# The Bricker Challenge 2003 - Edition #2

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 6, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159 "2003-06-06T19:46:09Z")
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### Author: ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/1 "2003-06-06T19:46:09Z")

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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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### Author: ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/2 "2003-06-06T20:10:34Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Bricker \*  
> **10. I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue.**  
> The air traffic controller from _Airplane_.  
> **13. Clay creature given life in Jewish legend – or possibly a Tolkein character spelled differently.**  
> A golem.  
> **14. Heller’s Milo Mindbender is fictional, but who might be described as Uri Spoonbender?**  
> Uri Geller, (alleged) telekinetic.  
> **21. One if by land, two if by sea.**  
> The British are coming!  
> **22. You can always get a table at a nice restaurant if you’re Abe Froman, the sausage king.**  
> Ferris Bueller, false Sausage King of Chicago.  
> **26. Best known employee of Spacely Sprockets?**  
> George Jetson.  
> **29. Should I admit to my parents that I masticate?**  
> Go ahead - enabling proper digestion is nothing to be ashamed of.  
> **30. Which resident of Whoville was no more than 2?**  
> Cindy-Lou-Who.  
> **34. Illegally hunt, or cook an egg.**  
> To poach, of course.
> 
> What do I win?

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### Author: ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/3 "2003-06-06T20:11:56Z")

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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. 😃

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### Author: ![Nate\_the\_Great](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ea924/32.png) [@Nate\_the\_Great](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nate_the_Great)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/4 "2003-06-06T20:13:47Z")

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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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### Author: ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/5 "2003-06-06T20:26:53Z")

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JerH: 9

Masonite: 11

Nate the Great: 8

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### Author: ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/6 "2003-06-06T20:28:39Z")

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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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### Author: ![Nate\_the\_Great](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ea924/32.png) [@Nate\_the\_Great](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nate_the_Great)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/7 "2003-06-06T20:29:12Z")

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Once again, last place. ☹

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### Author: ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/8 "2003-06-06T20:34:35Z")

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lno: 34

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### Author: ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/9 "2003-06-06T20:36:15Z")

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

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> \*Originally posted by Bricker \*  
> **1. Becky dated Mark, and who was it that Darlene dated?**

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

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> 1. I’m just about to take the bar exam – what’s laches again?\*\*

Negligence.\*\*

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> 1. Who knew that the darn statue of her father would come alive to drag me into Hell?\*\*

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\*\*

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> 1. Arturo Sandoval plays the trumpet, but what goes in the mouth if we’re talking Arturo Fuente?\*\*

Fuego! Light up them cigars!\*\*

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> 1. She always depended on the kindness of strangers.\*\*

Blanche, from “A Streetcar Named Desire”\*\*

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> 1. I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue.\*\*

From the movie “Airplane”\*\*

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

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.\*\*

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

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.\*\*

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

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

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> 1. Cicero stopped me from overthrowing the Roman Republic, and I never even got a fair trial.\*\*

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.\*\*

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> 1. Mrs Kravitz often caught me doing magic, but by the time she got Abner to look, things were usually back to normal.\*\*

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

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

Drill\*\*

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> 1. One if by land, two if by sea.\*\*

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

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

“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…”\*\*

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> 1. Jazzman whose album “Sax on the Beach” is a collector’s item.\*\*

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

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> 1. Best known employee of Spacely Sprockets?\*\*

Meet George Jetson!\*\*

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> 1. Roots of 2x^2 – 4x – 30 = 0 ?\*\*

Quick mental math says 5 and -6\*\*

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

9 3/4\*\*

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> 1. Should I admit to my parents that I masticate?\*\*

Why not? Everyone masticates.\*\*

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

Cindy Lou Who\*\*

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> 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.\*\*

Haiku\*\*

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

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.\*\*

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> 1. Illegally hunt, or cook an egg.\*\*

Poach\*\*

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> 1. What does a bowl of Biskies make? \*\*

Bis-quick 😃

Enjoy,  
Steven

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### Author: ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/10 "2003-06-06T20:36:29Z")

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

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### Author: ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/11 "2003-06-06T20:40:10Z")

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mtgman: 18

lno: nope. Just the number correct.

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### Author: ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/12 "2003-06-06T20:43:47Z")

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

Enjoy,  
Steven

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### Author: ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/13 "2003-06-06T20:48:45Z")

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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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### Author: ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/14 "2003-06-06T20:49:11Z")

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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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### Author: ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/15 "2003-06-06T21:59:53Z")

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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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### Author: ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/16 "2003-06-06T22:47:22Z")

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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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#### Post date: [June 7, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/17 "2003-06-07T00:43:10Z")

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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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#### Post date: [June 7, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/18 "2003-06-07T02:11:29Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by lno \*  
> **2. I’m just about to take the bar exam - what’s laches again?  
> In one word - negligence.**

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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### Author: ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/19 "2003-06-07T02:27:12Z")

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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. 😉

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### Author: ![Humble\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bricker-challenge-2003-edition-2/180159/20 "2003-06-07T02:40:24Z")

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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.

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