DW Daily Answers: 10 August 2020

[chaosvizier]

"Ooh, toilet humor! Good to know that not even a global pandemic can keep the DWDQ from sinking to its customary lows!" - germankitty

Our porcelain bowl of tricks is full of stuff.



1. What musician was also famous for his roles as a canine superhero martial artist, an Autobot, and a telepathic caretaker of a haunted hotel?

"Wishbone" - oddly more of you than expected

"Sting. It has to be Sting" - ANONYMOUS

"Is he related to Scatman Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop John?" - b_hulsmans
"'Shoobedowopbopbapdewadawap'man Crothers was rejected by Social Security" - alexmegami

(Those were his father's brother's cousin's nephew's second roommates. -CV)

"It ain't Nipsey Russell." - opensprit

"Gene Simmons. I know it isn't the right answer, but it *should* be. Tell me he doesn't look like the Autobot caretaker of a haunted hotel." - Kirsten the Chump

"Batman Crothers." - theatomicfruitbat

"And he would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for those meddling kids." - crystalcazzie

(That was the other canine superhero. -AL)

"Jazzercise? Phooey!" - b7cy

Correct Answer: Scatman Crothers

"Yeah, sure, everyone loves Hong Kong Phooey until they actually have to watch those old cartoons. I mean, they were really bad." - i_calql8



2. Eugene Levy plays a once-wealthy patriarch forced to relocate to the titular location in which Canadian sitcom?

"Oh, I see where this is going...Corner Gas!" - cmattg

(A solid guess. But not solid enough for the theme. -EW)

"Probably not American Pie, eh?" - seekingferret

"Mr. Burns Seeks Asylum in Canada" - ANONYMOUS

"The Eh? Team. 'I apologize to the fool!'" - i_calql8

"He got surprisingly buff for Letterkenny." - digitaldiscipline

"Shit Dithers, Private Eye!" - captainsblog

(+1 looney for the SCTV reference. -AL)

"Tits Creek? Just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it? Mind you, I think I'd rather be stuck in Tits Creek... At least I could get a motorboat out of it" - waitingman

Correct Answer: Schitt's Creek

"I've only watched the first season and a half, but I find everyone except Stevie, and occasionally David, completely insufferable." - Kirsten the Chump

(Hang in there until Patrick shows up! It will warm even the chilliest quizling's heart! -EW)



3. What British plumber held the patent for the floating ballcock?

"Heh heh, you said 'floating!'" - captainsblog

"If your ballcock is floating, you definitely need a plumber - your Crapper is obviously blocked" - waitingman

"British plumber? Uh, Luigi, but with bad teeth" - seekingferret

('Oy mate, it's a me, Mario, wot wot!' -CV)

"FLOAT LIKE A BALLCOCK, STING LIKE A BIDET" - digitaldiscipline

"Leviosa testicula!" - Kirsten the Chump

(No doubt taken from 189577 Harry Potter fanfics. -EW)
(ERECTO PATRONUM! -CV That's enough out of you. -AL)

"Someone named Richard?" - Ntlespino

(You'd think, right? -CV)

"Sir Wilford Ballcock-Smythe" - theatomicfruitbat

(No, he invented the slide whistle. -EW)

"I'm gonna take a crapshoot and say it's John Crapper." - alexmegami

(It's truly astounding how close you are. -CV)

Correct Answer: Thomas Crapper



4. The Europeans categorize this writing implement as HB; the Russians as TM. What do the Americans call it?

"This feels weirdly like answering one of the riddles Roland could have asked Blaine the Train." - digitaldiscipline

(My brain is still stuck back in Schitt's Creek so I'm imagining a VERY DIFFERENT Roland here ... -EW)

"Hard." - bending_sickle

"Baba Yaga, as those of the High Table call it." - Ntlespino

(+1, John Wick. -CV)

"Fun fact, in one German translation, it'd be a lead peg ... to which I can only say 'OW!' *crosses legs in sympathy*" - germankitty

"If you use a pencil that isn't a Number 2 when taking a standardized test, the Scantron's death lasers will activate. It happened to my friend's cousin." - seekingferret

Correct Answer: A #2 pencil

"Reminds me of the second-dirtiest math joke I know: Didja hear the one about the math teacher who had a problem with constipation? He worked it out with a pencil." - i_calql8

(Yikes, I'm not sure I want to hear the dirtiest joke ... -EW)



5. The poetry collections "When We Were Very Young" and "Now We Are Six" contain references to which famous stuffed animal?

"Not to be confused with "Because We Are Twelve", the reason we're snickering while we play this quiz." - i_calql8

"Winnie Xi Jinping (look, I made a political joke!)" - b_hulsmans, ANONYMOUS, bending_sickle

(I literally cannot believe we had three people go for this. -CV)

"COVID's got me feeling like:
- Kirsten the Chump

"Turducken" - seekingferret, theatomicfruitbat

(To be fair, I was hoping for a way to work this into this week's answers, but no luck. -CV)

"Winnie the Pooh, although is he really stuffed if he's just a picture? Ceci n'est pas un Pooh." - alexmegami

(+1, Belgian surrealism. b_hulsmans can have a +1 too, just for being Belgian, if not surreal. -EW)

"Teddy Ruxpin" - Ntlespino

Correct Answer: Winnie the Pooh

"Even when I was very young, I thought Eeyore had a much more relatable view on life" - waitingman



6. What gets you up when you're down in the dumps?

"Uppers mostly." - b_hulsmans

"Cooooffeeeee" - ANONYMOUS

"VODKAAAAAAA" - ntlespino.livejournal.com

"Viagra" - opensprit

"Visions of sugarplums dancing in my head." - seekingferret

"A jaunty song sung by my loyal sidekick about how I'm so awesome and eat a lot of eggs. Which is accurate." - crystalcazzie

(No ... one ... IS like crystalcazzie! No one's a WHIZ like crystalcazzie! No one answers the feces-themed QUIZ like crystalcazzie! -EW)
(+1 to elliewatkins for not using the word 'jizz'. -CV)

"Now that I can go back to pole dancing... But I can no longer actually climb the pole, lolsob" - alexmegami

Correct answer: "The thought that if I just get myself moving and put myself out there one more time, I might annoy someone who would otherwise miss out on the experience of being annoyed by me." - theatomicfruitbat



I'd say we're sorry to dump this on you all, but we're not. Still, not a crappy quiz as it were. Also angledge disavows any knowledge of this quiz, as she is recovering from a wee surgery and had to take some time to recover.

Thanks for playing all, great to see everyone here, including some old returning folks. Keep on trucking; next week's quiz will, I'm sure, be cleaner than this.

Rock On!

AL&EW&CV

Comments

[b_hulsmans]

Yay for getting a +1 just for being Belgian! I love those kinds of bonuses, all the fame without any work! I feel like a kardashian

[germankitty]

Hey, my first time EVAH to get the opening quote! Go me!

In other news, DWDQEU weekly stats: 9 (plus b_hulsmans's +1)/48. *SADFACE*

Also, I've finally persuaded i_calql8 to come back (well, actually I asked his Spousal Unit to kick his ass prod him long enough, but hey ... whatever works, right?); don't I deserve a little bit of extra credit for that? *does puppy eyes*

[chaosvizier]

Glad you finally put enough peer pressure on the old man to rejoin the party!

[germankitty]

*bows* I live to serve! (Well, not really, but you know what I mean. :P)

Also, I'm actually older than him. Call me an Old Broad and live to regret it!

[seekingferret]

I think I need a scoring ruling. If we count being one of the many Wishbone stans, I went 6/6.

[germankitty]

Hey,, groupquotes totally count! Congratulations!

[crystalcazzie]

Aww, no love for The Nanny quote on the Winnie the Pooh question. Does anyone else even remember that show?

But many thanks for my very own jaunty song! Now I just need to find a loyal sidekick to sing it to me whenever I need it! =D