2010 Promo Trivia Questions

As mentioned in the previous post, for SoonerCon 2010 we enlisted OKC 's 92.5 KOMA to help spread the word. Here are the trivia questions I wrote and conveyed to Lisa Sykes.

SoonerCon 2010 Trivia Questions:

1.    What newspaper does Peter Parker, Spider-Man, work for?

2.    Name Superman’s birth planet.

3.    Lieutenant Ellen Ripley appeared in which film series?      

4.    Name George Orwell’s satirical novel on communism.

5.    Who wrote Fahrenheit 451?            

6.    What movie contained the line, “I’ll be back”?  

7.    What movie contained the line, “Take the red Pill”?   

8.    Who supposedly said, “He’s dead, Jim”?  

9.    What movie contained the line, “Use the Force, Luke”?      

10.             What movie contained the repeated line, “This means something”?  

11.             What movie featured Blue Meanies?   

12.             Complete this movie title: Edward __________hands.

13.             Complete this movie title: A Clockwork __________.

14.             What is Soylent Green?      

15.             Complete the phrase, Tarzan of the ____.    

16.             In War of the Worlds, what finally defeated the Martian invaders?       

17.             Who was the original host of The Twilight Zone?

18.             What was the name given the USA’s first space shuttle?

19.             “Mr Fantastic” is the head of what super-team?    

20.             Who was the star of TV’s Incredible Hulk?

21.             Who played Superman’s Kryptonian father in Superman: The Movie?  

22.             What does Wonder Woman’s Golden Lasso do?  

23.             Who played Count Dracula in the 1931 film?       

24.             Who is the High King of Narnia?

25.             Who carried Fay Wray away?    

26.             Who is Batman’s alter ego?        

27.             What does Billy Batson say to turn into Captain Marvel?     

28.             What vehicle serves as Scooby-Doo’s transportation?

29.             Who starred as the original Wolf Man?

30.             What’s the name of Jonny Quest’s dog?      

  

How many can YOU correctly answer?  The correct answers are in the comments!  See ya next time!

  

SoonerCon 2010 Giveaways

A few times in the early years of the revived Soonercon, we hooked up with Oklahoma City's 92.5 KOMA to give away passes for publicity's sake.

Above is the flyer, featuring great "Bubbas meet 2010" art which was also on the t-shirt.

Here is the text of the letter I dropped off at the KOMA studios, addressed to Lisa Sykes:

Lisa, you can give away the enclosed SoonerCon 2010 tickets ANY WAY you want.  You can keep some for station personnel (if they will be actually USED) or give them all away.  You can use the enclosed Trivia Questions (hope they are easy enough) or make up ANY GIVEAWAYS YOU WANT. 

-- much thanks,   Mark Alfred

Sound bites:

(you can also use the text on the enclosed bookmark flyers)

1) SoonerCon 2010 is Friday-Saturday-Sunday, June 4-5-6, at the Oklahoma City Biltmore Hotel at I-40 & Meridian.  It’s a Science-Fiction/Fantasy Convention with Oklahoma City’s Infant Crisis Services as its charity once again this year.

Guests include author Joe R Lansdale, artist

John Kaufman, and publisher Selina Rosen.  There’ll

be dozens of other writer and artist guests.

Activities include:

 

• discussion panels

• video rooms 

• Exhibitor’s hall

• Saturday-night dance

• Charity auction

• Art auction

• Author readings

• Art show

• Costumes

 

… And lots more fun!

 

2) SoonerCon 2010, Oklahoma City’s own Sci-Fi and Fantasy fan convention, is June 4-5-6, Friday-Saturday-Sunday, at the OKC Biltmore Hotel at Meridian & I-40.  It’ll be fun for fans of comics, TV, movies, books, and toys.

Some other time we'll share those trivia questions!

Coming Soon: SoonerCon 22!

... Or so we were informed in these two clippings from the June 28, 2013 Oklahoman.

Don't worry time travelers, you can STILL show up and buy tickets at the door!

This was just a tease on the Wednesday paper to keep your eyes peeled for Friday's edition.  Don;t worry, you'll get to see THAT coverage too, some ole time!

Stay tuned, fellow fans!

  

I Took the Odyssey! Did YOU?

Yup, as you'll recall, SoonerCon 2010 was called "A Bubba Odyssey."  I suggested it to Jerry as a reference to the film and book 2010: Odyssey Two.  And this was a celebration of a Yard Dog Press anniversary, hence the bubbas.

This is from the June 2, 2010 Oklahoma Gazette.

The above little blurb is from the June 2 Oklahoman.

The column above is from the June 3 Oklahoman.

And this coverage is from the Oklahoman for Friday, June 4.

It was great hosting Joe Lansdale and the other guests!  See ya in the funny papers.

  

More Bubbas!

Yes, SoonerCon 2010 was called "2010: A Bubba Odyssey." It was June 4-5-6, held at the Biltmore at I-40 and Meridian. Here's the Pocket Program:

And to refresh your memory, here's the primo John Kaufman art which was also featured on the t-shirt:

See ya later, Space Gators!

  

SoonerCon 20 Pocket Program and Flyer

SoonerCon 20 was held June 3-5, 2011, one of four SoonerCons held at the OKC downtown Sheraton.  Hence the mentions 's "Dead Mall" as the location for some activities!

Below is the one-sided bookmark flyer for that year's SoonerCon.

It were a lot o' fun.  Were YOU there?

  

Distinctly Soonercon!

Here we are, a week away from Soonercon 32. What were you doing ten years ago?

I hope you were with me and many more at SoonerCon 23!

Here's some coverage from the June 2014 issue of Distinctly Oklahoma.

And the best is yet to come!

(PS SoonerCon 23 donated $4000 to our charity, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness).)