# Imitation Bricker Challenge **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673 "2004-08-26T20:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/1 "2004-08-26T20:50:28Z")
I’ve been planning on doing something like this for quite a while and I think I’ve come up with something pretty good. This will be sort of like crossword puzzle clues but without the puzzle grid; each item might have more than one answer but only one will be exact. Further, each correct answer will have a connection of some sort to at least one other answer. First one to get all 48 answers correct wins a [Danish Kringle](http://www.ohdanishbakery.com/) of their choice. I think the bakery offers sugar free desserts if it turns out that the winner is diabetic. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/2 "2004-08-26T21:02:42Z")
Ohmigod. I haven’t had kringle from Racine in such a long time. Where do I sign up, and how do I fix the results? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/3 "2004-08-26T21:06:47Z")
One of the markets near here offers honest-to-Og Danish Kringle, but still I welcome the challenge. And I anyway suck at these, so I expect the rest of you to mop the floor with me. Shibb “Milquetoast” Oleth ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/4 "2004-08-26T21:23:52Z")
Looks like something went wrong when I was numbering, I have one more than I thought I did. 1. He discovered Friday 2. Junior Congressman from Ohio 3. Dingy Hazardous 4. Max Pomeranc 5. Martha & the Vandellas 6. His many roles include a cabbie, an angel, and a mad scientist 7. They’re together in the bedroom and on opposite sides of the camera 8. It’s his hair! 9. Joe Piscopo trying to be Martin Kove 10. Her new show will premiere on August 30[sup]th[/sup] 11. Arthur’s “thespian” friend 12. Fast food for a frog 13. Haul + Trap 14. He’s Batman 15. He wore Cretan camouflage 16. De plane, Boss! 17. No, he’s not a zebra. 18. Magic chimichanga 19. It lost to Kasparov 20. Abraca-pocus! 21. He had the eye of the tiger 22. Johnny’s guest, 8 November 1972 23. Disney’s first live-action movie 24. That was a hell of a thing. 25. Best known for detecting, he once was a barker up North 26. Smokey × 3 27. Manuel Vargas 28. Dead Man’s Curve nearly killed him 29. He recently co-starred in trilogy and his debut was in a sequel 30. Buffalo Bill 31. Riding on the roof of a taxi isn’t “action”? 32. A good place to go swimming, I should know 33. The answer to the ultimate question + 1 34. He’s enormous! 35. It’s a Man’s World 36. Currently playing a firefighter, he’s also been a detective 37. Lainie Kazan 38. He works in the Pentagon 39. Robert Newton 40. Easy Come, Easy Go 41. The second Thomas Crown 42. Country singer turned truck-driving actor 43. 80% rotten on a small sample 44. Ms. Beauregard-to-be 45. He provided the angel’s voice in the original 46. Inmate 32365 47. They’ve gone to plaid! 48. Tom Hunter vs. land developers 49. He provided the angel’s voice in the original ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/5 "2004-08-26T21:35:48Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > One of the markets near here offers honest-to-Og Danish Kringle One of the markets does here too but they’re just not quite the same as the ones from Racine. **Munch** : no need to sign up, just give your best shot at the answers. I know some of them look daunting but they all have correct answers. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/6 "2004-08-26T22:04:45Z")
1. He discovered Friday: _Robinson Crusoe_ 2. Max Pomeranc _Josh Waitskin_ 3. His many roles include a cabbie, an angel, and a mad scientist \*Christopher Lloyd 4. It lost to Kasparov _Deep Blue_? (but it didn’t lose) 5. He had the eye of the tiger _Rocky Balboa_ 6. Johnny’s guest, 8 November 1972 _Bobby Fischer_ 7. The answer to the ultimate question + 1 _43_ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/7 "2004-08-26T22:04:46Z")
Now I see what I did wrong, #49 is a repeat! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/8 "2004-08-26T22:11:23Z")
**DtC** : #1, right #4, right #6, right #19, no but close #21, right #22, right #33, technically correct but didn’t you think that’s too easy? 43 has some other meaning in relation to another answer. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/9 "2004-08-26T23:22:14Z")
1. Robinson Crusoe 2. Trump? Trefecant? 3. Ford Prefect 4. Bruce Wayne 5. Tattoo 6. The perfectly distributed bean & cheese 7. Rocky 8. Bears 9. 43 35 James Brown 10. Dennis Leary 11. Pierce Brosnan 12. Billy-Bob Thornton 13. Heywood 14. Ludicrous Speed! ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/10 "2004-08-26T23:53:05Z")
1. t&a 2. McFly? 3. A computer? 4. William Hickok Am I even close? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/11 "2004-08-27T00:28:20Z")
**BraheSilver** : #1, right. #11, right. #14, try again. #16, right. #18, interesting concept but no. #21, right. #26, try again. #33, too simple. Try again. #35, try again. #36, right. #41, right. #42, not that recent. Try again. #46, right. #47, close. **Ghanima** : #7, not even in the ballpark #12, right #19, yes but which one? #30, that’s Wild Bill. Cody wouldn’t be right either. Remember folks, each correct answer corresponds to at least one other answer. Examples: Max Pomeranc played Josh Waitskin (#4) in _Searching for Bobby Fischer_; Bobby Fischer is the answer to #22. Denis Leary (#36) played a detective in the remake of _The Thomas Crown Affair_, which starred Pierce Brosnan (#41). ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/12 "2004-08-27T00:40:27Z")
1. Robinson Crusoe 2. Josh Waitskin 3. Christopher Lloyd 4. Ford Prefect 5. McFly 6. Bruce Wayne 7. Adrian Cronauer 8. Tattoo 9. Treasure Island 10. Jackie Gleason 11. Jan Berry 12. Deep thought 13. Rocky Balboa 14. Bobby Fischer 15. 43 16. Dennis Leary 17. Long John Silver 18. Pierce Brosnan 19. Jerry Reed 20. John Forsythe 21. Peter Fonda ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/13 "2004-08-27T00:48:02Z")
1. Queen of Brooklyn ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/14 "2004-08-27T01:23:34Z")
**DtC** : #1, right. #4, right. #6, right. #11, right. #12, right. #14, try a different direction. #15, be a bit more specific. #16, right. #23, right. #26, right. #28, he wasn’t at Dead Man’s Curve. #19, right (in 1990). #21, right. #22, right. #33, think plaid. #36, right. #39, right. #41, right. #42, right. #45, wrong angel. #48, I was looking for the title. **peri** : think role. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/15 "2004-08-27T01:55:21Z")
1. Robinson Crusoe 2. Josh Waitskin 3. Christopher Lloyd 4. Ford Prefect 5. McFly 6. Michael Keaton 7. Robin Williams 8. Tattoo 9. Deep thought 10. Rocky 3 11. Bobby Fischer 12. Treasure Island 13. Jackie Gleason 14. 55 15. Dennis Leary 16. Long John Silver 17. Pierce Brosnan 18. Jerry Reed 19. _Fighting mad_ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/16 "2004-08-27T02:24:08Z")
#14, right. #15, now that you have both halves (Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer), I’ll give it to you. #48, right. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/17 "2004-08-27T02:27:33Z")
1. Robinson Crusoe 2. Tim Ryan 3. Dirty Pretty Things 4. Josh Waitskin 5. 6. Christopher Lloyd 7. Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman 8. 9. 10. 11. Ford Prefect 12. McFly 13. 14. Michael Keaton 15. Robin Williams 16. Tattoo 17. 18. Flying Burrito Brothers 19. Deep Thought 20. Elmer Fudd 21. Rocky Balboa 22. Bobby Fischer 23. Treasure Island 24. Fred Kwan 25. Tony Shalhoub 26. Jackie Gleason 27. Carlos Montalbán 28. 29. Elijah Wood 30. Ted Levine 31. 32. 33. Little Giants 34. Brutus Howell 35. King of Soul 36. Denis Leary 37. Belle Carroca 38. 39. Long John Silver 40. Elvis Presley 41. Pierce Brosnan 42. John Reed 43. Little Giants 44. Missi Pyle 45. 46. Heywood 47. Barf 48. Fighting Mad ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/18 "2004-08-27T02:40:56Z")
Add 10. Jane Pauley ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/19 "2004-08-27T02:41:11Z")
Wow, **peri**! Let’s see what you have right… 1, 4, 6, 11, 12, 14, 15 (with the other half), 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 36, 41, 44, 46, 47, 48. You’re close with 7, 20, 34, 37 (off by a couple of years), 42. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673/20 "2004-08-27T02:44:17Z")
> [@peri](#): > > Add 10. Jane Pauley Very good! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imitation-bricker-challenge/261673.md?page=2)