DW Daily Quiz: 5 September 2011

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1. Marvel comics character Angelica Jones is also known as whom?

“Big Bad Mamma-Jamma Jones! She'll take you down when she takes you out! She's one foxy lady who knows the best moves on the dance floor, the dojo, AND the bedroom!" - kenshardik

(She’s one bad mother—CV)
(Shut yo mouth! – AV&LL)

“The Triple-Breasted Whore of Eroticon Six." - drbear

(‘Cause 4 would have been sick… - LL)

“Nikki Heat" - barbarienne

(Mmm, Nathan Fillion… - LL)

“Hot Lips Houlihan" - marasca

"Vinnie Jones" - seekingferret

(He was the Juggernaut, bitch! -CV)

"Firestarter. She was quite the Prodigy." - kristinmachina, germankitty

“Squirrel Girl. It may not be the right answer, but you can't go wrong with Squirrel Girl! She defeated Dr. Doom!" - akiyasan

“I have to wonder - are Firestar and Starfire the same person, only different because they lived totally different lives? Kind of like Sister, Sister?" - indiana_j

“Foxxy Cleopatra" - la_trombonista, i_calql8

“I forgot her name, you know, the one in the tight costume, has big boobs, long hair, super powers..." - demon_666

(That doesn’t narrow it down any. – LL)
(Actually, for Marvel comics, she's downright flat-chested. At times. -CV)

"I think my favorite incarnation of Firestar has to be the cheesy late 70's/early 80s version from the 'Spiderman and Friends' cartoon series. A girl living in teh city with two males roommates? How is that realistic, even if they are all superheroes?" - ifeedformula

(I loved that cartoon, cheese whiz and all. -CV)

“I thought it was going to be the secret identity of AL, but then I realized her name is ANGLEdge, not ANGELedge. Le sigh. For all I know, the answer is actually... CHAOSVIZIER. Dun dun DUNNNN! *lightning flashes*" - cholma

Correct Answer: Firestar

"she also went by 'Angel' and 'Lady Comet'." - holmes221b

(True, but Angel was already better done by Warren Worthington III, and comets are all ice and rock and she was all heat and flame, so double fail on her part. -CV)



2. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the singer:
The taste of love is sweet
When hearts like ours meet

"After our date I'll Tweet
This girl tastes like meat." - sskipstress

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

"I know this. I know I know this. I am singing this in my head RIGHT NOW! It's one of those . . . singy songs! Just trust me on this." - angelchicken

"I'll have your heart for dinner, by Jeff Dahmer" - drbear

(Now with 100% fewer fava beans. -CV)

"'Ode to My Tasty Ex' by the Werewolves." - frequencyshift

"'There's a Zombie on the Lawn', by the Sunflowers" - i_calql8

(+1, Plants vs. Zombies. -CV)

"We Didn't Start the Fire, Billy Joel" - barbarienne

“'Ring of Fire'. Johnny Cash or Social Distortion. Wait! This is LJDQ, so perhaps the answer is 'Sting of Fire'?" - theninth

"My husband used that line on me when we were first dating. I had no idea he was plagiarizing Johnny Cash until years later." - athousandsmiles

“'Ring of Fire' was one of the sing-a-long songs that would come on the jukebox at my favorite bar. It was an Indian restaurant by day and a bar by night. Then they closed the bar down when the restaurant took off. DAMN YOU, TASTY VINDALOO! YOU TOOK MY BAR!!!" - kenshardik

“If they made 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' in a musical: 'Look up, what do I have? It's your still beating heart ripped from your chest! Look again, your heart is now on fire!'" - kristinmachina

"My ex's 'love' never tasted sweet to me. Somewhat salty, actually; kind of oystery going down." - neumeindil

(And this week's ljdq TMI Award goes to... neumeindil! -CV)

Correct Answer: Johnny Cash, "Ring of Fire"



3. Name that film!
X: "He was quite fond of the drink. It was the drink that killed him."
Y: "He was an alcoholic?"
X: "No, he was hit by a Guinness truck."

"Was the Guinness okay though? These are pressing matters." - whomajigi

“By the theme, I'm going to guess 'Blazing Saddles'. Wait, the alcoholic survives in Blazing Saddles..." - lbmango

“Hey, remember when Robin Williams was funny? .... anyone....? Anyone?! ... C'mon! Mork! ...... I'll just leave with my shame." - theninth

(Recently I was thinking back on The Birdcage. Martha Graham, Martha Graham!! – LL)

"Harry Potter & The Beer Truck of DoOoOoOom" - wiredwizard

(Intoxicarmus! -CV)

"Guinness was the name of our family dog when I was growing up. He was a male dog, but he could have passed for a female as long as you didn't look at his nether regions. Unlike Robin Williams." - yamx

“Sounds like something out of The Princess Bride..." - sticky9fingers

“Arthur Guiness had a 10,000 year lease on his factory and once fought off the English Army with just a hand-axe. He's the Chuck Norris of Ireland." - kristinmachina

“Mrs. Fireboobs." - mandydax

"ONLY THE BEST SLIGHTLY CREEPY NANNY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. Besides that screechy woman from 'The Nanny', anyway." - indiana_j

“I now want to try Guinness cupcakes" - akiyasan

"But where has all the rum gone?" - lizwinlove

(The rum truck is gunning for Alec Baldwin. -CV)

Correct Answer: Mrs. Doubtfire



4. How were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego supposed to be punished for defying King Nebuchadnezzar?

“Are those people or cities?!?" - seferin

"They had to say 'Nebechadnezzar' 50 times real fast." - lbmango

"Was there something about a lion pit?" - angelchicken

(That was Daniel. -CV)

"They were told to write 100 times on a wall 'Nebuchadnezzar is awesome and we love him.' Oh, did I mention the wall was inside a lit furnace?" - ironjeff

"They are destined to die in the Matrix." - sskipstress, demon_666, whomajigi

"Two words: Vogon poetry" - i_calql8

"They were forced to watch the 'Twilight' movies back to back." - thalen

"Their pants were to be set ablaze for their horrendous dishonesty. And so the popular saying came to be: 'Liar, liar, pants on fire.'" - mistyraven

(They got out of it by inventing kilts. -CV)

"A wicked witch was going to cook them in an oven and eat them, but some meddlesome kids showed up and pushed her into the stove instead. Then they all sat around and ate the witch's candy house until their stomachs exploded." - cholma

"Each was forced into a silly line of work under a new name. Shadrach was renamed Miss Notlob and made to work in a pet boutique. Meshach was renamed Mr. Wensleydale and made to work in a cheese shop with a very hungry cat. Abednego was renamed Mr. Barnard and made to work in an argument clinic." - mandydax

(+1, Monty Python. -CV)

"Am I the only one with that Beastie Boys track stuck in his head now?" - kenshardik

(Gonna have to go with yes. -CV)

"Being burnt alive in a fire oven. This is a sad event, but for some reason I want to throw in a pizza joke. Maybe I've been reading too much of the serious eats site." - akiyasan

"Wasn't there an episode of Xena about this? You know, the one where Xena and Gabrielle are traveling through town and these guys are going to be executed because they were wrongly accused of a crime and Xena has to dress up in a harem girl costume to spy on people and and find out who dunnit (meanwhile Gabby makes friends and tells stories in a tavern) and Xena throws her disk thingy to cut the hangman's ropes and she fights all the guards single handedly and she reveals the real crooks and they all live happily ever after and then Xena and Gabrielle ride off into the sunset? You know, that one?" - marasca

(Sometimes you make me sad inside. -CV)

“Singalong time! Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego! Three brave boys who knew the right way to go! When push came to shove, they would not turn/ They would not bend nor bow nor burn! ...JFC, WHY DO I STILL REMEMBER THAT??" - wrestlingdog

(You're not alone...)

"This reminds me of a song I had to learn in junior high choir and I couldnt help but to sing it and clap along with the gospel choir in my head...
Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego in the firey furnace were tO-ossed. Everybody thought their end was neeeear. But they had faith that the lord above would come and save the day, and every body heard their heroes say-AY! My lord's gonna come in the mornin, my lord's gonna stay through the night, my lord's gonna watch over me and everything's gonna be allright (allright!)" - wheatheart

(It's the extra "allright" that really makes it work. -CV)

"True story: I have a friend named Shadrach Abednego. Despite having two biblical names (and a ton of songs sung about them -- including one by Johnny Cash) he has never been able to buy anything with his name pre-printed on it. I suspect his parents secretly hated him." - theninth

(I think it's no secret at all. -CV)

"" - zihuatanejo

Correct Answer: They were thrown into a pit of fire



5. A padparadschah is a variety of what gemstone?

“Heh heh heh. You said 'Gemstone'. Wait, what?" - lbmango

“Isn't Padparadschah the cousin of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego?" - kenshardik

(Second cousin, twice removed. -CV)

"You're speaking gibberish now. Perhaps you meant PaRappa the Rapper?" - cholma

(I most certainly am not. That litte rapper dog and his stupid cap and ggnnnAAARRGHGHGH -1 for you. -CV)

“Gesundheit!" - jmthane, whomajigi

"Is it the kind that when you click on a gem that's all purple, all of the purple gems 'explode' away?" - akiyasan

(That's it. No more Bejeweled for you. You're cut off. -CV)

"A fire opal in the crown of the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV." - barbarienne

(+1, Dune. -CV)

“I'm pretty sure I heard that word yelled out at the last Jewish wedding I went to when we were doing some of the dances." - indiana_j

“Padparadschhas are red.
Proper sapphires are blue.
What's the theme of this quiz?
I still have no clue!" - yamx

“I think my neighbor had a cat named Padparadschah. Or maybe it was a similar word that looks like an orgy of P's and S's and C's and H's." - wrestlingdog

“Pearl necklace?" - neumeindil

"'Padparadschahs Are A Girl's Best Friend' never really caught on." - alfvaen

(It works better in Sanskrit. -CV)

Correct Answer: Sapphire

(This question is dedicated to padparadscha. Just because. I'm sure she's a real gem. -CV)



6. What gets you hot? (Angry hot, sexy hot, spicy hot, whatever...)

"All heat comes from the sun. Except for hot springs, which come from the earth's core. Except that the earth's core was originally melted by the sun, so I guess I was right the first time." - lbmango

“Jessica Alba" - wiredwizard

“Sexy hot vindaloo, baybee." - kenshardik

"I don't need anything to get me hot, I'm already there" - zihuatanejo

“A lot of things, but tweeti is the only answer that will keep me alive." - drbear

“Michele Bachmann."
(WTF… - CV&AL&LL)
“No, the ANGRY kind of hot! Angry! You sicko.” - marasca

"Angry: horrible traffic
Sexy: perfect smiles
Spicy: wasabe
Weather: HoustonHATEHATEHATE" - revhhkitty

"" - n5iln

“Humidity. Stupid, sweltering, spicy, sexy humidity." - mistyraven

"When I'm lying in bed and I want to throw off the blanket but I can't because my cat is lying on it and then my other cat comes and lies down across my feet." - yamx

“Coming from a northern clime, I find myself highly intolerant of spices, which are added to food by more equatorial folk to make them sweat and cool down. Up here, you sweat in your parka, you DIE!" - alfvaen

"Idiots who think it's a good idea to go driving through a hurricane. You'd think they'd realize that just because the power's out on the traffic lights, they can just go speeding through the intersections--disregarding what they were taught in drivers' ed." - holmes221b

“Red wine. I get horny with hot flashes, which is good preparation for the menopause, so my mum tells me" - drunken_hedghog

“" - neumeindil

(OhhhhHhhhhHhhhhHHHhhh… I’ll be in my bunk. – LL)

"Him. Him. And her too, which admittedly, confuses me a little." - athousandsmiles

"Whenever someone takes all of the butterfingers from the community candy bowl, at once, but rearranges things so that it looks like there might be ooooonne hiding in the corner. That bastard!" - indiana_j




And there you have it. Fire! It burns! It's the Biblical cleanser! It's worth stealing from gods! It brings civilization! It destroys forests! It's awesome stuff!

Also, happy Labor Day to anyone who's got the day off. Woohoo, free day!

Anyway, there you have it, and thanks all for playing and watching and sharing and enjoying. Remember, anyone who wants to get all creative and make us an icon or three is welcome to do so! See you soon for more quiz, and less fire.

Rock On!

CV