The Brain Tickler is a minigame in Pajama Sam in "No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside".
Pajama Sam in "No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside"[]
This minigame is first accessed when the player clicks on Wink and Blink (whose faces are not shown yet) for the first time.
After some dialogue between the doors and Sam, the doors will ask Sam if he can play this game to see if he knows anything.
In this game, Sam needs to correctly answer all four questions provided to him. The first three categories can be a variety of different topics. The last topic will always be "The Land Of Darkness". This category can have one of two questions, "What is the reading on the water meter located the mines near Darkness's House?" or "What color are the flowers in the garden on the other side of the river?". The answer to these questions can be found in the mines or the river respectively. In the mines, there will be a water meter that if clicked on will show the player what the reading is. In the garden on the other side of the river, the flowers will be different colors, albeit one color at a time. After completing this game show, Sam will be allowed to passage through to explore Darkness's House further.
Sam, at any point, can take a break from the game by clicking the arrow on the bottom right of the screen if he has not completed it yet (which should be done if the player doesn't have the information necessary to answer the Land of Darkness question). Wink & Blink will automatically pause their game until the player clicks on them, at which they will resume the game.
Categories (3 to be exact)[]
- Anatomy
- Cheese
- Worms
- Comic Book Heroes
- Geography
- Music
- World Leaders
- Computer Science
- Entomology
- Ancient Egypt
- Rocket Science
- Cosmology
- Fruits
- Animals
- Cooking
- Art
- Plants
- History
- Land of Darkness
Questions[]
Anatomy[]
1. The head bone is connected to the...
A. Neck bone
B. Ankle bone
C. Pilot Light
D. Huh?
2. On what part of the body would you wear a sock?
A. The foot
B. The hand
C. The head
D. In the nose
3. What part of the body is used for hearing?
A. The ears
B. The toes
C. The stomach
D. Headphones
4. What is the hair on the chin commonly called?
A. A beard
B. Earwax
C. Jaw Carpeting
D. 'Ernesto'
5. What does the pancreas do?
A. Secretes digestive fluid
B. Provides wholesome nourishment to breakfast mealtime
C. Plays the flute
D. Secretes digestive fluid
6. What are the holes in your nose called?
A. Nostrils
B. Nares
C. Blowholes
D. Piercings
Ancient Egypt[]
7. Whose face is depicted on the Sphinx?
A. Napoleon Bonaparte
B. King Tut
C. King Khafre
D. Augie Pagan
8. What did the Egyptians call their sun god?
A. Re
B. Ra
C. Ta Urt
D. Bob
9. What did the Egyptians use to measure the height of the Nile's flood waters?
A. A Nileometer
B. A Periscope
C. A Nile Stick
D. Calibrated Stairs
10. What significant contribution did the Egyptians make to communication?
A. Paper
B. Written language
C. Morse code
D. The infomercial
11. Why were the Great Pyramids of Egypt built?
A. So they could have somewhere to bury the Pharaohs
B. To keep everybody busy
C. It was easier than building big spheres
D. Vanity
Animals[]
12. What is the fastest animal on land?
A. A Cheetah
B. A Horse
C. A Slug
D. My big brother Mark
13. What is the largest mammal?
A. A Whale
B. An Elephant
C. A Squirrel
D. My big brother Mark
14. What is a group of lions called?
A. A Pride
B. A Committee
C. A health hazard
D. Anything they want to be called
15. What African animal has a very long neck to allow it to eat the leaves of tall trees?
A. A Giraffe
B. A Lion
C. A Frog
D. My big brother Mark
16. Which of the following mammals lays eggs?
A. The Platypus
B. Mammals don't lay eggs
C. The Easter Bunny
D. That guy at the grocery store
17. Which make better pets? Cats or dogs?
A. Cats
B. Dogs
C. Iguanas
D. It depends on the person
Cheese[]
18. What is cheese made out of?
A. Milk
B. Soybeans
C. Sawdust
D. Wholesome goodness
19. What kind of cheese has holes in it?
A. Swiss cheese
B. Cheddar cheese
C. Old cheese
D. Hors d'ouvres
20. What is Muenster cheese named after?
A. The place where it is made
B. A character on an old television show
C. The Ministers who eat it
D. A Round Table Knight
21. Where does Swiss cheese come from?
A. Switzerland.
B. The grocery store
C. Cows
D. The refrigerator.
Computer Science[]
22. What is the best computer-programming language?
A. C
B. APL
C. Pascal
D. Who cares
Cooking[]
23. What is the name for a cooking device which uses microwaves to heat food?
A. A microwave oven
B. A double broiler
C. A frying pan
D. 'Mister Kitchen'
24. What color is chocolate?
A. Brown
B. Green
C. Blue
D. White
25. Cooking something by turning the oven on full blast is called what?
A. Broiling
B. Burning
C. Dangerous
D. Mom's meatloaf
26. What is a unit of lettuce called?
A. A head
B. A bushel
C. A truckload
D. A salad
Cosmology[]
27. How is a star formed?
A. Very very slowly
B. A whole lot of space gas catches on fire
C. Movie studio promoters
D. Gravity
Comic Book Heroes[]
28. Who is the strongest comic book superhero of all?
A. Pajama Man
B. Pajama Man
C. Pajama Man
D. Pajama Man
Entomology[]
29. How many legs does a centipede have?
A. One hundred
B. A tenth as many as a millipede
C. That depends on the centipede
D. Way more than anybody I know
Fruits[]
30. What color is an orange?
A. Orange
B. Green
C. Blue
D. Purple
31. Apple pie is made with what fruit?
A. Apples
B. Cherries
C. Tomatoes
D. Cheese
32. What fruit do raisins come from?
A. Grapes
B. Bananas
C. Prunes
D. Oatmeal cookies
33. Which of the following is not a melon? A watermelon, honeydew melon, cantaloupe, or melancholy?
A. Melancholy
B. Watermelon. (Watermelon in 1999)
C. Honeydew melon
D. Cantaloupe
34. Is a tomato a fruit?
A. Yes
B. No
C. It's a vegetable
D. It depends on who you ask
Geography[]
35. In which ocean are the islands of Hawaii located?
A. The Pacific Ocean
B. The Atlantic Ocean
C. The Black Sea
D. Billy Ocean
36. An area where there is very little water is called what?
A. A desert
B. A lake
C. A mountain
D. The Sahara
37. On what continent would you find the South Pole?
A. Antarctica
B. Africa
C. Australia
D. Brazil
38. Where is the Eiffel Tower?
A. Paris
B. France
C. Next to the Seine
D. Near the Champ de Mars metro station
History[]
39. What were the giant lizards which ruled the earth long ago called?
A. Dinosaurs
B. Iguanas
C. Mastodons
D. Eurocrats
40. When was the war of 1812?
A. 1812
B. 1917
C. 1775
D. 1939
41. Who was the first president of the United States?
A. George Washington
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. Jimmy Carter
42. What is the greatest achievement of human history?
A. The invention of the wheel
B. The development of a written language
C. Sending people to the moon
D. Those things that slice up a whole egg all at once
Rocket Science[]
43. How much solid fuel is required to boost a space shuttle into orbit?
A. 503,181 kilograms
B. More than a kilogram
C. Tons
D. Really a lot!
World Leaders[]
44. What did the young King Francois II say when his advisors asked what to do about poverty in France?
A. How should I know?
B. That's too hard, I'm just a kid
C. Huh?
D. I don't have time for hard questions like this
Plants[]
45. What does the word "dandelion" mean?
A. Lion's Tooth
B. Pretty Weed
C. Lion's Dandruff
D. Pass the Mustard
46. This plant has a soft, white, fluffy substance used in making fabrics.
A. Cotton Plant
B. Marshmallow Tree
C. Polyester Bush
D. Banana Tree
47. Which of these things do plants not need to grow?
A. Ice Cream
B. Water
C. Sunlight
D. Dirt
48. What is hay?
A. Dried grass
B. It's for horses
C. Fodder
D. An exclamation of surprise
Music[]
49. What instrument do you play by banging on it with a stick?
A. A drum
B. A guitar
C. A trumpet
D. A piccolo
50. Which of these instruments is not a woodwind?
A. Tuba
B. Oboe
C. Clarinet
D. Bassoon
51. Who wrote Beethoven's Symphony Number 9?
A. Ludwig van Beethoven
B. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
C. Johann Sebastian Bach
D. Kaspar Karl van Beethoven
52. In the song, "Mary Had a Little Lamb", what color was the lamb?
A. As white as snow
B. As black as coal
C. As white as New York snow
D. Magenta
Worms[]
53. Which worm is a favorite food among mammals, birds, reptiles, and carnivorous invertebrates?
A. The Mealworm
B. The Gummi Worm
C. Worm Grass
D. The Bookworm
54. How many heads does a worm have?
A. Worms don't have heads
B. One
C. Two
D. What do I care
55. What is so great about Earthworms?
A. They are very smart
B. They stimulate microbial populations
C. Who ever said they're great
D. They are wonderful performance artists
56. Worms have been...
A. Used for fishing
B. Sent to outer space
C. Known to enjoy garlic
D. Emulate pickles
Art[]
57. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
A. Leonardo DaVinci
B. Jolly Old St. Nick
C. I did
D. Hieronymous Bosch
58. How did Michelangelo paint the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel?
A. On his back
B. Very carefully
C. He didn't
D. With help
59. What do most people paint with?
A. Finger Paints.
B. Paint Brushes
C. Computers
D. Broccoli
60. In 1990, Vincent Van Gogh's 'Portrait of Dr. Gachet' sold for how much money?
A. $82.5 million
B. An Arm and a Leg and an Ear
C. A lot
D. More than I can make it a paper route
Miscellaneous[]
A. I don't know
B. Gee, I don't think I've ever been over there
C. Can I try again later?
D. Beats me
Land of Darkness[]
61. What is the reading on the water meter located in the mines near Darkness' house?
A. 112/236/378/491/507/662/780/844/953
B. 328
C. 622
D. 121
62. What color are the flowers in the garden on the other side of the river?
A. White
B. Blue
C. Yellow
D. Purple
Trivia[]
- When re-entering the room with Wink and Blink, they will argue about random things involving the Brain Tickler. One of them will see you coming, and they stop arguing.
- In the category Animals, Pajama Sam can say that his brother Mark is both the fastest and the largest mammal on Earth.
- Some questions cannot be answered incorrectly because every option is the correct option.
- Most categories have questions that cannot be answered incorrectly. These are normally given to the player after many failed attempts to answer questions before them.
- Some categories have only 1 question, and all its answers are correct. These are Cosmology, Comic Book Heroes, Entomology, World Leaders, Rocket Science, and Computer Science.
Question in the category 'Comic Book Heroes'