Brain the size of a planet....

[missyjack]

Thanks to all the brainiacs who entered the Trivia Quiz and Scavenger Hunt - you guys are hard to trick! I am still scoring the entries but for now, here are the answers.



Section One: The devil is in the detail.

Questions worth one point each.

1. In which three episodes have rabbits been mentioned?
   
   There have actually been four (any three would do for a correct answer)
   Bad Day at Black Rock: the rabbits foot
   
   Malleus Maleficarum: the rabbit’s teeth are used in the hex bag and Dean bemoans that its always the poor bunny who gets it.
   
   A Very Supernatural Christmas: Dean: “Next thing you’ll be telling me the Easter Bunny’s Jewish”
   
   Mystery Spot: Sam knows that at night Judge Myers dresses up in a furry bunny outfit!
   
2. What flavour of toothpaste do Sam and Dean share in Mystery Spot?
   
   They share bubblegum flavoured toothpaste, later Sam has mint.
3. In which episode does Dean spend time with the ‘doublemint twins”?
   
   The Magnificent Seven.
4. “What’s in the box?” Dean quotes from the movie Se7en in The Magnificent Seven. In the movie - what was in the box?
   
   The head of Detective Mills’ wife (played by Gwenyth Paltrow).
5. In what episode do we first learn Ruby’s name?
   
   Not until Bad Day at Black Rock when Dean say "The second you find out this Ruby chick is a demon, you go for the holy water, you don’t chat!"
6. What two animals can be seen on the front lawn of the Walsh’s house?
   
   Deer.
7. Name two episodes where Sam and Dean squat in a house rather than stay in a motel.
   
   Red Sky at Morning and Fresh Blood. In The Magnificent Seven they stay in the house Issac and Tamara have been squatting in, so that was accepted as a correct answer.
8. In what episode do we first see Bobby working on the Colt?
   
   In Bad Day at Black Rock, when Sam is on the phone to Bobby he can be seen working on repairing the Colt.
9. In which episode does Dean say he wishes, just for once, there would be demonic activity in South Beach?
   
   Sin City
10. Where would you see the sticker “Bethlehem or Bust”?
    
    The rear of Kubrick’s RV in Bad Day at Black Rock.
11. In which episode did Dean compare himself to a plasticine horse?
    
    In The Kids are All Right, Dean ponders that if Lisa is ‘Gumby girl’, whether that make him Pokey.
12. Supernatural has been nominated in the Best TV series category for what awards to be announced in June this year?
    
    The Saturn Awards.
13. Which episode includes a reference to an 80s TV show set in Hawaii?
    
    Malleus Maleficarum - Tammi says : "Nice dick work Magnum" in a reference to the Tom Selleck series Magnum P.I.
14. Which Tom Cruise film is mentioned in a season three episode?
    
    Rain Man.
15. Which Supernatural character has a connection with the nursery rhyme “Ring a ring a rosie”?
    
    Ruby. The nursery rhyme is purportedly about the bubonic plague. Ruby says she has been around “since the plague”.

Section Two: Who said it?

Questions are worth two points - one for the person who said it and one for a link to the interview.

1. Who said: ”I think we’re probably on the wrong network”?
   
   Robert Singer
2. Who said: “It's been a while since I've seen anything that bloody”?
   
   Sera Gamble
3. Who did Kripke credit with coming up with the idea that demons were once human?
   
   Ben Edlund
4. Which Supernatural writer credits “Little House on the Prairie” as an early influence?
   
   Cathryn Humphris
5. Who watched the Discovery Channel to get inspiration for their character?
   
   Katie Cassidy. While Jensen has mentioned he likes watching the Discovery Channel, Katie said she watch it for inspiration for Ruby’s ‘animalistic hunting side.

Section Three: Hunt it Down!

After I have collated the scores, I’ll post my favourite “finds” in this section. Each find was worth one point.

Section Four: Picture this.

One point for each answer.

1. Which episode is this motel from? An extra point if you can name the motel room.
   
   The Thomas Kinkade Suite (the name is on the back of the door) from A Very Supernatural Christmas.
2. Whose hands?
   
   Ruby’s from The Magnificent Seven
3. Which episode is this motel room from?
   
   Sin City.
4. What is special about this shot?
   
   This aerial shot of the Impala was used first in Skin and again in Sin City.
5. Whose boot?
   
   It’s Dean’s boot, from one a still from A Very Supernatural Christmas.