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by fantine33 » Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:58 pm
I’m awarding 10 Super Special Points for whoever can figure out what prompted today’s title.
At the time ne1410s had Robert Preston as his avatar (I noted it with a Robert Preston YAY!) in one of my posts. The Music Man was quoted endlessly by my dad, brother and me. Even now, whenever my brother and I see each other, the first who comes out with a "Ye Gods!" gets a "Great Honk!" in return. It sounds dumb, but it's a family thing, I guess. Ha! So, although nobody noted the avatar spotting, everyone who mentioned anything to do with The Music Man got 10 points!
1. The Greek goddess of Victory
NIKE
2. This lucky Roman goddess was much more popular than when she was in Greece and named Tyche.
FORTUNA
3. Ragnarok can’t come soon enough for this Norse god, who currently spends his time being restrained by his son’s intestines while his wife does her best to keep venom from dripping on his face.
LOKI
4. An African god known for being a trickster, he also had some serious cred, creating the sun and the moon.
ANANSI
Marley, if you read American Gods you would have been sure about the Loki question. It's much better than Anansi Boys, but not as good as Good Omens (but not much is).
5. This goddess started that whole Trojan War mess by tossing the Golden Apple at a bunch of vain beyotches and then kicking back to watch the fun.
ERIS or DISCORD I intentionally didn't specify Greek or Roman, so either was acceptable.
QOD: After Greece conquered Egypt, Ptolemy decided to create a god they could all enjoy. So he tossed Zeus and Osiris in a salad shooter, sprinkled in a little Pluto, and came up with this guy. Serve and enjoy!
SERAPIS
Bonus: 5 Points for each of the three Fates that you can name.
This one I also left open as to culture, so many answers were acceptable. The ones mentioned were CLOTHOS, LACHESIS and ATROPOS (Greek), DECIMA, MORTA and NONA (Roman) and I also gave credit to Saucy for mother, maiden, crone as those are the archetypes.
Jbilly girl, you were right, Alecto is a Fury. Tlynn, you weren't penalized for saying the only one you were sure about was Lachesis cut the thread because I only asked for names, plus the Larry Bird comment showed that you've been paying attention and that's important. Ha!
Quiz QOD Bonus Total
40 40 15 95 earendel
40 40 15 95 wintergreen
30 30 5 65 tanstaafl
50 0 10 60 mrkelley
40 0 15 55 AnnieCamaro
40 0 15 55 saucy
50 0 0 50 andrewjackson
50 0 0 50 marley
30 0 15 45 nelly
30 0 15 45 tlynn
20 0 15 35 KillerTomato
30 0 0 30 jbillygirl
30 0 0 30 ne1410s
30 0 0 30 ToLiveIsToFly
20 0 0 20 kittyfish
20 0 0 20 minimetoo
10 0 10 20 nitrah
10 0 10 20 tbone
10 0 0 10 etaoin
10 0 0 10 kayrharris
10 0 0 10 seersucker
10 0 0 10 trevormacfee
0 0 10 10 calvinator
0 0 0 0 peacock
