Felix’s old chemistry set. > > We could spike the Lemonade like Kirby did in The Lemonade Trick with his chemistry set > > Quote: > 4. Distinguish gelatos, sorbets, sherberts, ice cream, and sorghum, please. And which one just doesn’t belong? > > Sorghum is a grain, not a frozen dessert. Gelatos and ice cream are made from a custard base. Gelatos tend to have more egg yolks and are churned differently to not introduce as much air in it. Sorbets is generally frozen/churned fruit juice, while Sherberts are fruit juice and dairy (usually milk) > > Quote: > 5. What’s the volume of a solid cube with sides of length 4pi, into one face of which a cylindrical hole has been drilled of depth 2 and radius 2? > > Volume of cube - volume of cylinder = (4pi)^3 - 8pi = 1959 (rounding to units used in problem) > > Quote: > 6. So the whole class starts laughing at my friend after he asked if that guy who wrote “The Three Musketeers” was a dumbass. You ask me, all them old writer guys are dumb asses. > > That’s Alexander Dumas (can’t find the code to make the accent marks ) > > Quote: > 7. Raid kills bugs dead, so I guess Raid 5 kills computer bugs better than Raid 1, or something. I heard the computers at work use Raid 5 on their bugs. > > RAID is Redundant Array of Independant Disks, fault-tolerant system of using multiple hard drives in concert with each other to allow them to act as one large disk. RAID 1 is usually implemented as mirroring; a drive has its data duplicated on two different drives, while RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives > > Quote: > 8. What’s “bukkake,” to a porn aficionado? > a semen shower - is that a good enough answer? do I have to elaborate further? > > Quote: > 9. James Madison must hate William Plummer. > > James Monroe would have been unanimously elected by the electoral college, except for William Plummer who supposedly believed that only Geo. Washington should be unanimously elected. > > Quote: > 11. What band are you watching if you see Aja Leith on lead guitar and Shana Elmsford on drums? > Jem and the Holograms > > Quote: > 12. Punching down means some very different things to Mike Tyson and a baker. > > Punching down dough is to reduce the size and air volume after a period of rising to help develop more gluten. Punching down a boxer is to hit the opponent until he drops > > Quote: > 13. If my sister hadn’t spilled the beans about my engagement to Edward, then Edward’s inheritance never would have been cut off, and he wouldn’t have gotten a chance to marry Elinor. But his brother Robert was now getting all that dough, so I was happy to marry him instead. > > I am Marianne Dashwood of Sense and Sensibility > > Quote: > 14. I still don’t know why I did it, but I ran out that night after seeing the commercial and bought Hüsker Dü. It was like I had to have it. Do you remember the band, or the TV show? > [@](#): > > Quote: > 15. I wonder if Baron von Kissalot ever paid the cab fare? > “Hokay. Whose da vise guy?” (The Simpsons) > > Quote: > 16. In HBO’s “Classical Baby” series, what music accompanies the Jackson Pollack painting? > > Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov > > Quote: > 17. Who played the murderous handyman in “The House With No Doors?” > > Lenny Smith (Benny Grey was the character name) > 18. What are the Roman Catholic Holy Days of Obligation? All of them, please. In addition to Sunday, The Immaculate Conception (December 8) Christmas (Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord) (December 25) St. Mary, the Mother of God formerly the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ (January 1) Epiphany (January 6) St. Joseph (March 19) St. Peter and St. Paul (June 29) The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15) All Saints (November 1) The Ascension of Our Lord (39 days after Easter; 40th day of Eastertide) Corpus Christi (60 days after Easter) > [@](#): > > Quote: > 19. First I broadcast a UDP packet with source IP 0.0.0.0 to port 67 on 255.255.255.255. Then if I get a response, I accept the offer. What am I doing? > > Trying to acquire an IP address from a DHCP server > > Quote: > 20. Long Island Ice Teas will screw you up, but not nearly as badly as getting involved with a Long Island Lolita. > > Long Island Ice Tea screws you up, while a Long Island Lolita screws you, then shoots your wife. The Long Island Lolita was Amy Fisher > > Quote: > 21. Everyone knows there are six hundred thirteen mitzvot. But how many of them tell you to do stuff, and how many of them tell you NOT to do stuff? > > 248 do, 365 do not > > Quote: > 22. I can never remember if I should order a Grey Goose martini or a Spruce Goose martini. > > Grey Goose. Spruce Goose is Howard Hughes’ famous plane > > Quote: > 23. Life upon the wicked stage ain’t ever what a girl supposes, according to what showboatin’ gal? > > Ellie > > Quote: > 24. So I get this card that has a picture of a seal inside, and it says, “You picked a fine time to leave me, you seal.” I don’t get it. > > You just divorced a Kenny Rogers (the singer not the ball player) fan, 'cause she’s thinking about his hit “You picked a fine time to leave me lucille” > > Quote: > 25. Bellamira and Pilia-Borza just wanted the gold. Abigail lied about her conversion the first time, but not the second. And Barbaras lives happily ever after. Right? > > Well, falling into a cauldron isn’t really conducive to living happily ever after, at least for BARABAS… > > Quote: > 26. Diabetes is diabetes. Enough of this type one and type two business; it’s all the same thing. > > Type I diabetes reflects an inability to metabolize carbohydrates caused by an absolute insulin deficiency, while Type II is when insulin can’t deliver glucose to cells. > > Quote: > 27. If Saffron pretended she was my wife, I don’t know if I could have resisted as long as Mal did. > > Even being Captain of Firefly (the tv series, now Serenity the movie) > > Quote: > 28. Stock up on Cipro in case the terrorists attack again. Er…. Remind me how that will that help? > > Cipro (Ciprofloxacin) is a treatment for Anthrax (and for some other sinus infections > > Quote: > 29. Consider an electric line, sixteen feet long, strung between two poles that are both seventeen feet high. The ends of the line are attached to the tops of the poles. At its lowest point, the line hangs nine feet above the ground. How far apart are the two poles? > > They’re right next to each other. > Quote: > 30. Natural ones have octahedral crystals, and synthetic ones have at least some cubic sectors visible during fluorescence. > > Diamonds - but this not always the case. There are some naturally-occurring diamonds of different crystal structures, but most are octahedral > > Quote: > 31. It’s an integer, but not a whole number. It’s the identity element for addition, and arguably not remotely heroic. > > 0, but My Hero Zero starred “Schoolhouse Rocky” > > Quote: > 32. Who was the first recorded European to see the landmark that gave the 2004 TV series starring Caroline Dhavernas its name? > > most historians say Louis Hennipen > > Quote: > 33. Classic love triangle: Esmeralda loves Phoebus, and Phoebus loves Frollo, and Frollo loves Esmeralda. No, that won’t end badly. > > I don’t think Phoebus really would care much for the person(Frollo) that stabbed him near to death especially since he was apparently straight. In any event Esmerelda wound up on the gallows while Frollo was tossed from the Bell Tower by the Hunchback of Notre Dame > > Quote: > 34. In 12 years, Cecil will be twice as old as Adam; right now, he’s five times older. How old is Cecil? > > 20 > > Quote: > 35. Why haven’t you read that book by Dr. Floyd Ferris, “Why Do You Think You Think?” > > Because it’s not a real book - it’s a fictional book in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand > > Quote: > 36. On the show Carita de ángel, what fashion accessory was Tía Pelucas best known for? > > Wigs (sometimes with glasses) > > Quote: > 37. Rose was too old for Alex, and too young for George, and Jenny was too young for Alex, but they all had dalliances of a sort anyway. > > Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Aspects of Love” (“of a sort” = aspect, “dalliance”= love) > Quote: > 38. What mathematical term refers to sets in which every space is open? (Don’t swear; the answer is not an F-word). > > Discrete > > Quote: > 39. I don’t know what it has to do with hairy limes, but this movie has a famous speech atop a Ferris wheel, in which the bad guy claims the greatness of the Renaissance was the result of Italy’s war experience and the Swiss, in contrast, have produced nothing greater than a cuckoo clock. > > “In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed — they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” - Harry Lime, The Third Man > > Quote: > 40. Evaluate the product of (3+4i) and (2+i), where i is the imaginary number. > > 2+11i > > Quote: > 41. Art Appreciation 101: Identify the artists for items A and B, found here. > > A. Magritte B. Picasso > > Quote: > 42. How did the Great Brain win his bet about riding the wild jackass, especially when he was under “court sentence” not to swindle or cheat any kids in town? Sugar, carrots, and the truth. That’s not swindling, according to Harold, the dictionary, and the law. > [@](#): > > Quote: > 43. I keep hearing about this thing I have to do before I can mold chocolate – but why do I care about getting the chocolate mad? chocolate must be tempered (melted slowly over low heat) before it’s suitable to pour into molds > [@](#): > > Quote: > 44. What lawyer represented Maurice Baron when he sued Morey Amsterdam for plagiarism? > > Louis Nizer > > Quote: > 45. If you rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles. > > “You got money?” - Miracle Max from The Princess Bride > > Quote: > 46. Smash a Lifesaver with a hammer, and get a flash of light. Why? > > tribolumenescence - is light that is produced by pressure, friction, or mechanical shock > > Quote: > 47. If you were a resident of Kaskaskia Township in April 1881, discuss the complexities of figuring out what state you lived in. > > Why should I when I can let The Master do it for me (cutting and pasting as linking is wonky for me right now…): > > "You are clearly a very prudent young man, Robert. I predict a bright future for you in investment counseling. > > Not all of Illinois lies east of the Mississippi. Kaskaskia township, an area of about 27 square miles in downstate Illinois, slops over onto the west bank of the river. During a flood in April 1881, the Mississippi–which serves, for most purposes, as the state’s legal western border–lost its self-control and cut over into the small Kaskaskia River, forming a new channel about four miles east of its old course. The people of Kaskaskia, alarmed at finding themselves in Missouri, insisted that the border between the states adhere to the old outlines of the river." - Cecil Adams - 09/03/1976 > > Quote: > 48. What heroic measures are necessary to get Sam McGee warmed up around Lake LaBarge? > > “Some planks I tore from the cabin floor > And lit the boiler fire. > Some coal I found that was lying around > And heaped the fuel higher. > The furnace roared and the flames they soared, > Such a blaze you seldom see. > Then I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal > And I stuffed in Sam McGee” > > Quote: > 49. In the musical Annie, what politician is musically derided for promising a chicken in every pot? > > Herbert Hoover > > 1. Who was the first serving US Senator to accept a regular TV acting gig? > > Fred Thompson ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2005-edition-4/327076/38 "2005-10-24T03:40:40Z")
If you’re gonna snipe me, you might as well get my name right… ---
**Author:** ![Rachm\_Qoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Rachm\_Qoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachm_Qoch)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2005-edition-4/327076/39 "2005-10-24T04:11:19Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > If you’re gonna snipe me, you might as well get my name > right… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2005-edition-4/327076/40 "2005-10-24T12:32:29Z")
Rachm Qoch= 36 And the win, I think, by one. Here are the four answers that did not get credit: \*\*1. So, wait. Madeline was Judy all along? But she died the FIRST time she fell from the bell tower! Hitchcock’s Vertigo \*\* No explanation of how someone who died the first time she fell from the bell tower could fall a second time. Judy was pretending to be Madeline to get Scotty to witness her “death” - but the body that fell the first time was the real Madeline, who Judy had pretended to be. \*\*14. I still don’t know why I did it, but I ran out that night after seeing the commercial and bought Hüsker Dü. It was like I had to have it. Do you remember the band, or the TV show? \*\* I was loking for the “subliminal advertising” angle here. Husker Du, the game, was allegedly sold with the use of a subliminal TV spot. \*\* 16. In HBO’s “Classical Baby” series, what music accompanies the Jackson Pollack painting? Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov \*\* Yes, he’s the composer. But what’s the music? Looking for _Flight of the Bumblebee_. \*\*17. Who played the murderous handyman in “The House With No Doors?” Lenny Smith (Benny Grey was the character name) \*\* So far as I’m aware, he was never “Lenny”. He was either Lorenzo or Lawrence or Larry, depending on how grand he wanted to be at any moment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2005-edition-4/327076.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-challenge-2005-edition-4/327076.md?page=3)