The Da-Da-De-Da-Da Code Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Middle Man

The tale of Jonny Hooker opens with his headless corpse in the ornamental pond of Gunnersbury Park. Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to avoid this tragic event.

One week earlier, however, Jonny woke up one morning to discover a letter addressed to him inviting him to solve the Da-Da-De-Da-Da Code. He and his childhood imaginary friend (who seemed to want to hang around), Mr. Giggles, decided to crack the code and solve the mystery in order to bring action and possible wealth into their otherwise bleak lives. After helping his mother back onto the toilet, Jonny left for The Middle Man, owned by pubkeeper O'Fagin. Here, he learned that the code was somehow related to Robert Johnson, who played his mysterious (and thought-to-be-unplayed) thirtieth song at that very pub, the fact that many famous musicians died at the age of twenty-seven, and the idea of the Devil's laughter being played at the end of Johnson's track.

After leaving the pub, Jonny walked through Gunnersbury Park contemplating the ideas he has just come across when all of a sudden, he noticed a small child drowning in the ornamental pond. Although he attempted to help the child, which no one else saw, he was dragged out and sectioned- doomed to be placed in an asylum. No one else believed there was a small child in the pond.

Answer: A sweet nose

When Jonny woke up in an asylum room, he was greeted by the beautiful Nurse Hollywood with her distinguishing sweet nose. While she offered to get him a Full English breakfast, she forced him to take a questionnaire however, when a second, burlier nurse, Nurse Cecil, entered the room, he was shocked to find that none of the events may have been real. Before Nurse Cecil was able to inject Jonny with a seemingly-lethal hypodermic needle, Jonny was taken to the prestigious Dr. Archy, and he took the opportunity to leap through a window to escape.

He immediately headed to Gunnersbury Park to find a safe haven, but instead he found Ranger Hawtrey and Ranger Connor. Rather than remain on the lam without a place to stay, Jonny stole a ranger outfit from their hut in the park and posed as Ranger David Chicoteen. Although Ranger Connor saw him on the TV a bit later, he thought nothing of the coincidence and strikingly similar appearances. Ranger Hawtrey decided to show 'Ranger Chicoteen' the ropes shortly after.

During their walk, Hawtrey said that he also saw the dying boy in the lake and that he knew who Jonny really was. He also made note of the fact that his identical twin brother could hear odd noises that were believed to be from a mysterious air loom headed by the evil Count Otto Black (a reason why he always wore a layer of tin foil under his hat), but that was enough of the topic until later.

Hawtrey also mentioned that he knew where the notes regarding the Da-Da-De-Da-Da Code contest were being created; the local museum on the park grounds. They decided to make a trip there.

Answer: Joan

When Jonny and Ranger Hawtrey arrived at the Gunnersbury Museum, they made their way through the secret passages within the walls to the basement where they found a stored printing press. This press was used to make the letters regarding the Da-Da-De-Da-Da Code sent to Jonny and others. The two headed to the reception desk and talked to Joan. She mentioned that James Crawford, who oversaw the activities of the museum, had been killed (by none other than Jonny Hooker). Later, when Jonny headed to The Middle Man to think this over, O'Fagin called the cops on him, and he was forced to flee. He decided to investigate James Crawford's house while wearing the ranger outfit to trick the cops into letting him in.

Once inside, Jonny discovered that James Crawford had been brutally decapitated (his head had gone missing as well). With the help of his police officer friend (and bandmate), Paul, he was able to also search through Robert Johnson's records to find a secret, thirtieth recording known as "Apocalypse Blues".

With this new clue, Jonny headed back to Gunnersbury Museum and discovered a diary left by James Crawford regarding the mysterious air loom. Shortly after reading a bit, someone came looking for the diary and Jonny was forced to hide. He went back to the hospital with Ranger Hawtrey for answers following this.

Answer: Hari

When Hawtrey and Jonny arrived at the cottage hospital, they ended up speaking to a lady in a straw hat outside and they managed to gain access to the hospital despite a large crowd of people and police blockades. Inside, they found Joan working the reception desk (she does it in her spare time).

It is from her that they learn that Jonny Hooker had killed Doctor Archy, who Jonny actually did have the chance to meet during his stay in the asylum. When Jonny and Ranger Hawtrey reached the cell of Hari Hawtrey, they found him floating above the floor in a lotus position. Hari told Jonny the story of the Devil's Laughter, claiming that when one listens to select, digitally-enhanced versions of the song "Ombra Mai Fu" (sung by Alessandro Moreschi), one can hear angels singing the chorus.

This will cause them to experience things as they never had before (this is one of the reasons why Hari can levitate). Jonny, Hari, and Ranger Hawtrey managed to break Hari out of the asylum with an old switcheroo trick and they reunited at The Middle Man.

They told Jonny he would need to go it alone while they fled to lay low in Tierra Del Fuego. They gave him a compass which actually pointed in the wrong direction, and Hari warned Jonny to start wearing tin foil under his cap, to block the magnetic beams of the Air Loom.

Answer: Nurse Hollywood

Now on his own, Jonny was told by Mr. Giggles that he must not continue with his task. Giggles told Jonny this wholeheartedly because if Jonny died, then Mr. Giggles would die too. Regardless, Jonny vowed to crack the code. He decided to go see Paul, who simply reminded him that they had a performance with their band at The Middle Man that week.

Meanwhile, Inspector Westlake headed a team of police units who were asked to guard a certain party that was to take place at Gunnersbury Park. He and a certain Constable Justice ware told to speak to Joan about a conversation they needed to have with the manager of 'The Big House' (the museum) of the park, Countess Vanda.

Jonny, however, took a trip back through the walls of the museum and ended up finding two small holes (actually in the eyes of a portrait in the museum) to spy through and he discovered that the important Countess Vanda was actually Nurse Hollywood, who he assumed wasn't real after his encounter with her. He made his way to the basement and found a laptop owned by the late James Crawford. Cracking the password, he discovered info about the Devil's interval, and placed the computer in the poacher's pocket of his ranger uniform.

Answer: Dry Rot

When Jonny left the Gunnersbury Big House, he headed back to the Middle Man. During this time, however, a great black being managed to steal a paddy wagon from the park and drive it across town. Although Inspector Westlake, Constable Justice, and numerous constables tried to stop it, it crashed straight through The Middle Man (while Jonny and O'Fagin were in the back, luckily). O'Fagin was devastated by the occurrence and decided to have a concert for famous rock musicians to earn his money back. Jonny's band was included. The ranger's hut was also destroyed in Gunnersbury Park and Ranger Conner was shocked.

Jonny happened to find a key for the air loom on the stretcher of the creature pulled out of the car, but the creature itself mysteriously transformed into a mummy (from hundreds of years ago) before destroying its dusty self. It was determined that the Secret Order of the Golden Sprout may be somewhat responsible.

Answer: A fife

Paul managed to help Jonny (something he accidentally neglected to do for him at the first crime scene) by obtaining a fife found in the paddy wagon that crashed into The Middle Man. When Jonny played it in the bar, it shattered all of the glassware on O'Fagin's shelves (oddly enough, none of the liquid-filled ones were affected). Jonny placed it into the poacher's pocket with the laptop.

Jonny decided to do a rehearsal with Dry Rot in the pub and he was unknowingly given Robert Johnson's guitar, which was used in his final recording and was left behind on the day he died. What was supposed to be a short test turned out to be one and a half hours of playing (what seemed like minutes to Jonny). His fingers were bloodied by the end.

Record producer Andy Evans heard the whole thing and decided to record their next gig, which would be in support of the pub. This is just before Jonny begins to play "Apocalypse Blues".

Answer: Black Betty

Jonny woke up on what he thought was the day after the rehearsal, but it actually turned out to be at least five days later. Although he doesn't remember exactly what happened, he remembered that he had done something important. Although Mr. Giggles persuaded him not to do it, Jonny opened a garbage can to find his ranger uniform, the laptop, the fife, and the tin foil hat he had been wearing to block the air loom's magnetic beams (which had been infiltrating his head since then).

Meanwhile, across town, the limo driver Black Betty (Bam-a-Lam) was sent off to pick up the Queen of England for her meeting at 'The Big House' in Gunnersbury Park. He told O'Fagin of his duties and went on his way.
Jonny, on the other hand, headed towards The Middle Man. He found out it was closed in preparation for the big event though. He noticed O'Fagin heading to meet his mother at home, and naturally assumed they were together.

Answer: The Queen of the Nile

The Parliament of Five, consisting of the Queen of England, Elvis, Bob the Comical Pup, Ahab the A-Rab, and Billy Bagshaw met at the museum in Gunnersbury Park to discuss certain matters of the utmost importance. Knowing that he had little time to spare, Jonny jumped into the trunk of Inspector Westlake's paddy wagon and followed the escort to the park.

Unfortunately, due to the availability of some odd high-tech equipment, the task force assigned to the duties in the park were able to discover his whereabouts and take him to a dungeon for the duration of the meeting. Luckily, though, Jonny was able to escape and make his way to his hiding spot in the walls of the museum to listen in.

Here, in his hiding spot, he discovered that the Parliament of Five, and even Countess Vanda, had been planning to nuke the Arabian world in order to defeat Osama Bin Laden, despite the fact that it would cause a massive war. Jonny hypothesized that their minds had been magnetized by the Air Loom, and that it had all been the doing of the man behind it all. Jonny decided to take action at that moment, and he recorded the meeting in most of its entirety.

Answer: Pan

When Jonny made his way into the basement of the museum, he found Count Otto Black, the man behind the Air Loom Gang and the future destruction of the world. However, before this, the constables discovered (on their technologically advanced machines) that a large source of uncontrollable magnetic power was in the basement of the museum. They evacuated the Parliament of Five, piling them into Black Betty's limo, before taking Joan and the other major members of the police to safety at The Middle Man.
Jonny dealt with Black and the Air Loom though. The Count told Jonny that the Air Loom could not be defeated as it is the background music of life itself. Powered by human excrement, the thing is an anomaly which will undoubtedly bring about the end of the entire world. Of course, it was created by Pan, the God of rustic music and pandemonium.

Jonny thought quickly though. He pulled the fife from his poacher's pocket, and played it, causing the glass tubes of the Air Loom to shatter and destroy itself. He and Mr. Giggles escaped while Count Otto Black and the Air Loom Gang are defeated.

In the end, Jonny made his way back to the ornamental pond of Gunnersbury Park. Here, he revealed that he finally realizes Mr. Giggles' role in all of this. He was a Satyr, a supporter of Pan sent to stop Jonny from destroying the Air Loom. Jonny realized that the only way to stop Pan was to kill Mr. Giggles, but to do that, he must kill himself. Despite Mr. Giggles' protests, Jonny opened up his laptop, and began to play Robert Johnson's final recording of "Apocalypse Blues".