Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly The 3 for 1 general quiz

1&2. yep
3. still so close! dancing around the edges, but not yet nailed.

1. The Toba Supereruption
2. Twilight Zone, the Movie
And I guess I have no choice but to guess
3. England

yes! finally!
It's the Mohawk name for England.

Go, Xben!

You really stumped us with that one, Kent! After doing some research, I thought "Onhwentsakaionne" was French!

And so the two-year mystery is finally solved!

1. What do Black, Potassium, and Strikeouts have in common?

2. What do David McCallum, Gerard Butler and Harvey Keitel have in common?

3. What do the defeat of the Legion of Super-Villains, the murder of a member of the Legion reserve, and a chemical explosion which killed two members of the LSH have in common?

Hmm, not sure if makes a difference, but I think the more accurate phrasing of my questions would be this:

1. What do Black, Potassium, and Strikeouts have in common?

2. What do David McCallum, Gerard Butler and Harvey Keitel have in common?

3. What do the defeat of the Legion of Super-Villains, the murder of an honorary member of the LSH, and a chemical explosion which killed two members of the LSH have in common?

1. all refer to black ink in printing?
2. all working in some sort of court-related job prior to acting?
3. Universo was lurking in the background each time

No to each, at least to my knowledge. I can't think of the Universo connection? But though the Universo guess is wrong (or at least not what I had in mind) it is along the right idea.

OK, some small hints
1. Kent's guess is wrong but it still relates to part of the correct answer
2. The link has to do with a common roll
3. Again, Kent's answer is wrong but along the right lines as the correct answer. He was just thinking of the wrong Honorary Legionairre

More hints, as there have been very few guesses...
1. These three things (Black, Potassium, and Strikeouts) are from three completely separate and distinct fields or subjects
2. The common roll played by Harvey Keitel, David McCallum, and Gerard Butler is a very famous historical and literary figure
3. Two of the three items come from Adventure-era stories, the third one comes from a story in which the LSH appear, but is generally not considered to be a "LSH Story".

OK, we don't seem to really be getting anywhere here. Here are the questions and older and current hints.

1. What do Black, Potassium, and Strikeouts have in common?
HINTS:
- Black ink has something to do with it
- The three items are from three completely separate and distinct fields or subjects
- The three fields are the obvious ones: Printing, Chemistry, and Baseball

2. What do David McCallum, Gerard Butler and Harvey Keitel have in common?
HINTS:
- The link has to do with a common role
- It's a very famous historical and literary figure
- It's also a religious figure, of sorts

3. What do the defeat of the Legion of Super-Villains, the murder of an honorary member of the LSH, and a chemical explosion which killed two members of the LSH have in common?
HINTS:
- It's not that Universo was lurking in the background each time, but it's something along the lines of that
- The honorary Legionnairre is not Rond Vidar
- 2/3 of these items come from Adventure-era stories
- The third one comes from a story in which the LSH apear, but is generally not considered to be a "LSH Story"
- Rather, it'd be a Superman story

The only one I know is the first one - they are all represented by the letter K.

Aha - a little research, and..they have all played Judas.

The third...hmm..Luthor was involved?

Lance, your first two are correct.

Black is represented by the letter K in CMYK, referring to the four basic colors in printing graphics, strikeouts are K in baseball stats, and Potassium is K on the periodic chart.

David McCallum was Judas in The Greatest Story Ever Told, Harvey Keitel played him The Last Temptation of Christ,and Gerard Butler played him in Dracula 2000, of all things.

But the third is not correct. Luthor would be directly involved in one of them, at least, and tangentially connected to a second, but I am not aware that Luthor was ever involved in a chemical explosion which killed two Legionnaires. Again, you're on the right track - but the connection is a bit more than someone just being "involved" or "lurking in the background". And another hint - the connection, though quite clear once you get it, is not to do with a single character.

I just can't get a handle on number 3, Xben. Any more hints?

Maybe....a Legionnaire tried to kill someone in each story?

Not what I had in mind. What stories are you thinking of?

A couple more hints:
- The murder of the honorary Legionnaire took place in the Superman story (whereas the other two events were in Adventure-era stories)
- The answer involves a family dynasty, of sorts

The Superman story I think you are referring to is the two-part "Whatever Happened to the Man of Steel," which is one of the best Superman stories ever told. The honorary Legionnaire is Pete Ross. If you are thinking of a different story, then I am even more clueless.

I have no idea which story features the deaths of 2 Legionnaires in a chemical explosion, though.

Aha - I think you are referring to the Mask Man story, which means - each story has Myxtptlk, or one of his descendents!

That's right! Three different members of the Mxyzptlk family turn out to be behind the three different events - the original in "Whatever Happened to the Man of Steel" (with the murder of Pete Ross), his evil descendant in the Masked Men story (with the chemical explosion that kills Saturn Girl and Braniac 5), and his good descendant in the Adult Legion story (where he helps good-Luthor descendant defeat the LSV.)

Now, technically you are supposed to post all three answers in the same post to win, but since no one else is trying, I think it's fair to say you got it, go ahead!

Cool! New questions as soon as I think 'em up!

OK, I have been reading a lot lately, so I guess we'll have a literary round...

1) In the novel "Les Miserables," what was exceptional about Jean Valjean?

2) In "To Kill a Mockingbird," what real person was the inspiration for the character of Dill?

3) I recently read two books back-to-back that had the same word in the title. (This was by happenstance, not design.) This is not a rare word by any means, but I suspect I could go months without using this word. What two books did I read?

Of course, hints will follow for question 3. In fact, here is the first (not terribly helpful) hint:

Both books that I read have been made into movies.

1. He was exceptionally strong
2. No idea, but I am intrigued to find out. Completely arbitrarily, I am going to guess J. Edgar Hoover. I am pretty confident that's wrong, but he just came to mind.
3. Hmm...another wild guess to get the ball rolling:
LA Confidential by Curtis Hanson
The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene

1. I don't know so I'll repeat Xben's answer. He was exceptionally strong

2. Truman Capote, the childhood friend of Harper Lee the author of To Kill a Mockingbird.

3. Again, I don't know (and this really isn't a general knowledge question) So again, I will repeat Xben's answer.
LA Confidential by Curtis Hanson
The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene