dwdq | DW Daily Answers: 5 October 2020

And so on this fifth day of the tenth month we give you a quiz of eights, because math.

1. Which English monarch's relationship history can be summarized as: "Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived"?

"Boris Johnson" -

crystalcazzie

"lawyers, guillotine, grim reaper, lawyers, guillotine, Jeff Probst." -

i_calql8

"Henry X" -

seekingferret

(Not one of Spike Lee's more popular works... -CV)

"The fat one with the skinny legs and the big cod piece enveloping his syphilitic cock." - Kirsten the Chump

"married to the woman next door, she's been married seven times before." -

captainsblog,

waitingman,

bending_sickle

Correct Answer: Henry VIII

2. Fun with lyrics! Name the song & the band:
Oh, I need your love, babe
Guess you know it's true
Hope you need my love babe
Just like I need you
Hold me, love me, hold me, love me
I ain't got nothing but love, babe...

"'10 Days a Week' by the Beatles" -

seekingferret

(The weeks HAVE felt about this long. -AL)

"Eight Legs All Week by the Spiders." -

krait

"That sounds like a Boyband, since I don't know the song, it's a band from before the 70's So either The Beatles or The Monkees." -

b_hulsmans

(Impressive use of logic, +1. -AL)

"Eight days a week is not enough to ~~earn the money I'll need to get you into a decent college, so you can become a doctor & start paying me back for putting my career on hold for 20 years to raise your ungrateful, shitty little arse~~ ahem... I mean 'show I care...'" -

waitingman

"Oy Veys A Week, by the Bubbeatles." -

captainsblog

"'Eight Days a Week', by the Overrated British Rock Band. Got into some very interesting, um, let's call them 'discussions', at my trivia night whenever I referred to the Beatles that way." -

i_calql8

"8 days a week, I hayayayayate this song. Seriously, this has to be the most insipid Beatles song. Thank goodness they found drugs." - Kirsten the Chump

Correct Answer: "Eight Days a Week" by The Beatles

"Where's the eighth fucking day, John? Where the fuck is it?" -

digitaldiscipline

3. What is the colloquial term for the leaders within the United States Congress who are supposed to be briefed on classified intelligence matters by the executive branch?

"Teh 8, modeled on Facebook's early 'Teh 6.'" - Stephanie la Francofille

"The Court of the Pirate Lords. Their position is denoted by their holding one of the Nine Pieces of Eight bequeathed by the founding Court members." -

krait

(+1, Pirates of the Caribbean. -CV)

"The Hateful 8" -

waitingman,

b_hulsmans

(Not entirely inaccurate... -AL)

"'Supposed to be'? What? Do they get handed a briefcase, empty save for a crude drawing of a goose attacking a moose instead?" -

bending_sickle

"Eight Old White Dudes" -

shirenomad, speaking the obvious truth

"The Gang of Eight, made up of Four Fuck's Sake, and Four Crying Out Loud." -

i_calql8

Correct Answer: The Gang of Eight

4. What car stereo technology, developed by the Lear Jet Corporation in 1963, doubled the capability of the systems developed by Eddie 'Madman' Muntz?

"Developed by Lear? Then it's the turbo-boosted, jet-powered, twin-cam, overhead sub-sonic audio-enhancing exciter module with a 56 band graphic-equaliser & precision-balanced outputs. Version 8.0 - the first seven blew up during testing with a Cypress Hill CD" -

waitingman

(While this anecdote is not, strictly speaking, true, it is a fine version of the history of the development of the Correct Answer. -CV)

"Based on the theme I'd say; something something 8. Based on the question I'd say 'something stereo something 8'." -

b_hulsmans

(Again, impressive use of logic, +1. -AL)

"The inventor of the 8 track was Crazy Eddie's cousin? Learning this feels like Christmas in July!" - KIRSTEN THE CHUMP

"The 8 track was before my time, but the angst of youngsters making fun of your teenage technology is never ending. I had the horrifying experience of 5 teenagers going through my college CD binder last summer, I still haven't recovered emotionally." -

dragonsong

"I've listened to the Beatles on 8-track. Probably not too many Quizlings can say that." - Deza

(Anyone else? -AL)
(*raises hand* -CV)

"This is the reason why we don't have flying cars, isn't it? They put all their research into bloody 8-track tapes instead." -

crystalcazzie

(As every Civ player knows, you can only research one new technology at a time. -AL)

Correct Answer: Stereo 8, or 8 Track

5. What playing cards were Wild Bill Hickok supposedly holding when he was murdered in Deadwood in 1876?

"8 aces. No wonder the other dude was pissed!" - Kirsten the Chump

(If you gotta cheat, at least do it properly. -AL)

"who names their city 'Deadwood' and expects positive things to come from it?" -

b_hulsmans

"Go fish" -

digitaldiscipline
"Uno" -

shirenomad
"Crazy 8s?" - Stephanie la Francofille

" I have shot people for less than this. -CV

" -

bending_sickle

"Whatever it was, it turned out to be either a killer hand or a dead loss, right?" -

germankitty

Correct Answer: "The Dead Man's Hand", Black Aces and Eights

"Unfortunately they were playing Texas Hold Em, where you are only supposed to have 2 cards." - Deza

6. What do you have going on this October?

"Not taking any of this October is the eighth month bullshit from you, is what. 2020 has already been waaaaay too fucking long." -

seekingferret

"You should ask Stacy's mom--she's got it going on." -

i_calql8

"Naps. Lots of naps." -

shirenomad

"Unfortunately, three more deb-8's." -

captainsblog

(Maaaaaybe. -AL)

"Work, work, more work, and then the one day I'm legit allowed to let me coworkers see the REAL me." - Deza

"Getting ready for Halloween, preparing for Halloween, decorating for Halloween, hearing people complain that it's not Halloween yet and ignoring them cos all of October is Halloween, Halloween." -

crystalcazzie

"I think I'll take my German Yacht for a sailing spree down to Ocho Ríos the and pick up some freight." -

krait

(CV, are all those words derived from the word eight? -AL)
(In this particularly horrible universe, yes. -CV)

"In the 10th month, which is named after the number 8 (behold the mystery!), I will be getting used to being FIFTY YEARS OLD, which I turned on the final day of Seventhember." - Stephanie la Francofille

(Happy birthday! -CV&AL)

"Getting ready for a baaaaaby! Due in November, but who knows what this kid's plans are..." -

dragonsong

(Congratulations! -AL&CV)

Correct Answer: " My birthday! And Halloween! Aaaand... Still a lot of staying home because the pandemic isn't over yet, people." - Kirsten the Chump

And there you have it, another fun filled action packed start to your week. Can there be anything better? We say nay! Also, great to see some new names out there, like

krait and

dragonsong, who might not be new as the morning dew but to these ancient eyes you are both funky and fresh! All are welcome here, except those jerks in Pod Six. Tune in tomorrow for more quizly goodness, where we wake

elliewatkins up from her bear-like hibernation!

Rock On!

AL&CV&EW