Local History
Star Wars
Daniel Geister
Comic Books
Music
1980s movies
100
This city was once the county seat for St. Croix County before Minnesota existed.
What is Stillwater?
100
This 1978 Variety Show special featured Chewbacca's family and Chewie's voyage back to them, also featured the debut of what Star Wars well known character.
Who is Boba Fett?
100
This city is where he was born and currently lives.
Where is River Falls, Wisconsin?
100
Proving they were part of the 616 Marvel Universe in 1984, this neighborhood superhero swung into action on the cover of The Transformers #3 to help the Autobots rescue Sparkplug Witwicky.
Who is Peter Parker / Spider-Man?
100
Before her solo career started in 1982, Madonna was the drummer and occasional singer for this New York band, which shared its name with a John Hughes film.
What is the Breakfast Club.
100
The registration number on Jock’s floatplane at the start of Raiders of the Lost Ark is OB-CPO, a nod to these two Star Wars characters
Who are Obi- Wan "Ben" Kenobi and C-3PO?
200
This place was named after a Civil War army commanding officer who was the first casualty of that war, but never set foot in this village.
What is Ellsworth, Wisconsin?
200
In Timothy Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the Empire, the Blue Skinned Villain Grand Admiral Thrawn became the first major post-Return of the Jedi Villian. Thrawn has returned in many books, but only these two shows. (name one for the points)
What is Star Wars Rebels or Star Wars Ashoka.
200
These places are other places Daniel has lived in the past (just need one to get the points, there are 5 total)
Where are Roberts, Hudson, Sturtevant, Wisconsin, Sante Fe, New Mexico or DeKalb, Illinois
200
In Uncanny X-Men #103, while the X-men are in Ireland at Cassidy Keep, this holiday character becomes the first person to ever refer to Wolverine by his actual name, Logan, a detail Chris Claremont famously "threw in" without consulting the editors.
Who is a leprecaun?
200
In 1986, Michael Jackson starred in this 17-minute 3D film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas, which was shown exclusively at Epcot Center and Disneyland.
What is Captain Eo?
200
Lord Richard Attenborough later said he felt bad that his movie beat this movie to the Best Picture Academy Award because he considered his friend Steven Spielberg's movie more deserving of the award and was convinced before the ceremony that it would win.
What is Ghandi?
300
This city was the first place in the area that any of the Geister family settled in the 1850s.
Where is Prescott, Wisconsin?
300
This desert-dwelling monster from Return of the Jedi lives in the dungeon of Jabba's place and was given a personal name in later Star Wars reference books.
What is the Rancor (named Patessa) ?
300
These were retail jobs that Dan had while going to High School or College (3 correct answers - 1 for the points)
What were Fox's Ace Hardware, ShopKo and Sears?
300
This comic book company started in 1991 after 7 artists left Marvel comics so they could focus on their own characters and later became the company that produced the Walking Dead comics.
What is Image Comics?
300
Nikki Sixx wrote this 1989 high-energy anthem after a near-death experience in 1987, where he was revived by a paramedic who administered two shots of adrenaline directly to his heart.
What is Kickstart my Heart?
300
Most of U.H.F. was filmed on location in this capital of Oklahoma, which Al chose because it looked like "Anytown, USA" but with lower production costs.
What is Oklahoma City?
400
This place was dry before 1932 and had two churches, but since has been known for its taverns and no churches.
Where is Beldenville, Wisconsin?
400
In the early drafts of Star Wars, Luke Skywalker's name was originally this.
What is Starkiller?
400
These places have books published on their history that he has helped produce (must have both).
Where are Beldenville and Ellsworth?
400
This first X-men spin off started in 1982 with a hundred issue run that evolved into the book X-force, but didn't get a live action movie until 2020.
What is the New Mutants?
400
In the Bangles, bassist Michael Steele brought some "punk" credibility to the group, having previously been a founding member of this legendary 1970s all-female rock band alongside Joan Jett and Sandy West.
Who are the Runaways?
400
When Chunk calls the police, during the Goonies, the officer dismisses his story by referencing "little creatures that multiply when you put water on them," a nod to this other 1984 Spielberg-produced film
What is Gremlins?
500
Glen Park is known today for its pool and suspension bridge, but from 1923 to 1939, this attraction delighted visitors of all ages.
What is the Glen Park Zoo?
500
This Dune and Blue Velvet director was originally going to be the director of Return of the Jedi.
Who was David Lynch?
500
What collection and hobby has Daniel been an active reader of month to month since 1987?
What is reading and collecting comic books?
500
In 1986, creator Erik Larsen added the prefix "Savage" to this character’s name after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the publishers of this popular tabletop RPG magazine.
Who is Savage Dragon? what is Dragon magazine.
500
This very famous film composer has had 72 grammy nominations the most besides Walt Disney.
Who is John Williams?
500
This actor made his debut in Back to the Future part 2 in the cafe 80s as the character video game boy.
Who is Elijah Wood?