- 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]
I am pretty sure its Missle Command.
Correct and correct
Correct
Correct (And it’s not a coincidence that he met up with #60, as I was racking my brain for trivial knowledge, so several times ended up with thematically linked questions in close proximity…)
Correct. (I really need to see Victory at Sea)
Correct (as you looked up, you google-weenie 
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You’re on the right track. He was at UW-Madison. But he had a specifically controversial job. (I believe he was also chair of the math department for a while, but that’s beside the point).
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Haverford is correct. (It’s my alma mater as well, which is how I happen to know… other famous Haverford grads include Dave Barry and Maxfield Parrish. Chevy Chase attended, but did not graduate).
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Incorrect.
Kind of. But I’m looking for the frequently-used derogatory term for them… the equivalent of “lizards”.
wrong and wrong
Close but not correct
OK, I may have to clarify this one, as I was asking with incomplete information, and have now googled around some… Peggy apparently appeared on both NBC and CBS (in perhaps her greatest NBC appearance, she appeared in a production of As You Like It with Pea Boy). Also appearing on NBC was the Bookmobile Lady, played by the same actress. When Dave moved to CBS, the same actress played a character who was obviously a renamed version of Peggy the Foul Mouthed Chambermaid, likely due to “intellectual property” concerns. Later on, the character’s name was changed back to Peggy The Foul Mouthed Chambermaid. The question is, what was that other, briefly-used, name?
You’re right about “Fyunch Click”. And you’re right about Hiro Protagonist. But you’re wrong about Cryptonomicon
Correct. (Also, it’s perhaps the worst magic card ever printed.)
Correct
Sadly, you are wrong again
You’re correct about 45 and 51. You’re wrong about 43, unless he went to Haverford for undergrad and Yale for business school, or something of that sort. Your answer for 11 is an understandable error… in later versions of the game they were, in fact, referred to as “Mad Monks”, but they had a different name in the original LodeRunner.
Correct
You are correct. I always thought it was cool that he was playing a game whose objective was to defend a planet from nuclear war.
New Questions!
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What is it that Wes Harrison said he’d always love to see happen involving a cop car?
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What relatively well known type of animal has a little known variety called the “Pink Fairy”?
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What extraordinarily famous movie role was almost played by Tom Selleck?
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What is the name of the character who first sings “Do You Hear the People Sing” in Les Miserables?
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Whose phone numbers include 970-4301, 863-6754, and 919-763-0090?
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In West Side Story, who sings the song “Somewhere”?
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What is the “Frenet Trihedron”?
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What is special about a 1909 S VDB?
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What was the name of the Colombian soccer player who was murdered after accidentally scoring on his own goal in a game against the United States?
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Name seven specifically named places that the family in the Weird Al song “The biggest ball of twine in Minnesota” have already been.
Still unanswered questions
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How was Poll different from his 9 “siblings”? (For extra credit, name them)
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What is the name of the scifi series whose first book is The Breaking of Northwall?
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What is the name of the bad guys in the classic computer game LodeRunner?
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What is the significance of the following collection of names: Dave, Maxine, Herman, Bob, Johnson, Dennis?
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After the network switch, what was Peggy the Foul Mouthed Chambermaid known as? [Additional info: shortly after moving to CBS, the character’s name was changed, at least for a while. It was later changed back. I’m looking for the name it was briefly changed to. And it was not the Bookmobile Lady, who was played by the same actress.]
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What were the 4 original model numbers of IBM’s PS/2?
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What is the origin of the name “Emond’s Field”?
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According to the rules of Hearts used at the national championships held in Las Vegas in 1999, to what score is a game played?
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When Brian asked Graham Chase for romantic advice, what did he pretend he was asking about?
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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?
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What misreading of handwriting contributed to Grace’s teacher being falsely accused of having an inappropriate relationship with her?
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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?
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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.
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What major, but fictional, contribution did Pug Henry make towards the US success in World War II?
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What is the most common slang term for Tosevites?
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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?
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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, _____________?”
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Who was the first team that Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls played against after he came out of his first “retirement”?
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What was the clock speed of the 80286 chip in the original IBM PC AT?
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What event cost $500 to attend in San Francisco on Sunday, May 16, 1999?
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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.
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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”?
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What scifi novel’s climax involves a courtroom revelation in which indistinguishable high-frequency sounds are pitched down until they are human-audible?
- Indiana Jones
Sorry, that should be 63, not 93.
Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson – Hiro Protagonist
The only other 2 I knew were the Midway carriers and “For Dummies”, but I’m too slow to have scooped the others. Heh.
70. Name seven specifically named places that the family in the Weird Al song “The biggest ball of twine in Minnesota” have already been.
Cranberry World
Mecca of Albino Squirrels
Elvis-O-Rama
Boll Weevil Monument
Shuffleboard Hall Of Fame
Tupperware Museum
The Boll Weevil Monument
Poodle Dog Rock
14. After the network switch, what was Peggy the Foul Mouthed Chambermaid known as? [Additional info: shortly after moving to CBS, the character’s name was changed, at least for a while. It was later changed back. I’m looking for the name it was briefly changed to. And it was not the Bookmobile Lady, who was played by the same actress.]
Peggy the Foul-Mouthed CBS Library Lady?(I really have no idea)
*63. What extraordinarily famous movie role was almost played by Tom Selleck?*Indiana Jones
48. What was the clock speed of the 80286 chip in the original IBM PC AT?
~5Mhz
That’s a rare penny - San Francisco, VDB is the designer, first year of design… uh, most money a penny brought at auction?
Big Uglies.
11. What is the name of the bad guys in the classic computer game LodeRunner?
I’m starting to think the reason I didn’t know their name is they were simply called "enemies’.
Nope, they have a real and specific name.
lurkernomore is right about the big uglies and the penny, although I wasn’t looking for anything more specific than “it’s a rare penny”.
LVgeogeek is right about the Twineball, but wrong about Peggy and the PC AT
mrklutz is right about Snow Crash
ivylass is right about Indiana Jones
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Andres Escobar
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I know I have it right this time, it’s the Indiana Pacers.
66. In West Side Story, who sings the song “Somewhere”?
A Girl.
Just because Pippen put me in a musicals mood:
Kid_A is right about Andres Escobar and the Pacers
TheOnlySaneOne and Bricker are both right about “Somewhere”
Bricker is right about Enjolras.
OK, 15 more questions:
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In what part of the thespian arts does Mortimer specialize?
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Who misspelled “Conklin” as “Konklin”?
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In Carmina Burana, there are two male soloists, one of whom sings a bunch of songs, and one of whom sings only one song. What is that one song about?
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What are Guile’s “Handcuffs” and “Touch of Death” moves, and how, specifically, are they performed?
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What arcade game featured characters such as Pink Leopold, Don Pacos and Sheila the Thief?
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What are the lyrics to the famous “Ode to Joy” theme from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony?
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In the Bio of a Space Tyrant series, who lived on earth?
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What is an R-Pentomino?
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Who is “Siddig El Fadil”?
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The northern lights have seen queer sights. But what was the queerest they ever did see?
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Fill in the blank in the following line of dialogue: “Gentlemen, let’s broaden our minds. __________?”
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What is “Namyats”?
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In old collections of The Far Side, there is something unique about the naming of the individual panels which is shared by a popular TV show. Name that show.
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What beverage has a museum in Waco, Texas?
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What is the Space Infrared Telescope Facility now known as?
Still unanswered questions
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How was Poll different from his 9 “siblings”? (For extra credit, name them)
-
What is the name of the scifi series whose first book is The Breaking of Northwall?
-
What is the name of the bad guys in the classic computer game LodeRunner?
-
What is the significance of the following collection of names: Dave, Maxine, Herman, Bob, Johnson, Dennis?
-
After the network switch, what was Peggy the Foul Mouthed Chambermaid known as? [Additional info: shortly after moving to CBS, the character’s name was changed, at least for a while. It was later changed back. I’m looking for the name it was briefly changed to. And it was not the Bookmobile Lady, who was played by the same actress.]
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What were the 4 original model numbers of IBM’s PS/2?
-
What is the origin of the name “Emond’s Field”?
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According to the rules of Hearts used at the national championships held in Las Vegas in 1999, to what score is a game played?
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When Brian asked Graham Chase for romantic advice, what did he pretend he was asking about?
-
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?
-
What misreading of handwriting contributed to Grace’s teacher being falsely accused of having an inappropriate relationship with her?
-
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?
-
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.
-
What major, but fictional, contribution did Pug Henry make towards the US success in World War II?
-
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?
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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, _____________?”
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What was the clock speed of the 80286 chip in the original IBM PC AT?
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What event cost $500 to attend in San Francisco on Sunday, May 16, 1999?
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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.
-
What scifi novel’s climax involves a courtroom revelation in which indistinguishable high-frequency sounds are pitched down until they are human-audible?
-
What is it that Wes Harrison said he’d always love to see happen involving a cop car?
-
What relatively well known type of animal has a little known variety called the “Pink Fairy”?
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Whose phone numbers include 970-4301, 863-6754, and 919-763-0090?
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What is the “Frenet Trihedron”?
76:
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken
Tochter aus Elysium
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum …
If you really expect me to give the lengthy full lyrics, I’ll have to use a book from the shelf in front of me.
“Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge/I cremated Sam McGee.”
83. In old collections of The Far Side, there is something unique about the naming of the individual panels which is shared by a popular TV show. Name that show.
Frasier
Maybe I’m supposed to know the answer, but I don’t, so I’ll repeat (well, paraphrase) my question: Are we supposed to answer only off the top of our heads?
- What was the clock speed of the 80286 chip in the original IBM PC AT?
~10Mhz