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Day by Day: Skeequiz -- Prove you grew up in southern Ontario during the 80s!
Wed, 11 Jul 2007

If I had a tagging feature set up, this would be tagged to typed-on-phone-no-wonder-I-have-RSI. Or torture-Phronq.

A flock of crows is called a 'murder' I think, either by dictionairy or by convention I'm not sure which. A flock of seagulls is called a 'mullet' by those of us who remember the 80s. My question today - what is a flock of bills? A squire of bills? A flamming-wallet of bills? I had a witty answer, but in all the effort to type up a blog entry I've forgotten it. Such is the way of my mind. Nomatter, for there are many questions in this tired vessel and you cannot Google for a concept (not yet, my dear Brigadooner)..

I have a quiz for you; how many can you answer?

1) What was that morning cartoon where the characters were all just white line drawings upon a black background? Perhaps French TV Ontario? Does TV Ontario still make really strange little children shows? They were the stuff!

2) The Beachcombers scared us a little when we were young, but then as were turned to adolescence we appreciated the scenery and outdoorsiness. And we were still scared about insestuous river rat folk. Trivia - what was the name of the fellow that Lara Croft would admire? Who was the native.. uh, aboriginal?

3) There was a live action show; I believe the main character was a young boy named Zack. He found a large trunk, or perhaps a piece of luggage? When he climbed inside he found another world..

4) A cartoon featuring a train; living on the train was a girl with a star shaped haircut, and a cat. Name it!

5) There was a animated (puppets) show about Jeremy the (blank)

6) I'm sure many people, not just from southern Ontario will know; (blank) the Hampster. The show featured his pal Geepee the Guineapig inventor. (He invented gadgets, not guineapigs.)

7) Not a question.. I just want everyone to fondly remember Riptide and Boz. Or if you must.. what was the robots name?

8) Do you remember Vision On? Recall the logo that was Visionon in script, mirrored across the horizontal and bouncing away as an insect? Where did this show originate, as its not Canadian!

9) Which show kicked off Commander Mark? What did he draw on every episode? (This one is for Aphyd)

10) What show had a skeleton Mr. Bones, a boot, a girlie shoe? (blank)along!

11) (singing)Its the stories we read about all come to life!(/singing)

12) (blank)On! One episode had a 'vampire' who bit paper, leaving quotation marks.

13) Name the show: (blank) Patrol, where the main character went undercover wearing a kangaroo outfit. (This ones for Tuxedo)

14) Which show had Cosmic Cow? And Monroe, a male character who was raped by two obese women in a bathtub -- ahh, family comedy in the 80s!

Alright, thats enough for now :)

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