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Prepare for the revelation of Ram V's New Gods epic with a trivial treatise on Jack Kirby's Fourth World characters, in both his saga and the many interpretations and iterations of it which have followed to this day! The New Gods Trivia all goes down <t:1734469200:F>.
limber cove
Oh can’t wait!!
tough cairn
I'm sat 🪑
violet orchid
I ain't up to date on everything last stuff I read was new genesis and apokolips meeting one another and explode (plus the all in lore from rn)
gloomy mason
hi
jolly briar
Trivia Tuesday IS
signal nymph
Better be a question about my boy Kanto. I don't know why, but I've always liked him
jolly briar
Guy is so good Japan named a whole prefecture after him
jolly briar
I hope to get atleast one point
crisp knoll
I'm ready to have a good time! I've read Kirby's run and I'm excited for the new stuff, but basically everything in between is unknown to me
clear ember
I know basically nothing other than it's all very esoteric
humble compass
Yeah, not too dismiliar. I'm super familiar with Kirby's run, but anything between that and Morrison is a bit of a blank. mixed with outright dislike.
verbal gyro
I'm ready to have a good time! I've read Kirby's run and I'm excited for the new...
heres hoping my knowledge doesnt vanish the second it starts 💀
vernal ivy
Get your Mother Boxes ready! We're Booming in!
QUESTION #1
Which historical figure did Darkseid's assassin Kanto claim to have had an affair with in Tom King's Mister Miracle?
Cleopatra
humble compass
Lucria Borgia
clear ember
Marie Antoinette
signal nymph
Da Vinci
violet orchid
did not really read that book
clear ember
W
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SCOREBOARD
The Qu [8]
Cybernex007 [5]
Twent [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [4]
Souron1 [1]
Shiny_Agumon [1]
QUESTION #2
What early graphic novel did Jack Kirby create as a final chapter for his Fourth World Saga?
Hunger Dogs
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Hunger Dogs
That's the one! More people should read this.
jolly briar
i forgot the name
humble compass
It's a great book where you will have next to no idea what is happening.
crisp knoll
i forgot the name
completely blanked lol
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QUESTION #3
What material are the Mother Boxes made from?
my knowledge has vanished
humble compass
Element X
gloomy mason
nth metal
jolly briar
X Material
crisp knoll
Element X
verbal gyro
nth
signal nymph
Tenth Metal
jolly briar
close
vernal ivy
The Qu going for his 5th win this week!
QUESTION #4
Which New God does Darkseid sacrifice to bond with The Spectre in the DC All In Special?
Kalibak
jolly briar
Orion
gloomy mason
kalibak
verbal gyro
high father
crisp knoll
Kalibak
violet orchid
Kalibak
signal nymph
Kalibak
clear ember
Yus
jolly briar
Didnt read All in yet
verbal gyro
i mixed people up 💀
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The Qu [2]
InterdimensionalNerd [1]
Souron1 [1]
reading the special paid off
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QUESTION #5
Who was the escape artist from whom Scott Free inherited the mantle of "Mister Miracle"?
thaddeus brown
humble compass
Thaddeus Brown
jolly briar
Thateus Btrown
violet orchid
so fast I didn't even try
gloomy mason
only know him because of the weirdo first arc of Tomasi's tec
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The Qu [2]
InterdimensionalNerd [1]
Souron1 [1]
Twent [1]
QUESTION #6
The New Gods were revived in the 1980s as part of what Kenner action figure toy line?
Super Powers
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Super Powers
Correct!
verbal gyro
superpowers
verbal gyro
superpowers
too slow
jolly briar
genric name lol
humble compass
DC's hail mary to try to get Kirby some royalties
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The Qu [3]
InterdimensionalNerd [1]
Souron1 [1]
Twent [1]
QUESTION #7
What does Highfather send his forces to collect in a 2014 crossover storyline to derive the Life Equation?
An egg
humble compass
Lantern rings
verbal gyro
rings
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Lantern rings
Right again! He needed one of each ring!
clear ember
we love Godhead
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The Qu [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [1]
Souron1 [1]
Twent [1]
Godhead's pretty solid, honestly.
humble compass
I didn't mind the New 52 work with the New Gods,tbh. Some fun ideas.
clear ember
I know Lights Out isn't supposed to be good
signal nymph
I mean that's the modern comic industry in a nutshell
gloomy mason
yeah but new 52 gl did it first and worse
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QUESTION #8
Which Green Lantern sacrifices his life to save New Genesis in the Young Justice animated series?
razer
crisp knoll
Tomar-Re
jolly briar
Guy
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Tomar-Re
Correct!
SCOREBOARD
The Qu [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [1]
Souron1 [1]
Twent [1]
Cybernex007 [1]
Love that this week, whenever I go back to edit the scoreboard, I see the Da Vinki twins again.
humble compass
Good
violet orchid
hahaha
jolly briar
horrible
violet orchid
guilty
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QUESTION #9
Who was the director of the canceled New Gods movie?
Bryan Singer
gloomy mason
ava duvernay
verbal gyro
ava duvernay
signal nymph
Ava Duvernay
crisp knoll
Ava DuVernay
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ava duvernay
That's right! At least, that was the plan. Who knows.
jolly briar
we will never know
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The Qu [4]
Twent [2]
InterdimensionalNerd [1]
Souron1 [1]
Cybernex007 [1]
that period was so crazy, and hearing about the blackhawk movie in the works
vernal ivy
LMAO, Spielberg's Blackhawk movie. Imagine.
signal nymph
I mean she also made Naomi, so it's probably for the best it got canned
clear ember
I'm still mad about Batgirl
violet orchid
what could have been
verbal gyro
I'm still mad about Batgirl
same bro
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QUESTION #10
Who do the Female Furies serve in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold animated series?
big barda
jolly briar
Gorilla Grodd
signal nymph
Mongal
clear ember
poor Mongal
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The Qu [4]
Twent [2]
InterdimensionalNerd [2]
Souron1 [1]
Cybernex007 [1]
QUESTION #11
The 1997 Genesis event addresses what cosmic force emanating from The Source that was proposed to empower all gods and superpowers?
God Wave
gloomy mason
godwave
violet orchid
god wave
jolly briar
Lofe Equation
humble compass
Genesis Wave
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godwave
The "godwave" is one word!
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The Qu [4]
Twent [3]
InterdimensionalNerd [2]
Souron1 [1]
Cybernex007 [1]
mwah ha ha
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QUESTION #12
Which Marvel villain does Darkseid battle in a 1994 crossover special?
galactus
humble compass
Galactus
jolly briar
Thanos
signal nymph
Galactus
gloomy mason
bang
jolly briar
wait no that was amalgam
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The Qu [4]
Twent [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [2]
Souron1 [1]
Cybernex007 [1]
Man, 90s Marvel/DC crossovers were great.
vernal ivy
We've got a tie at the top!
Who's everybody's favorite New God outside of the big four of Orion, Scott, Barda, and Darkseid? I'm pretty fond of Lightray and Metron.
humble compass
technically not a New God, but Forager
crisp knoll
Forager!!!
verbal gyro
forager for life
vernal ivy
Lotta Forager fans in the chat
jolly briar
Big Bear
gloomy mason
grayven 
crisp knoll
With the quest for infinite knowledge I see how metron is appealing
humble compass
That's what happens when you give a character a Mike Allred series.
signal nymph
Serifan
violet orchid
lightray all the way from the stuff I've read
vernal ivy
With the quest for infinite knowledge I see how metron is appealing
I do keep a list of things I need to check out for research purposes that I call the "Mobius Chair"
crisp knoll
That's what's up!
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QUESTION #13
Which New God was a childhood friend and ally of Darkseid, slain in an early encounter with Doomsday?
DRax
verbal gyro
desaad
gloomy mason
master-mayhem
violet orchid
Highfather is next on my list I love that old man
signal nymph
Master Mayhem
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Master Mayhem
No hyphen!
jolly briar
Dont respect the hypthen
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The Qu [4]
Twent [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [3]
Souron1 [1]
Cybernex007 [1]
An obscure issue, but a good one.
QUESTION #14
What issue features a nearly dialogue-free, cover-to-cover battle between Orion and Darkseid?
New Gods #9
jolly briar
New God#
humble compass
Orion #5
jolly briar
woops
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Orion #5
Orion #5! One of my all time favorites.
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The Qu [5]
Twent [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [3]
Souron1 [1]
Cybernex007 [1]
I'll admit that was just a guess
humble compass
Walt Simonson's run may be the single best run featuring the New Gods, and I'm including Kirby in that.
jolly briar
the letter didnt like it im sure
crisp knoll
Walt Simonson's run may be the single best run featuring the New Gods, and I'm i...
definately need to check it out then
vernal ivy
Walt Simonson's run may be the single best run featuring the New Gods, and I'm i...
It's hard to disagree with that. I give Kirby points for generating all those ideas, but Simonson's did the most interesting things with them as a whole.
Maybe it doesn't count as a run, but I'd put Ngozi Ukazu's BARDA up there too. Very excited for her ORION follow-up.
clear ember
intresting considering it's a young adult book
violet orchid
oh I need to check that barda book
vernal ivy
DC puts out some pretty fire Young Adult books.
clear ember
it does, I admit
humble compass
Yeah, I'm a bit surprised. But DC has been pretty serious abuot the YA line, so I'm also not super surprised?
vernal ivy
I think Ukazu's New Gods represent the mythology in the clearest, most legible form it's ever been, with deep emotional resonance and captivating art.
QUESTION #15
Which New God is married to a human?
Black Racer
vernal ivy
I knew this would be a tough one.
gloomy mason
no one's even guessing lmao
jolly briar
I dont remeber who it was
clear ember
so, how's everyone's tuesday been
vernal ivy
A lot of you are gonna kick yourselves.
humble compass
Orion
humble compass
dang i just realized who it is
vernal ivy
Time's up! I guess you could call that question a real....KNOCKOUT.
She married Scandal Savage!
gloomy mason
duhhh
jolly briar
who
clear ember
ohhh
violet orchid
omg
gloomy mason
forgot she was a new god i can't lie
violet orchid
I totally forgot about knockout
gloomy mason
also forgot she existed
violet orchid
but I don't like her that's maybe why
humble compass
Yeah, I completely blanked on her
crisp knoll
yeah kicking myself, would not have guessed that at all completely forgot
clear ember
not as good as Maxima
vernal ivy
OK, back to the easy ones.
QUESTION #16
What beam projecting cudgel does Kalibak wield as his signnature weapon?
knockout in superboy was icky to me
jolly briar
Whip
humble compass
Beta Club
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Beta Club
♣️
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The Qu [6]
Twent [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [3]
Souron1 [1]
Cybernex007 [1]
I love Kirby's weapon names. Just totally nonsensical.
jolly briar
Kalibak when I walk in with my Apha Club
vernal ivy
I love Kirby's weapon names. Just totally nonsensical.
I like to think it's a reference to how Kalibak always plays second fiddle.
humble compass
just stuff like THE UNIVERSAL WEAPON and THE MEGA-ROD
That definitely makes sense in context, yeah
clear ember
and was thrown into the Miracle Machine
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QUESTION #17
What pair of mad scientists were the first New Gods to appear in the comics?
dude can't get a break
signal nymph
I mean who can forget Marvelous Marno's Master Blaster
humble compass
Mokkari and Simyan
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Mokkari and Simyan
That's the pair!
SCOREBOARD
The Qu [7]
Twent [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [3]
Souron1 [1]
Cybernex007 [1]
didn't even read the question it was already answered
gloomy mason
whoooo
vernal ivy
They appeared in Jack Kirby's run on SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN!
humble compass
evil scientists who work in the Evil Factory. Big players in 90s Superboy and Final Crisis. Not a whole lot else, other than Jimmy Olsen.
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QUESTION #18
Who is recognized as the matriarch of the Bugs of New Genesis?
All-Widow
signal nymph
All-Widow
jolly briar
All-Widow
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The Qu [7]
Twent [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [3]
Cybernex007 [2]
Souron1 [1]
Yeah, I love how blunt Kirby can be. Stuff like THE EVIL FACTORY and the ARMAGHETTO. It's totally against the grain of comics being realistic and whatnot.
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QUESTION #19
Which New God is the "god of journeys?"
Lonar
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Lonar
That's him!
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The Qu [7]
Twent [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [3]
Cybernex007 [3]
Souron1 [1]
in the demon run there was a dude named Baron Von Evilstein lmao
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QUESTION #20
What does Superman become the god of in Justice League: Darkseid War?
Hope
crisp knoll
God of Strength
signal nymph
Strength
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God of Strength
Correct!
SCOREBOARD
The Qu [7]
Twent [4]
Cybernex007 [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [3]
Souron1 [1]
Cybernex crawling up the leaderboard... with 4 questions left, a win over The Qu is still possible!
jolly briar
exciting
wicked summit
woah
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QUESTION #21
Which superhero does the stalwart Orion learn to respect in the animated series Justice League Unlimited?
Flash
signal nymph
Flash
wicked summit
Flash
jolly briar
Love that episode
jolly briar
on the löaderboard huzzah
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SCOREBOARD
The Qu [7]
Twent [4]
Cybernex007 [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [3]
Souron1 [1]
Shiny_Agumon [1]
Hey @jolly briar, do Digimon even come in Shiny varieties? Or, I guess that's the joke
jolly briar
No its a mix of Pokemon and Digimon
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QUESTION #22
Who was the culprit behind the serial deicide of 2008's "Death of the New Gods"?
Extant
humble compass
Infinity Man
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Infinity Man
Correct!
A storyline nobody had a problem with and everyone loved.
SCOREBOARD
The Qu [8]
Twent [4]
Cybernex007 [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [3]
Souron1 [1]
Shiny_Agumon [1]
I'm keeping my mouth closed lol
wicked summit
el oh el
clear ember
Loved it as much as they love Countdown to Final Crisis
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QUESTION #23
What does Orion give Bekka as a wedding gift in Justice League: Gods and Monsters?
Mother Box
crisp knoll
sword
jolly briar
darn mixed it up
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SCOREBOARD
The Qu [8]
Cybernex007 [5]
Twent [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [3]
Souron1 [1]
Shiny_Agumon [1]
QUESTION #24
As it appears in Grant Morrison's work, what does Y equal in the Anti-Life Equation?
Life
signal nymph
Hope
jolly briar
Darkseid
crisp knoll
the absence of hope
humble compass
You
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OUR FINAL SCORE:
SCOREBOARD
The Qu [8]
Cybernex007 [5]
Twent [4]
InterdimensionalNerd [4]
Souron1 [1]
Shiny_Agumon [1]
ggs
crisp knoll
Congrats Qu! This has been a fun and tough game, great questions
wicked summit
Congrats Qu!
violet orchid
congrats Qu !!!
humble compass
Neat, good game y'all!
jolly briar
GG Qu, victory on all fronts
jolly briar
My favorite
True equation
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After just 39 minutes, this might have been our quickest trivia to date. All of you are REALLY on top of your Fourth World lore! Consider me impressed!
But our winner this week, and first 5-Time Champ, is @humble compass! Qu, you graduate to our second-highest honor in Trivia Tuesday! But can you go for the gold...? Let's see if you have what it takes to win 5 more!
wicked summit
Batmite was the hope we needed all along
jolly briar
Woohoo Qu, great work
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Next week, I hope you'll come back on Christmas Eve for some SUPERMAN & LOIS TRIVIA -- and our Player's Choice Poll for January!
wicked summit
GECK YEAH
jolly briar
like the show?
signal nymph
This time Transmetropolitan will win for sure
crisp knoll
WHOOO! Player's choice!!
vernal ivy
like the show?
Correct
jolly briar
Alrighty
humble compass
Yeah, if it's the show I'll prboably set it out. Never seen an episode. Good luck to y'all though!
clear ember
I might be busy
jolly briar
Ive seen some episodes with my mom
wicked summit
A good excuse to rewatch the entire show! Thank you
crisp knoll
Haven't seen one episode but I am fully ready to be spoiled lol
jolly briar
well goodbye see ya on Christmas Eve hopefully
crisp knoll
have a good one everyone!
limber cove
I JUST REALIZED ITS TUESDAY 😭
