Damn You, Minipops Quiz! DAMN YOU TO HELL!

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Remember those little Minipops, the tiny-pixel-charicatures of pop culture characters? Somebody in Britain put together an excel spreadsheet of 'em, and they're being sent around.

found here, or a million other places,or it's probably goign to be emailed to you, if it hasn't already.

Be warned: it will consume your SOUL! until you finish most of it, at least. A good way to blow a coupla hours at work, at least.

(hint: Slade)

― Jeremy the Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 23:24 (twenty-two years ago)

i currently have 41/95

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

fifty-odd for me. the quiz sheet is bitchy in what it accepts.

― Jeremy the Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 23:31 (twenty-two years ago)

finished! 2 weeks ago! and no. i'm not gonna help you.

― gaz (gaz), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

haha, go to Format > Sheet > Unhide > answers > then CTRL-A

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 00:24 (twenty-two years ago)

OMG this is so addictive! Must... stop... trying... answers...

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 00:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Craig Robinson, the inventor of Minipops, is a friend of mine here in Berlin. We go bowling together, and he made a Minipop of me for the sleeve of my recent compilation album. (He'd made some before we met too.)

When Radio 1 picked up on the Minipops Excel quiz, Craig's website got so many hits he had to close it down for a couple of weeks. He couldn't afford the bandwidth requests coming in to his host server. It's now up again and worth a look.

I sleep with a Minipops poster at the head of my bed. Figuring out who's who is better than counting sheep.

― Momus (Momus), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 00:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm having trouble with all the damn brit boy bands and girl bands, theyre all a big amalgam of shite to me, so I dunno which ones which, WestlifeBoyz2menOwnJaRobbie fuckit.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 01:06 (twenty-two years ago)

44 so far, some of these i have no idea tho

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 01:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Is 76 intentionally blank?

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 01:23 (twenty-two years ago)

no, I see a pair of guys

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 01:26 (twenty-two years ago)

It's showing blank on both my excel and jbr's

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 01:41 (twenty-two years ago)

We're up to 66 so far

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 01:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Up to 69 now

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:00 (twenty-two years ago)

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:15 (twenty-two years ago)

did you get chas & dave yet?

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I did now! thanks gaz! ;P

No one but me spotted hall and oates. In fact Im amazed I did.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I spotted hall and oates. Up to 72 now

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:31 (twenty-two years ago)

me too

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:34 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, not as obscure as i thought ;)

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Throwing in the towel at 73. That is the most pathetic looking Gary Numan ever!

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:38 (twenty-two years ago)

hehe it is! but i still got it. After I tried "marvin the paranoid android" first *laughs*

Im up to 60... argh.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:39 (twenty-two years ago)

i wanna see the american that gets 100% on this

― Jeremy the Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:41 (twenty-two years ago)

i've been typing gary numan into that box for ages and it sez it's wrong!!

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:43 (twenty-two years ago)

me too jim - i dunno how i made it work but i did somehow :/

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:46 (twenty-two years ago)

i got hall and oates.

pretty much gave up on all the heavy metal ones.

got 34 one time through and stopped

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Its the generic single person ones that are stumping me, how many whitey guys in jeans can I guess morrisey or chris isaak for and still be wrong? yaaargh.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 02:53 (twenty-two years ago)

WTF! that Dead or Alive is the lamest looking thing EVAR. I only got it cos I guessed out of desparation.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 03:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Invisible Movie Quiz! Oh, boy!

― Girolamo Savonarola, Wednesday, 19 November 2003 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Rick Astley gave me hell.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 04:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah I eventually twigged to try him but had to try a few generic looking blue pantsed lads before i got it ;D

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 04:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Also the fonz broke my head. I am at 78 and stopping for now.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 04:35 (twenty-two years ago)

couldn't put it down. just remembered Ali G

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 04:40 (twenty-two years ago)

God, I got Ali G ages ago :)

Hang on - the fonz? I tried him, I swear, and it said wrong... *cries*

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 05:20 (twenty-two years ago)

cutest thing ever:

http://www.flipflopflyin.com/minipops/mp_strokes.gif

they should shrink down to that size and do all their shows and videos like that.

― ethereal cereal (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 05:22 (twenty-two years ago)

what if you dont have excel ?

― anthony easton (anthony), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 07:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I've been a fan of FlipFlopFlyin for years, and I'm glad this sudden burst of attention has come his way (even if it shut down his website for a while). The Minipops are cool but they're not close to my favorite thing on his website ( http://www.flipflopflyin.com ). (I'm not sure what my favorite thing is, but I do like that one that involves the webcam on his kitchen shelf.)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 08:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I got all of the first quiz & all of the second.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 09:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Show off!

― smee (smee), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)

*nods & bows*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 13:45 (twenty-two years ago)

~~or able to uncover the hidden answers in excel~~

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

open up the file as text in wordpad, you can find them there, too.

― Jeremy the Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 17:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I have two versions, I think I've got about 70 on one, and 50 odd on the other.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 18:07 (twenty-two years ago)

the fonz is right, but you just have to call him 'Fonz'

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Where is this second quiz you speak of?

― Leee Majors (Leee), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 22:10 (twenty-two years ago)

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