Thursday 14 April 2016

Mickey Mouse was the first fictional character to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Your targets this week:

We won this week, but could you have done even better?

The attendees
1) The statistician
2) The doctor
3) The secret German
4) The metallurgist
5) The rich-person otherkin

The ones that got away
1) His final film attempt, Bruce Lee died during the making of what 1972 martial arts film? (To clarify: this question concerns a film directed, written, and produced by Lee, in contrast to Enter the Dragon in which he makes his last appearance.)
2) Which of these is not a real Donald Trump business venture? a) Donald Trump's Real Estate Tycoon (a video game); b) Trump Ice Cream Parlour; c) GoTrump search engine; d) Trump Up Gas Station; e) Trump Vodka
3) In the movie 8 Mile, Eminem's character has the nickname B-Rabbit. What is the nickname of his rapping chum played by Mekhi Phifer?
4) The movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit is based on a book from a series about the character. Which of the following is not a real book from that series? a) Who Censored Roger Rabbit?; b) Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit?; c) Who Wacked Roger Rabbit?; d) Who Remembers Roger Rabbit?
5) 2 Point Question: Name the 2 Stanley Kubrick movies with one-word (or one-name) titles. You need both for the 2 points (no partial credit).

The answers


The doctor's excuses


How did you do? Would you have beaten us (1 or more point)? Let the world know with the poll below, then read on for my alternative questions (loosely) inspired by this week's Ones That Got Away!


Our alternative questions
Question 1
1) Master Shifu (pictured), from the Kung Fu Panda franchise, is supposedly what type of animal?
2) A number of fictional characters have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Donald Trump also has one but, alas, is ostensibly non-fictional). Of these, which 2 - one a fairy, the other a bear - were created by British authors? 1 point for each!
3) The name 'D12' - an American hip hop group of which Emimen is a member - is an abbreviation/initialism of what phrase?
4) A bit of a quizzing chestnut: what item of clothing does Bugs Bunny (almost) always wear?
5) Required trivia knowledge is that the characters in A Clockwork Orange use a fictional 'language' called nadsat. In this setting, to what does 'polyclef' refer? Hint: a burglar might find such an item very useful!

The answers


How did you do on my alternative questions? Have another poll!

2 comments:

  1. I play roleplaying games. D12 could only be a 12-sided die, tough frankly this seemed unlikely for a rap group. The Dirty Dozen makes sense but if I ever see or hear D12, I'm going to think of my dice first.

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    1. Oh man, this definitely falls into the category of "better than the real answer" :D

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