Trivial Matters.
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fangrrl_squeesAlright, those of you who are more-knowledgeable on matters Whovian-shaped than I am:
Is there extant A Really Big Book Of Honestly Quite Difficult Doctor Who Trivia out there, or am I going to have to compound my own?
I happened to be kicking around ideas for my next crafty-thingummy-at-a-convention project and, long story short, I'm thinking about tying it in with a floating trivia contest.
There'd be several categories for the trivia, of course: books, audio, film-and-telly (further subdivided into Classic, New and Just Plain Whacky - guess where the Peter Cushing and novelty-song stuff will land?)
Prizes will vary. All comers will receive a shiny ribbon for their badge. I'm trying to think of a witty name for the participants to append to such a ribbon. Feel free to make suggestions, cos y'all are far funnier than I am.
Folks who get one question correct will receive something a little shinier - a badge, perhaps. I might even go so far as commissioning one of your crazed artistic-types into drawing something cute and non-trademark-threatening to go on to said badge, 'cos it's that or a silly quote, via Mr. Photoshop as I don't think anyone's going to come after me for that. Heck, I might offer a choice of silly little badges, inspiration and budget permitting.
Braver Whovians who wish to try their luck and answer two consecutive questions correctly get an additional shiny thing - yet another badge, or whatever the heck it crosses my mind to create that fits my intended budget. Y'know, I keep meaning to do a run of temporary tattoos based on the mood patches from Gridlock... the superduper professionally produced ones might prove cost-prohibitive tho', as they tend to demand minimum orders in the thousands of pieces for a single design. There's inkjet temp-tattoo paper on the market, but they're fiddlier to put on - a multi-step process. *Thinks*
And then I'd offer something soooooper shiny for folks willing to tackle - after correctly answering two questions in a row - Super Difficult Questions of Doooooom. I'm kicking around a design for a stamped leather bookmark with a nouveau Gallifreyan motif, which isn't nearly as awful or as twee as it sounds. Or I'll try to fix what went wrong with the Drinks Coasters of Rassilon project, although those were bloody time-consuming to make... Hmm...
And that's why I need sources o'trivia. A lot of this, I can put together myself, especially the easy and mid-range questions. But I'm looking for short-cuts, too, as I'd rather not have to go through the I, Who series with a fine-tooth comb every day for the next five months - although that might turn out to be the most efficient approach possible. Yikes.
No. I won't turn this into an event at the con - whichever con I happen to be at. It's just something I'll happily wander the halls with and allow folks to accost me, because carrying a sign saying "Trivia Contest! Nifty Geegaws!" is bound to attract some attention...
Meanwhile, I've encountered an Amazon UK third-party seller offering a supposedly brand new copy of the Benny Summerfield Dry Pilgrimage for twenty pence. Methinks someone wasn't paying attention when he was keying in the prices for his inventory - although I doubt he was going to ask more than two quid for it. Naturally, I took advantage - although I threw another book in (MA: Venusian Lullaby) to justify the shipping costs... I need them both and as long as they're in readable condition, I'll be happy.
Is there extant A Really Big Book Of Honestly Quite Difficult Doctor Who Trivia out there, or am I going to have to compound my own?
I happened to be kicking around ideas for my next crafty-thingummy-at-a-convention project and, long story short, I'm thinking about tying it in with a floating trivia contest.
There'd be several categories for the trivia, of course: books, audio, film-and-telly (further subdivided into Classic, New and Just Plain Whacky - guess where the Peter Cushing and novelty-song stuff will land?)
Prizes will vary. All comers will receive a shiny ribbon for their badge. I'm trying to think of a witty name for the participants to append to such a ribbon. Feel free to make suggestions, cos y'all are far funnier than I am.
Folks who get one question correct will receive something a little shinier - a badge, perhaps. I might even go so far as commissioning one of your crazed artistic-types into drawing something cute and non-trademark-threatening to go on to said badge, 'cos it's that or a silly quote, via Mr. Photoshop as I don't think anyone's going to come after me for that. Heck, I might offer a choice of silly little badges, inspiration and budget permitting.
Braver Whovians who wish to try their luck and answer two consecutive questions correctly get an additional shiny thing - yet another badge, or whatever the heck it crosses my mind to create that fits my intended budget. Y'know, I keep meaning to do a run of temporary tattoos based on the mood patches from Gridlock... the superduper professionally produced ones might prove cost-prohibitive tho', as they tend to demand minimum orders in the thousands of pieces for a single design. There's inkjet temp-tattoo paper on the market, but they're fiddlier to put on - a multi-step process. *Thinks*
And then I'd offer something soooooper shiny for folks willing to tackle - after correctly answering two questions in a row - Super Difficult Questions of Doooooom. I'm kicking around a design for a stamped leather bookmark with a nouveau Gallifreyan motif, which isn't nearly as awful or as twee as it sounds. Or I'll try to fix what went wrong with the Drinks Coasters of Rassilon project, although those were bloody time-consuming to make... Hmm...
And that's why I need sources o'trivia. A lot of this, I can put together myself, especially the easy and mid-range questions. But I'm looking for short-cuts, too, as I'd rather not have to go through the I, Who series with a fine-tooth comb every day for the next five months - although that might turn out to be the most efficient approach possible. Yikes.
No. I won't turn this into an event at the con - whichever con I happen to be at. It's just something I'll happily wander the halls with and allow folks to accost me, because carrying a sign saying "Trivia Contest! Nifty Geegaws!" is bound to attract some attention...
Meanwhile, I've encountered an Amazon UK third-party seller offering a supposedly brand new copy of the Benny Summerfield Dry Pilgrimage for twenty pence. Methinks someone wasn't paying attention when he was keying in the prices for his inventory - although I doubt he was going to ask more than two quid for it. Naturally, I took advantage - although I threw another book in (MA: Venusian Lullaby) to justify the shipping costs... I need them both and as long as they're in readable condition, I'll be happy.
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Date: 2008-06-27 05:06 am (UTC)The
problem withcool thing about Who is that damn near any fan can be stumped now. Even if you restrict yourself to facts that can be spotted in the episodes you can get pretty arcane.Eg. the "lost" episodes - all exist as audio and almost all have an accompanying set of 60 surviving framegrabs from the telesnap guy. They're part of the most basic canon but can you count those?
Here's my favorite from that set:
How did The Doctor choose the name John Smith? He didn't; it was a gift. There was a medical scanner on The Wheel in Space made by John Smith & Associates. Jamie lied and cribbed the name off the label when he gave The Doctor's name to the staff and The Doctor was later made aware of this.
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Date: 2008-06-27 05:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-27 06:06 pm (UTC)I might just be completely shameless and hit up the DW comm here on LJ and ask 'em to suggest questions (er, and answers, of course)
My back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that
thirty questions in each category (except Whacky Stuff, as I doubt I can manage 30, there) will do... Yeah, that's manageable... I hope!
(Classic Telly, I'd probably bump to 50, as I'm assuming that would be a popular category with the Gally crowd...)