The first ever Mighty HDC Battle Royale

[The_Return]

I hate having to go to work right as soon as V gets here...no fun at all :(

[_____V_____]

Originally Posted by The_Return

I hate having to go to work right as soon as V gets here...no fun at all :(

Sorry...my fault. I was late. :(

Anyway, correct answers up next, followed by your scores...

[The_Return]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Sorry...my fault. I was late. :(

Anyway, correct answers up next, followed by your scores...

Pffffffft. Not your fault at all - with all the work you put in to this you deserve to show up late!

[_____V_____]

RESULTS OF CHALLENGE #13 OF HDC BATTLE ROYALE


I welcome all 14 contestants to your 13th Results Meeting. Before going on to see your scores, let's see what the correct answers were :-

You were required to arrange the following 40 movie icons in the order in which they appeared on the movie screen (from earliest to latest).

Here is the correct chronological order :-

• Mr Hyde 1908
• The Mummy 1909 (La Momie du roi, aka The Mummy of the King Rameses)
• Frankenstein’s Monster 1910 (18 March)
• Wicked Witch of the West 1910 (24 March, as Momba the Witch in “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”)
• Phantom of the Opera 1916
• Count Orlok 1922 (Nosferatu)
• Dracula 1922 (Nosferatu, basically same adaptation)
• King Kong 1933
• Tyrannosaurus Rex 1933 (King Kong)
• The Wolf Man 1935 (Werewolf of London)
• Rhedosaurus 1953 (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms)
• The Gill Man 1954 (Creature from the Black Lagoon, 5th March)
• Giant Ants 1954 (Them!, 19th June)
• Godzilla 1954 (Gojira, 3rd November)
• Rodan 1956
• Crab Monsters 1957 (10th February)
• Black Scorpion 1957 (11th October)
• The Fly 1958 (16th July)
• The Blob 1958 (12th September)
• Norman Bates 1960
• King Ghidorah 1964 (San daikaiju: Chikyu saidai no kessen aka Monsters of Monsters: Ghidorah)
• Dr Zaius 1968 (Planet of the Apes, 3rd April)
• Hal 9000 1968 (6th April)
• Bruce 1975 (Jaws)
• Michael Myers 1978
• Alien 1979
• Jason Voorhees 1980
• Q 1982
• Cujo 1983
• Freddy Krueger 1984
• Hannibal Lecter 1986 (Manhunter, as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor)
• Predator 1987
• Chucky 1988
• Graboids 1990 (19th January)
• Annie Wilkes 1990 (30th November)
• Candyman 1992
• Gray killer apes 1995
• The Creeper 2001
• Gwoemul 2006
• Clovie 2008

There you have it. Now let's see how you all fared...

[ChronoGrl]

I should have gone with my gut in regards to the T Rex...

And as for all the early films, to that I say, "Ohhhhhhh, craaaaaaaaaaaap."

[urgeok2]

ha ! boy did i bollox this one up :)

[Rayne]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

ha ! boy did i bollox this one up :)

You and me both...Once again, I dug WAY too deep

[urgeok2]

i have absolutely no knowledge at all about the older classics


or any movies really.


i just like 'em, i'm not a film historian :)

[ChronoGrl]

Originally Posted by Rayne

You and me both...Once again, I dug WAY too deep

Me as well... And I actually thought I was doing well in this challenge. :o

When it came between "older" and "oldest," I chose the better known older one. Whiiiiiiiiiich obviously wasn't the one to pick. Shoulda known better.

[Rayne]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

Me as well... And I actually thought I was doing well in this challenge. :o

When it came between "older" and "oldest," I chose the better known older one. Whiiiiiiiiiich obviously wasn't the one to pick. Shoulda known better.

Oh, I went back as far as possible...Jeez


I think V's greatest trick, is to NOT trick us when we think he may be trying to trick us :D