Friday Quiz

All answers must be in the form of a question, answer in the comments, and no cheating. First person with all the correct answers or the most correct answers by Monday will get a coveted SciFi Media "no prize" button to display on their website. Geek Cred and bonus questions are made to challenge the more dedicated fans and are not included in the scoring.


This week's theme- Hodge Podge
Next week's theme- Martial Arts in Scifi/fantasy

1.  This is a huge genre convention held every labor day weekend in Atlanta, GA. 
2.  She played Lana Lang on Smallville. 
3.  This singer played a liquid terminator on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
4.  This is the last character shown on screen in the Stargate Universe series. 
5.  John Crichton of Farscape named his gun this. 

Geek Cred-  This is the Superman like hero that Buster Bunny from the childeren's show arthur loves.  (you are allowed to ask your kids)

Friday Quiz-Arthurian Legend

All answers must be in the form of a question, answer in the comments, and no cheating. First person with all the correct answers or the most correct answers by Monday will get a coveted SciFi Media "no prize" button to display on their website.

This week's theme Arthurian Legend
Next week's theme Supernatural (tv show)

1.  This is the name of Arthur's Sword?
2.  These are the traditional two ways that he gets the above sword.
3.  This Marion Zimmer Bradley book took a femenist perspective to the legend. 
4.  This colorful Middle English poem spotlights Sir Gawain. 
5.  This Arthurian inspired musical includes the songs "Find Your Grail" and "Diva's Lament."

Bonus:  This author wrote the Merlin Trilogy.  The first book is The Crystal Cave.
Geek Cred:  He is the purest of Knights and is sometimes called the virgin knight. 
Bonus 2:  This Robert Redford movie is based upon the above knight. 
Geek Cred 2:  Later works combine the above Knight's legend with this son of Lacelot.
English Major bonus:  Author is given horns by Lancelot making him this bird based term. 

Avalon High-Spoiler Free Review

Avalon High was a made for TV, Disney channel production. It is based on the novel of the same name by Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries). The premise of the story is that the characters of Arthurian legend are reborn into a group of high schoolers.


Plot-They had to play around with the characters and plot from the original and the remakes and crafted something pretty original. The target demographics are teens so it isn’t too deep. The story makes some nice twists and turns that I wasn’t really expecting. Overall it was a fun interesting take on a story that shouldn’t be original.

Characters- This is your stereotypical high school with stereotypical archetypes. The characters do grow somewhat, but none of them really ever surprise you with any transformation. The actors for this movie were not big names and most of them not even Disney channel staples, so that may have added to already shallowly written characters coming across even more one dimensional. I have not read the book, so I can’t comment on the source material.

Overall- it was a fun movie and a great way to introduce a younger generation to Arthur and his knights of the round table. It wasn’t great, but for YA it was pretty good. My wife loved it and my oldest daughter really got into it, too. So, it may be more of a girl movie. My review might be tainted by the fact that I had just finished reading Mists of Avalon a couple of weeks before seeing this. Last I checked this was free on Disney On Demand, and I am sure they rerun the heck out of it. I would suggest this to movie for ages 7-16 primarily, adult women will likely enjoy it more than adult men.