ON 19TH MARCH

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WARNING: this quiz occasionally contains strong language
(which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor
(which may be unsuitable for adults), and some spoilers.
• 6 randomly generated teams
• Thirty-Four Questions on Infinite Bounce & Pounce
• If you know the answer, let your teammates guess
• No Googling, XKCDing etc. We’re all here for the quiz
• QM’s decisions can be altered with sufficient bribes
'Look to my coming on the fifth day. At dawn, look to the east.’
'And look to the west to see our shadows!'
James suggested this too, and I'd have to agree. It'd be much worse.
’
• This comic from 2008 contains
beautifully rewritten lyrics to
a then-recent ad
• Which company was it
advertising?
• 1337 is an action-packed series of 5 comics filled with references
to music, movies, and mostly computer science
• It’s the story of Elaine Roberts, the greatest hacker of our era
• In her journey, she meets the who’s who of technology &
programming, proving that she’s earned her king-of-the-hill spot
• This is Part II of the series ->

• The old hermit in his mountain

hideaway (in fact the whole
training sequence) is a reference
to which movie?
There's always the hope that if you sit and watch for long enough,
the beachball will vanish and the thing it interrupted will return.
• Part V contains a tonne of references to the copyright wars
• As the punchline of the series, Cory Doctorow invites Elaine to join
him using a quote from a movie… Which?
Really, the comforting side in most conspiracy theory arguments is
the one claiming that anyone who's in power has any plan at all.
You will be led to judgement like lambs to the slaughter - a simile
whose existence, I might add, will not do your species any favors.
’
From the makers of the
Blogosphere, Blogocube,
and Blogodrome comes
the Blogofractal!
This comic was titled CNR. It’s a pun on a common excuse software
developers use to remove pending bugs from the system
The subtext says:

“This isn’t an informational

illustration; this is a thing I
think we should do. First, I
think we’ll need a gigantic
spool of thread. Next, we’ll
need some kind of… Hmm,
time to head to Seattle”

What’s in Seattle that ties

this comic together?
I'm waiting for the day
when, if you tell someone
'I'm from the internet',
instead of laughing they
just ask ‘Oh, what part?'
’
In the new edition of <insert book name>, the <titular character> uses
social tools to share with its friend all the best places to buy things.
Lucky. In MY dream, all the people who grew up loving The Giving
Tree paired up with all the students who had weird dreams after
reading The Metamorphosis. That one was more confusing.
The wolves thin the RAID arrays, removing the slowest and weakest
disks to keep the average seek speed high
 ’

This is the last panel of a 5-comic series called The Race, in which
Cueball races against Nathan Fillion (dressed as Mal from Firefly)
What is the outcome of the fight?
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The Internet has always had loud
dumb people, but I've never seen
anything quite as bad as the people
who comment on YouTube videos.
Which classic & wholesome tale is this a subversive take on?