I Don't Want a Lot For Christmas.
The 2015 Christmas Quiz.
Here we are again! The end of another year and the now traditional Christmas quiz with 12 fiendish questions about the comic’s I’ve covered this year on the blog, and once again with prizes!
Yes, this year you can win the following:
A signed copy of the proof copy of my book, Transformation Volume 1. Slightly different to the final published version (which I think most of you likely to enter will already own) this is the only one in existence and may therefore be extremely valuable. Or if not, it will at least let you marvel at all the typos and layout errors we did spot (and be even more amazed at the ones we missed).
A unique set of prints of the interior art Andrew Turnbull created for the book.
Lew Stringer’s two collections of Brickman comics, Brickman Begins and Brickman Returns, also containing some Combat Colin action first published in Transformers.
Carefully ponder the following 12 questions and send your answers (plus an address to send prizes to if you win) to [email protected] before 8th January 2016. The judge’s (i.e.: Me) decision is final. Prizes will be sent out as soon as possible but may still take some weeks, and some prizes will arrive in separate packages.
The answers will be added in a blog post after the quiz has ended (UPDATE: Which is now linked to below), allowing you all too still play along at home in the future.
Good luck!
Question 1: Which Decepticons made their first appearance in the one page promotional comic created for the book in 1988?
Question 2: A prior edition of Ladies Night gave Joy Meadows a skill that helped her in the story of the same name. What was it?
Question 3: What was Grimlock’s location based excuse for having to give up hosting the letters page?
Question 4: What aspect of Zarak’s family life from the Headmasters mini-series was left out of the text retelling of the story in the 1987 Annual?
Question 5: According to Grimgrams, what do the Sparkler Mini-Bots transform into?
Question 6: What is the name of the company Ethan Zachery has founded by the time of the return of Optimus Prime?
Question 7: Which unlikely British newspaper accused Transformers (alongside Gobots and Masters of the Universe) of being an example of “White male domination” during 1988?
Question 8: After being blown through the time portal at the end of The Legacy of Unicron!, which comic did Death’s Head next appear in?
Question 9: Other than Impactor and Flame, which named Transformer is not shown to have survived the events of Meltdown!, as they aren’t seen in the final crowd scene and never appear in the comic again?
Question 10: According to Combat Colin, what is Bigfoot’s first name?
Question 11: Which long serving location for the comic makes its last appearance during Trial by Fire!?
Question 12: Which classic British film is quoted by both Wreck-Gar in Space Pirates! and, years later, Slag in Still Life!?
RESULTS
ISSUE 187
1988
Here we are again! The end of another year and the now traditional Christmas quiz with 12 fiendish questions about the comic’s I’ve covered this year on the blog, and once again with prizes!
Yes, this year you can win the following:
A signed copy of the proof copy of my book, Transformation Volume 1. Slightly different to the final published version (which I think most of you likely to enter will already own) this is the only one in existence and may therefore be extremely valuable. Or if not, it will at least let you marvel at all the typos and layout errors we did spot (and be even more amazed at the ones we missed).
A unique set of prints of the interior art Andrew Turnbull created for the book.
Lew Stringer’s two collections of Brickman comics, Brickman Begins and Brickman Returns, also containing some Combat Colin action first published in Transformers.
Carefully ponder the following 12 questions and send your answers (plus an address to send prizes to if you win) to [email protected] before 8th January 2016. The judge’s (i.e.: Me) decision is final. Prizes will be sent out as soon as possible but may still take some weeks, and some prizes will arrive in separate packages.
The answers will be added in a blog post after the quiz has ended (UPDATE: Which is now linked to below), allowing you all too still play along at home in the future.
Good luck!
Question 1: Which Decepticons made their first appearance in the one page promotional comic created for the book in 1988?
Question 2: A prior edition of Ladies Night gave Joy Meadows a skill that helped her in the story of the same name. What was it?
Question 3: What was Grimlock’s location based excuse for having to give up hosting the letters page?
Question 4: What aspect of Zarak’s family life from the Headmasters mini-series was left out of the text retelling of the story in the 1987 Annual?
Question 5: According to Grimgrams, what do the Sparkler Mini-Bots transform into?
Question 6: What is the name of the company Ethan Zachery has founded by the time of the return of Optimus Prime?
Question 7: Which unlikely British newspaper accused Transformers (alongside Gobots and Masters of the Universe) of being an example of “White male domination” during 1988?
Question 8: After being blown through the time portal at the end of The Legacy of Unicron!, which comic did Death’s Head next appear in?
Question 9: Other than Impactor and Flame, which named Transformer is not shown to have survived the events of Meltdown!, as they aren’t seen in the final crowd scene and never appear in the comic again?
Question 10: According to Combat Colin, what is Bigfoot’s first name?
Question 11: Which long serving location for the comic makes its last appearance during Trial by Fire!?
Question 12: Which classic British film is quoted by both Wreck-Gar in Space Pirates! and, years later, Slag in Still Life!?
RESULTS
ISSUE 187
1988