Comicstrip trivia quiz

Which strips feature these characters: (highlight to see answers)

Hiram Flagston A: Hi and Lois

Thelma Keane A: Family Circus

Alice Mitchell A: Dennis the Menace

Jonathan Q. Arbuckle A: Garfield

Walt and Connie Duncan A: Zits

Bill and Anne Andrews A: Cathy

Brutus and Gladys Thornapple A: Born Loser

Phil and Dottie Winslow A: Marmaduke

 
 
 
 
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Celebrity BMIs

[asterisks mean same celeb has multiple entries (variable or unreliable); heights are often from imdb.com] [adding flickr set]

9.8
Mayra Hornbacher 5'1" 52# [cite]

13.8
*Karen Carpenter 1982 5'4" 80#

14.1
Jodi Kidd 6'2" 110# [cite]

14.5
*Teri Hatcher 5'6" 90# [cite]
Esther Canadas 5'10" 101# [cite]

14.8
*Karen Carpenter 5'4" 87# [cite]
*Victoria Beckham 5'6" 92# [cite]

15.0
Tori Spelling 5'6" 98# [cite]

15.1
Amber Valleta 5'9" 102# [cite]

15.3
*Angelina Jolie 5'7" 98# [cite]

15.5
Celine Dion 5'7" 99# [cite]

15.7
Calista Flockhart 5'6" 97# [cite]

15.8
Mariah Carey 5'9" 107# [cite]
Naomi Campbell 5'10" 110# [cite]

16.0
Giselle Bundchen 5'11" 115# [cite]

16.1
Liv Tyler 5'10" 112# [cite]

16.2
Shannon Elizabeth 5'9" 110# [cite]

16.3
'Amanda 5'8" 107# [flickr]

16.4
Pamela Anderson 5'7" 105# [cite]
Mandy Moore 5'8" 108# [cite]
Carmen Kass 5'10" 114# [cite]

16.5
Heidi Guenther 5'3" 93# [cite]
Gwyneth Paltrow 5'9" 112# [cite]

16.6
*Nicole Richie 5'1" 88# [cite]
Audrey Hepburn 5'6" 103# [cite]
*Angelina Jolie 5'8" 109# [cite]

16.7
Rebecca Gayheart 5'8" 110# [cite]
Sandra Bullock 5'8" 110# [cite]

16.8
Jordan/Katie Price 5'5" 101# [cite]
Kate Moss 5'7" 107# [cite]

16.9
Jessica Biel 5'7" 108# [cite]
Taylor Swift 5'8.5" 113# [cite]
Nikki Taylor 5'10" 118# [cite]
Christy Turlington 5'10" 118# [cite]

17.0
Heather Locklear 5'5" 105# [cite]
Tyra Banks 5'11" 122# [cite]

17.1
*Teri Hatcher 5'6" 106# [cite]

17.2
*Diana Ross 5'4" 100# [cite]
Kirsten Dunst 5'4" 100# [cite]
Julia Stiles 5'7" 110# [cite]
Anna Kournikova 5'8" 113# [cite]
*Heidi Klum 5'10" 120# [cite]
Julia Roberts 5'10" 120# [cite]
Nicole Kidman 5'10" 120# [cite]

17.3
Jessica Alba 5'6" 107# [cite]

17.4
Rose McGowan 5'1" 92# [cite]
Eva Longoria 5'2" 95# [cite]
Sarah Michelle Gellar 5'3" 98# [cite]
'Mindy' 5'8" 114# [flickr]
Cindy Crawford 5'10" 121# [cite]
Elle MacPherson 6'0" 128# [cite]

17.5
*Britney Spears 5'5" 105# [cite]
Eliza Dushku 5'5" 105# [cite]
Paris Hilton 5'8" 115# [cite]

17.6
Kelly Ripa 5'2.5" 98# [cite]
Kelly Brook 5'8" 116# [cite]
Milla Jovovich 5'8" 116# [cite]

17.7
Cameron Diaz 5'9" 120# [cite]
James King 5'9" 120# [cite]
*Katie Holmes 5'9" 120# [cite]

17.8
*Nicole Richie 5'1" 94# [cite]
Jennifer Aniston 5'6" 110# [cite]
*Victoria Beckham 5'6" 110# [cite]

17.9
Danielle Fishel 5'1" 95# [cite]
Emma Bunton 5'2" 98# [cite]
Adriana Lima 5'10" 125# [cite]
Claudia Schiffer 5'11" 128# [cite]
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos 5'11" 128# [cite]

18.0
Lacey Chabert 5'4" 105# [cite]
Keira Knightley 5'7" 115# [cite]
*Salma Hayek 5'7" 115# [cite]
*Heidi Klum 5'9" 119# [cite]
Liz Hurley 5'9" 122# [cite]

18.1
Geri Halliwell 5'2" 99# [cite]
Gwen Stefani 5'6" 112# [cite]
Lindsay Lohan 5'6" 112# [cite]
Katherine Heigl 5'8" 119# [cite]

18.2
*Christina Aguilera 5'2.5" 101# [cite]
*Katie Holmes 5'8" 120# [cite]
Laetitia Casta 5'8" 120# [cite]
Whitney Port 5'10" 127# [cite]

18.3
*Christina Aguilera 5'2" 100# [cite]
Rachel Leigh Cook 5'2" 100# [cite]
Miley Cyrus 5'5" 110# [cite]
Thora Birch 5'5" 110# [cite]
Cindy Margolis 5'7" 117# [cite]

18.4
'Oscah' 5'3.5" 105# [flickr]
Natalie Portman 5'4" 107# [cite]
Faith Hill 5'8" 121# [cite]

underweight
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normal weight

18.5
Ashley Olsen 5'1" 98# [cite]
Mary-Kate Olsen 5'1" 98# [cite]
Zoey Deschanel 5'5" 115# [cite]

18.6
Kylie Minogue 5'0" 95# [cite]
Fiona Apple 5'3" 105# [cite]
Jessica Simpson 5'3" 105# [cite]
Jennie Garth 5'5" 112# [cite]
Alyson Hannigan 5'6" 115# [cite]
Claire Danes 5'6" 115# [cite]
Jewel 5'6" 115# [cite]

18.7
Joan Collins 5'6" 116# [cite]

18.8
Charlize Theron 5'11" 135# [cite]

18.9
*Diana Ross 5'4" 110# [cite]
Michelle Williams 5'4" 110# [cite]
Shania Twain 5'4" 110# [cite]
Stacy Dish 5'4" 110# [cite]

19.0
Courtney Thorne-Smith 5'6" 118# [cite]
*Jennifer Lopez 5'6" 118# [cite]
'Mindy' 5'8" 125# [flickr]

19.1
Leann Rimes 5'5" 115# [cite]
Jenny McCarthy 5'6.5" 120# [cite]

19.2
Denise Richards 5'6" 119# [cite]

19.3
Lisa Kudrow 5'7" 123# [cite]

19.4
*Jennifer Lopez 5'6" 120# [cite]

19.5
Yasmine Bleeth 5'5" 117# [cite]
Lucy Lawless 5'11" 140# [cite]

19.6
Reese Witherspoon 5'6" 122# [cite]
Ashley Judd 5'7" 125# [cite]

19.7
Scarlett Johansson 5'4" 115# [cite]

20.1
*Christina Aguilera 5'2" 110# [cite]
Keri Russell 5'4" 117# [cite]

20.2
Brigitte Bardot 5'6" 125# [cite]
Jude Law 5'11" 145# [cite]

20.5
Avril Lavigne 5'2" 112# [cite]
Neve Campbell 5'5" 123# [cite]

20.6
Drew Barrymore 5'4" 120# [cite]
David Beckham 5'11" 148# [cite]

20.8
*Salma Hayek 5'2" 114# [cite]

21.0
Courtney Love 5'8" 138# [cite]

21.1
*Ricki Lake 5'4" 123# [cite]

21.5
Kim Kardashian 5'2" 117# [cite]
Hilary Duff 5'4" 125# [cite]

21.7
Justin Timberlake 6'0" 160# [cite]

21.8
*Beyonce 5'6" 135# [cite]
Catherine Zeta-Jones 5'6.5" 135# [cite]

22.1
*Kirstie Alley 5'8" 145# [cite]
Serena Williams 5'9" 150# [cite]

22.2
Johnny Depp 5'10" 155# [cite]

22.3
*Britney Spears 5'4" 130# [cite]

22.5
Ashton Kutcher 6'2" 175# [cite]
Ben Affleck 6'2" 175# [cite]

22.8
Charlotte Church 5'5" 137# [cite]
'Amanda' 5'8" 150# [flickr]

23.3
Alicia Silverstone 5'5" 140# [cite]

23.4
*Jennifer Lopez 5'6" 145# [cite]

23.7
Brendan Fraser 6'3" 190# [cite]

24.2
Shakira 5'1" 128# [cite]

24.3
Michael Phelps 6'4" 200# [cite]

24.4
Tiger Woods 6'1" 185# [cite]

24.5
'Julia' 5'8" 161# [flickr]

normal weight
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overweight

25.0
*Beyonce Knowles 5'5" 150# [cite]
Michael Jordan 6'6" 216# [cite]

25.4
'Laurie' 5'0" 130# [flickr]
Dennis Rodman 6'6" 220# [cite]

25.5
Eminem 5'8" 168# [cite]

25.7
Tina Fey 5'4" 150# [cite]
'Shauna' 5'4" 150# [flickr]

25.9
Michael Dunn 3'10" 78# [cite]
*Oprah 5'6" 160# [cite]

26.0
Tom Cruise 5'7" 166# [cite]

26.9
Brad Pitt 6'0" 198# [cite]

27.5
'Pippa' 5'10" 192# [flickr]

28.8
*Roseanne Barr 5'4" 168# [cite]

29.4
George Clooney 5'11" 211# [cite]

29.8
Ravon Simon 5'3" 168# [cite]

overweight
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obese

30.7
Mel Gibson 5'10.5" 214# [cite]

30.8
Arnold Schwarzenegger 6'2" 240# [cite]

32.0
'Becky' 5'1" 170# [flickr]

32.1
'Joy' 5'8" 224# [flickr]
*John Candy 6'2" 250# [cite]

32.8
'BuffPuff' 5'3" 185# [flickr]

33.8
'Kate' 5'2" 185# [flickr]

34.5
America Ferrera 5'1" 182# [cite]

34.8
*Kirstie Alley 5'8" 228# [cite]

35.2
'Fillyjonk' 5'7" 225# [flickr]

36.1
'Eleanor' 5'6.5" 227# [flickr]

37.8
Verne Troyer 2'8" 55# [cite]

38.3
Mama Cass Elliott 5'5" 230# [cite]

38.4
*Oprah 5'6" 237# [cite]
John Daly 5'11" 275# [cite]

38.5+
*John Candy 6'2" 300+# [cite]

41.0
'Elizabeth' 6'0" 302# [flickr]

42.0
'Beth' 5'4" 245# [flickr]

42.9
*Ricki Lake 5'4" 250# [cite]

43.0
Fatty Arbuckle 5'10" 300# [cite]

43.7
Dawn French 5'0" 224# [cite]

43.8
'Sheana' 5'7" 280# [flickr]

45.0
Chris Farley 5'8" 296# [cite]

62.5
*Roseanne Barr 5'4" 364# [cite]

97.2
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole 6'2" 757# [cite]

186
Jon Brower Minnoch 6'1" 1400# [cite]

188
Carol Yager 5'6" 1200# [cite]

190
Rosalie Bradford 5'5" 1200# [cite]

Robot Jenny lyrics

80-80, 2-10-0-10-2
Jenny Jenny who can I turn to?

2-6-3-60 5-10-4-10-2
You give me something I can hold on to

8-0-4-6-5-9-3-20-3-4
I know you think I'm like the others before

2-9-4-8-1-18-1-3-4
Who saw your name and number on the wall

80, 9-1-4-13
Jenny, I got your number

5-3-2-8-2-5
I need to make you mine

80, 9-8-4-13
Jenny don't change your number

(weight these rhythms be-tween the li-i-i-ines)
8-6-7-5-3-0-9

(weight these rhythms be-tween the li-i-i-ines)
8-6-7-5-3-0-9


80-80, 4-3-2-4-3
Jenny Jenny you're the girl for me

2-0-0-3-8-2-8-3-0-18
You don't know me but you make me so happy

5-5-2-4-2-3-4 8-5-6-5-12
I tried to call you before but I lost my nerve

0-5-5-1100 8-0-12-1/3
I tried my imagination, but I was disturbed


200 (200) 200
I got it (I got it)I got it

250-24
I got your number on the wall

200 (200) 200
I got it (I got it) I got it

4-0-1-5 4-0-1-5-4
For a good time, for a good time call


80, 5-8-4-19
Jenny don't change your number

5-3-2-8-2-5
I need to make you mine

Jenny I called your number
80, 9-8-4-19

(weight these rhythms be-tween the li-i-i-ines)
8-6-7-5-3-0-9

(weight these rhythms be-tween the li-i-i-ines)
8-6-7-5-3-0-9


80-80, 2-10-8-10-2
Jenny, Jenny who can I turn to?

4-3-5-0-8-9 9-10-40-10-2-2
For the price of a dime I can always turn to you

(weight these rhythms be-tween the li-i-i-ines)
(weight these rhythms be-tween the li-i-i-ines)

Orthography (1st draft)

[i realised i wasn't sure
how to pronounce 'bow' (of a boat)
and then started collecting
similar difficulties

then this morning i sat down
with a rhyming dictionary
and threw this together

i'm sort of looking for a collaborator
who's good at this sort of thing
massaging it into presentable form
is probably more work than i want to bother with...]




you can row from the bow
shoot a bow in a row
sow a field for a mow
mow the field for a sow

catch a bass, play a bass
fill a vase or a vase

slough a skin in a slough
sough a sough to a clough
get chafed, get chaffed
play naughts, play draughts

go aft if they coughed
or laughed in the loft
or calfed in the trough of a drought

the cachet of your sachet
as a cache for your cash
if your crotchet is crochet
you can sashay or curvet
play croquet, eat croquettes
or ragout for a sou
rendezvous when you're through
throw debris from the quay
a bouquet from a sleigh
or an agape for Leigh

you can lead or be led
plead or be pled
read or be read
or knead bread instead

wear a boot on your foot
for the roots on your route
tout rout or toot
clout drought or knout

you might brood as you stood
by the puddle of blood
marriage for a villain
in a village with a murrain
or the college yclept Magdalene

and a hearse for Sanders Peirce
with skeins and skeins of crepe de chine
anodyne in your demesne
if you deign to gnaw the chine
impoliteness to repine

fraught by a sleight
double aughts unrequited
naughty knots unindicted

say hey, eh
heigh-ho, beau
ay-ay, guy

[...]

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The man who mistook his hat for his glove

(MemeWatch)