From: jrd@frame.com (James Drew)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: The Dramatic Return of Comic Book Trivia!
Date: 5 Jan 1993 20:06:14 -0600
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In November of 1990, I wrote:

	Stay tuned for COMIC BOOK TRIVIA II: "A Word in the Hand"  Four issues
	in Prestige Format.  Beginning in January, 1991 (and, hopefully, on
	schedule the whole time).  (Unless you people tell me to pack up my
	trivia and go home.)

Well, the wait is over at last!  Only two years late!  Presenting...

	  	    COMIC BOOK TRIVIA II: "A Word in the Hand"
		A four-issue series of comic book trivia quizzes.
			   Each with a genuine prize!

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			 COMIC BOOK TRIVIA II #1
			"I'm a Man of Few Words."

Identify the comic book or strip character associated with each of the
following single-word phrases.  In all cases, it should be possible to exactly
match a character with a given phrase; either the phrase is the *only* thing
the character says, or it is incredibly distinctive to the character, or
whenever someone else uses the phrase, they are referring to the character in
question.

1. "Bah."

2. "Kimota!"

3. "Yp!"

4. "Ut!"

5. "Spoon!"

6. "Arf!"

7. "Hurm."

8. "Ciiiiig?"

9. "Poop-a-doop"

10. ">tik<"

(Characters in question include ones published by both large and small
companies, in both color and black and white.  #3 is the most difficult
question listed.)

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There will be 100 points available per question, to be divided up among all
correct respondents.  Partial credit may be awarded on some questions.  Extra
credit awards will be granted at the leisure of the moderator, with full
explanation in the results posting.  Deadline is 11:59 pm, January 28; results
will be posted on or about January 31, 1993.  An attempt will be made to
notify all entrants of receipt of their entry; please enclose a valid e-mail
and postal address with each entry.

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Prize: the respondent with the highest point total will receive, free of
charge, a copy of Ciao! #1, featuring an interview with and cover by Donna
Barr, published by yours truly (a $1.75 value).  Future trivia prizes will
include later issues of Ciao! (#6 is to be published in February).  Winners
who already own a copy of the given issue may opt for another issue in its
place.  Statistics will be maintained over all issues of Comic Book Trivia II,
and the overall winner will receive a copy of Ciao! #5 (double-sized issue; a
$6.50 value), or two of the other issues.
	Remember: answering a single question which no one else gets right
scores a full 100 points, and can easily be the winner for a given quiz.  So
it never hurts to enter.
	All e-mail accessible persons with valid mailing addresses are
eligible to enter and win.  Feel free to forward this quiz as desired.
Format and contents as a whole, copyright 1993, Jim Drew.

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                             |     "What's that noise?" I asked Val.  "Sounds
Jim Drew                     | like an electric razor."
jrd@frame.com                |     "Ron's shaving," I was told.
(Furry: Randy Puritan)       |     "Shaving?  Ron?  The guy who thinks everyone
"Innocent, but not naive."   | would look better with a beard, even Madonna?"
B(2)h t c k s g+(p) rv p e   |     "Who said anything about shaving his
S8/5 g l+ y+ o+ a+ u++- j++  | *beard?*" Val said, and scratched idly at his
{opinions: mine != frame's}  | chest.
                             |		- Marc Lynx, "Awl's Fare"

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