To the rules espoused in the Bricker Challenge #1 thread, I will add this word of caution: the only way to win is to post the most correct answers. I may provide what I think are correct interim scores, but they’re based on what I think the correct answers are. Someone may argue, successfully, that his alternate answer should be given credit. I may miss a perfectly legitimate answer on your part. So take the interim scores with a small helping of Morton’s.
The deadline for BC#5 is Sunday, 11PM EST.
And now… on with the show:
- “You idiot! You had an eleven; why didn’t you double down?”
- Who wrote about the winds of war?
- There was an owl, and the barber kept on shaving.
- I like Macanudos better than Montecristos, and the Arturo Fuentes aren’t so bad, either. What am I describing?
- What happens in football if a fumble goes out of bounds? Be complete.
- How many different straight flush hands are there?
- Who knew that writing institutes of the Christian religion would cause you to be known as helping to institute a Christian religion? John did.
- I can’t decide between annuals and perennials. Help me.
- Inspector Lestrade wasn’t quite as smart as this guy.
- Under what circumstances in chess does the capturing piece not end up on the captured piece’s square?
- Seven is a lucky number at the craps tables, but David, Rennie, Tom, Abbie, John, Lee, and Jerry might not agree.
- Hello, I am Edmond. I was all set to get married and become the captain of my own commercial vessel, when my enemies conspired, framed me and had me sent away to prison. After fourteen years I escaped, and managed to get revenge on everyone who wronged me. What’s my last name, and who told my story to the world?
- Hello, I am Edmund. I like faeries and royalty – not that there’s anything wrong with that.
- Hello, I am Edmond. Along with Peter, Susan, and Lucy, I discovered an oddity in one of the pieces of furniture in the house.
- Hello, I am Edvard. Ironically, I secretly can’t stand any kind of shouting at all.
- My grandmother was Nana, but how many luftballons were there, according to Nena?
- I’m not a gud speler but I have some boxight oar. What kind of mettle is in my future?
- “And homeless near a thousand homes I stood, and near a thousand tables pined and wanted food.”
- Poor Jud is dead – except that he’s not, at that point, is he?
- I’ve got an oblong solid with sides of 3(pi), 4, and 5. I carve out of it a cylinder of radius 2 and height 3. What’s the volume of the former oblong?
- First Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
- Who murdered Roger Ackroyd?
- If Janet Reno were Bill Clinton’s sister, it would be an eerie parallel to what other administration?
- His characters include Lazarus Long, Zeb Carter, Jubal Harshaw, and Maureen Johnson Smith.
- La Cage Aux Follies is one thing, but can you tell me about Fulton’s Folly and Seward’s Folly?
- The stage has Tonys, the screen Oscars. What do television shows have? How about commercials?
- I can clarify my point if you don’t quite grasp it, but can I do it with butter?
- What do Sirica and Gesell have in common?
- The heavyset sergeant for Stalag 13, the former secretary of state, and the guy who worked for peanuts all share something. What?
- Dr. Brackett often used the radio to tell John and Roy what to do – because, after all, they weren’t doctors.
- This man has just turned twenty-one, and tries to quit his job. Turns out he can’t, because he’s really only five (and a little bit). Fortunately, he might end up with a career military man for a father-in-law, and a LOT of sisters-in-law. What are we talking about?
- Guiteau Pleads Guilty To Shooting, Says Victim Deserved It. This is a mythical headline, but what would be the year and who would be the victim?
- You can’t deal me the aces, and think I wouldn’t play. Don’t let this be the reason you would walk away.
- Maybe I’m not particularly tranquil if I get to third base on a date, but where would I find tranquility base?
- What is the appropriate medical diagnosis for an elderly female patient who has ingested a common household musca domestica, if we don’t know why she did it?
- If you’re not sure, remember “red right returning.” How will that help?
- What did Elijah Poole have a hand in starting?
- His family plot was awful, but you’d never get vertigo travelling north by northwest; that’s for the birds at the end of their rope.
- Doing crank calls is better than doing crank. Why?
- Is it true that whatever Lola wants, Lola gets?
- What resident of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence?
- Witches cackle, but do they use CaCl?
- Folsom, Joliet, Leavenworth, Attica. Add one.
- In match play, what happens if I’m putting on the green and my ball hits another ball on the green?
- Bugs Bunny:Mel Blanc::Bart Simpson:?
- Who makes Lynsander fall in love with Helena? And how does he manage to do it?
- “Just because my father committed treason, you can’t punish me! And by the way, you troops are just going to have to sleep on the patio!” These are perfectly constitutional things to say, aren’t they? 48. What’s the difference between sleet and freezing rain?
- Valentine’s Day is a time for happy hearts, but what singer told us that everybody has a hungry heart?
- The painter that did this picture did not enjoy commercial success during his lifetime, but is now renowned for his use of natural light in pictures.
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Good luck!