DW Daily Answers: 22 October 2012

[chaosvizier]

Ooooh, I even put one out on time! This is crazy talk!



1. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the band:
I been everywhere, and I'm standing tall
I've seen a million faces an I've rocked them all

“*suspicious look* Are you sure 'rock' isn't a euphemism here?!?" - germankitty

“Isn't that true of any band that has done an arena tour?" - sskipstress

"Facebookin' by Weird Al Yankovic with Zooey Deschanel" - wiredwizard

"What an incredibly violent song. Throwing rocks in the faces of a million people? There's nothing right about that." - umbralcorax

(They were really bad people. They were, uh, Nazis. Who clubbed baby seals. And sold knockoff purses on street corners. -CV)

"The guy who carved Mt. Rushmore. Think about it. How tall did he have to be?" - n5iln

(He just had a really big ladder. -CV)

“'Poser Anthem', Dude from New Jersey" - zihuatanejo

“I don't think Bon Jovi is a cowboy a la John Wayne. I see him as more the Village People cowboy." - therealchon

“Bon Jovi - Dead or Alive. Thank you for putting Young Guns in my head, or as I like to think of it 'Cowboy Gangbang'" - drunken_hedghog

(Young Guns? I’ll be in my bunk. – LL)

“I've gotten into arguments over whether or not Bon Jovi counted as a hair band. (I say yes)" - freezer

(Hells yes they were. - LL)

“My fiance HATE HATE HATES Bon Jovi. I am a true Jersey girl, so I naturally blast his music as loud as it goes when he is stuck in a car with me." - whomajigi

Correct Answer: Bon Jovi, "Dead or Alive"

"Mr. Jovi, we have here a signed affidavit from a Mr. Dent, also known as 'Two Face,' asserting that the number of faces you purport to have rocked has been exaggerated. How about you step over here for a minute...." - etcet



2. Marvel comics character Wade Winston Wilson is better known by what moniker?

“Bill The Galactic Hero" - wiredwizard

"Tim Berners-Lee" - etcet

(If you knew that without Teh Googlez, then your Geek of the Week Award is well-deserved. -1 for you, courtesy of Al Gore. -CV)

“Frikkin' Stan Lee and his frikkin' alliterative naming conventions. Crack a baby book or something, willya?" - therealchon

“I would bang Deadpool just to hear the commentary. Also because he is now Ryan Reynolds." - drunken_hedghog

(Ryan Reynolds? I’ll be in my bunk. – LL)
(Your bunk's a busy place. You must take after your mom! -CV)
(...sorry. This quiz makes me say stupid things sometimes. Must be the water. -CV)

“the invincible, indecent World Wide Web." - pimavera, germankitty

“Things I do not understand: why did they bother to make the infamously bad Spiderman musical when the natural superhero for the musical treatment would be Deadpool? Seriously, this is the character who TALKS TO HIS SPEECH BUBBLES. Isn't that a natural choice for a musical, albeit the most meta musical ever?" - raienna

“Wee Willie Deadpool" - tinamachina

"Deadpool has too many letters. If Transformers 2 can get a sequel, there's hope for you yet. Is Barbie still with that douche Blaine?" - brightrosefox

"" - freezer

(Slade Wilson: No relation. -CV)

"" - whomajigi

Correct Answer: Deadpool



3. Isaac Clarke is the protagonist in which series of video games?

“we found a question category at which I fail more often than Fun with lyrics!" - sskipstress

“You know that Clarke is a bad mother ..." - therealchon

(Shut yo’ mouth! – AL&LL)
(But he’s talkin’ ‘bout Clarke! – CV)
(Then we can dig it – Quizlings)

"Pac Man. Iiiiiiiisaca-saca-saca-saca....." - etcet

(That's terrible. -1. -CV)

"Wreck-It Ralph" - tinamachina

(Wreck-It Isaac just doesn't work right. -CV)

"Sinistere quattuor mortis" - drunken_hedghog

(Which is "Left 4 Dead", for you non-Latinos. And now I'm imagining a Zombie Apocalypse done during the Age of Rome. It is completely awesome in my head right now, I shit you not. -CV)

“My robots will fuck up your robots for fun." - akiyasan

"" - i_calql8

"Get a degree at MIT, they said. You'll go far, they said. So why am I standing here beating on zombies with just a stupid crowbar?" - n5iln

(Should have gone to Caltech – LL)

Correct Answer: Dead Space

"Did you know the first letter of every chapter spelled out the game's twist?" - whomajigi

(I did not. I missed that while taking deep breaths and running from wee beasties. -CV)



4. What body of water was known by the Greeks as Lake Asphaltites?

"Hurr hurr, Asphalt Titties" - like, no lie, 60% of you

“The Black Sea (you see, asphalt is black and...oh forget it)" - drbear

"Crystal Lake" - wiredwizard

(At Dark Crystal Lake, Jason Voorhees slaughtered 27 teenage Gelflings. No one cared. -CV)

"Lake Titicaca. Wrong continent, just fun to type" - tinamachina

(Fair enough. Full credit. -CV)

"'You got me hotter than Georgia asphalt' originally used to be 'you got me wetter than Lake Asphaltites.' David Lynch told me hisself. *nods sagely*" - thepikey

"If stalagmites come up from the ground, and stalactites come down from the ceiling, then asphaltites must come out of the parking lot" - sskipstress

“I floated in the Dead Sea. It was amazing. My body floated and my boobs stuck out like twin cannons.” - whomajigi

(I floated in the Dead Sea too. I only had one cannon, however. -CV)

Correct Answer: The Dead Sea



5. More fun with lyrics! Name the song and the band:
Major said why dont we give him rope enough to hang himself?
No need to worry the jury, this kind takes care of themselves.
23rd psalm major domo, reserve me a table for three,
Down in the valley of the shadow, just you, alabama, and me.

“While I am getting much better at Fun with lyrics!, I still seem to suck at More fun with lyrics!" - sskipstress

“So you lure me in with the easy fun with lyrics, then stick this impossible one in there? What's the latin for arseholes, again?" - drunken_hedghog

"Hang The Givers Of Lyrics Questions by the LJDQ Choir" - wiredwizard

"'What's Wrong With Those Kids Who Shop at Hot Topic?' by the Old Country Folks" - la_trombonista

"Some band that can't write lyrics that make sense to save their lives?" - raphsody606

"Excuse for a Five-Minute Solo" - freezer

“I once tried to teach my dog to play dead. But she just couldn't get the harmony on the chorus of Casey Jones right." - umbralcorax

“'FREEEEEBIRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDD' by Hold Mah Beer an' Watch This" - etcet

“Listen, guys, there's Old-school fun with lyrics, and 'school so old not even I can remember that far back' (since b_hulsmans doesn't seem to be around anymore) lyrics. " - germankitty

Correct Answer: The Grateful Dead, "Alabama Getaway"



6. What would you like to have written on your tombstone?

"See? Never fall asleep in a mortuary" - wiredwizard

"Pardon me for not getting up." - david_deacon

“Sausage and pepperoni ... oh, that's WRITTEN on my Tombstone." - drbear

“404 - Lifeform Not Found" - wiredwizard

"Hey there, how's it going?" - akiyasan

"Here lies whomajigi. Tripped on a leaf and drowned in a puddle. No one was surprised."

“Missing, beleived alive." - miss_whiplash

“We'll be right back, after a word from our sponsers" - seferin

"" - bellapalmera

“The symbols from the Led Zeppelin IV album sleeve. Just because, you know, ROCK AND ROLL!" - n5iln

"sskipstress isn't here
because she donated her
body to science" - sskipstress

(Haikus make tombstones classy. -CV)

"Don't Blink" - etcet

“It's a tossup between 'She loved chocolate,' 'She loved foreign languages,' and 'She had a nice rack.'" - la_trombonista

“I ATEN'T DEAD" - alfvaen

“I feel happy! I want to go for a walk!" - zihuatanejo

(You're not fooling anyone, you know! – CV&LL)

"Once a math teacher, now reduced to lowest terms." - i_calql8

(You will become an integral part of the Earth. -CV)



And there you have it, a "Quiz of the Dead". Soon to be made into a film series by John Romero, with sequels "Test of the Dead", "Exam of the Dead", and the direct-to-video "SAT/GRE of the Dead". Remember, the more copies you buy, the closer we get to retiring on a sunny island.

Tune in tomorrow for more Halloweeny Themey Evil Goodness!

Rock On!

CV&LL