Not a Quiksand Puzzle

[Marmel]

This is not my own puzzle, but credit goes to "Bricker from the SDMB" as he requested...



The rules, as always, are simple: I have posted a list of ... stuff. You, the contest participant, must identify each item and/or answer each question. For example, if one item were: "Is the quality of mercy strained?" you might answer, “No. It falleth as gentle rains from the heavens,” which would show you recognize the classic speech from Portia in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.

"What is NaCl?" Your answer might be, "The chemical symbols for sodium chloride, common table salt."

Any answer that shows you get the reference is fine. If it’s a joke, explain the joke. Leave no stone unturned. I’m phrasing questions ambiguously in an effort to cut down on the help that search engines can provide, although there's no getting around it ... many will be answerable by search engine anyway.

Questions will be in the next post.

[Marmel]

1. "Pass" and "Don’t Pass" might be traffic instructions, and "Come" and "Don’t Come" might be guidance from a porn director. But where would they all be applicable? Craps - ctmason

2. I was only seventeen when I wooed Rose, the beautiful older stage actress. My mistake was taking her to my uncle’s house; they met each other and she left me for him. I thought she was just a gold-digger, for Uncle George was quite wealthy, but he lost all his money and she married him anyway. It got really weird after I came back into their lives years later and their teenage daughter Jenny - my cousin - got a pretty serious crush on me. Aspects of Love - A.L. Webber - cuervo

3. What is the area bounded by y = 3x^2, x=5, and y=0 ? 125 - cuervo

4. NH3. In water. What happens? household amonia - brillig

5. Adam Selene, one of the leaders of the Lunar Revolution, was very unlike the others in the group. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - brillig

6. Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper, too? Dr. Pepper commercial - ctmason

7. Best-known vet in Darrowby? Herriot - cuervo

8. If you took est, you got it. Erhard - Ahnry

9. I own St. James, Tennessee, New York, Kentucky, and Indiana. You land on New York and then roll a 4. What’s the total rent I get? $50 - Celeval

10. She criticized my apartment, so I knocked her flat. Explain the joke. British vs. US speak - Maple

11. You can’t have cheese without a cow’s stomach, I always say! Cow's stomach is used to ferment cheese (non-kosher0 - albion

12. Remember Stonewall, 1969! Why? Gay Rights Landmark - Maple

13. As long as we’re talking about 1969, how about them Mets? Mets beat Baltimore - Maple

14. John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it. Cherokee relocation - digamma

15. Who shot J.R. ? Kristen - SplitP

16. Rodin never asked if the merchants of Calais wanted fries. Ha! Burghers of Calais - Quiksand

17. What’s a suicide king? King of Hearts, Sword through head - ctmason

18. What TV character’s name became attached to the short-shorts style she wore – when she wasn’t helping her cousins keep ahead of the law, that is? Daisy Duke - KSYrup

19. Help me keep my colonels straight: One kept getting fooled by Hogan, one made a name in fried chicken, and a short one lied to Congress, but apparently an admiral ordered it. Col. Klink, Col. Sanders, Col. O. North - SplitP

20. Name the five newest mysteries of the rosary.

21. Sacre bleu! I’ve forgotten the name of the dish that’s made by stuffing a breaded chicken breast with swiss cheese and ham!Cordon Blue - Maple

22. In brief, what the heck was the problem with cell thirteen? pipes and rats - VPI

23. In O. Henry’s The Coming-Out of Maggie, what’s the enthnicity of Terry O’Sullivan, her date to the dance?

24. “Don’t care how, I want it now.” But she was a bad egg. Veruka Salt from Willy Wonka - Split P

25. Qui Tam is not a character in The Mikado, but a legal principle meaning… what? And why would I even think that it might be a character in The Mikado?

26. Did Gallimard really not know that the … um… equipment was there? He did not know - cuervo

27. The game is TV’s Jeopardy. The category is Before And After. The answer is ORANGE JULIUS ROSENBERG. Design the question that got us there. Drink and espionage - digamma

28. Phil? Phil Connors? Groundhog Day - KSyrup

29. Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. Shakespeare Sonnet 73 - cuervo

30. What’s the quadratic formula, and what’s it good for? Solving quad. eqautions, etc... - albion

31. What’s the total resistance in an electrical circuit containing a 2-ohm resistor, a 3-ohm resistor, and a 6-ohm resistor all in parallel? 1 ohm - sterling

32. Which pretty Ziegfeld girl was like a melody?

33. Bix Beiderbecke’s horn? Cornet - cuervo

34. Who was the best actor on the Dukes of Hazzard? James Best - cuervo

35. Hari Seldon’s invention or field? psychohistory - brillig

36. What course of action should I take to ensure that the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes will have to flirt with real dollies? Paper doll - Quiksand

37. “Half-and-half” means very different things to a dairyman and a hooker. dairy product and sex - albion

38. I worked for Dukes, and was betrothed to Penelope – but all that changed after I was the target of a cruel wager, and an interloper stole my house, my job, and my life. Had it not been for Ophelia’s help, I might have killed myself. Trading Places - Ahnry

39. What two characters sing “Some Enchanted Evening” in the musical? Emile de Becque and Nellie Forbush - dacman

40. Who was the first person legally prohibited from being elected to a third term as US President? Eisenhower - Anrhy

41. A block weighs four pounds plus half a block. How much does a block weigh in pounds? 8 pounds - albion

42. Hiawatha’s grandmother, according to Longfellow?

43. In what state is Paul Anka’s guarantee about giant monsters void? TN - sterling

44. He really was supposed to be an apprentice to a pilot. But Ruth was hard of hearing.

45. Into how many distinct shapes can four cubes be joined, assuming that each cube may be attached to another only full-face to full-face? 8 - cuervo

46. Ralph and Richie’s friend Potsie – what was his actual first and last name? Warren Webber - ceurvo

47. What honorable Bond actress’ character name might suggest she owned many cats? Honor Blackman (not looking for Pussy Galore here, it asks for the Actress' name) - cuervo

48. What Monty Python character is proud of the fact that he sleeps all night and works all day?The Lumberjack - SplitP

49. What classic ballet positions are just grand, and what do they look like?

50. One man in a thousand, Soloman says, will stick more close than a brother. Kipling - brillig

[Marmel]

Please note that as of right now I do not have all the answers, but eventually I will.....

[Ksyrup]

18 is Daisy Duke.

28 is the insurance guy from Groundhog's Day who remembers Bill Murray in the same spot every day.

[Bee]

2/3rds

[ctmason]

1. All plays on a Craps table.

6. Ad slogan for Dr. Pepper

17. The sucide king is the King of Hearts, because it looks like he's stabbing himself in the head. Some Jackass in Hollywood decided all seedy poker players talk about this, and so the expression has become more popular in the past two or three years. In reality I've never heard anyone mention it in years at poker tables.

[Craptacular]

Isn't #1 craps?

edit: Doh!

[digamma]

28 is from Groundhog Day

[albionmoonlight]

41.) 8 pounds

[Craptacular]

I know a bunch more, but #48 is the best.

I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK, I sleep all night and I work all day!

I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to press wild flowers.
I put on women's clothing, and hang around in bars!

[albionmoonlight]

30.) the opposite of B plus of minus the square root of B squared minus fourAC all over two A. It is good for solving equations of the type Ax^2 +Bx +C = 0 for x.

[Anrhydeddu]

Now you have done it. I must add to #28 since it is one of my favorite movie scenes

Ned: Phil? Phil Connors? Phil Connors, I thought that was you! Now don't you tell me you don't remember me 'cause I sure as heckfire remember you!
Phil: Not a chance.
Ned: Ned! ...Ryerson! "Needlenose Ned"? "Ned the Head"? C'mon, buddy! Case Western High! I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson, got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn't graduate? Bing, again! Ned Ryerson, I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple of times until you told me not to anymore? Well?
Phil: Ned Ryerson?
Ned: BING!
Phil: Bing.

[Maple Leafs]

10. "Knocked her flat" would be brittish slang for "criticized her apartment"

12. Gay rights landmark

13. Miracle Mets

21. Cordon bleue

37. Yes indeed it does. Both would involve some cream, though.

47. Pussy Galore

[albionmoonlight]

37.) half and half is a dairy product made of half milk and half cream. It is also slang for oral sex followed by intercourse.

[Anrhydeddu]

38 is from another one of my favorite comedies, Trading Places, where Winthorp, a rich snobby broker got traded with Valentine, a street hustler because of a hereditary/environment bet by the Dukes.

[SplitPersonality1]

1. A Craps Table

6. Yes (Dr. Pepper commercial)

9. $18

10. to knock something is to criticize it. A flat is another name for an apartment.

13. The Amazin' Mets won the World Series that year

15. Kristin. - (loved that show)

19. Colonel Klink. Colonel Sanders. Colonel Ollie North.

21. Chicken Cordon Bleu

24. Yes she was. Veruka Salt

30. (minus "B" plus/minue the square root of (b-squared minus 4ac) all over 2a. Good for solving quadratic functions (ax^2+bx+c=0)

46. Anson Williams

47. Pussy Galore

48. The Lumberjack

These are off the top of my head. I might have the answer to a few more, but I am not 100% positive on them. Good stuff Marmel.

[albionmoonlight]

11.) A cow's stomach lining is often used to begin the fermentation process for cheese.

[digamma]

I think 14 is a reference to Marbury v. Madison.

[Anrhydeddu]

15. Kristin, the younger sister of Sue Ellen, JR's wife.

[Ben E Lou]

38 is Dan Akroyd's character, Lewis Winthorp, from "Trading Places". The interloper is Eddie Murphy's character, Reggie Valentine. Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy play Randolph and Mortimer Duke. Penelope is played by Jamie Lee Curtis.

[QuikSand]

I know a number of them, but here's just one to be sporting:

16. The work is called the "Burghers of Calais" - get the pun?

[QuikSand]

Maybe the preferred answer to the '69 Mets question is "You Gotta Believe!"

[Anrhydeddu]

8. est = Ernhardt (sp?) Seminar Training, a bogus new age type seminar (re: find your inner child) popular in the 1970s.

[Anrhydeddu]

9. Assuming no houses, $18 + $20 ?

[korme]

I only know one, and Steve already got to it, and then some.

[SplitPersonality1]

Originally posted by QuikSand
Maybe the preferred answer to the '69 Mets question is "You Gotta Believe!"

Good point. I think Quik is right on this one.

[sterlingice]

43.

Paul Anka:
To stop those monsters 1-2-3,
Here's a fresh new way that's trouble-free,
It's got Paul Anka's guarantee...
Lisa:
Guarantee void in Tennessee.
Both:
Just don't look! Just don't look!
Just don't look! Just don't look!
Just don't look! Just don't look!

(I wanted to make sure I quoted it exactly so this is from snpp.com)

SI

[sterlingice]

31. Resistors in parallel add reciprocally:

1/2 +1/3 +1/6 = 1/R.eq

R.eq = 1 Ohm


6. Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper, too?
If you really want to be esoteric, in "The Return of Optimus Prime, part 1" in the original Transformers, Wreck Gar says this right before infecting Rodimus Prime with the hate virus. The Junkions always talked in TV slogans and buzz words, this time the Dr Pepper commercial was being referenced.

47.
Would Octopussy's 8 implied tabbys be enough?

SI

[Anrhydeddu]

40. Eisenhower?

[John Galt]

What is QS doing here? Didn't he read the subject? :)

[QuikSand]

Originally posted by John Galt
What is QS doing here? Didn't he read the subject?

Sorry, I should have used one of my other screen names.

[QuikSand]

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
40. Eisenhower?

I would have guessed Truman, but am uncertain about the timing.

[Anrhydeddu]

I thought about that except that Truman was only elected to the Presidency once.

[digamma]

But I think he served more than 2 years in his first term. Which means he still couldn't have been elected to a third term (regardless of whether or not he was elected to either of the first two). At least, that is how I read the question, but I see your point.

[Ksyrup]

Originally posted by digamma
But I think he served more than 2 years in his first term. Which means he still couldn't have been elected to a third term (regardless of whether or not he was elected to either of the first two). At least, that is how I read the question, but I see your point.

I think the answer is Eisenhower, because the 22nd Amendment was ratified in 1951 and contains this provision:

"But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term."

So, it appears that this amendment did not apply to Truman, as he was President when it was proposed by Congress (unless it was proposed prior to Roosevelt's death).

[KWhit]

2. The musical Gypsy.

[Celeval]

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
9. Assuming no houses, $18 + $20 ?

Assuming no houses, and the first roll - $32 + $18 (NY = 16 * 2 for Monopoly with no houses; $18 for Indiana) = $50

But, since it's obvious you rolled doubles the first time - otherwise no second roll - there's also a dependency on doubles. If that second '4' is a double-2, and the third doubles, you'd just pay $32 and head straight to Jail.

Kevin

Edited for $50 rather than $60. Silly math. :rolleyes:

[Anrhydeddu]

$50 (32+18) is an excellent answer. There is no information (or assumption) that the "4" roll is a third doubles, but it cannot be discounted. Good call.

[MIJB#19]

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
Now you have done it. I must add to #28 since it is one of my favorite movie scenes

quote
Ned: Phil? Phil Connors? Phil Connors, I thought that was you! Now don't you tell me you don't remember me 'cause I sure as heckfire remember you!
Phil: Not a chance.
Ned: Ned! ...Ryerson! "Needlenose Ned"? "Ned the Head"? C'mon, buddy! Case Western High! I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson, got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn't graduate? Bing, again! Ned Ryerson, I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple of times until you told me not to anymore? Well?
Phil: Ned Ryerson?
Ned: BING!
Phil: Bing.
So, where are the other lines?

Ned: Phil?
Phil: ...
Phil punches Ned in the face

Phil: Ned? Ned Ryerson?

[Anrhydeddu]

Ned: Do you have life insurance, Phil? Because if you do, you could always use a little more, I mean, who couldn't? But let me tell something--I got's a feeling
[whistles]
Ned: you ain't got any. Am I right or am I right or am I right?

[cuervo72]

41. A block weighs four pounds plus half a block. How much does a block weigh in pounds?

Eight pounds.

45. Into how many distinct shapes can four cubes be joined, assuming that each cube may be attached to another only full-face to full-face?

9?

46. Ralph and Richie’s friend Potsie – what was his actual first and last name?
Warren Webber

47. What honorable Bond actress’ character name might suggest she owned many cats?
I second Pussy Galore, as played by Honor Blackmon.

[cuervo72]

34. Who was the best actor on the Dukes of Hazzard?
I would assume James Best, aka Rosco P. Coltrane.

7. Best-known vet in Darrowby?
James Herriot.

26. Did Gallimard really not know that the … um… equipment was there?
M. Butterfly

[Marmel]

I updated the questions with the answers, and mentioned the first person who was fully correct on the answer.

A couple of notes...I do not have definitive answers from my source on these yet:

7, 8, 26, 45
On #9, your answer does not match what i believe to be correct, but I will check into that one a bit more
On #13, it is obviously the Mets over the O's, etc... but I am not sure what the author is really trying to get us to answer here. I will check back in with more detail there.

Also, we were looking for Honor Blackman, and not Pussy Galore or Octopussy.

We were looking for Warren Webber and not Anson Williams.

[cuervo72]

Elaboration on #7 - All Creatures Great and Small?

3. 125?

[Brillig]

3. What is the area bounded by y = 3x^2, x=5, and y=0 ?

125

4. NH3. In water. What happens?

you get a solution of ammonium hydroxide, a common base of household cleaning solutions

5. Adam Selene, one of the leaders of the Lunar Revolution, was very unlike the others in the group.

since he was an AI - Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

35. Hari Seldon’s invention or field?

psychohistory - Asimov's Foundation, etc..

45. Into how many distinct shapes can four cubes be joined, assuming that each cube may be attached to another only full-face to full-face?

seven

50. One man in a thousand, Soloman says, will stick more close than a brother.

nine-hundred and ninety-nine depend on what the world sees in you - Kipling's Thousandth Man

[digamma]

I was wrong about 14. It is a reference to a quote by Andrew Jackson in response to John Marshall's decision declaring Jackson's Indian removal policy to be unconstitutional.

25. A qui tam suit is when you sue someone on behalf of yourself and the state, usually to enforce a statute. I do not know the Mikado reference.

27. I don't watch Jeopardy enough to know how questions in the before and after category are typically phrased, but an Orange Julius is an orange juice drink, with a frothy cream added to, that tastes a bit like a creamsicle. Julius Rosenberg was of course convicted of espionage in the 40s and executed in the 50s.

[SplitPersonality1]

Originally posted by Brillig
35. Hari Seldon’s invention or field?

psychohistory - Asimov's Foundation, etc..


Ah. That's why the name sounded so familiar.

[Craptacular]

My answer for #48 wasn't good enough??

[QuikSand]

Originally posted by digamma
27. I don't watch Jeopardy enough to know how questions in the before and after category are typically phrased, but an Orange Julius is an orange juice drink, with a frothy cream added to, that tastes a bit like a creamsicle. Julius Rosenberg was of course convicted of espionage in the 40s and executed in the 50s.

The clue would probably be something along the lines of:

"Frothy sopping mall citrus drink convicted with wife in highly-publicized treason trial."

There's obviously no specific precision involved... to be exactly right or wrong.

[QuikSand]

36. What course of action should I take to ensure that the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes will have to flirt with real dollies?

This if from an old Mills Brothers song Paper Doll, and I think the answer is something like "Buy a Paper Doll."

[Marmel]

Updated.


Questions left unanswered:

7
8
14
20
22
23
25
26
29
32
33
39
42
44
45
49

[dacman]

39. What two characters sing “Some Enchanted Evening” in the musical?

Emile de Becque and Nellie Forbush

The musical in question is South Pacific

[dacman]

42. Hiawatha’s grandmother, according to Longfellow?

Total guess: Pocahantes?

[digamma]

Do you want the case name for #14?

[Marmel]

Pocahantes is incorrect.

For #14 I am basically looking for what the concept was.

[VPI97]

I remember reading this story, but I don't know if my explanation of "problem" is what the question is asking...

22 - The problem with Cell 13 is that the "Thinking Machine" escaped by disguising himself as a handyman.


Edit - Then again, that wasn't really a problem...that was the solution (I think?) to a bet between Thinking Machine and the warden...Maybe the "problem" was "How do you escape from a prison cell"?

[TredWel]

45 - 7. It's the different number of tetrads in Tetris.

[cuervo72]

Originally posted by TredWel
45 - 7. It's the different number of tetrads in Tetris.

What about 3 dimensional objects though? say you have:

x
xx

You could add one either behind or in front of any of the x's, creating a 3D object, which Tetris doesn't have. I tried to imagine all of these (without the benefit of blocks), but it started to make my brain hurt.

[Marmel]

cuervo is on the right track, and it is not nearly as hard as you think...

[Marmel]

VPI, you are on the right track there. Maybe if I mentioned 'pipes' it might help you.

[dacman]

14) Native American relocation?

edit: a more PC answer

[digamma]

Originally posted by Marmel

For #14 I am basically looking for what the concept was.

You don't think this gets it:

I was wrong about 14. It is a reference to a quote by Andrew Jackson in response to John Marshall's decision declaring Jackson's Indian removal policy to be unconstitutional.

Jackson then went on to remove the Indians from Georgia on the Trail of Tears.

[cuervo72]

I had arrived at a line, a square, an "L", a "T", and a sort of flat "s", which is just a square with one of the sides slid up/down. That is 5 more or less 2D objects. From the image above you could a) add one out from the corner, making more or less a 3D corner. You could add one coming at you from the top x, which would be like adding one in back of the bottom right x? Then also add one in front of bottom right x/inback of top x? So is it 8, or am I still missing some?

[Marmel]

Digamma, you are correct on that one. I must have glossed over it earlier.

cuervo, you are also correct with an answer of 8.

Nicely done!

[cuervo72]

Was 26 related in some way to M. Butterfly, and 7 in some way to All Creatures Great and Small, or was I on the wrong track completely?

Is 8 some combination of the letters "estit"? "eTits" maybe? :)

[Marmel]

cuervo, I went back and looked at your answer and it is correct. Herriot was a pen name though, no? Anyway, after a quick bit of research, I credited you with that answer.

26 is absolutly related to M. Butterfly, but re-read the question. It asks about a detail of M. Butterfly, not just for the name.

[Marmel]

Also, my apologies to Anrhy, who did get #8 (est). Another I glossed over. sorry.

[VPI97]

Originally posted by Marmel
VPI, you are on the right track there. Maybe if I mentioned 'pipes' it might help you. Yeah, I just needed a push towards what the question was really looking for.

22 - The problem with cell 13 is that there was an unused drainage pipe connected to it...and that allowed for a prisoner to receive certain 'supplies' from the outside.

That and cell 13 had a rat problem.

[Marmel]

Excellent VPI!

[cuervo72]

26: He didn't really know, though was convinced at the end (with help) that he had known?

[Marmel]

cuervo, yes, he didn't really know. It was left ambiguous. Well done.

I guess I can throw out a few hints on the unanswered ones....stay tuned.

[Marmel]

Some hints:

2) Andrew Lloyd Webber

20) Starts with birth, ends with death. This is pretty hard to give a hint to.

23) "I knew he was a guinea"

25) fraud and made up names. On second though, this one is pretty darn hard to make the connection...

29) Shakespeare and 73

32) symbol of peace

33) heh. No way to give a clue here.

42) Hiawatha's mother was Wenonah, father was Mudjekeewis. So grandmother was _________ (Daughter of the Moon).

44) Will find a hint, this is not familiar at all to me

49) what is a grand plie and a grand jette?

[cuervo72]

2 is 'Aspects of Love' (sorry, had to look it up, did so before the clue).

[cuervo72]

33 - Cornet
29 - Shakespeare Sonnet #73

[Marmel]

cuervo, correct on all accounts. I guess I really gave away #29. :)

[cuervo72]

Yes, you did. Is 32 'Olive' (olive branch)? Just a flat out guess there...

[Marmel]

no, the clue refers to the last name of the person we are looking for.

[cuervo72]

Billie Dove.

[Marmel]

Unanswered Questions revealed:

20.
Jesus' Baptism
The Wedding at Cana, Jesus' First Miracle
Jesus' Proclamation at the Kingdom of God
The Transfiguration
The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper

23.
He was Italian

25.
Qui Tam is a provision that encourages people aware of fraud against the government to come forward. The Mikado is an opera featuring names that are two word combinations like: Ko-Ko, Nanki-Poo, Peep-Bo, etc... Qui Tam sounds similar to these names.

I can provide a bit more detail if interested.


32.
cuervo was correct with Billie Dove

33.
cuervo was correct with Cornet

41. Hiawatha's grandmother was Daughter of the Moon Nokomis

44.
He was apprenticed until his 18th birthday. Too bad he wasn't apprenticed until he was 18 years old. Not sure on this reference.

49.
a grand plie is when you flex your knees all the way as opposed to a demi plie where you flex your knees a little. A grand jette is a big jump.