So what are you trying to do, get on Who wants to be a Millionaire or something
- What is the name of the scifi series whose first book is The Breaking of Northwall?
The Pelbar Cycle - by Paul O. Williams
62 Is, in fact, the armadillo, although I wouldn’t know anything about its Latin name.
85 is not the VLA
Correct and correct
27 is correct. 31 is close but incorrect.
Correct and correct
correct
correct
correct
correct
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Close, but not really accurate.
Correct (he may not have technically been a “third party” candidate, but that is certainly the answer I was looking for.)
Correct. (Hey Eckhardt, I brought you a little snack.)
Correct
92 is incomplete… the remains are found on the moon, but the scientific evidence found on and around the remains points to two different things, each of which has various consistent pieces of evidence supporting it, but the two of which seem mutually contradictory. What are those two things?
Correct.
OK, remaining unanswered questions are:
13. 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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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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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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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 is it that Wes Harrison said he’d always love to see happen involving a cop car?
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What is the “Frenet Trihedron”?
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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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What arcade game featured characters such as Pink Leopold, Don Pacos and Sheila the Thief?
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What is the Space Infrared Telescope Facility now known as?
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Who’s first name (or perhaps middle name, it’s a bit vague) is “Cantabrigian”?
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What classic computer RPG has its climax at “Base Cochise”?
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What’s the great controversy, with many scientists weighing in on both sides, in James P. Hogan’s scifi novel Inherit the Stars?
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What’s more powerful than Madalto, Mahalito and Makanito? So powerful, in fact, that its name is untranslatable?
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What do the numbers 956, 8860, 8880, and 8448 have in common?
After a few more days, I’ll provide the answers for any remaining unanswered questions.
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The Spitzer Space Telescope was formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility.
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Pug Henry was the name of Robert Mitchum’s character in the Winds of War miniseries, don’t know what he did to win the war though.
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Aren’t this Wizadry spells?
The numbers in no. 97 are all divisible by two, but I’m sure you’re asking for a little more than that…
- is Munkustrap.
Aha! Actually, in the original game, “The Incredible Machine,” there were no Mels. Mel wasn’t created until they made the expansion called “The Even More Incredible Machine.”
Tiltowait.
Above poster was right, these are Wizardy spells.
-Jeff
85 is correct
40 and 96 are correct, but incomplete.
97 is definitely correct but incomplete 
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Actually, Shawn Eckhardt was involved up to his eyebrows in the Nancy Kerrigan attack, but he was not the actual “hit” man. That was Shane Stant. Eckhardt was the overweight bodyguard who does closely resemble the Batman character. There are pictures of all the principal characters here:
956-4239
8860-54443
8880-516337
8448-256311
All of them are divisible by 2 to an even power?
This is the only thing I can come close to figuring out, and I’m not doing very well on it. I don’t think the answer is as simple as this.
Hint: it has nothing to do with mathematics at all. If you don’t know the answer, you will not possibly be able to deduce it.
- Early IBM computer model numbers?
No, they are LEGO TECHNICS MODEL NUMBERS.
This has gone on long enough… thanks to all who played, but here are the answers.
13. What is the significance of the following collection of names: Dave, Maxine, Herman, Bob, Johnson, Dennis?
These are the fake names given for the time travellers in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Dave Beethoven, Maxine of Arc, Herman the Kid, Bob Ghengis Kahn, Socrates Johnson, Dennis Freud, and Abraham Lincoln.
- 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.]
Helen the Ill-Tempered Ticket Lady
- According to the rules of Hearts used at the national championships held in Las Vegas in 1999, to what score is a game played?
125
30. 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?
[spoiler]He was the head of the Army Math Research Center at the Unviersity of Wisconsin, Madison, which was bombed by radical protestors at the height of the late 60’s/early 70’s unrest. He was seen by some as an emblem of the military industrial complex.
It also happens to be the case that he was my grandfather.
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31. What misreading of handwriting contributed to Grace’s teacher being falsely accused of having an inappropriate relationship with her?
the teacher wrote that she had “the loneliest eyes”, but that was misread as “loveliest”
- 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.
The character’s name is William Walker. In the book, he abandons his 20th century compatriots and goes off to conquer Europe with modern technology and found his own little empire (with a capital city called Walkeropolis). In real life, William Walker was an American who tried to form his own empire in Central American in the early 1900’s
- What major, but fictional, contribution did Pug Henry make towards the US success in World War II?
Pug Henry is the protagonist in Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. His important contribution was being an early proponent of research and development of the type of landing craft that ended up being essential for the success of the D-Day invasion
- 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, _____________?”
“…a skit glorifying Hitler?” (followed by a truly hilarious mini-skit with Dana Carvey saying all of his various SNL catchphrases as Hitler)
- What is it that Wes Harrison said he’d always love to see happen involving a cop car?
Wes Harrison is a truly amazing guy (who may be dead now) who does sound effects using only his mouth… kind of like the guy from Police Academy, only way way way better. Anyhow, his joke was that he’d love to see a cop car sitting by the side of the road with a radar gun, and you go zooming by doing about 150, and the cop starts his car to go after you… and the card doesn’t start.
- What is the “Frenet Trihedron”?
It’s a mathematical representation of 3 vectors which define motion through space, but it’s not worth going into more detail here. Plus, I don’t remember much more than that
- In what part of the thespian arts does Mortimer specialize?
Dying (he’s a character from The Fantasticks)
- Who misspelled “Conklin” as “Konklin”?
Coalhouse Walker, Jr. (from Ragtime)
- What arcade game featured characters such as Pink Leopold, Don Pacos and Sheila the Thief?
Buster Buddies, aka Pang 3
- Who’s first name (or perhaps middle name, it’s a bit vague) is “Cantabrigian”?
Lord British, the king of the realm in the Ultima adventure games
- What’s the great controversy, with many scientists weighing in on both sides, in James P. Hogan’s scifi novel Inherit the Stars?
It invovled conflicting evidence about the location of the moon and a former earthlike planet which was destroyed by nuclear war, causing the asteroid belt.
- What do the numbers 956, 8860, 8880, and 8448 have in common?
They are all model numbers of Technic Lego sets. Specifically, they’re all big top-of-the-line flagship cars