by Scott Tipton
July 13, 2005
THE COMICS 101 POP QUIZ STRIKES BACK
By the time you read this, I’ll be smack-dab in the middle of the full-tilt insanity that is Comic-Con International: San Diego. Which means two things for you, faithful COMICS 101 readers:
1. – I should have some interesting stories and sights to share in the next few weeks, which I’ll endeavor to bring in at least one Comic-Con wrap-up…
2. – Another week of slightly less content from your humble professor, as there’s just not time enough for anything more substantive.
Anyway, in lieu of an actual column this week, I’ve decided to once again offer you, the reader, the chance to teach me a little something with another of our “Comics 101 Trivia Extravaganzas.” The same rules apply as last time, naturally. Since it is all about applied knowledge, all of the answers to these questions can be found in the Comics 101 and Mail Shoot Archives. The first person to correctly answer all 25 questions will claim the grand prize, and if no one gets them all, then the entry to answer the most correct the earliest will be declared the winner. Anyone is eligible to enter, including Poop Shoot contributors and the winners of the first Pop Quiz – here’s your chance to hold on to the crown, fellas.
What’s the prize this time? Well, here’s the fun part: I’m leaving that up to you: the winner can choose any of the currently available and in-print hardcover collections from either the DC Comics Archives or the Marvel Masterworks series. If it’s available for order through Diamond Distributing, it’s heading to your doorstep. Wanna read about the Golden Age JSA? The classic Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four? Will Eisner’s SPIRIT? You make the call, gentle reader. You can’t beat that with a stick.
Entries will only be accepted as soon as this column goes live on July 13 (or maybe the evening of July 12, depending on the whim of our editor-in-chief), and will be accepted until the new column goes live the following week, July 20.
Everybody ready? Good luck, and let’s begin:
1. What action-figure body mold was reused by the 1970s toy company Mego to create the “Thing” action figure?
2. What did Oliver Queen use to create the drill arrow when stranded on a deserted island?
3. Fight trainer Joe Morgan trained what super-hero in the pugilistic arts?
4. What longtime enemy of Superman once carried around an alien monkey as a pet?
5. Mal Duncan has had several different costumed identities as a member of the Teen Titans. Name them.
6. SAT Analogy time: Nuke is to Firestorm as Tom Thumb is to _________.
7. What was the name of the case that resulted in Batman keeping a giant penny in the Batcave as a memento?
8. Name the Justice Leaguer who once led the street gang known as “Los Lobos.”
9. What voice actor played the arch-enemy of a superhero on one popular Saturday-morning cartoon series while at the same time playing the trusted manservant of another superhero on a different series?
10. What was the first suggested name for the Punisher?
11. How does the Spidey-villain the Tarantula incapacitate his victims?
12. “Fatman” was the sidekick of which WW II mystery man?
13. Before he was recruited to become the Red Skull, what did Johann Schmidt do for a living?
14. On Earth-2, the grown-up Dick Grayson had a somewhat lofty government job. What was it?
15. Colossus dumped Kitty Pryde for a girl from out of town. Waaaay out of town. What was her name and where did they meet?
16. Who were the members of DC’s bottom-of-the-barrel super-team The Forgotten Heroes?
17. Roy Lincoln swallows a top-secret formula to become the Human Bomb. Name it.
18. Hawkman Carter Hall is the reincarnation of what Egyptian prince?
19. Wonder Girl has made a single appearance on the small screen. Who played her?
20. Name the only member of the Legion of Superheroes to die in the CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS.
21. There’s only one superhero who can’t say his own name. Who is he and why?
22. Green Kryptonite will kill Superman, and Red K affects him differently each time. What effects do Gold Kryptonite and White Kryptonite have?
23. Stargirl is apparently destined to marry what JSA member?
24. Swamp Thing and Man-Thing weren’t the first swamp monsters in comics. Name the original.
25. The late Ted Kord was the second Blue Beetle. Who was the first?
Answers in two weeks. Get crackin’.
And by the way, depending on how the search for goodies at San Diego goes, there may be some prizes for runners-up as well…Get going and send your contest entries to stipton99x@comics101.com.
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