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06/03/2004 Entry: "Kinder Egg Surprise Trivia Answers."

And the answers to yesterday's Kinder Egg Trivia Quiz are...

#1!
Clue: It's but a letter away from rank
Which is to say fowl
It has many eyes on its backside
And I've never heard one howl

Answer: A peacock, arriving disassembled. More of a peacock puzzle.

First correct response by: Wes. What does he win? Nothing.

#2!
Clue: You've seen this character before
Battling with whiskerface
Shares a name with the Superman-obsessed
Eating dairy in a tiny spot

Answer: Jerry, from Tom & Jerry.

First correct response by: goblin22. What does he win? More of the same!

REPLIES: 51 comments

You know, you can buy just the toys from Kinder Surprise on eBay for about 20 cents apiece (assuming you want 150 of them). The toys only get weirder as you go. Unfortunately, They've swamped my house. I don't have the heart to throw them away.

Chestnuts roasted by Volkaru @ 06/03/2004 08:14 AM EST

Woah. Jerry from Tom & Jerry? I didn't know that Kinder did brand-name toys: but, then again, I think that the chocolate is the most revolting thing I've ever tasted and have only ever received Kinder eggs when friends and family inexplicably give 'em to me. My favourite toy, though, was a little yellow brand-nameless propeller plane. Proving once again that you don't need Disney to make you happy.

Chestnuts roasted by Molten @ 06/03/2004 08:31 AM EST

SECOND WOOO

Jerry...obsessed with superman?

eh?

Chestnuts roasted by vyle @ 06/03/2004 08:32 AM EST

Whoa...I just got the peacock puzzle thingy last night from a Kinder Egg...weird! My wife eats the egg and I get the toy. She loves those things, but I have to agree with Molten. The "chocolate" tastes like doo doo. Of course, this raises the question of how would I know what doo doo tastes like?

Chestnuts roasted by Blah...blah @ 06/03/2004 09:20 AM EST

Woohoo! 5th post! So what? That's good for me!

Remember Photog!

Chestnuts roasted by Gillespee @ 06/03/2004 09:33 AM EST

"SECOND WOOO

Jerry...obsessed with superman?

eh?"

Jerry Seinfeld

Chestnuts roasted by a piece of milk @ 06/03/2004 09:46 AM EST

I've only had the Kinder Eggs from Europe, and they didn't taste that bad. They also featured tons of "Asterix the Gaul" toys.

Chestnuts roasted by BaronVonHotPants @ 06/03/2004 10:04 AM EST

I remember Kinder eggs with Smurfs in them, oh so long ago. And one time I got The Pink Panther.

Chestnuts roasted by Marq @ 06/03/2004 10:11 AM EST

oohhh.. I remember the Smurfs and the Pink Panthers.. those ones were always the best.. though with the Smurf ones, if you turned their heads around backwards their little tails kind of looked like.. erm.. *cough* well.. yes.. it was hilarious though... at least at the time..

Chestnuts roasted by Toxicity- @ 06/03/2004 11:24 AM EST

Kinder Eggs Rock. Last one I had had a bishop with his own miniature cathedral. Niftyness.

Chestnuts roasted by two_peep_army @ 06/03/2004 11:29 AM EST

I believe goblin22 and I win the satisfaction of knowing that we have correctly guessed the contents of stale chocolate eggs from Germany. I dunno about him, but I sure feel special! smile

Fun times, Matt!

Chestnuts roasted by Wes @ 06/03/2004 11:38 AM EST

BaronVonHotPants-

I LOVE Asterix and Obelix! I've been reading those comix since I was but a wee lass... The books are at times rather challenging to find, but it's oh so worth it...

"By Toutatis!"

Chestnuts roasted by Gretchen @ 06/03/2004 12:53 PM EST

ASTERIX!!!!
My fiance said that a cure for acid panic was the following:
-bottle of coke
-flakie (cream and fruit filled turnover, but waaaaaay more delicate)
-Asterix comic.

Also, he said he ate a chunk of hash and passed out and dreamt he was laying on a beach looking at they sky, reading asterix comics floating across. He became nervous when he thought, 'what happens when I've read them all?'
to which an ethereal voice replied, 'you can just read them over again."

Chestnuts roasted by Bitsy&Roary @ 06/03/2004 01:11 PM EST

The "most read comic" in my house is Calvin and Hobbes, though because ol' Bill Watterson never shelled out to the merchandisers, we shal never see a miature Hobbes inside of one of Germany's devil eggs.

Random: If they're from Germany, why is the text on the back of the wrapper written in the Cyrillic alphabet?

Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 06/03/2004 01:30 PM EST

OOOOHHHHH they're from Germany. Now I know why I've never heard of this things anywhere but on this site. I dont think they make it to the midwest.

And to comment on one of the posts above, C&H is my favorite comic ever. It killed me when I heard he was retiring. I kind of wish he would have sold out though, cause I would have loved to have C&H action figures, or at least little plastic statues or something. Instead I'm stuck trying to find the books on sale and laughing at t-shirts with C&H in different sexual positions.

Chestnuts roasted by Beerstalker @ 06/03/2004 02:47 PM EST

The heck are Kinder Eggs? Never heard of one or seen one untill last night.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr.S @ 06/03/2004 02:47 PM EST

Mr. S, here is an early article aobut kinder eggs.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/442.html

Chestnuts roasted by Bright Noah @ 06/03/2004 03:37 PM EST

Actually, Kinder Eggs are available everywhere in Canada around Easter. I used to get a lot of them in my Easter basket. Always thought the toys were stupid, but liked the chocolate shell.

Chestnuts roasted by incisivis @ 06/03/2004 04:47 PM EST

Guess the word:

"Your hands have ten.
And ten has two.
And two has one.
And That's your clue."

Guess the object:

"This softheaded fellow's
a pleasure to meet.
Ignore him he cries,
but kiss him, he's sweet!"

Riddle me this:

"I'm king of my lands,
with a huntress for bride.
And she and my chidren,
are truly my pride."

No prizes but my admiration.
Got them out of a magazine.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/03/2004 05:45 PM EST

Word: Digit(s)

No clue on the other two. Not too good at riddles.

Here's a good one:

"What have I got in my pocket? "

> smile

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron @ 06/03/2004 07:19 PM EST

A RING MY PRECIOUSSSSSS......

Chestnuts roasted by Graves @ 06/03/2004 07:26 PM EST

My Ring!
My Ring
The Thieves!

Chestnuts roasted by Gollum @ 06/03/2004 07:26 PM EST

The third is a male lion.

Chestnuts roasted by Wes @ 06/03/2004 07:27 PM EST

dood, were geeks......

Chestnuts roasted by Graves @ 06/03/2004 07:29 PM EST

second one is baby i think?

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 06/03/2004 07:31 PM EST

I believe the second one is an ice cream cone.

Chestnuts roasted by Scott @ 06/03/2004 07:38 PM EST

MORE GAMES! I LIKEY! smile

Chestnuts roasted by Kristal @ 06/03/2004 08:01 PM EST

How bout Roshambo?

Chestnuts roasted by Graves @ 06/03/2004 10:33 PM EST

Gee wilikers. The dog piddled on the davenport. Oh fiddle. that was my best impression of old people.....EVER.

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 06/04/2004 03:10 AM EST

the second riddle is a baby.

Chestnuts roasted by Bitsy&Roary @ 06/04/2004 12:24 PM EST

I go on forever,
I'll always march straight ahead.
You think you're so clever,
but I"ll never be stopped.
I can't pick up my pace,
I can't turn around.
Though I do have a face,
I can't see or slowdown.

YAY me I made that up! what am I?

Chestnuts roasted by Bitsy&Roary @ 06/04/2004 12:39 PM EST

The thrid riddle is a lion

Chestnuts roasted by Bright Noah @ 06/04/2004 12:52 PM EST

I thought Matt's riddles were really tough but that is cuz I'm kind of retarded and thought they were both about the same thing. No wonder I was so confused.

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 06/04/2004 12:58 PM EST

I'd like to mention that in Germany, you can get some of the most badassed Kinder Surprise toys, including Lord of the Rings stuff. Wish they had'em here in the US, but I just know that parental and government committees would never approve, due to all the stupid children who would try to swallow them, and all the stupid parents who would let them.

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 06/04/2004 01:27 PM EST

They did have something like them in the us. It was called wonderball. But after about a month on the market they took the toys out because parents complained.

Chestnuts roasted by Bright Noah @ 06/04/2004 01:39 PM EST

Wow, Kinder Eggs are crazy.

Chestnuts roasted by Mister S @ 06/04/2004 02:53 PM EST

Wonderball has nothing on this! Wonderball just had some really crappy Disney candy and a sticker/tattoo. These things have toys!!! I mean with the Wonderball, you have some kind of insurance since it's full of little tiny pieces of dissolving candy. These things would never make it in the US, like Nate said, because little kids would find some crazy way to choke on them and sue. It'll be McDonald's coffee all over again, showing that disclaimers AREN'T FOOL-PROOF. At least in the US anyway...

Chestnuts roasted by Erik @ 06/04/2004 04:57 PM EST

When I was a kid, Cracker Jacks used to have cool prizes inside like mini-pinball games. They also had little books full of temporary tattoos so you could put them on your face and look like a carnie. Nowadays all you get are crummy stickers. These Kinder Eggs look supercool!

Chestnuts roasted by Fr8train @ 06/05/2004 12:23 AM EST

we've had these things in canada as long as I can remember. and we sell them year round were I work (7-11). And trust me. the toys get far, far more insane. there's some damn fun ones too.

Chestnuts roasted by gorffy @ 06/05/2004 04:35 AM EST

Erik, when wonderball first came out, it had toys in it. But parents thougth their children were goign to choke on them, so they took the toys out.

Chestnuts roasted by Bright Noah @ 06/05/2004 10:10 AM EST

I would have to say the best kinder egg toy i got was olive oil. you know, popey�s girl. sassy sophisticated sexy lady.

Chestnuts roasted by Bitsy&Roary @ 06/05/2004 08:51 PM EST

Bitsy&Roary: I would guess that you're time. I think. I also had a lot of Peanuts figures from kinder eggs. They ended up in my fish bowl. I'm pretty sure that's what killed my goldfish.

Chestnuts roasted by blstnddskroot @ 06/06/2004 12:22 AM EST

Ha! Most of the time spent reading XE I feel left out because we don't get most of the toys and the delicious 10 year old treats Matt reviews here in Finland, but atleast I can pretty much always get me some Kinder eggs. And I've never choked on one of their toy surprises. (but the chocolate hurts my teeth.)

Chestnuts roasted by iivuli @ 06/06/2004 01:47 PM EST

Holy crap. I zone out and leave the blog for a little while and what happens? A whole conversation about Kinder Eggs.
I moved to Germany about a bit less than a year ago (in Blog time....Fearless Photog contest era)...Kinder eggs are frickin' addictive. I have the Lord of the Rings set...its fricking surreal getting a Christopher Lee in your chocolate. Still my favorite to date is an oriental man selling fish balls. From the "our friends of the Orient" kinder egg collection, we have an authentic chinese street vendor, selling...fish balls. (came with an info packet all about it).
But you know what's strangest? The Kinder-copy cat products...from Greek to Turkish to French "kinder eggs) the knock-off toys are somehow so more weird when they're generic rip-offs of actual already weird as hell kinder egg toys.
bah.

Collect Kinder eggs AND i'm in Berlin AND I miss the Kinder egg bus. Lucky me.
-Jared

Chestnuts roasted by OhGodtheRats @ 06/06/2004 10:42 PM EST

hurray blstnddskroot! you win my clue!

You also win the most difficult name to type!

PS I am jealous of German kindertoys. Finland too. Canadian Kinderegg toys have really gone downhill.

Chestnuts roasted by Bitsy&Roary @ 06/08/2004 01:28 AM EST

Never forget to put those eggs into the fridge for a while. Makes the chocolate a billion times better.

Chestnuts roasted by Creature SH @ 06/12/2004 02:40 AM EST

Time doesn't have a face...clocks do. And I still don't know the answer to the second riddle.

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