The 2014 Not Quite The King William’s College Quiz ANSWERS

QUESTION ONE (Film adaptations of Shakespeare plays)

a. Whose first instinct was not to feed the tarantula?
Olivia in She’s The Man

b. Who once crashed into a car on purpose?
Kat Stratford in 10 Things I Hate About You

c. Who always wanted to be a hawk?
Hugo in O

d. What promoted rust?
The atmosphere of Altair IV in Forbidden Planet

e. Who considered herself an underachiver?
Pat MacBeth in Scotland, PA

f. Which pair of gardeners hated one another?
Mrs. Montague and Mr. Capulet in Gnomeo and Juliet

g. Who kept nunchaku in his trousers?
Striker in Get Over It

h. Who was unaffected by fifty-dollar words?
Mike in Deliver Us From Eva

i. Who explained that knowledge of kung fu was a statutory requirement in his home?
Han Sing in Romeo Must Die

QUESTION TWO (Roman characters in Asterix books)

a. Who changed his name when he became a matador?
Spurious Brontosaurus (El Hispanie) in Asterix in Spain

b. Who informed the audience that he knew his enemies had a secret?
Caligula Minus in Asterix the Gaul

c. who was followed by jealousy everywhere he went?
Tortuous Convolvulus in Asterix and the Roman Agent

d. Who was given property by the seaside?
Tremensdelerius in Asterix and Caesar’s Gift

e. Who used their knowledge of soldier’s songs in pursuit of a seat in the Senate?
Crismus Cactus in Asterix and Son

f. Who was defiantly proud of not being a work of art?
Goldendelicius in Asterix and the Laurel Wreath

g. Who loved fried boar’s tripe with honey?
Varius Flavius in Asterix in Switzerland

h. Who invented the latest thing in baths?
Squareonthehypotenus in The Mansions of the Gods

i. Who argued that peace was beyond all price?
Caius Preposterus in Obelix & Co.

QUESTION THREE (talking ducks)

a. Who liked toast, but was suspicious of muffins?
Ajax Duckman from Duckman

b. Who was concerned about the expense of nuclear weapons?
Negaduck from Darkwing Duck

c. Who was given a bare belly when he was hit with 200 million volts of electricity?
Danger Duck from Loonatics

d. Who gained superpowers from a starfish?
Rubberduck from Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew!

e. Who once went to purchase uranium for children?
Super Duck from Archie Comics’ Super Duck

f. Whose reincarnation involved ketchup?
Count Duckula

g. Who was too smart for hard work?
Gladstone Gander

h. Who always wore a floatation device so that he would not drown?
Wade Duck from U.S. Acres

i. Who earned a dollar for peeling potatoes?
Lucky Ducky from Tom The Dancing Bug

QUESTION FOUR (princesses)

a. Who was once endowed with the power of love?
Wonder Woman (Princess Diana)

b. Who was adopted by a demon?
Morrigan Arnsland from Darkstalkers

c. Who refused to fight the King of the Rock?
Mulan

d. Which rose was plucked by the younger son of a king?
Sharra, the Dark Rose of Cathal from The Fionavar Tapestry

e. Who remembered a cat?
Anya from Anastasia

f. Who hated the smell of humans?
San in Princess Mononoke

g. Who is estimated to have a fortune exceeding one billion dollars?
Princess Peach

h. Who believed there was a star expressly for her?
Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Mars

i. Whose middle names were the result of a local tradition?
Princess Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre

QUESTION FIVE (television characters involved in crossovers)

a. Who was the brother of a mortician?
John Munch in Homicide: Life On The Streets – crossed into Law and Order: SVU and The X-Files

b. Who appeared in pornography under an assumed, but real, name?
Ursula Buffay in Mad About You – crossed into Friends

c. Who considered amaretto a “wussy drink”?
Carla Tortelli in Cheers – crossed into St. Elsewhere

d. Who started smoking at the age of nine?
Chandler Bing in Friends – crossed into Caroline and the City

e. Who did not discover he had a son until he was thirty-two?
Crosby Braverman in Parenthood – crossed into About a Boy

f. Who considered the revelation of his baldness a firing offense?
Alan Brady in The Dick Van Dyke Show – crossed into Mad About You

g. Who assisted in an escape from a Dyson Sphere?
Montgomery Scott in Star Trek – crossed into Star Trek: The Next Generation

h. Who had a firm belief about the distinction between a custodian and a janitor?
George Jefferson in The Jeffersons – crossed into All In The Family, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, others

i.Which journalist refused to speak to her birth mother?
Natalie Green in The Facts of Life – crossed into Diff’rent Strokes

QUESTION SIX (judges)

a. Who once requested some French cologne?
Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd

b. Who gave up his dream to move to Italy?
Marshall Eriksen in How I Met Your Mother

c. Who acted only in the ultimate greater interest?
The Living Tribunal

d. Who knew that the form of the devil was a griffin with wings of leather?
Theodoric of York, Medieval Judge

e. Who was a fool without a crown?
Judge Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

f. Who committed suicide and then helped a soul escape Purgatory?
Adrian Chase (Vigilante)

g. Who always considered being from Texas to be a capital crime?
The Hangin’ Judges in Deadlands

h. Who was born and raised in a bad block?
Judge Anderson in Judge Dredd/Dredd

i. Who was a 1951 model?
Doc Hudson in Cars

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