Open House: Brokeback Quiz/open till Sunday 6am EDT

[Penthesilea]

Additional note: this quiz can be taken till noon EDT on Saturday. So you have plenty of time and it doesn't conflict with other Open House events.

Edit: per request I extend the time for the quiz til Sunday, 6am EDT. The strange time for the end of the quiz is based in the time zone difference between most BetterMostians and us Eurobrokies.


Welcome! 

As the Special of the Day in the Open Forum, we have organized a little quizzie for you. It's all for fun and I hope most questions will be easy to answer. Don't be shy, we don't grade  . You have nothing to lose, but splendorous virtual prizes to win 

The winner will get a b..... no, ain't sayin it yet 
Places two to five will get ..... la la la la la
All participants will be rewarded with a s..... 

The questions will be about the short story, the movie or the Open Forum. The rules are easy and there are only two:

1) Permitted auxiliary tools are your memory, the short story, DVD, movie scripts, the stripedwall site (www.stripedwall.com) and the whole Open Forum - except this very thread.
2) Not permitted: cheating. And yes, it IS cheating to scroll down and read the answers other participants have already given  .

Each answer is worth one point, the one with the most points will be our winner and will be announced Saturday afternoon/evening.
(European time zone!, so it's earlier for the US Brokies)

Please copy&paste the quiz form in the next post and put your answers directly under the respective questions.

Good luck and enjoy!     

[Penthesilea]

1) What is the house number of the Riverton apartment above the laundromat?
 

2) What does Carl even do?
 

3) What runs in Timmy's family?
 

4) Where is Ennis supposed to be in June 1984?
 

5) Who opened the thread about Jack and the wind?
 

6) Please complete the sentence: Jack may be a sinner, but Ennis........
 

7) What is to be read on the mail box of Jack's parent's ranch?
 

8 ) What could Ennis do if he had three hands?
 

9) What lovable subtle detail did Belbbmfan post on May, 4th, 2007?
 

10) What should boys watch?
 

11) What did Jack do with the transistor radio?
 

12) From your memory, no auxiliary tools allowed for this one question: Who uses the ax, who uses the saw when Ennis and Jack
build up their first camp?
 

13) What's wrong with this pic? Hint: I don't mean the lettering on it 


 

14) Name the exact date of the reunion. You can score one bonus point here, but I won't tell you how, you have to find out
yourself 
 

15) What does Monroe drink on Thanksgiving?
 

16) What does Jeff Wranger think is the happiest scene in the whole movie (at least he did think so on May, 9th, 2006)? Too
hard? Okay, I'll give you a hint: page four.
 

17) How long does Jack commute every day?

[Penthesilea]

Hmmmmm, should I announce a special prize for the first to answer the quiz? I'll see what I can do, so get it on and try your luck  .



Aaaaaand: don't scroll further down!

[Penthesilea]

BTW: you can take your time with answering the quiz. Answers will be accepted till noon EDT tomorrow (Saturday).


And now STOP scrolling!












I warn ya 







Stop it now, unless you already have the answers and want to post them, that is 

[MaineWriter]

Maybe you should put the quiz questions in one thread and let people post the answers in a separate thread? I am not sure how to get to the questions without scrolling past whatever folks have posted as answers....(I read my threads backwards, if that makes sense)...

L

[Penthesilea]

Maybe you should put the quiz questions in one thread and let people post the answers in a separate thread? I am not sure how to get to the questions without scrolling past whatever folks have posted as answers....(I read my threads backwards, if that makes sense)...

L

  No, doesn't make sense to me. But you can scroll fast without peeking to the answers. That okay with you?

Or is everybody reading threads backwards?

[Fran]

1) What is the house number of the Riverton apartment above the laundromat?   2
 

2) What does Carl even do?  Talk.
 

3) What runs in Timmy's family?   Strong backs and weak minds.
 

4) Where is Ennis supposed to be in June 1984?   At a roundup over near the Tetons.
 

5) Who opened the thread about Jack and the wind?   I'll guess Front-Ranger.
 

6) Please complete the sentence: Jack may be a sinner, but Ennis........   Ain't yet had the opportunity.
 

7) What is to be read on the mail box of Jack's parent's ranch?   John C. Twist
 

8 ) What could Ennis do if he had three hands?   Wipe Alma Jr.'s nose.
 

9) What lovable subtle detail did Belbbmfan post on May, 4th, 2007?   Don't know.
 

10) What should boys watch?   Football.
 

11) What did Jack do with the transistor radio?   Twisted the dial till the batteries died.
 

12) From your memory, no auxiliary tools allowed for this one question: Who uses the ax, who uses the saw when Ennis and Jack
build up their first camp?   I'll guess Jack with the ax and Ennis with the saw.
 

13) What's wrong with this pic? Hint: I don't mean the lettering on it       Tent don't look right (to Ennis).  Aside from that, shouldn't the food boxes be hoisted up so the bears can't get to them?


 

14) Name the exact date of the reunion. You can score one bonus point here, but I won't tell you how, you have to find out
yourself     Saturday, June 24, 1967
 

15) What does Monroe drink on Thanksgiving?   Milk, like everyone else.
 

16) What does Jeff Wranger think is the happiest scene in the whole movie (at least he did think so on May, 9th, 2006)? Too
hard? Okay, I'll give you a hint: page four.  Don't know.
 

17) How long does Jack commute every day?   Four hours.

[Front-Ranger]

I can only answer a few because there's only 5 minutes left:

3) What runs in Timmy's family? Strong backs and weak minds
 

4) Where is Ennis supposed to be in June 1984? At the roundup in the Tetons
 

5) Who opened the thread about Jack and the wind? My friend and co-mod atz75!
 

6) Please complete the sentence: Jack may be a sinner, but Ennis........ ain't yet had the opportunity.
 

7) What is to be read on the mail box of Jack's parent's ranch?  John C. Twist
 

8 ) What could Ennis do if he had three hands? Wipe Alma Junior's nose
 

9) What lovable subtle detail did Belbbmfan post on May, 4th, 2007?
 

10) What should boys watch? Football.
 

11) What did Jack do with the transistor radio? Fiddled with the dials
 

12) From your memory, no auxiliary tools allowed for this one question: Who uses the ax, who uses the saw when Ennis and Jack
build up their first camp? Jack=ax, Ennis=saw
 

13) What's wrong with this pic? Hint: I don't mean the lettering on it   

 Ennis is in the wrong place...he should be directly behind Jack
 

14) Name the exact date of the reunion. You can score one bonus point here, but I won't tell you how, you have to find out
yourself   
  June 24, 1967 in the movie, September 24, 1967 in the story

15) What does Monroe drink on Thanksgiving? a brandy while smoking a cigar and watching figure skating on TV
 

16) What does Jeff Wranger think is the happiest scene in the whole movie (at least he did think so on May, 9th, 2006)? Too
hard? Okay, I'll give you a hint: page four. The happy tussle while Aguirre watched thru his binoculars??
 

17) How long does Jack commute every day? Four hours.

Thanks, Chrissi and Katherine!! This was fun! Please do this again!!

[Ellemeno]

1) What is the house number of the Riverton apartment above the laundromat?   
  2

2) What does Carl even do?
  talks

3) What runs in Timmy's family?
  weak minds and strong backs

4) Where is Ennis supposed to be in June 1984?
  in the Tetons

5) Who opened the thread about Jack and the wind?
  Hm, Amanda?

6) Please complete the sentence: Jack may be a sinner, but Ennis........
  ain't had the opportunity

7) What is to be read on the mail box of Jack's parent's ranch?
  ?  I never noticed nuthin

8 ) What could Ennis do if he had three hands?
  wipe Alma Jr's nose

9) What lovable subtle detail did Belbbmfan post on May, 4th, 2007?
  je ne sais pas

10) What should boys watch?
  football

11) What did Jack do with the transistor radio?
  can't remember.  must be story?

12) From your memory, no auxiliary tools allowed for this one question: Who uses the ax, who uses the saw when Ennis and Jack
build up their first camp?
  Easy, it says so much about them - Ennis, steady, smooth sawing, while Jack hacks and hacks with the ax.

13) What's wrong with this pic? Hint: I don't mean the lettering on it   
Absolutely nothing, it's perfect, it's one of my favorite shots.    Is there a horse missing?
 

14) Name the exact date of the reunion. You can score one bonus point here, but I won't tell you how, you have to find out
yourself   
  June 24th, 1967 in the book, September 24th, 1967 in the movie.

15) What does Monroe drink on Thanksgiving?
  milk?

16) What does Jeff Wranger think is the happiest scene in the whole movie (at least he did think so on May, 9th, 2006)? Too
hard? Okay, I'll give you a hint: page four.
 

17) How long does Jack commute every day?
4 hours

[ifyoucantfixit]

I have decided to do this without any checking...just to see how it comes out...

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1) What is the house number of the Riverton apartment above the laundromat? 14
 

2) What does Carl even do?     He even talks.!!
 

3) What runs in Timmy's family? Weak minds and strong backs..

 

4) Where is Ennis supposed to be in June 1984? Somewhere up around the Tetons
 

5) Who opened the thread about Jack and the wind? Atz?
 

6) Please complete the sentence: Jack may be a sinner, but Ennis........ Has not yet had the opportunity.



 

7) What is to be read on the mail box of Jack's parent's ranch? JW Twist?
 

8 ) What could Ennis do if he had three hands? Wipe Alma Jrs nose.
 

9) What lovable subtle detail did Belbbmfan post on May, 4th, 2007? The man trying to keep the horse out of the camera angle.
 

10) What should boys watch?   Football
 

11) What did Jack do with the transistor radio? Kept twisting the knob until the battery died.
 

12) From your memory, no auxiliary tools allowed for this one question: Who uses the ax, who uses the saw when Ennis and Jack
build up their first camp?    Jack uses the saw, and Ennis the Axe
 

13) What's wrong with this pic? Hint: I don't mean the lettering on it   The extra coffee pot on the post.?

 
 

14) Name the exact date of the reunion. You can score one bonus point here, but I won't tell you how, you have to find out    Sept 24th 1967
yourself  
 

15) What does Monroe drink on Thanksgiving? Milk
 

16) What does Jeff Wranger think is the happiest scene in the whole movie (at least he did think so on May, 9th, 2006)? Too
hard? Okay, I'll give you a hint: page four. The snow sledding?
 

17) How long does Jack commute every day?  Four hours
 
 
 

[LauraGigs]

1) What is the house number of the Riverton apartment above the laundromat?
 
2

2) What does Carl even do?

Talks!

3) What runs in Timmy's family?
 
Strong Backs, weak minds!

4) Where is Ennis supposed to be in June 1984?
 
The Tetons (wait a minute, don't you mean August?)

5) Who opened the thread about Jack and the wind?
 
Danyelle-Dillon

6) Please complete the sentence: Jack may be a sinner, but Ennis........
 
ain't yet had the opportunity

7) What is to be read on the mail box of Jack's parent's ranch?
 
I'd have to peek

8 ) What could Ennis do if he had three hands?
 
wipe Junior's nose

9) What lovable subtle detail did Belbbmfan post on May, 4th, 2007?
 
how Jack nuzzles the bedroll  <— I had to peek for this. (no one knew this from memory, did they?)

10) What should boys watch?

football
 
11) What did Jack do with the transistor radio?
 
whut?

12) From your memory, no auxiliary tools allowed for this one question: Who uses the ax, who uses the saw when Ennis and Jack
build up their first camp?

Jack: ax
Ennis: saw

13) What's wrong with this pic? Hint: I don't mean the lettering on it  Wink

In that shot, Ennis should be crouching/standing on the left side of Jack (from our POV, or Jack's right)
 
14) Name the exact date of the reunion. You can score one bonus point here, but I won't tell you how, you have to find out
yourself  Grin
 
I'd have to peek

15) What does Monroe drink on Thanksgiving?
 
Milk (bleah)

16) What does Jeff Wranger think is the happiest scene in the whole movie (at least he did think so on May, 9th, 2006)? Too
hard? Okay, I'll give you a hint: page four.
 
I'd have to peek

17) How long does Jack commute every day?

4 hours

[shortfiction]

1) What is the house number of the Riverton apartment above the laundromat? \
       One
 

2) What does Carl even do?
       
 

3) What runs in Timmy's family?
      Hard heads
     
 

4) Where is Ennis supposed to be in June 1984?
Cattle round-up
 

5) Who opened the thread about Jack and the wind?
don't know
 

6) Please complete the sentence: Jack may be a sinner, but Ennis........ ain't yet had the opportunity
 

7) What is to be read on the mail box of Jack's parent's ranch?
John C. Twist
 

8 ) What could Ennis do if he had three hands?
Wipe Alma Jr's nose
 

9) What lovable subtle detail did Belbbmfan post on May, 4th, 2007?
    don't know
 

10) What should boys watch?
Football
 

11) What did Jack do with the transistor radio?
       twisted the dials
 

12) From your memory, no auxiliary tools allowed for this one question: Who uses the ax, who uses the saw when Ennis and Jack
build up their first camp?
       Ennis--ax; Jack--saw
 

13) What's wrong with this pic? Hint: I don't mean the lettering on it   
the tent don't look right

 
 

14) Name the exact date of the reunion. You can score one bonus point here, but I won't tell you how, you have to find out
yourself   
              May 24, 1967
 

15) What does Monroe drink on Thanksgiving?
       Beer
 

16) What does Jeff Wranger think is the happiest scene in the whole movie (at least he did think so on May, 9th, 2006)? Too
hard? Okay, I'll give you a hint: page four.
??
 

17) How long does Jack commute every day?
4 hours

[Ellemeno]

Kelly, you are effin hilarious!!!  But we already knew that, dint we?

[ifyoucantfixit]

           He is crazy funny no doubt...I love people that are a bit crazy...dont you?

[jstephens9]

I want to take the quiz, but I just found it. I have asked for the time to be extended. Is anyone else with me?

[Penthesilea]

I want to take the quiz, but I just found it. I have asked for the time to be extended. Is anyone else with me?

I got your PM and happily oblige.
Since your evening is in the middle of the night for me, and tomorrow is Sunday, and I like to sleep late on Sundays, I will extend the time for the quiz til noon, Sunday, European time zone. That's 6am on Sunday EDT.

[Penthesilea]

Time for the quiz is up.
You can still take the quiz noncompetively if you want. Therefore I didn't post the correct answers here, but in the wards Ceremony thread. http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,12636.10.html

[jstephens9]

1) What is the house number of the Riverton apartment above the laundromat?
2 

2) What does Carl even do?
He even talks 

3) What runs in Timmy's family?
Strong backs and weak minds
 
4) Where is Ennis supposed to be in June 1984?
A round up at the Tetons

5) Who opened the thread about Jack and the wind?
atz75 

6) Please complete the sentence: Jack may be a sinner, but Ennis........
ain’t yet had the opportunity

7) What is to be read on the mail box of Jack's parent's ranch?
John C. Twist

8 ) What could Ennis do if he had three hands?
Wipe Alma Jr.’s nose 

9) What lovable subtle detail did Belbbmfan post on May, 4th, 2007?
How Jack sort of 'nuzzles' the bedroll just as he puts Ennis's hand 'you know where' during the first tent scene. 

10) What should boys watch?
Football 

11) What did Jack do with the transistor radio?
Twisted the dial until the batteries died

12) From your memory, no auxiliary tools allowed for this one question: Who uses the ax, who uses the saw when Ennis and Jack
build up their first camp?
Jack used the ax, Ennis used the saw 

13) What's wrong with this pic? Hint: I don't mean the lettering on it   
The tent don’t look right 

14) Name the exact date of the reunion. You can score one bonus point here, but I won't tell you how, you have to find out
yourself   
June 24, 1967, 4 years after they left Brokeback 

15) What does Monroe drink on Thanksgiving?
Milk

16) What does Jeff Wranger think is the happiest scene in the whole movie (at least he did think so on May, 9th, 2006)? Too
hard? Okay, I'll give you a hint: page four.
The "rodeo cowboys is all fuckups" scene.

17) How long does Jack commute every day?
Four hours a day

[Penthesilea]

Hey Jack,

what happened bud? You're way too late to compete with the others in the quiz. The awards ceremony has already been held.
But don't fret about it. I'm sure I'll find another prize ......... somewhere around ...... anywhere ...... in this chaos that is my office..... give me a few minutes, then go over to the awards ceremony thread.

Thank you for taking the quiz, friend  !

[jstephens9]

Hey Chrissi,

Actually I got a little confused about the time  but I am so glad you are going to give me a prize anyway  And, seriously, guess what I was doing last night and this morning? I actually was doing research for the quiz by watching Brokeback again as well as reading the book again. I thought I knew a lot about both, but your quiz even taught me more and you got some more tears out too  I enjoyed taking it. I was supposed to be working on my class, but this was so much more interesting even if I was late. Please have more.

Jack