dwdq | DW Daily Answers: 2 November 2020

Soul Train. Better than Doom Train, not better than Crazy Train.

1. DeAndre Cortez Way is better known by what stage name?

"De la Soul?" - Stephanie la Francofille

(So wrong. -AL)
(Led way astray by the theme -EW)

"Drag queen Curdsan Way. Her Little Bo Peep costume is FABULOUS!" - Kirsten the Chump

"Isn't that the access road into Aztec Murderer National Park?" -

captainsblog

(Close. That's Hernando Cortez Way. -CV)

"(Ass)Soulja Boy... I think he should have stuck with his real name - sounds much cooler & doesn't lend itself to scatological punnery" -

waitingman

"He's got soul but he's not a Soulja" -

crystalcazzie

Correct Answer: Soulja Boy

2. What manga and anime series takes place at the 'Death Weapon Meister Academy'?

"... all of them?" -

digitaldiscipline

(Full credit. -CV)

"Sounds like the kind of place where everybody actually was kung-fu fighting..." -

waitingman

"No fair! When I lived in Japan I only got to teach at regular, boring elementary schools and 1 middle school. How does one get to teach English at a death weapon academy??" - Kirsten the Chump

"JK Rowling's latest, 'Harry PotTERF and the Horrific Career Ruiner.'" -

captainsblog

"Pikachu Goes to Durmstrang" -

germankitty

Correct Answer: Soul Eater

3. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the band:
Can you help me remember how to smile
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded
Life's mystery seems so faded

(Quizlings found this song a bit depressing:)

"Are those song lyrics? They look like a suicide note." - Basketball Jones

"'Let's Mope Together' by Hangdog Expression" -

germankitty

"Anthem of the Year by 2020" -

crystalcazzie

"Jesus Christ, the bridge to the Gilligan's Island theme is dark. No wonder they never played it." -

digitaldiscipline

"That 90s band from Minnesota originally named 'We're not as cold as Coldplay and only slightly worse.'" -

captainsblog

Correct Answer: "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum

4. The ancient city of Wiryeseong has grown over the past two thousand years and is now called what?

"Op Op Op Oppan Gangnam Style!!" -

waitingman

(-1, horrible song. -AL)

"Wherehashegone" -

crystalcazzie

"I’ve searched my Seoul and can’t find the answer." - Basketball Jones

"서울" -

bending_sickle

(Full credit. -EW)

"The eo and theme make me think it must be Seoul, but otherwise that word looks like something out of a fantasy book so I'm going to go with Minas Tirith because the ancient name for a city is exactly the kind of bullshit Tolkien would bother coming up with." - Kirsten the Chump

"Tell your doctor if your city remains enlarged for more than 2,000 years." -

captainsblog

Correct Answer: Seoul, Republic of Korea

5. The Irish term 'Anam Cara' (or anamchara) suggests a person who is so close that they are better qualified than a priest to hear one's confession. What is the literal translation of this phrase?

"Bosom Buddy or Breast Bestie." -

bending_sickle

"My girlfriend." - Basketball Jones

(That's my boyfriend!! <3 <3 <3 **googly eyes** -AL)
(FFS... -EW&CV)

"

" - Kirsten the Chump

"Being an Irish expression, it most likely means 'Drinking Buddy'" -

waitingman,

crystalcazzie

"Bartender (some days you punch up, some days you punch down, and some days you punch Denis Leary)" -

digitaldiscipline

Correct Answer: Soul Friend

6. Your friendly moderators are making a shopping list and want to know: what would you sell your soul for?

(Inevitable political wishlists: 5)

"I hew to the Moist von Lipwig stance at this point, and the first god that can find mine should make an offer." -

digitaldiscipline

"The ability to travel to another planet, preferably with some life on it. Seriously. I would have volunteered to go to Mars, but I'm too old :(" - Stephanie La Francofille

"Fifteen minutes in that ultra quiet room at Orfield Labs so I can scream myself hoarse.
Also,
Satan has ten thousand bags of Tostitos just for this purpose.

Satan has ten thousand bags of Tostitos just for this purpose.

" -

bending_sickle

"A big house with a giant library that has one of those wheely ladders that runs along the shelves. That's the dream." -

crystalcazzie

And thus endeth the All Saints and All Souls weekend. Now back to real life, except for the part where we harvested all your souls and traded them in for kewpie dolls at the arcade. Tune in tomorrow for a new quiz, because we stop for nothing. NOTHING, we say.

Stay safe, stay sane, but above all, stay silly. This quiz isn't powered by smarts, not by a long shot!

Rock On,
AL&EW&CV