Omniscient - Aug 4th and Dim 5th are musical terms. 4ths and 5ths are intervals between notes. (Do to Fa and Do to So respectively) An augmented note is one half step up and a diminished is one half step down. Since there is a whole step between a 4th and a 5th, an Aug 4th and a Dim 5th are the same thing.
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Computers have let mankind make mistakes faster than any other invention, with the possible exception of tequila and handguns.
Arnold,
The only reason I haven’t ended the contest and decalred you the winner is that you’ve only posted forty-nine correct answers. I just thought you should know…
As to the rules… when I set this up, I thought that there were two possible winning strategies. If one knew all the answers, it’s advantageous to post them quickly, and forclose any one else’s win.
If you didn’t know them, on the other hand, it became more interesting; I thought there would be a struggle to hold your post in abeyance as opposed to posting first with, say, forty correct answers just in case NOBODY had better than forty right answers. In that case, the early bird would win.
Anyway, I never intended it to be a honor system type of thing, because there’s always the potential for one bad apple spoiling the whole bunch, girl. This is why I asked, just for curiousity’s sake… for the post on where you got the answers.
Anyway… that’s where we stand now! 
Damn! I went for the “early bird” approach, and I got hosed! Now my only hope is that other people are too lazy to find my error. (It’s the cross-stitch answer, isn’t it?? Tell me! Tell me!)
P.S. I hope you did count my “amended” answer, where I added the third Xanadu bit of trivia that I stole from Rilchiam.
And of course, if we do win, it’s a team effort with Catrandom, Shayna, Rilchiam.
I just realized that us four make up a Southern California Doper trivia team! Go SCal!
I counted your amended Xanadu answer. You are still one shy of perfect.
This man wrote Primary Colors, but didn’t admit it.
Joe Klein
Who was most famous for, “Hi-dee, hi-dee, hi-dee, ho?”
Cab Calloway
What do Ru Paul and Portia have in common?
Both males posing as females.
What Midwestern preacher was God going to take home if he didn’t raise enough money?
Oral Roberts
Joseph Smith is to L. Ron Hubbard as ? is to ?
Mormonism is to Scientology
Name the sport with a penalty for icing, and tell me what icing is.
Hockey, crossing the blue lines.
What religion might follow the Ram Bam’s rules?
Hindu
Who is Lady Brett Ashley?
A captain in the US Armed Services is promoted one grade. What’s her new rank? Cover both bases.
Major or Admiral
What are the real roots of x^2 – x – 12 = 0 ?
(x+3) (x-4)
What city are you in if you’re served by Gatwick?
London
What can we do together if the ink is black and the page is white?
Learn to read and write.
The Stanley company makes tools, but which Stanley uses his tool the wrong way with Blanche?
Kowalski
Who pointedly showed us a Sunday afternoon on the grand island of Jatte?
Seurrat
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? Who is the President of the Senate? Who is the Speaker of the House?
William Rehnquist
Al Gore
Dennis something
If you win second prize in a beauty contest, how much money must the bank give you?
$10
How many sharps in C?
0
What’s a 1 followed by 100 zeros?
a Googol
Who was the second man on the Moon?
Buzz Aldrin
Why is Enoch unique?
in Genesis
Who painted night hawks?
Edward
Xanadu was sung by a blonde, and described by a dope-fiend (and interrupted by a visitor from a village). Name the blonde, the fiend, and the village.
Olivia Newton-John, Samuel Coleridge
American success: he became president without being elected to either office.
Gerald Ford
Stamps come in all different colors. Why would anyone want green stamps?
To redeem for prizes – S&H
Add another city that fits: Hartford, Pierre, Albany.
Frankfort (where I am at the moment)
Ivory Snow soap girl that got dirty.
Marilyn Chambers
Name the Canadian that occupies the equivalent of #10 Downing St.
the PM
What’s the difference between a diminished fifth and an augmented fourth?
nothing
Peter Parker has two jobs. What are they?
photographer and Spidey
Peter Piper did some gardening, right?
Peppers, which he pickled
Iago was a villain’s parrot in one story, and a villain in another. Name them.
parrot: Aladdin
villain: Othello
What’s a safety in American football if he’s not a player? If he is a player, is he offensive or defensive?
Defense downs the ball behind the goal line the offense is defending. Defensive backfield player.
Who is the Greek god of war?
Ares
If a mole isn’t digging in your garden, then what does it measure?
The volume of a substance consisting of Avogadro’s number of atoms.
What is the purpose of backstiching in cross stitch?
What two ships came along for the Santa Maria’s historic voyage?
Nina and Pinta.
Tyler was the first, and Ford was the last (so far).
Who is Regis Philbin’s wife?
Joy
Who illustrated The Straight Dope before Slug?
He couldn’t be King and get married, so he chose the divorcee.
Prince Edward
He was King and wanted a divorce, so he started the Church of England.
Henry VIII
Who was Chico, and who was the man?
Freddy Prinze, Jack Albertson
What is a tort?
A non-criminal wrong for which damages are recoverable
What’s eight the hard way?
2 fours
What animal did Schroedinger suggest?
cat
How many ships did her face launch, and who was she?
1000, Helen of Troy
Who owns the nuclear power plant in Groening’s fiction?
C. Montgomery Burns
A house is twice as old as its furniture was when the house was as old as the furniture is. The sum of their ages is 49 years. How old is the house and how old is the furniture?
House 28, Furniture 21
Where could we find Luke and Laura?
General Hospital
I hereby certify that I did not look at anybody elses answers before posting.
Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars.
Arnold,
I think the error may be with Peter Piper.
If the peppers were pickled, Peter Piper didn’t pick’em from a garden patch.
Tinker
Nope, that one’s right. It’s an old nursery rhyme, and it goes like this…
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank
Name the college team whose mascot is a gobbler.
-Virginia Tech
This man wrote Primary Colors, but didn’t admit it.
-Joe Klein
Who was most famous for, “Hi-dee, hi-dee, hi-dee, ho?”
-Cab Calloway
What do Ru Paul and Portia have in common?
-Transvestites
What Midwestern preacher was God going to take home if he didn’t raise
enough money?
-Oral Roberts
Joseph Smith is to L. Ron Hubbard as ? is to ?
-The Church of Latter-Day Saints is to the Church of Scientology.
Name the sport with a penalty for icing, and tell me what icing is.
-Hockey
Infraction - icing occurs when a player shoots the puck from within his own half of the rink across the opponent’s goal line. Icing is waved-off if the team icing the puck is shorthanded or a player from the defending team could have played the puck before it crossed the goal line or if a player of the icing team plays the puck before it crosses the goal line.
Officials’ Signal - the official folds his arms across his upper chest.
What religion might follow the Ram Bam’s rules?
-Hinduism
Who is Lady Brett Ashley?
-A character in Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises”
A captain in the US Armed Services is promoted one grade. What’s her new rank? Cover both bases.
-Air Force, Army, Marine Corps - captain promoted to Major
-Navy, Coast Guard - Captain promoted to Rear admiral (lower half)
What are the real roots of x^2 - x - 12 = 0 ?
-4 and -3
What city are you in if you’re served by Gatwick?
-London
What can we do together if the ink is black and the page is white?
-“The ink is Black
-The page is White
-Together we learn how to read and write
-Some people are Black
-There’s people that’s White
-Lets stop Racism and let’s unite”
The Stanley company makes tools, but which Stanley uses his tool the wrong way with Blanche?
-Kowalski (In Tennesse Williams’ play “A Streetcar Named Desire”)
Who pointedly showed us a Sunday afternoon on the grand island of Jatte?
-Georges Seurat
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? Who is the President of the
Senate? Who is the Speaker of the House?
assuming of course that you mean for the USA:
-William Rehnquist, Al Gore (not Trent Lott, who is the majority leader), Dennis Hastert (R-IL)
If you win second prize in a beauty contest, how much money must the bank
give you?
-$10 (from the board game Monopoly)
How many sharps in C?
-zero
What’s a 1 followed by 100 zeros?
-A googol
Who was the second man on the Moon?
-Buzz Aldrin
Why is Enoch unique?
-Only person mentioned in the Old Testament that didn’t die
Who painted night hawks?
-Edward Hopper
Xanadu was sung by a blonde, and described by a dope-fiend (and interrupted by a visitor from a village). Name the blonde, the fiend, and the village.
-Olivia Newton-John, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Porlock
American success: he became president without being elected to either office.
-Gerald Ford (the question should say: president and vice president)
Stamps come in all different colors. Why would anyone want green stamps?
-S&H Green Stamps were distributed by a variety of merchants as an incentive to purchase. Users collected the stamps in books and could exchange them at redemption centers for merchandise.
Add another city that fits: Hartford, Pierre, Albany.
-Bismarck (state capitals)
Ivory Snow soap girl that got dirty.
-Marilyn Chambers
Name the Canadian that occupies the equivalent of #10 Downing St.
-Jean Chrétien
What’s the difference between a diminished fifth and an augmented fourth?
-no difference
Peter Parker has two jobs. What are they?
-Peter Parker (aka spiderman) is a photographer and a husband.
Peter Piper did some gardening, right?
-Yes, he picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Iago was a villain’s parrot in one story, and a villain in another. Name them.
-Aladdin (1001 Nights revised by Disney), Othello (Shakespeare)
What’s a safety in American football if he’s not a player? If he is a player, is he offensive or defensive?
-Safety: The situation in which the ball is dead on or behind a team’s own goal if the impetus comes from a player on that team. Two points are scored for the opposing team.
Who is the Greek god of war?
-Ares
If a mole isn’t digging in your garden, then what does it measure?
-For a given molecule, one mole is a mass (in grams) whose number is equal to the atomic mass of the molecule. In general, one mole of any substance contains Avogadro’s Number (6.02 x 10^23) of molecules or atoms of that substance.
What is the purpose of backstiching in cross stitch?
-Prevent unravelling
What two ships came along for the Santa Maria’s historic voyage?
-Nina, Pinta
Tyler was the first, and Ford was the last (so far).
-Vice President to become President after death/resignation of a president
Who is Regis Philbin’s wife?
-Joy Philbin
Who illustrated The Straight Dope before Slug?
-George Lee
He couldn’t be King and get married, so he chose the divorcee.
-Edward VIII, eldest son of George V and Mary of Teck, married an American divorcee, Wallis Simpson, abdicating the throne after reigning a scant eleven months.
He was King and wanted a divorce, so he started the Church of England.
-Henry VIII
Who was Chico, and who was the man?
-Chico was played by Freddie Prinze and The Man was played by Jack Albertson in a tv series in the 70s.
What is a tort?
-a wrongful act other than a breach of contract for which relief may be obtained in the form of damages or an injunction
What’s eight the hard way?
-two fours (dice)
What animal did Schroedinger suggest?
-cat
How many ships did her face launch, and who was she?
-1000, Helen of Troy
Who owns the nuclear power plant in Groening’s fiction?
-Charles Montgomery Burns
A house is twice as old as its furniture was when the house was as old as the furniture is. The sum of their ages is 49 years. How old is the house and how old is the furniture?
-The house is 28 years old.
-The furniture is 21 years old.
Where could we find Luke and Laura?
-General Hospital
Hows that? You can discern how I got my answers, hope that isn’t a violation, but maybe against the spirit :p.
Name the college team whose mascot is a gobbler.
-Virginia Tech
This man wrote Primary Colors, but didn’t admit it.
-Joe Klein
Who was most famous for, “Hi-dee, hi-dee, hi-dee, ho?”
-Cab Calloway
What do Ru Paul and Portia have in common?
-Transvestites
What Midwestern preacher was God going to take home if he didn’t raise
enough money?
-Oral Roberts
Joseph Smith is to L. Ron Hubbard as ? is to ?
-The Church of Latter-Day Saints is to the Church of Scientology.
Name the sport with a penalty for icing, and tell me what icing is.
-Hockey
Infraction - icing occurs when a player shoots the puck from within his own half of the rink across the opponent’s goal line. Icing is waved-off if the team icing the puck is shorthanded or a player from the defending team could have played the puck before it crossed the goal line or if a player of the icing team plays the puck before it crosses the goal line.
Officials’ Signal - the official folds his arms across his upper chest.
What religion might follow the Ram Bam’s rules?
-Judaism
Who is Lady Brett Ashley?
-A character in Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises”
A captain in the US Armed Services is promoted one grade. What’s her new rank? Cover both bases.
-Air Force, Army, Marine Corps - captain promoted to Major
-Navy, Coast Guard - Captain promoted to Rear admiral (lower half)
What are the real roots of x^2 - x - 12 = 0 ?
-4 and -3
What city are you in if you’re served by Gatwick?
-London
What can we do together if the ink is black and the page is white?
-“The ink is Black
-The page is White
-Together we learn how to read and write
-Some people are Black
-There’s people that’s White
-Lets stop Racism and let’s unite”
The Stanley company makes tools, but which Stanley uses his tool the wrong way with Blanche?
-Kowalski (In Tennesse Williams’ play “A Streetcar Named Desire”)
Who pointedly showed us a Sunday afternoon on the grand island of Jatte?
-Georges Seurat
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? Who is the President of the
Senate? Who is the Speaker of the House?
assuming of course that you mean for the USA:
-William Rehnquist, Al Gore (not Trent Lott, who is the majority leader), Dennis Hastert (R-IL)
If you win second prize in a beauty contest, how much money must the bank
give you?
-$10 (from the board game Monopoly)
How many sharps in C?
-zero
What’s a 1 followed by 100 zeros?
-A googol
Who was the second man on the Moon?
-Buzz Aldrin
Why is Enoch unique?
-Only person mentioned in the Old Testament that didn’t die
Who painted night hawks?
-Edward Hopper
Xanadu was sung by a blonde, and described by a dope-fiend (and interrupted by a visitor from a village). Name the blonde, the fiend, and the village.
-Olivia Newton-John, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Porlock
American success: he became president without being elected to either office.
-Gerald Ford (the question should say: president and vice president)
Stamps come in all different colors. Why would anyone want green stamps?
-S&H Green Stamps were distributed by a variety of merchants as an incentive to purchase. Users collected the stamps in books and could exchange them at redemption centers for merchandise.
Add another city that fits: Hartford, Pierre, Albany.
-Bismarck (state capitals)
Ivory Snow soap girl that got dirty.
-Marilyn Chambers
Name the Canadian that occupies the equivalent of #10 Downing St.
-Jean Chrétien
What’s the difference between a diminished fifth and an augmented fourth?
-no difference
Peter Parker has two jobs. What are they?
-Peter Parker (aka spiderman) is a photographer and a husband.
Peter Piper did some gardening, right?
-Yes, he picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Iago was a villain’s parrot in one story, and a villain in another. Name them.
-Aladdin (1001 Nights revised by Disney), Othello (Shakespeare)
What’s a safety in American football if he’s not a player? If he is a player, is he offensive or defensive?
-Safety: The situation in which the ball is dead on or behind a team’s own goal if the impetus comes from a player on that team. Two points are scored for the opposing team.
Who is the Greek god of war?
-Ares
If a mole isn’t digging in your garden, then what does it measure?
-For a given molecule, one mole is a mass (in grams) whose number is equal to the atomic mass of the molecule. In general, one mole of any substance contains Avogadro’s Number (6.02 x 10^23) of molecules or atoms of that substance.
What is the purpose of backstiching in cross stitch?
-Back stitch is used to make lines and outlines, not to anchor the floss
What two ships came along for the Santa Maria’s historic voyage?
-Nina, Pinta
Tyler was the first, and Ford was the last (so far).
-Vice President to become President after death/resignation of a president
Who is Regis Philbin’s wife?
-Joy Philbin
Who illustrated The Straight Dope before Slug?
-George Lee
He couldn’t be King and get married, so he chose the divorcee.
-Edward VIII, eldest son of George V and Mary of Teck, married an American divorcee, Wallis Simpson, abdicating the throne after reigning a scant eleven months.
He was King and wanted a divorce, so he started the Church of England.
-Henry VIII
Who was Chico, and who was the man?
-Chico was played by Freddie Prinze and The Man was played by Jack Albertson in a tv series in the 70s.
What is a tort?
-a wrongful act other than a breach of contract for which relief may be obtained in the form of damages or an injunction
What’s eight the hard way?
-two fours (dice)
What animal did Schroedinger suggest?
-cat
How many ships did her face launch, and who was she?
-1000, Helen of Troy
Who owns the nuclear power plant in Groening’s fiction?
-Charles Montgomery Burns
A house is twice as old as its furniture was when the house was as old as the furniture is. The sum of their ages is 49 years. How old is the house and how old is the furniture?
-The house is 28 years old.
-The furniture is 21 years old.
Where could we find Luke and Laura?
-General Hospital
Oops, not as cute as I thought I was, anyways hows this attempt?
Nothing wrong with that technique, but it didn’t help your cause. I think you have two wrong answers.
Get the new one?
With extremely honortable mention for Arnold, nonetheless based on the rules, Omniscient is the winner of Bricker Challenge #1.
What’s your choice for beer, and where do you want it? E-mail me, please, to provide your address.
Wow. I really thought a winning score would be 35, maybe 40 correct. Who knew all fifty questions would fall so easily?
I am impressed!
Stand by for Challenge #2 in the next day or two!
That depends, Arnold. Are you referring to the blobby characters from children’s books who could change shapes?
The Top 10 Greatest Things About Procrastination:
It’s a sad day for the So. Cal team!
I should have gone with Rilchiam’s answer to the cross-stitch question.
We’ll do better next time! (I didn’t think I could revise my answers after getting a score.)
Bring it on, Bricker!
Oh, and evilbeth: How did you get to know the Barbapapa?
Hey, I don’t mind; I’ve never been referenced so much in such a short time!
Remember, I’m pulling for you; we’re all in this together.
—Red Green
Hey there Arnold - good effort! I kindof figured he’d let us change our answers since he was hinting around about how many we’d missed. It just never occurred to me to change your answers for you. But we’ll know better next time, won’t we 
Congrats Omniscient. You outwitted us, but I wouldn’t say you out"smarted" us! 
And as for this challenge, Arnold…
Is this enough information for you?
http://members.tripod.com/~iwong/Barbpapa.htm
http://www.naughtykitty.org/barbapapa.html
http://wwwusers.imaginet.fr/~mhp/
http://members.tripod.com/~barbapapa7/index.html
http://campus.fortunecity.com/carthage/697/bp.html
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank
Well, it’s the first game. It takes a little while to nail down strategy…
Heck, I invented the game, and it became clear I hadn’t thought all the strategy possibilities out.
Given the inevitable use of the internet, I realize my fond dream of coming up with stuff people should just know is fading into the mists. Ah, well.
[grumbling] Using a search engine for this game is kinda like taking a dictionary to a spelling test. [/grumbling]
Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars.
That was fun. Maybe, Bricker, you could do the contest by e-mail. That might mean more work for you, I don’t know, but it would be fun if you responded to people’s e-mails on the SDMB. That way all the contestants would see is messages like
“Four wrong, Aaron”
“Two left, Omniscient”
and like that. Very tense for the contestants.