Close Enough To Friday

We haven't done one of my home-made quizzes in about two and a half possum's ages. I seem to be in the mood, so i guess it's time.

Here's a set of 21 questions - some quite simple, some ... not so  much.

01) This comic book had only three issues published. Name it.

02) Christine Baranski is often great, but her most legendary role went largely unseen. What was the title of this movie?

03) Place this Infinity War scene -

04) In what venue did this comedy team perform together?

05) Name this demon -

06) Before what movie did the Columbia Hold-The-Torch Lady break down and boogie?

Need another hint...?

07) Identify this comic book couple -

(Bonus points for identifying the source of this pic)

08) What needed to be explained?

09) Who had their first dinner together here?

10) Identify this comic book couple -

(Likewise)

11) In whose place did Bark Lee die?

12) This erg ape battled these energy dragons where?

13) What is this boy doing?

14) Whose hand is that?

15) Explain how this quote makes literal sense -

16) Name these celebrity heroes -

17) Who delivered this line where?

18) Identify this hero silhouette -

19) Yeah, okay. That one was too easy. So identify this hero silhouette -

20) Who discovered this effective anti-zombie weapon?

21) Identify this leading 'man' -

Y'know, i think of this guy every time i see JJ Abram's Bad Robot production company logo. (That's NOT a hint)

Answers to a few of these should be extra easy for folks who've been reading along for a while and have real good memories. As for the rest (both answers and folkses), the solutions will be along directly.

stills from the answers, so forget it!

Sorry, John & Marsha - They Got The Names Wrong (+FF&G)

One of the (many) great things about Stan Freberg is that i can run across a comic from 65 years ago and still hear Stan's recordings in my head when i read it...

Some odd fun for us old folks, and perhaps younger listeners of good ol' Doctor D. If you were wondering, the comic came out just 3 years after the release of John And Marsha.

But, it sure doesn't make a lot of post, does it?

Hey! We just saw Frank Borth again this past week. How about we let him show us how to draw Benjamin Franklin?
 

Yes, i've been digging into the old blog piles. Maybe we'll finally get back to one of those dangling threads around here and follow up on one of the first gender swaps which are so fashionable these days.

Meanwhile, you know what else i've been missing?

Friday Fun & Games.
Think we can get that ball rolling again?
Let's find out...
 

It's possible that the puzzle page above was drawn by the same guy who did the one below from later in the same issue: our old fave, Ellis Chambers - 

Okay, that'll do for a restart. Maybe it'll even continue. Either way, we'll have what answers there be on the morrow...

page art by Ed Haas from Get Lost #1 and Frank Borth from Treasure Chest Of Fun And Fact v.21#18 (1954, 1966)

plus puzzles (not telling yet)

Friday Fun & Games Q-Quiz

Nope, we're not talking James Bond's Q, nor the nigh omnipotent being from the Q Continuum. We're talking my mother's favorite video game back in those days when she was still here to play games - Q*bert!

 Yep. Let's get a little silly today. That might help the way things have been running lately, eh? And so we have a series of riddles from our favorite video varmint. (Sorry, Sonic)

Answers tomorrow - Really! (Pages already prepped and it's going straight into the Queue right after this is prepped)

Friday (Evening) Fun & Games Returns

Yeah, still working to pull my brain out of the cave with only middling results. Let's try a short (if late) Friday Fun & Games Video Whatzit quiz -

1>
Where did we see the mighty Thor flexing his pecs before he stopped for Hammer Time?

2>
Yoyodyne has been a Growing Excited company for decades now, with multiple references. Where did we first see them?

3>
Where did Jackie Chan invent the Human Centipede?

(Extra comedy - note the first in line isn't on his knees)

4>
Drax isn't the only one who likes to jump into the maw of massive space critters - where did we see Hulk doing it?

5>
What movie opened up with a parody of the language in Hollywood movies, and later gave us this exchange -

6>
Where did we see the greatest on-screen presentation of George Bush?

7>
From whence comes this pre-Austin Powers medieval mini-me? (and i don't mean under the lady's dress)

8>
Doom Patrol has a new tv series? But - what about Doom Patrol Go! Where did we see it?

Answers tomorrow, eh?

stills from... nope. That would be telling.