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Transformers-related question

Post by Guest » Thu May 27, 2010 11:15 am

On the Radio Times website.
Which Transformer's name translates roughly from Latin as 'Best First'?
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    Megatron
    Optimus Prime
    Ultra Magnus
It's almost a "'What A is an Optimus Prime' on Blockbusters" moment.

Almost.
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Post by snarl » Thu May 27, 2010 11:23 am

It was probably meant to be a really hard question as well...
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Post by Brendocon » Thu May 27, 2010 11:25 am

Bonus points for also including the non-TF trick answer.
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Post by Aaron Hong » Thu May 27, 2010 2:00 pm

One of you bettter fess up before he sees this.
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Post by bumblemusprime » Thu May 27, 2010 2:01 pm

I included that in one of my columns! The legions of people who read comic reviews on Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show will all know!
Best First wrote:I didn't like it. They don't have mums, or dads, or children. And they turn into stuff. And they don't eat Monster Munch or watch Xena: Warrior Princess. Or do one big poo in the morning and another one in the afternoon. I bet they weren't even excited by and then subsequently disappointed by Star Wars Prequels. Or have a glass full of spare change near their beds. That they don't have.
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Post by Brendocon » Thu May 27, 2010 3:12 pm

bumblemusprime wrote:I included that in one of my columns! The legions of people who read comic reviews on Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show will all know!
Or, more specifically, the legions of people who read your comic reviews on Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show will all know.

Can you call two people a legion? :o
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Post by Guest » Thu May 27, 2010 4:24 pm

I'm not going to reveal which particular competition it relates to, as I'm not a fan of the actual prize, although it is marginally better than its runner-up prize.
Brendocon wrote:Can you call two people a legion? :o
Mary Shelley got away with calling one person a legion.

Admittedly, this one person was made up from parts of lots of other people, but it did refer to itself in the first person singular. Most of the time, anyway.
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Post by spiderfrommars » Mon May 31, 2010 7:17 pm

Is the answer Megatron?
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Post by Guest » Mon May 31, 2010 9:15 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:Is the answer Megatron?
Indeed.

And Galvatron is Latin for 'Insanity First'.
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Post by Optimus Prime Rib » Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:21 am

Brendocon wrote:Can you call two people a legion? :o
Metroplex + Fort Max?
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Post by Legion » Sat Jun 05, 2010 11:27 pm

Rebis wrote:
Brendocon wrote:Can you call two people a legion? :o
Mary Shelley got away with calling one person a legion.

Admittedly, this one person was made up from parts of lots of other people, but it did refer to itself in the first person singular. Most of the time, anyway.
*cough*

we try not to...

*gets their coat*
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