# The Bricker Challenge #2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2000, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520 "2000-01-27T03:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/1 "2000-01-27T03:22:00Z")
The rules for this contest may be found at the [Bricker Challenge #1](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/004389.html) thread. For the moment, we’re going to stick with posting, rather than e-mail. Here are the questions. The deadline for answers is Friday, 28 January 2000, at 11:00 PM EST. The prize is, once again, a case of beer, per the rules posted earlier. Good luck! 1. What device mixes vaporized fuel and air for an engine? 2. The Masons are a secret society, but what Mason was reunited with his son by Bart and Lisa? 3. What is tableaux vivant? 4. What am I hooked on, if I can’t stop this feeling deep inside of me? 5. In Scrabble, A is worth 1 and B is worth 4. But Scrabble aside, during World War II, A was worth four and B was worth about eight, C was even better and X was unlimited. Explain. 6. The lion may be king of the jungle, but what children’s story series elephant is royal? 7. What is a one-eyed jack? 8. He loved Daisy so much he went away, got rich, came back, and built a mansion to impress her. Who was he? 9. Who killed Laura Palmer? 10. If you’re not a bartender, but you like ESPN, what’s a triple double? 11. Complete: jobs:gates:🍎? 12. What sort of vehicle did Mathias Rust use? 13. U2’s lead singer is Bono, but how does Gary Powers fit in? 14. In golf, what is a provisional ball? 15. Saddam Hussein has attacked the Kurds, but who’s actually fond of curds and whey? 16. Male bonding was important to the Greeks, but what can you say about Ionic bonding? 17. At whose work are you looking, if you note that the citizens of Calais seem to be standing very still? 18. A marshal removes a general, and a general removes a colonel, and a colonel removes a spy. But a spy can remove a marshal, right? 19. Marcel and Rodolpo must burn their work to stay warm, and Mimi dies of consumption. Where are we? 20. What word describes a substance moving through the semi-permeable membrane of a living cell? 21. Stanford killed Harry over Evelyn, right? 22. What is Dr. Virginia Apgar known for? 23. Hey, Mabel! 24. What game is Gary Gygax credited with inventing? 25. Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin are the only two now, but at one time Salmon P. Chase was also part of the group. 26. Who wrote a poem to a Greek pot? 27. If you start in sixte, and use prime, octave, and carte, in what sport might you be engaging? 28. What are marshmallows made of? 29. If the area bounded by y=3x^2, x=0, and x=2 is rotated about the x axis, what is the volume of the resulting solid? 30. What climbs Jacob’s ladder? 31. Maris was the never-seen ex-wife of Niles Crane on Frasier, but Maris’ 1961 achievement isn’t quite so important these days. Why? 32. Who thought Rush Limbaugh was a big fat idiot? 33. Beluga is the best. Best what? 34. Alonso Quijana’s delusions make up a large part of what story? 35. What was unique about Patty and Cathy Lane? 36. This hero’s epic adventures include the death of Enkidu and the spurning of Ishtar. 37. Where was Dorothy Gale from? 38. He’s known for ballerinas and horses, mostly. 39. What doctor speculated that men and women are from different planets? 40. What car had a single headlight in the center that turned with the wheels? 41. “Hey, ref! If you had one more eye, you’d be a Cyclops!” Why’s that funny? 42. What do Demi, Dudley, and Roger have in common? 43. Of the four major sports leagues (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL) how many pairs of teams have the same name? (Example: if Houston had a hockey team called the Redskins, that would pair with Washington’s football Redskins). 44. In contract bridge, what is the minimum bid necessary to outbid three no-trump? 45. How long will it take a barometer dropped from the top of a 122.5 meter-tall building to hit the ground? 46. 1-A was the best and 4-F wasn’t, unless you didn’t want to go. Go where? 47. What characteristic is shared by Hair, Oh Calcutta, and Equus? 48. On what island might you find Jonas Grumby and Roy Hinckley? 49. “Watson, come here, I need you.” Discuss. 50. Who has the job Boutros Boutros used to have? ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/2 "2000-01-27T03:52:00Z")
Let’s give it a shot, shall we: 1. Carburator 2. Jackie 3. Painting with bright colors 4. Sexual Healing 5. Rationing coupons 6. Babar 7. A jack in a deck of cards, shown in profile 8. Li’l Abner 9. Log Lady 10. Points, rebounds and blocked shots (sometimes steals) in double digits if you’re a cager. 11. tree? 12. Sled 13. Shot down in a U-2 14. Second shot taken off the tee in case the first went out of bounds/in the water 15. Li’l Ms. Muffet 16. Important to water 17. Monet 18. Stratego 19. French Revolution 20. Osmosis 21. ? 22. Baby’s first fitness test when born 23. Black Label. Carling’s Black Label Beer. 24. Pac-Man (?) 25. Appearing on paper currency (but never Pres) 26. Ode to a Grecian Urn, but for the life of me I don’t know who. 27. Fencing 28. Marsh mallows (at least that’s the flavoring) 29. Cone with top cut off 30. Sailors do to debark small boats onto ships 31. McGwire hit 70 HRs 32. Writer for Saturday Night Live, uh, uh… gimme a sec 33. Caviar 34. Man of La Mancha 35. Identical cousins 36. 37. Auntie Em’s farm, Kansas 38. Sqrlcub 39. 40. There was a movie about it… 41. Cyclops has only one eye (good for umps too) 42. Mary Tyler **Last Name** 43. Lions and Cards 44. 45. The same time it’ll take a feather (given no wind resistance/friction). I won’t assume said building is on Earth. 46. Vietnam 47. Nudity on stage 48. Lord of the Flies Isle 49. And wipe this acid off the first phone. 50. The new U.N. president I can picture the guy from SNL and the movie w/the one headlight car but can’t remember… * * * Just say no. Loverock used smilies, and see where it got him? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/3 "2000-01-27T04:18:00Z")
Chief: Ref #38… ROTFLMAOASTC!! Ref #45 - if you know of a 122.5 meter building somewhere other than Earth, please advise. Otherwise, you are entitled to assume it’s on Earth. 🙂 - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/4 "2000-01-27T05:34:00Z")
Aw hell, I’ll take a shot. 1. Carburetor 2. Jackie 3. 4. Sexual Healing 5. Gas ration cards 6. Babar 7. Ummm…in cards? I dunno. 8. Lil Abner 9. 10. 11. Microsoft 12. 13. He flew the U2 that got shot down over Moscow. 14. It’s the ball you hit off the tee if you believe your first ball is unplayable. (YES! A golf question! Something I know!) 15. Little Miss Muffet. 16. It’s bonding of two atoms based on opposite electrical charge. 17. Monet 18. Yep, in Stratego. 19. A bad victorian novel? 20. Osmosis. 21. 22. In 1953, Virginia Apgar, M.D., developed the APGAR Score to a uniform method of observation a newborn infant’s need for resuscitation after delivery. 23. 24. Dungeons and Dragons. 25. 26. Keats. 27. 28. Sugar and gelatin. 29. 30. Angels 31. McGwire hit 70 home runs, eclipsing Maris’s record. 32. Al Franken 33. Caviar. 34. Don Quixote. 35. 36. Gilgamesh 37. Kansas 38. Degas 39. John Gray 40. 41. It’s implying the ref is blind! 42. All have Moore as a last name. 43. 44. 45. Hell if I know. 46. Vietnam. 47. All are plays that have nude scenes. 48. 49. First words spoken on a phone. 50. Secretary General of the UN. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/5 "2000-01-27T07:12:00Z")
Without outside aids…this is the best I can do. 1. Carburator 2. I’m guessing you’re referring to the Stonecutters, as they were called in that Simpsons episode, and Rabbi Krustofsky (sp?) would be the one Bart and Lisa reunited with his son. 3. 4. You’re hooked on a feeling 5. World War II gas rationing. Each sticker was worth the number of gallons you list per week. 6. Babar. 7. A Jack in a deck of cards shown in profile. There are two. 8. Jay Gatsby 9. Her father. 10. 11. Microsoft 12. 13. Not sure…real name of The Edge? 14. 15. Little Miss Muffet 16. Happens among ions, which are molecules that have a positive or negative charge as a result of losing or gaining electrons. 17. 18. If you’re playing Stratego, yes. 19. 20. Not sure if you’re looking for absorption or osmosis. 21. 22. 23. 24. Dungeons & Dragons 25. Non-presidents on currency. 26. Keats 27. 28. Mostly collagen. 29. 8 30. Angels, or possibly Huey Louis 31. I’m guessing you’re talking about Roger Maris, and I’d assume his record’s been beaten, but I don’t know what record… 32. Al Franken. And me. 33. Caviar 34. Hmm…Don Quixote? 35. 36. Sinbad? 37. Kansas 38. Hmm…Rembrandt? 39. John Grey 40. Tucker 41. Just another way of saying, “You’re blind, ref!” 42. The last name Moore. 43. 44. Four clubs, I think 45. Dammit, if only I remembered my acceleration/velocity formulas… 46. 47. All are plays/musicals with nudity. 48. Gilligan’s Island. 49. First words spoken over Bell’s telephone. 50. Alas, I don’t know who the General Sec. of the UN is right now… ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/6 "2000-01-27T07:26:00Z")
I’d just like to note that while I do not agree with Chief’s answer for #36, I _have_ seen a gay porn movie based on Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Just an interesting side note for y’all. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/7 "2000-01-27T07:45:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Falcon: > **I’d just like to note that while I do not agree with Chief’s answer for #36, I _have_ seen a gay porn movie based on Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Just an interesting side note for y’all.** Chief left #36 blank. He answered #38 (“He’s known for ballerinas and horses, mostly.”) as SqrlCub. I just thought he knew Sqrl better than we did… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/8 "2000-01-27T07:54:00Z")
Okay, I’ll go, no search engines this time. 1. Carbureator 2)_Jackie_ Mason 3)??? 4)A feeling, i.e. the song “Hooked on feeling” by Blue Velvet. hooga-chaka, hooga-hooga. 5)??? 6)Babar 7)A jack in a deck of cards that is looking to the side. 8)??? 9)??? 10)??? 11)Microsoft. 12)??? 13)??? 1. Second ball hit off tee when the first one is muffed 2. Little miss muffet 3. ionic bonding is how molecules are formed when atoms share ions in a covalent bond. 17)Monet 1. Yes. Do you play RISK often? 😃 19) In a play called Les Miserables 1. osmosis 21)??? 22)??? 23)??? 24)_Dungeons and Dragons_ 25)??? 26)??? 27)??? 28)Sugar, basically sugar foam. 29)??? 😃 30)Souls going to heaven. 31)??? 😃 32) Roseanne Arnold 1. Caviar 2. Man of La Mancha or Don Quixote 😃 35) Siamese Twins 36)??? 37)??? 38)??? 1. Dr. John Gray. 2. the Tucker Torpedo 3. Because it is implying that the ref has no eyes and therefore can’t see. 42)They share the last name “Moore” 😃 43) 7 44)??? 😃 45)3.7 seconds 😃 46) The county fair 😃 47) All broadway musicals 48)??? 1. Words spoken over the first phone and phone line. Still makes my connection look slow. 😃 50) Prime minister of Lebanon. thanks for your consideration, WAGS denoted by 😃 * * * “And on the eighth day, God Created beer to prevent the Irish from taking over the Earth.” _~SNOOGANS~_ ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/9 "2000-01-27T08:30:00Z")
Yo Bricker - I have a question for ya on a “correct” answer. Should I ask here, or email, since the contest isn’t over yet… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/10 "2000-01-27T09:12:00Z")
Grace and I have made this a team effort. Here is the “key” to how we arrived at our answers… \*I knew it from memory. @Brenda knew it from memory. (She also knew many of the ones I knew, but since I’d already answered them, she didn’t need to. She picked up where I left off.) ~One or the other of us looked up the answer. \*~I knew it, or had a strong recollection, but had to look it up for confirmation. 1. What device mixes vaporized fuel and air for an engine? \*_A carburator ~_ 2. The Masons are a secret society, but what Mason was reunited with his son by Bart and Lisa? **The famous Mason Dixon, of course. Duh! :rolleyes:** 3. What is tableaux vivant? **It’s either a colorful work of art (painting) or a “living work of art,” as in a play, I can’t make up my mind. Can I get credit if either one is right? 😉** 4. What am I hooked on, if I can’t stop this feeling deep inside of me? \*\*I-I-I, I’m hooked on a feelin’. I’m high on believin’ that you’re in love with me. \*\*\* 5. In Scrabble, A is worth 1 and B is worth 4. But Scrabble aside, during World War II, A was worth four and B was worth about eight, C was even better and X was unlimited. Explain. **Don’t you wish. Those are highly classified military secrets. If I told you, I’d have to kill you.** 6. The lion may be king of the jungle, but what children’s story series elephant is royal? \*\*Babar the elephant. \*\*\* 7. What is a one-eyed jack? \*\*A Jack in a deck of playing cards that is facing profile so only one eye can be seen. \*\*\* 8. He loved Daisy so much he went away, got rich, came back, and built a mansion to impress her. Who was he? \*\*The Great Gatsby. \*\*\* 9. Who killed Laura Palmer? **Her father, Leland Palmer. ~** 10. If you’re not a bartender, but you like ESPN, what’s a triple double? **When a player scores double digits in rebounds, assists and total points scored. @** 11. Complete: jobs:gates:🍎? \*\*Microsoft \*\*\* 12. What sort of vehicle did Mathias Rust use? **He piloted a Cessna 172B. ~** 13. U2’s lead singer is Bono, but how does Gary Powers fit in? **He piloted a U2 that landed in the Soviet Union after experiencing engine trouble (he was purported to have been shot down, but he wasn’t), and he was captured by the Russians in 1960. ~** 14. In golf, what is a provisional ball? **A bunch of convoluted rules that don’t seem to make a bit of sense. Here’s the gist of it… If the original ball is lost in an immovable obstruction or in casual water, ground under repair or certain damage to the course, the player may play another ball from the spot where it was originally played (But he/she has to “call” it before their opponents go looking for the original ball). Now I know why I don’t golf. ~**😉 15. Saddam Hussein has attacked the Kurds, but who’s actually fond of curds and whey? \*\*Little Miss Muffet (while she sat on her tuffet). \*\*\* 16. Male bonding was important to the Greeks, but what can you say about Ionic bonding? **Ionic bonds are formed between oppositely charged ions because of electrostatic forces of attraction. ~** 17. At whose work are you looking, if you note that the citizens of Calais seem to be standing very still? **Rodin’s (in The Burghers of Calais). ~** 18. A marshal removes a general, and a general removes a colonel, and a colonel removes a spy. But a spy can remove a marshal, right? \*_You’re playing Stratego, and the answer is yes. The spy is the only piece in the game which can kill the Marshal, but ONLY if the Spy attacks first. ~_ 19. Marcel and Rodolpo must burn their work to stay warm, and Mimi dies of consumption. Where are we? \*_In Bohemia, the Latin quarter of Paris (La Boheme). ~_ 20. What word describes a substance moving through the semi-permeable membrane of a living cell? \*_Osmosis ~_ 21. Stanford killed Harry over Evelyn, right? **Nope - you’ve got that backwards. Harry Thaw murdered Stanford White because Thaw believed White was having an affair with Thaw’s wife, Evelyn Nesbit. ~** 22. What is Dr. Virginia Apgar known for? \*\*She came up with the “Apgar Test” for newborns to determine their level of health at birth. \*\*\* 23. Hey, Mabel! **Hey, what?! As my mother would always say, hey (hay) is for horses!** 24. What game is Gary Gygax credited with inventing? **Lejendary Adventure. ~** 25. Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin are the only two now, but at one time Salmon P. Chase was also part of the group. \*\*Are you sure Hamilton and Franklin are the only two now? I was going to say they all have had their picture on US paper money that had 1’s in the denomination, but George Washington is still on the $1.00 bill. Well anyway, Chase used to be on the $10,000.00 bill, until they quit printing them. (Hamilton is on the $10.00 and Franklin is on the $100.00). \*~ \*\* 26. Who wrote a poem to a Greek pot? \*\*Well he didn’t exactly write it _to_ the pot, but _on_ the pot - LOL. _Ode on a Grecian Urn_ was written by John Keats. \*\*\* 27. If you start in sixte, and use prime, octave, and carte, in what sport might you be engaging? **I’d be fencing. En guarde! ~** 28. What are marshmallows made of? **Well I don’t know about all of them, but mine are made of corn syrup, sugar, dextrose, food starch-modified (corn), water, gelatin, artificial color, artificial and natural flavor, tetrasodium pyrophosphate & blue #1. (I looked on my bag)** 29. If the area bounded by y=3x^2, x=0, and x=2 is rotated about the x axis, what is the volume of the resulting solid? **Too dang loud! Now turn that down - you’re breakin’ my eardrums!** 30. What climbs Jacob’s ladder? \*\*Your fingers (it’s a string figure). \*\*\* 31. Maris was the never-seen ex-wife of Niles Crane on Frasier, but Maris’ 1961 achievement isn’t quite so important these days. Why? **Uhhhm, I dunno. And I can’t even think of anything remotely humorous to say about this one. Yikes!** 32. Who thought Rush Limbaugh was a big fat idiot? **Well, besides me, Al Franken. ~** 33. Beluga is the best. Best what? \*\*The best caviar, of course. \*\*\* 34. Alonso Quijana’s delusions make up a large part of what story? **The Man of LaMancha. ~** 35. What was unique about Patty and Cathy Lane? \*\*They were identical cousins. \*\*\* 36. This hero’s epic adventures include the death of Enkidu and the spurning of Ishtar. **Gilgamesh. ~** 37. Where was Dorothy Gale from? \*\*Kansas (there’s no place like home.) \*\*\* 38. He’s known for ballerinas and horses, mostly. \*\*Edgar Degas (I happen to have a poster of his _Dancers on the Stage_ on the wall right in front of me). \*\*\* 39. What doctor speculated that men and women are from different planets? \*\*John Gray. \*\*\* 40. What car had a single headlight in the center that turned with the wheels? **Johnny Quest’s spaceship wasn’t a car, so that doesn’t qualify. I give. What was it?** 41. “Hey, ref! If you had one more eye, you’d be a Cyclops!” Why’s that funny? **Because he was reviewing the instant replay in the Rams/Bucs game on Sunday!** 42. What do Demi, Dudley, and Roger have in common? \*\*Their last names are all Moore. \*\*\* 43. Of the four major sports leagues (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL) how many pairs of teams have the same name? (Example: if Houston had a hockey team called the Redskins, that would pair with Washington’s football Redskins). \*_The Sacramento Kings (NBA) & The Los Angeles Kings (NHL), The Florida Panthers (NHL) & The Carolina Panthers (NFL), The New York Rangers (NHL) & The Texas Rangers (MLB), The St. Louis Cardinals (MLB) & The Arizona Cardinals (NFL), The New York Giants (NFL) and The San Francisco Giants (MLB) ~_ 44. In contract bridge, what is the minimum bid necessary to outbid three no-trump? \*_Four no-trump ~_ 45. How long will it take a barometer dropped from the top of ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/11 "2000-01-27T10:24:00Z")
First run, no aides. 1. Carbureator (Currently a fuel injector does so within the cylinder) 2. Jackie (as the voice for Krusty’s father IIRC) 3. “living picture” literally 4. Hooked on a Feelin’ 5. Stickers used for rationing of gasoline during the war. 6. Babar 7. Jack of Hearts and Spades, also a brand of Cider, and probably a dozen other things. 8. Lil’ Abner (?) (or Donald Duck, but I’m pretty sure he never built no mansion) 9. Her father, (as BOB) 10. A triple double is a basketball term where a player reaches double digits in three categories of statictics. Typically Points, Rebounds, and Assists, but it has been used to describe blocks, steals, as well as negative stats like turnovers. 11. Microsoft (could be argued IBM depending on the perspective of the assosiation) 12. A single engine private plane (Cessna maybe?) 13. U.S. U-2 pilot shot down over Russia 14. A mulligan, or the second ball hit off the tee if the first is unplayable 15. Little Miss Muffet (Andrew Dice Clay version 🆒 ) 16. When two ions are bonded, ions having opposite charges 17. x 18. Yes’m (Stratego) 19. x 20. I’s Moses (Osmosis :rolleyes: ) 21. x 22. x 23. x 24. Dungeons and Dragons (AD&D) 25. Non Presidents on US currency 26. x (know the title, but not the author) 27. x 28. See the thread 🙂 29. What did I tell you about pen and paper? 30. Plasma (electrons, electricity) 31. Big Mac hit 70HRs beating Maris’ mark of 61 32. Everyone 33. Caviar, supposedly 34. x 35. x 36. x 37. We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto 38. x (Caligula?) 39. John Gray 40. Tucker 41. Cyclops had one eye, it implies that refs don’t have any 42. Last name, Moore 43. AZ & St Louis Cardinals, SF & NY Giants, TX & NY Rangers, LA & Sacremento Kings 44. x 45. Again with the paper 46. x 47. x 48. x 49. First words over the phone 50. Secretary General of the UN, who ever the hell that is. Stay tuned for my next entry after some research. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/12 "2000-01-27T11:33:00Z")
Second attempt, research and pirated ones in _itialics_. 1. Carbureator (Currently a fuel injector does so within the cylinder) 2. Jackie (as the voice for Krusty’s father Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky) 3. _tableau vivant (from F, literally, living picture)] : a depiction of a scene usually presented on a stage by silent and motionless costumed participants_ 4. Hooked on a Feelin’ 5. Stickers used for rationing of gasoline during the war. 6. Babar 7. Jack of Hearts and Spades, also a brand of Cider, and probably a dozen other things. 8. _Jay Gatsby_ 9. Her father _Leyland Palmer_ (as BOB) 10. A triple double is a basketball term where a player reaches double digits in three categories of statictics. Typically Points, Rebounds, and Assists, but it has been used to describe blocks, steals, as well as negative stats like turnovers. 11. Microsoft (could be argued IBM depending on the perspective of the assosiation) 12. A single engine private plane _Indeed it was a Cessna 172B_ 13. U.S. U-2 pilot shot down over Russia 14. \*27-2. Provisional Ball a. Procedure If a ball may be lost outside a water hazard or may be out of bounds, to save time the player may play another ball provisionally as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was played (see Rule 20-5). The player shall inform his opponent in match play or his marker or a fellow-competitor in stroke play that he intends to play a provisional ball, and he shall play it before he or his partner goes forward to search for the original ball. If he fails to do so and plays another ball, such ball is not a provisional ball and becomes the ball in play under penalty of stroke and distance (Rule 27-1); the original ball is deemed to be lost.\* 15) Little Miss Muffet (Andrew Dice Clay version ) 16) When two ions are bonded, ions having opposite charges 17) _Rodin_ 18) Yes’m (Stratego) 19) _In Bohemia, the Latin quarter of Paris (La Boheme)._ 20) I’s Moses (Osmosis ) 21) _Nope - you’ve got that backwards. Harry Thaw murdered Stanford White because Thaw believed White was having an affair with Thaw’s wife, Evelyn Nesbit._ 22) _She came up with the “Apgar Test” for newborns to determine their level of health at birth._ 23) _The fall of ancient Rome was triggered when a boy hailed his waitress by shouting, “Hey, Mabel!” That disrespectful salutation launched the empire’s tragic cultural decline. I think we’re still on that downward skid._ 24) _Lejendary Adventure (as well as several others) and co-created Dungeons and Dragons (AD&D)_ 25) Non Presidents on US currency 26) _Ode to a Grecian Urn, by John Keats_ 27) _Fencing_ 28) [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/004341.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/004341.html) 29) 16_pi 30) Plasma (electrons, electricity) 31) Big Mac hit 70HRs beating Maris’ mark of 61 32) Al Franken 33) Caviar, supposedly 34) The Man of LaMancha 35) They were ientical cousins 36) Gilgamesh 37) We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto 38) Edgar Degas 39) John Gray 40) Tucker 41) Cyclops had one eye, it implies that refs don’t have any 42) Last name, Moore 43) AZ & St Louis Cardinals, SF & NY Giants, TX & NY Rangers, LA & Sacremento Kings, \* FL & Carolina Panthers (answer 5)_ 44) 4, no trump 45) 5 seconds, assuming no air resistance 46) _To War, draft cards_ 47) _Porno! Well nudes on stage anyways._ 48) _Gilligan’s Island, the Skipper and Professor respectively_ 49) First words over the phone 50) Secretary General of the UN _Kofi A. Annan_ ---
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Make 25) Non-presidents on U.S. _paper_ currency, Susan B. Anthony and the new Sacagawea dollars are exceptions as well. ---
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Correction of 29) (288/5)_pi or 57.6_pi units^3 ---
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> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Falcon: > \*\*Yo Bricker - > > I have a question for ya on a “correct” answer. Should I ask here, or email, since the contest isn’t over yet…\*\* Either one is fine… but in general, I’m probably going to hold off providing any specific information until the drop-dead date/time has passed… - Rick ---
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All answers based upon personal knowledge. No reference sources used, no search engines employed. If I sucks, I sucks on my own. 1. What device mixes vaporized fuel and air for an engine? Carberator 2. The Masons are a secret society, but what Mason was reunited with his son by Bart and Lisa? Jackie Mason reunited w/Krusty the Klown 3. What is tableaux vivant? A painting reenacted by live persons 4. What am I hooked on, if I can’t stop this feeling deep inside of me? A feeling 5. In Scrabble, A is worth 1 and B is worth 3 6. But Scrabble aside, during World War II, A was worth four and B was worth about eight, C was even better and X was unlimited. Explain. Ration coupons for food/gas/other commodities. 7. The lion may be king of the jungle, but what children’s story series elephant is royal? Babar 8. What is a one-eyed jack? Two of the jacks in a deck of cards are shown in profile and therefore only one eye is seen. Also a name for a fried egg in a toast circle. 9. He loved Daisy so much he went away, got rich, came back, and built a mansion to impress her. Who was he? The Great (Jay) Gatsby 10. Who killed Laura Palmer? David Lynch 11. If you’re not a bartender, but you like ESPN, what’s a triple double? in basketball when a player gets three stats in double figures, usually points scored, rebounds and assists. 12. Complete: jobs:gates:🍎? microsoft 13. What sort of vehicle did Mathias Rust use? small plane 14. U2’s lead singer is Bono, but how does Gary Powers fit in? shot down flying a U2 spy plane over the Soviet Union. 15. In golf, what is a provisional ball? A second bill hit when it appears the first ball will be lost or otherwise unplayable. 16. Saddam Hussein has attacked the Kurds, but who’s actually fond of curds and whey? Little Miss Muffet 17. Male bonding was important to the Greeks, but what can you say about Ionic bonding? chemical bonds involving a metal and a halogen – as opposed to co-valent bonding. Or when a Greek wants to get out of jail in Ionia, what he gets. 18. At whose work are you looking, if you note that the citizens of Calais seem to be standing very still? 19. A marshal removes a general, and a general removes a colonel, and a colonel removes a spy. But a spy can remove a marshal, right? correct Stratego 20. Marcel and Rodolpo must burn their work to stay warm, and Mimi dies of consumption. Where are we? La Boheme 21. What word describes a substance moving through the semi-permeable membrane of a living cell? Osmosis 22. Stanford killed Harry over Evelyn, right? 23. What is Dr. Virginia Apgar known for? Invented the APGAR score for evaluating the health of newborns. 24. Hey, Mabel! 25. What game is Gary Gygax credited with inventing? D&D 26. Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin are the only two now, but at one time Salmon P. Chase was also part of the group. Sec’ys of the Treasury who held no other office. 27. Who wrote a poem to a Greek pot? Keats 28. If you start in sixte, and use prime, octave, and carte, in what sport might you be engaging? Fencing 29. What are marshmallows made of? corn syrup 30. If the area bounded by y=3x^2, x=0, and x=2 is rotated about the x axis, what is the volume of the resulting solid? 383pi cubic units 31. What climbs Jacob’s ladder? a spark 32. Maris was the never-seen ex-wife of Niles Crane on Frasier, but Maris’ 1961 achievement isn’t quite so important these days. Why? because McGuire and Sosa both broke his single season home run record in '98. 33. Who thought Rush Limbaugh was a big fat idiot? Al Franken 34. Beluga is the best. Best what? caviar 35. Alonso Quijana’s delusions make up a large part of what story? Don Quixote 36. What was unique about Patty and Cathy Lane? identical cousins 37. This hero’s epic adventures include the death of Enkidu and the spurning of Ishtar. Gilgamesh 38. Where was Dorothy Gale from? Kansas 39. He’s known for ballerinas and horses, mostly. Edouard Manet 40. What doctor speculated that men and women are from different planets? John Gray 41. What car had a single headlight in the center that turned with the wheels? 42. “Hey, ref! If you had one more eye, you’d be a Cyclops!” Why’s that funny? because the Cyclops had only one eye. 43. What do Demi, Dudley, and Roger have in common? Moore 44. Of the four major sports leagues (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL) how many pairs of teams have the same name? (Example: if Houston had a hockey team called the Redskins, that would pair with Washington’s football Redskins). Giants Cardinals Rangers 45. In contract bridge, what is the minimum bid necessary to outbid three no-trump? 4 clubs 46. How long will it take a barometer dropped from the top of a 122.5 meter-tall building to hit the ground? 47. 1-A was the best and 4-F wasn’t, unless you didn’t want to go. Go where? draft 48. What characteristic is shared by Hair, Oh Calcutta, and Equus? stage plays w/nudity 49. On what island might you find Jonas Grumby and Roy Hinckley? Gilligans 50. “Watson, come here, I need you.” Discuss. Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephonically transmitted words 51. Who has the job Boutros Boutros used to have? Kofi Annan * * * Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars. ---
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At the risk of contradicting myself and blowing the security of question 21, Shayna said: > [@](#): > > 1. Stanford killed Harry over Evelyn, right? Nope - you’ve got that backwards. Harry Thaw murdered Stanford White because Thaw believed White was having an affair with Thaw’s wife, Evelyn Nesbit. ~ The ~ symbol means that one or the other of you looked it up. I have to ask. How in heaven’s name did you look this one up, with only three first names to go on?!? I spent a lot of time trying to come up with questions that were immune to the Internet… this was one I thought was ironclad safe. Nice job. 🙂 - Rick ---
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Omniscient has a score of forty-eight correct answers. Only the latest answer for any given question will be considered – that is, if you post a correction, the correction gets counted, not the original answer, regardless of which one is right. In other news: Chief Scott: 27 Falcon: 28 MaxTorque: 28 SmickD: 17 Shayna: 38 Omniscient 1st run: 26 Roughly thirty-six hours and ten minutes to go. 🙂 - Rick ---
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1. What device mixes vaporized fuel and air for an engine? \*Carbourator 2. The Masons are a secret society, but what Mason was reunited with his son by Bart and Lisa? \*Jackie 3. In Scrabble, A is worth 1 and B is worth 4. But Scrabble aside, during World War II, A was worth four and B was worth about eight, C was even better and X was unlimited. Explain. \*Ration cards? 4. The lion may be king of the jungle, but what children’s story series elephant is royal? \*Babar 5. What is a one-eyed jack? \*A jack in a deck of playing cards that is shown in profile 6. Who killed Laura Palmer? - I never watched Twin Peaks enough to find out 1. If you’re not a bartender, but you like ESPN, what’s a triple double? \*A basketball player who get double digit points assists and rebounds in a game 2. Complete: jobs:gates:🍎? \*Microsoft 3. U2’s lead singer is Bono, but how does Gary Powers fit in? \*The Edge? 4. Saddam Hussein has attacked the Kurds, but who’s actually fond of curds and whey? \*little miss muffet 5. Male bonding was important to the Greeks, but what can you say about Ionic bonding? \*that it’s important to the chemistry geeks 🙂 6. A marshal removes a general, and a general removes a colonel, and a colonel removes a spy. But a spy can remove a marshal, right? \*Only if you’re playing stratego 7. What word describes a substance moving through the semi-permeable membrane of a living cell? \*Osmosis 8. What game is Gary Gygax credited with inventing? \*dungeons and dragons 9. Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin are the only two now, but at one time Salmon P. Chase was also part of the group. \*faces on dollar bills that aren’t presidents 10. What are marshmallows made of? Sugar 11. Who thought Rush Limbaugh was a big fat idiot? - a SNL character who somehow got a following even though he wasn’t that funny. 1. Beluga is the best. Best what? \*caviar 2. This hero’s epic adventures include the death of Enkidu and the spurning of Ishtar. 3. Where was Dorothy Gale from? \*Kansas 4. “Hey, ref! If you had one more eye, you’d be a Cyclops!” Why’s that funny? \*it’s not but a cyclops only has one eye 5. What do Demi, Dudley, and Roger have in common? \*the last name moore 6. 1-A was the best and 4-F wasn’t, unless you didn’t want to go. Go where? \*to war 7. “Watson, come here, I need you.” Discuss. \*either the beginning line of a porn flick or the first words spoken over a telephone by it’s inventor Alexander Graham Bell * * * If you feel that you must suffer, then plan your suffering carefully–as you choose your dreams, as you conceive your ancestors. ---
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> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Bricker: > How in heaven’s name did you look this one up, with only three first names to go on?!? > > I spent a lot of time trying to come up with questions that were immune to the Internet… this was one I thought was ironclad safe. > > Nice job. 🙂 Thanks 🙂 Here’s what I did. Not knowing whether those were all characters in a story or play, or if they were real people, I went to [ask.com](http://ask.com) and posed the question, “What do Stanford, Harry & Evelyn have in common?” One of the resulting websites was titled, “The Players: Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, Harry Thaw & Stanford White.” That site didn’t have the answer, but I could discern from it that these were real people. I went back to [ask.com](http://ask.com) and posed, “Was Harry Thaw killed by Stanford White?” and got [this page](http://www.ddarch.com/white/swhite.shtml) as one of the results. Not too difficult, if you know what to ask. And as you can probably tell, I was very tired and a bit slap happy when doing this last night. I cannot believe I missed the question about Maris - given that I’m _from_ St. Louis, where that record was broken - Duh! And the commonality between Hamilton, Franklin and Chase completely escaped me at that hour - LOL. Modified answer is, they were all non-Presidents who do, or have, appeared on US paper currency. (Hamilton and Chase were both Secretaries of the Treasury, for the record). I did know that - honest. And to clear up any confusion, Brenda and Grace are the same person. Grace is her posting name and Brenda is her RL name. I won’t go back and change or add to our answers though. If no one’s declared the “winner” and Grace feels like coming on line and modifying them, she’s welcome to. I don’t really care that much about being the winner - we just had a blast playing. Thanks again, Bricker! * * * “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520.md?page=2)