DW Daily Answers: 5 July 2012

[chaosvizier]

After many long and terrifying weeks, answers appear!


"You know when the absolute wrong answer jumps right to the front of your mind? And you're convinced that HAS TO BE IT, even when it definitely ISN'T?" - lizwinlove

Young lady, you've just described every time I speak, ever.


1. Sylvia Barrett is the lead character in which 1965 novel?

"Catcher in the Rye? I read like 10 pages of that book and gave up. So odds are the narrator dies and Sylvia takes over" - spotsofcolour

“Upstairs, Downstairs? Downton Abbey? Abbey Road? No, wait, it was John, Paul, George and Ringo, not JPGR and Sylvia. Unless Yoko Ono became Sylvia in the English dub ..." - germankitty

"My daughter is a Sumerian Demigod! (Prequel to Ghostbusters, the story of a mother who sacrifices it all only to find her daughter tries to end the world)" - seferin

(+1 for remembering that Dana's last name was Barrett. Well done. -CV)

"Behind the Green Door" - sskipstress

(I don't think that was a book first. Maybe a magazine, at best. -CV)

“The Happy Hooker." - therealchon

"Up in Flames: One woman's account of the feminist bra-burning movement of the 1960s" - demon_666

"A woman's story, or How I got my ass back in the Kitchen" - thalen

“50 Shades of Pink Floyd" - tinamachina

(Is there such a thing as a stoner novel? If so, that would be it. -CV)

"Grin And Barrett" - alfvaen

"Ascending incorrectly by use of the access designated for descent" - ironjeff

Correct Answer: "Up the Down Staircase"



2. The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act came about partly due to the book "The Jungle", written by whom?

"M.I.A. : Meat Inspection Associate. Let me see your meat, boys" - demon_666

"Rudyard Kipling" - darthparadox, spotsofcolour
"He established the bare necessities." - germankitty
"Mowgli, though parts of it were ghostwritten by Sher Khan" - ntlespino, tweeti

(Probably the delicious parts. -CV)

"Dr. Livingstone I. Presume." - alfvaen

"Behind the Green Door" - thepikey

(How can a 60's porn flick figure twice in the same quiz? You and sskipstress need some movie nights together. -CV)

"Axl Rose" - seferin, akiyasan, zihuatanejo, drbunsen, ifeedformula, cmzero

(He just wrote the welcoming remarks. -CV)

"Harry Harrison" - wiredwizard
"Mm, Soylent Green" - princessstarr

"Upyours Salmonella" - jenna_thorn

"I was going to say Upton Sinclair, but then I reread the part about 'Meat Inspection' and decided the answer was Snooki" - thalen

"Upton Sinclair. Pink slime is the LEAST disguisting thing in your hamburger after you read that book" - tinamachina

“Ah, yes, 'The Jungle.' Also known as 'I NEVER WANT TO EAT ANYTHING AGAIN.'" - wrestlingdog, ironjeff

Correct Answer: Upton Sinclair

"Uptown Sinclair was his rap name" - la_trombonista



3. What movie featured the canine characters Alpha, Epsilon, and Dug?

“SQUIRREL!" - stgreyhounds, la_trombonista, sskipstress, thalen
“A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To SQUIRREL!!!!!!!!!!!!" - wiredwizard
"I will be your best friend SQUIRREL!!!" - akiyasan
“I love this movie. It's u-SQUIRREL!" - mandydax

"I hate squirrels!" - princessstarr

(You get a +1, just because. -CV)

"All Dogs Go To Heaven VI: Now With Airships" - darthparadox

“I know the movie is UP, but when you put it that way, it sounds like they should be futuristic star pilots or something" - tweeti

(Recall the scene when they're in the propellor planes attacking the Balloon House, and they're giving out call signs exactly like the scene in Star Wars when the Rebels attack the Death Star. So, yes, you're right on the money. -CV)

“Plan 9 from Outer Space." - therealchon

(+1, old school style – LL)

"Frat Party III: Raise the Woof" - lizwinlove

"One of those animated movies based on a video game, I presume, like 'Dig Dug A.E.'" - mark_laura

“'What's it going to be then, eh?' There was me, that is Charles, and my three dogs, that is Alpha, Epsilon, and Dug, Dug being very Dug, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar making up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening, a flip dark chill winter bastard though dry." - thepikey

(That is a genuinely terrifying combination of films. -CV)

"On a related note, I worked at Blockbusters at the time Wall-E was out and my manager told me that Kung Fu Panda had deserved the Best Animated Oscar more than Wall-E. I asked him why he worked in a movie shop when he clearly hated films" - spotsofcolour

(I stand with your manager on this one. KFP >> WALL-E. -CV)

"" - zihuatanejo, cmzero

"Up. If you're not a sobbing pile of Jell-O after the first 10 minutes, you have no soul." - tinamachina

(*raises hand soullessly* You should go talk to i_calql8 instead. He has something in his eye. -CV)

"They lived in a room with horrible curtains. Evelyn was surprised about that too. (What, too obscure?)" - n5iln

(Pretty damn obscure, but full credit. -CV)

Correct Answer: "Up"



4. What is the oldest university in Sweden?

"Sweden University, of course!" - david_deacon

(It really should be. -CV)

"Miskabjörkic University" - wiredwizard

(Cthjülhjü and the other Øld Ønes are njöt amüsed. -CV)

“The Odin School of Marksmanship, motto 'You'll shoot your eye out'" - seferin, thepikey, alfvaen

“Uni de Bork Bork Bork... a culinary school founded by the Swedish Chef." - princessstarr, jenna_thorn, tweeti, therealchon, ifeedformula, la_trombonista

“They have universities in Sweden? I thought blondes are supposed to be . . . dumb unsuited to study." - demon_666

“I'm going to betray my American ignorance about global history, throw in the towel, and say Ikea" - stgreyhounds, tinamachina

“Stanfjørd" - cmzero

(You can major in pining there. -CV)

"Uppsala, or 'Ooops!' for short. Home to all students who realize a week before graduation that their time might have been better spent studying their actual subjects instead of majoring in booze, sex and rock'n'roll. (LJDQ players are thus pretty much disqualified per definitionem.)" - germankitty

“I'm too lazy to look up all the diacritical marks necessary." - sskipstress

"I don't know their name, but I know their mascot." - mark_laura

Correct Answer: Uppsala University



5. What was the name of Cheech and Chong's first film?

"'Cheech & Chong's Second Movie'. Just to confuse people" - alfvaen

(Considering their target audience, that might have worked pretty well. -CV)

"Cheech and Chong's Excellent Adventure" - cmzero

(And we're Myllow Stonyrz! *air bong hit* -CV)

"I don't know, but I'm willing to bet the sequel had 'Electric Boogaloo' in the title" - spotsofcolour

(EVERY sequel has Electric Boogaloo in the title. It's a given. -CV)

"Camera Surveillance tape #37 aka Exhibit D" - thalen

“Easy Rider: the comic version" - germankitty

"When Hairy met Smelly: A tale of Two Hippies" - demon_666

"If This Isn't Funny, You're Not High Enough" - darthparadox

“You know, when the first Harold and Kumar movie came out, people were making a big deal about how it was the first stoner movie with Asian buddies. Finally, one reviewer, I forget who, stood up and said,'"Hey, what about Tommy Chong?'" - stgreyhounds

"Dude, are you recording that?" - jenna_thorn

“Dude, where's my car?" - seferin

“Up in Smoke, literally a joint effort" - i_calql8

"When that was in theaters, the concession stands must have made a killing!" - tinamachina

Correct Answer: "Up In Smoke"



6. Heights: great, terrifying, scenic, duuuuuuuude, or other? Tell us a story!

(You know, I haven't been this high on Quizling trauma in a long time. Your collective fears are delicious. -CV)

"I think it's going to be a long, long time, til touchdown brings be back around to find, I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no! I'm a Rocket Man!" - thepikey

(Full credit. -CV)

“I hate heights. But then I remember that we are all a bunch of specks living on a ball that is floating in space. *That* terrifies me." - akiyasan

"Duuuude! Definitely: duuuuuuude! (Wait. I may still be on a contact high from the last question.)" - cmzero

“Wuthering." - tinamachina

(+1. I really expected more of these. -CV)

"" - i_calql8

"There were beer involved; bachelor party, B&E, police, escape, wheelchair. I can say no more" - therealchon

"I learned I really am afraid of heights when I climbed onto a ledge high on an indoor rock wall, sat on it, turned around, and looked down." - sskipstress

“It's not a phobia if it doesn't negatively interfere with your life. And taking the nice, safe stairs is healthier than staring down the maw of the down escalator." - stgreyhounds

“I took the skylift at the Omaha zoo last month. Terrified of heights, I was embarrassed every time I saw some little kid coming the other way not even caring that they could plummet to their death and be eaten by cheetahs." - mandydax

“I don't mind heights, but I'm not great at getting back down from them. I have issues with stairs. So I went to Warwick Castle with my cousin, and we climbed the battlements. Great! Beautiful view across Warwick and the surrounding countryside! But then it came time to go back down. The stairs were all anti-clockwise (not the usual direction), unlit, smooth stone, worn down unevenly and there was no handrail. I single-handedly caused a bank holiday traffic jam down the battlement stairs it took me so long to get down." - spotsofcolour

(I have been to Warwick Castle and I know what you are talking about. Castles are hardcore, yo. -CV)

“we stopped in Ontario and visited the CN Tower. It's the tallest free-standing structure in the world (or it was at the time). Very, very cool. Anyway, we went up to the Observation Deck, (I think that's about 1800 ft up). It has a glass bottom so you can look all the waaaay down to the ground. There were young children jumping up and down on that glass. That Was NOT COOL!" - tweeti
“No matter how intellectually certain I am of its safety, I have never been able to bring myself to jump up and down on the glass floor in the CN Tower. I step onto the glass and my hindbrain starts yelling 'HOLY SHIT, MAN, WE COULD DIE HERE!'" - darthparadox

“One time I was visiting a nuclear plant, and they let us into the dome, so all of us kids ran for the railing to look below, only to see a 500 meter drop below into what would be the floor of the reactor. All of us that rushed the railing suddenly clung on to it for dear life as knees gave way." - ntlespino

"I was in an elevator in Beijing, it started to shake and promptly free fell for four stories trapping us in there for about an hour. Since then I have not been a fan of heights, elevators or enclosed spaces. Still, I have gotten to crawl out between stories like they do in the movies. I guess that's cool." - raphsody606



And there you have it. "UP" is yours!
There are still four other quizzes pending, and you still have chances to answer, so go forth and bring on the funnies! You can do it!
Also, happy post-fourth of July to our American contingent!
Also, gin is delicious.

Rock on!

CV&LL