The Bricker Challenge 2003 - Edition #2

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Rules the same as the last time, including the deadline. Hey, #1 ended so quickly I had some free time!

  1. Becky dated Mark, and who was it that Darlene dated?
  2. I’m just about to take the bar exam – what’s laches again?
  3. Who knew that the darn statue of her father would come alive to drag me into Hell?
  4. What’s the determinant of a 2x2 matrix with 6, 9 in the first row and 3,8 in the second row?
  5. Hilda Mae was a VERY good friend of the governor.
  6. Arturo Sandoval plays the trumpet, but what goes in the mouth if we’re talking Arturo Fuente?
  7. She always depended on the kindness of strangers.
  8. Nature’s first green is gold.
  9. Patty Duke’s “adoptive” childhood managers?
  10. I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue.
  11. Navy SEALS – what’s the acronym mean?
  12. Where did the Pennsylvania Polka start, according to the Pennsylvania Polka?
  13. Clay creature given life in Jewish legend – or possibly a Tolkein character spelled differently.
  14. Heller’s Milo Mindbender is fictional, but who might be described as Uri Spoonbender?
  15. Cicero stopped me from overthrowing the Roman Republic, and I never even got a fair trial.
  16. For this festival, you build a shelter with three walls and a leaky roof.
  17. The Ionesco play that features people turning into large horned animals?
  18. Mrs Kravitz often caught me doing magic, but by the time she got Abner to look, things were usually back to normal.
  19. It’s not roots, exactly; more of a fleshly underground growth system that also starts with ‘R’.
  20. This word is a dentist’s tool or a repetitive exercise.
  21. One if by land, two if by sea.
  22. You can always get a table at a nice restaurant if you’re Abe Froman, the sausage king.
  23. I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
  24. Jazzman whose album “Sax on the Beach” is a collector’s item.
  25. I walked along the avenue. I never thought I’d meet a girl like you, with auburn hair and tawny eyes.
  26. Best known employee of Spacely Sprockets?
  27. Roots of 2x^2 – 4x – 30 = 0 ?
  28. From what platform does the train for Hogwart’s leave?
  29. Should I admit to my parents that I masticate?
  30. Which resident of Whoville was no more than 2?
  31. Thanka-you very much, if you know the five-line Japanese poetic form in which the lines contain, in order, 5, 7, 5, 7 and 7 syllables.
  32. There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold.
  33. At long last, Senator, have you no decency?
  34. Illegally hunt, or cook an egg.
  35. What does a bowl of Biskies make?
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  1. Blanche DuBois has always depended on the kindness of strangers.

  2. Uri Geller bends spoons mysteriously. (Except not.)

  3. Samantha Stevens’ neighbors on Bewitched, naturally. I love Abner!

  4. Rhisomes?

  5. Paul Revere’s lantern signal.

  6. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost

  7. Bleeding Gums Murphy! Although I think John Tesh has an album by this name, he’s hardly a “jazzman”.

  8. George Jetson!

  9. Masticate means chew, so they probably know already.

  10. Cindy Lou Hoo.

  11. Poach

I just cherry-picked the easy ones, obviously. Now the smart people can come in and get down to work. :smiley:

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Without googling:
7. Blanche from Streetcar Named Desire
8. Robert Frost
20. Drill
21. Revolutionary War
23. Someone’s a Robert Frost Fan!
29. Didn’t your mother tell you to masticate each bite 30 times before swallowing?
30. Cindy-Lou Who
34. Poach

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JerH: 9

Masonite: 11

Nate the Great: 8

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  1. Becky dated Mark, and who was it that Darlene dated?
    David.

  2. I’m just about to take the bar exam - what’s laches again?
    In one word - negligence.

  3. Who knew that the darn statue of her father would come alive to drag me into Hell?
    Hot down there, huh, Don Juan?

  4. What’s the determinant of a 2x2 matrix with 6, 9 in the first row and 3,8 in the second row?
    21.

  5. Hilda Mae was a VERY good friend of the governor.
    William Donald Schaefer.

  6. Arturo Sandoval plays the trumpet, but what goes in the mouth if we’re talking Arturo Fuente?
    Cigars.

  7. She always depended on the kindness of strangers.
    Blanche duBois, or Marge Simpson in “Oh! Streetcar”

  8. Nature’s first green is gold.
    Her hardest hue to hold. Robert Frost.

  9. Patty Duke’s “adoptive” childhood managers?
    John and Ethel Ross.

  10. I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue.
    Lloyd Bridges in Airplane!.

  11. Navy SEALS - what’s the acronym mean?
    Sea, Air & Land

  12. Where did the Pennsylvania Polka start, according to the Pennsylvania Polka?
    It started in Scranton. It’s now number one.

  13. Clay creature given life in Jewish legend – or possibly a Tolkein character spelled differently.
    Golem / Gollum.

  14. Heller’s Milo Mindbender is fictional, but who might be described as Uri Spoonbender?
    Uri Geller.

  15. Cicero stopped me from overthrowing the Roman Republic, and I never even got a fair trial.
    Cataline and his conspiracy.

  16. For this festival, you build a shelter with three walls and a leaky roof.
    Sukkot.

  17. The Ionesco play that features people turning into large horned animals?
    Rhinoceros.

  18. Mrs Kravitz often caught me doing magic, but by the time she got Abner to look, things were usually back to normal.
    Bewitched.

  19. It’s not roots, exactly; more of a fleshly underground growth system that also starts with ‘R’.
    Rhizome.

  20. This word is a dentist’s tool or a repetitive exercise.
    Drill.

  21. One if by land, two if by sea.
    The British are coming, the British are coming!

  22. You can always get a table at a nice restaurant if you’re Abe Froman, the sausage king.
    The Sausage King of Chicago, from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

  23. I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
    Robert Frost, Stopping by SDMB Trivia Threads on a snowy evening

  24. Jazzman whose album “Sax on the Beach” is a collector’s item.
    Bleedin’ Gums Murphy

  25. I walked along the avenue. I never thought I’d meet a girl like you, with auburn hair and tawny eyes.
    A Flock of Seagulls.

  26. Best known employee of Spacely Sprockets?
    George Jetson.

  27. Roots of 2x^2 - 4x - 30 = 0 ?
    5, -3.

  28. From what platform does the train for Hogwart’s leave?
    9 3/4.

  29. Should I admit to my parents that I masticate?
    No shame in chewing, is there? Admit away.

  30. Which resident of Whoville was no more than 2?
    Cindy Lou Who.

  31. Thanka-you very much, if you know the five-line Japanese poetic form in which the lines contain, in order, 5, 7, 5, 7 and 7 syllables.
    Tanka.

  32. There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold.
    The Cremation of Sam McGee.

  33. At long last, Senator, have you no decency?
    Army-McCarthy hearings.

  34. Illegally hunt, or cook an egg.
    Poach.

  35. What does a bowl of Biskies make?
    A growing boy.

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Once again, last place. :frowning:

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lno: 34

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Again from memory. I think this one was a bit easier, but it may just be me.

This refers to characters on the Roseanne television show. I don’t recall the specifics though. Darlene didn’t date until the later seasons.**

Negligence.**

Kind of a mixed bag here. This is supposed to have happened to both Don Juan and Don Giovanni. I’m going with Don Giovanni because we did a production of it in college. Don Giovanni was courting Donna Anna**

Fuego! Light up them cigars!**

Blanche, from “A Streetcar Named Desire”**

From the movie “Airplane”**

This is a nasty one. This is one of those acronyms where not every letter means something. It’s just a shortcut for what the whole phrase sounds like. The actual phrase is “Sea, Air, and Land” because these operatives work in any of these environments.**

A Golem. Golems can be created by imbuing Clay with the word of life(Chai). Other materials were sometimes used, but the golems were traditionally guardians.**

Also known as Uri Geller. Still not sold on his abilities though.**

Catiline was the one plotting overthrow, but quite frankly there is doubt in scholarship about Cicero’s role in the quashing of the fledgling conspiracy. Kind of like the doubts about the role of John Smith in the founding of Jamestown. The main person who sings his praises is the man himself.**

A reference to the television show “Bewitched”.**

Drill**

Signals for British troop movements in the Revolutionary war. The message that Paul Revere was to relay.**

“Stopping by woods on a snowy evening” is the title IIRC. Robert Frost Poem that has the extremely famous line “Two roads diverged in a wood…”**

John Tesch(all those nights covering for the jazz programs host while I worked as a DJ in college finally pay off!)**

Meet George Jetson!**

Quick mental math says 5 and -6**

9 3/4**

Why not? Everyone masticates.**

Cindy Lou Who**

Haiku**

God I can’t remember the speakers name, but he was addressing Joseph McCarthy and it was the time the bottom fell out of the McCarthy witch hunts.**

Poach**

Bis-quick :smiley:

Enjoy,
Steven

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Dang. Do I get to know which one I missed?

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mtgman: 18

lno: nope. Just the number correct.

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Bah, I think I’m doing ok, but |no’s blowing the curve. :stuck_out_tongue:

Enjoy,
Steven

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Ok, so I don’t know a lot of them. That’s ok with me.

1.Becky dated Mark, and who was it that Darlene dated?
David

16.For this festival, you build a shelter with three walls and a leaky roof.
Succos (Maybe Succoth - unsure of spelling)

18.Mrs Kravitz often caught me doing magic, but by the time she got Abner to look, things were usually back to normal.
Samanth on Bewitched

22.You can always get a table at a nice restaurant if you’re Abe Froman, the sausage king.
Ferris Beuller’s Day Off

23.I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

26.Best known employee of Spacely Sprockets?
George Jetson

28.From what platform does the train for Hogwart’s leave?
9 3/4

30.Which resident of Whoville was no more than 2?
Cindy Lou Who

34.Illegally hunt, or cook an egg.
Poach

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Right. Let’s switch #3 to Mozart’s Don Giovanni, then, and see how we do. Poor Leporello, left behind like that.

Hey, I wonder if Leporello was the impetus for those crappy Left Behind novels. It’d explain a lot.

Actually, it wouldn’t explain anything.

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  1. Becky dated Mark, and who was it that Darlene dated?

lno answered, but the show was Roseanne

  1. It’s not roots, exactly; more of a fleshly underground growth system that also starts with ‘R’.

Rutabega?

  1. One if by land, two if by sea.

Paul Revere’s lanterns.

  1. I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.

The woods are many, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep.
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

-Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”

  1. Best known employee of Spacely Sprockets?

George Jetson

  1. Roots of 2x^2 – 4x – 30 = 0 ?

5, -3

  1. From what platform does the train for Hogwart’s leave?

9 3/4

  1. Should I admit to my parents that I masticate?

Frankly, I’d be more embarassed telling my parents I don’t chew.

  1. At long last, Senator, have you no decency?

Senator Joseph McCarthy, evidently, did not.

  1. Illegally hunt, or cook an egg.

Poacher!

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  1. What’s the determinant of a 2x2 matrix with 6, 9 in the first row and 3,8 in the second row?

(I assume the numbers in each row are given in order…) 21.

  1. Hilda Mae was a VERY good friend of the governor.

I’m guessing “The Number of the Beast”.

  1. She always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Gone with the Wind?

  1. I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue.

Lloyd Bridges in “Airplane”.

  1. Navy SEALS – what’s the acronym mean?

Sea, Air, Land. (I Googled that one.)

  1. Clay creature given life in Jewish legend – or possibly a Tolkein character spelled differently.

A Golem.

  1. Heller’s Milo Mindbender is fictional, but who might be described as Uri Spoonbender?

Uri Geller.

  1. This word is a dentist’s tool or a repetitive exercise.

A drill.

  1. One if by land, two if by sea.

Reference to Paul Revere’s ride during the American Revolution.

  1. I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.

From a Robert Frost poem. “Whose woods these are, I think I know…”

  1. Best known employee of Spacely Sprockets?

Meet George Jetson…

  1. Roots of 2x^2 – 4x – 30 = 0 ?

5 and -3.

  1. From what platform does the train for Hogwart’s leave?

Nine and three quarters.

  1. Should I admit to my parents that I masticate?

That you chew? Sure, why not.

  1. Which resident of Whoville was no more than 2?

Cindy Lou Who, who was no more than two.

  1. Thanka-you very much, if you know the five-line Japanese poetic form in which the lines contain, in order, 5, 7, 5, 7 and 7 syllables.

A Haiku.

  1. At long last, Senator, have you no decency?

Said to Senator McCarthy during the infamous hearing, I can’t remember by whom…

  1. Illegally hunt, or cook an egg.

To poach.

Eighteen, by my count…

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My answers, without looking anything up or checking other posts.

  1. She always depended on the kindness of strangers.
    Blanche Dubois

  2. I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue.
    Lloyd Bridges - Airplane!

  3. Navy SEALS – what’s the acronym mean?
    Special Explosives: Air, Land, Sea (a guess)

  4. Clay creature given life in Jewish legend – or possibly a Tolkein character spelled differently.
    Golem

  5. Heller’s Milo Mindbender is fictional, but who might be described as Uri Spoonbender?
    Uri Gellar

  6. The Ionesco play that features people turning into large horned animals?
    Rhinoceros

  7. Mrs Kravitz often caught me doing magic, but by the time she got Abner to look, things were usually back to normal.
    Sam - Bewitched

  8. It’s not roots, exactly; more of a fleshly underground growth system that also starts with ‘R’.
    Runners (a guess)

  9. This word is a dentist’s tool or a repetitive exercise.
    Drill

  10. One if by land, two if by sea.
    Warning the British are attacking

  11. I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
    The Hunter (a guess)

  12. I walked along the avenue. I never thought I’d meet a girl like you, with auburn hair and tawny eyes.
    “I Ran” (don’t remember the whole song or artist)

  13. Best known employee of Spacely Sprockets?
    George Jetson

  14. Roots of 2x^2 – 4x – 30 = 0 ?
    (2x+6)(x-5)

  15. Should I admit to my parents that I masticate?
    Chewing

  16. Which resident of Whoville was no more than 2?
    Cindy Lou Who

  17. At long last, Senator, have you no decency?
    Joseph McCarthy

  18. Illegally hunt, or cook an egg.
    Poach

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Well, I don’t know if Bricker’s counting this one or not, because it is the definition you get from the first site that pops up on google, but this is not the most obvious legal meaning. In its most common use, “laches” means a delay which causes you to lose your right to contest something (“sleeping on your rights”), which is only weakly linked to the common meaning of negligence.

So, I’m not giving lno that ticket to practice just yet.

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Kwyjibo gave me the same advice in chat. I’m weighing swapping answers for #2, or if I should wait on finding out whether Don Giovanni is more suitable than Don Juan… or if I’ll just settle for 34 out of 35.

Also, it amuses me that a lawyer asked the question, and two other lawyers offer pro bono advice on correcting my answer. You didn’t even ask for one of the six beers. :wink:

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Standard contingency fee=33%.

.33 x 6=2

That’s 2 beers.

But, toss in a couple of spare ribs, and we’re square.