DW Daily Answers: 18 July 2012

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Back from vacation with more quizly goodness!

1. What novel is set on a planet called Winter and deals in part with the relationship between the characters Estraven and Genly Ai?

"I think I would prefer a novel about a planet called Summer and the relationship between the characters Testostraven and Hotly Aye. (Hm, that came out sounding much pornier than I expected. (As did that.))" - mark_laura

"I'm allergic to winter. That's why I moved to California" - n5iln

"Fifty Shades of White. Chilly Mommy porn" - therealchon

"Twilight 3000" - freezer818

"Dune (eventually, the answer has to be Sting.)" - tinamachina

(Dune is probably the most opposite planet you could find to be called Winter. -CV)

“Discontent" - akiyasan

“Winter came, and it's a planet? Thanks for spoiling Game of Thrones, jerks!" - cmzero and a dozen other Game of Thrones fans

“WINTER IS COMING! IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BOOK!" - stgreyhounds

"The left hand is the one you're supposed to wipe your ass with in Middle Eastern custom. Apparently there's no toilet paper on Winter?" - thepikey

"Wait? Girls can write sci-fi too? Who knew?" - illogicalvulcan

Correct Answer: The Left Hand of Darkness

"not to be confused with the Right Hand of Pleasure" - sskipstress



2. Henry Manush, Ralph Kiner, Al Simmons, and Zack Wheat all played which baseball position?

“I don't think I'd know any of those guys, even if baseball *wasn't* the lamest American sport." - thepikey

"Catcher In The Rye. Except for Zack Wheat, who was Catcher In The Wheat" - alfvaen

"Seeker" - wiredwizard

"Quarterback" - freezer818, mandydax, silk_knickers

“Missionary." - germankitty, stgreyhounds

"The goddamn batboy" - i_calql8, therealchon

"Who's on first!" - sskipstress, ntlespino
"Must. Resist. Obvious. "Who's On First?" joke. PENIS! Aaaaah, better" - illogicalvulcan

"First base. Then they went to White Castle with Kummar" - akiyasan

“Left Field. I AM WOMAN! I KNOW BASEBALL! ROAR!" - tinamachina

(Inconceivable! -CV)

Correct Answer: Left Field



3. Tony Bennett is possibly most famous for singing which song?

“Dare To Be Stupid" - wiredwizard

"When you swim inna da sea and a eel bites-a you knee, dat's a moray!" - n5iln

"Mannah mannah" - thepikey

"The Girl From Ipanema" - silk_knickers

"If only mind wipes were offered as an emergency medical service, because thanks to you guys I now have images of octogenarians 'making love' stuck in my mind" - demon_666

“he sings that song about.. umm... not i did it my way, that was Sinatra, and so was a very good year, and I CAN ONLY THINK OF FRANK SINATRA. obviously its... one of the songs Sinatra probably sang first." - kira_snugz

“Unforgettable. Actually, I can't remember what it is, so I thought that would be funny. Especially if that's what it is." - stgreyhounds

“I Left My Harp in Sam Clam's Disco." - sskipstress
"I lost my kidney in Phuket, Thailand" - mandydax

Correct Answer: "I Left my Heart in San Francisco"



4. Zoe, Bill, Louis, and Francis are the protagonists in which video game?

"This sounds like a really boring game... Whatever happened to cool names like Link, Zelda, Ganondorf? Where geeks can be transported from the real world that has shunned and ridiculed them to a fantasy world where they can be the hero for once? THAT'S WHAT A TRUE VIDEO GAME IS!" - demon_666

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" - seferin

“Pac Man." - primavera, thepikey

“Space Ace. Deal with THAT nostalgia." - therealchon

"Red Elf needs food badly...oh, wait, that's MY stomach growling" - n5iln

"Spaceballs: The Video Game" - mandydax

"Zork. You haven't heard of them because they were eaten by grues" - illogicalvulcan

“Leisure Suit Louis" - zihuatanejo

(They’re making a new one!!! - LL)

“Final Fantasy has officially run out of names. Vanille? Waka?" - tinamachina

(I think they ran out of names a LONG time ago. Somewhere around "Cloud". -CV)

"" - cmzero

“Left 4 Dead 2: Left 2 Dead" - alfvaen

Correct Answer: Left For Dead

"or, more popularly, 'Okay, who the fuck woke the witch?'" - i_calql8



5. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the singer:
Something's in the air tonight
The sky's alive with a burning light
You can mark my words something's about to break
And I found myself in a bitter fight
While I've held your hand through the darkest night
Don't know where you're coming from but you're coming soon

"Someone who is unfamiliar with rhyme schemes. Here lemme help: the last line should be 'Don't know where you're coming from but you better bring some cake.' There, I fixed it. I await my Grammy" - mark_laura and three other rhyme fiends

"'I Knew I Should Have Taken That Left Turn At Albuquerque' by Bend Sinister & The Southpaws" - alfvaen

"ZOMG ASTEROIDS!!!!!! by the Ragnarok Choir" - wiredwizard

“Chtulhu's back by The Lovecrafts" - seferin

“More cowbell...any song is better with more cowbell..." - n5iln

"L.A. Riots by Rodney King - .... too soon?" - raphsody606
"'Bye-Bye, Tom', by Katie Holmes. Too soon?" - i_calql8

(Never too soon here. -CV)

"In the air tonight, by Sting (on loan to Genesis)" - germankitty

(Sting and Phil Collins singing together? Let the kickass begin! -CV)

"Miley Cyrus' 'I Am SO Not a Disney Icon No More!'" - therealchon

“'In Brightest Day' by Hal Jordan" - cmzero

“Is this going to be a whole week of whiny songs by whiners?" - sskipstress

Correct Answer: Mat Kearney, "Nothing Left to Lose"



6. How's it hanging?

(Several of you are hanging to the left. None of you are hanging to the right. Curious. -CV)

“Thanks to the 103 degree heat, rather melty." - akiyasan, zihuatanejo

“Lower every day. That's what bras are for." - primavera

“A little left of center, same as usual. But it's cold today." - n5iln

“Long, loose, and full of juice!" - thepikey
“Short, shriveled and to the left. I wish I had a more truthful answer" - ntlespino

“Some days I'm the flag pole, some days, the flag ..." - therealchon

“Thanks to gravity. Otherwise it just kinda floats there." - i_calql8

“Normal as per standard gravity." - wiredwizard

"" - tweeti

“Left and right -- what else do you expect of 50-plus-year-old boobs?" - germankitty

“Hehe. You implied penis." - stgreyhounds

“Tough. (oh oh woa-oh-oh, oh oh woah)" - silk_knickers

“Kind of like that kitten in the motivational poster, except older, and with fewer nipples." - demon_666

Should be the correct answer: “hot and sticky and drunk" - kira_snugs



And there you have it. We left no stone unturned in preparing this quiz. Well, except for that stone with the giant spider under it. Better leave that one alone. There's not enough room in this here internet for another Clock Spider.

And on a minor side note, the quiz will be eight years old tomorrow. Eight! That's like, eight in human years! We should all celebrate with a gin and tonic, or some pudding if you're underage, or some Sting if you don't drink. PARTY!

Rock On!

CV&LL