The 2013 Not Quite The King William’s College Quiz – ANSWERS

So we are well into 2014, and commenters have had their chance to answer as many questions in the 2013 Not the King William’s College Quiz, and have mostly done fairly well. A few questions I thought were gimmes just got missed, a few I thought were stumpers got answered quickly, that sort of thing. Which means that next year it has to be even harder!

Answers below the cut.

QUESTION ONE: (noble titles)

a. Whose bipolar disorder was used to manipulate him? Count Vertigo

b. Whose differing emotions created different powers? Princess Peach

c. Who served Mars by tricking countries into war? The Duke of Deception

d. Who chose the wrong time to go searching for his donkey? The Prince of Persia

e. Who was imprisoned by the American government and separated from her child? The Baroness

f. Who had a guard spider named Igor? Count Chocula

g. Who was unwelcome on a subway train? The Marquis de Carabas

h. Who considered her home to be her mother’s cottage? Polgara, the Duchess of Erat

i. Who was the friend of the Ash Can kids? Lord Snooty

QUESTION TWO: (machines)

a. Who established a relationship with a compendium of all human knowledge? Alexander Hartdegen in The Time Machine

b. Who served eighteen months for drunk driving? Paul Crewe in The Mean Machine

c. Who was Japanese, but had a strong French accent? Giant Machine

d. What exploded with a force of 97.835 megatons? The USS Constellation in “The Doomsday Machine”

e. Who once believed he worked for the Delmar Insurance Company? Machine Man

f. Who was greatly concerned with what would happen at the Somme? Oswald Mandus in Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs

g. What had 21 primary targets? The T-X in Terminator: Rise of the Machines

h. Who was brought across space and time to serve his people’s greatest enemy? Striker in Beast Machines

i. Who has worked in international human rights, arms manufacturing and machine salvage? War Machine

QUESTION THREE: (names that are puns)

a. Whose options were dying, dying in the tunnels, or dying in the streets? Hud in Cloverfield

b. Who knew that halibut was a reasonable replacement for a soul? Lew Zealand

c. Who forgot that the piranhas would leave no evidence behind? Harley Quinn

d. Who set his son against his son’s half-brother? Paul Bearer

e. Who understood the appetites of ghosts very well? Max Payne

f. Who turned a romantic comedy into a theme park ride? Maeby Funke

g. – Who had the power to make it rain? Cacofonix

h. Who sang about a 200-year-old woman? The B Sharps

i. Who once explained that he had a fondness for Israel? Bigby Wolf

QUESTION FOUR: (captains)

a. Who was the heir to a Chinese sailor? Elizabeth Swann

b. Who once made someone so desperate they joined a traveling circus? Captain LeChuck

c. Who lived in a tent with a dead man? Yossarian

d. Who was killed by a robot while trying to protect a future President? Captain America (William Naslund)

e. Who once murdered a pigeon? Captain Edmund Blackadder

f. Who joined the military when her professional sporting career became an impossible dream? Kara “Starbuck” Thrace

g. Who kept his gadgets in his hair? Captain Caveman

h. Who once wore a dress made of carpet remnants? Turunga Leela

i. Who was a hero in the futuristic world of 1993? Captain Canuck

QUESTION FIVE: (undeads)

a. Who purchased the estate of Ratford Abbey? Varney the Vampyre

b. Who remembered the rituals of shaving? “Bub” in Day of the Dead

c. Who proved his existence with a single penny? Sam Wheat in Ghost

d. Who made the mistake of deciding to re-bury his late father? Master Yam in Mr. Vampire

e. Who begun their new life when they were ambushed by a gardener? Simon Garth

f. Who believed that one of the priestly duties was to teach? The Confessor

g. Who was nicknamed the Shadow of the East? Khamul of the Ringwraiths

h. Who used magical wands of the I-Ching to travel through time? Barnabas Collins

i. – Who let go of a ledge when their lover betrayed them? Imhotep the Mummy

QUESTION SIX: (swords/blades)

a. What was used by a cauldron thief to kill an Irish king? Caladbolg (Excalibur)

b. Who was born in a Soho whorehouse? Blade

c. What balances the pans of right and wrong and foul and fair? Doomgiver, the Sword of Justice

d. What was made famous by its use at a sandbar? The Bowie Knife

e. What was said to be as pale as milkglass? Dawn, the sword of House Dayne

f. Who is commanded by someone whose is marked with Grace? S.W.O.R.D.

g. What was carried by a paladin from another world? Hill Cleaver, the sword of Dragonbait

h. What put an end to an eight-headed dragon? Totsuka-no-tsurugi, the Ten-Fists Sword

i. What only takes in that which makes it stronger? The Sword of Godric Gryffindor

QUESTION SEVEN: (numbers)

a. What collection of villages was home to many people with checkered pasts? Ten Towns

b. What country is now on its third imperial dynasty and 44th ruler? Rokugan in Legend of the Five Rings

c. Where were there twice as many boys as hot moms and no rules? “Milf Island” on 30 Rock

d. What crashed and created immense deposits of fat? The Fifth Elephant

e. Who was exiled by the President-for-Life? Captain America / Rohjaz in Marvel 1602

f. Which policeman investigated an outbreak of zombie attacks? Hathaway in The Case (in Super 8)

g. Who was the artistic portion of his creator’s soul? 6 in 9

h. What continent was divided in two by a wall of flames? Theah in 7th Sea

i. – Who successfully killed his ex-girlfriend? M.O.D.O.K. in Marvel Super Villain Team Up: M.O.D.O.K.’s 11

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