DW Daily Answers: 6 July 2020.
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Happy Monday, Quizlings! The message of this week's Answers is that the sky's the limit!
What does that even mean?
1. Adele provides the titular song for which James Bond film?
"It's 2020 and y'all are still going for the cheap gag with the word titular." - Rhi (rhymes with tree)
(Why do we keep doing it? -AL)
"Obligatory (and nostalgic) 'haha titular' comment." -bending_sickle
"Heehee. You said tit." -crystalcazzie, germankitty
"Titty Titty Bang Bang" - HollyinNC
(Because we know our audience, that's why. -EW)
(Also, I just like saying "tit". -CV)
"Has to be some random two-digit number like all her albums, right? 'You only Live 14 Times?'" -captainsblog
"R007ing in the Deep" -seekingferret
"Hello from the other spyyyyyyy" -waitingman
"Hello (I expect you to diiiiiieeeeeeee.....)" -digitaldiscipline
"'Skyfall.' My husband is obsessed with covers of this. The best is a bunch of Russian army dudes!" - Stephanie la Francofille
(My favorite Adele cover is this parody by Chris Mann. -AL)
Correct Answer: Skyfall.
2. What is the northernmost province in the fictional land of Tamriel?
Correct Answer: Skyrim.
"Here Be Monsters... or at least polar bears in funny hats" -waitingman
(No, that's The Golden Compass. -EW)
"Fuckitscoldlandia" - ANONYMOUS
"I have no idea what Tamriel is. Is that where Ewoks live or something? If so, let's say they call it 'Northern Ewok Land.'" -b7cy
"The Ramtops were thick with magic, in much the way Americans are merely thick." -digitaldiscipline
(I myself am more dummy thiccc, if you know what I mean. -CV)
"Canada, aka 'Tamriel's Hat.'" -captainsblog
(We only wish that we lived in Tamriel. -AL&CV&EW)
"I used to play that game, but I took an arrow to the knee" -b_hulsmans
"Probably yet another pseudo-medieval amalgam of Scotland, a random Scandinavian country plus some totally incongruous desert region bordered by ice-capped mountains and populated by a mix of Vikings, Mongols, Latinos and Arabs. So I'm guessing either Canada or New Zealand" -germankitty
Correct Answer: Skyrim.
3. What is the largest island in the Inner Hebrides?
"Ah, The Inner Hebrides, whence the expression No Hebride is an Island. Wait, no, that's not right, the Hebrides ARE Islands off the coast of Britain. What is it? No Man is an Island? No, that can't be it, Man IS an Island off the coast of Britain. Oh, I'm so confused!" -seekingferrett
"Look, I keep telling you, I was never anywhere near her Hebrides." -digitaldiscipline
"Big Sky Island (lame guess based on the theme, which I'm otherwise ignoring)" -b7cy
(So close. -AL)
"If I keep my feet on the ground, but the ground is the Sky(e), where's my head at?" -waitingman
(Whoa. - EW&CV&AL)
"I'm going to have The Skye Boat Song stuck in my head for the rest of the day now and it's all your fault." -crystalcazzie
(Might as well share that earworm with the class. +1, Outlander. -AL)
" I spy with my little eye..." -b_hulsmans
"The Isle of Skye -- been there, got the pictures, drank theTalisker whisky!" - germankitty
(Before I got sober, same same. Gorgeous, magical place! -AL)
(But why did you strike out the Talisker? -CV)
Correct Answer: Skye.
"...which is one of the Trendiest Names of the Early 2000s." - ANONYMOUS
4. Henny Penny is very concerned. What do they think is happening?
"Boobs are falling!" - HollyinNC
(Perhaps sagging is the better term? -CV)
"Okay, I am all for people choosing their own pronouns, but Henny Penny is a hen! She uses she pronouns" -seekingferret, Stephanie La Francofille
"Did you know that Henny Penny is a supplier for fryers to KFC? Henny Penny should have worried more about dropping in to the fryer and less about the sky dropping on her head." -b_hulsmans
"Colonel Sanders is coming for her nuggets" -waitingman
(That sounded way dirtier than it should. -AL)
"Something about chemtrails. I think I saw them posting memes about it on the bookface." -digitaldiscipline
"Ask Adele" -crystalcazzie
(Niiiiiice. -AL&CV&EW)
"Hey, the dumb chicken totally stole that from the Gauls living in a certain village in Armorica!" -germankitty
(+1, Asterix. -CV)
Correct Answer: The sky is falling!
5. Yogurt? Iceland doesn't need that when they have a fresh sour milk cheese to eat instead. What is it called?
"Eyjafjallajökull" -seekingferret
"Oh, dang, I've seen this in the store...Skiggi? Skikrig?" - Stephanie la Francofille
(It's OK, you can curse on the DWDQ. Especially when you're getting the answer wrong. -CV)
"Unfortunate." -digitaldiscipline
"Blech." - ANONYMOUS
"Rekjayuk." -captainsblog
"What a delightful description. You should work for their marketing department. Sales would skyrocket." -crystalcazzie
"...what is this 'fresh sour milk cheese' nonsense. Is it fresh or is it sour? Is it milk or is it cheese? Make up your minds, Iceland!" -bending_sickle
"Quark -- because skyr is still a yoghurt, NOT a cheese!" -germankitty
(-1, Geek of the Week. Rather a forceful opinion on dairy products! -AL)
"Skyr, which is one of the nicest foodstuffs to come out of Iceland." -b_hulsmans
(Honestly, I can't think of another Icelandic food product. -EW)
Correct Answer: Skyr.
6. What object in the sky would you most like to be and why?
"Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high/ Take a look, it's in a book/ a Reading Rainbow!" -seekingferret
"Anything so long as it's not Uranus" - Stephanie la Francofille
(Honestly, I'm surprised we only got one Uranus based answer... -CV)
"The sun, that way I know that when I die, I AM TAKING ALL OF YOU WITH ME!" -b_hulsmans
"The meteor coming to finish off Earth once and for all. Too dark? Fine. The fist of an angry, forgotten god, coming to finish off the Earth once and for all." -b7cy
"Dark Moon Lilith. ALL THE REVENGE SHALL BE MINE, BITCHES!" - ANONYMOUS
"The Dragon’s Head Nebula, because dragons, although some nights I’m more of a gas giant like Jupiter." -bending_sickle
Correct Answer: "An unidentified flying one... I even have my own probe" -waitingman
Well done once again, everyone. Now, before we post tomorrow's Questions, get out there & recruit us some more players! The more people who play, the funnier this gets. Do your part to waste corporate resources by distracting an ever-growing army of procrastinators!
Wherever you are in the world -- Rock On!
EW&AL&CV
Happy Monday, Quizlings! The message of this week's Answers is that the sky's the limit!
What does that even mean?
1. Adele provides the titular song for which James Bond film?
"It's 2020 and y'all are still going for the cheap gag with the word titular." - Rhi (rhymes with tree)
(Why do we keep doing it? -AL)
"Obligatory (and nostalgic) 'haha titular' comment." -
bending_sickle"Heehee. You said tit." -
crystalcazzie, germankitty"Titty Titty Bang Bang" - HollyinNC
(Because we know our audience, that's why. -EW)
(Also, I just like saying "tit". -CV)
"Has to be some random two-digit number like all her albums, right? 'You only Live 14 Times?'" -
captainsblog"R007ing in the Deep" -
seekingferret"Hello from the other spyyyyyyy" -
waitingman"Hello (I expect you to diiiiiieeeeeeee.....)" -
digitaldiscipline"'Skyfall.' My husband is obsessed with covers of this. The best is a bunch of Russian army dudes!" - Stephanie la Francofille
(My favorite Adele cover is this parody by Chris Mann. -AL)
Correct Answer: Skyfall.
2. What is the northernmost province in the fictional land of Tamriel?
Correct Answer: Skyrim.
"Here Be Monsters... or at least polar bears in funny hats" -
waitingman(No, that's The Golden Compass. -EW)
"Fuckitscoldlandia" - ANONYMOUS
"I have no idea what Tamriel is. Is that where Ewoks live or something? If so, let's say they call it 'Northern Ewok Land.'" -
b7cy"The Ramtops were thick with magic, in much the way Americans are merely thick." -
digitaldiscipline(I myself am more dummy thiccc, if you know what I mean. -CV)
"Canada, aka 'Tamriel's Hat.'" -
captainsblog(We only wish that we lived in Tamriel. -AL&CV&EW)
"I used to play that game, but I took an arrow to the knee" -
b_hulsmans"Probably yet another pseudo-medieval amalgam of Scotland, a random Scandinavian country plus some totally incongruous desert region bordered by ice-capped mountains and populated by a mix of Vikings, Mongols, Latinos and Arabs. So I'm guessing either Canada or New Zealand" -
germankittyCorrect Answer: Skyrim.
3. What is the largest island in the Inner Hebrides?
"Ah, The Inner Hebrides, whence the expression No Hebride is an Island. Wait, no, that's not right, the Hebrides ARE Islands off the coast of Britain. What is it? No Man is an Island? No, that can't be it, Man IS an Island off the coast of Britain. Oh, I'm so confused!" -
seekingferrett"Look, I keep telling you, I was never anywhere near her Hebrides." -
digitaldiscipline"Big Sky Island (lame guess based on the theme, which I'm otherwise ignoring)" -
b7cy(So close. -AL)
"If I keep my feet on the ground, but the ground is the Sky(e), where's my head at?" -
waitingman(Whoa. - EW&CV&AL)
"I'm going to have The Skye Boat Song stuck in my head for the rest of the day now and it's all your fault." -
crystalcazzie(Might as well share that earworm with the class. +1, Outlander. -AL)
" I spy with my little eye..." -
b_hulsmans"The Isle of Skye -- been there, got the pictures, drank the
germankitty(Before I got sober, same same. Gorgeous, magical place! -AL)
(But why did you strike out the Talisker? -CV)
Correct Answer: Skye.
"...which is one of the Trendiest Names of the Early 2000s." - ANONYMOUS
4. Henny Penny is very concerned. What do they think is happening?
"Boobs are falling!" - HollyinNC
(Perhaps sagging is the better term? -CV)
"Okay, I am all for people choosing their own pronouns, but Henny Penny is a hen! She uses she pronouns" -
seekingferret, Stephanie La Francofille"Did you know that Henny Penny is a supplier for fryers to KFC? Henny Penny should have worried more about dropping in to the fryer and less about the sky dropping on her head." -
b_hulsmans"Colonel Sanders is coming for her nuggets" -
waitingman(That sounded way dirtier than it should. -AL)
"Something about chemtrails. I think I saw them posting memes about it on the bookface." -
digitaldiscipline"Ask Adele" -
crystalcazzie(Niiiiiice. -AL&CV&EW)
"Hey, the dumb chicken totally stole that from the Gauls living in a certain village in Armorica!" -
germankitty(+1, Asterix. -CV)
Correct Answer: The sky is falling!
5. Yogurt? Iceland doesn't need that when they have a fresh sour milk cheese to eat instead. What is it called?
"Eyjafjallajökull" -
seekingferret"Oh, dang, I've seen this in the store...Skiggi? Skikrig?" - Stephanie la Francofille
(It's OK, you can curse on the DWDQ. Especially when you're getting the answer wrong. -CV)
"Unfortunate." -
digitaldiscipline"Blech." - ANONYMOUS
"Rekjayuk." -
captainsblog"What a delightful description. You should work for their marketing department. Sales would skyrocket." -
crystalcazzie"...what is this 'fresh sour milk cheese' nonsense. Is it fresh or is it sour? Is it milk or is it cheese? Make up your minds, Iceland!" -
bending_sickle"Quark -- because skyr is still a yoghurt, NOT a cheese!" -
germankitty(-1, Geek of the Week. Rather a forceful opinion on dairy products! -AL)
"Skyr, which is one of the nicest foodstuffs to come out of Iceland." -
b_hulsmans(Honestly, I can't think of another Icelandic food product. -EW)
Correct Answer: Skyr.
6. What object in the sky would you most like to be and why?
"Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high/ Take a look, it's in a book/ a Reading Rainbow!" -
seekingferret"Anything so long as it's not Uranus" - Stephanie la Francofille
(Honestly, I'm surprised we only got one Uranus based answer... -CV)
"The sun, that way I know that when I die, I AM TAKING ALL OF YOU WITH ME!" -
b_hulsmans"The meteor coming to finish off Earth once and for all. Too dark? Fine. The fist of an angry, forgotten god, coming to finish off the Earth once and for all." -
b7cy"Dark Moon Lilith. ALL THE REVENGE SHALL BE MINE, BITCHES!" - ANONYMOUS
"The Dragon’s Head Nebula, because dragons, although some nights I’m more of a gas giant like Jupiter." -
bending_sickleCorrect Answer: "An unidentified flying one... I even have my own probe" -
waitingmanWell done once again, everyone. Now, before we post tomorrow's Questions, get out there & recruit us some more players! The more people who play, the funnier this gets. Do your part to waste corporate resources by distracting an ever-growing army of procrastinators!
Wherever you are in the world -- Rock On!
EW&AL&CV
