On the casting questionnaire, there was a "Bonus Essay Question" which simply asked "How would Indy deal with a mummy?"  The answers we received were so good that we had to share them, although we'd like to encourage Philip Kelley to spend his not-inconsiderable creativity and energy on writing more games.

Marc Blumberg 

He would run really really fast.

Helene Ho 

He would crack his whip over a high beam that then entangles the Mummy's ankles. With a swift tug, the Mummy would be incapacitated, dangling upside down before him. With his free hand, he would grab a piece of the bandage to reveal if there was any treasure wrapped within the corpse or the evil villain trying to scare everyone off! 

Darlene Murphy 

Pull his wrappings until there was nothing left of him.

Otto Pfeuffer  

Since on that particular day he was not feeling too well, both as an actor and as a character, he would pull out his pistol and shoot it in the head. The End.

Jason Rownd  

Flaming lantern and quick feet

Matthew Jones 

He would, more than likely, after not believing it was real, shoot it, realize his mistake, and then lure it into some conveniently placed airplane propellers, under a tank, or to the bottom of a suddenly-appearing gorge.

Phillip Dybicz 

Run. Because there is nobody's hide worth saving more than his own.

Heather Pishko 

He would lure it somewhere wet, so its glue would dissolve and it would be rendered helpless, all tangled in its linen.

Margaret Landreth 

Curse- Shmurse! I've got BUSINESS to take care of! LOOK! I SEE IT! The invaluable artifact we've been looking for. I'll just swing from this strand of twine over across this unstable walkway and... OH CRAP! The mummy! It's moving! and it's holding... a SNAKE! I KNOW! I'll outrun the arab thieves following me into this enclosed cavern which will inevitably collapse upon the smallest sound imagin....a a a ACHOO! Oh crap! Uh Uh... Small opening - must lead out. Climbing through! AH! Mummy on other side STILL HOLDING SNAKE! Must... get... artifact... Backtrack steps into collapsing cavern.. Dodge boulders... jump over fire pit... fight way through arab thieves... swing over unstable walkway.. grab artifact...twine broken! Make impossible jump over unstable walkway... fight way BACK through arab thieves.. continue to dodge boulders....reenter small opening and work way out. Can see light. Overshadowed by MUMMY! and SNAKE!! Fight mummy- too strong. Look at artifact. AH! Has ancient writings that have been deciphered in the first part of the movie! Scream passage at mummy who shrivels up and dies. Breathe sigh of relief and work way through tunnel. TO A CLIFF! NO WAY OUT

To be continued... (or not!) :)

Eric Ortega 

Run Away!!

James Silverstein 

Well, first he'd deny it's existence (always gotta start with a denial of the supernatural).. Then he'd try to shoot it. When he found that was to no avail, he'd run like the blazes until he tripped enough traps and got through to the McGuffin-what-destroys-all-mummies and then he'd give that dramatic strong-jawed look of his and blow he-who-stumbles-in-bandages away.

Eileen Malony 

1. Shoot it (as this will not work, he will begin backing off)
2. Attempt to grab it with his whip (this will only tick off the mummy, who will tug the whip out of his hand)
3. Run! (in the process of running away, a piece of the shroud will catch on his shoe and the mummy will unravel.)
4. Indy will of course not notice that the mummy is unraveling and will turn around to fight it, only to find a pile of wrappings. 'Nuff said? 

Philip Kelley 

The scrape of fabric against stone was loud in the sepulchral silence of the tomb. Indy whirled, drew his trusty revolver, fired twice--and froze, as the figure of the mortal (?) remains of the Forgotten Pharaoh shambled out of a murky alcove. Two perfectly spaced holes were located on the mummy's breast, directly over where his heart would have been if it hadn't been removed eons previously in a blessedly long forgotten ritual. The mummy advanced ominously, oblivious to its "mortal" wound.

"Hmm, so it's going to be the hard way," muttered Indy as he holstered his pistol and readied his trusty bullwhip. He would have to work quickly; the temple was too narrow to maneuver past the mummy to the exit, and the mummy's slow, shambling pace would push Indy's back to the wall all too soon.

A flick or two to get his range were followed by a vicious crack against the creature's chest, which scored a deep welt and raised a cloud of choking dust. Another on the chin, and a third on the arm seemed to stagger the creature, but on the next attempt in a display of preternatural speed the mummy grasped the flickering cord in mid air and jerked the whip out of Indy's startled grasp.

His back to the wall, perspiration flowing down his back, Indy glanced left and right. Nothing-no concealed passages, no iron braziers, no snakes (well, at least something was going his way). Realizing the futility of his actions, he raised his arms in the classic boxing stance that had served him so well in the past--a futile gesture, as he could not hope to defeat the deathless juggernaut that now closed upon him, arms outstretched for his defenseless neck.

The tableau was broken with the sound of crumbling mortar, falling stones, and a startled cry, as Professor Langenreck plunged through the ceiling and landed directly in the mummy's outstretched arms. Even though dead these last four thousand years, the mummy was momentarily taken aback by the blond beauty now resting in his arms. For her part, Langenreck lost her usual aplomb, let loose a screech that threatened to bring the rest of the ceiling down about their ears, and began to flail away at the mummy's head.

Indy, his instincts sharp as ever, took this in in an instant, and immediately spotted that which explained the events of the last few minutes: the scarab of Thutosphenes, gripped in Langenreck's hand but jarred loose by her fall, skittering to a rest at his feet. Wasting not a moment, he picked up the precious artifact, and as the mummy began to crush the life out of its struggling burden, he reached through and slapped it against the mummy's forehead-where, with a small flash of golden light it stuck, and rendered the mummy immobile.

"Langenreck"--(Indy caught himself)-"Professor Langenreck, I did not take considerable pains and effort to relocate that unequaled specimen of the fourth dynasty from the heart of Moscow to this forgotten wasteland merely for you to waltz in ten minutes later and pocket it for your own profit. If it had ever crossed your mind to wonder why I did all that, you might have reached some very simple, obvious, and critical conclusions--such as the fact that the mysterious and unexplained murders of the last few months began only with the scarab's departure from this self-same tomb."

"Save the lessons for your students, Doctor Jones," purred Langenreck in her sultry tones. True to form, she had recovered her poise, and was clearly not about to take any of Indy's lip. "If you want to prove yourself of any value whatsoever, you will bend that prodigious intellect of yours to the matter of how to extricate my person from the most unwelcome embrace of this individual-King though he may once have been."

<So, how does Indy free Langenreck from the frozen and immovable grasp of the Forgotten Pharaoh without reanimating it? Does Indy even bother dealing with the unexploded blonde bombshell? How should I know, all I had to figure out was how he defeated the mummy in the first place. 

To recap: he used extensive archaeological knowledge combined with dumb luck, same as ever.>

Tonya Angelus 

Run!

Gary Robisch 

One card to the mummy, one to me, one to the other me, one card to the mummy, one to me, one to the other me, one card to the mummy, one to me, one to the other me.. [Editor's note: if this confuses you, go back and read the original question!]

Michael Martinez-Mann

He would tie a loose piece of mummy wrap to a stationary object and throw an object on the opposite side of the cavern. As it slowly unraveled he would take his lucky charm lighter and set alight the piece nearest him.

Clint Koglin

It doesn't really matter as long as he could do it with style, receiving only a small cut on the chin to be tended to later by the beautiful female companion!

Ryan Lange

Grab a torch out of thin air, and light it on fire...then grab the hot babe and run away with a flaming mummy chasing him.

Elisa Ford

Being a practical man despite wandering sweltering India and the desert in leather, Indy would shoot the mummy first, predictably having no effect. Luckily for Mr. Jones, there's rarely a movie where some Giant Crushing Stone (GCS) trap of sorts hasn't been triggered and luckier still that it never hits him. Skillfully swinging out of the way via his whip, the GCS would meet the mummy, taking the creature out for at least one scene.

Sandy Robisch

Find him a Daddy.

Matt Robisch

Ignite the bastard, and save the chick.

Karen Czaplicki

It doesn't really matter how he would deal with it as long as he looked cool doing it.

Alan De Smet 

Well, assuming a "traditional" mummy (that is, a dead one that doesn't move on it's own), he'd comment on how interesting such a find was, grab the singular golden item near it, and flee while something dangerous destroyed the archaeological site. Really, the man appears to do more harm than good. 

Assuming the mummy in question is more horror based (walking around, eating brains), he'd flee from it. It would kill some villain too arrogant to understand the danger, then be destroyed by a natural disaster (cave-in, earthquake, fire). Indy's encounters with the supernatural tended to be side effects.

Aaron Pavao 

Indy would freeze briefly as he did a take and the camera zoomed in on him. He would then back-pedal rapidly from the mummy, crying out "m..mm....mummy!" to whatever companion(s) he had with him. He would probably try shooting it, but that wouldn't work, so he would gather his wits and come up with something clever and daring that allows himself and any companions to escape in the nick of time.

Tom Cashman

He'd run away from it, then he'd shoot it, then he'd finally outsmart it by causing a huge stone to fall on it and crush it.

Flip Kotz

He would look to the side (toward the camera), let out a "now what?" sigh, and shoot him, which would not stop the mummy. He would let out a look of astonishment that the bullet didn't stop him, and a chase would ensue until somehow the mummy gets soaked in kerosene (perhaps from a leaking airplane fuel tank) and Indy would set him on fire.

Vicki Martin

Indy would use a molotov cocktail to set it on fire and then blow it up.

Curt Martin

He would use his whip to catch a nearby rafter then swing to dump a brazier of burning oil over the mummy while snatching the girl from the mummy's arms and finally swing to safety while the mummy burns.

Doug Waldron

If the mummy were upright and walking, Indy would make sure there were many Germans between him and the mummy. If that were not possible, he would run until he gets cornered in a hallway that leads to a pit of snakes. Of course the sharp-tongued vixen would be hanging on to one of his arms and her high heels would still be intact. So, with the mummy on one side and the snakes on the other and the female screaming "INDY DO SOMETHING", Indy fires his pistol only to find no bullets, then he pulls out his crusty map with symbols, quickly identifies a solution, cracks his whip and ba-boom, opens a secret trap door that sends him down into the treasure room. To make a long answer longer, he would then recover the treasure, vault out another secret door with girl in tow just before the tomb collapses and out of breath he would crawl to the surface just in time to hand over the precious artifact to a waiting German officer holding a machine gun. Finally, the mummy will work its way out of the debris and invoke the stunning "Mummy's Curse (tm)" special effects signed off by Steven Spielburg.

IMHO.

Gina Kotz

I think it would depend on if the mummy was motionless in a tomb or if it were strangling him and involved in his mano-a-mano in a fight for their lives!

In the first case, Indy would be the consummate professional, studying and/or handling the mummy with care as is deserving of an ancient artifact. Indy would take mental notes along the way for recording later, as it would be soooo uncool for Indy to be seen with a pen and paper in his hand!

In the second case, Indy would engage in hand-to-hand combat and wrestle the mummy to death, being careful not to rip or puncture the mummy's embalming "wrappings," so as to discover their age and the person or thing within after he has "killed" (or subdued!) the mummy.

Jeremy Cowan

Of course he would be walking around with a torch and the mummy would lean towards him and grunt - at which point Indy would light him on fire and run.

Begona Marnotes-Cowan

He'd set a trap (made of duct tape and things laying around) for the mummy to trip. While the mummy was down he'd grab an end piece of the wrapping, tie it to the axle of the car and drive off into the sunset as the mummy unravels.

Adam Gibson