DW Daily Answers: 7 November 2011

[chaosvizier]

All Souls' Day follows Halloweeen, so Soul Week should follow Monster Week on the quiz. Logical, Mr. Spock, perfectly logical.

1. The album "Grave Dancer's Union", featuring the hit single "Runaway Train", was produced by which band?

"reminds me of when the undertaker married the snake charmer--their towels were marked 'Hiss and Hearse'." - i_calql8

“Jon Voight and the Manny Manheim Steamrollers" - majorsamfan

“I initially read that as 'Grave Dancer's Unicorn'. needless to say, I no longer have a witty answer." - cold_clarity

"Man, they have a union for everything these days" - mistyraven

“Spinal Tap." - n5iln

“Swear to God: I thought 'Runaway Train' was a Tom Petty song." - freezer818

“Men Without Brakes." - alfvaen

"I just wanted one Pepsi and they wouldn't give them to me! Oh wait, that was Suicidal Tendencies, not Soul Asylum. Somehow I got the songs mixed up." - akiyasan

“Sounds like an Oingo Boingo/Jethro Tull collaboration. I'd better go with Sting." - squeegibo

"I blame this band for white-boy dreads' spreading plague." - primavera

Correct Answer: Soul Asylum



2. What is the stage name of Mr. DeAndre Cortez Way?

"Is DeAndre Cortez Way to San Jose?" - drbear

(You probably should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque. -CV)

“Krusty The Klown" - wiredwizard

"Damon Wayans" - thalen

"El Dorado" - seferin

(That was another Cortez. -CV)

“I hope it's De la Soul." - primavera

"D'Artagnan, after he broke away from the Three Musketeers for a solo career. Despite the fact that he went from europop to country, he still managed to take most of the fans with him. I hear the rest of the Musketeers put out a hit, but you know how those trashy supermarket rags exaggerate" - frequencyshift

"Andre The Giant" - ifeedformula

"Fezzik - His Way's not very sportsman-like" - majorsamfan
"Inigo Montoya. Have you, perhaps, seen a six-fingered man around?" - kenshardik

“Sting" - mistyraven

“RuPaul" - squeegibo, freezer818

"No. His brother's stage name was Yes. They fought a lot" - n5iln

“Kermit the Frog" - yamx

"This is Dr. Dre. He is sometimes good, sometimes bad, you know, a regular Dr. Dreckel and Mr Wayde" - demon_666

Correct Answer: Soulja Boy

"Cannonfodder Kid didn't go over well with the focus groups" - thepikey



3. The B-24D bomber "Lady Be Good" was the subject of which 1970 film?

"I once watched 'Heavy Metal' while not drunk or stoned... it made absolutely no sense to a properly functioning brain." - ironjeff; 5 others remember this movie

"Johnny is a Tramp" - sskipstress

"Howard The Duck" - wiredwizard

“Dr. chaosvizier or: How I Learned to Make a Killer Gin & Pudding Float and Play the Quiz." - mistyraven

“Deep Throat" - kristinmachina

"Alive" - drbear, thepikey

“Star Wars. It went down in the first wave against the Death Star" - seferin

(Oh Porkins, we hardly knew ya. -CV)

“Feh. 1970 was way before my time. I wasn't even a thought in the deepest recesses of my mother's marijuana-addled wannabe hippie brain in 1970." - ifeedformula

(Ah, the Age Card, how we've missed you and your -5ness. – CV&AL&LL)

"The Sooooouuuuulllll Plaaaaaane!!!!" - tweeti

“Airplane 2: The Sequel" - sqeegibo

Correct Answer: Sole Survivor



4. What arcade fighting game's characters were on a quest to find "The Ultimate Sword", stolen by one Captain Cervantes?

"The size of the sword isn't important, it's how you use it that matters!" - demon_666

“With names that long, how can it be a short story?" - sskipstress

“Was it one sword to rule them all and in the darkness slash them up to bits and pieces?" - akiyasan

"Where in the world is Pancho Villa?" - squeegibo

"Sword in the Stone" - majorsamfan

"Sabre Mario Bros" - i_calql8

"Cervantes wrote 'Don Quixote' so I'd have to say Engima Wrapped In A Quixote" - ifeedformula

(You need more peyote with your quixote. -CV)

"Frogger? Never did figure out why he was trying to cross all that traffic, figure that's as likely a reason as any..." - thepikey

“Soul Calibur. Less well known was 'Booze Calibur', in which the characters search for the 'Ultimate Rum' stolen by one Captain Morgan. " - kristinmachina

“I'm glad I was an adult when Soul Blade/Calibur hit the home consoles. Teenaged!Me would've spent more time spinning the camera around to upskirt Cassandra than I would have actually playing the dame." - freezer818

(Snort. Freudian slip is Freudian! – LL)

“'Soulcalibur'. Man, I freakin' LOVED that game. But, um, the way you described it... does that make me gay?" - kenshardik

Correct Answer: Soul Edge or Soul Calibur



5. Elric of Melnibone is pitted against the sorceror Theleb K'aarna in which short story?

"Have you ever examined the word 'pitted'? It's just a weird little word, isn't it?....Oh, what was the question?" - tweeti

"The nibone's connected to the thybone...the thybone's connected to the..." - majorsamfan

"Elric Goes To R'lyeh" - wiredwizard

"Elric in a steel-cage match with Fafhrd... who wins?" - ironjeff

(The Grey Mouser, with the backstab. Schwing! -CV)

"Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome...oh, not Melbourne? My bad." - kristinmachina

(That would have changed the story some. "Crikey! More blood 'n' souls on the barbie for Arioch, mates!" -CV)

"His companion was a white wolf. I thought that was weird." - n5iln

(Maybe, what, three people will get this pun? You can have a +1 for effort. -CV)

"But is there an umlaut in the story? That's the question!" - akiyasan

(Well, there should be an accent on the last "e" in Melnibone. I was feeling lazy. -CV)

"Look at All the Stupid Names I can Think Up!" - primavera

“Heh heh heh, Melnibone." - mistyraven
“Huh huh, you said bone." - drbear, demon_666

(Huh, huh, so did you – CV&AV&LL)

"The one where Elric has to do something totally evil to save the world and not die himself. Then he gets all sad about how he did his evil thing." - squeegibo

(Full credit. -CV)

"Elric of Melnibone and the Stealer of Souls. The best part is the quidditch match on page three." - yamx

Correct Answer: "The Stealer of Souls"



6. What's your favorite solo activity?

“Eating - don't have to share that way." - majorsamfan

“mastication." - cold_clarity, kenshardik

(Spell check didn’t catch that one, eh? – CV&AL&LL)

“Drinking game: Take a shot every time someone answers with a masturbation joke for this question." - mistyraven

(I’m already drnk, but ol! – LL)

“I'd say masturbating, but I probably read more than I masturbate, so reading." - primavera
“Putting worms on hooks. I'm so good at it, they call me a master baiter." - drbear
“I see what you're fishing for here, Master Bates." - alfvaen
“Modesty forbids me to say. But it takes both hands." - thepikey
“Playing cards with only one hand on the table ... if you know what I mean." - raphsody606
"Wrestling the Serpent" - thalen

(Im drinks to now thanks1 -CV)

“Over/Under on masturbation jokes: 15 (I'm taking the over)" - freezer818

(Go long, boy. Go loooooong. -CV)

"" - david_deacon

“Singing. I sing solo no one can hear me." - kristinmachina

“Seeing a movie. No one to talk during it" - seferin

"Right now it's trying to get in my daily wordcount for NaNoWriMo" - ifeedformula

(Something I am failing at epicly this month. -CV)

"I don't understand that girl thing about going to the bathroom together. Who wants people you have to look at over the dinner table later listening to you when you tinkle and plop?" - demon_666

“I collect spores, molds and fungus" - i_calql8

(+1, Ghostbusters – CV&AL&LL)

"Crushing my enemies, seeing them driven before me, and hearing the lamentation of their women. Is there any other possible correct answer?" - n5iln




And that's the way it is. Thanks again for playing, everyone; this isn't a soulo effort. It takes all you brave souls out there to make this work. I'm sould on all of you, struth. Soulong for today, and see you all tomorrow for another fun-filled action-packed quiz!

Rock On!

CV&LL