Construction
This pricing arrangement caps the total cost a contractor can charge the owner, with any savings often shared between them.
What is a GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price)?
This term describes a score of one stroke under par on a hole.
What is a birdie?
I have keys but no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go inside.
What is a keyboard?
This nickname, preferred over 'Jeffrey Lebowski,' belongs to Jeff Bridges' character.
What is 'The Dude'?
What is my favorite color?
Blue
This process, common in multifamily preconstruction, involves reviewing design plans to find cost savings without sacrificing quality.
What is value engineering?
First played in 1860 at Prestwick, this is the oldest of golf's four major championships.
What is The Open Championship (British Open)?
The more of these you take, the more you leave behind.
What are footsteps?
This creamy cocktail made with vodka, Kahlua, and cream is the Dude's drink of choice.
What is a White Russian?
What state am I from?
Connecticut
In this project delivery method, the owner holds a single contract with one entity responsible for both design and construction.
What is design-build?
Introduced in the 2019 rules modernization, this change allows players to putt without removing this object from the hole.
What is the flagstick (pin)?
This speaks without a mouth and hears without ears; it has no body but comes alive with the wind.
What is an echo?
This game, played at an alley with the Dude's league team, is central to the film's plot.
What is bowling?
Where did I go for my undergrad?
Purdue
This popular multifamily construction type stacks several stories of wood-framed apartment units on top of a concrete parking structure.
What is podium construction (wood-over-podium)?
This golfer holds the record for most men's major championship victories, with a total of 18.
Who is Jack Nicklaus?
This item must be broken before you can use it.
What is an egg?
This trio of German villains threatens the Dude and demands a ransom.
Who are the Nihilists?
What disease did Sassy recently get treated for?
Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)
This legal claim lets an unpaid contractor or supplier place a hold against a property until they get paid.
What is a lien?
This extremely rare score, three strokes under par on a hole, is nicknamed for a large seabird.
What is an albatross (double eagle)?
The more of this there is, the less you can see.
What is darkness?
This filmmaking sibling duo wrote and directed The Big Lebowski.
Who are the Coen Brothers?
This cyst an abnormal skin pocket in the crease of the buttocks near the tailbone that often contains hair and debris
Pilonidal Cyst