Well, yesterday's Friday Fun & Games quiz was a particularly evil little quiz. As the ever astute MindBender pointed out, some answers were just wrong. In this case, however, they were wrong intentionally to thin out the contenders.
You see, this quiz comes from the 1974 Famous Monsters Of Filmland Convention at the Hotel Commodore in New York City. I say it was an evil quiz because 9 of the 46 questions were Trick Questions, with either wrong, misleading, or multiple answers. NINE! And a tenth with two correct answers from which to chose. Evil, most certain. But, evil to a purpose when thinning things out for cash prizes and 10 Years subscription.
Our listing of the questions, and answers, comes from the following year's Famous Monsters con program booklet:
On the previously noted (in comments) answer to #37 - i was a huge fan of The Night Stalker, The Night Strangler, and The Night Stalker series, especially McGavin's take on the character, which led me to reading the Jeff Rice books. So much so that i never even looked at an episode of the 2005 remake series. They didn't much seem like fans of the original.
Tune in later today as we seek to answer the question: Could Classic Kirk survive in a Red Shirt?
You see, this quiz comes from the 1974 Famous Monsters Of Filmland Convention at the Hotel Commodore in New York City. I say it was an evil quiz because 9 of the 46 questions were Trick Questions, with either wrong, misleading, or multiple answers. NINE! And a tenth with two correct answers from which to chose. Evil, most certain. But, evil to a purpose when thinning things out for cash prizes and 10 Years subscription.
Our listing of the questions, and answers, comes from the following year's Famous Monsters con program booklet:
Answers to "The Great Quiz":
On the previously noted (in comments) answer to #37 - i was a huge fan of The Night Stalker, The Night Strangler, and The Night Stalker series, especially McGavin's take on the character, which led me to reading the Jeff Rice books. So much so that i never even looked at an episode of the 2005 remake series. They didn't much seem like fans of the original.
Tune in later today as we seek to answer the question: Could Classic Kirk survive in a Red Shirt?
Quiz from ...weren't you reading?... Famous Monsters Convention book (1975)
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ReplyDelete@13, technically, Cagney did not play Quasimodo, he played Lon Chaney Senior playing Quasimodo (and the Phantom of the Opera). The movie was Man of a Thousand Faces, a biography of Chaney. But maybe I'm splitting hairs.
ReplyDelete29. In Chandu the Magician, Chandu was the hero, and Lugosi played the villain, a mad scientist named Roxor.
ReplyDeleteIn the sequel, Return of Chandu, Lugosi played Chandu.
I had forgotten he played Chandu next time out. Thanks for the added context!
ReplyDeleteInteresting that the Magician's nemesis in the first movie was a scientist rather than the more typical dark sorcerer, eh?