# More super-tough trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305 "2004-02-09T19:06:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/1 "2004-02-09T19:06:03Z")
For my 1,000th post, I started a super-tough trivia contest, which I posted some of in a thread last week. Here’s more, and I’ll continue to post additional questions in this thread. 1. What is the most common slang term for Tosevites? 2. What book advises you not to hire normal modern teenagers as babysitters, but instead to hire the kind of teenager who attends “Our Lady of Maximum Discomfort” high school, and who wants to grow up to be a nun? 3. What is the alma mater of famous rich old guy J. Howard Marshall (of Anna Nicole Smith fame)? 4. What is the significance of the supreme court case “Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier”? 5. What is the name of the award that the National Scholastic Press Association bestows on the best high school newspapers in the country? 6. Fill in the blank in this (paraphrased) quote from the controversial **Andrew Dice Clay** -hosted episode of _Saturday Night Live_: “…Jeers to SNL for its sexist employment agency skit, in which a woman is offered the job of hooker, while a man is offered the higher-paying job of lookout. What’s next, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_?” 7. Who was the first team that **Michael Jordan** and the Chicago Bulls played against after he came out of his first “retirement”? 8. What was the clock speed of the 80286 chip in the original IBM PC AT? 9. What event cost $500 to attend in San Francisco on Sunday, May 16, 1999? 10. What later-famous actress starred in _The Next Karate Kid_? 11. What book features the line “They licked their spoons and looked around and licked their spoons again”? 12. What was the first book in the now-omnipresent “\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ For Dummies” line? 13. Four Japanese aircraft carriers were sunk in the decisive Battle of Midway. Name them. 14. In the board game _Acquire_, is it possible to achieve a board state in which the game can not be finished? If the size of the board changed, would that affect the answer? Explain. 15. What novel has a main character whose name is a delightful play on words, in that both his first and last names are (perhaps with minor spelling modifications) English words which mean “main character of a book”? 16. What scifi novel’s climax involves a courtroom revelation in which indistinguishable high-frequency sounds are pitched down until they are human-audible? 17. Who travels in Riverworld via the “Suicide Express”? 18. What is the name of the simple “trick” deck which allows a quite inexperienced magician to make every card in the deck appear to become the same card, and then revert to normalcy? 19. What does “Baki’s Curse” do? 20. What is the name of the girl for whom Lewis Carroll wrote _Alice in Wonderland_? And here are as-yet unanswered questions from my previous thread: 1. How was **Poll** different from his 9 “siblings”? (For extra credit, name them) 2. What is the name of the scifi series whose first book is _The Breaking of Northwall_? 3. What is the name of the bad guys in the classic computer game _LodeRunner_? 4. What is the significance of the following collection of names: Dave, Maxine, Herman, Bob, Johnson, Dennis? 5. After the network switch, what was **Peggy the Foul Mouthed Chambermaid** known as? 6. What were the 4 original model numbers of **IBM’s PS/2**? 7. What is the origin of the name “Emond’s Field”? 8. According to the rules of **Hearts** used at the national championships held in Las Vegas in 1999, to what score is a game played? 9. When Brian asked Graham Chase for romantic advice, what did he pretend he was asking about? 10. J. Barkley Rosser, Sr., held what controversial post during the late '60s? And (this one requires either remembering every fact about myself that I’ve ever posted on the SDMB or some good guessing) why do I, personally, care? 11. What misreading of handwriting contributed to **Grace** ’s teacher being falsely accused of having an inappropriate relationship with her? 12. What is the name of the male cat in the _Cats_ who isn’t the subject of a specific song, but is one of the leaders of the **Jellicle Cats** , and fights **Macavity**? 13. What will happen if all the ploys we’ve picked to really work to bring to pass occur? 14. Name two video games that **John Connor** was seen playing in the arcade in _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_ [One of them was identified as _Afterburner_, the other has not yet been named] 15. One of the main characters in **SM Stirling** ’s excellent _Island in the Sea of Time_ was named after a real, but little-known, historical figure who was in many ways similar. (At least, I assume the naming was intentional… I doubt it’s just a coincidence). Name him. 16. What is a “Fyunch Click”? 17. What major, but fictional, contribution did **Pug Henry** make towards the US success in World War II? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/2 "2004-02-09T20:27:29Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. What is the name of the girl for whom Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland? Alice Pleasance Liddell. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/3 "2004-02-09T20:32:56Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. What later-famous actress starred in The Next Karate Kid? Hilary Swank. > [@](#): > > 1. What is the name of the girl for whom Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland? Alice Pleasance Liddell. ---
**Author:** ![mambozzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@mambozzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mambozzy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/4 "2004-02-09T20:40:30Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > 1. What is the name of the simple “trick” deck which allows a quite inexperienced magician to make every card in the deck appear to become the same card, and then revert to normalcy? Ha HA! The name of that deck is “Svengali”. That’s the only one I know off-hand. Those are some _really_ good trivia question! Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/5 "2004-02-09T20:43:14Z")
1. Richard Burton (not the actor.) Curiously enough, he meets with #60 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/6 "2004-02-09T23:10:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Four Japanese aircraft carriers were sunk in the decisive Battle of Midway. Name them. This one I knew by heart from the stunning narration of Leonard Graves in “Victory at Sea.” It goes something like this: _“Kagi – sunk. Soryu – sunk. Akagi – sunk. Hiryu – smashed and sinking.”_ The Hiryu was damaged badly, then actually sunk 3 days after the battle by a Japanese submarine on June 7 because it was adrift and uncontrollable. Best regards, Mooney252 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/7 "2004-02-09T23:42:25Z")
I knew the Hillary Swank one, but otherwise my only other decent guess is “DOS for Dummies”. There are a couple of others in there that I knew and have since forgotten, but most I have no clue. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/8 "2004-02-09T23:45:18Z")
\ stupid post-eating foru… ooh it’s back! 1. He was, I believe, head of the Center for Mathematics @ UW-Madison. As to why this was controversial, I haven’t a clue. Counting on his hands too often? I’m guessing you currently serve in said post, or enjoy cheese. 2. Haverford or TCU. 3. Hilary Swank. 4. Contact? It didn’t happen in the movie, but it sounds right. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/9 "2004-02-09T23:59:12Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > For my 1,000th post, I started a super-tough trivia contest, which I posted some of in a thread last week. Here’s more, and I’ll continue to post additional questions in this thread. > > 1. What is the most common slang term for Tosevites? people (at least from Tosev 3) > [@](#): > > 1. What was the clock speed of the 80286 chip in the original IBM PC AT? 4.77Mhz? > [@](#): > > 1. What was the first book in the now-omnipresent “\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ For Dummies” line? Windows FD? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/10 "2004-02-10T00:19:05Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > 1. What scifi novel’s climax involves a courtroom revelation in which indistinguishable high-frequency sounds are pitched down until they are human-audible? IIRC Little Fuzz Face. It’s also discovered that the Fuzzfolk love K rations. ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/11 "2004-02-10T00:19:34Z")
Are these questions expected to be answered without research (i.e Google), or does it matter? ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/12 "2004-02-10T00:39:01Z")
_14. After the network switch, what was Peggy the Foul Mouthed Chambermaid known as?_ Peggy the Foul Mouthed Chambermaid was a CBS Late Show with David Letterman Character. Before that she was the ‘Bookmobile Lady’ on the Late Show when it was on NBC. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/13 "2004-02-10T01:04:34Z")
\*\*55. What novel has a main character whose name is a delightful play on words, in that both his first and last names are (perhaps with minor spelling modifications) English words which mean “main character of a book”?\*\*_Hiro Protagonist_ in _Cryptonomicon_ by Neal Stephenson. **39. What is a “Fyunch Click”?** A Motie mediator assigned to study and emulate a master or human. From Larry Niven’s (& Pournelle’s?) “Mote in God’s Eye”. Go read it, all of you philistines 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/14 "2004-02-10T01:18:33Z")
> [@MaxtheVool](#): > > 1. What does “Baki’s Curse” do? It deals 2 damage to each creature for each enchantment on it. And, for some reason, it’s blue. ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/15 "2004-02-10T01:23:10Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. What is the significance of the supreme court case “Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier”? Supreme Court decision that allowed censorship of school newspapers. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/16 "2004-02-10T01:56:04Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I knew the Hillary Swank one, but otherwise my only other decent guess is “DOS for Dummies”. There are a couple of others in there that I knew and have since forgotten, but most I have no clue. I’m calling me correct on this one (it ain’t cheating to do an _ex post facto_ Google to see if you were right): > [@](#): > > _From [The For Dummies Success Story](http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-100052.html)_ > In only 11 years, For Dummies has become a widely recognized and regarded companion around the world — a personal or professional friend who’s not only informative and reliable, but also downright fun. > > Starting with the publication of DOS For Dummies in November 1991, For Dummies products have shown millions how to make the most of their PCs, get on the Internet, and explore the world of Windows. > > Now — with more than 100 million books in print — For Dummies products show you how to do everything — cook, garden, manage finances, run a business, plan a trip, exercise, and eat right. Note: underlining is mine. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/17 "2004-02-10T02:40:57Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > 1. Who was the first team that **Michael Jordan** and the Chicago Bulls played against after he came out of his first “retirement”? I think it was the New York Knicks. But I’ve been wrong before. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/18 "2004-02-10T04:19:56Z")
1. What is the alma mater of famous rich old guy J. Howard Marshall (of Anna Nicole Smith fame)? Yale, class of 1931 1. What is the name of the award that the National Scholastic Press Association bestows on the best high school newspapers in the country? Pacemakers 1. What book features the line “They licked their spoons and looked around and licked their spoons again”? The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was in it And here are as-yet unanswered questions from my previous thread: 11. What is the name of the bad guys in the classic computer game _LodeRunner_? The Mad Monks ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/19 "2004-02-10T15:25:23Z")
[quote] 1. What will happen if all the ploys we’ve picked to really work to bring to pass occur? [\quote] We won’t have just a victory, we’ll have ourselves a massacre. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305/20 "2004-02-10T17:34:27Z")
[QUOTE=Finagle] > [@](#): > > 1. What will happen if all the ploys we’ve picked to really work to bring to pass occur? > [\quote] > > We won’t have just a victory, we’ll have ourselves a massacre. Damn. And I’m a huge fan of _Pippen_. But the first line didn’t even ring a bell. Your answer made all sorts of bells ring. Well done. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-super-tough-trivia/228305.md?page=2)