The Bricker Challenge, Series Q

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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  1. Classical cello.
  2. Five miles long, doo-dah, doo-dah.
  3. The question asked, or rather demanded, of Dan Rather.
  4. Guenter Parche, who stabbed Graf’s rival, Monica Seles.
  5. Tippecanoe and Tyler too
  6. 3*pi cubic units.
  7. Probably. A Transient Ischaemic Attack results in symptoms similar to stroke, but they are temporary (24 hours or less).
  8. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, the violin was heavy because it was made of gold.
  10. Common units are foot-pounds (or pound-feet) and Newton-meters. In general, it is a unit of force times a unit of distance.
  11. “…Liiightniing striiking agaaaaiin…” from “Lightning Strikes” by Lou Christie.
  12. Sign in London underground stations to be careful when stepping into trains from the platform.
  13. The wind, although jibing is performed travelling downwind.
  14. “The Catcher in the Rye”.
  15. Michael Collins, command module pilot of Apollo 11.
  16. A-1 steak sauce.
  17. Give a list of items matching the category. Do not use your hands.
  18. Pandora, who opened a box letting loose all the evils of the world, but closed it quickly with just one item left, hope.
  19. Wrong, that would be Sacagawea.
  20. Madame Tussaud’s house of wax near Piccadilly Circus.
  22. He’s talking about the Cisco Kid, played in a popular TV series (1950-1956) by Duncan Renaldo.
  23. One is momentum while the other is kinetic energy.
  24. 1.2 Ohms.
  25. “…Welcome to Fantasy Island.”
  26. Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.
  27. You landed on the “Go Directly to Jail” square. The policeman pictured on the square is pointing backwards, and you do not pass “Go” and you do not collect $200.
  28. Yes. “Res ipsa loquitur” is Latin for “the thing speaks for itself.” Furby’s speak.
  29. They merged under the leadership of George Meany.
  30. No. “Maple Leaf Rag” was composed by Scott Joplin. He predicted it would make him king of the ragtime composers, and he was right.
  31. “The Magician”, a TV series (1973-1974) starring Bill Bixby.
  32. We are watching “Turandot,” an opera by Puccini. The Princess is the title character. The riddles are: (1)” What is the name of the phantom which spreads its wings at night over the black infinity of humankind, which is invoked by all, but which disappears at dawn? What is this thing which is born every night and which dies every day?" Answer: Hope. (2) It flickers like flame, but is not flame. Sometimes it rages, sometimes it is languorous. When one is defeated, it grows cold, when one is victorious it is hot." Answer: Blood. (3) “Ice that sets you on fire, but which becomes icier from your fire. One who, setting you free, makes a slave of you. One who, taking you as a slave, makes you a King. What is this frost which gives off fire?” Answer: Turandot. Calaf gets them all correct.
  33. 4(C[sub]14[/sub] H[sub]15[/sub] N) + 73O[sub]2[/sub] = 56CO[sub]2[/sub] + 30H[sub]2[/sub]O + 4NO
  34. Christina Aguilera.
  35. George McGovern won the electoral votes of only one state in the 1972 presidential election, Massachusetts.
  36. From “Ringo” as sung(?) by Lorne Greene.
  37. Bill Murray, trying to suck up in “Stripes”.
  38. Financial & Trust Improprities.
  39. Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum.
  40. From the jingle sung on the Dr. Pepper commercials, often by David Naughton.
  42. He sold stock he did not yet possess, in anticipation that the price would go down. When it did, he used the proceeds of his short sale to purchase enough shares to cover, pocketing the profit.
    1. Suffering exists. 2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires. 3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desires ceases. 4. Freedom of suffering is possible by following the Eightfold Path.
  44. The Whiskey Rebellion.
  45. Duke is a character in “Doonesbury”, the comic strip drawn by Garry Trudeau. Some newspapers print the strip on the comics page, others with the editorials.
  46. “Little sister,” the narrator of the song.
  49. Morton Thiokol Inc.
  50. All are characters in Beatrix Potter stories.
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  1. Fantastic cello, whether classical or otherwise.
  2. Five miles
  3. Dan Rather didn’t know, and Michael Stipe never understood.
  4. My name is Gunther Parche, and I stabbed Monica Seles!
  5. Tippecanoe and Tyler, too
  6. 9.4248
  7. Probably. A Transient Ischaemic Attack results in symptoms similar to stroke, but they are temporary (24 hours or less). Though they are sometimes called “little strokes” in which case your wish is confusing.
  8. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”
  9. “The Dragon and the George,” by Gordon R. Dickson. Humans were Geoege because they all look alike inside of their tin cans. Companions were an english wolf, a welsh archer, a red-headed temptation, and, of course, a george.
  10. foot-pounds
  11. Lou Christie, “Lightning Strikes”
  12. Between the platform and the train in teh London Underground. Also a t-shirt that nobody in this country understands.
  13. The wind, though according to Bob Seger you can also run against it. I don’t think he sails much.
  14. “Catcher in the Rye.” And a fine place for him, too.
  15. Michael Collins, everyone’s favorite bus driver.
  16. A-1 Steak Sauce, which is a horrible thing to do to a hamburger.
  17. List items that fit the category. Do not say any words in the name of the category. Keep your hands in the little bondage accessories. Never bet on William Shatner, even if he plays both parts.
  18. Who was Pandora, Alex?
  19. As if. You don’t see her face on the Sacajawea dollars.
  20. Mme. Tussaud.
  21. Run by the Hackett Brothers out of Nantucket, reruns are on USA
  22. You’re trying to tell him you bought stock in network equipment maker Cisco Systems, and he’s kidding you about that avenger of the Old West, the Cisco Kid and his sidekick Pancho.
  23. Momentum; kinetic energy.
  24. 1.2 ohms
  25. “Welcome . . . to Fantasy Island!" [sub]want to buy some Corinthian leather?[/sub]
  26. Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.
  27. You got a “Chance” card ordering you to do so, or you are on your way to jail (legally, I might add).
  28. Unfortunately true – they do speak for themselves
  29. It was. The leader was a big Meany. George Meany, actually.
  30. It’s really more of a jaunty piano tune by Scott Joplin.
  31. Bill Bixby as “The Magician”, in between being Eddie’s father and someone you wouldn’t like when he was angry.
  32. We are watching “Turandot,” an opera by Puccini. The Princess is the title character. The riddles are: (1)” What is the name of the phantom which spreads its wings at night over the black infinity of humankind, which is invoked by all, but which disappears at dawn? What is this thing which is born every night and which dies every day?" Answer: Hope. (2) It flickers like flame, but is not flame. Sometimes it rages, sometimes it is languorous. When one is defeated, it grows cold, when one is victorious it is hot." Answer: Blood. (3) “Ice that sets you on fire, but which becomes icier from your fire. One who, setting you free, makes a slave of you. One who, taking you as a slave, makes you a King. What is this frost which gives off fire?” Answer: Turandot. Calaf gets them all correct.
  33. 4C[sub]14[/sub]H[sub]15[/sub]N + 73O[sub]2[/sub] —> 56CO[sub]2[/sub] + 30H[sub]2[/sub]O + 4NO
  34. What a girl wants is a Frickin’ grammy! Christina “nothing at all ike Britanny” Aguilera.
  35. He was also elected President of the District of Columbia. That and Massachusetts were all he got in the electoral college despite receiving more than 30 million popular votes nationwide.
  36. I like Jimmy Dean’s version better than Lorne Greene’s, anyway.
  37. At least before he got “blowed up” in “Stripes.”
  38. “Financial & Trust Improprities.” You know—fraud, swindling, etc. His case was a landmark one in getting cameras out of courtrooms.
  39. Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum.
  40. Hell no. I hate Dr Pepper and David Noughton. (except in An American Werewolf in London)
  41. He builds a castle in the air, loses his moral compass, and becomes god. But that’s just my interpretation. It’s Ibsen, ferchisake. If I could figure it out I’d be joshin with Holden in the sanitarium!
  42. He sold stock he did not yet possess, in anticipation that the price would go down. When it did, he used the proceeds of his short sale to purchase enough shares to cover, pocketing the profit.
    1. Suffering exists. 2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires. 3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desires ceases. 4. Freedom of suffering is possible by following the Eightfold Path.
  44. The Whiskey Rebellion. But scotch would have kicked bourbon’s ass, anyway.
  45. Because he’s a cartoon, though Doonesury is sometimes carried on teh editorial page.
  46. “Little sister,” the narrator of the song.
  49. Morton-Thiokol, which apparently is run by people who majored in Bad Publicity.
  50. They all were created by Beatrix Potter.
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Ok, well, Falcon and I are colaborating on this one. What can I say, it takes 2 people to keep up with the brillance that is Bricker. So here I am filling in on some of the ones she hasn’t answered yet.

  1. Cello music
    2- five miles ( do dah, do dah)
  2. Ask Dan Rather. (Or REM, for that matter.)
    4-Gunther Parche, patron saint of Jeff Gululee
  3. Tippecanoe and tyler too
  4. Pi r square? no pie r round!
    7- well, if your aunt has a Transient Ischemic Attack, it’s not a GOOD thing…
  5. It’s fun when the Devil Went Down to Georgia, isn’t it?
    9- The dragon and the george
    10- foot pounds
    11- 'lightning strikes"
  6. You’re in the London Underground, aren’t you?
    13- " The summer wind, keeps blowing in…" Wind
  7. Oh man, been a while since high school, but are you referring to Catcher in the Rye?
    15- Michael Collins- this is actually my oldest memeory. I was 2 and I remember Mom making me watch the moon landing.
  8. A-1 steak sauce.
    17- 30 seconds on the clock, you cant use the name of what you are describing in the description.
  9. Pandora
  10. Nope. It was Sacajawea.
  11. Madam Tussaud, near Piccadilly Circus
    21- well, if you wanna fly from Nantuckett, Joe and Brian Hackett will take you there.
    22- your grandfather obviously watches too may old TV shows, eh, Cisco? The Cisco Kid, 1950
    23-Momentum, kinetic energy.
    24 1/2+1/3+1/6= 1. One ohm
  12. WELCOME to Fantasy Island. :wink:
    26- Reagan and Chernenko
  13. Got a chance card saying “Go back 3 spaces.”
    28- I’d say you better beware with one of those things. " let the buyer beware"
    29- Well, not mean, but meany- George Meany
    30- Scott Joplin wouldn’t think so
    31 “the magician” Where the illusionist got big and green when he was angry…no, wait…
    32-ahh, hell, i’m just gonna c&p Phil’s answer- her got it right :32. We are watching “Turandot,” an opera by Puccini. The Princess is the title character. The riddles are: (1)” What is the name of the phantom which spreads its wings at night over the black infinity of humankind, which is invoked by all, but which disappears at dawn? What is this thing which is born every night and which dies every day?" Answer: Hope. (2) It flickers like flame, but is not flame. Sometimes it rages, sometimes it is languorous. When one is defeated, it grows cold, when one is victorious it is hot." Answer: Blood. (3) “Ice that sets you on fire, but which becomes icier from your fire. One who, setting you free, makes a slave of you. One who, taking you as a slave, makes you a King. What is this frost which gives off fire?” Answer: Turandot. Calaf gets them all correct.
  14. 4C(14)H(15)N + 73 O(2) — 56CO(2) + 30H(2)O + 4NO Trusting Wolverene- I’m not a chemist!
    34-Ms, Agularia, come on down! You15 minutes of fame are over, hopefully.
    35-sure- in 1972. the McGovern/Shriver ticket carred only Mass and DC
    36- If you wanna sing “Ringo”, go ahead. I’ll humm the theme from “Bonanza”
    37- “That’s the fact, Jack!” Stripes
    38-he was a swindler. But did he conspire to shoot JFK???
  15. Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum
  16. Nah, I’ll leave that to Dr. Pepper.
  17. he builds “castles in the air”
  18. Buy stock on borrowed money, then when it goes down, sell. You make the difference.
  19. Suffering exists, you suffer because of your wants and dedires, Suffering ends when wants and desires end, you can achieve this by following the enlightened path
  20. Whiskey Rebellion.
  21. Because he’s in Doonesbury!
  22. “little sister don’t miss when she aims her gun”
    47- you’re playing “The lost mind of dr. Brain”
    48- Published by Sierra online
  23. Morton-Thiokol.
  24. Beatrix Potter characters

50 outta 50! We win! ( I hope)

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  1. 3piunit[sup]3[/sup]
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47- you’re playing “The lost mind of dr. Brain”
48- Published by Sierra online

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ah, hell. Damn brain. 43 should read 'eightfold path"

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  1. It might be classical cello, but it also might be bluegrass, if you buy the new CD “Appalachian Journey.”
  2. Five miles long, so we gwine to run all night. And all day.
  3. Dan Rather didn’t know, and Michael Stipe never understood.
  4. My name is Gunther Parche, and I stabbed Monica Seles!
  5. William Henry Harrison ran under the slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!”
  6. 3*pi cubic units
  7. Probably. A Transient Ischaemic Attack results in symptoms similar to stroke, but they are temporary (24 hours or less).
  8. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” Fire on the mountain, run, boy, run!
  9. “The Dragon and the George,” by Gordon R. Dickson. First of a series of 8, I believe.
  10. foot-pounds
  11. Lou Christie, “Lightning Strikes”
  12. Indeed, or you’ll be hit by the train in the Underground.
  13. The wind, provided you’re sailing.
  14. “Catcher in the Rye.” Some of the people who read it end up there too.
  15. “Hey, Command Module Pilot is an important job!” said Michael Collins.
  16. The deee-licious A-1 Steak Sauce. I even use it on veggie burgers.
  17. 30 seconds to describe ten items in category X. Don’t use the word you’r trying to describe.
  18. Who was Pandora, Alex?
  19. As if. You don’t see her face on the Sacajawea dollars.
  20. Mme. Tussaud.
  21. Well, there’s Brian Hackett—he’s the funny, easygoing one. And there’s Joe Hackett—he’s the serious, businesslike one. And their employees, Fay and Lowell.
  22. You’re trying to tell him you bought stock in network equipment maker Cisco Systems, and he’s kidding you about that avenger of the Old West, the Cisco Kid and his sidekick Pancho.
  23. Momentum; kinetic energy.
  24. 1 ohm
  25. “Welcome . . . to Fantasy Island!”
  26. Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.
  27. You got a “Chance” card ordering you to do so.
  28. He sure is. Those damned things don’t stop talking til ya smash them.
  29. It was. The leader was a big Meany. George Meany, actually.
  30. It’s really more of a jaunty piano tune by Scott Joplin.
  31. . . . starring Bill Bixby as “The Magician”
  32. We are watching “Turandot,” an opera by Puccini. The Princess is the title character. The riddles are: (1)” What is the name of the phantom which spreads its wings at night over the black infinity of humankind, which is invoked by all, but which disappears at dawn? What is this thing which is born every night and which dies every day?" Answer: Hope. (2) It flickers like flame, but is not flame. Sometimes it rages, sometimes it is languorous. When one is defeated, it grows cold, when one is victorious it is hot." Answer: Blood. (3) “Ice that sets you on fire, but which becomes icier from your fire. One who, setting you free, makes a slave of you. One who, taking you as a slave, makes you a King. What is this frost which gives off fire?” Answer: Turandot. Calaf gets them all correct.
  33. 4(C14 H15 N) + 73O2 = 56CO2 + 30H2O + 4NO
  34. Christina Fricking Aguilera.
  35. He was also elected President of the District of Columbia. That and Massachusetts were all he got in the electoral college despite receiving more than 30 million popular votes nationwide.
  36. I like Jimmy Dean’s version better than Lorne Greene’s, anyway.
  37. At least before he got “blowed up” in “Stripes.”
  38. “Financial & Trust Improprities.” You know—fraud, swindling, etc. His case was a landmark one in getting cameras out of courtrooms.
  39. Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum.
  40. Do I look like David Naughton to you? Although Dr. Pepper is better than Pepsi.
  41. He builds “castles in the air.”
  42. He sold stock he did not yet possess, in anticipation that the price would go down. When it did, he used the proceeds of his short sale to purchase enough shares to cover, pocketing the profit.
  43. The Four Noble Truths: 1. Suffering exists. 2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires. 3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desires ceases. 4. Freedom of suffering is possible by following the Eightfold Path.
  44. The Whiskey Rebellion.
  45. He’s a character in “Doonesbury.”
  46. “Little sister,” the narrator of the song.
  47. You’re playing “The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain”
  48. Sierra Online
  49. Morton-Thiokol, which apparently is run by people who majored in Bad Publicity.
  50. They all were created by Beatrix Potter.
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1/R[sub]tot[/sub] = 1/R[sub]1[/sub]+ 1/R[sub]2[/sub]

24 1 Ohm

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I agree with pldennison, except that no one has addressed #9 properly. I’m not sure about why humans are called “georges”, but Jim’s companions were Carolinus the wizard, Aragh the wolf, Daniel of the woods, Jiles the Elven thief, and Sir Orin Neville Smithe, the knight.

Quick, somebody throw it in there, and I expect a beer out of it!!

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Dang I just found 47 and 48 too.

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Just for accuracy, because I got a bit flip.
6 3*pi cubic units

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  1. friends:
    Aragh
    Dafydd Ap Hywell
    Danielle
    and Sir Brian Neville-Smithe as the George.
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Also, the volume of the solid in qu. 6 is “pi units cubed”.

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I think it’s about time to steal and correct.

  1. Ask Dan Rather. (Or REM, for that matter.)
    4-Gunther Parche, patron saint of Jeff Gululee
  2. As I said before (also 3*pi)
    7- well, if your aunt has a Transient Ischemic Attack, it’s not a GOOD thing… but more temporary than a stroke
  3. It’s fun when the Devil Went Down to Georgia, isn’t it?
    9- The dragon and the george
    11- 'lightning strikes"
    15- Michael Collins- this is actually my oldest memeory. I was 2 and I remember Mom making me watch the moon landing.
    17- 30 seconds on the clock, you cant use the name of what you are describing in the description.
  4. Madam Tussaud, near Piccadilly Circus
  5. WELCOME to Fantasy Island.
    26- Reagan and Chernenko
  6. Got a chance card saying “Go back 3 spaces.” or the jail thing (assuming you’ve passed jail)
    29- Well, not mean, but meany- George Meany
    30- Scott Joplin wouldn’t think so
    31 “the magician” Where the illusionist got big and green when he was angry…no, wait…
    32-ahh, hell, i’m just gonna c&p Phil’s answer- her got it right :32. We are watching “Turandot,” an opera by Puccini. The Princess is the title character. The riddles are: (1)” What is the name of the phantom which spreads its wings at night over the black infinity of humankind, which is invoked by all, but which disappears at dawn? What is this thing which is born every night and which dies every day?" Answer: Hope. (2) It flickers like flame, but is not flame. Sometimes it rages, sometimes it is languorous. When one is defeated, it grows cold, when one is victorious it is hot." Answer: Blood. (3) “Ice that sets you on fire, but which becomes icier from your fire. One who, setting you free, makes a slave of you. One who, taking you as a slave, makes you a King. What is this frost which gives off fire?” Answer: Turandot. Calaf gets them all correct.
  7. 4C(14)H(15)N + 73 O(2) — 56CO(2) + 30H(2)O + 4NO Trusting Wolverene- I’m not a chemist!
    34-Ms, Agularia, come on down! You15 minutes of fame are over, hopefully.
    37- Drill Sergeant from Stripes according to Bill Murray’s character
  8. Nah, I’ll leave that to Dr. Pepper.
  9. he builds “castles in the air”
  10. Suffering exists, you suffer because of your wants and dedires, Suffering ends when wants and desires end, you can achieve this by following the enlightened path
  11. “little sister don’t miss when she aims her gun”
    47- you’re playing “The lost mind of dr. Brain”
    48- Published by Sierra online

Plus any previous answers I wrote.

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Well Bricker? c’mon. I expect you to do nothing but sit there and hit refresh! Sheesh! And I still see one wrong answer in Phil’s list…

and turnabout is fair play, I missed the full question!

  1. friends:
    Aragh
    Dafydd Ap Hywell
    Danielle
    and Sir Brian Neville-Smithe as the George.
    Humans were Geoege because they all look alike inside of their tin cans.
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Of course, I think Phil won already. Unless it Falcon and Wierddave are orrect about Cherenko rather than good old Gorby.

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V = pi(r[sup]2[/sup])(h) where:

r = radius (1)
h = height (1).

V = pi((1 unit)[sup]2[/sup])(1 unit)
V = pi(1 unit[sup]2[/sup])(1 unit)
V = pi(1 unit[sup]3[/sup])
V = pi unit[sup]3[/sup]

Correct, yes?

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So far as I can tell, no one has all fifty correct yet… I am working on totalling scores now.

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  1. Classical cello and a little bluegrass
  2. Five miles long, doo dar, doo dar
  3. Dan Rather didn’t know, and Michael Stipe never understood.
  4. Gunther Parche, and I stabbed Monica Seles!
  5. William Henry Harrison ran under the slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!”
  6. 3*pi units cubed
  7. Preferably. A Transient Ischemic Attack results in symptoms similar to stroke, but they are temporary (24 hours or less).
  8. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” Fire on the mountain, run, boy, run!
  9. “The Dragon and the George,” by Gordon R. Dickson.
  10. Newton-meters
  11. Lou Christie, “Lightning Strikes”
  12. or your foot’ll get caught between the stand and the train in the Underground
  13. The wind.
  14. “Catcher in the Rye.”
  15. Michael Collins. Amazingly, he claims he has no regrets.
  16. A-1 Steak Sauce. Does yer cookin’ proud!
  17. 30 seconds to describe ten items in category X. Don’t use the word you’re trying to describe.
  18. Pandora
  19. As if. You don’t see her face on the Sacajawea dollars.
  20. Mme. Tussaud.
  21. Well, there’s Brian Hackett—he’s the funny, easygoing one. And there’s Joe Hackett—he’s the serious, businesslike one. And their employees, Fay and Lowell.
  22. You’re trying to tell him you bought stock in network equipment maker Cisco Systems, and he’s kidding you about that avenger of the Old West, the Cisco Kid and his sidekick Pancho.
  23. Momentum; twice the kinetic energy.
  24. 1 ohm
  25. “Welcome . . . to Fantasy Island!”
  26. Reagan and Chernenko.
  27. You got a “Chance” card ordering you to do so.
  28. He sure is. Those damned things don’t stop talking til ya smash them.
  29. It was. The leader was a big Meany. George Meany, actually.
  30. It’s really more of a jaunty piano tune by Scott Joplin.
  31. . . . starring Bill Bixby as “The Magician”
  32. We are watching “Turandot,” an opera by Puccini. The Princess is the title character. The riddles are: (1)” What is the name of the phantom which spreads its wings at night over the black infinity of humankind, which is invoked by all, but which disappears at dawn? What is this thing which is born every night and which dies every day?" Answer: Hope. (2) It flickers like flame, but is not flame. Sometimes it rages, sometimes it is languorous. When one is defeated, it grows cold, when one is victorious it is hot." Answer: Blood. (3) “Ice that sets you on fire, but which becomes icier from your fire. One who, setting you free, makes a slave of you. One who, taking you as a slave, makes you a King. What is this frost which gives off fire?” Answer: Turandot. Calaf gets them all correct.
  33. 4(C14 H15 N) + 73O2 = 56CO2 + 30H2O + 4NO
  34. Christina Aguilera.
  35. He was also elected President of the District of Columbia. That and Massachusetts were all he got in the electoral college despite receiving more than 30 million popular votes nationwide.
  36. I like Jimmy Dean’s version better than Lorne Greene’s, anyway.
  37. At least before he got “blowed up” in “Stripes.”
  38. “Financial & Trust Improprieties.” You know—fraud, swindling, etc. His case was a landmark one in getting cameras out of courtrooms.
  39. Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum.
  40. Do I look like David Naughton to you? Although Dr. Pepper is better than Pepsi.
  41. He builds “castles in the air.”
  42. He sold stock he did not yet possess, in anticipation that the price would go down. When it did, he used the proceeds of his short sale to purchase enough shares to cover, pocketing the profit.
  43. The Four Noble Truths: 1. Suffering exists. 2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires. 3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desires ceases. 4. Freedom of suffering is possible by following the Eightfold Path.
  44. The Whiskey Rebellion.
  45. He’s a character in “Doonesbury.”
  46. “Little sister,” the narrator of the song.
  47. You’re playing “The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain”
  48. Sierra Online
  49. The Viton O-rings were manufactured by the Parker Seal Company and used in the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motors, prime contractor: Morton-Thiokol (now Thiokol Propulsion, a division of Cordant Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Alcoa Corporation).
  50. They all were created by Beatrix Potter.

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Damn, I’m too slow. I see I’m nowhere close to first. Oh well, here are my answers:

  1. A rap singer may be heard saying, “Yo yo yo!” But what sort of music might be associated with Yo Yo Ma?
    Cello

  2. How long is Foster’s Camptown racetrack?
    Five, I say, five miles long, doo-dah

  3. What’s the frequency, Kenneth?
    Overheard from Dan Rather’s attacker. Sung by R.E.M.

  4. Admittedly, I probably didn’t choose the best way, in April of 1993, to try to get Steffi Graf back to the number 1 ranking in tennis. Who am I?
    Hi, my name is Gunther Parche, and I stabbed Monica Seles.
    “Hi, Gunther!”

  5. With all this talk about father-and-son Presidencies, I’d like to point out that I was President, and so was my grandson. What was my campaign slogan?
    Tippecanoe and Tyler Too (W. H. Harrison)

  6. Picture a square, with vertices at (0,1), (0,2), (1,1), and (1,2). Now we rotate this square about the x-axis. What is the volume of the resulting solid?
    It’s a cylindrical segment (a ring) with volume 3pi

  7. In Spanish, Tia is what you’d call your aunt, but in medical circles, you might wish your aunt had a TIA instead of a stroke, right?
    Transient Ischemic Attack, a milder instance of Cerebrovascular thrombosis.

  8. Charlie Daniels told the story of the wager of a soul versus a pretty heavy violin.
    Devil (down in georgia): I’ll bet a fiddle of gold against your sould 'cause I think I’m better than you.
    Johnny: My name’s Johnny and it might be a sin, but I’ll take your bet & you’re gonna regret 'cause I’m the best there’s ever been.

  9. In an effort to save my wife, my mind ends up in the body of a dragon, and I’m just wondering why we called humans ‘Georges’ and what the names of my companions were?
    “The Dragon and the George” (dickson)

  10. Not counting Max, in what units might torque be measured?
    foot-pounds (I hate pound-feet!!)

  11. When I see lipstick to be kissed, I can’t stop - I can’t stop myself.
    When I see LIPS BEGGING to be kissed, I can’t stop, I can’t stop myself. Lightning Striking Again. (Lou Christie)

  12. Mind the gap.
    “Watch your step!”

  13. It’s almost counterintuitive, but tacking and jibing let you go against it.
    What is “the wind”?

  14. Holden ends up in a sanitorium, you know.
    Catcher in the Rye

  15. I was stuck up there going in circles while Buzz and Neil had all the fun.
    I am Michael Collins, and I stayed in the command module.

  16. According to these ads, hamburger is not chopped ham - it’s chopped steak.
    A-1 Steak Sauce

  17. What were the basic rules of the $25,000 pyramid?
    Sort of like password. You have to describe something without saying its name.

  18. She opened a box and got terrible troubles - and hope.
    Pandora. Just like a woman, eh? duck

  19. Pocahantas led Lewis and Clark west, right?
    Sacajawea, actually

  20. In the city most relevant to #12, what famous madam runs her house near a circus?
    Madame Tussaud

  21. Tell me a bit about the wings of Sandpiper Air.
    Crystal Bernard is a babe.

  22. I told my grandfather I bought Cisco stock, and he asked about Pancho stock. What the heck is the old man talking about?
    The Cisco Kid. he was a friend of mine. Sidekick named Pancho

  23. One is mv while the other is mv^2.
    momentum vs. kinetic energy

  24. What is the total resistance in a circuit containing a 2-ohm, 3-ohm, and 6-ohm resistor in parallel to each other?
    1/2 + 1/3 + 1/6 = 1 ohm

  25. Complete: “My dear guests - I am Mr. Roarke, your host…”
    “WELCOME, to Fantasy Island!!”

  26. What “world leaders” appeared in Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s ‘Two Tribes’ video?
    Chernenko & Reagan

  27. How did I legally move my piece backwards in Monopoly?
    Go back 3 spaces (chance) or going to jail

  28. My friend the lawyer looked at my Furby and said, “Res ipsa loquitur.” Was he right?
    I really really hate latin. I’m going to steal the answer that /seems/ right to me: It speaks for itself.

  29. Some people have alleged that when the AFL and CIO merged, the leadership was mean.
    Meany.

  30. A tattered Canadian flag is not the best way to describe Maple Leaf Rag, is it?
    Ask Scott Joplin. He is the authority in these matters.

  31. Anthony Blake, a wealthy and talented illusionist, wanders around helping people in need - motivated by his own misfortune in being falsely accused of espionage and imprisoned. What am I describing?
    “Don’t make me angry, mr. blake. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.” Oh, wait. that was the Hulk. This is “The Magician” from 1973.

  32. Calaf determines to marry the haughty Peking ice-princess, but he must first pass the challenge of answering three riddles of hers - and one wrong answer means instant death! What are we watching? (And for extra credit… what were the riddles?)
    Turandot. I don’t know the riddles.

  33. Dibenzylamine (C14 H15 N ) combusts to produce carbon dioxide (C O2), water (H2 O), and nitric oxide (NO). Balance the equation, and sorry about not having subscripts.
    4C[sub]14[/sub]H[sub]15[/sub]N + 73O[sub]2[/sub] ==> 56CO[sub]2[/sub] + 30H[sub]2[/sub]O + 4NO

  34. According to the 2000 Grammy Awards, who was the Best New Artist?
    Christina Aguilera

  35. George McGovern was elected President - of Massachusetts!
    I guess the answer is that’s one of 2 states he won.

  36. But a spark still burned, so I used my knife, and late that night I saved the life of Ringo.
    But on his grave they can’t explain/The tarnished star above the name of Ringo (by Pa Cartwright)

  37. Sergeant Hulka, according to Private Winger, is the platoon’s big toe.
    He’s also “too old for this shit!!”(Stripes)

  38. For what crime was Billy Sol Estes convicted in 1963?
    Real-Estate Swindling

  39. What “Clue” suspects were, respectively, associated with the military and with academia?
    Professor Plum, Colonel Mustard

  40. Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper, too?
    Why not? You are, he is, she is. But it’s too sweet.

  41. What happens to the Master Builder at the end of the Ibsen play?
    He becomes a Master Debator and goes blind? No, that’s not it.

  42. My friend just made a bunch of money “selling short.” What is he talking about?
    Pre-selling stock you haven’t bought yet.

  43. What are the four basic propositions of Buddhism?

  1. Life is a bitch. 2) Life is a bitch because you’re greedy. 3) Life doesn’t have to be a bitch if you’re not greedy. 4) Life will stop being a bitch if you follow my plan. Call now.

  1. It wasn’t scotch or bourbon fighting back, but rather the farmers in western Pennsylvania.
    Whiskey Rebellion

  2. Duke has been Ambassador to China, general manager of the Washington Redskins, and just lately a would-be presidential candidate trying to get the Reform Party nomination. But he’s usually in just one spot in the papers - why?
    He lives for the comics. Wait, I mean he lives IN the comics. He’s not real.

  3. Who is the murderer in the hit song “The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia?”
    Reba McEntire

  4. Rathbone is his laboratory rat, to whom he accidentally transferred too much of his brain in an experiment gone wrong; Elena is his niece, guiding us through solving the puzzle of restoring her uncle brain. What’s going on?
    We are playing “The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain”

  5. Who is the publisher of the answer to the question, in this Bricker Challenge, which carries as its number the greatest prime number in the Challenge?
    Sierra Online

  6. What company manufactured the “O-rings” now blamed for the Challenger explosion?
    Morton-Thiakol (actually, IMO it wasn’t the rings that caused the accident. Problem is that NASA administration insisted the launch be carried out in too-cold temperatures [they didn’t RTFM], against the unanimous recommendations of M-T’s engineers on launch day.)

  7. What do Jeremy Fisher, Jemima Puddle-Duck, and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle have in common?
    characters in books by beatrix potter.