Christmas Quiz: Name the Protagonist...

By -
...at the behest of my in-laws here's a Christmas Quiz for you. Below are forty antagonists from history, literature, popular culture, not so popular culture and the big screen. All you have to do is name their opposing number(s). Note, that some answers will be highly subjective.

1) Skeletor
2) Moriarty
3) Q
4) Iceman
5) The monster
6) Moby Dick
7) Lex Luthor
8) Shredder
9) Harry and Marv
10) Hans Gruber
11) Mr. Freeze
12) Mr. Glass
13) Mr. Kurtz
14) Absalom
15) The Predator
16) The Alien
17) Rasputin
18) Cobra
19) Mal'akh
20) Dan Brown
21) Buffalo Bill
22) Nurse Ratched
23) Khan
24) The Green Goblin
25) Rita Repulsa
26) René Belloq
27) Palpatine
28) The one armed man
29) Bill Gates
30) The Morloks
31) The witch
32) The Grangerfords
33) Jezebel
34) The smoking man
35) William Dane
36) Tyler Durden
37) Ivan Drago
38) Bowser
39) Big Brother
40) Dr. Evil 

Comments

sly said…
I give up. Do we get the answers in January?
22 December 2011 at 07:55
M and C said…
I could only answer 3 so we are taking it around with us to get support. ( Not reduced to google yet)
23 December 2011 at 07:01
Aaron said…
"Answers" up on January 1, 2011
25 December 2011 at 05:43
Ben said…
Here is my shot without searching for any answers....

1. He-man
6. Captain Ahab
7. Superman
8. TMNT, Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Rafael
9. Macaulay Culkin's character
18. GI Joe
24. Spiderman
27. Obewon Kanobe (or other spelling)
29. Steve Jobs
31. Hansel and Gretel
33. Samson
34. American Cancer Society
38. Mario and Luigi
40. Austin Powers
25 December 2011 at 09:35
Catherine said…
Here is Andrew's attempt (I was just secretary)

1) Skeletor - He Man
2) Moriarty - Sherock Holmes
3) Q - Spectre
4) Iceman - Goose?
5) The monster - Dr Frankensteing
6) Moby Dick - Captain Ahab
7) Lex Luthor - Superman
8) Shredder - The Ninja Turtles
10) Hans Gruber - René
11) Mr. Freeze - Batman
13) Mr. Kurtz - Hogan?
15) The Predator - Aliens or Arnie
16) The Alien - Ripley
17) Rasputin - Tsar Nicholas
18) Cobra - GI Joe
20) Dan Brown - Opus Dei
23) Khan - Captain Kirk
24) The Green Goblin - spiderman
27) Palpatine - Yoda
28) The one armed man - the fugitive
29) Bill Gates - Steve Jobs
30) The Morloks - Elohim
31) The witch - the lion or dorothy
34) The smoking man - Mulder
35) William Dane
36) Tyler Durden - Jack
38) Bowser - Mario
39) Big Brother - Winston
40) Dr. Evil - Austen Powers
26 December 2011 at 05:15
M and C said…
Combined effort of Rowson's, Newman's and some Wilshers has produced:
1 He man and Thundercats
2Sherlock Holmes
3 James Bond ( Blowfelt ??)
4 Maverik
5 Frankenstein
6 Captain Ahab
7 Superman
8 Spliner ( Ninja turtles)
9?
10 John Mcclane ( die hard)
11 Batman
12 ( Sanmuel Jackson)
13 Marlow ( heart of darkness)
14 Alice in Wonderland ( or Amnon in Bibile)
15 Alien
16 Ripley
17 Tsar Nicholas
18 Mask
19 ?
20 Pope
21 red Indians or Claris Starling
22 Mc Manus ( Jack Nicholson in 2 flew over the cuckoos nest)
23 Captain Kirk
24 spiderman
25 wonderwoman?
26 Indiana Jones
27 Luke Skywalker
28 fugative Dr Richard Kinble
29 Steve Jobs
30 Lorai ( HG Wells time machine)
31 Aslan
32 ?
33 Ahab ( Bible)
34 Molder and Skulley
35 ?
36 himself ( fightclub)
37 Rocky
39 Mario
39 Winston Smith
40 Austin Powers
( we will consult with more Wilshers over new year to try and fill the gaps!)
M and C
13
28 December 2011 at 13:45
Aaron said…
Here's the answers I was thinking of when I created the quiz. As I said before many are pretty open for interpretation.

1) Skeletor: He-man and the other Master’s of the Universe from the animated TV series and movie
2) (Professor) Moriarty: Sherlock Holmes
3) Q: Captain Picard and the rest of the crew of the Starship Enterprise
4) Iceman: Maverick (played by Tom Cruise) in the film Top Gun
5) The monster: Dr. Frankenstein
6) Moby Dick: Captain Ahab
7) Lex Luthor: Superman
8) Shredder: Splinter and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
9) Harry and Marv: Kevin McCallister (played by Macaulay Culkin in the first two Home Alone films)
10) Hans Gruber: John McClane (played by Bruce Willis in the film Die Hard)
11) Mr. Freeze: Batman
12) Mr. Glass: David Dunn (played by Bruce Wills in the film Unbreakable)
13) Mr. Kurtz: Kurtz is the central figure in the novel Heart of Darkness who is sought after by the protagonist Charles Marlow. When Marlow finally catches up with Kurtz deep in central Africa he discovers that Kurtz has fallen into murderous debauchery. Whether he is Marlow's antagonist is debatable.
14) Absalom: His father King David who Absalom led a revolt against in the Bible
15) The Predator: Dutch (played by Arnold Schwarzeneggar in the film).
16) The Alien: Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver in the film).
17) Rasputin: The Romanov Dynasty among others
18) Cobra: G.I. Joe
19) Mal’akh: Robert Langdon in the novel The Lost Symbol
20) Dan Brown: The pope and/or anyone who got sucked into reading The Lost Symbol
21) Buffalo Bill: Clarice Starling (played by Jodie Foster in the film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs)
22) Nurse Ratched: Patrick/Randle McMurphy (played by Jack Nicholson in the film adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)
23) Khan: Captain Kirk and the rest of the crew of the Enterprise in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
24) The Green Goblin: Spiderman
25) Rita Repulsa: The Power Rangers
26) Rene Belloq: Dr. Indiana Jones (played by Harrison Ford in the film Raiders of the Lost Ark).
27) (Emperor) Palpatine: Luke Skywalker and all the other good guys in Star Wars.
28) The one armed man: Dr. Richard Kimble (played by Harrison Ford in The Fugitive).
29) Bill Gates: Apple, lean coding, people who bought Windows Vista…
30) The Morloks: The Eloi in the novel/film The Time Machine.
31) The witch: Hansel and Gretal among others.
32) The Grangerfords: The Sheperdsons in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
33) Jezebel: The prophet Elijah in the Bible.
34) The smoking man: Mulder and Scully in TV series The X-Files.
35) William Dane: Silas Marner in the novel Silas Marner
36) Tyler Durden: The narrator/himself (played by Ed Norton/Brad Pitt in the film Fight Club)
37) Ivan Drago: Rocky Balboa in the film Rocky IV.
38) Bowser: Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach in the Super Mario video game series
39) Big Brother: Winston Smith, Julia, Eastasia, Eurasia
40) Dr. Evil: Austin Powers
1 January 2012 at 17:31
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Black Soldier Fly Larva Harvester

By -
Image
Black soldier fly larva are voracious decomposers. Here's a video  of a some larva completely devouring a hamburger over the course of five hours. And here's a video of some chickens completely devouring some black soldier fly larva. Black soldier flies have some curious qualities that make them particularly well suiting for cultivating their larva as fodder for your feathered friends: As stated before black soldier fly larva are voracious. They will eat fish and meat scraps that you would not typically put in your compost pile for fear of attracting larger vermin. They break down organic material into usable compost extremely rapidly. As an added bonus black soldier fly larva eat the eggs of other fly species who foolishly lay their eggs in rotting organic material. This severely diminishes your population of house flies and fruit flies. I had a compost pile that was beset with fruit flies until the black soldier fly larva moved in. When a black soldier fly larva is re...
Read more

Roundwood Building Workshop

By -
Image
I went to a Roundwood Building Workshop this weekend. Roundwood is timber that is left as logs rather than being cut into planks. We constructed a shelter for a cob pizza oven (yet to be constructed). The timer is a mix of red cedar and ash juniper. Before doing anything with it we had to take the bark off it to prevent insect infestation down the road. The night before the project leaders charred the end of the posts that would be put in the ground. The charring is another insect infestation prevention measure. Getting the cut ends charred is of particular importance. The post holes were dug to a depth of 2-3'. We also half buried a couple of dozen roofing nails in the charred end of each post for additional stabilization. The cool thing about roundwood is that you can use features of the tree(like this limb) to add beauty and support. This limb will provide support for a girder. After we got the posts in position we back-filled the holes with decomposed g...
Read more

T-Brick Shed: Rubble Trench French Drain Installation

By -
Image
The last thing Jean told me before she left for the UK was that I had better finish the shed project before she gets back or else. The trench was a little soggy still but I decided to press on with the french drain installation for fear what that else may be (Although, I'm hoping the "else" will be make me a delicious sandwich). I dug out the high section blocking  the drain outlet and and cleaned up a some edges before putting down landscape fabric and a layer of gravel. Putting down the landscape fabric in the trench. Landscape fabric is water permeable but significantly less sediment permeable. This will help prevent the gravel and french drain from becoming blocked up with silt. Here's my work crew. The tamp/rake tango Release the hose! Uncoiling the perforated tubing. First objective was to fill in the tripping hazard that is the drain outlet. Note how we form a sort of gravel/perforated hose burrito with the landscape fabric. We...
Read more