Progressive Musings

Well, it's the weekend...which means it's time for another episode of Scalzi's weekend assignments.  This week...

Weekend Assignment #16: Create a brand-new Superhero secret identity for yourself, based on your personality and proclivities -- and make sure to list at least one "super power" that relates to a special talent you have.

I didn't do the assignment last week.  Gross foods?  Blech!  Who wants to think about stuff like that.  And I thought about not doing the assignment this week because Scalzi got my superhero.  It seems that we (Scalzi and I) both have gray matter stuffed full of useless trivia.  Useless unless we ever get that spot on Jeopardy.

Scalzi is Bar Bet Man.  I could be his trusty sidekick Trivia Pursuit Man.  We could travel the country, putting our useless knowledge to work against the forces of evil...

Name the four members of the Baseball Hall of Fame to start and end their careers in the same cities but for different teams.  Not a problem for Trivia Pursuit Man!  Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Jimmy Foxx and Willie Mays.  Which U.S. President served the shortest time in office?  William Henry Harrison.  What book was the inspiration for Stephen King's The Stand?  The Lord of the Rings.  What pro football teams have football helmets pictured on their football helmets?  The Dolphins and the Raiders...and for extra credit...the Patriots did at one time.

Extra Credit: Oh, all right, fine: If you could have one genuine, honest-to-goodness super power, what one would you want and why?  I would have to go with the X-ray vision thing.  Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

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• #3 Comment from fdtate313Entry Author 
  7/25/04 4:57 PM | Permalink

  Carly> I didn't realize there would be a pop quiz right off the bat.  I'm afraid that I don't know the answers to your questions.  I would guess that hair won't grow on a vaccination mark because it is scar tissue, but I don't know.  Cow?  Not a field of expertise.  Bananas?  Don't know why they grow upwards, but I do know that there are a couple of hundred varieties.  The one we eat the most is called the Cavendish and is in danger of going extinct.  The banana was also discovered for the western world by Alexander the Great in India.
  
• #2 Comment from justcherie 
  7/25/04 9:27 AM | Permalink

  Cool, Duane!  I thought about using trivia some way, too, but couldn't quite make it work.  I used to play trivia games in AOL chatrooms and one of my proudest moments was at a dinner (in real life) with a group of "Triviots" when the waiter offered us a free dessert if we could answer a trivia question (and he had no idea what we all did with most of our free time or why were had gotten together).  I was the only one who could tell him who was originally supposed to have starred in "Beverly Hills Cop"!
  After nearly giving up, I FINALLY came up with a "super power" that fits me.
• #1 Comment from ondinemonet 
  7/25/04 4:17 AM | Permalink

  Oh Duane...
  
                   "X-ray vision" you are such a guy! LOL. But when my X-ray glasses and secret decoder ring arrive in the mail I will promise to share. Girls like those powers too. Nudge/wink! LOL.
  
  Ok TriviaMan...1. Why are cows usually milked from the right side?
                     
                       2. Why can't hair grow on an vaccination mark?
  
                       3. Why do Bananas, unlike other fruits, grow upwards?
  
  Take care and be of good cheer, Always Carly :)