Another quick Quiz for readers. To keep the old grey matter active!
1. Where did the word Robot first appear?
2. Who were Rocky, Skip and Ace in the world of action figures?
3. In 1976 several employees of a renowned US toy design company were shot by a designer. Which company?
4. Which vehicle which looks like a SpaceX toy features in a Japanese Sci-Fi movie?
5. Which toy company made the famous Atomic Disintegrator?
6. What did Luke Skywalker's 'parents' farm on Tatooine?
7. Which SpaceX vehicle connects Triang, Remco and Codeg?
8. Name the odd one out and say why: SMERSH, THRUSH and S.H.I.E.L.D?
9. What was Action Man/ GI JOE called in Spain?
10. What was the Project SWORD sign-off in SOLO comics [like FAB in Thunderbirds]?
ONE answer per reader left in the comments please. ONE per reader. Good luck!
Q.1 A play in 1921 by Karel Capek called Rossum's Universal Robots.
ReplyDelete9. Gyper Man (Madelman is a rip-off, Gyper man has the Hasbro/Palitoy accessories) some imported from Mexico I believe?
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PS I don't know the answer to 3 without resorting to Google, but the boss of Lucky (LP and probably others featuring on these pages) was killed by the triads when he failed to pay back a gambling debt!
6. Moisture?
ReplyDelete8. S.H.I.E.L.D. were the good guys in the Marvel Comics universe, whereas SMERSH and THRUSH were the baddies in their respective fictional settings.
ReplyDeleteAlternately, SMERSH might be the odd one out because it was the real-life Russian counterintelligence (wildly fictionalized for Ian Fleming's purposes) whereas SHIELD and THRUSH were entirely fictional!
For #10 I'd go for M.A.C. which I seem to remember we decided stood for "Moving As Commanded" - sounds similar in style to Stingray's P.W.O.R. - got another idea for #8 too besides the ones posted.
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Well done everyone! All correct! I'll have to make 'em harder! By the way, alternative answers are fine to see now on the answers already given - just for fun mind, they've all been correct so far [8 was SHIELD Richard and Hugh, I must ask you more about the Lucky Triad story!]
ReplyDeleteOK qizzers, what's left to do: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7. New readers' answers please!
It wasn't lucky - haha! I don't know more myself, just that he was gunned down in the street. But it explains why we know so little about all these obviously linked brands, it was one of the first 'big' - or bigger - names in HK to disappear following his demise.
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7: the Patrol Cricket aka Mosquito Jeep (haven't got my picture collection at work so can't tell you what Cowan De Groot called it)
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I think Rocky (AKA JakE Rockwell), Skip, and Ace (McCloud) were the Centurions - POWER X-TREME!
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Correctomundo Paul. 7 is in the bag. The cricket it is.
ReplyDeleteGrif, great guess and a new one on me but not the one I had in mind. If a say Action dolls rather than figures it may help readers.
5. I believe it was Hubley that made the Atomic Disintegrator. As I recall, that weapon was featured in the movie Teenagers From Outer Space.
ReplyDeletewell done wcw, hubley is the one. i didn't know it was in that movie. i'll have to check it out. thanks.
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