I went to the midnight premiere of Batman The Dark Knight in Times Square with a camera and a list of questions to see who — in the die-hard crowd of late night New Yorkers — were the true Batman fans. Some of the questions were easy, some where a little hard, but there was one question no one could get right …
Now that everyone has seen the film, you should all be able to answer a few trivia questions about Batman and his movie cohorts. I will give away 5 Batman Encyclopedias written by Bob Greenberger to the first 5 people to answer every question correctly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m3Reh8HCqY
Questions and contact info after the jump –>
Next week I will post videos of the questions being answered. The contestants didn’t have Wikipedia, they didn’t have IMDB, and they certainly didn’t have a Batman Encyclopedia to help them out. Can you answer all 12 questions correctly?
1. How did Batman’s parents die?
2. Name the Batman movie villains (’89-up).
3. Name the actresses who played love interests for Batman (’89-up).
4. Name the actors who played Batman in order of appearance (’89-up).
5. What does Two Face always carry around with him?
6. What two actors played Alfred? (’89-up)
7. What year did Batman Forever come out?
8. Who is the author of The Essential Batman Encyclopedia?
9. Who played Batman in the 1943 movie?
10. Who voiced the Joker in Batman The Animated Series?
11. How many Robins are there? (comics)
12. Name 3 of 5.
If you think you have it nailed, email your answers to delrey@randomhouse.com, along with your mailing address–using the subject heading: “Batman Giveaway“. I will send The Essential Batman Encyclopedia to the first 5 people who answer every question correctly and leave a comment about what they want to see on Suvudu.
I’d like to see more coverage of horror, especially the type of horror that demonstrates itself as a genre related to both SF and fantasy.
I came to the site because I had it bookmarked, and for the life of me I can’t remember why I did. I think it’s because I read about the site and meant to check it out. Glad I did!
I’ve got answers for 1,2,3 and 5. I guess I’d need to google the rest. But that sounds like cheating and for the life of me I have no clue what I would do with the Batman Encylopedia.
) I’ll let you know if something crosses my mind though.
What do I want to see more of on Suduvu? I like the content I’m seeing so far
I’d love to see some coverage on the history of SFF, and some editorials on the best available for new readers or people curious about little-known authors and series.
Just sent my answers — left my comment in email, but to repeat it here:
What I’d like to see covered: More comics, and more author interviews.
Cheat away! I mentioned the people in line didn’t have internet access, but they definitely had friends in line helping them out.
Besides, I only asked them questions 1-6. I added the harder questions with the expectation that you would all look the answers up!
I hope you win!
I would like to see more (ANYTHING – interviews, conversations on their AMAZING craft, et al.) of some of my favorite (short-form) authors like Ted Chiang or Kelly Link.
Maybe a “if-you-like–then-you-might-like-” that take you outside of just Science Fiction categories to authors like Paul Auster who bend reality but is considered less Science-Fiction and more just plain old “Fiction”
My one wish though would be for the site to feature classic sci-fi stories with a short biographical write-up of their authors and some pointers to other great stories by them. This would no doubt prove to be invaluable to those who’re new to the genre and would like recommendations regarding what to read.
Feature articles on the history of the genre and discussions of ‘hard’ and ’soft’ SF etc. would also be highly appreciated.
If possible, articles on the actual science featured in the stories, how the futuristic predictions have panned out (like Clarke’s geostationary satellites) etc. would also be fun to read.
I’d like to see the occasional chat organized with authors, editors, art directors–things that give a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of books, in a format that’s open to the public for real-time participation. That’d be cool.