DW Daily Answers: 18 May 2020

[chaosvizier]

1. Marvel Comics character Doreen Allene Green prefers to go by which moniker?

"Your Mama" - HZinNC

(-1, cheeky. -AL)

"The Lean Mean Green Machine!" - ANONYMOUS

"Mean green Doreen,
Liked to suck the boys clean,
Never missed a chance to spit,
And fooled us with her quite large tits,
Never did I want to wean,
From Mrs. Mean green Doreen!" - hotpantsgalore

(.....wow. -CV&AL&EW)

"Anything that doesn't involve someone singing Doreen to the tune of Jolene." - tinknevertalks

(Earworm aler-! too late. -AL)

"♫ Your squirrel has made the villains run/ Your hair is all a Doombot fears/ And I cannot compete with you/ Doreen ♫" - seekingferret, equally earwormed

"The unsinkable Squirrel Brown" - cmattg

"One of the things my partner goes on about anytime we talk comic books is how OP Squirrel Girl actually is and at first it was annoying, but now it's still annoying but it's grown charming." - kittycatness

(This might be one of the secrets of a good relationship. -AL)

Correct Answer: Squirrel Girl.

"I was a rl squirrel girl over Christmas, they were my only friends." - grapefruitzzz

(PLEASE tell us more. - Everyone)



2. Steve Gibson proposed a new standard in website login authentication in 2013. What is this standard called?

Number of guitarists mentioning Les Paul: 6
Number of people who can't read Captcha letters: 6
Number of quizlings who claimed they are not robots: germankitty

"Steve Gibson doesn’t even have the decency to have a Gibson Girl hairdo, and I am disappointed." - bending_sickle

"You won't fucking remember it anyway, but don't write the goddamn thing down." - digitaldiscipline

"It makes you pinky promise you're legit." - kittycatness

"Two Nigerian Princes authentication, which requires both an email of his 'solemn duty to inform you of the passing of Mr Mohammed Abacha, a respected member of the Nigerian aristocracy,' while playing a song by the Spin Doctors." - captainsblog

"Battery staple." - shirenomad

"Wait this is one I actually know! SQRL!" - ANONYMOUS

(No one else actually knew the answer, which makes you the Geek of the Week, which comes complete with a free -1 if you can prove you're not a robot. -AL)
(Edit: Ok, b_hulsmans did also mention it. So him too. -CV)

Correct Answer: Secure Quick Reliable Login, or SQRL



3. Fun with lyrics! Name the band and the song:
This is a place where eternally
Fire is applied to the body
Teeth are extruded and bones are ground
Then baked into cakes which are passed around.

(Earworm aler-! Too late. -AL)

"Clearly Trent Reznor's attempt at a beach hit." - grapefruitzzz

(More a big band hit. -AL)

"As tourist destinations go their marketing material needs a bit of work, but after two months in lockdown anywhere starts to sound good." - crystalcazzie

"This Is A Bad Cake Recipe by The Crematorias. It's from the album, 'Please Don't Bake This'." - tinknevertalks

"The Witch's Oven by Hänsel und Gretel" - germankitty

(+1, using an umlaut. -CV)

"'Baby Got Less Back Than She Did When We Started' by Sir Mix-a-Lotta Gasoline" - captainsblog

"I don't know what song it is, but I just found out what song I want to play at my cremation. I will then obviously serve cake right after the cremation." - b_hulsmans

(tbh I kinda want this too. -AL)

"Led Zeppelin, Stairway to... no wait, I got turned around." - rosefox

"Squirrels in Hell" - cmattg

(Partial credit. -EW)

Correct Answer: Squirrel Nut Zippers, "Hell"



4. Harry Potter encounters a man with two faces in his early adventures. One face is Lord Voldemort; who is the other?

"Old Man Smithers!?" - shirenomad

"Sir Appearing Twice in this Question" - captainsblog

"Two-Face, who himself has two faces, each of which has two faces, each of which..." - rosefox

"Harvey Dent? That's the guy who became two-face, right? Tommy Lee Jones doing 'Two Dudes, One Cup' with Ralph Fiennes seems slightly disturbing." - digitaldiscipline

(Well, that answer took a turn there in the middle. -EW)

"Professor TROOOLL IN THE DUNGEOOOON!" - bending_sickle

"Judging by the really bad fan-fic that's out there, it's probably Hermione - they love pairing her up with anyone. So I'm told, of course... never read any... no, not me..." - waitingman

(What about the not-so-bad fan-fic? -EW)

"Lord Hold MeFart- his face is forever twisted and puckered." - hotpantsgalore

"His Own Mortality" - seekingferret

"Um, Squirrel something. He played John Lennon in a film once, you know." - grapefruitzzz

Correct Answer: Professor Quirinius Quirrel



5. The species Saimiri sciureus is more commonly known as what?

"that probably isn't Latin for "scurrying salami," but it's 5:03am and I do not give two beer-battered fucks." - digitaldiscipline

"Day rats." - rosefox

"The Rocket Squirrel, easily recognizable by its high-pitched voice, its proclivity for being pulled out of hats, and an uncanny ability to introduce you to something you'll REALLY like (is there any of the hash left from three weeks ago?)" - captainsblog

"It is the (rolls dice) fox squirrel" - cmattg

(Roll again. -EW)

"Fun fact, the squirrel monkey is called "doodshoofdaapje" in dutch, which translates to "skull monkey". Which I think we can all agree is a far better name than squirrel monkey" - b_hulsmans

(I think we can agree on that, yes. -AL&EW&CV)

Correct Answer: Squirrel monkey

"Zoologists giving animals the names of other animals are lazy hacks. There. I said it." - bending_sickle



6. What is your biggest distraction?

"Tricking my brain into thinking it’s experiencing human interaction, via the wonderful world of podcasts and youtube videos. Yes, brain, they’re your friends. Good job, social monkey." - bending_sickle

"/r/tiddies (I have no idea if that's a thing, I don't Reddit)" - digitaldiscipline

(Of COURSE it's a thing. -AL)
(I hate knowing that this is a thing. -CV)

"My constant need to break into song. It also wears on those around me, as we don't live in a musical, but that's not my problem." - kittycatness

"Last week captainsblog referred to previous weeks' quizzes and I have been distracted this whole quiz trying to find the right place to slip in a joke about that." - seekingferret

"Easy access to pretty much the entirety of human knowledge and more books, music, TV shows, films and games than I could get through in a lifetime right at my fingertips." - crystalcazzie

(And bloodsport politics! -AL)
(And cat videos! -EW)
(And porn! -CV)

"*looks around the quiz pointedly*" - shirenomad

Correct Answer:
[no answer] - waitingman
(24 hours later...)
"Just noticed I left out question 6. I must have been, well, you know..." - waitingman



Squirrels were the theme of the week because some of us are easily distracted by bright shiny objects. You can tell because we forgot to remind you all on Thursday that we exist. Sometimes this huge shiny thing shows up in the sky and wow is that distracting or what. Anyway, tune in tomorrow when we have a new set of quesHEY LOOK A SQUIRREL

ROCK ON

SQUIRREL

-AL&EW&CV

Comments

[elliewatkins]

"Clearly Trent Reznor's attempt at a beach hit."

I laughed out loud at this while assembling answers (which was a mistake as I was trying to do it with the baby asleep on my lap!)

Great job this week, quizlings!

[grapefruitzzz]

thangew 😁

[b_hulsmans]

"Wait this is one I actually know! SQRL!" - ANONYMOUS

(No one else actually knew the answer, which makes you the Geek of the Week, which comes complete with a free -1 if you can prove you're not a robot. -AL)

Hey Hey hey; I also said I knew that; I claim half of the geek of the week!

[chaosvizier]

Confirmed! And at least you have a better name than ANONYMOUS ;)

[angledge]

So that's a +1/2 I guess?

[chaosvizier]

I guess. I mean, he is from Belgium. Maybe plus 1/3 tops ;)

[b_hulsmans]

Hey! That's discrimination! I won't stand for it!
Though, the anonymous dude/dudette got a -1; so a +1/3 is still betten than that, I will take it!

[seekingferret]

Does that mean germankitty is the only one of us who isn't a robot? That would explain a lot.

[chaosvizier]

She has confirmed her non-roboticness. Everyone else, we're watching you. Do not make us blade runner the lot of y'all.

[digitaldiscipline]

Go ahead and try to Voigt mein Kampf.

[angledge]

It remains to be seen how many of us - of you! You! - are Cylons.

[seekingferret]

There are many copies.

[crystalcazzie]

Considering how many of us can't read captcha letters, I'm gonna go with yes.

Forgot what now???

[angledge]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/146688283449633/permalink/166627194789075/

You even "laughed" at it dude!

Re: Forgot what now???

[chaosvizier]

Hahaha that's even better, that was supposed to remind me to put up a reminder post here in DW for those non-facebookers, and I forgot doubly! :D

[grapefruitzzz]

Due to a row with my brother and the need to visit a nurse to have an embarrassing bandage changed, I spent Christmas chez moi and some squirrels in the park.

[angledge]

Welp, sometimes tree varmints are better company than family.

[chaosvizier]

The squirrels are usually chill bros, they understand the deal.