DW Daily Answers: 3+1 December 2012

[chaosvizier]

The question is most definitely not moot.

1. Easy fun with lyrics! Name the band and the song:
Out here in the fields
I farm for my meals
I get my back into my living.
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven.

“Clinkt Eastwood, Unforgiven" - seferin

"Ba Ba Ba, Ba Barbry Ann" - etumukutenyak

"Agrarian, My Wayward Son, by Kansas" - i_calql8

"Baba Yaga? Bill O'Rielly? Something like that. I just had a vision on Bill O'Rielly riding in Baba Yaga's chicken-legged hut, cackling madly. Make it stop!" - marasca

“Bubba " - zihuatanejo

“All we need to do is to find out...*sunglasses* Who's Next." - princessstarr

“I wonder what Who song CBS will use when it finally creates CSI: Boise." - umbralcorax
“Looks like this CSI/Who song... 8-| ...isn't so memetic. (YEEEAAAAHHHH!)" - cmzero, mandydax

“The Who, 'Baba O'Reilly'. Which sounds like an Irish hookah joint." - tinamachina

“I swear to God, I will personally track down and smack upside the head every single person who answers 'Teenage Wasteland'. It is 'Baba O'Riley' you non-musical bastards!" - kenshardik, SCIFANTASY, raienna, freezer

(ifeedformula admitted that she once thought that was the case, but later learned the correct name. No one else fell for this trick. -CV)

"Teenage caveman! Whoa yeah! We're only teenage caveman! WE'RE ALL CAVEMEN!" - primavera

Correct Answer: The Who, "Baba O'Riley"

"Who's on stage?" - tweeti



2. Robin Williams and Max von Sydow star together in which 1998 film?

"All I know is that Max von Sydow's last name just makes me think of Sylar... and Zachary Quinto... and ... he's dreamy.... um... somebody get me a drip-tray to catch this drool, and remind me... where were we?" - sarcastro

(Max von Sydow: Definitely not dreamy. -CV)

“MORK.... AHH-AHHHH... HE'LL DO DRUGS FOR EVERY ONE OF US." - etcet
"Mork & Mingy - the tale of an unlikely romance between a lowly Orkian, and the previously merciless emperor of the planet Mongo" - vayshti

"I just have this image of Max chasing Robin Williams around yelling, 'THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!'" - kenshardik

(I would watch the shit out of that movie. -CV)

"Judge Dredd" - therealchon

“Weekend at Bernie's." - wrestlingdog

“Mork and Mindy: Middle Aged Mayhem!" - marasca

“Mork and Mindy's Bogus Journey" - mandydax

"Gooooooood Morning Afterliiiiiife!" - tinamachina

“The Good, the Will, and the Hunting" - i_calql8

"Max von Sydow, didn't he play all those scary German guys?? Sounds more like a nightmare to me." - tweeti

“Is that the one where Robin Williams acts all goofy and manic? I LOVE THAT MOVIE!" - umbralcorax

Correct Answer: "What Dreams May Come"

"With a name like that, it would almost have to be a porno" - n5iln



3. Old Dan and Little Ann are two of the main characters in which 1961 novel?

(Number of quizlings who have cried and/or are crying after reading this right now: OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAND. -CV)
(Admit it, you chose this question solely for this purpose. -AL)
(...yes. -CV)

“Dan & Ann Go To Whitecastle" - wiredwizard

"Moderately Young Billy" - JENNA_THORN

“My Unmarked Panel Van" - mark_laura

“That sounds like something I neglected to read in high school English." - marasca

“Really Terrible Descriptive Names by Writin' John." - primavera

"Little Orphan Annie: The Vietnam Years" - cholma

"Old dude and little girl? There's a story that wouldn't get published these days" - vayshti
“'Lolita' by Nabakov" - kenshardik
“Redneck Lolita." - la_trombonista

“Every Book About Dogs Ever." - wrestlingdog

“You didn't need that seven-year-old heart, did you? Let me just smash it into the ground." - raienna

“Where the Red Fern Grows. I haven't read it, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the dogs die. The dogs in award-winning children's novels have about the same life expectancy as the first people to have sex in a horror movie." - cmzero

"After I read this book, I pestered and pestered my parents for a pair of redbone coonhounds. You know what they got me instead? A fucking hamster. And not just any hamster--one of my babysitters (who was a college student) got them an ex-lab hamster to give to me as a pet. Hammie was twitchy and nervous and not very fun at all. They shoulda just bought me the damn dogs" - ifeedformula

Correct Answer: "Where the Red Fern Grows"

“the book for people who thought the end of Old Yeller was too upbeat." - freezer



4. Complete this literary quote:
Nay, fly to Altars; there they'll talk you dead;
For Fools rush in ____________________.

"But they don't rush out! RAAAAAAID!" - freezer

"...but I...can't...help...falling in love...with...you!" - tinamachina

(+1, terribly wrong. -CV)

“... with a boot to the head." - etcet

“...provided they have sufficient insurance coverage" - seferin

"...to a mall on Black Friday." - cmzero, vayshti, akiyasan, alfvaen, therealchon

"...where there is neither pudding nor gin." - mandydax

"...and tend to vote Republican." - kenshardik
“...every election year." - drbear

"...and I pity Fools" - mark_laura

"... to yo momma's gravitational field" - umbralcorax

(There's always one. -CV)

"...Where angels ... do the hustle! Da da dat daduh dahduhduh!" - JENNA_THORN

"...Where angledges fear to tread." - SCIFANTASY

Correct Answer: "...where angels fear to tread." - germankitty

(That's right, I screwed up and used two "where" questions and zero "when" questions. Let's move along. -CV)



4a. When will then be now?

Correct Answer: Soon.



5. What is the first line of the first song in "The Muppet Movie"?

"AND NOW GROSS-SOBBING FOREVER THANKS" - princessstarr

(Well, you didn't tear up for question #3, so we had to hit you where it hurt. -CV)

“Welcome to the Jungle" - seferin

“Statler and Waldorf: 'Why are we here again?'" - cholma

“REVERSE FUN WITH LYRICS! Cheeky!" - tinamachina

"I've got legs...and I know how to use them." - alfvaen

"Why do flies suddenly appear every time you are near? Just like me they think that you smell like poo." - mandydax

"that song works as a Cthulhu Mythos story: 'Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices? I've heard them. Calling my name.'" - SCIFANTASY

"GET YOUR HAND OUTTA ME" - drbear

“Fish heads, fish heads! Roly-poly fish heads!" - n5iln

Correct Answer: "Why are there so many songs about rainbows?"

"Other than 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow', what other songs about rainbows are there? How is that 'so many'?" - zihuatanejo, primavera, kenshardik



6. This is your chance to ask us a question! Any question at all! Every question will be answered!

(First, personal and quiz-related questions:)

"How Are you guys?" - SCIFANTASY

(Weeeeeeeeee're GRRRRREAT! -CV)
(That's not us, that's Tony the Tiger. -AL&LL)
(Oh. Well, I guess we're doing just fine, then. -CV)

"Has there ever been an LJDQ meatspace meeting?" - etcet

(AL&CV went to college together. Their meetings were epic.)
(Also, LL and CV met once at a Star Trek convention. Epic nerd win!)

“Do either of you snore?" - kenshardik

(Either implies two, were you just talking about CV and AL? If not, yes, to my chagrin, I do. – LL)
(SSSKKKNNNNXXXXXXXXXXX buh hwhuh what was question? -AL&CV)

"Who is the hardest to make laugh?" - seferin

(Really depends on the question. Each of us has a different style and taste and sense of what's funny, so some questions are funnier to some of us and not others. -AL&CV&LL)

"How do you decide which quotes are the funniest? Is it measured by the spray of gin out of your nose?" - tinamachina

(Ginspray hurts. We learned long ago not to drink and judge. We just each contribute some selections, put it all together, edit, and voila! -AL)

"What made you start LJDQ? Whose idea was it?" - ifeedformula

(The original Daily Quiz was quality fun, invented a decade and a half ago by a now professional comedian. When he stopped, we missed it, and angledge came up with the idea of doing it ourselves here on LJ. That was 8 years ago, and here we are! -AL&CV)

“WHAT is your favorite color?" - princessstarr

(Blue! – LL)
(Yellow! -AL)
(AAAAAAHHHHHHHHwhydidIgetthrownintothepitAAAAAAAHHHHH...... -CV)

“On a scale from one to Mel Gibson, how drunk are you?" - domestic_fucker

(0. I’m at work right now. – LL)
(LL is our anchor. Otherwise we'd be OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAND. -AL&CV)

“So, My question is...Why gin? Why not some other spirit?" - tweetie

(Mod pressure. I don’t even drink the stuff, but to look cool, you do what you gotta… LL)
(Gin and tonics make us look dashing and cultured. And they're tasty. -AL&CV)

“The LJDQ Mods are having a Gin & Pudding party. Who is the last to pass out?" - cholma

(Me; I don’t like gin. That’s why I’m a 4+ year Guest Mod. :D –LL)

“What do you want for Christmas?" - mark_laura

(I’m 44, there isn’t much I can think of. – LL)
(So... poolboy, then? -CV)
(Poolgirl, plzthx. -CV)

"Boxers, briefs, or commando?" - zihuatanejo

(Whatever I grab out of the drawer in the morning. You don't want to know about the day I grabbed "commando". -CV)

(Next, the metaphysical questions:)

“What does an occasional table do the rest of the time?" - drbear

(We don’t know, it’s like Schrödinger’s cat; the only time we observe it, it’s an occasional table. – LL)

“Why is a raven like a writing desk?" - wrestlingdog, marasca

(“I give it up," AL replied. "What's the answer?"
"I haven't the slightest idea," said CV.
"Nor I," said LL.
AL sighed wearily. "I think you might do something better with the time, Quizlings," she said, "than wasting it in asking riddles that have no answers.")

"Efdwef werwaf jjdsho, weafdsfkl fdkdafo wegahia?" - umbralcorax

("Oh freddled gruntbuggly, thy micurtations are to me..." - CV)

"Are you going to answer this question incorrectly?" - alfvaen

(Yes. -AL)
(No. -CV)
(Blue. -LL)

“If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy all her friends?" - freezer

(Because you’re not popular. – LL)

"Why 42?" - raphsody606

(Because 24 and 48 were taken, and prime numbers are lame, and that's like two blackjacks. -CV)

(Now for some random questions:)

"Who killed the chauffeur in John Huston's 1940 film adaptation of Dashiel Hammett's 'The Maltese Falcon'?" - germankitty

(The Burmese Condor. He was jealous because he didn't get his own film. -CV)

"Can Superman have safe sex if he uses kryptonite condoms?" - wiredwizard

(Sure, his happy batter won't go anywhere, but the radiation will make Little Clark shrivel up and wither away. Not a happy ending for anyone. -CV)

“How many cookie recipes can be made from one 13 oz container of Nutella and 14 oz container of Biscoff?" - akiyasan

(None. You need other stuff too. – LL)
(None. Biscoff is of the devil. -AL)
(None. I ate all the Nutella before we started. -CV)

“What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?" - therealchon

(European – 10 meters per second. NEXT! – LL)

"Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?" - primavera

(+1, The Tick. +1 again, because that was the funniest Tick episode ever. -CV)
(Aren't you going to answer the question? -LL)
(...fine. The midgets are a metaphor for your self-image. You see yourself as small, perhaps even tiny, because you are overwhelmed by the size and scope of the universe. The fish represent the water, which gives and takes life indiscriminately. In summary, you will die of the drowning. -CV)

“Mango or papaya?" - la_trombonista

(Mango – LL)
(Papaya. -AL)
(Yeeeeeech. -CV)

"Killer Christmas feast recipes?" - vayshti

(Hunan Wok Chinese restaurant, a huge all-you-can-eat buffet with bottomless tea, delicious and economical! -CV)

"Why the hell is Garrett clinging to Romo? Bring Colt McCoy home!" - JENNA_THORN

(This sounds suspiciously like a soap opera. Therefore, it's clear that Garrett is really an alien and Colt is being possessed by Satan. -CV)

"Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?" - i_calql8

(He waxes his face with tree sap. That shit sticks like nobody's business, giving him a smooth, clean cut look that's the envy of every ape around. -CV)

"How many rat's asses could Crispin Glover give about the critics' reviews of Willard?" - mandydax

(The average critic makes a few hundred dollars a review. One rat's ass is worth approximately 35 cents. Therefore he'd need one thousand rat asses per critic. That's a lot of ass. -CV)

“Fun with lyrics! Name the band and the song:
Pele yells, 'We're outta here,' Seena says, 'Right on'
Make your moves and starting grooves before they knew we were gone
Jumped into the Chevy, headed for big lights
Wanna know the rest? Hey, buy the rights
(Ah, sweet revenge.)" - cmzero

(How bizarre, he thought he could trip us up. – LL)
(He's bitter because his favorite game just got cancelled. I forgive him. -CV)

(And, in conclusion:)

"What?" - etumukutenyak

(I said, the sherriff is a niDOOOONNNNGGGGGGGG -CV)

“Why?" - n5iln

(Because we’re the Mods. -AL&CV)
(And I’m the mom. DOUBLE WHAMMY!!! – LL)



And there you have it - all the answers to all the questions. Except When, because I messed up. Meh, these things happen. When? Sometimes.

Congratulations to any NaNo writers in our midst; whether you reached 50k or not, everyone gets an A for effort. CV managed to reach the target mark, and as always, his work is an abomination. Hooray!

In other news, clowns.

Tune in tomorrow for more quizly goodness, same bat-time, same bat-channel!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL