LiveJournal's Daily Quiz

...ok, I got nothing. We're about forever months late and life has been cheeky and let's see what we have here and maybe 2015 will be better. Sorry everyone...

( Heeeeeeere we finally go! )

Yes, it's been a while. Sometimes work grabs you by the horns and rides you into the sunset. Usually that's not pretty. But we're back with a super-fun-sized quiz for everyone! You've got a month and a half of funny built up; let's put it to good use.

1. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the artist:
Like a song of love that clings to me,
How the thought of you does things to me.
Never before
Has someone been more...

2. Malcolm X and Captain Kirk take an hour and a half to stop a train. What movie is this?

3. The International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation evolved in 1946 into which organization?

4. What television show was originally billed as Ian Fleming's Solo?

5. Mark William Calaway is better known by which stage name?

6. Agent Neville Flynn teaches Detective John Hartigan to be a superhero. What movie is this?

7. According to the song, where was the Minnow shipwrecked?

8. What was the best-selling novel of the 19th century?

9. What superhero's alter ego was the humble Shoeshine Boy?

10. What was the most unexpected thing that's happened to you lately?

Obviously I never could get the hang of Thursdays. So you all should make up for my mixed up mind and go play this week's mega-quiz. It's quizalicious, as always, and full of nine vitamins and iron. Print it out and eat it today; your body will thank you.

As always, no reminder is complete without the requisite fuzzy creature:


Go. Play. Take Quiz.

Ok, yes, it's been a bit of time. Got caught up in life and vacation and stuff. But we're not dead yet! I'm just pining for the fjords.

1. What is the real name of the X-Man known as Cyclops?

2. Who was the author of the "Waverley Novels", which held widespread popularity in Europe in the 1800s?

3. What science-fiction author has used such pseudonyms as "Byron Walley" and "Noam D. Pellume"?

4. During the 1992 Summer Olympics, which player wore #8 on the United States Basketball "Dream Team"?

5. The Terra Nova Expedition culminated with the death of which British explorer?

6. James Doohan and Simon Pegg both have played which fictional character?

7. The Gold Cup is a horse race that takes place in which British town?

8. Franklin D. Roosevelt owned a dog named Fala. What breed of dog was it?

9. One of William Shakespeare's plays is considered cursed, and its name is not spoken. What phrase is often used in its place?

10. What is the Latin translation for "Nouvelle-Écosse"?

11. What is the most beautiful place you have ever visited? What is the least beautiful?

1. Cockburn Town is the capital of what archipelago?

2. European politician Mustafa Kemal was eventually given which last name in 1934?

3. What lake in Kenya has also been called Lake Rudolf, the Jade Sea, and Basso Narok?

4. What confection does the White Witch offer to Edmund Pevensie when they first meet?

5. What is the common name for Cathartes aura?

6. You can build your own house! Describe it! What makes it special?

Reminder Thursday has taken a nap in favor of Reminder Friday The Thirteenth. Is that good luck or bad luck? I say make your own luck! Play this week's quiz today and beat the odds! Do you feel lucky, punk? There's no fate but what you make. Understanding is a three-edged sword. The odds are ever in your favor. Press your luck. No whammies.

Here's a lucky kitten for the day:


Go. Play. Take Lucky Quiz.

1. What computer game villain was the son of Angus and Katherine Mengsk?

2. Michael Keaton stars as a "bio-exorcist" in which film?

3. A great deal of the technology in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe is produced by which corporation?

4. Marvel comics character Lorna Dane is better known by which moniker?

5. Raccoons belong to which genus of mammals?

6. If you could visit any fictional outer-space location, where would you go? What would you want to do there?