LJ Daily Answers: 26 March 2007

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With March mostly gone, we figured we should maybe write a March-themed quiz before the end. And on an unrelated note, the weather is crazy. So, we've got some crazy questions and answers, all relating to the month of March. It's wild! It's insane! It's amarchy!



1. Who is the dining companion of the Dormouse and the Mad Hatter?

"You know you've had a long couple of days when you read that as 'Who is the dining companion of the Dormouse and the Mad Hitler?'." - ANONYMOUS

(Yes, because Sane Hitler is perfectly ok. -CV)

"The March Hare, who should have been home helping to take care of all the bunnies instead of going out to party with his friends. At least that's what his wife said." - buzz

"Tom Petty's Heartbreakers...didn't you see that video?" - ginalin, n5iln

(+1, "Don't Come Around Here No More" - LL)

"Danger Mouse!" - akiyasan
"Well, quite obviously Penfold…" - saramund
"he and Dangermouse did live in the same post box after all." - pheltzer

"Alice, who doesn't live here anymore." - germankitty, naimhdearg
"To the moon, Alice!" - cmseward

"Well, given that AL is the Doormouse and CV is the Mad Hatter, I'd have to go with lovellama. And a very happy unbirthday to you!" - photosinensis

(Thanks, and right back at 'cha! - LL)

"I was tempted to change my hairstyle for the month and call it my March Hair, but I knew there would be repercussions from my wife. Not for the hairstyle, but for the bad pun." - filmbuff

"Marge's Hair. She's the tall blue one sitting on the sofa beside Alice." - blindgeoff

"The March Hare. When I was little I wanted to be the Dormouse because spending my life in a teapot sleeping seemed like an amazing thing to do. If we could have a teapot full of gin, then I think I'd still go for it." - liseuse

(I think we all would. - LL)

"better known than his polar opposite, the September Hare." - agirlwithavoice

"The Kenyan Lion!" - droptheleash622, because I just can't link to that enough.

Correct Answer: The March Hare

(...and also Alice. But she was all short-term and stuff. The other guys stayed around all the time. They were much more hard-core. No cred for the flaky little girl. -CV)



2. The 1934 film "Babes In Toyland" was re-released 14 years later under what title?

"With a name like this, wouldn't you think this was one of those kind of movies...You know thoooose kind..." - tweeti

(Unsurprisingly, this answer triggered lots of love for the store Babeland (LINK PROBABLY NOT SAFE FOR WORK, SO CAREFUL WITH THE CLICKY). Good thing you folks don't do my Christmas shopping. -CV)

"Toys in Babeland." - like, everybody

"'Babes in Toyland'? I thought this was going to be 'Babes in Thailand'." - syrazemyla

"MILFs in Toyland." - dracothelizard

"I could've sworn I've seen a porno called 'Babes in Joyland'..." - wendynat

"Babes II: Babes 'Unleashed'." - cmseward

"The Ambiguously Gay Duo." - TONY FARKAS

(+1, SNL/TV Funhouse. -CV)

"ZOMG! The Toys Are Killing Us!" - wiredwizard

"Lolita" - saramund, antinomic

"The only 'Babes in Toyland' I have ever watched had Keanu Reeves and Drew Barrymore in it. I am going to guess that the answer is not, in fact, 'The March of the ExtraTerrestrial Matrix'. Too bad, that sounds like it would make for an interesting movie." - killme_kate

(-1 to anyone who only knows this movie with Keanu Reeves in it. An extra -1 if you don't even know who Laurel and Hardy are. -CV)

"I’d shoot for a clever response, but I’m so immature that 'Wooden Soldiers' makes me laugh anyway." - unwritten_dirge

Correct Answer: March of the Wooden Soldiers



3. Click on this link & listen. What is the name of that tune?

"(pass until I get a working soundcard)" - ntlespino

"We are not allowed to have songs in cubicle land. We are not allowed to show joy in cubicle land. The beatings will continue until morale improves." - wendynat

"How are we supposed to guess the name of a song when there's no words to google?" - cmseward

(MWA HA HA. Take that, webcheaters! -AL&CV&LL)

"I AM NOT LISTENING TO YOUR EVIL SATAN MUSIC." - lienne

"Bars and Strippers Forever." - buzz

"I clicked on the bloody link. It prompted me to upgrade my quicktime, when I said no it threw a wobbly and the crashed my browser. So I lost work. Well, pages. Okay, porn. I lost lots and lots of gorgeous porn. Thanks! Really, thanks." - angrysunbird

(You're welcome. -LL&AL&CV)

"Is there ever a week when you are not going to get a song stuck in my head?" - jenny_1981

(Not if we can help it. -AL&CV&LL)

"Now I have that song stuck in my head and I can see little robed figures going 'Dink dink, Dink dink dink Dink Dink Dink'. I still don't know the answer, but it is stuck in my head." - naimhdearg

(Only five of you recalled that scene in Spaceballs. Go figure. -CV)

"It was in that Haley Mills & Haley Mills movie, but they only whistled it crap! And I only know the parody. damn! This is exactly how I feel when I hear the original songs that Weird Al has parodied." - killabee886

"It's that march from Bridge Over The River Kwai." - rikchik
"Colonel Bogey's March which I first heard in The Bridge Over the River Kwai and then in the Hayley Mills' version of The Parent Trap." - silensy
"The One Oh You Know That Sounds A Bit Like The Scene In The Great Escape But Not Quite Maybe It Was In The Italian Job?" - puredeadthingy
"Also, it was whistled in The Breakfast Club. Mmm, Breakfast Club." - dracothelizard

"Colonel Birdie Par Eagle Bogey" - pride4u2

"The Colonel Bogey March? Is that it? (I almost wrote 'Boogie' he he...I'm ten.)" - ginalin

(Original lyrics:)
"Hitler has only got one ball
Goerring has two, but very small
Himmler is very sim'lar
And poor old Goebels has no balls at all!" - ghymoreid and her mum, david_deacon

(For the record, two people had their mothers sing about Hitler's testicles. That's just downright unsettling. -CV)

(The lyrics you all know:)
"Comet will make your teeth so clean
Comet, it's made of gasoline
Comet will make you vomit
So get your Comet and vomit today" - dozens of Quizlings

(Except for those that watch The Simpsons:)
"Lisa, her teeth are big and green!
Lisa, she smells like gasoline!
Lisa, da-da-da disa,
she is my sister, her birthday, I missed-ah!" - not as many Quizlings

"Worst. Ringtone. Ever." - paradoxotaur

Correct Answer: Colonel Bogey March



4. What charitable organization was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to raise money for polio research?

"Charitable. Funded by a government. Hmmm...is this a trick question?" - 4492

"Markio! Polio!" - etcet

"Can't tell you that, but I can tell you that President C.G.E. Mannerheim founded MLL, which helps Finnish children and youth every way it can. Now I can bet that this is infinitely more interesting and important since Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim has more initials in his name than FDR had!" - amphelice

"It's the creepiest group ever, the March of Mimes." - photosinensis

"the March of Dime Bags, which raises money for cheetos and Cartoon Network." - filmbuff

"The March of Dimes, which was actually Roosevelt's top-secret plan to insure that his face would be put on the dime. That polio research thing was just a front." - ladyiapetus

(Noting the effects of inflation:)
"March of Dollars." - ginalin
"March of One Dollar and Thirty Six Cents." - silensy
"March of Dollar-Thirty Eights." - beyond_the_six
"March of the 10 dollar bills." - antinomic
"March of Krugerrands" - mark_laura

"Given that people with polio generally had trouble marching (or walking, in many cases), wasn't it rather cruel to call it the MARCH of Dimes?" - woap & others
"Marching against polio? Your FDR was a sick, twisted man. That's like boxing to fundraise for Women's Refuge shelters. Or the SPCA throwing a Chinese buffet." - thechinesecurse

(Hmmm, true. -AL)

"My mum took me to one of their walks when I was little and I kept wondering how the dimes marched. I thought it was going to be awesome. I was so disappointed." - sing1118
"The March of Dimes - but dimes don't march they roll. The ridges they have along their edge give them good traction." - diefbaby
"The Roll of Dimes" - david_deacon

(Hmmm, true. -LL)

"You can't make jokes about crippled kids." - ghostrider65

(Hmmm, not true. How many crippled kids does it take to change a light bulb? -CV HEY. -AL&LL)

"I'm intrigued by the fact that the March of Dimes is only a letter away from being the Ides of March. I smell a conspiracy!" - profsparky
"The ides of March of the dimes. Joint effort between FDR and Julius Caesar against polio and senatorial violence. Wow that's terrible." - golconde

Correct Answer: March of Dimes

"The original MOD squad." - cmseward



5. What is the nickname for the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship?

"I Basketball Championship? Yes, You Basketball Championship! YOU BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP! YOUUUUU!" - lienne

(Ok, I'll admit, it took me five minutes to get it. Well-played, young one. -CV)

"'Division I' is kind of pointless. Dividing by 1 results in the same number, doesn't it?" - syrazemyla

(You clearly have not met many college athletes. -CV)

"How many times are you going to ask us sports questions before you realize that no one has the answer?" - killabee886

(Curiously enough, this question had better than a 60% accuracy rate. Whether that means a whole shitload of you webcheated is uncertain, but still. -CV)

"Boredom with tall boys in baggy shorts. You know, if they wore tight shorts, they'd get more viewers." - judith_s

(The 70's were a glorious time for most of the basketball fans of the female persuasion... - LL)

"The reason college guys don't do so hot on their midterms" - jenny_1981

"Guys with Balls." - kokopellinelli

"The Bataan Death March" - pheltzer

(Alas, we used that topic over two years ago. -CV)

"I call it 'I could give a rat's ass, because it's getting near the end of the hockey season and I want to see how the playoffs are going to shape up so show more hockey and not this basketball crap you lowlife TV execs!'" - buzz
"GIVE SPORTSCENTER BACK TO HOCKEY, YOU BASTARDS!" - etcet

(Word to the both of yas - LL)

"not to be confused with The Madness March, 1849. General Marc Ruelle (of France) led his troops on a 75-hour march through the French countryside in order to 'build their character.' He later shot himself to avoid court-martial." - stagemanager

"March Bipolar Disorder." - thechinesecurse

"March Madness, don't dare let on to anyone that I know this. My street cred will become nonexistent. Band geek, remember? My homies don't play that game." - prettylily

(When someone stuffs a trumpet with its head chopped off in your locker, you'll know who to thank. -CV)

"March Madness! Also the name of the underground porno about what the March Hare and Mad Hatter do after the Doormouse goes home." - marasca

(Your knowledge astounds me. And by astounds I mean frightens. -CV)

"THE MARCH HARE! Question #1 is the MARCH HARE! I GOT IT!" - angelchicken

(Better late than never... -CV)

Correct Answer: March Madness

(Yes, it's also called "The Big Dance". And only antinomic knew that. Bravo. -CV)



6. So, how about this weather, huh? What's it like where you live?

"The LJDQ dilemma: to attempt a witty answer, or to perv at the jailbait sunbathing next door?" - thechinesecurse

"Who cares about the weather? I'm nineteen this month! I can serve alcohol! Still can't drink it... legally. Odd, that." - prettylily

"Your guess is as good as mine and the weatherman's." - ladyiapetus

"Sunny and beautiful--fan-orgasmically-tastic, to be honest with you." - silent_r_infork

"Yesterday, I was wearing a parka. Today I was tempted to hunt down my bathing suit. THE WEATHER IS BIPOLAR." - fullmetalkatu

"Snowy! No, sunny! No, wait, snowy again! Let's just compromise on 'snunny.'" - rikchik

"I'd like to thank this random weather for the wonderful cold I have right now. If Mother Nature were real, I'd kick her ass right now." - richcsigs

"last week it was freezing when I got up for work but when I drove home the temps where in the 20s! That's not global warming, that's a mood swing, the earth isn't headed for destruction, it's PMSing..." - b_hulsmans

"April showers bring May flowers. March showers just help with BO." - judith_s

"Ah, spring in DC. The cherry blossoms open and everyone dies from seasonal allergies." - kestrel127

"Dry. Snowless. Kinda Scottish, despite this being Finland." - amphelice

"The usual for this time of year in Ithaca, NY: snow, sleet, rain, a brief moment of sunshine, then some frogs and locusts for good measure before the snow comes back." - kenshardik

"In sunny New Mexico, we're seeing temperatures in the upper 70s. And I just came back from a week in Jamaica, temperatures in the 80s with surf and sand. So take that, 'cause you're rats, and all rats gotta suck the pipe." - TONY FARKAS

"I live where the term 'when hell freezes over' actually has happened and demons drive taxis. As father wind says, 'This Blows!'" - hotpantsgalore

(Astoria, New York: Not really that bad. She's just a sad Texan out of her element. -CV)

"Eh. Sloppy, wet, slippery... I'll be in my bunk." - umbralcorax

"Gloomy gloomy gusts of wind, slippery sloppy spots of snow, and drippy dribbly drops of rain. But the whiskey makes it warm." - bosswolf

"Plague, with a 50% chance of petulance and famine coming out of the northeast at twelve miles per hour." - photosinensis

(That one word you are using... I do not think it means what you think it means. -CV)

"Last Monday, it was 74 Degrees Fahrenheit. On Wednesday, we had freezing rain. On Thursday, it snowed. It rained all weekend. Now it's around 50-60 Degrees. Mother Nature hates Pittsburgh." - hdodd

(Curiously enough, I was in Pittsburgh yesterday. Moderately warm, with perpetual drizzly rain. Mother Nature wins again. -CV)

"I live in Seattle. Draw your own conclusions." - kittikattie

"i kind of feel like the part at the end of the frosty movie. i'm melting, and hoping that the kids are crying, and sad for me to go." - faceless_wonder

(I'm always hoping that the kids are crying. -CV)

"The weather here in the East Bay area today is perfect. It's so awesome that babies are being born singing, the terminally sick are being healed, and harmony and peace among all races, sexes and creeds is being established. Hell, I even saw this happen down by the lake:
" - fizrep

"For an unrelated bonus, I LOVE the bra I'm wearing right now! Cleavage, WHOOO!" - shinga

(Pictures plzthx. -AL&CV)


And there you have it.

Once again, thanks for playing! Hope you all enjoyed; after all, it's all about the fun. And the crazy. And some pudding and gin too, but mostly the fun. Tell your friends, because they want fun too.

Thanks also to lovellama for being a supportive guest mod while we work on escaping the trials and tribulations of employment. Thanks also to buzz for hosting a wee MIDI file on his web space. +1 for him!

See you all tomorrow for a new batch of quizly goodness (tm). Share and enjoy!

Rock on,

AL&CV&LL