Wednesday, July 16, 2003 :::
Quiz Time: The Apeman's Cohorts or Allah's Fanatics?
Are the items in the following list surnames of 9/11 hijackers,
or,
Characters from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan novels?
Answers below.
1. ben-Houdin
2. Toyat
3. Alhazmi
4. Gabula
5. Hanjour
6. Banihammad
7. Jad-bal-ja
8. Cadj
9. Alghamdi
10. Jarrah
Answers:
1. Burroughs character, marauder chief, Amor's nephew, executed by Jacot, appeared in The Son of Tarzan.
2. Burroughs character, Ape of Tarzan's old tribe, appeared in Tarzan the Invincible.
3. Hijacker, possible Saudi national, possible resident of Fort Lee, New Jersey; Wayne, New Jersey.
4. Burroughs character, Erich von Harben's Bagego body servant from Tarzan and the Lost Empire.
5. Hijacker, possible resident of Phoenix, Arizona, and San Diego, California.
6. Hijacker, possible residence: Delray Beach, Florida
7. Burroughs character, Tarzan's pet lion, appeared in Tarzan and the Golden Lion and many other books.
8. Burroughs character, High Priest of the Flaming God of Opar, from Tarzan and the Golden Lion.
9. Hijacker, Possible residence: Delray Beach, Florida.
10. Hijacker, believed to be the pilot of United Airlines flight 93.
Some fun links I found while working on this post:
The Edgar Rice Burroughs Ape - English Dictionary
The Series Gallery, a page devoted to old timey series books, like the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, etc, with lots of cool cover artwork.
Official Edgar Rice Burroughs website.
Gallery of J. Allen St. John Burroughs artwork. My favorite Burrough's artist.
::: posted by tom at 11:39 AM
