DW Daily Answers: 30 January 2012

[chaosvizier]

"You're trying to kill me with all this salt, aren't you? My blood pressure is high enough on it's own, thank you very much" - badgerbabe

Never let it be said that we are above assalt and battery.

1. What is the capital of Utah?

“A city. Note: You did not ask 'What city is the capital of Utah?' (+1, pedantic)" - etcet

(-1, smart ass. – CV&LL)

"Uhaul" - drunken_hedghog

"Metah" - chershey

“As I'm sure there will be Mormon jokes, can I just point out that in Salt Lake itself the Mormon population is actually less than half? Thank you. (Although I think it's higher in the area I grew up in. We were one of two non-Mormon families on our street, and when all your friends go to ward events and you're not invited - or even if you are, out of pity - you notice.)" - rachelkachel

(Ain’t no party like a ward party! w00t w00t! – LL)

"I never understood how a state with cities named Orem, Provo, and Nephi ended up calling the capital "Salt Lake City". WTF is with that, Utah?" - ironjeff

"Take me down to the Saltlake City where the snow is white and the Mormon girls are pretty" - ifeedformula

“Fun fact! 'Salt Lake City, Utah' anagrams to 'Tithe A Yak, Cal Slut'. Maybe that explains Utah's fascination with California politics." - darthparadox

“The only thing I know about Utah is that a lot of people who have been to space were born in that state. Whatever is happening in Utah it is so awful that people feel the need to leave the planet after living there." - exaggeratebliss

“Salt Lake City, home of the Mormon TaberNaCl Choir" - i_calql8
“NaCl Lagoon Town" - thesecondevil, kristinmachina

"Pepper Ocean Town sounds like a surreal bit of 'Yellow Submarine' yet no one bats an eye at Salt Lake City." - mark_laura

Correct Answer: Salt Lake City



2. Cheryl James and Sandra Denton are better known as whom?

“The Saltina Sisters, Sodima and Chloridia!" - d4b

“Are they Mormans too? DO they have magic underwear" - antinomic

“I feel like Cheryl and Sandy were two of the Pink Ladies, but I'm pretty sure that's not actually true. I mean, Sandy, yes, but I don't know who else besides Frechie, Rizzo, and Jan." - florahart

"Please don't say 'The Salty Sisters'. That would make me worry about how they got their nickname" - demon_666

“Salz und Pfeffer" - majorsamfan

“Salt 'n' Peppa >>>>>>> EVERY FEMALE RAPPER IN THE LAST 12 YEARS." - kristinmachina

(Word to ya mutha – LL)

“WYDE MARES!!!" - fizrep

(You forgot an L there. Right? O.o – LL)
(It's way funnier without the L. Probably truer too. -CV)

"Pussy Galore and Alotta Fagina" - wrestlingdog

“I always had a question about one of their songs. Push what, exactly?" - umbralcorax

(It, you fool! IT!! – LL)

"It's disappointing that Spinderella didn't take on a condiment as well" - mrpyro

(Sugah, Salt, N Pepa could have worked, but the Oxford Comma threw off their groove. -CV)

“Salt N Peppa. (Checks Google) Wait, that's the correct answer?! I change my answer to 'Wham!'" - freezer818

(Too late... -CV&LL)

"Salt-n-Pepa, but please don't tell my son I actually knew the names of hip-hop artists. The shock of this information could kill him" - etumukutenyak

(Don't worry. Your secret is safe with the internet. -CV)

"Salt'n'Pepa -- the poor man's version of the Spice Girls" - germankitty

Correct Answer: Salt-n-Pepa



3. The two rounds of discussions that took place in the 70's between the USA and the USSR on arms control are referred to as what?

“They were going great, but the other guy didn't realize that both cups contained Iocaine Powder..." - love2loveher

"Russian Roulette" - seferin

“The Red Shoe Diaries." - kenshardik

“From Russia With Love" - sacrificedalice

“Salt treaties, which failed to consider how each could pepper the other with nukes." - antinomic

"A Gigantic Waste of Time" - freezer818

(Also known as one GigaWoT. -CV)

"" - wrestlingdog

“Useless" - majorsamfan, mark_laura

"Creed v. Drago, and Drago v. Balboa" - i_calql8, drbunsen

(+1, Rocky IV. -CV)

"Tinkering Tailors and Soldiering Spies" - kagomeshuko

"In Communist Russia, salt shakes YOU!" - ifeedformula
"In Soviet Russia, arms control you!" - sskipstress

"Okay, look, we hate each other. However, if we do anything about it, everybody's going to get nuked. Except Australia, who will be down there like, 'WTF mate?' But they'll be dead soon. Fucking kangaroos." - photosinensis

(Yay nuclear winter! No, wait… - CV&LL)

"Can anyone else besides i_calql8, b_hulsmans, drbear and myself even remember that far back?" - germankitty

(germankitty, meet florahart! -CV)

"The reason 'Shall we play a game? How about Global Thermonuclear War?' doesn't resonate with my kids the same way it did with us" - florahart

"Not to be confused with the lesser known 'Pepper' talks, in which Tony Stark had to be persuaded to re-hire his secretary after firing her for no apparent reason" - umbralcorax

Correct Answer: The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I and SALT II)

"What about the strategic legs?" - mrpyro

(Charlize Theron's got some strategic legs. Rrrrawr. -CV)



4. Who was thrown down a garbage chute by an army of trained squirrels after being deemed "a bad nut"?

"Umpa-Loompa, Doo-bity-doo
DQ has no music for you!
Umpa-Loompa, Doo-bity-ding
How will we make jokes about Sting?" - ironjeff

“Ron Paul, and he's been angry ever since" - seferin

“Pauly Shore." - drbear

“Sting. He'd sing about turtles and whales and birds with broken backs, but never about squirrels. What a dick." - etcet

"The famed Roman gladiator, Testicles" - i_calql8

(I have a story about mighty Testicles... -CV)

“Luke Skywalker. 'Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level!'" - rachelkachel, seekingferret

"Man, I want an army of trained squirrels. Do I need to be friends with Squirrel Girl to get that? Pity she's fictional" - akiyasan

"The pistachio. Wasn't as badass as the Honey Badger though" - vayshti

"Boris and Natasha, and it was only one squirrel (and a moose)." - antinomic

“Newt Gingrich." - primavera, mrpyro

“Mr. Peanut" - majorsamfan, florahart

"Well, 'army of trained squirrels' led me to a Google image search for Chip 'n' Dale in uniform and garnered me this. But to be honest, I much prefer the 2nd result." - germankitty

"Boo! Veruca Salt fell down a garbage chute in a room of enormous geese because she was 'a bad egg'. Not enough cruelty to children in the remake, I say!" - mark_laura

(True, but this scenario did lead to the highlight of the movie: Johnny Depp declaring "Don't touch that squirrel's nuts. It'll make him crazy!" -CV)

Correct Answer: Veruca Salt



5. What was the fate of the wife of Lot?

"" - love2loveher, etcet

“Wasn't she turned into a cube of salt then crushed? Or am I thinking of Red Shirt #238 on 'Star Trek'?" - kenshardik

"She was subdivided into smaller Lots" - drbear

"She got the house in Sodom, 14 sheckels a month in alimony, and another 2 for child support." - ironjeff

“Lot's wife's lot was to be condemned to condimentary. The salary of her foolish hindisght was unholy. Still, she is an oft spoken of pillar in the community." - vorquellyn

“Death by Vogon Poetry" - wiredwizard

"Not enough body lotion in the world could save that woman" - adria_rhiannon

"Things just sort of... crystallized for her" - yamx

"The goggles, they did nothing!" - cmzero

“She was turned into a pillar of salt and Lot began a thriving pickle business." - sskipstress

("Picklelot!" - "Picklelot!" - "Picklelot!"
"It's only a modill."
"Shh!" -CV)

"Look at your wife, now to me, now back at your wife. Your wife is now a pillar of salt." - thesecondevil

"She failed her Fortitude save against flesh to salt" - syrazemyla

“Pillar? But I just a'salted 'er!" - mark_laura

"I'll give you a hint: her name was 'Margarita'." - thepikey

"Cast on VH1's 'Bible Wives'. Rated TV14 for some salty language" - kristinmachina

(I would totally watch that. That and "The Maury Povich Show: Biblical Edition." - "Jezebel, you claimed you never had sex with the king's horses. The lie detector says THAT was a lie." -CV)

Correct Answer: She was turned into a pillar of salt

"I wonder if Lot's wife was regular salt or iodized low-sodium salt?" - ifeedformula

(Yahweh didn't fuck around back then. She was 100% pure undiluted sodium chloride. -CV)



6. What is your favorite flavor?

“Flavor Flav" - drbear, drbunsen

“Blue! No, yellooooooooo--- *splut*" - etcet

“Anything mixed with Vodka and licked off a naked stripper's chest" - drunken_hedghog

“Snosberries!" - kenshardik

"Pie flavour" - sacrificedalice

“Tears. Preferably children's. Really adds something to a gin martini." - darthparadox
"The salty tears of my vanquished foes. (Well, you had the salt theme going. I don't actually lick people I don't like. Just the ones I do.)" - jenna_thorn

“Redhead" - wiredwizard

"" - holmes221b

“Chocolate salty balls" - demon_666

“The flavor for the fever of a Pringles. Wait..." - freezer818

"Monosodium Glutamate" - sjl

“Vanilla. Like my answers. Anyone seen my funny? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?" - esran

"I recently bought an entire grocery bag of boutique salts and salt accessories. I'm going to have a party where we can all make our blood pressure go so high that we have aneurysms. I'll call it 'The Sodium That Wouldn't Slow Down...'" - fizrep

"Is it even allowed to have a favorite flavor that's neither gin, pudding or bacon here at the LJDQ?" - germankitty, four bacon lovers, three gin lovers, and zero pudding lovers

(I'll allow chocolate to join the fray. It is deeeeelicious. -CV)



And there you have it. We hope this quiz leaves a salty taste in your mouth. I was going to go further with this joke, but that pretty much killed it right there.

Thanks for playing, and we will see you all tomorrow!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL