DW Daily Answers: 6 August 2012

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Special LJDQ Gold Medal Shout-Outs to tinamachina, who played the quiz despite being on vacation in Olympic London, and mark_laura, who played the quiz despite being on vacation in India. Rock on!

1. Carl Weathers, Mr. T, and Dolph Lundgren have all been antagonists in which series of films?

“My Little Pony: Caring is beating the crap out of someone." - drbear, lots42

“Care Bears. They played the I Don't Care Bears -- Sgt. Jericho Bear, Jibba Jabbear and Steroid Bear." - therealchon

"Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a series of boxing films outta my ass!" - jmthane

"The Rocky Horror Picture show. (They all played Dr. Frank-N-Furter)" - seferin

(I would like everyont to be traumatized right now by the concept of Mr. T in drag and makeup singing "I'm just a sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania, fool." Line for brain bleach starts here. -CV)

“The A-Team? I know nothing about the A-Team. Except that I think I am the fool that Mr. T pities." - islandofwords

"The A Team? The X Men? There's a letter in there, 'sall I know" - lizwinlove

"Slow-Motion Walking Away From Explosions" - i_calql8

"Taking a Pugilist for Granite: A Philly underdog story" - thalen

"the only one of those I've not seen is the one with Mr T in it...Is it worth seeing?" - tweeti

(This is the movie where Mr. T INVENTED the concept of pitying fools. That's all the reason you need, right there. -CV)

Correct Answer: "Rocky"

"and Bullwinkle" - zihuatanejo



2. Fun with quotes! Name that film:
X: Jesus, I like him very much, but he no help with curveball.
Y: You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

"Separation of Church and Stats" - i_calql8

"I have it on reliable authority that Jesus also sucked at swimming" - ironjeff

“That may be the finest line ever penned in a baseball movie (it doesn't take top honors for 'sports movie,' because Slapshot exists)" - etcet

(+1, hockey – LL)

"A League of God's Own Chosen People" - drbear

("There's no rending of sackcloth in baseball!" -CV)

“Dogma" - wiredwizard
"I give you... The Buddy Christ!" - therealchon

"Field of Dreams is the only baseball movie I know (despite not actually having seen it) so... that one." - islandofwords

"Damn Yankees" - neumeindil

"The last good Charlie Sheen movie" - zihuatanejo

"Jesus is shit at three-point shots, too. That's why Larry Bird worshiped Buxenus" - mandydax

"Jesus saves! That's why he was converted to a closer. Still less saves than Mariano Rivera" - tinamachina

Correct Answer: "Major League"

"Significantly higher-ranked and/or decorated than 'Private Outfit'" - germankitty



3. Kevin Costner seeks Rene Russo's love in which film?

“Golf is still a four-letter word." - n5iln
"I thought this was a Sports theme... Golf is not a sport!" - ironjeff

"Remember when Kevin Costner was young and good looking? Yeah, neither do I." - akiyasan

"I always wanted to see the gallery do the wave or maybe start a chant in golf, but it ain't gonna happen...*sigh*" - tweeti

(That's ok. I always wanted to see something interesting or exciting happen in golf, but that ain't gonna happen either. -CV)

(I take it back; I saw a news report once where a bolt of lightning struck and killed a spectator at a golf tournament (rather than, say one of the guys with a big metal stick). That might have been the most exciting thing ever in the history of golf. -CV)

“I can't even tell you how many times I read this question before my brain realized that Kevin Costner is not the same as Kevin Bacon. I was gonna say Footloose." - islandofwords

“Kevin Costner is one of those actors I have been hearing about my whole life, but I can never attach the name to a face. Rene Russo though, now there is a face!" - lizwinlove

"Is that the one without James Earl Jones?" - princessstarr

"Beach Blanket Bingo" - jmthane

"House of 1,000 Corpses" - therealchon

(ZombieCostner and ZombieRusso showed that zombies can love too. -CV)

"I can't even tell you how many times I read this question before my brain realized that Kevin Costner is not the same as Kevin Bacon. I was gonna say Footloose." - islandofwords

“Honestly, that movie made golf exciting. The romance part was dull though." - lots42

"Tin Cup -- the sports equivalent of The Razzies. Something Costner has won quite often since." - germankitty

Correct Answer: "Tin Cup"



4. What was the third highest grossing film in the Hong Kong box office?

“Rush Hour 3" - zihuatanejo, islandofwords

“Y'all have to be more specific here...You know, when, what kind of movie....do you know how many porno movies are really high grossing in Hong Kong?? No?? Well, there's a lot. And most of them probably have that creepy old guy in them...." - tweeti

(I'm not old! -CV)

"Ninjas Punch Each Other" - lots42

"Titanic. That stupid song is played ALL THE BLOODY TIME over there" - raphsody606

“Manos: The Hand of Fate" - sskipstress

"Howard the Duck" - wiredwizard

"" - i_calql8

"Oh man, I can't remember the title. I just remember the choreographed sequence of dancing with hammers" - akiyasan

(They were axes, and that was the other movie. But close, very close. -CV)

“God damn it! Anything I guess will sound racist, so I'm gonna go all in: Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-Fat versus Mechagodzilla and Gamera." - mandydax

(Let's be perfectly honest here: You would totally go see that movie. And so would I. -CV)

Correct Answer: "Shaolin Soccer"



5. Bill Murray has starred as himself in two big screen films. The more recent one was "Zombieland". What was the first one?

"Vampireland" - lots42

(A movie that doesn't exist. Still better than Twilight. -CV)

"" - i_calql8

“I know his name was Carl in CaddyShack, but I still think he was playing himself." - tweeti, neumeindil, jmthane, tinamachina
“When does Bill Murray *not* play himself?" - islandofwords

“I was so excited by the first sentence. I know one of these movies. I might get half-credit. Then I read the second sentence." - sskipstress

“Stripes. Anyone who says otherwise is a goddamned communist." - etcet

(That’s a fact, Jack! – LL)

"I'll bet if you looked at the all-time statistics, the character played most often in western cinema is 'Himself'. Sometimes there are three, four, or more guys playing that character in a single film" - mark_laura

“Being Bill Murray" - seferin

“He may have been the only one in that cast to NOT require drug-testing, either before or after." - n5iln

“Space Jam is my little brother's favorite movie. He just showed it to his girlfriend for the first time. She managed to sit through the whole thing. I think she's a keeper." - princessstarr

“Groundhog Day 2: Electric Boogaloo" - mandydax

Correct Answer: "Space Jam"

"Catchier, but less tasty than Planet Preserve, but with a much bigger carbon footprint" - germankitty



6. If you could excel at any sport or physical activity, what would you choose?

"whenever I feel the urge for any kind of physical activity, I hide in the nearest corner and wait until the attack is over. Therefore, I really excel at Procrastination and Avoidance." - germankitty

“Dwarf tossing" - zihuatanejo

“The Sarcasm Olympics" - wiredwizard

“Marathon Napping" - drbear

“Amish Rake Fighting." - therealchon

"Dancing, the vertical expression of a horizontal intention" - sskipstress, raphsody606

“Swimming. With the way the icecaps are melting, we'll all be underwater in a hundred years" - seferin

“Mattress gymnastics. The 'doubles' variety, not the team sport." - n5iln, ironjeff, lots42, mark_laura

“Driving the Cannonball Run." - jmthane

“HOCKEY" - lizwinlove

(w00t!! – LL)

"" - etcet

(I think lovellama just ovulated. -CV)

"The Casino Smash, Grab, and Run. (Very important to remember the Run part - it's not so useful if you only have the Smash and Grab down pat.)" - sjl



And there you have it, an all-sports quiz dedicated to the Olympics again. Sure, we cheesed out and just used sports movies; if it had really been sports, you might all have collapsed out of sheer horror. Worse than that day when it was all lyrics questions. Anyway, thanks for playing, and tune in tomorrow for more quizly goodness!

Rock On!
CV&LL