So some time ago, I had written an MST3K trivia challenge that was presented at MarsCon 2019. Since then, I've pondered having it as part of an MST3K trivia tome. Here's a broad outline of potential chapter titles. Suggestions on what chapters should be added or dropped as well as potential alternate quote selections and order of chapters (I just went with alphabetical order of subject matter) would be appreciated.
Chapter One
"Two hundred points in the hole, Mike, as we move into the Lightning Round!"
The Amazing Colossal MST3K Trivia Challenge
Chapter Two
"Hang in there, old chum."
MST3K and Batman
Chapter Three
"Well, at least I didn't do Zardoz."
MST3K and James Bond
Chapter Four
"As a matter of fact, there's a compatibility quiz in this month's Cosmo."
MST3K and Marriage (and Divorce because Hollywood)
Chapter Five
"A nomination without a win spells one word: Loser!"
MST3K and the Oscars
Chapter Six
"Tell us about the rabbits, George."
MST3K and Playboy
Chapter Seven
"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of Babylon 5."
MST3K and Star Trek (and Babylon 5 for giggles)
Chapter Eight
"So much pew pew pew!"
MST3K and Star Wars
Chapter Nine
"I'm the God!!! I'm the God!!!!!"
MST3K and The Twilight Zone
Chapter Ten
"Does that mean the Wolf Man weighs three to four hundred pounds after just one meal?"
MST3K and the Universal Classic Monsters
Chapter Eleven
"The star to the left of the main group forms a perfect pickle."
MST3K and the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Chapter three:
This guy I know from South Africa would be upset if I didn't talk about SPACE MUTINY for a bit
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Hmmm... I'm not quite seeing how that would work. Some of those categories seem too narrow for a whole chapter (i.e., Playboy). I think they probably did more riffs on "Wizard of Oz" than any other single movie. If I were doing this, I would probably lump everything together, but if you want broad categories, maybe something like movie references, TV references, highbrow references, "naughty" riffs (maybe including "drug" riffs in there... or maybe "sex, drugs and rock n' roll" together)?
I probably should have clarified. The trivia in question is not about riffs that mention the indicated properties. Rather it's going to be about cast and crew of the riffed movies who were involved in the indicated properties. As an example, while there may be relatively few mentions of Playboy in the show, quite a few of the actresses in the films have modeled for that periodical.