If you don’t live in the UK, you probably don’t know who Danny Wallace is, but over there, he’s an author and TV personality (actually, he’s an author over here too, really) – soon, you’ll see Jim Carrey in a movie based on one of his books (Yes Man.) But for now, that doesn’t matter. All you need to know is that he’s Ghostbusters fan. How big a fan?
Well, in the UK they have a trivia show, Mastermind, where the players get to pick their area of expertise – Wallace picked Ghostbusters. And then proceeded to rock the category.
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The chosen subject only really accounts for half of a person’s time on an episode of Mastermind as the other half of their time is allocated to answering general knowledge questions that don’t relate to their chosen subject.
Holy shit that was great!
This was SOOO Awesome! Did any ghostbuster fan proud for sure. It was fun answering along with him too.
Very nice! None of the questions were uber hard but none of them were simple either; definitely fan questions.
Just watched for the 1st time – I got 19 out of 19!
is he single and will he marry me?
I got them all. The only particularly difficult ones, IMO, were Saint Jerome, Camp Waconda, and “How is Elvis, and have you seen him lately?”
I always thought it was Camp Ocanda
sad that I didnt know…I do have the script in its entirety…
Saint Jerome I got and the Elvis one took a sec…under pressure is tough
I read his book “Join Me!” based on his experiences with that whole situation, but I wasn’t overly impressed. I knew I recognized him from somewhere (He’s on the cover of the book) The questions weren’t very difficult, but he did it for charity, so all the power to him.
The due wrote a book based on his experiences on the game show? Thats a bit much…
No, the whole situation he’s referring to is in the book, and is briefly mentioned in the show. It’s pretty cool – he basically took out an add that only said “Join Me” and contact info – 6 years later there are tens of thousands of members and they commit regular random acts of kindness, raise funds, etc.
That’s pretty cool. In case anyone is interested, I typed up the 17 questions he was asked. I left out the answers, in case you want to quiz yourself.
1. Ghostbusters and the sequel Ghostbusters II are both set in which American city?
2. Which actor who plays the part of Egon Spengler co-wrote the scripts for both films with Dan Aykroyd?
3. Which government agency is represented by the character Walter Peck who shuts down the containment system with disastrous consequences?
4. What’s the name of the minion of Gozer who possesses Dana Barrett in the first film?
5. Which character is lowered down an old air shaft in a Manhattan street and finds a river of slime running through the old pneumatic transit system in Ghostbusters II?
6. Whom does the librarian Alice say her uncle thought he was when she’s asked if anyone in her family had a history of mental illness?
7. Rick Moranis plays Louis Tully, Dana’s neighbor in the films. Which heavyweight actor was originally asked to play the part?
8. When Mr. Stay Puft arrives, Ray says that he remembers the marshmallows from when he used to roast them at which camp?
9. What’s the name of the scourge of Carpathia and sorrow of Moldavia who commands Janosz to find him a child so he might live again?
10. What foodstuff jumps out of the box and cooks of its own accord in Dana’s flat before she contacts the Ghostbusters?
11. Which artist sang the Bafta Award-winning theme from Ghostbusters which reached #2 in the UK Singles chart in ’84?
12. What’s the name of the television program presented by Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters II?
13. When Ray is being interviewed by Joe Franklin on television, what does Joe say is the big question that’s been on everybody’s mind?
14. Into what kind of household appliance do Egon [and] Ray pour slime before playing it music by Jackie Wilson?
15. During the making of Ghostbusters, what substance was actually used to create the marshmallow dropped on everyone after Mr. Stay Puft is destroyed?
16. In Ghostbusters II, what form of ghostly transport runs through Winston when three of the Ghostbusters are underground?
17. On which day of the year does the Statue of Liberty walk through the streets of Manhattan and smash through the roof of the Museum of Art?
I got all correct but 3.
what’s the answer to #13?
what’s the answer to #15