Comments on: Lunchtime Quiz: G.I. Joe

By: TBV

TBV — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:19:00 +0000

Thanks, SpaceMonkeyX. Will do! (Gosh, isn’t that something Space Ghost would say?!)

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:50:00 +0000

Great quiz! 8/14, but it should’ve been 9/14–I put Battle Android Trooper, which is what B.A.T. stands for. Pulled Alpine out of I-don’t-know-where and got totally lucky on Tunnel Rat. How ’bout a Transformers version? Heck, there were enough G.I. Joes, version 2.0 couldn’t be too hard to throw together:)

By: SpaceMonkeyX

SpaceMonkeyX — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:11:00 +0000

TBV:
If you’re not already, you should really be following Cobra Commander on Twitter.
(www.twitter.com/CobraCommander)
He thinks a lot like you do about these sorts of things…

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:47:00 +0000

I loved this quiz, don’t get me wrong, but there are so many versions of each single character it depends a lot on whether or not you had that particular version to get the question right.
For instance, the Cobra Commander I always remember had a silver metal mask with a blue suit. After that, I had another version of Cobra Commander that was all black with red lining, with CC wearing a black hood.
My favorite character has been and always will be Destro. Just because of the mask. Some people really like Snake Eyes, but I’m more a pirate fan than ninja.

By: TBV

TBV — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:45:00 +0000

You make a good point, EMStoveken… Cobra needs cash to finance their plans, and money means accountants. Do they have their own in-house accounting team? Do they go with one of the Big Four? Personally I think they lurk outside CPA examinations and abduct the most confident looking test-takers and brainwash them into servitude. Or they just put out an RFP and wait for Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Toushe, and the rest fall all over themselves trying to land the engagement.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:30:00 +0000

Ditto, EMStoveken. And I’m a child of the 80s who had GI Joes and Transformers made of metal. I got the first two, thought “Yeah, I’m rocking this”, couldn’t remember the next two, had no idea on the next three, and then just gave up. I admit it, it beat me.

By: EMStoveken

EMStoveken — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:38:00 +0000

I got the first two right. From there, we had Cobra Commander’s Flamboyant Cousin, Das Racoon, Dave From Accounting and a few other made up names.

By: John

John — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:08:00 +0000

13/14. I didn’t have Alpine growin up. I panicked and put Road Block, even though that clearly wasn’t Road Block.

By: Jason English

Jason English — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:42:00 +0000

Ryan & Steve — Give yourselves perfect scores. Dr Mindbender (and Dr Mind Bender and Dr Mind-Bender) are now all on the list of acceptable answers. Sorry about that.

By: SpaceMonkeyX

SpaceMonkeyX — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:38:00 +0000

14/14!! It probably helps that I have the entire run of the G.I. Joe comic book that Marvel put out in the 1980′s.

Yooooo Joe!