Comments on: Old Year's Quiz

Old Year's Quiz

asok — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 07:57:31 -0800

Old Year's Quiz. Another chance to feel un-informed and clueless, or smug and well-informed, depending. Answers next week... or "when we have time to make them up."

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 09:11:00 -0800

/me votes for uninformed and clueless. I can't even figure out what the context for these things is. Are they inside jokes? References to pop-culture? Geek humour? Not-so-current events stuff?

By: asok

asok — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 09:52:05 -0800

My best guess is that they are geek-related fun facts from the past year. Without using google, I am not able to answer any of the questions. However, I can nod sagely and say, I thought so, when/if others shed light on the answers. I liked: "I'd be there too, but my head would be a casio keyboard and when I got angry it would play the demo." For instance Mugwump Jism, I know this featured in The Naked Lunch and subsequently Bug Powder Dust, but have no idea what the relevance to 2003 might be. ntk has one reference to it, from May 30th 2003: '..timed as it was on the fourth anniversary of AOL's purchase of Nullsoft, and the day when AOL announced they were jumping back into bed with Microsoft, yet another fuck you to the Man? http://www.dhorrocks2003.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ - "I got the mugwhump jism up in every verse" Maybe it's simply a comprehension test for ntk, or only clear to the very wise.

By: Hogshead

Hogshead — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 10:00:28 -0800

...it really helps if you're read the previous year's-worth of NTK. If nothing else it'll get you in the right frame of mind.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 11:32:10 -0800

A place to ask (futilely) how to melt wood and polos? AskMe? : >

By: turbodog

turbodog — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:13:13 -0800

All I recognized was #1 being about Dave Winer and #2 probably being by Dave Winer.

By: Aleph Yin

Aleph Yin — Wed, 07 Jan 2004 06:22:09 -0800

#10 is from gollums acceptance speech from the mtv movie awards for best virtual performance in lotr-ttt, no clue about anything else though...

By: asok

asok — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 04:09:33 -0800

Answers, I know you have all been holding your breaths. And checking back on this thread regularly.