Forty-Three
Well, I guess it's about time I did another roundup of the point-scoring answers for the past year. Check out the extended entry for the points awarded in 2005...
- February:
- March:
- But the chicken, on the other hand...
- 1 point: Billy Joel, We Didn't Start The Fire
- .5 points: The 95 Thesis of Lake Wobegon in Lake Wobegon Days, which the author claims (and I have no reason to doubt him) is the longest footnote ever in a work of fiction
- Forty-Two
- .1 point: The answer to the ultimate question of Life, The Universe, and Everything, according to The Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy
- But the chicken, on the other hand...
- July:
- Inappropriate Thoughts 1
- 4 points: (link) Refers to Archie's inability to avoid mentioning Sammy Davis Jr.'s glass eye in an episode of All in the Family, also the tvtropes.org term for gags of that sort
- Inappropriate Thoughts 1
- August:
- September
- Reverse Psychology
- 1 point: character from GI Joe, who would often appear in the closing sequence to deliver a moral message, which invariable ended with the phrase, "And knowing is half the battle."
- Spinoff!
- .5 points: Troy McClure, The Simpsons: "The Simpsons Spin-off Showcase"
- I am, as it turns out, the man
- 1 point: Rick, explaining why he doesn't like Ugarte in Casablanca
- Volcano Day
- 2 points: Doctor Who: "The Empty Child"
- 4 points: Arthur, when asked for a hint about any potentially useful swag to be found in a blacksmith's shop in The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time
- Everybody Lives!
- 99 points: Doctor Who: "The Doctor Dances"
- We are TiVo
- 3 points: DEVO, "We are DEVO"
- Reverse Psychology
- October:
- Random 012
- 3 points (link) No explanation, just read the link.
- Random 10 times 2
- 4 points: Tonight And The Rest of my Life
- Looks like a fish...
- 3 points: Ford's description of a space ship's handling in episode 6 of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To the Galaxy
- 3 points: Ford's description of a space ship's handling in episode 6 of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To the Galaxy
- Random 012
- November:
- Little Jackie Paper
- 3 points: Little Jackie Paper is from Puff The Magic Dragon. "That deaf dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball" is from Pinball Wizard
- 3 points: Little Jackie Paper is from Puff The Magic Dragon. "That deaf dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball" is from Pinball Wizard
- Eternity Alone...
- 2 points: Bender, Futurama: "Godfellas"
- 2 points: Bender, Futurama: "Godfellas"
- Little Jackie Paper
Hope you did well.


