Thursday 9 January 2014

QUIZ TIME

New Year Toy, TV and comics quiz. A MAX of two answers per reader in the comments please. Go go go!

1. What is Hasbro short for?
2. What does the comics acronym JLA stand for?
3. Which Doctor from Dr. Who did Denys Fisher make an articulated action doll of [actor?]
4. What is the name of the metal joined to the skeleton of Wolverine?
5. Which old British big monster movie was set in Cornwall?
6. Who are Lili Ledy?
7. What was the date on the cover of the first Fantastic Four comic?
8. Who designed Mouse Trap for IDEAL?
9. Who manufactured Lord of the Rings action figures in the 80's?
10. Name the odd one out and why? Moon Crawler, Moon Prospector, Moon Ranger [2 possibilities]
11. Which TV company brought us Marine Boy?
12. What was the Green Hornet's car known as?
13. Who is the odd one out? Kojak, Magnum PI, Columbo.
14. What does Lee Majors crash in at the start of the Bionic Man series?
15. Which creepy board game would have 'dropped it down the chimney'?
16. In the Official Manual certain C21 Project SWORD do not appear. Which?
17. What did Han Solo say he'd done in less than 12 parsecs in his Millennium Falcon in Star Wars?
18. In the toyworld what is Tomland?
19. Which toy figure did these two companies name the same? Mattell and Tootsietoy
20. Which is the highest ranking badge in the Project SWORD range and what's the colour?

20 comments:

  1. 3. The fourth Doctor, Tom Baker.

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  2. No.5 Which old British big monster movie was set in Cornwall?

    Is it "The Giant Behemoth"?

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  3. 14. A combination of a HL10 and an X24a, depending on which bit your watching!

    "She's breaking up - I can't hold it!"

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  4. #9-Knickerbocker

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  5. 4. Adamantium, which is also according to obscure Marvel Comics lore one of the metals used in Captain America's shield.

    12. That would be Black Beauty.

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  6. #1 Hasbro is short for Hassenfeld Bros.

    #10 The Moon Crawler and Moon Prospector have a Spacex version, the Moon Ranger doesn't. The Moon Prospector and Moon Ranger were made as Sword toys, the Moon Prospector wasn't.

    Best -- Paul

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  7. @Bill re #14: the -crash- footage is of M2F2, which was subsequently rebuilt as M2F3 with the extra central tail. :)

    Best -- Paul

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  8. correction:

    The Moon Prospector and Moon Ranger were made as Sword toys, the Moon =Crawler= wasn't.
    (Only illustrated in the Annual)

    Paul

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  9. 20. Supremo - white

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  10. 2. Justice League of America

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  11. Paul - I realised after I posted. Always confuse the x24 name with the m2f2

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  12. All correct guys! Why not just do the rest whilst your all on a roll! A free for all! yay!

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  13. 13. Any one of them for different reasons. Magnum PI is the only private detective and the only one with a moustache. Kojack is the only one who shaves his head. Colombo is the only one that’s married.

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  14. I like it Ant. Magnum PI, yep. the others are both cops but I like your'e other facts more! ha ha!

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  15. Just to clarify, the Project SWORD Official Manual question is after which C21 SWORD TOYS are missing from it.

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  16. 16. The 3 scout vehicles are absent from the manual and only appear on a leaflet insert.

    17. The Kessel Run

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  17. 16. Not to forget the Nuke Ferry!

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  18. Ah, but it is present in the manual!

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    1. Oops... I stand corrected. Thanks Bill

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