Get to Know Your Blogmistress - Answers

Okay, here are the correct answers to the Get to Know Your Blogmistress Quiz (and btw, the winner was Adam Keller, with 6 correct - ! - with special recognition to Maurinsky for correctly answering the Extra Credit Question.)

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1. Which of the following bands has Shakespeare’s Sister never seen in concert?

A. The Smiths - It was a trick question. They broke up in 1987; I was only 13.
B. The Cure
C. New Kids on the Block - I even saw them twice!
D. Siouxsie and the Banshees

2. Which of the following is not a food that Shakespeare’s Sister refuses to eat?

A. Hotdogs
B. Eggs
C. Cabbage - I like cabbage; hotdogs, eggs, and peeps, however, you could not pay me to put in my mouth. Though in what Mr. Shakes deems one of the strangest phenomenons to which he has ever beared witness, I do like eggdrop soup.
D. Peeps

3. Which of the following movies has Shakespeare’s Sister never seen?

A. Taxi Driver
B. Mean Streets
C. Chinatown
D. Raging Bull - No explanation; just haven't seen it.

4. Which of the following is not something Shakespeare’s Sister said to a former fat fuck Republican coworker?

A. If you ever read my email again, I’ll kill you.
B. Your wife must be clinically insane. - She clearly was, but I never pointed it out to him. I did, however, threaten A, order C, and declare D. I really hated that guy. He was a boob-gawker.
C. Get your enormous head out of my sight.
D. You reek of booze.

5. Which of the following has Shakespeare’s Sister never done while drunk?

A. Called Britain on a friend’s regular landline and had a very expensive two-hour conversation. - Come on - I may be nuts, but I'm not rude!
B. Fell asleep in a friend’s bathroom with her bare foot against a radiator and woke up with second-degree burns on her sole.
C. Spent the entirety of her paycheck on pizzas, booze, and cigars for an entire floor of her university dorm.
D. Completely blown off an awards ceremony at a major business convention, sending her even more drunk underling in her stead, who then threw a punch at the boss after winning an award.

6. Which of the following has Shakespeare's Sister never done while tripping?

A. Asked a transvestite at the Melrose Diner to please put her breasts away.
B. Stared at a poster of Suede until Brett Anderson winked at her. - Heh, this one was actually Mr. Furious.
C. Gotten trapped at work and forced to work on an important project for the city. - As for the question as to why one trips at work, the plan was to take it about a half hour before we left, so by the time we got home, we'd already be in business. But about 10 minutes before we were due to leave, there was a big drama and we were stuck there for 3 more hours, working. Or trying to.
D. Deliberately freaked out herself and a friend by reading excerpts from The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers.

7. Which of the following has Shakespeare’s Sister never purchased as a gift for Mr. Shakes?

A. An A-Team lunchbox. - He loved him some A-Team!
B. A 19th-century Russian cigarette case engraved with an image of Tolstoy.
C. A pair of boxers covered in hearts and honey bees. - Melissa means honey bee in Greek. It was cheeky, not a genuine attempt at romance.
D. A signed copy of The English Patient. - Mr. Shakes and I actually bought this for a friend.

8. Which of the following has not been the name of one of Shakespeare’s Sister’s pets?

A. Matthew the Turtle
B. Bobby the Parakeet - Never owned a bird.
C. Teddy the Dog
D. Oscar the Cat

9. Which of the following is not a nickname of Mr. Shakes’ for Shakespeare’s Sister?

A. Bawheed - Scots for "ball head." My head is, according to Mr. Shakes, a perfect sphere.
B. Chunkles - A cross between chunk and chuckles.
C. Kabuffle - It was hard to come up with something totally nonsensical he doesn't call me.
D. Nushtelhead - Don't ask.

10. Which of the following is not a statement Shakespeare’s Sister would use to describe herself?

A. I’m easily tricked. - I thought this one would be a gimme.
B. I’m easily chilled. - I'm always cold.
C. I’m easily amused. - Pretty obvious.
D. I’m easily mistaken for a Campbell’s Soup Kid. - It's the round head. What can I say?

Thanks for playing!