DW Daily Answers: 1 June 2020

[chaosvizier]

1. According to legend, Heracles accidentally created which magical artifact while wrestling the river god Achelous?

"Zeus' squirt gun." - Deza

(Considering all of his children, that thing's more of a super soaker. -CV)

"The Philosopher's Stone" - ajmcoqui
"Herc-cruxes. There were seven in all, and he was in labor for 12 hours making them." - captainsblog

(Good try, Harry Potter fans. -CV)

"Wirt's Third Leg" - digitaldiscipline

(+1, Diablo II. -AL&CV)

"The Maze, but Daedalus sued for copyright infringement." - bending_sickle

"Those Greeks and their 'wrestling.'" - Kirsten the Slacker
"Wrestling with each other's horns of plenty, no doubt." - crystalcazzie
"'Accidentally' while 'wrestling' is how babies are made, y'all." - kittycatness

Correct Answer: cornucopia



2. The town of Gatlin is the setting for which Stephen King story?

"The Guns of the Corn." - Deza

(What the- oh, I see what you did there. -AL)
(It's what just about everyone did here. -CV)

"Annie Get Your Gun" - ntlespino

"Gatling=Gun=gunslinger=dark tower. The logic will be completely wrong but I am going to stick with it, if 2020 has taught me anything it is that facts and logic have no place in the world." - b_hulsmans

(This answer is... too correct. -EW)

"Creepy Rural Youth of the Soybean Expanse" - digitaldiscipline

(This sounds like the title of some weird off-brand imitation King. -AL)

"Children of yet another series of unnecessary and declining sequels." - cmattg

"My great powers of thematic deduction tell me it's Children of the Corn. Didn't even know King wrote that one. Huh." - Kirsten the Slacker

Correct Answer: Children of the Corn

"... which isn't actually about agriculture, I've heard?" - kittycatness

"His horrific tale of the death of Elvis Presley, titled after the King's last words on the throne: 'Corn? When did I eat corn?'" - captainsblog



3. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the band:
Sometimes I cannot take this place
Sometimes it's my life I can't taste
Sometimes I cannot feel my face
You'll never see me fall from grace

"Wow, it's like I'm 17 again and no one understands me." - crystalcazzie

"I thought we all collectively agreed to forget about that whole rap-metal thing." - Kirstin the Slacker

(The problem is we're all old enough now to start forgetting that we forgot. -EW)

"'Trippin' Balls' by Sting" - ajmcoqui
"'Corn in a Bottle' by Sting" - seekingferret
"Uh, how does this go again... ah right. STING." - NTLESPINO

(N00b mod question: why does everyone keep bringing up Sting? -EW)
(Fun fact: Back in the early days of the DQ, we happened to have two weeks in a row where Sting and the Police was an answer, and so everyone just assumed that, when a lyrics question came up, Sting was going to be the answer. Been that way ever since. -AL)
(Epitomized in this particular quiz. -CV)

"'Cotton Candy (Drippin' Like Water)' by Snoop Corn Dogg" - captainsblog

"'Stuck in the Golden Shower' by the Smiths" - fizrep

"I don't know them but indubitably
They should get a rhyming dictionary.
Also they'd achieve expansion
With a basic grasp of scansion." - grapefruitzzz

"'Suicide is Painless' by Cornholio" - cmattg

"'Freak Over the Leash' by Central Park Karen" - Deza
"Freaks off-leash will be fined." - bending_sickle

Correct Answer: "Freak On a Leash" by Korn

"One of those bands that are so much better if you kind of ignore the gibberish." - digitaldiscipline




4. What is the name of the sports team for Nebraska's oldest university?

"Nebraska has universities?" - Deza, b_hulsmans

"The Bored Prairie Dogs" - ajmcoqui

"The Mutuals of Omaha" - captainsblog

"Even without the theme you just know it's going to be something corn-related." - crystalcazzie

"The Cornmeal Bizkits" - Kirsten the Slacker

"The Cornhuskers, rated #3 in this year's AP Poll of Dirtiest Sounding NCAA Team name just behind the #2 OSU Buckeyes and the #1 UCSC Banana Slugs." - seekingferret

(I assume the USC Gamecocks received a Lifetime Achievement award and retired from the rankings. -EW)
(I assumed that the Gazongas would count, but that was me misreading 'Gonzagas'. -CV)

Correct Answer: the Cornhuskers

"Doesn't seem like a mascot, but it's a valuable skill, friends." - kittycatness



5. Ambassador Andrew Dickson White was the first president of which university?

"Man, he had the perfect male pornstar name" - ntlespino
"Hee, hee, Dickson." - bending_sickle
"You just KNOW this guy was compensating for something." - fizrep

"One of those President #45 couldn't have attended no matter how much money Daddy T offered." - germankitty

"Hahvahd" - ajmcoqui

(At least you spelled it right. -AL)

"University of Dicks, so... one of the Ivies?" - seekingferret

( >:-( -CV&AL)

"I spy with my little eye the mods making an alma mater reference."

( :-D - AL&CV)

"Andy Dick was one of only two people ever to have that obscure college confer an honorary degree on him. Who was the other?" - captainsblog

(elliewatkins obviously.)

Correct Answer: Cornell University.

"Also the namesake of one of the country's prettiest libraries." - Kirsten the Slacker



6. Tell us a terrible joke. The cornier, the better!

"oh you said 'cornier' not 'pornier'... hmm..." - grapefruitzzz

"Never tell a secret on a farm. The corn has ears, the potatoes eyes, and the damned beans talk!" - bending_sickle

"" - captainsblog

"Q: Which author was also famous for hosting the most birds in his auditory canal?
A: Earnest Hemmingway" - fizrep

"-What's the shortest distance between two puns?
-I don't know, what's the shortest distance between two puns?
-A Straight Line!" - seekingferret

"Q: How do you put an elephant into your fridge?
A: Easy -- open door, shove elephant in, close door.
Q: How do you know there was an elephant in your fridge?
A: Even easier -- just look at the footprints in the butter!" - germankitty

"*holds up mirror*" - Deza

(Aw dang. -AL&EW&CV)



This week's amaizeing theme was courtesy of elliewatkins and her inexplicable love of all things grainy. Good to see everyone again, stay well, stay safe, stay smart, and see you tomorrow for more fun filled action packed goodness!

Rock on!

AL&EW&CV

Comments

[angledge]

Yes... for those who don't know it, there's a pretty large contingent of Cornellians amongst the mods & the Quizlings. Both CV & myself went to Cornell, as did captainsblog, Kirsten the Slacker, b7cy, & other Quizlings. Hail all hail!