"Seventy percent of all archaeology
is done in the library. Research.
Reading."
That would leave 30% field work. Yeah? No? Maybe so?
Yes, Indy tells his Barnett College students in The Last Crusade that 70% of all archeology is done in the library research, reading. Which leaves 30% to be divied up outside. However he also says to forget about lost cities and exotic travel, [you] don't follow maps to buried treasure and emphasises that X never ever marks the spot...competition must be fierce enough without educating potential Belloqs and Forrestals.
This is from Call of Duty: From the balcony, you reach a dining room at the foot of a flight of stairs. This seems to be a dead end, but if you look around for a moment, you'll note an eagle flashing on and off by the fireplace. Use it and an Indiana Jones-like secret passage will open up, revealing the Nazis' secret transmitting equipment. Destroy it with a hail of gunfire, and Foley and Moody will finally rejoin your little party.
Jason West who is one of the studio heads at Infinity Ward confirmed that the fireplace/radio room was a deliberate homage to Last Crusade.
Location: The sun is shining a little stronger. Time to hit the road and drift southbound.
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This is from Call of Duty: From the balcony, you reach a dining room at the foot of a flight of stairs. This seems to be a dead end, but if you look around for a moment, you'll note an eagle flashing on and off by the fireplace. Use it and an Indiana Jones-like secret passage will open up, revealing the Nazis' secret transmitting equipment. Destroy it with a hail of gunfire, and Foley and Moody will finally rejoin your little party.
Jason West who is one of the studio heads at Infinity Ward confirmed that the fireplace/radio room was a deliberate homage to Last Crusade.
Pedro and I always find our way back to a single theme regarding the challenges posed by our weekly mysteries: knowing the answers and discovering answers. This week we take a different approach to the question. We’ll call it an open book question:
Santa has made it to your house and while coming down your chimney he’s lost the last name on his list to a sole burning ember in your fireplace. Santa has to break with tradition and drags you out of your bed to put you on the spot. He says because of the weather he can’t get signal on his iTouch and the magic list isn’t able to update the Naughty /Nice column! Because you fell asleep before clearing his path, his back up paper list is missing it’s final entry. He makes you a deal to keep you off the Naughty list this year and gives it to you telling you the last four names have something in common and you have to figure out the Fourth name and if they’re naughty or nice. Two things to consider, two names are actual people and two names are characters from your favorite film series. What is the final name and are they naughty or nice?
The first name is the former BBC Health Correspondent and now a Foreign Correspondent in South Africa.
The Second name was Kansas City’s pick in the 1st round of the 1981 NFL Draft.
The third name is the answer to 83 down on The New York Times Crossword Puzzle for Sunday Oct 25 2009
What to do? Character Name or Persons Name? Naughty or nice?
What is the fourth name and your fate for your Christmas Present and Christmas Future?
No pressure but on one side you have an eternity of Indiana Jones collectibles on the other a frothing rusty chain wielding Krampus is waiting to teach you the error of your ways and a bit of culture from a foreign land!
Which is it a White Christmas or a Red Behind? I’d wish you luck…
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According to Indiana jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull where was the first place Indy and Marion met and under what circumstances.
How, where and when does Crystal Skull explain this?
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On page 178 of the novelization, Indy sees Marion being brought out by the "russkie sons of *****es!". Indy remembers about the first time they met: "...she'd been a young woman, staring at him with such fire and amusement from the back row of his graduate class..."
In Club Obi Wan we see Kao, (or was that Chen ) has a pretty big bandage on his hand. We also get a bit of dialog which gives us a good idea of what's to come, (makes you wonder why Indy would stick around for a drink...).
What exactly did Indy do to Kao’s hand?
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On-screen evidence in "Doom" (and other sources) clearly show that his index finger was severed. How it was cut off is the mystery... In the junior novelization, Indy broke Kao/Chen's hand by twisting his gun away.
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Indy remembers about the first time they met: "...she'd been a young woman, staring at him with such fire and amusement from the back row of his graduate class..."
Another clue about Indy & Marion's past! Very interesting...
Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber
Bobby Deniro in Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein
Warwick Davis in Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood
Matt Cohen in Boogeyman 2
Aaliyah Haughton in Queen of the Damned
Wes Studi from Last of the Mohicans
Viggo Mortensen in The Prophecy
Who's next on the list?
Nice job Stoo on Kao's finger...
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Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber
Bobby Deniro in Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein
Warwick Davis in Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood
Matt Cohen in Boogeyman 2
Aaliyah Haughton in Queen of the Damned
Wes Studi from Last of the Mohicans
Viggo Mortensen in The Prophecy
Amrish Puri - Temple of Doom
I'm not seeing the progression, and knowing the answer doesn't help. Maybe I haven't seen enough of these movies.
We all know Tom Selleck was counted out of Raiders because of contractual obligations. Funny thing, it turns out a writers strike that year would have allowed him to take the role.
This week’s question: Texas born Blazing Saddles alumni John Hillerman played Higgins: Major Domo of the Hawaiian estate "Robin's Nest" but who was the Raiders and Last Crusade Actor that Higgie Baby inherited his position from?
For those of you who might complain this is Magnum PI trivia, here’s the second half of this episodes question where Indy pays homage to Magnum PI, in a way…
A recurring character on the 8 season television program shares many similarities with a recent addition to the Indiana Jones cast and Indy’s past, not the least of which is his name! Killing off this character couldn’t keep him away. Who are you? Simply name the characters, the actors, and their shared character traits.
A Big Hint, he was also featured in recurring roles on Black Sheep Squadron, JAG, Battlestar Galactica, Airwolf, The Greatest American Hero, and the Indy inspired Tales of the Gold Monkey.
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Episode 100 of The Indy Cast is around the corner and Indy Trivia is offering an EXCELLENT fan made DVD copy of The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark to the listeners. Answer the "Making of Question" and you will be entered into a drawing for one of THREE copies.
I'm just starting to get the hang of Photoshop, so if anyone can come up with a better cover, have at it...
Come up with a better DVD cover and you may get your own copy too!
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There have been many homages to Indiana Jones, but Magnum PI held out till their final season to send Thomas Sullivan Magnum on his very own Indiana Jones adventure an episode entitled "Legends of the Lost Art”. Ronald Lacey (Arnold Toht in "Raiders" and Heinrich Himmler in "The Last Crusade") played Lowell Xavier Jamison, Archer Hayes and even Picasso in the Magnum P.I. episode, "The Case of the Red Faced Thespian".
The entire episode takes place at "Robin's Nest", and tells some of the estates history, including Lowell Xavier Jamison being the previous majordomo of "Robin's Nest" before he was fired…
Jeff MacKay, who plays (Mac), Lieutenant McReynolds on "Magnum, P.I."- who is very similar to Crystal Skull's Ray Winstone character George Mac Hale.
Besides the name and nickname similarities, he is a Lieutenant, he's the friend of the main character, he's also a schemer and a con artist, they even look very similar including thick mustaches.
The " Crystal Skull" character connections are as follows: In 1993, John Hillerman (Higgins) appeared on the show "Berlin Break" for one season. He played the role of "Mac" Mackenzie, a former spy and the current proprietor of "Mac's", a bar in West Berlin considered neutral territory during the Cold War.
The show also featured Jeff MacKay as "Mitch", who also appeared on Magnum P.I. as the doughnut-munching Navy Intelligence lieutenant "Mac" MacReynolds, killed off in the series, and even brought back as a ghost for an episode.
These 2 actors also appeared together in the Indy inspired "Tales of the Gold Monkey", Hillerman playing "Fritz the Monocle" ...another possible connection to "Raiders" Ronald Lacey? Now the bigger trivia question: Was Higgins ACTUALLY Robin Masters?
MacKay ALSO played Jim Bonnick, a con man who looked suspiciously like MacReynolds...so, everyone called him "Mac".
Character similarities? Well, both actors are a bit rotund, so, I'm guessing Indy's Mac was also a fan of the doughnuts.
Jim Bonnick being the smooth con artist he was, was very similar to McHale in the fact that you never knew whose side each one was on. Plus, it seems that both characters were in debt up to their eyeballs to some unsavory characters...and so they were always playing some angle to walk away with the payola. While not a triple agent, Mac did assume at least three pseudonyms in the episode Mac’s Back
Is Indy a theif? A graverobber? A good role model? Well, Indy has some nerve calling this item "HIS" lucky charm. What was this charm, who did it really belong to and where did he "aquire" it.
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) has a pretty big bandage on his hand. We also get a bit of dialog which gives us a good idea of what's to come, (makes you wonder why Indy would stick around for a drink...).
In the junior novelization, Indy broke Kao/Chen's hand by twisting his gun away.
