You're not so 'Lost'
There's a lot loyal fans don't know, but prove what you do with this quiz.
Questions. Questions. Questions. ABC's
Lost
is maddeningly full of questions. Which is probably what keeps fans watching. And watching and watching.
Diehards have two hours to sit through tonight (enhanced repeat of last season's finale) and two more tomorrow (recap show at 8, followed by the season premiere).
Was the plane crash really an accident? What were those monsters? How can so many strangers' lives be so interconnected? What did the island's long-gone scientists really do? Why, in last season's cliffhanger, did Jack so desperately want to go back? And when will the stupid writers' strike end?
Now, some questions fans ought to be able to answer.
1. What made some fans think the island may have wandered around the world?
(a) the hieroglyphs in the Hatch
(b) a polar bear and a slave ship on a mountaintop
(c) an ancient Incan map
2. Which famous movie is not part of popular theories about Lost?
(a) Rosemary's Baby
(b) Forbidden Planet
(c) The Wizard of Oz
3. Who did Sawyer nickname "Jabba," "Chucky" and "Captain Falafel"?
(a) Hurley, Charlie and Sayid
(b) Jack, Boone and Locke
(c) Hurley, Boone and Ben
4. Which of the following was not a way someone arrived on the island (as far as we know)?
(a) sailboat
(b) submarine
(c) lifeboat
5. How were Kate and Sayid's lives linked before the crash?
(a) Sayid's true love, Nadia, helped Kate escape police
(b) Sayid was a prisoner under her stepfather
(c) She robbed a bank where Sayid later worked
6. Why might Rose and Locke want to remain on the island?
(a) Her ex wants to kill him
(b) They jointly run a fruitful kumquat business
(c) Her cancer and his paralysis might return
7. In last season's finale, what character reappeared (perhaps) after supposedly leaving the island?
(a) Walt, the psychic boy
(b) Locke's father
(c) Tycoon Alvar Hanso
8. Why is Jacob important?
(a) He's the man who gave Hurley the cursed numbers
(b) He's the one-eyed Russian who killed Charlie
(c) He's the entity who Ben says gives the orders
9. As Charlie was drowning, he wrote "Not Penny's boat!" on his hand. What did it mean?
(a) He wanted some lyrics changed
(b) The supposed rescuers are liars
(c) Swim back, the boat might explode
10. Among the many characters who died were Shannon, Boone, Eko, Ana Lucia and Libby. What supposedly dead character might still be alive?
(a) Henry Gale
(b) Lillian the winemaker
(c) Jack's father, Christian Shephard