DW Daily Answers: 20 July 2020.

[angledge]

"Ooh, extra large quiz, extra bad answers!" - seekingferret

That's the spirit!

"Too easy!!! ;)" - Stephanie la Francofille

That's not the spirit :( When we go easy, you go funny, because the Daily Quiz isn't actually a trivia quiz.

Let's see how everyone did!

1. What candy was based on a recipe from a Greek confectioner and marketed as "America's Finest English Toffee"?

"Ah, the melting pot of America, wherein nationalities and sugary treats are united." - bending_sickle

(All the chocolate snacks we loot from other countries get thrown in the chocolate fountain at Luby's. The true melting pot of America. -AL)

"Greek coffee candy? Sounds gross. Even the finest is probably not as good as candy corn." - opensprit

(Candy corn? You're a heathen. -AL)

"SKOR! America's Finest English Toffee From Sweden." - Stevo Darkly

"Heathen bars. We have them skyclad every full moon." - Deza

Correct Answer: Heath Bar.

"....which is a pretty lame candy bar except when chopped up and used as a topping or ingredient in other good things." - Kirsten the Chump


2. What fictional character is a mischief-maker in the port town of Westfinster, but also a tortured antihero in love with his sister Catherine?

"You don't want to make mischief in a port town. Those longshoremen don't have a great sense of humor." - opensprit

"Sister?! He hardly knew 'er!" - bending_sickle

"A classic plot now repeated so very often in *certain* kinds of short films." - fizrep

"Incestus Weasley, the fifth Marauder" - germankitty

"Tortured antihero? Pffft. Heathcliff was a dick." - crystalcazzie

(Not mutually exclusive! -AL)

Correct Answer: Heathcliff.


3. What Australian actor had a breakout role in the movie 10 Things I Hate About You?

"oh, oh, Hugh Jackman.. no, wait, Keith Urban. No... hmmm his name is on the tip of my tongue, but I never really liked him... Grant somebody?" - dreadkingspike

(Three wrong answers in one answer? -EW)
(We think that deserves a -3. -AL&CV)

"Mel Gibson, just because I hate more than 10 things about him and break out in hives when I see him these days." - germankitty

"The thing I don't understand about 10 Things I Hate About You is the limitation to only 10. There's so much I hate about you, and it's like trying to pick your favorite children." - opensprit

"Heath doesn't have any red in his Ledger anymore, it's all been replaced with formaldehyde (too soon?)" - digitaldiscipline

(We will let your fellow Quizlings decide in the comments. -EW&CV&AL)

Correct Answer: Heath Ledger.

(No, we aren't related. -AL)


4. The Erica genus contains hundreds of flowering plants which are commonly known by what name?

"There are hundreds of flowers, I'm sure they each have their own names and interests." - seekingferret

"Another Goddamned Bush." - bending_sickle

(How you gonna keep 'em down on the moors, after they've seen D.C.? -EW)

"That Bitch." - fizrep

(No, that's the Lizzo genus. -AL)

Correct Answer: Heathers.


5. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and artist:
We don't deal with outsiders very well
They say newcomers have a certain smell
Yeah, trust issues, not to mention
They say they can smell your intentions

"Nobody deals with outsiders very well. That's why they're called outsiders." - opensprit

"My brain went to a horror movie place and ended that last line with 'intestines', but I am sticking with it." - fizrep

"'Proud to Be an American' by Lee Greenwood" - Stevo Darkly

"Our Theme Song by The Trump Administration" - Kristin the Chump, germankitty

"The DWDQ Theme Song." - crystalcazzie

Correct Answer: "Heathens" by twenty one pilots.


6. What transportation hub was originally named Great West Aerodrome?

"We're renaming the airport after the mightiest most decorative shrubbery in the forest." - digitaldiscipline

(+1, Monty Python & The Holy Grail. -CV)

"The Dark Pit of Despair Where Connecting Flights Go To Die. (They did me dirty so many times...)" - bending_sickle

"I want to say 'the Octopus', but I’m pretty sure it’s really a 'Can of Worms'." - dreadkingspike

(Are you sure it's not a bucket of worms? Maybe a jar of worms? -AL)
(**head explodes** -CV)

"Thiefrow." - Deza

"Hounslow Heath, notorious for its proliferation of robbers and highwaymen in the past, which is likely why shopping and dining at Heathrow airport is still highway robbery 400 years later." - germankitty

"Heathrow's my local airport and it would be so much cooler if I could say I was flying out of the Great West Aerodrome. Although at the moment I'd settle for being able to say I was flying anywhere at all..." - crystalcazzie

Correct Answer: Heathrow Airport.


7. What is the term for a fitted, straight-cut dress, as seen here?


"Hubba Hubba" - opensprit, fizrep, Stevo Darkly

"The first thing one of us trips over in the morning, if you know what I mean (and I think you do)." - digitaldiscipline

"Unforgiving" - bending_sickle

"Spanx required!" - Deza

"That's not a dress, she's just tangled up in a sheet." - crystalcazzie

Correct Answer: Sheath.

"What the hell is she sucking on?" - seekingferret

(Inquiring minds want to know. -AL&EW&CV)


8. How do you beat the heat?

"Have them play the Celtics." - Deza

(+1 for the rare sportsball reference in a non-sportsball question. -AL)

"Driver's seat. Jenny was sweet. She used to smile for all the people she'd meet. There is no elite. Pick up your feet. Pick up, pick up your feet. YEAH-UH." - Stevo Darkly

(+1, Sniff 'n' The Tears, and there's another +1 in it for you if you can explain why they called themselves that. Seriously, it's the worst band name I've heard since Car Seat Headrest. -EW)

"A whole-house fan that runs ALL NIGHT." - Stephanie La Francofille

"Liberal application of kayaking and ice cream (not at the same time)" - Kristin the Chump

(But have you TRIED it at the same time? You don't know what you might be missing! -CV)
(I bet you'd be missing your face with the ice cream, but I could be wrong. -AL)

"In the fine English tradition of complaining about it until it gets colder and then complaining that it's too cold and we want it to be hot again." - crystalcazzie

Correct answer: "I hide in a dark room like a goblin until the sun goes down." - bending_sickle

Thank you to all 12 Quizlings who played our extra-long Quiz this week. Stay cool out there & see you tomorrow.

Rock On!

EW&CV&AL.

Comments

[digitaldiscipline]

7: That's an ostentatiously long cigarette holder


Q: What do you call an excessively large mystery novel ensemble?
A: Twenty-One Poirots

[opensprit]

NO FAIR! You posted an 8th question after the pic of Audrey Hepburn. Like I was ever going to look past that.

Probably best I didn't, "beat the heat" I mean you're just asking for vulgarity with that.

[chaosvizier]

We are sneaky that way. 8 questions instead of 6? MADNESS! HERESY! SHENANIGANS!

[angledge]

tbh we're always asking for vulgarity

[germankitty]

Weekly DWDQEU stats: 15/42. We're slipping. *sniffle*

Then again, I know my funneh was mostly AWOL; maybe it was an itsy-bitsy funneh-fail pandemic? Luckily, there is a cure ... *administers hefty doses of chocolate, alcohol and pudding*

[b_hulsmans]

You did better than I did, I forgot to play :(

[angledge]

I was wondering where you were!

[germankitty]

There, there -- it happens to the best of us sometimes! (See my fiasco from a few weeks ago.) *pets you*

[opensprit]

DWDQEU?

[angledge]

A DWDQ sect - players from the EU & the UK.

[opensprit]

Dying With Dignity Queensland? Isn't that in Australia?

[angledge]

.... Dream Width Daily Quiz?

[germankitty]

Well ... since Australia has been taking part in the annual Eurovision Song Contest since 2015, I guess we might possibly be open to bribery negotiations ... right? *whistles innocently*

[crystalcazzie]

Ah, explaining the rules of participation in the Eurovision Song Contest is such fun.

"How come Israel can be in Eurovision when they're in Asia?"
"Because the eligibility rules state you have to be a member of the EBU, which includes a lot of North African and West Asian countries, as well as European ones."
"So why is Australia in it?"
"Because they asked nicely and we let them in."

[germankitty]

We're a sect now?!? What's next, we'll get up(down?)graded to cult???

[crystalcazzie]

Ooh, does this mean we get to wear cool robes? And have a secret handshake?

[digitaldiscipline]

"those fuckers what waste all the u's"

[crystalcazzie]

Hefty doses of chocolate, alcohol and pudding to the rescue! Now we'll definitely do better next week! =D

[(Anonymous)]

Y'all had me worried for a minute, but I still had a foursome with a +1. One more and there would have been orgy jokes...

[(Anonymous)]

(Deza btw)