LJ Daily Answers: 26 February 2007

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"This isn't in Cyrillic! You lied!" - vcfilks

Yup. We totally did.

"I'm back from Mexico and I DIDN'T GET TO HOLD A MONKEY. I'm considerably upset, so I'm doing the quiz to make me feel better." - lynbug

So there we were, scouring the answers and looking for treasure, and suddenly we got this message...
"Nice quiz, Angela and Hans! I'm glad the DQ lives on.
Dave"

Dave George, the honored grandfather of this quiz, found us and told us about his ex-girlfriend who had chlamydia... but that's beside the point. Thanks for the thumbs-up! Rock on!

Right. Onward. The theme: Disease. The vector: Below.



1. What baseball player was nicknamed "The Iron Horse" and for 56 years held the record for most consecutive games played?

"can I, like, send you money so that we don't get any more sports questions?" - stagemanager

(You can send us money, yes. Sports questions... well, if you've ever played Trivial Pursuit, you know that sooner or later you have to land on that stupid Orange Space and tackle a piece of sporty pie. That's the way it is. -AL&CV&LL)

"I first read this as 'what baseball player played consecutively for 56 years' and my eyes bugged out a bit thinking of a wrinkled grandpa figure playing baseball with young, tight-assed whippersnappers." - wolffepsyche

(Was it really necessary to include the phrase "tight-assed"? -CV)

"Maggie Thatcher. Well, she she was the Iron Lady and looked like a horse, so it's close enough." - m31andy

"Iron isn't exactly the best metal to name things after. 'Iron Sides', 'Iron maiden', 'Iron Age', 'Iron Monkey'. . .Bad, bad, bad things." - irianamistfit

(Bad things? Every one of those things is awesome. Especially Iron Monkey. -CV&LL)

"You know they say he died of blah blah blah disease, but I'm not convinced it wasn't syphilis. Lots of groupies does that to a person." " - bizzatch

"Cal Ripken's horse." - DAVE GEORGE
"As a Marylander, Lou Gherig (sp?) gives me hope that one day Cal Ripken will also have a debilitating disease that we can then name after him." " - morganashkevron
"Ripken's only disease is AWESOMENESS!" - faceless_wonder

"Why is it that every sports question on LJDQ is about baseball or football, and NEVER about hockey?" - silent_r_infork

(Well, we'll make you a deal. When someone dies of Wayne Gretzky disease, we'll make an all-hockey quiz. -CV)

"I can't think of any baseball players that sound like diseases. Unless Hank Aaron is a disease." - rikchik
"It was almost Barry Bonds, but then his upper torso got too big for his lower body and he tipped over. No one's bothered to help him back upright yet." - miladygrey

"Lou, this disease has your name ALL OVER IT." - etcet

Correct Answer: Lou Gehrig



2. Which metal band has produced the albums "State of Euphoria" and "Spreading the Disease"?

(Queensryche got three votes for no apparent reason. -CV)

"What I know about metal consists of the songs in Guitar Hero I and II." - basking_lizard

"Does it involve Keanu Reeves and his radical-ness?" - fullmetalkatu

"I am Iron Man, da-da-da-da-da-da-da vote for me!" - kandelschwartz

"Leper Skynard" - adalger

"Savage Püking. If that's not a band, it should be." - woap

"Anthrax? Poison? Slayer? Ratt? All viable disease spreading methods." - jrho

"I've been trying to tie 'state of euphoria' and 'spreading the disease' together under a common theme, and the only thing I can come up with is unprotected sex." - lyme

"Spreading the disease... why does that seem suggestive to me? ...Oh, right, because I'm a teenager." " - allie_the_neko

"You put a greased naked woman on all fours with a dog collar around her neck, and a leash, and a man's arm extended out up to here, holding onto the leash, and pushing a black glove in her face to sniff it. You don't find that offensive? You don't find that sexist?" - southbucki

(+1, This Is Spinal Tap. -CV)

"I want to know the secrets of the white fro. Seriously, hair metal is the equivalancy of holding a nuclear device in your pants." - fireworkfiasco

"Their search ratings shot up to the sky after the anthrax scares happened. Figures some people would be dumb enough to confuse metal bands and fine white powder." - shadowkeeper

"
It's a cursed metal band. I think that should qualify." - david_deacon

Correct Answer: Anthrax



3. What kind of people were exiled to the island of Molokai in Hawaii?

"The word Molokai looks like it has an owl in it staring out at me. it's creepy. Make it stop! Make it stop! Oh God, Oh God. What eats owls?" - irianamistifi

(And this week's ljdq Award for Best Random Freakout goes to... us! -AL&CV&LL)

"Probably ewoks. No one likes ewoks." - joykinz

"Surfing Terrorists dude - the inventors of the Molokaive Cocktail." - sestree

"According to LotR, the elves all went to 'the Western Isles'. That'd be just like them sneaky elves, ducking out of the biggest friggin' battle ever to sit on their butts on the beach drinking cocktails with little friggin' umbrellas. Hates them! Hates them I does!" - thepikey

"Leapers, a strange religious cult from Kansas which involved jumping up and down in order to reach heaven." - angrysunbird

"Leprechauns." - germankitty

"Dude, just give them all white gold rings and ship them off to Illearth already. Thomas Covenant's lonely." - deza

"Lepers! I know this because Father Damian did all kinds of neat tricks with them, and he's Belgian" - b_hulsmans

"Oh! Oh! Is that the leprosy island! Like in the Simpsons? Thank god for the Simpsons, the source of most peoples' cultural knowledge." - pocketmouse

(This is so true. At least 12 of you only knew this because of the Simpsons. -LL&CV)

"In the midst of a frozen winter day, you mock me about being exiled to Hawaii? I'd give an arm and a leg to be there. Or in this case, a finger, ear, nose, or whtever else leprosy wants to make fall off me." - antinomic

"of all the places to be exiled to I imagine Hawaii is probably the least upsetting. 'As punishment for your crimes you are to be exiled to... HAWAII' 'Seriously? Awesome!'" - thesecondevil

"Is being sent to Hawaii realy exile? It's not like Australia where there are at least giant spiders and stuff." - shadowkeeper

"Not quite as cool as Australia, which was where they sent convicts. It's hard to be cool when bits of you are dropping off." - whiski_sour

"People afflicted with Hansen's Disease. Anyone caught singing 'MMMMmmmmBop' were treated like lepers and sent away..." - grayhawkfh

Correct Answer: Lepers



4. Prince Prospero built a "castellated abbey" and retreated there with a thousand friends to protect themselves from what?

"That not-so-fresh feeling." - sestree

"Bird flu? No, that was two weeks ago." - david_deacon

"The Red Plague! The Spanish Inquisition! The Brady Bunch Reunion!" - silent_r_infork
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" - southbucki

"The angel of death. Pity they forgot to put the lambs blood over the doorway" - gypsy_owl

"GIRL COOTIES" - lyme

"That nasty bully Caliban who took Prospero's lunch money and claimed that he was 'cruising for a bruising'." - thesecondevil

(Yeah, that Caliban was a real sonofawitch. -CV)

"The correct answer is probably the plauge, but the question only makes me think that I don't have 1,000 friends, but that's probably a good thing, because I hate shopping for birthday gifts." - killabee886

"The Red Death. Or wait, was it the Black Death? Some color of death, anyway. Maybe it was plaid." " - chlaal
"I think the plagues need to branch out in the color department. Maybe a nice chartreuse plague, a burgundy plague, hell even plaid and paisley. Can you imagine a paisley plague? That'd get your attention." - rivetkitten

"The Red Death-That's what I call the 12 hour headache drinking red wine gives me." - ginalin

"One thousand members of the 700 Club locked themselves up to protect themselves from gayness, aka The Pink Death." " - thepikey

"I read that as 'castrated abbey' and this mental image popped up... 'My God, where'd the steeple go?!'" - shinga
"I'm gonna say they wanted protection from Orthodox Jewish rabbis. And their evil little bris scissors..." - elbiesee

"The Masque of the Red Death. That guy was such a party pooper." - kerowyn47

(Special Bonus Points to smallandpretty, who realized that we used this question two years ago.

Correct Answer: (The Masque Of) The Red Death

"Red Death
Ingredients:
1 oz Vodka
1 oz Southern Comfort
1 oz Amaretto
1/2 oz Sloe gin
1/2 oz Triple sec
Fill with Orange juice
1 dash Lime juice
Mixing instructions
Add all ingredients, Stir and serve over ice." - smeddley



5. What database-oriented programming language was developed in the late 60's in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston?

"What- they had computer-type things in the '60's? I don't believe you." - allie_the_neko

"S.N.E.E.Z.E.? C.O.U.G.H.? H.A.C.K.? Yeah, I got nothing." - wolffepsyche

"ASCII stupid question, and you get a stupid ANSII." - dragonierzapp

"COBOL, invented by Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, and Dirk Benedict" - david_deacon

(+1, Battlestar Galactica. -CV)

"ASP. Very deadly. You code first." - etcet

"Esperanto" - angrysunbird, drbear

"The only hospital I know much about is Vetrinarian's Hospital, the continuing story of a quack who's gone to the dogs." - thepikey

(+1, The Muppet Show. -CV)

"It's going to have to have some sort of acronym based on disease or something, because everyone makes jokes out of naming acronyms even if they have to fudge it a little. Programming Origin 10 - POX, Code Handling Objects Language Interface Client - CHOLIC, I'm still working on DIPTHERIA." - shadowed_guise

"Why were they developing programming languages in a HOSPITAL? Didn't they have patients to cure?" - lyme

(Well, if they cured all the patients, they'd go out of business! -CV)

"I'm trying to think of what sort of programming language would be inspired by a dingy environment filled with vomit and dying people, and all I'm coming up with is BASIC." - kandelschwartz

"ok, hospitals have syringes full of medications measured in CCs, if I am not mistaken, there is a computer code C++ so the c could come from the CCs, or from vitamin C, which would also likely be found in a hospital, so that is my answer. C++"" - jenny_1981

(Your logic fails you, grasshopper. -LL)

"I was taught Fortran 77 at college. It was thought to be the most 'current' language back then (1998). Heaven help the state of British education!" - m31andy

"Database of Our Lives. Sadly, the lead programmer ran off with the doctor's fourth wife, the nurse had a torrid affair with the CPU, and the sysadmin's illegitemate daughter was mauled by a bear named Sammy with a wooden leg. Tune in tomorrow to see how it all worked out." - deza

"MUMPS, but it fell out of popularity when they realized it made men sterile, which is not a property that promotes flourishing in the future. - watergal

Correct Answer: MUMPS



6. What makes you sick?

"questions about sports only americans play!" - b_hulsmans and others. We do it because we feed on your sorrow.

"Ptomaine. Don't you love words that start with a silent P? A silent P wouldn't annoy my wife in the middle of the night, either." - antinomic

(You have no idea how much – LL)

"I had hoof and mouth AND scarlet fever as a child." - smeddley

"Emo kids." - fax_celestris
"especially Tickle-Me-Emo." - wiredwizard

"Surprise buttsecks." - stagemanager, joykinz

(So if you're warned before hand, it's ok? – LL)

"…Kirstie Alley in a bikini" - ginalin

"jellied moose nose." - kokopellinelli

"Apparently, a pint of Bacardi, as I discovered Wednesday night" - ncsnowbelle

"Violent crime or mushrooms. If someone managed to commit a violent crime while propelling mushrooms, I think I'd die." - bizzatch

"This weather. Going from 30C to -30C in a matter of hours really screws with your system!" - lynbug

"the pizza I found under the loveseat yesterday." - fireworkfiasco

"that one scene at the end of Hannibal. If you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about. D: DO NOT WANT." - basking_lizard

"It was an itsy bitsy, teenie weenie, yellow polka dot bacteria... that she got for the first time this year..." - gypsy_owl

"LISTENING TO THESE TWATS ON SESAME STREET WITH COOKIE IS A SOMETIMES FOOD I MEAN WTF YOU'RE RUINING MY CHILDHOOD I BASED MY FOOD PYRAMID ON THE GODDAMN COOKIE MONSTER" - elaran

"Dentists. Nasty people, all of them, sadists to the core. You go to a doctor, he makes you well. You go to a dentist with a minor pain, he turns it into a major one. I'm surprised they don't wear black leather and masks." " - drbear

"Flu shots. Every. Single. Year." " - i_calql8

(That's why I don’t' get one. :D – LL)

""
- astridsdream



And there you have it. ljdq has brought you pestilence and plague, and the only cure is more cowbell. Or more playing. So play more! Play often! Keep on playing, or you'll get sick and _{probably not}DIE. Tell your friends too, so they stay healthy. Share and enjoy!

Thanks to all who played. Thanks to all who are interested enough to read the archives and realize that occasionally we do recycle questions. Thanks to lovellama for helping us moderate. Thanks to Dave George for starting this quiz idea. And thanks to whichever all-powerful iconic figure is responsible for making bacon taste oh so very good.

Rock on!

AL&CV&LL