Sunday, January 22, 2012

Remember Heckle and Jeckle?

Demonstrate your knowledge of words used in popular culture in the following "quiz" without using the Internet. My intent is to highlight how expressive words are all around you. Match the word in the first column with who said it in the second column. Answers will be provided in a future blog entry.

The Word                                                       Who Said It?

1. despicable                                                     a. Heckle or Jeckle, cartoon characters
2. excellent                                                        b. Daffy Duck, cartoon character
3. indubitably                                                    c. Archie Bunker, "All in the Family"
4. ni                                                                   d. Mr. Burns, "The Simpsons"
5. jejune                                                             e. Mr. Spock, "Star Trek"
6. fascinating                                                     f. Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption
7. meathead                                                       g. Woody Allen, Love and Death
8. obtuse                                                            h. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

2 comments:

  1. Solved it in less than a minute, though to be fair I had to eliminate all but "a" and "g" before finishing. "Indubitably" seemed more a Three Stooges word to me, but my memory's not what it used to be...

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  2. I have made the most educated guesses I could! Looking forward to next week's answers.

    ~ Christina

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