DW Daily Quiz: 24+1 October 2011

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1. The town of Gastown became Granville, and then Granville became which city?

"Constantinople" - love2loveher
"Istanbul" - mark_laura, revhhkitty

"The City of TOWNSVILLE" - freezer818, drbear

"Bartertown" - jmthane

(The population keeps halving for some reason. -CV)

"Farmville" - kristinmachina

"Orgrimmar, Exodar, or Darnassus?" - thepikey

(+1, last week's quiz. And really, who wouldn't want to take their epic gear and beat the crap out of all of Vancouver? -CV)

"PARADISE CITY! WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN AND SOMETHING SOMETHING I NEVER GODDAMNED UNDERSTOOD. SHITTY? CLITTY?" - lots42

"Gosh it disturbs me to see you, Gastown
Looking so down in the dumps
Every town here'd love to be you, Gastown
Even when taking your lumps
There's no town around as admired as you
You're ev'ryone's favorite town
Ev'ryone's awed and inspired by you
And it's not very hard to see whyyyyyyyyyy..." - silk_knickers, alexmegami, i_calql8

(+1, Beauty and the Beast. -CV)

"When I visited Vancouver BC for the winter olympics, the best thing wasn't olympic-related: it was that they have a hot dog cart vendor called Mr. TubeSteak and that I was the only one in my family to find it funny." - wheatheart

"Gastown comes from a man nicknamed Gassy Jack, a bar/saloon owner. Gastown is still the name of an area in downtown Vancouver. Granville was named after the earl Granville. Vancouver was a Captain exploring in the late 1700s. Vancouver is not to be confused as the capital of the province, which is Victoria on nearby Vancouver island. I swear I am not cheating; I was a tour guide and this is the sort of thing I still remember. What was the question again? I can keep going. Fun fact: Captain Vancouver is covered in gold on top of the provincial legislature (in Victoria). It's not actually his body but we told children that anyways because it's more fun. Also, his statue has two left feet. I doubt the actual Vancouver did, though. Vancouver was English but his name was originally Dutch." - ruchi

(Captain Vancouver: still better than Captain Planet, and covered in gold to boot! -CV)

Correct Answer: Vancouver



2. What DC comics villain was granted immortality from a radioactive meteorite in the year 50,000 B.C.?

"I'm a girl, I don't know these things! Ask me something about make up. (Yaay for gender stereotypes!)" - dk2022

(Question #3 should be right up your alley, then. -CV)

"When you say 'DC villain' I still think of Dick Cheney" - mandydax

"Partical Man" - love2loveher

"Imhotep" - jmthane

"Caveman Grog. (Why do caveman names always have lots of 'G's? Why is there never 'Caveman Aethelred'?)" - lbmango

"Captainnnn Caaaaavemaaaan" - thepikey, la_trombonista, mattwolf

(That would seem to be the logical answer, wouldn't it? -CV)

"Captain Platypus" - wiredwizard

"The Underminer--he may be beneath you, but nothing is beneath him!" - kristinmachina

(+1, The Incredibles. -CV)

"As spiders are inherently evil, I'm gonna say it's the spider who later bit Peter Parker." - germankitty

"I thought radioactivity was supposed to kill you, not grant you immortality. Or at least that's what I learned from watching Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan." - ifeedformula

"Ok, what DC comics villain didn't get his powers from a radioactive something? For that matter, what DC comics hero didn't get his powers from something radioactive?" - tweeti

"Wow, an immortal DC villain...that narrows it down to just Vandal Savage...and Ra's al Ghul, Black Adam, Resurrection Man, Immortal Man, General Immortus, the Shade, Felix Faust..." - i_calql8

Correct Answer: Vandal Savage

"Now I'm picturing comics villains crossing over with the comic strip B.C. That oughta put a spin on the Christian theme of it." - akiyasan



3. What French jewellery company, founded in 1896, became famous for its "Mystery Setting" procedure for placing gemstones?

(Scooby Doo: 8. -CV)

"'Jewellery'? I’m confused... which one of the mods is British? None of you live there according to your profiles" - majorsamfan

(My bad. I have to type a lot of British English, and it gets away from me at times. -CV)

"Emperor's New Settings! Can't see the stone? Well, that's because we have a speshul mystery technique that plebs can't afford see!" - vayshti

"I don't like things with 'mystery' in their name, reminds me of 'mystery meat' and you never know what that is, especially if it's covered with pants." - demon_666

(...wow. -CV)

"Marcel Marceau Jewelers - 'Is it a box? Is it a TV? Is it a microwave? It's a mystery!'" - revhhkitty

(I didn't know you could mime for diamonds. -CV)

"FUCK THE FRENCH. THE FRENCH DON'T HAVE FREEDOM LIKE WE DO" - eelylove

"The company's name was Poirot, and for the thousandth time it's a Belgian company, not French." - silk_knickers, alfvaen

(Those wacky Belgians. -CV)

"Le Jeweled, best known for their Flame Gems and Star Gems. Ask for the Hypercubes." - i_calql8

("Pas de movements? LE FUUUUUUUUCK!" -CV)

"Zis is Ze Ripoff, no? Jewelers." - drbear

"De Beers, but I like Tree better" - alexmegami

(Things go better with de beers. -CV)

"It's probably one of those stores where I can only gaze longingly through the window as my wallet weeps." - kristinmachina

"Van Cleft....They also wrote music for pianos" - tweeti

(Up until they got in treble for misusing their staff. -CV)

Correct Answer: Van Cleef and Arpels

"Less butch than Van Cleef, Lee." - germankitty



4. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the band:
Have you seen her?
So fine and pretty. Fooled me with her style and ease.
And I feel her from across the room.
Yes, it's love in the third degree.

(Reed Richards/Plastic Man/Other stretchy persons: 6. -CV)

"Diamond Dave had some looooong arms to be feelin' her up from across the room" - mark_laura

"Love Burns by Billy & The Boingers" - wiredwizard

"Three is the wrong answer - Courtney Love is only ONE degree of separation from Kevin Bacon." - thepikey

"Why am I suddenly picturing Robert Plant backed by a bunch of models with slicked back hair, racoon eye makeup and big poofy lips strumming guitars?" - ifeedformula

(We truly do not know. -CV)

"I misread this at first and thought it was an Alabama song, 'Love in the First Degree', but then I realized that there is no way that y'all would a put anything country on a quiz....*grin*...Most folks just don't understand the South." - tweeti

(We've put Europop on this quiz; it's only a matter of time before Country gets its show. Toby Keith, we're watching you. -CV)

"LJDQ set me free, you are guilty (guilty) of putting earworms in me. LJDQ can't you see, I stand abuuused, by Love In The Third Degree." - vayshti

"Be careful, Ric Ocasek! Love in the third degree carries a sentence of 15 to life." - mandydax

"What's REALLY scary is that David Lee Roth became a paramedic. I hope he never had to deal with a suicidal patient. '...might as well JUMP!'" - n5iln

Correct Answer: Van Halen, "Dance the Night Away"



5. What 19th century American shipping and rail magnate bore the nickname "Commodore"?

(People who read "Commode" instead of "Commodore": 13. -CV)

"wait... Didn't they sing or something? I have frozen feet so my brain isn't working." - dk2022

(Yes, the Commodores did indeed sing. This was someone else. Put some socks on and try again. -CV)

"Lionel Richie" - germankitty

(A man now only known for being the "proud" father of Nicole Richie. -CV)

"Riker, William T." - n5iln

"Atari" - seferin
"LXIV" - kristinmachina
"Vic Amiga" - i_calql8
"Commodore MacIntosh Apple, III" - majorsamfan

"♫ I am the very model of a modern Major-Commodore.
I've information stored inside in kilobytes times sixty-four.
I know the ways to peek and poke, and I can print then GOTO 10.
And using logic I decide if I should make this song to END. ♪" - mandydax

(+5, awesome lyrics. -1, Geek of the Week. Still a net gain. -CV)

"Did anyone else find the jingle 'Are you keeping up with the Commodore, because the Commodore is keeping up with you' terribly, well, creepy-stalkerish?" - vayshti

(All things considered, Apple could probably use that slogan verbatim nowadays. -CV)

"Elvis needs boats!" - mark_laura

"Brisco County Jr." - wiredwizard

(Oooh, that's old. -CV)

"There's a Commodore Barry bridge over the Delaware River, so I'll go with that." - silk_knickers

"OMG COMMODORE. LIKE THE CAR?! Because if you want to pick up chicks in Australia, just drive a commodore and play this song and the pussy* will fly at you.
*more than likely highly obese, illiterate, slutty bogans." - eelylove

Correct Answer: Cornelius Vanderbilt



Choose a question! Or both! Or Whatever!

6a. What is your favorite (real or fictional) means of transportation?

"Unicorn teleportation. You sit on a unicorn, and it teleports you where you want to go" - lbmango, alexmegami

"Hovercars! They're both real AND fictional!" - mark_laura

"Apparition. Muggles paving over everything when they could just... *pop*" - mandydax

"The TARDIS" - wiredwizard, jmthane, mattwolf

"I'll have a piece of that chocolate Enterprise from a few quizes ago, pretty please?" - kristinmachina

"I ride Your Mom every chance I get, but the only place I can go is Shame and Regret." - thepikey

"I guess it's a tie between planes and trains--or as referred to them both when I was real little, 'kitties'." - holmes221b

"I want to ride a narwhal! Lots of people are doing it. I would take it whalering and skewer as many whalers as possible on its horn. Take that jerks in metal pod 6!" - demon_666

"I think I'd really enjoy riding by train, though I've never done it. I'd love seeing the countryside. I enjoy long car trips, but in a train, I think you'd be able to stretch your legs better." - tweeti

6n. What is your favorite Stephen King story?

(I only just realized that I typoed "6n" instead of "6b". Some of you, I note, answered for 6n. Fair enough. -CV)

"It. Encapsulates Childhood very well" - seferin

(What the fuck kind of childhood did you have, exactly? -CV)

"JESUS FUCK NOT THE ONE WITH THE CLOWN, ANY OF THEM EXCEPT THAT ONE" - silk_knickers

"Insomnia : Ludicrous Diabolus ending and all." - freezer818

"I'd have to go with 'Rage', the Richard Bachman one about the teen who goes into his classroom, shoots his teacher, and holds his classmates hostage. These days, even knowing what it's about is enough to get you suspended and/or arrested." - alfvaen

"The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, because the heroine is just so plucky and never-give-uppy where most of his stories are all depressing and full of flesh eating clowns and what not." - ifeedformula

Both?

"Christine" - drbear

"From a Buick 8" - seekingferret



And there you have it. The theme of the week was Vans, and I can't believe no one called me out on the Stephen King question. Not a one of you. I must be losing my touch...

Anyway, thanks again for playing, and we hope you enjoyed, and we of course hope to see you again real soon! New quiz up... uh, maybe today! Yeah! Timeliness! It's not just for clocks anymore! Or clock spiders. Or clockwork.

This quiz is not sponsored by Van Helsing, Casper Van Dien, or Gus Van Sant. If this quiz had been four questions, it would have been a minivan. Final Fantasy's Vaan gets an A for extraa effort.

Rock on!

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