Trivia Tuesday: Win a download of ‘Superman: Doomsday’ with extras– if you can stump the co-author of ‘The Essential Superman Encyclopedia’
Warner Bros. Digital Distribution continues celebrating DC Comics’ 75th Anniversary, and has announced the release of Superman: Doomsday on iTunes with Extras. This additional bonus content is available for the first time to download customers. For some time now, people have continued to buy DVDs because they like the extra content, which has previously not been available online. That seems to be changing, at least with Warner Bros. properties which we think is a boon to the consumer.
To celebrate this and DC’s anniversary we’re holding a Trivia Tuesday. The first person to ask a Superman and/or Doomsday related trivia question that can stump me, co-author of the forthcoming The Essential Superman Encyclopedia
will win a free digital download courtesy of our friends at WBDD.
In addition to the DC Animation feature, Superman: Doosmday, you will also be receiving the Extras, including: The Making of Superman Doomsday, The Clash of the Juggernauts, and Behind the Voice.
Good luck!
Clark Kent once asked Ma Kent to make him a second Superboy costume with a different color scheme. What color replaced blue as the primary color of this second costume, and why did it prove to be a mistake?
Clark Kent once asked Ma Kent to make him a second Superboy costume with a different color scheme. What color replaced blue as the primary color of this second costume, and why did it prove to be a mistake?
Clark Kent once asked Ma Kent to make him a second Superboy costume with a different color scheme. What color replaced blue as the primary color of this second costume, and why did it prove to be a mistake?
What recent film features a visual reference/homage to the Fleischer animated version’s costume change sequences to introduce the hero?
What is the mascot for the Smallville High football team?
What is the mascot for the Smallville High football team?
What recent film features a visual reference/homage to the Fleischer animated version's costume change sequences to introduce the hero?
What is the mascot for the Smallville High football team?
We know four of them as Harpo, Chico, Groucho and Zeppo. Who was the fifth Marx brother?Bonus points? Real names.
Gummo – who was the fourth Marx Brother *before* Zeppo.I’ll take a shot: Adolph, Leonard and Julius and i have no idea.How did they get the names, and what do they refer to?
We know four of them as Harpo, Chico, Groucho and Zeppo. Who was the fifth Marx brother?
Bonus points? Real names.
Gummo – who was the fourth Marx Brother *before* Zeppo.
I’ll take a shot: Adolph, Leonard and Julius and i have no idea.
How did they get the names, and what do they refer to?
We know four of them as Harpo, Chico, Groucho and Zeppo. Who was the fifth Marx brother?Bonus points? Real names.
Gummo – who was the fourth Marx Brother *before* Zeppo.I'll take a shot: Adolph, Leonard and Julius and i have no idea.How did they get the names, and what do they refer to?
Harpo was for obvious reasons: he was the harp player in the family. Depending on who you heard it from, Chico was the skirt chaser, and pronounced it Chicko. Groucho was the moneyman, and took care of the grouch bag. I never really knew where Zeppo’s nickname came from, or even what his real name was. Gummo was the gumshoe of the act; he found them work, and was to all intent their agent. If you get the big box set of their best movies, the one with “Night At The Opera”, there’s a group shot of all five of them.
Gummo’s name was Milton, Zeppo was Herbert. And, I thought this was funny, their dad, Samuel, was an Alsatian nicknamed Frenchy. There’s a Wiki page on the guys, where multiple reasons are given for most of their names.
Harpo said (in Harpo Speaks that there was a popular act on the vaudeville circuits called “Knocko the Clown” (or something like that). And, as usually happens, there were a horde of knock-off acts, using names ending in “o”.
One night there was a poker game going on. And the dealer, in a joking mood, said “…and a hole card for … Harpo.”
And then continued; and, indeed, Julius carried their money safely in a grouch bag, and Leonard was a skirt chaser and Milton was notorious for suddenly turning up when he wasn’t expected, “gumshoeing” silently around back stage.
When Milton left – for the Army? – and Herbert joined the act, they had to come up with an “o” name. (This, again, according to Harpo.) And there was a chimpanzee act, Zippo the Chimp, and they bestowed the name “Zippo” on Herbert.
For reasons that ought be apparent, he hated it (“Wow – you were named after a chimpanzee?”), and when a printer misspelt it on a show program or something like that, he became “Zeppo”.
(Their uncle was Al Shehan, of Gallagher and Sheen.)
The Wiki page has pretty much the same info, along with the bit about how Alexander Wolcott asked why they didn’t use the nicknames in their playbills (“That wouldn’t be dignified.”). And yeah, the page says Gummo joined the Army so he could get some rest. Apparently being the backstage Marx Brother got wearing; “Anything is better than being an actor!” When Zeppo quit the act, he and Gummo founded a talent agency, and made a truckload of money. Gummo seldom met with his clients; he figured that if they didn’t like what he was doing for them, they’d find better.
Supposedly Art Fisher came up with the names during a poker game in Galesburg, Illinois; There was a comic strip called Sherlocko the Monk, and Art got Groucho from there, and just made up the others. Honestly, though, this is like Rashomon by now, with everybody having a different story about who did what. But who cares? I’ve found another Marxmaniac in the world of comics! This is so damn cool!
That was it – i’d forgotten it was a comic strip.
Have you encountered Son of Harpo Speaks? I just discovered it myself, looking up Harpo Speaks.
Somewhere, i have a multi-lp set of Marx Brothers appearances on radio, and one of the tracks features Groucho on a Chicago-based radio program – can’t think whose – remarking that it’s been a long time since he was last in Chicago – “…lat time I was here, there was a Republican Mayor.”
I didn’t even know “Son of Harpo” existed! I’ll hunt it up through Nashville Public Library. I owned a pb copy of Mangy Lover long years ago, and want it in hb so it’ll survive multiple readings. At some point I need to get some bigger bookshelves, which will entail moving to a bigger house…
He’s long since stepped on a rainbow, so his widow likely sold off a lot of his books, but one of my old Memphis friends, Dr. Dalvan Coger, had an immense library of just about anything you’d want; he was a historian and member of First Fandom, and among his collection was a complete run of F&SF magazine, cased. They covered an entire wall. You couldn’t visit Dal and Greta without whimpering from envy.
I coveted his complete works of James Branch Cabell and Thorne Smith…
Harpo was for obvious reasons: he was the harp player in the family. Depending on who you heard it from, Chico was the skirt chaser, and pronounced it Chicko. Groucho was the moneyman, and took care of the grouch bag.
I never really knew where Zeppo’s nickname came from, or even what his real name was. Gummo was the gumshoe of the act; he found them work, and was to all intent their agent.
If you get the big box set of their best movies, the one with “Night At The Opera”, there’s a group shot of all five of them.
What did red kryptonite do to Superman in its very first appearance in the comic book?(I’m asking this question because I don’t know the answer and I’m curious.)
Something completely different than it ever did again, as i recall…
Since we’re Supermanning on these questions, I got one for ya, Bob. In the “Crisis on Two Earths” Justice League movie, what’s the last thing Supes says to Lex before they leave the police station?
What did red kryptonite do to Superman in its very first appearance in the comic book?
(I’m asking this question because I don’t know the answer and I’m curious.)
Harpo was for obvious reasons: he was the harp player in the family. Depending on who you heard it from, Chico was the skirt chaser, and pronounced it Chicko. Groucho was the moneyman, and took care of the grouch bag. I never really knew where Zeppo's nickname came from, or even what his real name was. Gummo was the gumshoe of the act; he found them work, and was to all intent their agent. If you get the big box set of their best movies, the one with "Night At The Opera", there's a group shot of all five of them.
Gummo's name was Milton, Zeppo was Herbert. And, I thought this was funny, their dad, Samuel, was an Alsatian nicknamed Frenchy. There's a Wiki page on the guys, where multiple reasons are given for most of their names.
Harpo said (in Harpo Speaks that there was a popular act on the vaudeville circuits called "Knocko the Clown" (or something like that). And, as usually happens, there were a horde of knock-off acts, using names ending in "o".One night there was a poker game going on. And the dealer, in a joking mood, said "…and a hole card for … Harpo." And then continued; and, indeed, Julius carried their money safely in a grouch bag, and Leonard was a skirt chaser and Milton was notorious for suddenly turning up when he wasn't expected, "gumshoeing" silently around back stage.When Milton left – for the Army? – and Herbert joined the act, they had to come up with an "o" name. (This, again, according to Harpo.) And there was a chimpanzee act, Zippo the Chimp, and they bestowed the name "Zippo" on Herbert.For reasons that ought be apparent, he hated it ("Wow – you were named after a chimpanzee?"), and when a printer misspelt it on a show program or something like that, he became "Zeppo".(Their uncle was Al Shehan, of Gallagher and Sheen.)
The Wiki page has pretty much the same info, along with the bit about how Alexander Wolcott asked why they didn't use the nicknames in their playbills ("That wouldn't be dignified."). And yeah, the page says Gummo joined the Army so he could get some rest. Apparently being the backstage Marx Brother got wearing; "Anything is better than being an actor!" When Zeppo quit the act, he and Gummo founded a talent agency, and made a truckload of money. Gummo seldom met with his clients; he figured that if they didn't like what he was doing for them, they'd find better. Supposedly Art Fisher came up with the names during a poker game in Galesburg, Illinois; There was a comic strip called Sherlocko the Monk, and Art got Groucho from there, and just made up the others. Honestly, though, this is like Rashomon by now, with everybody having a different story about who did what. But who cares? I've found another Marxmaniac in the world of comics! This is so damn cool!
That was it – i'd forgotten it was a comic strip.Have you encountered Son of Harpo Speaks? I just discovered it myself, looking up Harpo Speaks.Somewhere, i have a multi-lp set of Marx Brothers appearances on radio, and one of the tracks features Groucho on a Chicago-based radio program – can't think whose – remarking that it's been a long time since he was last in Chicago – "…lat time I was here, there was a Republican Mayor."
I didn't even know "Son of Harpo" existed! I'll hunt it up through Nashville Public Library. I owned a pb copy of Mangy Lover long years ago, and want it in hb so it'll survive multiple readings. At some point I need to get some bigger bookshelves, which will entail moving to a bigger house… He's long since stepped on a rainbow, so his widow likely sold off a lot of his books, but one of my old Memphis friends, Dr. Dalvan Coger, had an immense library of just about anything you'd want; he was a historian and member of First Fandom, and among his collection was a complete run of F&SF magazine, cased. They covered an entire wall. You couldn't visit Dal and Greta without whimpering from envy. I coveted his complete works of James Branch Cabell and Thorne Smith…
Since we're Supermanning on these questions, I got one for ya, Bob. In the "Crisis on Two Earths" Justice League movie, what's the last thing Supes says to Lex before they leave the police station?
What did red kryptonite do to Superman in its very first appearance in the comic book?(I'm asking this question because I don't know the answer and I'm curious.)
Something completely different than it ever did again, as i recall…