# 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:** 2
**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, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/21 "2000-01-27T16:54:00Z")
Bricker - I’ll wait and see how you score a certain question. I think it’s one of the ones Omni got wrong, so IMO, you have it right. 🙂 ---
**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, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/22 "2000-01-27T17:14:00Z")
Shayna, Well, in a sense, you’ve have updated your answers – two of them, anyway 🙂 I am well and truly impressed with your research skills – not to mention your raw trivia skills. One more thing to clear up: the ‘convoluted’ provisional ball rule. Because I am a golf geek… I feel compelled to explain. The need for this rule becomes clear when you consider that if you hit a ball out of bounds, you must take a one-stroke penalty and play another ball _from the spot where the first ball was hit_. Similarly, if you lose a ball, you must play another from the last spot from which you hit, again with a penalty stroke. But if you’re not sure the ball actually went out of bounds, or is lost… think how much time would be taken up… you trot down the fairway, look for the ball (maximum of five minutes), declare it lost, go back to the spot, and hit another. Huge time waster, and it will give the people playing behind you cause for justifiable homicide. So if you think a ball you just hit might be either lost or out-of-bounds, you don’t move from your spot until you hit a provisional ball. That ball becomes your real, in-play ball ONLY if the first one was really out-of-bounds or lost. If the first one ended up in bounds, or you find it, you pick up the provisional ball and play the first one with no penalty. If, however, the first ball was out or lost, you take your penalty stroke and play the provisional ball from that point on. Note that you can’t decide which ball to play based on better positioning… if your first ball isn’t lost at all, but just in an ugly lie right up against a tree, and your provisional ball is sitting right in the middle of the fairway… you still have to pick up the provisional ball. There is such a thing as declaring a ball an “unplayable lie” – but this does not involve a provisional ball. You call the unplayable lie from the spot of the shot, take a stroke penalty, and hit again. Finally, note the difference between this and a “mulligan.” A mulligan is an illegal process that allows a player to simply disregard a shot he doesn’t like, and take another with no penalty. Now I’m all ready to get out on the links again… but they are all covered with snow! WAAHH!! 🙂 - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/23 "2000-01-27T17:23:00Z")
Oh, what the heck … not that I expect to beat 48 or nothin’ 1. A carburetor? 2. Sorry, don’t do TV questions. 3. A Victorian entertainment akin to charades. 4. A feeling. 5. (WAG) They were designations for different types of rations? 6. Babar. 7. The jack of hearts or spades, which has only one eye visible. 8. James Gatz, aka Jay Gatsby. 9. Don’t do TV. 10. Don’t do sports either. 11. microsoft. 12. (WAG) A bicycle. 13. He was shot down in a U2. 14. I don’t know. 15. Little Miss Muffet. 16. Uh … we learned about it in high school chemistry, and it’s different from covalent bonding and somehow involves charges. That’s all I can say. 17. (WAG) Picasso’s? 18. Uh, whatever you say. 19. La Vie Boheme. 20. Transpiration? 21. I don’t know. 22. The Apgar score, which measures the health of a newborn. 23. Whaddaya want? 24. Dungeons and Dragons. 25. Non-presidents on US currency. 26. John Keats. 27. (WAG) Shuffleboard? 28. Originally, the root of the mallow plant. Nowadays, sugar and gelatin. 29. I don’t know that either. 30. God’s messengers. 31. Because somebody beat his record? (Don’t ask me in what, though…) 32. Al Franken. 33. Caviar. 34. Don Quixote? 35. They are identical cousins. 36. Gilgamesh. 37. Kansas. 38. Degas. 39. John Grey. 40. I know not. 41. Because a cyclops has one eye. 42. Moore. 43. (WAG) Three. 44. Four clubs. 45. (WAG) Six seconds. 46. Vietnam. 47. On-stage nudity. 48. Gilligan’s island? 49. First words spoken on the telephone. 50. Khofi Anan. * * * _Observe the snow. It fornicates._ ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/24 "2000-01-27T17:26:00Z")
I am answering these (or attempting to) in one sitting without reading through the other posts (at 20 when I started) this. 1. What device mixes vaporized fuel and air for an engine? Carburetor 2. The Masons are a secret society, but what Mason was reunited with his son by Bart and Lisa? No Idea (I know its Simpsons, but…) 3. What is tableaux vivant? a lively scene (a party) 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 2 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. 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? Jack of Spades or Hearts in a standard deck 1. He loved Daisy so much he went away, got rich, came back, and built a mansion to impress her. Who was he? Lil Abner 1. Who killed Laura Palmer? 2. If you’re not a bartender, but you like ESPN, what’s a triple double? getting double digits in the number of points scored, rebounds, and blocks in basketball 3. Complete: jobs:gates:🍎? Microsoft 4. What sort of vehicle did Mathias Rust use? Plane 5. U2’s lead singer is Bono, but how does Gary Powers fit in? he was the pilot of the U2 spy plane (50s?) 6. In golf, what is a provisional ball? 7. Saddam Hussein has attacked the Kurds, but who’s actually fond of curds and whey? Miss Muffet 8. Male bonding was important to the Greeks, but what can you say about Ionic bonding? 9. At whose work are you looking, if you note that the citizens of Calais seem to be standing very still? 10. 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? Stratego (spelling?) 11. Marcel and Rodolpo must burn their work to stay warm, and Mimi dies of consumption. Where are we? Russia (Dostoevsky) 12. What word describes a substance moving through the semi-permeable membrane of a living cell? osmosis 13. Stanford killed Harry over Evelyn, right? 14. What is Dr. Virginia Apgar known for? the Apgar test, a measure of a newborns health 15. Hey, Mabel! 16. What game is Gary Gygax credited with inventing? 17. 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 the largest denominations of money 18. Who wrote a poem to a Greek pot? Keates 19. If you start in sixte, and use prime, octave, and carte, in what sport might you be engaging? 20. What are marshmallows made of? sugar and egg whites 21. 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? a funnel lying on its side 22. What climbs Jacob’s ladder? Angels (in Genesis) 23. Maris was the never-seen ex-wife of Niles Crane on Frasier, but Maris’ 1961 achievement isn’t quite so important these days. Why? McGuire & Sosa have passed his # of HRs in a season 24. Who thought Rush Limbaugh was a big fat idiot? NUTS … the guy who did stuart smalley on SNL (D’oh) 25. Beluga is the best. Best what? caviar 26. Alonso Quijana’s delusions make up a large part of what story? 27. What was unique about Patty and Cathy Lane? Siamese (conjoined) twins that share one set of legs (shot in the dark) 28. This hero’s epic adventures include the death of Enkidu and the spurning of Ishtar. Sinbad 29. Where was Dorothy Gale from? Kansas 30. He’s known for ballerinas and horses, mostly. Degas 31. What doctor speculated that men and women are from different planets? NUTS again. 32. What car had a single headlight in the center that turned with the wheels? Tucker’s car 33. “Hey, ref! If you had one more eye, you’d be a Cyclops!” Why’s that funny? A cyclops only has one eye 34. What do Demi, Dudley, and Roger have in common? Last name, “Moore” 35. 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). NO WAY 36. In contract bridge, what is the minimum bid necessary to outbid three no-trump? 37. How long will it take a barometer dropped from the top of a 122.5 meter-tall building to hit the ground? 5 secs 38. 1-A was the best and 4-F wasn’t, unless you didn’t want to go. Go where? Into military service 39. What characteristic is shared by Hair, Oh Calcutta, and Equus? they are plays 40. On what island might you find Jonas Grumby and Roy Hinckley? 41. “Watson, come here, I need you.” Discuss. The words first spoken over the particular device that Alexander Graham Bell invented which became the telephone (I read recently that some genius who neither published or patented, did it first - I forget who) 42. Who has the job Boutros Boutros used to have? UN Secretary General * * * Wow Rick … harder than the last one. ---
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/25 "2000-01-27T17:44:00Z")
Off the top of my head in about 35 seconds! 1. Carburetor 2. Jackie Mason 3. 4. Hooked on a feeling 5. 6. Babar 7. Jacks that face sideways on a deck of cards 8. Steve Martin - the jerk ??? 9. 10. Double digits in 3 categories in B-ball. Usually Rebounds, Assists, and Points. 11. Microsoft 12. 13. the edge?? 14. Mulligan 15. Little Miss Muffet 16. Bond based on opposite electromagnetic charges 17. 18. Correct in the game Stratego 19. 20. Osmosis 21. 22. 23. 24. Dungeons and Dragons 25. Non-presidents on US bills 26. 27. 28. Sugar and Air 29. 30. angels 31. Because mcgwire broke the record as did sammy sosa. 32. Al Franken (who is funny sometimes Burn!) 33. Caviar 34. 35. They dress alike, and look alike sometimes even sound alike. there cousins…identical cousins… 36. Gilgamesh 37. Kansas 38. Degas 39. The always ever so evil and Twerpy John Grey. (not a dr of psychology btw) 40. Tucker 41. Cyclops have only one eye. (and I second the not funny comment!) 42. Moore’s 43. 4 44. 4 clubs (I think, Now I guess i shoulda listened to my pop!) 45. 3.53 sec 46. to war. Draft Designations 47. Musicals 48. 49. 1st thing said over the telephone 50. Kofi Annan I hope i didn’t make a fool of myself. Oh hell I’ve been doing that long enough anyway huh? 46) * * * -Frankie “Mother Mercy, can your loins bear fruit forever?/Is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?” -Bad Religion ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/26 "2000-01-27T17:52:00Z")
do the rules allow for looking things up or not? I didn’t research any of mine, that’s why i’m asking. * * * If you feel that you must suffer, then plan your suffering carefully–as you choose your dreams, as you conceive your ancestors. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/27 "2000-01-28T06:39:00Z")
There is no rule restricting where you get the answer. Out of curiosity, I did request that people annotate their source (personal knowledge, Internet, asked mom, whatever) but it’s not a requirement. What seems to be evolving is a system where someone will answer as besrt they can on their own, and then post again with research/pirated answers from others/etc in order to be in the running for the prize. That’s fine… nothing wrong with that. - Rick ---
**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/28 "2000-01-27T21:24:00Z")
Updates: Omniscient: 48 Chief Scott: 27 Falcon: 28 MaxTorque: 28 SmickD: 17 Shayna: 38 Omniscient 1st run: 26 BurnMeUp: 18 Fretful Porpentine: 32 - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/29 "2000-01-27T21:40:00Z")
Rick- Some of us are dying to know! * * * -Frankie “Mother Mercy, can your loins bear fruit forever?/Is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?” -Bad Religion ---
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/30 "2000-01-27T21:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Frankie: > \*\*Rick- > Some of us are dying to know! > \*\* The answers? That’s gotta wait until tomorrow at 11:00 PM, or until someone posts 50 correct ones. If there’s an individual question you want to know about, ask - if it’s been answered correctly by everyone I’ll assume it’s not in doubt, and confirm it. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/31 "2000-01-27T22:12:00Z")
Rick- The score man…my score! =) * * * -Frankie “Mother Mercy, can your loins bear fruit forever?/Is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?” -Bad Religion ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/32 "2000-01-27T22:16:00Z")
Ahem, Mr. Bricker! > [@](#): > > Bricker posted at 01-27-2000 09:55 AMOmniscient has a score of forty-eight… > Chief Scott: 27 > Falcon: 28 > MaxTorque: 28 > SmickD: 17 > **Shayna: 38** > Omniscient 1st run: 26 and then… > [@](#): > > Bricker posted at 01-27-2000 11:14 AM > Shayna, > Well, in a sense, you’ve have updated your answers – two of them, anyway. and now… > [@](#): > > Bricker posted at 01-27-2000 03:24 PM > > Updates: > Omniscient: 48 > Chief Scott: 27 > Falcon: 28 > MaxTorque: 28 > SmickD: 17 > **Shayna: 38** > Omniscient 1st run: 26 > BurnMeUp: 18 > Fretful Porpentine: 32 Shayna Challenge #1: What is 38 + 2? (Hint: It’s not 38). LMAO! Now, I know I said I wasn’t going to go back and fix our answers so we could win, but I would at least appreciate if our score was an accurate reflection of our efforts overall :D. And may I also request that Grace’s name appear with mine on the score list, please? I did the posting, but it really was a joint effort, and I’d like her to get the proper recognition for her brilliance as well. Thank you, my friend 🙂 P.S.: Will there be a Challenge #3? (Please, please, please!) * * * “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank ---
**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, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/33 "2000-01-27T22:31:00Z")
I may not be smart, but I can lift heavy things. Revised totals – Omniscient: 48 Chief Scott: 27 Falcon: 28 MaxTorque: 28 SmickD: 17 Shayna & Grace: 40 Omniscient 1st run: 26 BurnMeUp: 18 Fretful Porpentine: 32 🙂 - Rick PS There will, in fact, be a #3. I reserve the right to post half of the questions in Urdu, half in Old English, and half in that aborigine clicking language. Further, the questions will be even more confusing in light of the fact that they will have three halves, thus being four-dimensional. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/34 "2000-01-27T22:40:00Z")
Thank you very much for the update, Bricker! Frankie, it would appear as though you are still scoreless. Please allow me to intervene on your behalf… \\Total Frankie’s score, please. \ :)\ Let’s see if that got his attention, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/35 "2000-01-27T23:14:00Z")
Thanks Shayna and Grace- I have a feeling he may be saving me embarassment though! 🙂 * * * -Frankie “Mother Mercy, can your loins bear fruit forever?/Is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?” -Bad Religion ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/36 "2000-01-27T23:27:00Z")
Ahem. Omniscient: 48 Chief Scott: 27 Falcon: 28 MaxTorque: 28 SmickD: 17 Shayna & Grace: 40 Omniscient 1st run: 26 BurnMeUp: 18 Fretful Porpentine: 32 Frankie: 28 Sorry about that. Apparently, I only have eyes for Shayna. Or at least her posts. Don’t know how I missed yours, except for the not-smart-but-can-lift heavy things theory discussed above. Sheesh! 🙂 - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/37 "2000-01-27T23:56:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Apparently, I only have eyes for Shayna. Or at least her posts. [blushing] Awww, how sweet. In that case, may I also make a plea on behalf of Frankd6 and Tinker Grey, who also played but remain scoreless? LOL, Rick, you have created a very challenging and fun game. Clearly your intelligence is not in question. You might want to consider a check-up with your optometrist though - hehehe. So see, Frankie, you weren’t the only one. Perhaps he has a thing about posters with “nk” in their names. Hmmmmm. [scratching my head]Could there be some deep meaning behind that little coinkydink??[/scratching] ## Rick, I do want to thank you again for all the hard work you’ve done putting this together for us. I used to host games similar to this on another message forum, so I know how time consuming and frustrating (at times) it can be to administer. I’m sure I can speak for everyone who’s played; we really appreciate it! “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/38 "2000-01-28T01:40:00Z")
Bricker – I’m stickin’ w/ WAGs. I refuse to do searches for questions 'cause that’s what I prefer to do. I rest in the humble knowledge that no one who’s answered has ever heard a Carling’s Beer commercial. Can I get a little asterisk beside muy score denoting WAGs? * * * Laugh and the world laughs with you. Smilie and you smilie alone (with my contempt). – missdavis ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/39 "2000-01-28T03:29:00Z")
Updates again: Omniscient: 48 Chief Scott: 27 Falcon: 28 MaxTorque: 28 SmickD: 17 Shayna & Grace: 40 Omniscient 1st run: 26 BurnMeUp: 18 Fretful Porpentine: 32 Frankie: 28 TinkerGray: 24 Frankd6: 39 Sorry yet again. Somehow I scrolled right past those entries. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Manduck2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Manduck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck2)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520/40 "2000-01-28T03:45:00Z")
1. Carburetor 2. Jackie 3. Ummm buncha people standing around 4. A feeling 5. Ration coupons? 6. Babar 7. Playing card 8. ? 9. Leland Palmer (or Bob) 10. 10 or more points, assists, and rebounds 11. microsoft 12. Cessna 13. He flew the U2 14. ? 15. Miss Muffet 16. It’s electric 17. ? 18. wrong 19. ? 20. osmosis 21. ok sure 22. ? 23. ? 24. Dungeons ‘n’ Dragons 25. ? 26. Byron 27. Fencing 28. Mallows 29. 8pi 30. ? 31. Because McGwire broke the record. 32. Al Franken 33. caviar 34.? 34. ? 35. Gilgamesh 36. ? 37. ? 38. ? 39. Tucker 40. because a cyclops only has 1 eye 41. last name Moore 42. kings, giants 43. 4 clubs 44. 10 seconds 45. vietnam 46. nude scene 47. ? 48. first words on telephone 49. sec. gen’l of UN [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2/13520.md?page=3)