DW Daily Answers: 12 October 2020

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We bearly made it in time with this quiz.
...
I guess that's not really true, we had time to sbear.



1. Which British adventurer served in the SAS, had several TV shows on wilderness survival, & named his children Marmaduke & Huckleberry?

(Peeple who commented on drinking your urine to survive: 3. -AL)

"I thought the theme was bears, but Marmaduke and Huckleberry Hound are both dogs." - Laura G
"Clearly, he's not smarter than the average bear if he named his kids after dogs." - waitingman

"Boris Johnson" - seekingferret

"Wait, which son was it that got tossed out on a desert island and told to fend for himself when he was like 10?" - Deza

"A friend of my mom's named her son Huckleberry. Not so strange, except their last name was Hopper. Huckleberry Hopper...I always wondered what happened to that poor kid." - bluealoe

"" - germankitty

Correct Answer: Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls

"What, he didn't think to name any of them Charcoal?" - cmattg



2. Which catchy Disney earworm encourages listeners to "forget about your worries and your strife"?

"hakuna matata, which makes me think of tits, so what does it have to do with bears?" - dreadkingspike

(Even bears have tits, so we'll let it pass. -CV)

"The only Disney song I know at this point is that 'You're Welcome' song from Moana from my goddaughter demanding to listen to it every 5 minutes when I spend time with her.
ˢᵉⁿᵈ ʰᵉˡᵖ" - ANONYMOUS

"Foamy the Squirrel's 'Gonads and Strife'" - digitaldiscipline

(Now that's some ancient internet history right there. -CV)

"Kaa... oops, I thought it said earsnake" - seekingferret

"It’s been over 30 years and I will still randomly sing this. It is unbearable!" - bending_sickle

"Baloo in cross-species drag. I need brain bleach." - Deza

"Fun fact: I rarely get 'It's a Small World' stuck in my head because I can sing it straight through, including both verses." - Laura G

"Fun Fact: this is called 'als je van beren leren kan' which means 'If you can learn from bears' which fits the theme even better" - b_hulsmans

Correct Answer: "The Bare Necessities"

"Does anyone know what the bare necessities of life actually are? Or is it all just honey and ants?" - crystalcazzie



3. Who tells Americans that "Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires" and therefore must be very disappointed with us this year?

"That doesn't narrow things down. Who ISN'T very disappointed with us this year?" - seekingferret

"But really, everything in the state of California is known to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm..." - dreadkingspike

"Leslie Knope." - crytalcazzie

"Look, I was way over on the opposite coast, so if it's my job and my job alone to prevent these things, we're kinda screwed. Next time maybe put a few more people on the job." - shirenomad

"You pressed, 'You,' referring to me. That is incorrect. The correct answer is you." - Laura G

(+1, The Simpsons. Also, I'm giving myself a +1 for recognizing a Simpsons quote! I had a very sheltered childhood, you see. -EW)

"But everybody knows there's no Smokey without fire..." - waitingman

"Smokepee the Bear" - fizrep

(Mod note: this only really works if you know fizrep was doing a whole bodily-waste-themed set of answers, and yet, devoid of context, it still made me laugh WAY TOO MUCH -EW)

Correct answer: Smokey the Bear.

"Why would you call someone who *doesn't* want stuff to burn SMOKEY BEAR?" - cmattg

(So it was him all along ... *drops coffee cup in slow motion* -CV)



4. Which constellation, sometimes known as "The Plough" or "The Big Dipper", appears on the flag of the state of Alaska?

"AKA the Little Dipper when it's having performance issues" - seekingferret

"Cue people insisting that the Big Dipper is an 'asterism,' not a constellation." - shirenomad
"Oooh! Oooh! The Big Dipper isn't a constellation! It's an asterism.!" - bluealoe

"Imagine being a seventh-grade Aleut orphan in Alaska and you win the competition of designing your state flag. You did good, kid." - bending_sickle

(+1 for heartwarming awwwwww. Other, more hard-hearted mods may disagree. -EW)

"I can never remember if it's the Big Bear or the Little Bear, but I know you'll find both of them down at the local leather club." - crystalcazzie

"Sarah Palin? No... she's a great bore. Sorry!" - waitingman

"Well, it's not like there's much to do other than plowing your neighbor in Alaska..." - ANONYMOUS

"Ursa Major (although my spellcheck wanted to say urea...)" - dreadkingspike

(Tell your spellcheck that fizrep already called dibs on the pee jokes. - AL)

Correct Answer: Ursa Major, "The Great Bear"



5. In an epistle we can only hope was addressed to Lydia of Thyatira/Skyrim, how did Saint Paul say that believers could "fulfill the law of Christ"?

"Grin and bear it" - Stephanie la Francofille, shirenomad

(Grinning was expressly forbidden in the Bible. -AL)

"No one is to stone anyone, until I blow this whistle. Do you understand?! Even... & I want to make this absolutely clear... even if they do say Jehovah!!" - waitingman

(+1, Monty Python's Life of Brian. -CV)

"Despite having grown up a church kid, the only thing I can think of is 'Lydia the Tattooed Lady.'" - Laura G

"I can only imagine something about embracing the right to bear arms and delivering some divine judgment" - ANONYMOUS

"Exit, pursued by a bear." - digitaldiscipline, cmattg

(+1, The Winter's Tale. -EW)

"Was Lydia of Thyatira also sworn to carry my burdens?" - hafnia

"I'm sworn to carry your turdens..." - fizrep

Correct Answer: Galatians 6:2, "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."



6. What are you doing to get ready for winter? (waitingman & any other Quizlings from the Southern Hemisphere: What are you doing to get ready for summer?)

"I’d love to say putting on fat, but... well, I’m already fat..." - dreadkingspike and 9 other contestants, CV included

"Moving to DeNile, where there is hopefully better weather. (I'd take Australia, or New Zealand, too, if someone will have me ...)" - germankitty

"Winter? We're not that far into autumn yet! Are you going to start asking us about Christmas next week?" - crystalcazzie
"I live in Alaska. Winter is already here. It's been here since August. *cries*" - bluealoe

"I am cheerfully panicking and pretending that everything is just fine and that winter with its onset of SAD is not going to come and bite me in the ass. It's going great, thanks." - hafnia

"Preparing for our inevitable fire season. 2020 has 2 Summers for us, so whatever didn't burn at the start of the year gets another chance" - waitingman

(Note to self: Visit Australia before any more of it burns down. -CV)

"Stocking up on alcohol to either celebrate or grieve the election results" - ANONYMOUS

"The Great Closet Switch is my alternative to fattening up for winter." - Stephanie la Francofille

"a) Pulling out all the winter clothes.
b) Discovering none of the winter clothes fit the kid anymore.
c) Buying new winter clothes." - shirenomad



And bear you have it. To celebrate the legendary 'Fat Bear Week', we bring you a bear quiz. No bears, platypus bears, gopher bears, skunk bears, or armadillo bears were harmed during the making of this quiz. Tune in tomorrow when our next theme will, in comparison, be unbearable.

Rock on!

AL&EW&CV