DW Daily Answers: 17 August 2020

[chaosvizier]

Caesar diem: Caesar the day!



1. What Roman politician perished on the Ides of March?

"Do other months have ides? Did ides used to be referred to more often? How many times can I mistype ides as idea in this comment?" - Kirsten the Chump

(This is a decent point. Let's bring Ides back into conversation. #MakeTheFifteenthIdesAgain -AL)

"Silvio Berlusconi. (Et tu, Fini?)" - theatomicfruitbat

(+1 for making me Google to realize how clever your answer was. -AL)

"Romanus II. What? His name is Roman (kinda) and he died on the 15th March. I defy you to tell me this is incorrect." - crystalcazzie

(**mods confer**)
(-1, we have no idea what you're talking about. -AL&CV&EW)

"President Snow" - seekingferret

(Et tu, Mockingjay? -EW)

"fuck it, MACBETH" - germankitty

(Macbeth was more famous for doing the killing, wasn't he? -CV)

"Caesar was a man who knew his stuff, after all, he made the claim that out of all the people he conquered, us Belgians were the bravest." - b_hulsmans

Correct Answer: Julius Caesar



2. Fun with food! What have you created if you combine certain quantities of mayonnaise, anchovy paste, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, salt, and parmesan cheese?

"A mess" - six amateur chefs

"An incredibly unpopular topping at the sundae bar" - theatomicfruitbat

"The most disgusting cake you will ever eat" - crystalcazzie

"you lost me at 'anchovy paste'" - germankitty

"" - digitaldiscipline, ntlespino.livejournal.com

Correct Answer: Caesar Salad Dressing



3. Which actor may be best known for being the Joker on the 1960's Batman television series?

"George Romero." - bending_sickle
"Cesar... Millan? Milano? Romano? Rameno? Ramen Noodlo? Now I'm hungry." - Kirsten the Chump

"Cesar Nicholson-Hamill de Ledgerphoenix." - shirenomad

(Covering your bases with that answer. -AL)
(Henceforth I will call you Ang Ledgerphoenix. -CV)

"I think Catwoman would know: She's kidnapping me! Honest!"" - ntlespino

"Surely you can't be so Caeserious!" - captainsblog

Correct Answer: "Suave, handsome, debonair and talented Cesar Romero; everything Occupant#45 wants to be, but chose the wrong vat of chemicals to fall into." - germankitty"



4. Matthew 22:21 attributes what famous quote to Jesus?

"Do I look like a person who owns a bible?" - b_hulsmans

"'English, motherfucker! Do you speak it?!'" - theatomicfruitbat

(+1, Pulp Fiction. -CV)

"'Which one of you Philistines let the dogs out? Who? Who? Who? Who?'" - digitaldiscipline

"'What happens in Galilee, stays in Galilee.'" - crystalcazzie

"'Shit, man, pay your damn taxes.'" - Deza

(That's ... not wrong. -EW)

Correct Answer: "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's"

"During the Gallic Wars, Julius Caesar went hunting for deer in the woods of Gaul. When he killed the deer he gave them to his servants and they butchered them and took the fat and... rendered it unto Caesar." - seekingferret

(Served with a side of -1 and this week's "Get a Medic!" Award for Extremely Painful Punnery. -AL)



5. Gordon Ramsay's 'Hell's Kitchen' restaurant was first established where?

"'Heck's Kitchen' didn't have quite the right ring to it, so they moved a little further downstairs." - shirenomad

'The Third Circle of the inferno, but it was quickly relocated to the Fifth." - theatomicfruitbat

(You open up a restaurant on the gluttony circle, you're just asking to lose money. -EW)

"The Hell Portal currently known as the Vegas Strip." - Deza

"The New Jersey Turnpike." - bending_sickle

"(continuity narrator voice) 'Hell's Kitchen is filmed at the KCOP Studios in Los Angeles, California. Some of the activities shown are dangerous and should not be tried at home. Parental guidance is advised.'" - ntlespino.livejournal.com

Correct answer: Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas

"Right next to a true kitchen nightmare, 'Trattoria Diavolo.' He's still trying to poach their maître d'." - germankitty



6. What program would you be the czar of?

"I don't know if I want to be czar; they tend to be beheaded because the common folk want to have luxuries like food and water." - b_hulsmans

"Can I be the czar of wearing pajamas at 3pm? I'd be super good at it." - Kirsten the Chump

(I hear that, I've been wearing pajamas since 3 pm yesterday. -CV)

"Czar of Nymphomaniac Librarians. Like you even needed to ask." - Deza

"The gin appreciation program" - crystalcazzie

(Ah yes, an old school quizling with a taste for the finer things. -CV)

"self-appointed czarina of the GRAMMAR POLICE" - Stephanie La Francofille

"Put me in charge of deranged Health and Human Services secretaries- the Azar czar." - captainsblog

"Russia’s Funniest Home Dash Cam Videos" - bending_sickle

Correct Answer: "Czar of finishing this qu" - shirenomad



Sure, it would have made more sense to have this quiz five months ago, but we are beyond the petty constraints of time and space here at the Quiz. The Ides of August have spoken!

Thanks for playing everyone, great to see you, hope you're all well, and remember to tell your friends! The quiz craves company and attention!

Rock On!

AL&EW&CV

Comments

[germankitty]

"(Macbeth was more famous for doing the killing, wasn't he? -CV)"

Well, yeah, but he perished kind of a lot of people, didn't he?

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In other news, weekly stats for the DWDQEU: 14/37 (ignoring crystalcazzie's -1). Great job, people! Rock on!

Also, my personal best so far: quadruple quotage, including 2 Correct Answers™. Go me! (Especially as I kind of wasn't really feeling the funneh ...)

[angledge]

Your answer to #3 had me genuinely roaring with laughter.

[germankitty]

*bows* You're welcome. :-)

[crystalcazzie]

Yeah, ignore that -1! I still maintain that I gave a perfectly cromulent answer!

[germankitty]

If you say so. ;-) (Yeah, I got it, but ... it was maybe a liiiitle convoluted?)

[captainsblog]

In preparing to answer #3, I looked up the Joker's entrance music from Batman '66 and discovered it was written by Nelson Riddle.

Holy anomaly! Was The Penguin's theme written by Vanilla Ice, Mr. Freeze's by Cat Stevens and Catwoman's by Snoop Dogg?

[angledge]

Snoop Dogg would write some dope entrance music, for SURE.

[bending_sickle]

Aw, man, the one answer (question 4) I was proud of failed me :( Or do our quizmasters not listen to Metallica? ...Should’ve stuck to Sting.

[angledge]

I listen to Metallica! But I was in charge of Questions 1 & 3 this week.

[bending_sickle]

Curses! Well, a new week, a new quiz. *cracks knuckles*