From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)
Subject: Answers to "You Call That Trivia?"
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 21:47:07 GMT
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I said that I wasn't giving part credits on these questions, since I'd
pointed out the trick questions already, but a number of the questions
turned out to be more ambiguous than I realized.  In addition, I'm
not sure whether some of the answers I got are correct or not, and
would appreciate being set straight.

The Answers:

1. What super power did Supergirl possess that Superboy did not?

Quoting from Action #268:  "I have one super-power Superman doesn't!
Since I'm a girl, I have feminine intuition, but to a Super-degree."
Wasn't the Silver Age wonderful?

(In addition, Carol Springs responded "There was that one issue of Adventure 
	where she did a mind-meld to probe a comatose woman's memories.  No 
	one, including Supergirl, seemed to find this never-before, never-
	since seen ability unusual."  I don't remember this, but I'm
	willing to take her word for it.  Anyone else know?)


2. In what order did the following swamp monsters appear:  Heap, Man Thing,
Sump Thing, Swamp Thing?

The Heap appeared in the 1940s in Sky Wolf.  Swamp Thing made his first
appearance in 1971, in House of Secrets, and Man Thing in Fear, very
shortly after.  Sump Thing is a recent parody.  

(Carol Springs continued to make life difficult by explicitly assuming
	that I meant the Alec-Holland-memory Swamp Thing.  Okay.)


3. Name four super-heroines whose origins were retconned to be false or
imposed memories.  (Careful.)

Lots of answers to choose from, including Power Girl (Arion's Atlantean
grand-daughter, believed herself to be Kryptonian); Black Canary II
(believed herself to be her mother); Miraclewoman (whose origins were
Gargunza's inventions); Phoenix (thought she was Jean Gray); Rachel-Phoenix;
and Matrix (an android who thought she was Lana Lang).

I did not accept Troia, as her memories were neither false nor imposed,
but only found repeatedly to be incomplete.  I also didn't accept
Scarlet Witch or the Crimson Fox.  kens@psc got the question right if I 
accept Sugar (of Sugar and Spike).  (This strikes me as highly unlikely, 
but I'm willing to be corrected.)

There were a good number I wasn't sure of.  Jim Drew gave Silver Swan
	and the silver age Hawkwoman as answers.  Tom Galloway's
	answers included Mantis and Lillith (as well as Catwoman, and
	over four answers I'm sure are correct).


4. What is the source of 'Mazing Man's wealth?

He won the Publishers Reading House sweepstakes.  I accepted Publishers
Clearing House and variations thereof.  (There is no truth to the rumor
that it derived from the deposits on millions of cans.)


5. Obligatory Legion question:  Name three members of the Legion of
Superheroes who have died two or more times (not counting clones).

This one turned out to be problematic, since it raises the question of
how dead 'dead' is.  The key to this question is Adventure 310, "The
Doom of the Super Heroes", in which most of the Legion was killed.
Invisible Kid I was killed there and then later, more permanently, by
Validus.  Mon-El was killed there, and later by Eltro Gand's bumbling,
and still later by the Time Trapper.  (The latter two are debatable,
but I accepted them.)  Triplicate Girl, of course, is down two bodies
in addition to that general mishap.

I did not accept Superboy, who only died once, in LSH#38.  (He was
'buried' in Adventure #378, but it was explicitly stated that the
Miracle Machine wouldn't have reversed the poisoning had he been dead.)
And to the best of my knowledge, Lightning Lad only died once.


6. What was the superhero name of Angel O'Day's stepmother?

Princess Power, who was Dumb Bunny's mother.  (I accepted Power Princess.)
(The Freedom Brigade was a group of JLA lookalikes that may have had
impressive powers, but must have been loaded with interesting recessives.
Their offspring became the Inferior Five.  Lady Liberty was *Merryman's 
mother.)


7. Who is the oldest Earth-human to ever serve as the herald of 
Galactus.  (Careful.)

Frankie Rae is the *only* one.  Dazzler's term was a What If and
Aunt May's ("Not a hoax!  Not a What If!  Not an Imaginary Story!)
was a dream.

I didn't accept djdaneh's "Aunt May, but it was a dream".


8. Who won WWI in Stinz's universe?

Indications are that it was a messy draw.  The only time this comes
up, it is stated that *nobody* won.  This is within the context of a
conversation which reveals that there is no longer a united Germany.  
The local Baron, for example, has a five-man army.


9. Why was Deadman originally assassinated?

He was picked at random as an assassination initiation exercise,
because the Hook felt he'd be a challenging target.


10. Were women allowed to join the Watchmen?  (Careful.)

There was, of course, no group by that name to join.


Scoring:

The top scorers follow.  I'm giving the scores as the number of correct
answers, and a '+' for each question which would have gotten better than
half credit had I been giving partial credit.

pbhyc!djdaneh@ns.PacBell.COM (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, Net.Roach) 4+
carols@world.std.com (Carol Springs) 4++
kens@psc.lsa.umich.edu  5++
tjarks@iedit1.att.com (Timothy W Tjarks)  6+
MORROW@FNAL.FNAL.GOV (Greg Morrow)  6++
Tom Galloway <tyg@dip.eecs.umich.edu> 7+

Honorable Mentions:
Russ Random Smith <russ@hardy.math.okstate.edu>  
Michael J Montoure / pierrot@milton.u.washington.edu  
jcoxhead@acorn.co.uk (Jonathan Coxhead) 
intruder@cats.UCSC.EDU  
jrd@lynx.frame.com (James Drew) 
oconnor@kpc.com (Mike O'Connor)  
twhite@dvorak.amd.com (Tom White)  

Maybe another quiz another time.

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