JoeDios.com Forums - August Contest!!!

Today's the 8th. My math class is done and I'm actually able to be on Summer Break. Now, people are wondering just who got their stuff right and well, who won the actual prizes.

12 people entered.

5 got them right, including some help in getting my shite straight. ;) THose became the freebie questions. BUT before I say who won, allow me to give the answers.

1. The first Indiana Jones movie was called...

A. Raiders of the Lost Ark
B. The Wrath of Farahkan
C. The Temple of Hexen

2. Short Round showed up in...

A. Temple of Doom
B. Raiders of the Lost Ark
C. The Holy Grail

3. The actor's name who plays Indiana Jones is...

A. Dolph Lundgren
B. Jean Claude Van-Damne
C. Harrison Ford.

4. Extra Credit. Hexen was a...

A. Movie
B. Video Game.
Hexen: Beyond Heretic is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Raven Software, published by id Software, and distributed by GT Interactive beginning on March 16, 1996. It is a platform-switching sequel to 1994's Heretic, and the second game in the Serpent Riders series. Its name is German for "witches". This was DOOM with medieval weapons.
C. Pop group from 1983

5. Extra Credit. Dolph Lundgren & Jean Claude Van-Damne show up in what movie???

A. Doom
B. Blood Sport
C. Universal Soldier.

1. October spelled in Russian is actually...

A. April
B. Oktober. Do we REALLY write it the Russian way with backwards Es and stuff? Nope. There, we'd write it as Oktober/oktobr if we were in class.
C. Okotober

2. "My Morse is so rusty, I could be sending him dimensions on playmate of the month." This is a quote from the movie? (I goofed on this one too; freebie)

A. True
B. False

3. The author who originally wrote "THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER" was:

A. Conrad Hauser
B. Tom Clancy
C. Tom Jones
D. Dr. Jones!

4. Sean Connery shows up in an Indiana Jones movie.

A. True. C'mon, he's plays Indy's dad in Holy Grail. "You named me after the dog???"
B. False

5. Captain Ramius's wife is...

A. Alive
B. Dead.
"No. THis book belonged to my wife."
"I am sorry, Captain. Your wife was a beautiful woman. Her death was... Unfortunate."

1. PLATOON is a war movie based on which war?

A. The Iraq War
B. The war of humans against monsters in the HALO universe.
C. Vietnam War

2. Johnny Depp shows up in the movie. He acts as the Vietnamese interpreter?

A. True
B. False

3. According to the door gunner on the huey taking the squads into the bush, it's easier to... (I f'd up on this one. Wrong movie. This is a freebie)

A. Blow away the farmers by dropping grenades.
B. Following them with bullets as they run.
C. Leading them. Kids are easier to lead.

4. Sgt. Barnes and Sgt. Elias (don't know if that was his last name) were...

A. Best buddies
B. Hated each other
C. Sgt Elias was in another platoon so it doesn't matter!

5. Tony Todd, one of the sergeants, made his career playing what horror character?

A. Candyman
B. Jason from the Friday the 13th flicks
C. The Leprechaun from the, uh, Leprechaun movies.

6. Extra credit. Forest Whittaker, one of the soldiers, showed up in what group of movies?

A. Phenomenom, The Crying Game, & Blood Sport. In Blood Sport, he plays one of the agents trying to get Frank Dux (like, "Put up your dukes!") in Hong Kong.
B. Blood Sport, Crying Game & Starship Troopers
C. The Last King of Scotland, Independence Day, & Rush Hour3

7. Extra credit. Platoon has an all-star cast.

A. True. Sure, this is based on opinion BUT you have:
Willhem Dafoe : Spiderman1 & 2, Born on 4th of July, Clear & PResent Danger, Speed2 - Cruise Control, Boondock Saints, Life Aquatic, Mr. Bean's Vacation, etc.
Forest Whittaker : Bloodsport, Good Morning Vietnam, Body Snatchers, Jasons Lyric, Species, etc.
Tom Berenger : Major League 1 & 2, Sniper flicks, Gettysburg, Chasers, and a lot of tv stuff.
Johnny Depp : Pirates of the Caribbean 1-3, Edward Scissorhands, etc.
Charlie Sheen : Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Navy SEALs, Major League, Men At Work, Young Guns, etc.
Add on John C McGinley, Tony Todd, Kevin Dillion, Keith David, and a few more, that's a cast.
B. False