Quiz time boys and girls

March 1, 2006 5:42 PM

Quiz #1 is about survival. #2 is about movies. #1 is a little weird (with its answers) and #2 has no answers! Drove me nuts.
posted by snsranch (42 comments total)

damnit i couldn't get numbers 3, 7, 15, 21, 23 and 26 on Quiz #2... anyone wanna help?
posted by Doorstop at 6:02 PM on March 1, 2006

21 out of 30

Now someone tell me what 3, 7, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 26 and 28 are before I go crazy.

23 is especially annoying because I KNOW I've seen that before but I can't place it for the life of me
posted by saraswati at 6:03 PM on March 1, 2006

saraswati: funny, I'm having the same problem with 21.

But 19? 19's easy. ;)
posted by infidelpants at 6:08 PM on March 1, 2006

I didn't look at quiz #2, but #1 wasn't that impressive. Some of the questions depended on situational information that wasn't given, others firmly ignored the bigger picture. And then there's the issue of why I wouldn't want to confuse a shark…
posted by fvw at 6:12 PM on March 1, 2006

Ha! 30 out of 30 on the movies quiz. I am "a movie God", according to that site. Which also means I have no friends and watch too many damn movies.

saraswati, here's a hint for #23: four different directors
posted by zardoz at 6:16 PM on March 1, 2006

zardoz: thanks, that got it for me (never actually saw that movie). That leaves me with only #21.

oh and saraswati: since I was mean before, your clue on 19 is Chicago.
posted by infidelpants at 6:18 PM on March 1, 2006

hints:
#3 bickle
#7 docile cow
#15 "nobody fucks with the jesus" "this aggression, it will not stand, man"
#19 prohibition-time gangbusting


the other unknows, well, i couldnt get them either.

25/30

unfortunately the answers are all hashed up and i dont care enough to unhash them :)
posted by joeblough at 6:21 PM on March 1, 2006

27 out of 30 on Quiz two.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:23 PM on March 1, 2006

Whoah. Now 28.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:24 PM on March 1, 2006

#26, incidentally, was a dead guess for me. Another movie I never saw, though one I keep meaning to rent. Hint: titled for a food item.
posted by infidelpants at 6:27 PM on March 1, 2006

hint for #21: the director is gay

Actually I think they made a mistake with #2--the correct answer to them is the first movie in the series. I think it's the second.
posted by zardoz at 6:29 PM on March 1, 2006

27 out of 30.
I know I recognise all the movies, but can't quite summon the last 3.
posted by fnord at 6:29 PM on March 1, 2006

Quiz #1 is teh suk
posted by Debaser626 at 6:30 PM on March 1, 2006

11/17 on #1 and #2 is broken.
posted by arcticwoman at 6:30 PM on March 1, 2006

Still stuck on 26 and 30. Item of food?
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:33 PM on March 1, 2006

This is crap.
posted by chaz at 6:36 PM on March 1, 2006

Quiz #2 is a repeat from a little while back (I think it might have been posted in the thread... i think someone also posted a link for the answers, too lazy to find it)

Anyway, I got 29/30 back then, still don't know #26.
I haven't seen 6 of the 29 I got right.
posted by papakwanz at 6:36 PM on March 1, 2006

The movie quiz was stupidly easy. Far too many mainstream "dude" movies... surprised Scarface and Shawshank weren't on there. Would've been nice to have a little variety in genre and decade.
posted by Robot Johnny at 6:36 PM on March 1, 2006

The movie quiz is a double post.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:37 PM on March 1, 2006

hint for #21: the director is gay

Oh yeah? Well so are you, buddy!
posted by papakwanz at 6:37 PM on March 1, 2006

For challenging movie quizzes I direct you to Filmwise
posted by Robot Johnny at 6:39 PM on March 1, 2006

This Filmwise quiz is teh h0tt!!
posted by papakwanz at 6:41 PM on March 1, 2006

Is this food item a produce?
posted by phyrewerx at 6:45 PM on March 1, 2006

Number #1 comes complete with wrong answers and misinformation (the fuselage of a plane sinking is going to suck me down with it? I think not.)
posted by tkolar at 6:50 PM on March 1, 2006

Be careful. Your answers are going straight to the Minnesota GOP.
posted by brain_drain at 6:53 PM on March 1, 2006

#21 is talk to her, by almodovar
#23 is four rooms
posted by vionnett at 7:17 PM on March 1, 2006

Grr. Just missed 20/21 for the second quiz. After looking up the answers, I know I wouldn't have gotten them either. Films I haven't seen, but got the answer anyway: 13, 29, 30.
posted by ODiV at 7:28 PM on March 1, 2006

Did anyone besides me think the "correct" survival vs. angry dog answers were flat wrong?
posted by frogan at 7:38 PM on March 1, 2006

Depending on the dog, I would just beat it to death with my fist. But I don't think they were talking about toy poodles.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:56 PM on March 1, 2006

30 is House of Flying Daggers, Astro Zombie.

Zardoz: I had a brilliant "aha!" moment when you gave me the four directors clue followed by feeling really stupid that I could've missed it.
posted by saraswati at 8:05 PM on March 1, 2006

Quiz one does suck. I'm ripping that damn shark's gills out. I don't care what they say.
posted by joegester at 8:07 PM on March 1, 2006

I've got 20/30. There's a couple there I know I should recognize the images shown, but as I'm not a big movie watcher, they're escaping me at the moment.

I'm missing 6,7,8,9,12,15,20.24, 26, 28
posted by Zinger at 8:24 PM on March 1, 2006

Son of a bitch. I didn't see it!
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:12 PM on March 1, 2006

Yeah, what's 26?

I'm surprised how many I got from movies I haven't seen. Makes me wonder what percentage of my brainspace is devoted to trailers.
posted by mammary16 at 9:18 PM on March 1, 2006

frogan : "Did anyone besides me think the 'correct' survival vs. angry dog answers were flat wrong?"

Question 1, the dog is coming for you: it is not a dumb torpedo, throwing something won't usually distract it from the target. Looking in the eyes of an angry carnivore is considered provocation anywhere in the planet, don't do it. Standing still is your best bet even against other carnivores - although large felines, unlike even the most aggressive domestic dogs, will usually consider you quite edible.
Question 2, the dog has you on the ground already: shouting will only stop an attacking dog under very special circumstances - you usually must be the dog's owner/handler and the dog must have been trained exhaustively to stop. Police dogs will do it, your common idiotic neighbor untrained Rotweiller you happily keep taking you apart. Fighting back would be quite a feat against any dog large enough to throw you to the ground in the first place. A large aggressive dog will be much stronger than the average human. So, again, trying to protect yourself the best you can is probably the best idea.
posted by nkyad at 9:41 PM on March 1, 2006

Zoobooks told me to punch a shark's nose.

ZOOBOOKS SAID KNOCK YOU OUT! I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT!

And I'm finding those motherfucking life rafts.
posted by Eideteker at 10:38 PM on March 1, 2006

23/30 Wheee!
posted by Radio7 at 11:50 PM on March 1, 2006

Quiz #2, #26?

Otherwise 27/30; Four Rooms and House of Flying Daggers threw me off, but otherwise too easy.
posted by MasonDixon at 6:43 AM on March 2, 2006

vionett: thanks; I thought it might be Almodovar, but that's one that I don't even recall hearing about.

For all those stuck on 26, here's the imdb entry (so as to avoid spoiling in-thread).
posted by infidelpants at 7:03 AM on March 2, 2006

Hmmm, so killing the dog isn’t an option, eh?
I guess I’ll stop shooting bank robbers with m’.40 and just avert my eyes.
Wasn’t that “massive suction” of sinking objects thing disproved by mythbusters?
Huh.
Yeah, quiz #1 - little weird.

#2 was nifty. And somewhat hard.
posted by Smedleyman at 10:48 AM on March 2, 2006

Uh. I hate to say it but The survival quiz was total simplistic bullshit. Actually, I don't hate to say it.
posted by tkchrist at 10:48 AM on March 2, 2006

if i'm standing outside smoking a cigarette and there's a mean dog barking and growling at me, i feel a lot safer when he runs in the opposite direction after a stick. every single time i've been bitten by a dog, it's because there weren't any sticks available. standing very still and avoiding eye contact doesn't cut it. the dog wants to run after a stick.
posted by srs at 6:17 PM on March 2, 2006