Okay, get your sabers rattling and your encyclopedic knowledge of the OT ready! Here's question #1 from the daily Star Wars Trivia Contest I ran on a daily basis on the set: (and yes, he & I got along GREAT. It was like living in a Python sketch for two whole weeks...)
Now pay attention, you may need a pencil and paper -
1) Take the total number of times Leia kisses ANYONE in the original trilogy
2) Subtract from that number the total number of planets the Death Star blows up
3) Multiply that number by the cell block # that Chewbacca is being "transferred from" by Han & Luke
4) Subtract from that the amount of the "down payment" for Ben & Luke's trip to Alderaan
5) Add to that 1% of the total promised payment for the Alderaan trip
6) Add to that the number of the docking bay at Mos Eisley that they take off from
7) Divide that number by the total number of AT-ATs actually destroyed at the Battle of Hoth
Whew. In the daily game, I awarded two points for every correct number, and then a bonus 10 points if you arrive at the correct final number and can also name the significance of that final number. I'll keep running totals for all Thonners that want to see the full range of questions, too...
Do or do not. There is no try.
21 comments:
By trying to change my avatar, I've managed to completely erase it. Nothing I try in Edit Profile seems to work.
Anyone else had trouble with this? I've tried everything from a hosted picture with a web address to pulling it straight off my desktop. No dice.
JPX, Blogger seems to be notoriously fucked up with this. Any advice for a pictureless Stan?
Last time I tried to change my avatar, I almost threw my computer out of the window. It took like 3 days.
Goddamn those questions are tough!
That picture is fantastic though. It looks like it was the best out of a giant photo shoot.
I'm also very impressed with the D'Anconia Mining t-shirt. Friggin' brilliant!
I tried multiple times to change my avatar during Horrorthon to no avail. I saved the link to my original pic which it would always take back, but nothing new would be accepted. Drove me mental. Especially because AC seemed to have unlimited changes.
Maybe that's because she's a super hero.
Awesome picture by the way, I am completely jealous!
Right before we took it, I asked him, "Could you do me a favor? Could...could you look totally disgusted with me?"
And, graciously, he complied. Best two weeks of my life.
No answers yet?
I guarantee the answer to the fist number is higher than you think...
i thought the trivia quiz was a joke. i love star wars but not at that level of detail, not even remotely.
i'll never tell my avatar-shifting secrets!
Well, I do have "easier" questions. They aren't all geared for the nerd double-whammy of math AND Star Wars.
Please share secrets! I've done absolutely EVERYTHING I know how to do (Photobucket, HTML, small file size, all that shit) and I feel totally naked!
Don't listen to AC, Handsome Stan, she's a girl and therefore doesn't understand Star Wars.
Alright I'll give it a whirl.
1) 5 (I'm not certain but I feel like she and Han had multiple kisses in one session).
2) 1
3) 1138
4) 2000
5) 170 (1% of 17,000)
6) 94
7) 2
Magic # = 1408? Relevance = no idea. 1408 the movie had Samuel L in it. Also it's one of those bad luck 13 things that went with the movie. 1 + 4 + 0 + 8 = 13
Pants - you've got every number correct except for that first one. Told you it would be higher than you thought. Which, of course, throws off the whole calculation.
Kudos on the others, though!
I can run through the kissing scenarios to see which one(s) you might be missing. Tell me what you counted as a Leia "kiss."
Even though I wore Star Wars underoos as a kid, I'd never get this question right in a million years.
I just changed my avatar recently using a pic from my desktop. I went to the help menu, followed the directions, and tightly crossed my fingers. I had no idea if it would work because JPX set up my first one and I'm not at all computer savvy. I'm wondering if I got lucky or if it’s just easier for certain people to change avatars for some unknown reason.
Now I'm curious to see. I should probably just leave my avatar alone, but I won't, and will probably end up as naked as you Stan.
Nice work JSP!
I think Blogger, by trying to make it easier for users to grab pics from their desktop, actually made it harder. I think a lot may have to do with Safari vs. Internet Explorer vs. Firefox, but I appreciate the info.
And I'll drop some "easier" questions once someone (probably Sweatpants) gets this one right...
The more I think about it, the more confused I get. Let's see...
1 - Luke in Star Wars
2 - Han before going into carbonite (or did that not happen?)
3 - Han after getting out of carbonite
4 - Jabba licks her face
5 - Han on Endor
I'll tell you the ones you have correct: 1, 2, 3 and 5. Jabba licking her face came up in the original contest, but it really doesn't count because Leia's lips never make contact with his face. So you got four out of a possible...what?
Some dialogue hints as to what you're missing:
"Well, I guess you don't know everything about women, now do you?"
and
"There aren't enough scoundrels in your life."
Name the scenes and receive credit!
What, all day and nobody has any more answers? It's 1,977, which is of course the number of years after Jesus was born that they made Star Wars.
The real question is how Herr Pants forgot the kiss scene that defined a generation's notions of what romance was meant to be. Helloooooo!
Sideline: I remember during the Special Editions' releases in '97 my friends and I discussed when Han and Leia actually did it for the first time. The concensus was NOT on the dirty ol' Millenium Falcon, but rather in the pristine suite in Cloud City. Leia's a classy chick.
Nevertheless, we also agreed they did have sex on the Falcon after getting Han back from Jabba. I mean, come on -- him stuck in carbonite for months and her in that sexy costume? Rrarr.
I had all the numbers right before I read them off JSP's comment, but the kiss one was the one I was least sure about.
Oh, and same prob for me with the avatar thing. I tried to switch it for the 'thon to no avail. I didn't lose my old one, though...that sucks!
I was able to change mine again.
Octo, nicely done! Don't know if anyone's still checking these comments, but I guess we'd have to give you full points, and JSP partial credit.
And for the record, I had success changing my avatar by simply using Firefox and not Safari. Blogger seems to be reluctant to hop on the Apple bandwagon.
Good work Octo! I wasn't even going to try on that one.
I will try again with the avatar...
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