DW Daily Answers: 9 October 2012

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Behold, super-sized quizly goodness! It is a blessing from on high! But late, because, you know, on the first Monday the mods said "meh, let's get to this a bit later". We are fickle mods.

1. Who built and launched the world's first liquid-fuelled rocket?

"'Once ze rockets go up, vho cares vhere zey come down? Zat's not my depahtment,' says Werner von Braun" - many of you

"I'ma go with Leonardo da Vinci. That's usually a good guess when it comes to 'Who invented this,' right?" - wrestlingdog

"I can only presume that whoever this was, they launched the rocket shortly after uttering the phrase 'Hold my beer and watch this.'" - umbralcorax

"Sir Francis Drake, who died of dysentery" - JENNA_THORN

(That was terrible. +1. You too, mandydax and lots42. -CV)

"King Missile. He called it 'The Detachable Penis'." - alfvaen

"Kohler plumbing fixtures. Took a while to get the pressure right" - drbear

"Red Bull. Gives you wings or diabetes or palpitations" - tinamachina

(Oftentimes it gives you all three. -CV)

"Does a moonshine still exploding and sending parts into the sky really count as a rocket?" - cholma

(No, that's called a Redneck Fourth Of July. -CV)

"WC Fields" - THALEN

(Only if by "rocket" you actually mean "W.C.Fields". -CV)

"Sir Hugo Drax" - germankitty

(+1, Moonraker. -CV)

"The Mythbusters" - la_trombonista, drunken_hedghog

"I'm..a...rocket..man..baby. Burning..out..a..fuse..up..here..alone" - ifeedformula

"" - i_calql8

(-1, Nickelodeon. -CV)

Correct Answer: Robert Hutchings Goddard



2. Who was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England?

"Ethelred the Unready" - germankitty, banshea, raphsody606, and JENNA_THORN, all of whom loved his nickname

"Snagglepuss" - primavera

(I think you might have misunderstood the term 'Anglo-Saxon'. And 'King'. And perhaps also 'England'. -CV)

"Canute, by virtue of being an inaugaural Darwin Award winner" - miss_whiplash

"" - alfvaen

"Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot, king of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of all England!" - mandydax

(+1, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. -CV)

"Harold Godwinson was slain by an accusation of Nazi affiliation, bringing an end to the Flamewar of Hastings.net" - thepikey

"He used to be the last Anglo Saxon King of England... but then he took an arrow to the eye" - wrestlingdog, raienna, zihuatanejo

Correct Answer: Harold Godwinson

“Let's all ignore the fact that the Germans have been ruling England for the past 300+ years." - tinamachina



3. Kratos is the main character in which video game series?

"If he wasn't in 'Xena' or 'Hercules', I don't know" - germankitty

(Relying on Herc and Xena for knowledge has always resulted in a -1. Why stop now? -CV)

"God Damn You Video Game Monsters Just Die Already" - brightrosefox

(So many videogames fall into this category. -CV)

"Sounds like a cross between Crabs and Krakatoa, so... something involving volcanoes and arachnids. SPIDER JERUSALEM: JOURNALIST *THIS*" - etcet

(The volcano in Jerusalem is news to me... -CV)

"Pizzaface and his amazing adventures in Acneland" - ifeedformula, drbear

"Sorry Kratos, the princess is in another castle!" - thepikey

"Big White But Black Sounding guy kills and bangs his way through Greece" - THALEN

"God of RAW, the latest wrestling video game" - cholma

"Raw of Dog" - umbralcorax

"Wad of Gore" - SCIFANTASY

“Somebody set up us the quiz..." - n5iln

(All your answers are belong to us – CV&LL)

Correct Answer: God of War



4. What 1972 film was based on a novel written by Mario Puzo?

“Howard The Duck" - wiredwizard

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." - SCIFANTASY

"Poundin' The Ouzo With Mario Puzo" - alfvaen

(That sounds terribly dirty. +1. However, Ouzo is nasty. -1. But, rhyming Ouzo with Puzo, +1. Good show. -CV)

"I Know Who You Whacked Last Summer" - i_calql8

“In a year that brought us the first animated film to receive the X rating, the only musical I cannot stand because I'm not a fan of "divine decadence," one of the most awful disaster movies I've ever seen, and the gloriously titled 'Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)', I'm supposed to remember the movie with the beheaded racehorse?" - raienna

“What do you get when you cross a Bob Dylan with the Godfather? Someone who'll make you an offer you can't understand." - umbralcorax

"This movie is a good basis for arguing that Francis Ford Coppola was a cinematic genius, because the novel is actually kind of crappy" - banshea

Correct Answer: The Godfather



5. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the original artist:
When he rolls up his sleeves he ain't just putting on the ritz
There's thunder in his footsteps and lightning in his fists

"They seriously tried to rhyme 'ritz' with 'fists'? Ew." - SCIFANTASY

“'Original artist'? You mean someone actually reused these lyrics???" - i_calql8

(More than once. -CV)

"Betcha Metallica covered it" - drunken_hedghog

(I believe, in this instance, you could not be more wrong. -CV)

“'Young Frankenstein Meets Rocky,' Peter Boyle and Sylvester Stallone." - drbear, wrestlingdog, ifeedformula

"'Godzilla' by Blue Öyster Cult" - mandydax

(Two questions too early, young lady. -CV)

“Odin At The Ritz by the Valkyries" - brightrosefox

"Bromance, Loki and the Thorettes" - JENNA_THORN

"Taco - Puttin on the Ritz" - THALEN

"The seldom-heard second verse from the Theme from Shaft (shut yo' mouth)" - etcet

“After a childhood in Presbyterian Sunday school, I thought I'd done my penance and could avoid that song for the rest of my life." - zihuatanejo

Correct Answer: "(Our God is an) Awesome God", by Richard Wayne Mullins



6. James and Lily Potter were killed in their home in which village?

"Geez, spoiler warning!" - alfvaen

“I'm guessing it's in Maine. Everything bad happens in Maine. Thanks, Stephen King." - drbear

(Hey! I was born in Maine! – LL)
(Note to self: do not accept balloons or dinner invitations from LL in future. -CV)

“Godwin, where it was illegal to make comparisons to Nazis." - la_trombonista

“The Village That Must Not Be Named" - brightrosefox

"Carcassone" - neumeindil

"Islington. Nothing good happens there" - zihuatanejo

(+1, Neverwhere. -CV)

"Gotham City" - wrestlingdog

(No, that was the other kid whose parents got whacked. -CV)

"Gobbler's Knob" - ifeedformula

“The only British village I know about is Camelot, 'tis a silly place." - thepikey

“I know I have read too much fan fiction when I actually know the answer to this question - St. Ottery Catchpole" - raphsody606

(Oooo, not enough fanfiction… -LL)

"Some of us are still grieving the end of our childhood following the final Potter film, and find this question very insensitive" - drunken_hedghog

(Some of us are very insensitive, and find this answer awesome. -CV)

Correct Answer: Godric's Hollow



7. Biollante, Anguirus, and Hedorah have all been opponents of which movie character?

“Conan the Barbarian" - neumeindil

(While people do get crushed and driven and women do lament in these movies, we're thinking of a different set of films entirely. -CV)

“Emily Bronte." - banshea

"The Doctor" - wiredwizard

"Bambi" - wrestlingdog

(Nope, he was just another foe in a long list of foes. -CV)

"Wreck 'Em Ralph" - tinamachina

(You're a few months too early. -CV)

"The Goddamned Batman" - germankitty

“I have no fucking idea what the answer is, so here is you imagining a picture of a bunny with a pancake on its head." - etcet

“Hijo de Dios, which is Jesus Christ's luchador name. El Hijo's mask has a ring of thorny rose vines around the crown." - mandydax

"Which has the higher wind output...Mothra or a Presidential debate? (Yep. I went there.)" - n5iln

"Names that silly: only in Japan" - raienna

Correct Answer: Godzilla



8. What is the second-longest river in India?

“There you go, expecting me to know REAL THINGS again." - primavera

"Yangtze?" - drunken_hedghog

(India's invasion of China seems to have slipped under my radar this month... -CV)

"Lethe." - wrestlingdog, wiredwizard

(Most people forget about this one. -CV)

"The River Styx" - brightrosefox

(No one ever forgets this one. -CV)

"It's the one that consists of carefully choreographed Bollywood backup dancers, right?" - banshea

(The Bennylava River is a sexy place. -CV)

“The Riki-tiki-tavi River. This is literally all I know about India. And by literally, I mean literarily." - mandydax

"The first runner up in the Longest Indian River Competition" - THALEN

Correct Answer: The Godavari River



9. Who was the short-lived ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1099 to 1100 AD?

“Wow, that's like 3 times longer than Kim Kardashian's marriage!" - tinamachina

“Biff, Jesus's good buddy" - akiyasan

(+1, Christopher Moore – LL)

"I'll avoid Mideast politics by repeating my favorite piece of graffiti in a college restroom: 'Pope John Paul I - the patron saint of limited-term employees.'" - drbear

(His First Officer would be William Rufus DeVane King. -CV)

"What's the Hebrew equivalent of William Henry Harrison?" - la_trombonista

(Moishe Samuel Rosenberg. -CV)

"Pontius Pilate. 'Welease Woger!'" - etcet

(+1, Monty Python's Life of Brian. -CV)

“Inconspicuous Backup Ruler" - drunken_hedghog

"Godfrey the 12 inch dwarf" - miss_whiplash

Correct Answer: Godfrey of Bouillon

"He was pretty much left in the soup" - germankitty

(Someone had a beef with him, I heard. -CV)



10. You have ascended to divinity! What are you the deity of?

(Some of you mentioned the God of Hangovers. Woe. -CV)

“I think I'd be the God of Agnostics, but I'm not sure if I would exist." - drbear

“Atheists. Hey, everybody needs a god on their side." - zihuatanejo
“God of atheism. If you're gonna be a logically inconsistent deity, go big or go home." - mandydax

“This is my first commandment: Thou shalt not call the nurse who holds the needles and brings you your 'happy pills' a bitch." - tinamachina

“Given the heat wave that's hit San Francisco, I'm inclined to be the Goddess of Air Conditioning, but when it's not freakishly hot I'm the Lady of Silly Critters. " - banshea

“Lord of the Dance! *Gets jiggy with it*" - akiyasan

“I am the matron of busty girls who play trombone." - la_trombonista

“Well, my name's not Jeff, so obviously not biscuits." - umbralcorax

(Pft. Obviously. what the hell is he talking about? - LL)
(Eddie Izzard once mentioned the old Roman Pantheon which included Jeff, the God of Biscuits, and Simon, the God of Hairdos. -CV)

“porn" - lots42

“Trigonometry. Any message I give to my followers would be called a sine from God." - i_calql8

(Would that make your Messiah your cosiner? -CV)

“I am the god of Mt Dew and Lay's Seal Salt Potato Chips. Give them ALL UNTO ME." - cholma

“I'd prefer to descend and give some verisimilitude to my Devil's Food cake." - drunken_hedghog

“I am a Domestic Goddess! *kicks Martha Stewart out of the way*" - germankitty



And there you have it. This quiz is probably not supported by any deity, pantheon, or religious organization/institution currently on record. If there is/was a God of Humor, we hope that our offering is pleasing unto thee, and that we be not smote mightily for our heresies. Let's see... nope, still not smoted. So, we're doing great!

Thanks for playing, everyone, and for being patient while last month kept us busy and away from quizly pursuits. Don't worry, it won't happen again, until it does.

See you all tomorrow for more quizly goodness. Maybe even today. Crazy!

Rock On!

CV&LL