14/24. Didn't remember who Lotho was so guessed the wrong series.
Tim Send a noteboard - 24/11/2012 06:15:18 PM
Vol XII: Humanitarians 8 questions and 24 possible points, good luck!
1) This 1991 film, which has very little to do with quiet young sheep, revolves greatly around a humanitarian psychiatrist and his efforts to help a young FBI agent solve a serial killer case.
What was the name of the film?
The Silence of the Lambs
What was the name of psychiatrist?
Hannibal Lecter
What was the name of the actor who played him?
Anthony Hopkins
2) The actor in the above case also starred in a 1999 film adaptation of a Shakespeare play, where he plays the lead character and hosts his Emperor for a feast where he displays his baking skills.
What was the shared name of the play, film, and character?
Sounds like Titus Andronicus to me.
Who played him?
This is the same question as the last-but-one. Anthony Hopkins.
What was the ‘item’ that he baked?
The Emperor's son
3) This barber, who first appeared in the 1846-47 serial “The String of Pearls: A Romance” was rather well known for the especially close shaves he gave some of his clients before passing them along to his friend, Mrs. Lovett, another innovative baker.
What was the name of the barber?
Sweeney Todd
4) This 1973 Film set in a Dystopian Future famously ends with the character Thorn screaming to crowds about a product, “_______ ________ is people!”
What is the name of the product and film?
Soylent Green
Who played Thorn?
What was the name of the 1966 book that inspired the film?
5) This Classic 1961 Sci-Fi Novel revolves around a Martian who founds a religion by routinely telling people “Thou Art God” and regularly referring to dead people as food.
Name of the novel?
Name of the author?
Name of the aforementioned character?
6) In this H.G Wells’ classic, the main character travels to a distant land where he meets two races of people, one who live above ground and one beneath, who have formed a surprisingly symbiotic relationship.
He didn't travel to a distant land. He stayed exactly where he was. Just not when.
What was the name of the book?
The Time Traveller
What was the name of the people who lived above ground?
Eloi
What was the name of the people who lived under ground?
Morlocks
7) In the final book of this fantasy classic, the former White Wizard when asked about the fate of Lotho says, "Buried him, I hope; though Worm has been very hungry lately."
This doesn't ring any bells so I'm going to take a wild guess, and predicate all my other answers on it.
What was the name of the book series?
Dune. For all I know this could be it since I've only read the first one.
The Author?
Frank Herbert.
The name of the former White Wizard?
Leto Atreides II
The name of the so-called ‘Worm’?
Shai-hulud
8) This 2002 TV series by Joss Whedon featured a human faction that was described by one of the characters as, "If they take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing – and if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order."
What was the name of the group?
Reavers
Name of the show?
Firefly
Name of the spaceship most of the series took place on?
Serenity
Name of the Movie that followed the series?
Serenity
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
Test Your Geekdom, Vol XII: Humanitarians
- 24/11/2012 11:18:27 AM
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Oh, this one seems easier. Let's see.
- 24/11/2012 12:31:35 PM
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Re: your answer to 7 (b) – his first name was Clive.
- 24/11/2012 06:19:33 PM
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Really? Where did what I said come from, then?
- 24/11/2012 09:22:10 PM
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21/24; you may need to start proofing these things against QotMs and QuickPolls. 
- 24/11/2012 02:30:37 PM
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17/24
- 24/11/2012 04:39:26 PM
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Well, to be fair, it was NOT
- 24/11/2012 06:03:18 PM
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14/24. Didn't remember who Lotho was so guessed the wrong series.
- 24/11/2012 06:15:18 PM
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- 24/11/2012 10:51:12 PM
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Och, shoite. Slip of the brain.
- 25/11/2012 12:00:27 AM
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Hate when that happens; authors should be legally barred from use of similar (non-parody) titles. 
- 25/11/2012 12:05:11 AM
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