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Funtasy, v. 1, issue 1, Spring 1939

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FUNTASY Page 7
PHUNTASY PHIZ-QUIC
-Conducted by Ye Ed-

If you get five questions right, we'll make you the present of one of the new Super Crack-pot rocket cruisers with which you can go to Mars and seek your fortune. If you get eight correct, we sahll [shall] give you full toll-rights on Canadli Fifteeni; and if you get them all right, you can have the whole blamed planet!
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1. One of the following is a "lumbricus terrestris."

a. Moskowitz
b. Your Aunt Susie's husband
c. The editor of FUNTASY

2. Nat Schachner's first story was:

a. rotten
b. a long time ago
c. who cares now?

3. A science-fiction fan is always:

a. drunk
b. broke
c. ready for the booby-hatch

4. Did Wollheim ever get paid for his MAN FROM ARIEL?

a. Yes
b. No
c. Why bring that up?

5. Pluto is:

a. Mickey Mouses' dog
b. a helluva long ways from here
c. why?

6. You may be dumb, but you know that one of the following is a cute number.

a. Thirteen
b. D. Durbin
c. NOW 15 CENTS

7. Anyone who reads this column is:

a. An old so-and-so
b. a moron
c. unlucky

8. The "Gernsback Delusion" was a flood that covered down-town Manhattan.

a. No; merely a drizzle
b. also an insane asylum on Hudson Street. NYC.
c. ask Wollheim & Co.

9. Any good linguist should pronounce Bob Tucker's D'JOURNAL like:

a. Dee Joinell a la Brooklyn
b. De Jzhernahl a la Paree
c. "That rag!" a la LOKI.

And that, dopes, winds up our PHIZ-QUIZ. See ya next ish!

Pss-t -- Just to make it tough for you to figure out your percentage, we only gave ya nine questions!

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Olon Wiggins had it before, Dick Wilson had it behind. Jack Speer never had it, but Walter Sullivan had it once before and once behind, and had it twice as bad behind as before! WHAT IN L WAS IT?

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FUNTASY Page 7 PHUNTASY PHIZ-QUIC -Conducted by Ye Ed- If you get five questions right, we'll make you the present of one of the new Super Crack-pot rocket cruisers with which you can go to Mars and seek your fortune. If you get eight correct, we sahll [shall] give you full toll-rights on Canadli Fifteeni; and if you get them all right, you can have the whole blamed planet! ---- 1. One of the following is a "lumbricus terrestris." a. Moskowitz b. Your Aunt Susie's husband c. The editor of FUNTASY 2. Nat Schachner's first story was: a. rotten b. a long time ago c. who cares now? 3. A science-fiction fan is always: a. drunk b. broke c. ready for the booby-hatch 4. Did Wollheim ever get paid for his MAN FROM ARIEL? a. Yes b. No c. Why bring that up? 5. Pluto is: a. Mickey Mouses' dog b. a helluva long ways from here c. why? 6. You may be dumb, but you know that one of the following is a cute number. a. Thirteen b. D. Durbin c. NOW 15 CENTS 7. Anyone who reads this column is: a. An old so-and-so b. a moron c. unlucky 8. The "Gernsback Delusion" was a flood that covered down-town Manhattan. a. No; merely a drizzle b. also an insane asylum on Hudson Street. NYC. c. ask Wollheim & Co. 9. Any good linguist should pronounce Bob Tucker's D'JOURNAL like: a. Dee Joinell a la Brooklyn b. De Jzhernahl a la Paree c. "That rag!" a la LOKI. And that, dopes, winds up our PHIZ-QUIZ. See ya next ish! Pss-t -- Just to make it tough for you to figure out your percentage, we only gave ya nine questions! *** Olon Wiggins had it before, Dick Wilson had it behind. Jack Speer never had it, but Walter Sullivan had it once before and once behind, and had it twice as bad behind as before! WHAT IN L WAS IT?