DW Daily Quiz: 9 January 2012

[chaosvizier]

Happy New Year! Yes, I said I'd post this last week, but things like time off, delicious food, and drunken tomfoolery took precedence. So here we are, starting the new year right: late!

1. Marvel Comics character Boris Bullski was also known as whom?

"In sovjet Russia, Boris knows you!" - b_hulsmans, marasca,

"Boris Badenov." - 6 of you

"B.B. King - jazz was his superpower." - majorsamfan

"A bull was in the barnyard and feeling a bit cold so he decided to go slip into a warm Jersey" - raphsody606

"The White Russian" - drbear

"Bulls of Steel" - demon_666

“Triangle Man, since that's the only one NOBODY seems to be able to beat." - n5iln

“Let's see, a Marvel Comics character with an alliterative alter ego...well, gosh, that certainly narrows it down." - i_calql8

"COnsidering the name, it was probably one of those horribly generic and insulting Russian villains. Do you know how many times an American hero has fought a Russian that has the power to turn into a huge bear? It'd be like Vladimir Parker, Spider-Comrade, fighting American-Face, who can fire flagpoles out his ass and shoot you with ninja star vision." - lots42

"Titanium Man, Titanium Man! Does whatever a Titanium can!" - ifeedformula

Correct Answer: Titanium Man



2. What company is the publisher of the Rifts role playing system?

"There are other role playing games besides Dungeons and Dragons?" - b_hulsmans

(Only briefly. -CV)

“Disney. Since they secretly own and control everything. " - lirimaer

"Sirius Cybernetic Corporation" - primavera

"Cyberdine Systems" - demon_666

"Wyld Stallyns" - theninth

"Torchwood. It's the only area of their business where they were actually successful." - thesecondevil, yamx, germankitty

"Rift Raft" - drbear

"Palladium Games's Rifts is the only game where a dragon, a mecha, and a cyborg can suplex Cthulhu" - syrazemyla

Correct Answer: Palladium Books



3. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the band:
When I was living this lie, fear was my game
People would worship and fall, drop to their knees
So bring me the blood and red wine for the one to succeed me
For he is a man and a god, and he will die too.

“Pöwerslävë! Pause the quiz for mandatory air-guitar!" - digitalraven

“Pac-Man Fever" - jmthane

"You die, she dies, everybody dies" - therealchon

"sounds like something out of Conan the Barbarian" - primavera

"The Ballad of Kim Jong Il, by Timely Two Weeks Ago" - drbear, cold_clarity

“Ode to Religion by Charles Darwin, who opened every concert by biting off the head of a dodo, leading to their extinction" - seferin

“I wasn't previously familiar with Sting's 'black metal' phase. Sadly, it still sounds pretentious and arrhythmic." - etcet

“Jesus is F@%#ing Metal, by Penny Arcade." - cmzero

“I thought that was a Steven Dorff monologue from Blade" - zihuatanejo

"I'm just going to say Iron Maiden with their version of the Pokemon theme song. That is how little I know about both" - angeweeks

(Amazingly, 50% right. -CV)

"Wyld Stallyns, 'Put Them In The Iron Maiden'" - alfvaen, theninth

Correct Answer: Iron Maiden, "Powerslave"



4. Agkistrodon contortrix is more commonly known as what?

"Snakes..why did it have to be snakes?" - ifeedformula

(+1, Raiders of the Lost Ark. -CV)

"Mr. Salty, the lovable pretzel spokesman" - kenshardik

"She should have been Black Mamba" - cmzero

(+1, Kill Bill. -CV)

“Scientists just tip over a Scrabble board for names, you know that, right?" - therealchon

“Jane Jones. Agkistrodon contortrix is her stage name as a dominatrix contortionist with Cirque de Soliel." - marasca

“-don is latin for 'tooth' and 'contortrix' is obviously a limber toppy female; thus, the answer must be 'oh god how is she doing that with her mouth buh buh buh ghaaaaaarrrrgggghhhh'" - etcet

“The inventor of Pilates" - majorsamfan

"'THE ANNIHILATRIX: WELCOME TO YOU'RE DOOM.'" - cold_clarity

(+1, Frisky Dingo. -CV)

"Is it a dinosaur? Is it a bacterium? Is it a bacteriosaur, wiggling hundreds of feet tall and eating triceratops with its cilia?" - syrazemyla

"The hillbilly cousin of the snake that bit my boyfriend on the finger and damn near killed him. (Tru fax. One of the hazards of wildlife rescue and education.)" - neumeindil

(Snakes are notoriously resistant to education. -CV)

Correct Answer: Copperhead



5. Who was the only man that Captain Flint ever feared?

"Chuck Norris" - 6 of you. All correct.

"the butler, everyone knows that when someone gets killed the butler did it" - b_hulsmans

(Friggin' butlers. -CV)

“That's no man, that's Peter Pan!" - jmthane

“Major Steel. Their fights would set the world ablaze." - kenshardik
“Remington Steel. Every time those two met, sparks flew." - yamx, seferin
"Well, he certainly struck a few sparks off of General Steel..." - alfvaen
“Obviously John Henry Irons, aka Steel." - syrazemyla
"Superman, a/k/a The Man of Steel... Captain Flint was horrified of slashfic, and the two of them had a hell of a spark" - etcet

"John Steed" - primavera

(+1, The Avengers. No, the other ones. -CV)

“The Tick" - wiredwizard

“Captain Crunch!" - etumukutenyak

"Sting. Many women also fear his tantric powers" - marasca

(I'm not sure "fear" is always the correct emotion... -CV)

"Newt Gingrich. Because, seriously, that guy is fucking terrifying. Humans have MOUTHS." - revhhkitty

“Speaking of Flint, what's with those boobie pockets on the uniform Lady Jaye wears? I'm not the world's foremost expert on bras and female soldiers but honestly, it can't be comfortable to put anything there." - lots42

(It draws attention to the ZOMG BOOBIES!! Not that they need pointing out… - LL)

“Lex Luthor. After all, he stole 40 cakes." - i_calql8

(And that's terrible. -CV)

Correct Answer: Long John Silver



6. Francisco Scaramanga is the name of the titular character in which movie?

“I know it's not 'Scarface' but it really, really should be." - kenshardik
"Scarface 2: Electric Boogaloo" - thalen

"I see a little sill-o-wetta of a man. Scaramanga, Scaramanga! Will you do the fandanga? Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frighting to me, to me, toooo meeeee! *guitar solo goes here*" - ifeedformula, n5iln, cmzero

“Bet Bond would get his ass stone whupped by some Uruk-hai. Never go against Saruman." - therealchon

“Goooooooooooooooldfinger. The extra 'o's are mandatory." - digitalraven, theninth

“Frankie Goes to Hollywood: the movie." - demon_666

"Zardoz" - wiredwizard

"Does he have six fingers?" - akiyasan

(No, that's that other movie. -CV)

"The Man From Snowy River Who Knew Too Much And Came In From The Cold With A Golden Gun" - alfvaen

"Pretty sure Scaramanga was a position my yoga instructor tried to get me into" - drunken_hedghog

(Better than the position he wanted to get into you... -CV)

“Dammit, Bond, just hump Moneypenny already. At this point it's cruel not to." - lots42

“The year has barely started, and you're off with the tits again?!?" - germankitty

(Is there ever a wrong time for tits? -CV)

"The Man With the Golden Gun and Three Nipples" - jmthane, syrazemyla, thepikey
"And of course, you had to refer to him as the 'titular character' These jokes just write themselves" - david_deacon

(They do. They really do. -CV)

Correct Answer: "The Man with the Golden Gun"



7. Artist Georges Remi was responsible for the creation of which series of comic books?

“The Goddamn Batman" - seferin, thepikey

“Howard the Duck." - therealchon

“Kilroy Was Here. And here. And there. And over there. And way over there. Kilroy certainly got around, didn't he?" - n5iln

"Thunderbirds *should* have been a comic series" - majorsamfan

“Archie." - primavera, zihuatanejo

“Georges is a French name, so it's probably one of those weird comics with half-naked girls. Bless you, Georges." - drbear

(Oh! So that’s where ‘Draw me like one of your French girls’ comes from! – LL)

"ZincZinc, a hero who never gets sunburn" - digitalraven

“Dammit, I know this one as well. Tintin. Otherwise known as PotPan, who liked to do the CanCan. In the back of his BigVan, wearing nothing but a FakeTan. And he only eats marzipan. Yeah, stopping now." - angeweeks

“Omaha The Cat Dancer." - lots42

“The Crimson Chin" - i_calql8

"Snowy Gets His Master Out of Trouble Yet Again" - drunken_hedghog

(Snowy was doing Lassie's schtick decades before that collie was a twinkle in television's eye. -CV)

"*winces* Sorry, but my inner language geek just died a little at seeing 'Tintin' grouped with metals." - germankitty

(Well, let's face it, Stannumstannum doesn't have the same ring. And for Germans, as Monty Python would say, "there are some who call him... Tim?" -CV)

"Thompson and Thomson, Detectives. It wasn't all about the reporter with the blonde quiff!" - thesecondevil

(It was all about the dog. -CV)

"The appalingly racist Tintin." - yamx

"Sn²" - lirimaer

Correct Answer: The Adventures of Tintin (among others)



8. Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake, and Daniel Adair are better known as whom?

“The Thing with Four Heads and No Brain." - jmthane

“Supermarket heirs?" - primavera

"Unsuccessful former SNL cast members" - drbear

“I DO NOT KNOW THIS ONE. NO. NO NO NO. *shamed* So I appear to have better taste in music, I'm going to say The Beatles - who were at one point called The Silver Beetles. Yes, tenuous. But meh." - angeweeks

“That's two music questions in one quiz. And a third to come. I call shenanigans." - cmzero

"An embarrassment to Canadians everywhere" - lirimaer, la_trombonista

“Delta Tau Chi's pledge class for 1967" - i_calql8

"Lenny Kravitz. Each of them operated a different limb" - syrazemyla

"The Voltron of Suck" - thepikey

“I'll lose all my street cred if I admit to kinda liking Nickelback, won't I?" - germankitty

(I like them too. And merlot is my favorite wine. Yes, I said it, MERLOT!!! - LL)

"Yes, I am a fan; no, I'm not ashamed; yes, I've seen them in concert; no, I'm really not ashamed; no, I'm not part of some care in the community project; yes I am an otherwise contributing member of society. Haters gonna hate" - drunken_hedghog

Correct Answer: Nickelback

"If they added a fifth member, then they'd have a Quarterback" - alfvaen



9. The Roman engineer Vitruvius was among the first to take note of which malady?

"Hemorrhoids" - thalen

“A pretty girl, which is like a malady." - drbear

"Cowbell Fever" - thepikey

"Bad Latin Grammar" - akiyasan

"TO-GA! TO-GA! TO-GA! (Also known as Fraturnalia.)" - etcet

"Being naked in a circle with more limbs than Ganesh" - drunken_hedghog

"Turns out that regular trips to the vomitorium are unhealthy for your stomach. Who knew?" - cmzero

"The need for sensible shoes. Really! Marching in those strap-up mandals was killer on centurion feet" - majorsamfan

"Having twice the normal number of arms and legs, as depicted in Leonardo's famous painting of the Vitruvian Man" - digitalraven

"" - germankitty

“A malady involving the romans? that is either lead posoining or some STD." - b_hulsmans

"Did you know the Romans used lead as a sweetener in wine? They boiled sour wine in lead pots, and it turned sweet. Explains a lot about Roman nobility, doesn't it?" - syrazemyla

“Lead poisoning - the #1 cause of death in Ancient Rome, due to being stabbed by the soldiers' lead-tipped spears." - demon_666

Correct Answer: Lead poisoning



10. You just founded a heavy metal band! What's the name of your band or your best song?

“The Quixotic Kittens (look us up on Rock Band), known for our heavy metal cover of Dani California." - marasca

“PAP SMEAR with umlauts over the A's. Our best song would be 'Ice-Cold Speculum'" - kenshardik

“My sister wanted to name her band 'Mama's Radioactive Meatballs'. I wanted to pay homage to Douglas Adams and call it 'Disaster Area'. Finally, since no one ever bothered to show up to rehearse but everyone always showed up at the paying gigs, we wound up calling ourselves 'Ad Lib'." - n5iln

“The Pantheon of Discord w/ 'How much is that Dalek in the window?'" - thesecondevil

“" - wiredwizard
"Run with the Devil! Shout Satan's might! Deathtöngue! Deathtöngue! The Beast rises tonight!" - thepikey

“I can't make a joke here. Spinal Tap did them all already" - drbear

"'Put Down my Fucking Chocolate' by the Mad Cows (all girl group featuring a different lead growler every week... until we've worked and lived together for 6 mo., then we all growl at once)." - neumeindil

“I would call the band KAFFEEN (appropriately mispelled as the metal gods demand) because we'd be just as addictive and our number one hit would be 'DOUBLE DOUBLE' ft Timmy Ho." - lirimaer

“Satanic Rusty Gusset. Sounds like a good name for a metal band." - angeweeks

“The Death Eaters, the first wizard-metal band." - alfvaen

“'Twelve.' Because not only is it twice as bad-ass as 'Six' by All That Remains, it's one louder than Eleven, innit?" - etcet

“On my brother's copy of Rock Band 2, we are 'Screaming Legions.' My vote was for 'Blood Drive' but as the game owner he won out. Is it possible to sulk in a metal fashion?" - cmzero

"Finger and the Bangs, singing 'Secret Sauce'" - thalen, revhhkitty

“Break Like the Wind" - zihuatanejo

"Sweaty Boob Rash" - lots42

“Iron Copper or Fe Cu for short.” - i_calql8

“Bällcrüshër." - la_trombonista

“Toxic Mettle- 'He ain't Heavy, He's My Plutonium'" - majorsamfan

"'Arsenic and the Old Laces' is the band; best song is 'You're A Cadmium'." - etumukutenyak

“Iron Dragon, and I'm doing cover versions of songs like Gold, Maxwell's Silver Hammer and The Bronzeman" - germankitty

“You went with that instead of a reference to Will Magnus and the Metal Men? Bah! That'll be the name of the band. Our finest song is 'Bipolar Disorder and a Particle Wave Gun'. Every time we play it, nobody knows what'll happen." - digitalraven



And there you have it. We're staring the year hard: with metals! Hurr hurr, I said hard. Even though some metals are quite soft. Hell, friggin' mercury is a metal and it's a liquid! CRAZY SCIENCE TALK, I TELL YOU! But that's beside the point. The point again is, Happy New Year to all, hope you had a great holiday, hope you're starting the new year well, and hope that all is well and good, or at least gin and pudding, for everyone. It sure was for us. Mmmm, pudding.

Let's all resolve to quiz more this year! That's right, I'm not setting a good example, but do what I say, not what I do. That's our time-old motto, and it's still working. Play! It's good! It's tasty!

See you all tomorrow for a new quiz!

Rock On!

CV&LL