DW Daily Answers: 28 September 2020.

[elliewatkins]

As if things weren't topsy-turvy enough in this crazy world of ours, this week EW, drunk with power (because she didn't have any gin in the house) demanded to moderate the quiz solo! "You've lorded your senior mod status over me for the last time! See what it feels like to be quizlings, you wretches!" she shrieked at AL&CV!

Or maybe AL&CV said "lol we don't know half the answers to this quiz, we could practically play along" and EW said "lol do it" and only later realized that she'd volunteered herself for extra work.

Who can say?

1. The "canary girls" of World War I got their nickname from handling what dangerous yellow solid?

"Marshmallow Peeps" - Laura G, i_calql8
"Cheeto dust" - digitaldiscipline

(Y'all are giving me the munchies! - EW)

"Caked, dried urine" - seekingferret

(Never mind, that took care of it. - EW)

"Frozen Sunny Delight. (Remember when it turned that girl yellow and everyone stopped buying it? Or was that just a UK thing?)" - crystalcazzie

(It definitely wasn't a Minnesota, USA thing ... - EW)

"Blocks of solidified pollen. Chunks of it were shot into WWI trenches to weaken the enemies with wicked bad sneezing, runny eyes, and sinus headaches." - Kirsten the Chump

"Let's see if I can do this cold: Trinitrotoluide. Nope, I can't." - cmattg

"Trinitrotoluene, which I only know is the real name of TNT thanks to the Richie Rich movie." - b_hulsmans

Correct answer: TNT

"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiuGncbE5dY" - Deza



2. The release of which Christopher Nolan spy film was delayed three times due to COVID-19?

"Delayed three times by the PLANDEMIC? Held up three times by the DEEP STATE? Omigod, is Christopher Nolan actually Q? **adjusts tinfoil hat**" - angledge

"This makes it sounds like COVID-19 is just a worldwide conspiracy to derail Christopher Nolan's career." - crystalcazzie

(I bet you can borrow angledge's tinfoil hat if you need to. - EW)

"2020 is all about containment. Whoever’s releasing anything needs to get their mask on right!" - bending_sickle

"Sorry, I don't bother keeping up with movies if I'm not in them. You can see me in Freaky due out November 13, though! (I'm in the trailer right around the 23 second mark; don't blink!)" - Deza

(+1 for extremely subtle self-promotion, very smooth. - EW)

"Batman 4: Batman makes Pasta" - seekingferret

"You'd think a movie about time travel could have seen this coming." - b_hulsmans

"Tenet, because nobody would want to watch a movie titled 'Precept.'" - germankitty

Correct answer: Tenet.


3. This portrait of Ellie Mae Burroughs is known by what title?


"'Try It, Bitch'" - Laura G

(Also the caption for my senior yearbook photo. - EW)

"9 Out of 10 Dentists Recommend Our Dentures" - fizrep

"Boner Kryptonite" - i_calql8

"She worked hard farming all that dirt!" - Deza

"Poor Pattern Placement. We have wavy horizontal lines in the wood, vertical lines in the furrowed brow, and some weird starry bullshit in the shirt. A design nightmare!" - chaosvizier

Correct answer: "Tenant Farmer's Wife"

"As if Ellie Mae likely wasn't depressed enough by life and circumstances, she also had to be defined for posterity by her husband's job?!? No wonder she 'looked sternly'!" - germankitty


4. Which actor known for playing Doctor Who is also married to the daughter of an actor who played Doctor Who?

"This question says 'who' so much, now I want a damn Tootsie Roll Pop" - fizrep

"Heard on their wedding night: 'Oooh, it is bigger on the inside!'" - i_calql8

"Thanks to the Doctor's time-travelling shenanigans, she could be his daughter, 43 times removed! This probably would happen more often if Captain James T. Kirk had been a Gallifreyan." - chaosvizier

"So wait, he went back in time to marry his daughter? I always knew the Doctor was up to no good! I bet he's not even a real doctor, just a fraud like Dr. Oz." - seekingferret

"Barty Crouch Jr. Delphi convinced him that 'Dr Who' was just another, shorter way of saying 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.'" - germankitty

"David Tenth, who played the Tennant Doctor! Wait..." - cmattg

"David Ten-inch, if Billie Piper is to be believed." - crystalcazzie

(Ooh, do go on ... - EW)

"Doctor McSexy" - Kirsten the Chump

(Wait, are you secretly Billie Piper? DO GO ON! - EW)

Correct answer: David Tennant.


5. What massive tech company owns QQ, WeChat, and Riot Games, among many others?

"Disney. They own everything." - Laura G

(I mean ... you're not WRONG. - EW)

"TikChat? WeTok?" - cmattg

(TikChat sounds like a dating site for Lyme Disease sufferers. - EW)

"Viridian Dynamic" - seekingferret

(+1, Better Off Ted. - EW)

"Cyberdyne Industries. The 'games' are just Terminator training protocols." - chaosvizier

"Engulf & Devour" - i_calql8

(+1, Silent Movie. - EW)

"All Your Base Ltd." - bending_sickle

"It makes me feel GOD DAMN ANCIENT that the early internet taunt QQ is now a corporate logo. >=( Get off my pixels you dang kids!" - fizrep

Correct answer: Tencent


6. What do you think needs to be blown up?

"Oh. Blown UP. Well, that's a different answer altogether..." - Deza

"My faith in humanity is pretty deflated right now." - seekingferret

"A whole bunch of fireworks. 4yo loves them and tiny babies look super cute in noise-cancelling headphones." - Laura G

(Have tiny babies, can confirm. - EW)

"The Moon. Tides piss me off." - fizrep

"I'm going to blow up the Earth. It obstructs my view of Venus." - chaosvizier

(+1, Marvin the Martian. - EW)

"Whatever irks me the most at any given moment. (May change anytime without warning!)" - germankitty

"I would say the Houses of Parliament, but somebody already tried that and it didn't turn out so well for him." - crystalcazzie

"The patriarchy. Duh." - Kirsten the Chump

"Oh, no, sister, you're not getting my name for that watch list for suggesting that every member of the Republican party should be turned into a fine red mist." - digitaldiscipline

"Nothing that won't get me arrested." - cmattg

"Can we blow up the year 2020?" - b_hulsmans

(If fucking ONLY. However, some good things have happened recently, I hear ... - EW)

Correct answer: "I'm ready to blow up my career, once again - I accepted a new job today!" - angledge

You all showed great talent this week while EW was a tyrant! Although don't taunt her too much because she DID resist the urge to ask a question about pitching a tent. Anyway, come back tomorrow for six new questions and two returning, more-appreciated-than-ever mods!

Rock on,

EW&AL&CV

Comments

Deza

[(Anonymous)]

Thqnks EW! I learned how to be smooth from CV.

[angledge]

Great solo run, Ellie! Time to announce my retirement.

[germankitty]

DWDQEU weekly stats: 12/48. Holding steady there, peeps; well done!

(Personal stats: A draw with i_calql8. In a week where it took me until the crack of dawn on Sunday morning to play because not one even vaguely amusing, never mind funneh thing came to mind sooner, I'm gonna count that as a win! Also, WB, old friend! *hides cattle prod until the next time it's needed*)

[germankitty]

Don't. You. DARE!

(Not that I disagree with your opinion about EW, but still ...)

Oh, and congrats on the new job!

[i_calql8]

So...did I miss anything?

Foursies, huh? Nice to know I still have a few moves left, quizwise.

So, in the span of a few months:
1) I turned the big six-fucking-oh a week and a half ago.
2) I will be getting my final fitting for dentures next week, after four months of oral surgery and waiting weeks for moldings (thanks, pandemic!).
3) I learned that Son will be marrying into an Insta-Family™ in 2021, thus making me...the G-word. I still cannot process it.

So you can understand why the Funneh Tank has been empty the last few months.

"Doctor McSexy" - Kirsten the Chump
(+.5, Supernatural)
FWIW, Supernatural fans know that 'Dr. Sexy' is their parody of 'Gray's Anatomy'. Other potential +1s you can use from Supernatural are, among others, Busty Asian Beauties, Biggerson's, and Casa Erotica.

"Batman 4: Batman makes Pasta" - seekingferret
Too bad Ethel Merman is no longer with us, or you could have a Lola Lasagna cameo. She'd be swell. She'd be great.

[(Anonymous)]

Being the G-word isn't so bad once you give it some time to sink in. My daughter keeps sending me reports on how her son is misbehaving in school. Today he hung up on the Zoom call and locked himself in a dog crate. - Deza

[crystalcazzie]

Woot, an awesome foursome of quotage! Yay!

The David Ten-Inch thing is completely true, by the way. Or at least the fact that Billie Piper calls him that is; I can't make any claims as to the veracity of the name itself.

[angledge]

Yeah, that whole "Quiz answers are due by Friday" is a complete fiction & we all should know it by now. Turn them in whenever. If we haven't written the Answers yet (& RARELY do we get around to it before Sunday evening), we will look at your work.

[angledge]

My boyfriend (who I just moved in with a few weeks ago) has one granddaughter already & his daughter-in-law is expecting a son this month. I... I don't process it. I don't think about it at all tbh...

[angledge]

Juicy!