DWDQ Daily Answers: 26 October 2020.
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dwdqSometimes, your DWDQ mods get a little stuck when it comes to thinking up a theme. Last week, we were much like President Trump, gazing around our respective rooms, calling out the first five things we saw as possible themes: "Man. Woman. Person. Computer. Book." "Book?" "BOOK." You're lucky we didn't do a theme on tape dispensers or USB cords or something.
"You missed an easy opportunity for a Firefly question. Shame!" -shirenomad
You know, we did, which means this quiz is not as shiny as it could've been. Maybe we needshirenomad to be a Guest Mod for a week, whip this place into shape.
1. The Arabic phrase 'Ahi al-Kitab' and the Hebrew phrase 'Am HaSefer' are often used to refer to the Jewish people. How do these phrases translate into English?
"The Librarians." -![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
ntlespino.livejournal.com
(Which Librarians? From Mount Char? From The Magicians? The recently mentioned Librarians in the Dresden Files? Space Marine Psyker Librarians? -AL)
(Ayn Rand followers? -CV)
(Those are libertarians, you twit. -EW)
"Ahi al-Kitab means Tuna of the Book" -seekingferret
(Oooohhh, book sushi. I'd totally eat a book made of sushi. -CV)
"People of the Book. Which would be much more interesting if the words of the holy texts were tattooed on their skins..." - Deza
(I know a few folk who have verses tattooed, but the whole thing? Naw. -AL)
"As opposed to the people of New Jersey, who refer to them as "Those folks badabook'." -digitaldiscipline
Correct Answer: People of the Book.
"...which is strange because most Arabic-speaking people have their OWN 'The Book,' and anyway the Torah is a SCROLL, I've been to synagogue." -shirenomad
2. Who was the first president of Tuskegee University?
(Elephant jokes: 4)
"Dunno, but the first capital of Tuskegee University is T." -seekingferret
"BTW, the answer is..." -shirenomad
(Correct, your answer is. - Master Yoda)
"Booker T. Washington. Very late in his life, he changed careers and became a musician, releasing titles like Time is Tight in 1969. (Told ya he was old!)" -germankitty
Correct Answer: Booker T. Washington.
3. What is the gambling slang for a person who accepts and pays off bets on sporting (and other) events?
"Bookie. Not to be confused with BEING booked, which would give the phrase 'throw the book at them' a whole new meaning." - Deza
"Locally, they're called 'Kristos' because they stand with arms outstreched soliciting bets from the audience, and freeze everyone in place when time is up to collect the wages of sin.
" - ntlespino.livejournal.com
"I used to love the idea of bookmakers cos I thought they were people who made books. The reality was very disappointing." -crystalcazzie
(Much like betting. -CV)
"The House that always Wins" -seekingferret
"An Enabler. Sorry - I can't think of anything funny about the gambling industry" -waitingman
(Yeah, they're a bit... evil. -AL)
"Speaking of books, I first learned the word 'bookie' from reading The Westing Game. (I read it again as an adult and realized that a lot of the social and psychological hang-ups of those characters had flown COMPLETELY over my innocent 9-year-old self's head.)" -shirenomad
(Re-reads can be fun that way. -EW)
Correct Answer: Bookie.
4. In the movie 'Dark City', who is the leader of The Strangers?
"Remember slashdot.org, and that dude who was constantly kvetching about how every whiff of genomic testing put us on a slippery slope to Gattaca? I finally shut him up by making the same specious argument that every article about urban planning was a slippery slope to Dark City, but even this week's theme can't make me remember Kiefer Sutherland's character's name, nor Jennifer Connelly's." -digitaldiscipline
"Merle Haggard" -crystalcazzie
(+1, old school! -AL)
"Winona Ryder, Eleven, or the guy from the Goonies? Gotta be one of those." -captainsblog
(+1, Stranger Things. -EW)
"He (or She) Who Holds The Map... which is how the Strangers find their way 'round the city in the dark" -waitingman
(Of course it's a She who holds the map. Men can never admit they might be lost. -AL)
"Mr Book. He was always bitter that he wasn't considered iconic enough to be one of the Reservoir Dogs just because he went for an item name instead of a color." - Deza
"Dark City 1998 plot synopsis: 'John Murdoch is pursued by a group of pale men in trench coats (extraterrestrials called 'The Strangers') for altering reality at will by means of psychokinesis.' Dark Screen, 2021 proposed sequel plot synopsis: 'Rupert Murdoch is pursued by creepy men in black suits (demons called "The Gentlemen') for altering reality at will by means of FoxNews.'" -germankitty
Correct Answer: Mister Book.
5. Members of the Psocoptera order of insects are more commonly referred to as what?
"The Fake Wings? What else is 2020 going to fake..." -ntlespino.livejournal.com
(Orgas- -CV)
(SHUT. UP. -EW&AL)
"Well 'ptera' is 'winged' and 'psoco' is basically 'psycho,' so murder hornets." -shirenomad
"Rackin' frackin' varmint!" -bending_sickle
(+1, Yosemite Sam... I think. -AL)
"The little bastards who are eating my Pratchett paperbacks!!!!" -waitingman
(Kill them with fire! -EW)
(WAIT NO -EW)
"Bookworm, bookworm, inch me a book...wait, that's not right." -cmattg
"Booklice, often found in the lairs of unhygienic bookwyrms." - Deza
Correct Answer: Booklice.
6. What do you like to read?
"(((As a member of Am HaSefer, I read everything.)))" -seekingferret
"Dude, librarian. I read pretty much anything and everything except Republican propaganda - and even that I'll skim before grimacing and backing slowly away." - Deza
"I have been a bookworm since age 5. I read all kinds of stuff. I especially love science fiction (Margaret Atwood, Neal Stephenson). I met QuizMaster AL in a book club! :) And BTW, AL, Happy Birthday!!!! :D" - Stephanie la Francofille
(Thank you! -AL)
"The political tea leaves in office email." -digitaldiscipline
"I've been going back through my favorite Bujold." -cmattg
"Pretty much everything but 'Twilight', '50 Shades of Grey' and Stephen King. I'm just not into horror, sorry!" -germankitty
"Unpublished works of fiction by lesser known authors based on pre-existing characters." -crystalcazzie
(Way to class up fanfic! -AL)
"Srsly? This." -captainsblog
"Replies from my friends on ~social media~ because I crave positive social interaction, even if only through the internet." -bending_sickle
(Post here on DreamWidth! -AL)
"Comedy/Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Detective Fiction. Ideally something that has at least 2 of those genres in it" -waitingman
Correct Answer: They're all correct. Keep reading, Quizlings.
Thank you to everyone who played this week. Please invite your friends, family, & frenemies to join us next week - the more, the merrier!
Rock on,
AL&CV&EW.
"You missed an easy opportunity for a Firefly question. Shame!" -
shirenomadYou know, we did, which means this quiz is not as shiny as it could've been. Maybe we need
shirenomad to be a Guest Mod for a week, whip this place into shape.1. The Arabic phrase 'Ahi al-Kitab' and the Hebrew phrase 'Am HaSefer' are often used to refer to the Jewish people. How do these phrases translate into English?
"The Librarians." -
ntlespino.livejournal.com(Which Librarians? From Mount Char? From The Magicians? The recently mentioned Librarians in the Dresden Files? Space Marine Psyker Librarians? -AL)
(Ayn Rand followers? -CV)
(Those are libertarians, you twit. -EW)
"Ahi al-Kitab means Tuna of the Book" -
seekingferret(Oooohhh, book sushi. I'd totally eat a book made of sushi. -CV)
"People of the Book. Which would be much more interesting if the words of the holy texts were tattooed on their skins..." - Deza
(I know a few folk who have verses tattooed, but the whole thing? Naw. -AL)
"As opposed to the people of New Jersey, who refer to them as "Those folks badabook'." -
digitaldisciplineCorrect Answer: People of the Book.
"...which is strange because most Arabic-speaking people have their OWN 'The Book,' and anyway the Torah is a SCROLL, I've been to synagogue." -
shirenomad2. Who was the first president of Tuskegee University?
(Elephant jokes: 4)
"Dunno, but the first capital of Tuskegee University is T." -
seekingferret"BTW, the answer is..." -
shirenomad(Correct, your answer is. - Master Yoda)
"Booker T. Washington. Very late in his life, he changed careers and became a musician, releasing titles like Time is Tight in 1969. (Told ya he was old!)" -
germankittyCorrect Answer: Booker T. Washington.
3. What is the gambling slang for a person who accepts and pays off bets on sporting (and other) events?
"Bookie. Not to be confused with BEING booked, which would give the phrase 'throw the book at them' a whole new meaning." - Deza
"Locally, they're called 'Kristos' because they stand with arms outstreched soliciting bets from the audience, and freeze everyone in place when time is up to collect the wages of sin.
" - ntlespino.livejournal.com"I used to love the idea of bookmakers cos I thought they were people who made books. The reality was very disappointing." -
crystalcazzie(Much like betting. -CV)
"The House that always Wins" -
seekingferret"An Enabler. Sorry - I can't think of anything funny about the gambling industry" -
waitingman(Yeah, they're a bit... evil. -AL)
"Speaking of books, I first learned the word 'bookie' from reading The Westing Game. (I read it again as an adult and realized that a lot of the social and psychological hang-ups of those characters had flown COMPLETELY over my innocent 9-year-old self's head.)" -
shirenomad(Re-reads can be fun that way. -EW)
Correct Answer: Bookie.
4. In the movie 'Dark City', who is the leader of The Strangers?
"Remember slashdot.org, and that dude who was constantly kvetching about how every whiff of genomic testing put us on a slippery slope to Gattaca? I finally shut him up by making the same specious argument that every article about urban planning was a slippery slope to Dark City, but even this week's theme can't make me remember Kiefer Sutherland's character's name, nor Jennifer Connelly's." -
digitaldiscipline"Merle Haggard" -
crystalcazzie(+1, old school! -AL)
"Winona Ryder, Eleven, or the guy from the Goonies? Gotta be one of those." -
captainsblog(+1, Stranger Things. -EW)
"He (or She) Who Holds The Map... which is how the Strangers find their way 'round the city in the dark" -
waitingman(Of course it's a She who holds the map. Men can never admit they might be lost. -AL)
"Mr Book. He was always bitter that he wasn't considered iconic enough to be one of the Reservoir Dogs just because he went for an item name instead of a color." - Deza
"Dark City 1998 plot synopsis: 'John Murdoch is pursued by a group of pale men in trench coats (extraterrestrials called 'The Strangers') for altering reality at will by means of psychokinesis.' Dark Screen, 2021 proposed sequel plot synopsis: 'Rupert Murdoch is pursued by creepy men in black suits (demons called "The Gentlemen') for altering reality at will by means of FoxNews.'" -
germankittyCorrect Answer: Mister Book.
5. Members of the Psocoptera order of insects are more commonly referred to as what?
"The Fake Wings? What else is 2020 going to fake..." -
ntlespino.livejournal.com(Orgas- -CV)
(SHUT. UP. -EW&AL)
"Well 'ptera' is 'winged' and 'psoco' is basically 'psycho,' so murder hornets." -
shirenomad"Rackin' frackin' varmint!" -
bending_sickle(+1, Yosemite Sam... I think. -AL)
"The little bastards who are eating my Pratchett paperbacks!!!!" -
waitingman(Kill them with fire! -EW)
(WAIT NO -EW)
"Bookworm, bookworm, inch me a book...wait, that's not right." -
cmattg"Booklice, often found in the lairs of unhygienic bookwyrms." - Deza
Correct Answer: Booklice.
6. What do you like to read?
"(((As a member of Am HaSefer, I read everything.)))" -
seekingferret"Dude, librarian. I read pretty much anything and everything except Republican propaganda - and even that I'll skim before grimacing and backing slowly away." - Deza
"I have been a bookworm since age 5. I read all kinds of stuff. I especially love science fiction (Margaret Atwood, Neal Stephenson). I met QuizMaster AL in a book club! :) And BTW, AL, Happy Birthday!!!! :D" - Stephanie la Francofille
(Thank you! -AL)
"The political tea leaves in office email." -
digitaldiscipline"I've been going back through my favorite Bujold." -
cmattg"Pretty much everything but 'Twilight', '50 Shades of Grey' and Stephen King. I'm just not into horror, sorry!" -
germankitty"Unpublished works of fiction by lesser known authors based on pre-existing characters." -
crystalcazzie(Way to class up fanfic! -AL)
"Srsly? This." -
captainsblog"Replies from my friends on ~social media~ because I crave positive social interaction, even if only through the internet." -
bending_sickle(Post here on DreamWidth! -AL)
"Comedy/Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Detective Fiction. Ideally something that has at least 2 of those genres in it" -
waitingmanCorrect Answer: They're all correct. Keep reading, Quizlings.
Thank you to everyone who played this week. Please invite your friends, family, & frenemies to join us next week - the more, the merrier!
Rock on,
AL&CV&EW.
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