Some random links — can you tell I’m trying to burn through these?
- All the Nebula Award Winners–in Haiku [via]
- “Wikipedia Brown and the Case of the Captured Koala” [via]
- Fleece Dog. There’s something vaguely creepy about the idea of using real dog hair to make these things… [via]
- Stationery Movies — movie scenese recreated using office supplies. I got 14. How many can you guess? [via]
- Animals in the Womb [via]
- America by the numbers — graphical representation of U.S. population density [via]
- “Galactus is Coming” — Stan Lee meets Jack Chick [via]
- Monkey portraits [via]
- Machu Picchu — in incredible detail [via]
I got 13 of the stationery movies. I guess because it’s a contest, they don’t provide the answers anywhere?
That did annoy me a little, yeah. Especially since I’m not a resident of the UK, CI, IoM or ROI and can therefore win only the satisfaction of a job well done.
I’m hoping they’ll post the answers online when the contest ends on December 31.
Well, I got 19 out of 20, so let me provide you with some answers…
1. Alien
2. Bridget Jones’ Diary
3. Edward Scissorhands
4. E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
6. Jaws
7. The Wizard of Oz
8. Piranha
9. Reservoir Dogs
10. Saturday Night Fever
11. The Birds
12. The Hunt for Red October
13. The Shining
14.
15. The Usual Suspects
16. This is Spinal Tap
17. Titanic
18. American Beauty
19. Moonraker
20. Star Wars
I have no idea what the missing one is (it’s the one with the little paper clip guy being run over by the packing tape vehicle), but I’m sure it’s something painfully obvious I should know.
On the other hand, WTF is up with the inclusion of #8 and #19? I’m sure they’re just there for no other reason than to make it extra hard for anyone to win any prizes.
Well, since we’re offering spoilers, #14 is The Terminator.
I actually got #8 fairly easily. I’m not sure what that says about me, especially since I’ve never seen the original. I have, however — and this is perhaps key — used a staple remover before.
I would not have guessed #19…although that’s largely because I couldn’t remember which Bond film had that character in it.
Terminator? D’oh! I knew it’d be something obvious I should know….
And I guess my point about #8 was, who would expect it to turn up in a quiz like this?
Thanks, Eric! What a relief.