DW Daily Answers: 5 March 2012

[chaosvizier]

1. What economic plan, instituted in China from 1958 to 1960, led to the deaths of between 14 and 43 million people?

"Kill Your Grandma for Cash. It's like pawning gold, only bloody. Bloodier" - theninth

"The 'Let's All Attack Bruce Lee; He Can't Possibly Kill Us All' plan" - kenshardik

(Oh Bullwinkle, that trick never works! -CV)

"The Moses plan. Mao Ze-Dong ordered that all babies aged two and under be tossed into the Yangtze River" - majorsamfan

"Lead posioning" - revhhkitty

"Replacing all their traffic lights with strobe lights" - alfvaen

"The Negative-One-Child-per-Couple Policy" - mark_laura

(One little punctuation mark apparantly does make a big difference. -CV)

“The Great Leap to the Left" - zihuatanejo

“You killed 50 million people? You must get up *very* early in the morning! I can't even get to the gym!" - csi_tokyo3

“The Bloodless War, where it was fought by computers and people walked into disintegration booths when they were declared casualties." - jmthane

“The Great Leap Forward. (Apparently off a cliff.)" - laughingacademy, kristinmachina

Correct Answer: The Great Leap Forward



2. Carabosse is the villain in which Tchaikovsky ballet?

“Methinks that even with 'Villians,' the ballet isn't going to sound more appealing to boyfriends." - love2loveher

“Night of the Lepus." - theninth, n5iln

"Tomasovitch the Tank Engine" - jmthane

(In Soviet ballet, loco motives you! -CV)

"Cara bosse. She must be a level Boss, rather than the Final Boss" - vayshti

"Well, 'Cara' = 'Love' and 'Bosse' is kinda obvious, so which ballet is the one about love being destroyed?" - tweeti

(All of them. -CV)

“Carabosse, Carabosse, can you do the- wait, no, it doesn't work as well." - la_trombonista

(Says you - LL)

“Carabosse, Carabosse, will/can you do the Fandango?" - kristinmachina, etcet, i_calql8 , cholma
“♪ Carabosse! Carabosse! Will you fouetté en tournant? ♪" - freezer818

"I love that music! 'Carabosse, workin' at the Carabosse, yeah...'" - drbear

"'Starlight Express' - but I believe his name was 'Caboose'" - kenshardik, csi_tokyo3

"I'd watch her Carabosse, if you know what I mean." - umbralcorax

“Portal: The Last Temptation of GLaDOS" - alfvaen

Correct Answer: Sleeping Beauty

"(it took me longer than I want to admit to figure out how this one fit in)" - copperpixie

(Hey, sometimes I stretch pretty far to match a theme. Wait till you see the next question. -CV)



3. What were the names of the Herculoids' amorphous teammates?

“i didnt understand a single word in that question" - b_hulsmans

“Triangle man, Particle man, Universe man, but not Person Man" - love2loveher

"Snooki & The Situation" - thalen

"bread dough and stoned animator" - jenna_thorn

“Zan and Jayna, the Wonder Twins" - csi_tokyo3

"Gary and Ace" - jargon

"Mr. Fantastic & Mrs. Incredible" - alfvaen

"Autolycus and Salmoneus (or Callisto/Xena, if you prefer kick-ass ladies)" - germankitty

(Xena: Warrior Princess always gets -1. -CV)

"You know, Jurassic Park would have been hella improved by the inclusion of a Triceratops with a plasma cannon" - drbunsen

"I am given to wonder what, exactly, that rhino tank thing was shooting out of its horn. I suspect those weren't pellets of anything savory." - etcet

"Thinking back on that now, they creep me out...they remind me of the wood spirits in "Princess Mononoke". But without the weird rattling" - n5iln

"Gleep and Gloop were giant Shmoos. Don't let anyone tell you different" - freezer818

(+1, The Shmoo. -CV)

Correct Answer: Gleep and Gloop



4. What was the title of Kenny Loggins' seventh solo album?

"Not many people know that Loggins was once part of a duo with a man named Robert Lincoln. They parted ways before either of them could build anything though" - umbralcorax

“Footleap? Leap Into the Danger Zone? Caddyleap? Am I getting warm?" - kristinmachina

“After Caddyshack, Top Gun and Footloose This is All Just Self-Indulgent Easy-Listening Crap. (Also known as Please Don't Confuse Me With Kenny G)" - jillybiehn

“He did more than Danger Zone/Footloose/Caddyshack? When did that happen?" - seferin, germankitty, ifeedformula, and, well, everyone

“I don't care, because you fuckers have earwormed me with 'Footloose' already." - etcet

“Oh, My God--They Recorded Kenny! You Bastards!" - i_calql8

"I want a duet with Sting!" - love2loveher

Correct Answer: Leap of Faith



5. Which television series featured Scott Bakula trapped in the past with Dean Stockwell as his only friend?

“after being the worst captain in star trek history not even dean wants to be his friend." - b_hulsmans

(That’s not true! You take that back! – LL)

“Enterprise. Every Star Trek fan wanted him dead after it aired.” - seferin

(You too! – LL)

"Frogger. Leaping across danger to get home, constantly transported somewhere else, and then squished at that last log." - vayshti

“'Quantum Leap'! Only the best show EVER... if you forget about 'Star Trek', 'Star Trek: The Next Generation', 'Lost', 'The Wire', and 'Law & Order'!" - kenshardik

“Battlestar Trek: Galactic Enterprise" - jargon
“Deep Space Sixty Nine" - lots42
“Quantum Enterprise" - cholma

“Dear LJDQ: please remind me to schedule an eye exam because I read that as 'Scot Baio'." - theninth

"Al, I just leaped into the LJDQ. What does Ziggy have to say?" - n5iln

(Ziggy says "Smart is easy; funny is hard; too bad you're neither, Sam." -CV)

"'Bakula Future'. Dean Stockwell plays Doc Brown" - i_calql8

“Captain Jonathan Archer and the new, improved Guardian of Forever (which may not be funny, but hopefully will get me a geek point. Right? Right??? *wibbles*" - germankitty

(No, because while I liked ST:Enterprise, I disliked “The City on the Edge of Forever”. And yes, I know I have no tastes or standards whatsoever. How do you think I got this gig? – LL)

Correct Answer: Quantum Leap





6. What are you going to do with your extra day this year?

“Does my company know about this extra day? Then I'm probably working." - love2loveher, revhhkitty, thalen, zihuatanejo

"Same thing we do every leap year, Pinky, try and take over the world" - 15 of you
"The same thing I do every day: neglect to try to take over the world, because raising a kid takes up more time than you could possibly expect" - jargon

“Why is it that they timed Leap Years with election years? I'll tell you. Another day for you to watch Presidential hopefuls make idiots of themselves. No thanks. I'll stay in bed with the covers over my head and periodically shake my fist at February until it's over." - jillybien, tweeti

"I've lived in the UK for 5 1/2 years and had a culture shock yesterday: apparently it's well-known for the 29th to be 'Day Wot Girls propose to their Squeezes'. And, according to the Fount of Wiki, refusing meant the girl was owed 'a pair of leather gloves, a single rose, £1 and a kiss'. Oh, and I'll be *not* doing this today, even though I'd like some new gloves." - vayshti

“The same thing we try to do every day, LJDQ: Try to drink over the world." - etcet

“Depends...Is CV available?" - majorsamfan

(Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more! -CV)

"Apparently my taxes. And drinking" - laughingacademy

(Better to do it in that order, too. -CV)

“The same thing I do every day: neglect to try to take over the world, because raising a kid takes up more time than you could possibly expect." - jargon

“I shall give a few people some well-deserved boots to the head." - sjl

"Get nine of my male friends and go a-leaping" - mark_laura

“Oh, I don't know...play chess...screw..." - i_calql8

(+1, Blazing Saddles – LL)



And there you have it, one giant leap for quizkind. We are leaps and bounds ahead of the competition, but only because we don't really have any. Mmmm, monopoleap.

Thanks for playing, everyone, and tune in tomorrow when we have yet another quiz with yet another theme and yet more delicious punnery and shenanigans. See you then!

Rock On!

CV&LL