Time for the first quiz to earn points toward free books in the Neighborlee, Ohio fantasy series.
Lanie, who tells most of the stories of Neighborlee, refers to herself and her friends, the guardians of the town, as Semi-Pseudo-Superheroes. Because they do have something close to superhero powers. But they’re not quite complete. For instance, Lanie complains quite often that someone who has the ability to kinda-sorta fly, like she does, should have invulnerability added to it. But she doesn’t, as she learns to her dismay in Book 2, SEMI-PSEUDO-SUPERHEROES.
| Acid generation | Ability to generate acid, can be manifested through touch or as a spray (e.g. acid spit, acid blood, etc.). |
| Air and wind manipulation | Ability to control, generate, or absorb air or wind |
| Animal control | Ability to communicate with animals, birds and even aquatic creatures and get them to perform tasks on command |
| Animal mimicry | Ability to take on the abilities of certain animals. |
| Animation | Ability to bring inanimate objects to life or to free an individual from petrification |
| Biological manipulation | Ability to control all aspects of a living creature’s biological make-up. This includes, but is not limited to, genetic alterations, physical distortion/augmentations, healing, disease, and biological functions. |
| Cold and ice manipulation | Ability to reduce the kinetic energy of atoms and thus reduce temperature, can be used to control, generate, or absorb ice |
| Concussion beams | Ability to generate or transform various forms of energy into a “solid” or concussive beam of energy |
| Darkness or shadow manipulation | Ability to create or manipulate darkness, often by mentally accessing a dimension of dark energy and manipulating it |
| Density control Vision | Ability to increase or decrease the natural density of an object and/or one’s self |
| Disintegration | Ability to disintegrate matter through touch or through beams |
| Earth and stone manipulation | Ability to control earth; sand, stone, rock, lava, dirt, or other minerals |
| Echolocation | Ability to determine location of objects in the environment by use of reflected sound waves, whether generated by the character or ambient sound. Also known as sonar or radar sense. |
| Electric manipulation | Ability to control, generate or absorb electric fields |
| Empathy | Ability to read or sense the emotions and/or control the emotions or feelings of others |
| Energy blasts | Ability to expel various forms of energy from the body |
| Energy conversion | Ability to absorb one form of energy and convert it into another form of energy |
| Fire and heat manipulation | Ability to control the kinetic energy of atoms to generate, control or absorb fire |
Here we have some superhero powers and their descriptions. How do you earn points?
First, come up with a much cooler name for that power. 1 pt.
Then, come up with a superhero — or supervillain — who is known for that power. 1 pt.
Bonus points: name somebody in the Neighborlee, Ohio series who has that power! 2 pts.
Deadline: Next Friday, January 17, when I’ll post some more powers and ask you to do the same!
Post your answers here in the comments for the blog.
Let’s have some fun!!!
If you’ve read a Neighborlee, Ohio book already, did you post a review for it somewhere online? If you did, post the URL to that review in the comments too. 5 pts.
Earn an ebook with 20 points.
Earn an audiobook with 30 points.
Earn a paperback with 50 points.