LJ Daily Answers: 9 April 2007

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

"I've got thunderstorm warnings blarin' all around me and I gotta pee when all the bathrooms in my house are in use...how dare you taunt me!!!" - ilgreven

We dare because we care.

Also, Happy Birthday pirho_maniac!

"Oh dear, the first time I've looked in ages and I can't answer any of them! Even number 6..." - spiffington

Yeah, that number six is always a toughie.



1. What John Grisham novel chronicles the short-lived legal career of Rudy Baylor?

"Is that the one about the principled southern lawyer fighting against corruption in the legal system?" - filmbuff

(No, I'm sure you're thinking of the other one like that. -CV)

"Is he the horror writer?" - akiyasan

(No, that's that other guy. -CV)

"I thought Rudy went to Notre Dame?" - drbear, mark_laura

(No, that's also the other guy. -CV)

"John Grisham, John Malkovich, i always get them mixed up." - jenny_1981

(We're not sure how... -CV)

"What's the difference between a lawyer and a hooker? A hooker'll stop screwing you when you're dead." - southbucki

"Hung Jury, which is not the same thing as the X-rated film of the same name." - fax_celestis

"Cacaphonix & the Copyright Infringement Case." - crisiks

"Rudy Baylor, Rudy By Law" - shadowed_guise

"Law And Order: Rudy Baylor Unit" - screaming_death

"'The Baylor-Maker'. Records show that his final closing argument had been written on the back of a cocktail napkin from 'The Spread Eagle' bar." - csi_tokyo3

"The Boxer Brief: The explosive story of a young Southern lawyer going up against the minions of the illegal American Kangaroo Boxing Consortium. Roo-dy Baylor fights for the rights of the fighting marsupials." - katiebgood

"It's a real trick when someone can make you feel sorry for an ambulance-chasing lawyer." - spotts1701

"I always get this one confused with Rain Man; the crossover inevitably leads to the mental image of the live version of Matt Damon screaming 'Matt Daamon!' in between calculus equations." - ecpkngt

"The Rainmaker. Rainman Dustin Hoffmann ditches Tom Cruise and gets rich on his own." - germankitty

"The One Grisham Film Adaptation That Did Not Totally Suck." - miladygrey

(Supposedly, it's his favorite of all the film adaptations of his novels. -CV)

Correct Answer: The Rainmaker



2. Dirk Pitt. King Leonidas. Dr. Julian Bashir. Batman. Some really bad CGI. What movie fits this bill?

"I don't know, but that would make the best episode of Celebrity Deathmatch EVAR." - shino_hoshi

"Star Wars Episode VII: Stuff we're making up as we go along" - wiredwizard

(There was a bit of Star Wars in the movie, true... -CV)

"King Leonidas, that reminds me... I probably ought to do some Latin homework." - undeadgoat

(Someone, quick remind me... Leonidas was Greek, not Latin, right? -CV)

"Reign of fire? It's that movie which is also part of an attraction at disney studios paris, and people said that park was useless: it helped me with LJDQ that's all the use it's ever going to need... " - b_hulsman

"It's so much better with the mst3k treatment" - filmbuff

"THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN OF ULTIMATE DESTINY!!!`111" - trishalynn and screaming_death, to etcet's dismay

"Reign of Fire is yet another movie that didn't live up to its previews. Christian Bale is always nice to look at, though. " - cjtremlett, speaking for about 30% of our audience. lovellama included.
"Christian, you might be pretty, but you might wanna develop a keener sense for choosing more memorable movies." - crisiks

"My god, dragons destroying British civilation and burning up tea stocks whilst bowler hatted Englishmen run screaming through crowded streets screaming 'Run, it's...Gor-blimey!', but no that movie turned out to be so much wasted potential. " - shadowed_guise

"King Leonidas rhymes with King Midas. Does that mean that everything King Leonidas touches turns to lions? Because that would be kind of cool." - profsparky, clare_dragonfly

(He probably came from Kenya. -CV)

"Deep Space 300, or How I Learned to Stop Ra's Al Ghul and Love the Sahara" - mrbankies

"Oh my god YES. A movie with Matthew McConaughey, Gerard Butler, and Christian Bale? AND dragons? It's like an orgasm on screen." - ooyoumasha

(Except it's one of those orgasms that sucks. -CV)

"The best super-hero team EVAR! It's a modern day League of Extraordinary Gentleman!" - richcsigs

(According to the ladies, a League of Extraordinarily HOT Gentlemen. -CV)

"So a Spartan, a spaceman, and a random ninja in a bat costume walk into a movie, and the audience goes, "WTF?" Which, if I recall correctly, was in fact the popular reaction to Reign of Fire... " - nirejseki

"Down down down bombed the sucky 'Reign of Fire', and it burns burns burns that 'Reign of Fire', that 'Reign of Fire'." - stormyskies, theninth

Correct Answer: Reign Of Fire



3. What is the real name of Marvel Comics character Wolfsbane?

"Monkshood/Aconite" - green_queen and many others.
"What do I look like, a fucking gardener's almanac?" - etcet

"Rahne Sinclair. And dinnae fasch yuirself aboot her puir wee accent, which got mangled by evvareeh writer tae hev ever writ' 'er. " - trishalynn
"Marvel Comics should come with a warning label: 'May contain dangerous levels of eye-dialect. Keep sharp objects away from eyes while reading. Readers of a sensitive nature are advised to wear stab-proof goggles.'" - zellieh

"I remember that she was Scottish, if that helps. I used to know this stuff cold about 20 years ago when I was a huge Marvel comics geek fan. Now, I just suck. " - ramblinsuze

"Um...sorry, trying to follow X-Men/X-Factor/X-whatever continuity is like trying to untie the Gordian Knot" - spotts1701

"I was about to say something about Wolverine, then realized I had the wrong superhero. I shall turn in my geek badge immediately. " - wendynat

"Rain of Angst and Woe? Rain of Really Badly-Timed Transformations? My X-Men knowledge is expanding, but still centered mainly on which plots would allow Hugh Jackman to get naked. " - miladygrey

"Rahne and Simpy! 'Mutant, mutant, angst, angst, mutant, mutant, angst, angst'" - silensy

"well, my boyfriend is telling me that it's rain. which i see fits with the theme, but unless her surname's pheonix, i think it's very unlikely. oh my god. he's gone to the cupboard to check his comics. what a sad, sad little man... the sad one has returned with the answer to question 3. rahne sinclair. he was an awfully long time about it, and i'm sure i heard voices, so i suspect he may have had to call a friend with a higher geek rating and more storage space." - roscrea

"Rahne Sinclair (which absolutely begs to be said with that snooty, 'Charles Winchester from Bahston' accent). And I've suddenly realized that I'm very likely the only Quizling old enough to remember watching M*A*S*H, so no one else will have any clue who Charles Winchester is, or why 'Suicide is Painless' is such a cool song." - deza

(You're not, I do, and it is. Oh God, I'm old. – LL)

Correct Answer: Rahne Sinclair



4. Fun with music! Name the song and whichever artist you feel is relevant.
"You said you didn't need her
You told her good-bye
You sacrificed a good love
To satisfy your pride"

"It's that song with the words! Done by that person who does the singing!" - shino_hoshi

(Surprisingly enough, it wasn't done by the person who did the singing. Go figure. -CV)

"I hear song lyrics and I sing along and it all sounds fine. I see them written down and I go, 'Whoa, that's really not so great, huh?'" - whiski_sour

"David Bowie. Bowie is always relevant. " - clare_dragonfly

(Almost as relevant as Sting. – LL)

"Whichever artist I feel is relevant eh? I choose Sting! " - akiyasan
"Sting. Because that's always the right answer here. " - jo_chan
"Sting. It may not be relevant to the question, but it is kind of relevant to LJDQ. You didn't say what the artist had to be relevant TO. " - lyme

"I refuse to answer this question on ground of this song being a real downpour of emotion. And by emotion, I mean 'suck', 'crap' and possibly even 'bollocks'. " - crisiks

"Blame it on Skipping Audio Tapes by The Lip Syncing Duo with the nice butts. How, how can you call them 'artists'??? Nice hair & great butt do not an artist make." - judith_s

(Judging by the average quizling response, "great butt" does, in fact, go a long way. -CV)

"I would like to trade my Milli Vanilli in for a Kilo Chocolati, please. " - sskipstress

"If you lip-sync along to a live performance by Milli Vanilli...what does that make you?" - gaaak

(Loose-lipped. -CV)

Correct Answer: Blame It On The Rain, more or less by Milli Vanilli

"I live in Oregon... I always blame it on the rain." - killabee886



5. His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa is the Prime Minister of which nation?

"You just made that name up, didn't you?" - pirho_maniac

"SPARTAAAAAAAA!!!! - pride4u2

(Shoulda seen that coming. -CV)

"Could it be Kenya?" - puredeadthingy

"Shaikh is probably 'Sheik', which just says he's in Arabia somewhere. Khalifa and Al Khalifa is probably 'Caliph' so it's an Islamic country. Bin is just 'son of' or something. None of that is helpful. Salman looks like 'Salmon' but I don't think there's some Islamic Arabic country hiding in Canada somewhere. Screw it, I'll just guess Saudi Arabia on general principles. " - rikchik

(-1, Faulty Logic. – LL)

"Her Highness Shaka Khan is Prime Minister of Funkytown, Queen of Grooveshaking." - kestrel127

"Saudi Arainbia?" - ramblinsuze

"When did Pat Califia convert to Islam?" - sskipstress

(Probably right after Cat Stevens did. -CV)

"I wonder if Arabic citizens see the name 'Michael Albert Johnson' and wonder if us Americans get drunk before naming our kids. " - lots42

"Rainistan. Rainerica. Rain...Bah. I don't know. " - gaaak

"That name is so excellent I actually stared at the screen, slack-jawed for a moment. I imagine I looked like a startled goldfish. " - exaggeratebliss

"Djibooti. Everything is better with a little booti. " - ilwitchgrrl
"How easily amused we are to think of Shaikh's Djibouti." - shadowed_guise

"I hear the spain in Bahrain stays mainly in the plains." - filmbuff

"I refuse to believe that the correct answer is Bahrein -- surely not even the LJDQ would sink that low!" - germankitty

(You clearly haven't been here long enough. -CV)

"Bah-bah-bah-bah-bah-Bahrain." - miladygrey

"Bahraiiiinnnns!!! BAHRAIIIINNNNNS!!!" - i_calql8

Correct Answer: Bahrain

"he must be getting on a bit as he wasn't exactly a young man back in the early '80s when I had the pleasure of making his acquaintance." - hugh_mannity



6. What are you saving up for?

"I'm saving down, actually. I like to be difficult." - theninth

"a decent encyclopedia because I clearly suck at this game" - b_hulsmans

"My army of squirrels." - woap

"Hookers and cocaine..." – Tony Farkas
"Hookers, gambling and beer." - southbucki
"Hookers and blow." - fizrep

"I want a pony and a plastic rocket ship." - flawed_karma

"Gigolos. " - dirtynumbangels

"Dr. Who figures for my desk, so my nerditry can be on display for all to see!" - maisontv

"I am making the full-out conversion from PC to Mac. I want an iBook!" - and_be_blue

"To chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of ass." - akiyasan

(+1, They Live. Kinda. – LL)

(I think it was Army Of Darkness first? -CV)

"Bread. I am saving up for bread. Because I crave it all the time now. Bagels, donuts, french bread, baguettes, cereal, pizza, pizza, pizza!, tortillas, etc. Oh Passover, I hate you!" - ooyoumasha

(CV was going to make a joke here, but I stopped him. He's a bad German man. -AL)

"The one thing i would love to save up for is to be able to take one killer vacation to go south and swim with some sharks." - jigawattica

(I'd say write back and tell us how it goes, but... well, you might not. -CV)

"" - silensy

"A house, an engagement ring & a copy of the BBC miniseries of HitchHikers' Guide To The Galaxy (not necessarily in that order)" - wiredwizard

"College, because if I don't move at least 1000 miles away from my parents, some part of my body will spontaneously combust and regenerate in a neverending and painful cycle." - riles293

"College. Because I'm a good student, damnit. That and buying porn when I turn 18. I haven't decided which is more important." - allie_the_neko

(It's a toss up. – LL)

"One *very* long massage. After working 55 hours in 4 and a half days, I need a break. ;.;" - csi_tokyo3

"Lobster bisque. I have sexual fantasies that revolve around having enough money to buy lobster bisque, even if I don't eat it." - silent_r_infork

"An elephant. And a velvet rug with tassels to put on its back. That's how *I* wanna roll." - neblinaclara

"Same as every day, Pinky. To take over the world! " - mark_laura

"An official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and 'this thing', which tells time." - deza

(+1, A Christmas Story. -CV)

"I don't have any extra money to save, but I *am* hoarding Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. When the revolution comes, the rest of you suckers will be subsisting on the rotten detritus of civilization, while I'll be living the good life in chocolatey splendor. At least, until the mutant cockroaches get me." - chlaal

Correct Answer: "Bail. I haven't done anything yet, but once I have enough saved up, I'm going nuts." - endlessairports



Weather you liked it or not, the theme was rain. Not snow, which is what some of us saw over the weekend. And not the purple kind, no matter what you guys wanted. And not Rainier L. Wolfcastle. Or Prince Rainier, although no one mentioned him. Poor guy.

Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday weekend, if it was a holiday for them. Happy Easter/Passover/whatever it was! All you guys who gave up stuff for Lent, today's the day to GO CRRRRRAZY! I'm going to eat all the chocolate I forgot to give up six weeks ago, myself.

Thanks to everyone who played, and welcome aboard to the new watchers and players this week. Thanks also to lovellama, still helping out as our supporting guest moderator. And thanks to England, for giving us Gin and Tonics.

Rock on!

AL&CV&LL

Comments

[b-hulsmans.livejournal.com]

yay! for the quote!

Nay! for the misspelling of my name :(

[umbralcorax.livejournal.com]

"Rahne Sinclair (which absolutely begs to be said with that snooty, 'Charles Winchester from Bahston' accent). And I've suddenly realized that I'm very likely the only Quizling old enough to remember watching M*A*S*H, so no one else will have any clue who Charles Winchester is, or why 'Suicide is Painless' is such a cool song." -deza

Don't try and get me off your lawn, i know that show perfectly well. :P

Although I preferred Burns to Winchester, personally.

[jigawattica.livejournal.com]

Yay! i finally got one!! And don't go thinking bad things about my Sharkies, they just have a bad rap. You know, you are more likely to be killed by a dog or an elephant than a shark!!!

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

(Someone, quick remind me... Leonidas was Greek, not Latin, right? -CV)

His name certainly sounds it.

"I'm very likely the only Quizling old enough to remember watching M*A*S*H, so no one else will have any clue who Charles Winchester is, or why 'Suicide is Painless' is such a cool song."

I'm not old (to the dismay of everybody who's even met me, it seems) and I agree with LL: You're not, I do, and it is.

(+1, They Live. Kinda. – LL)

(I think it was Army Of Darkness first? -CV)

Nope. IIRC, the original line ("I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum...and I'm all out of bubblegum") was in They Live, and was original to it. Everything else flowed from there.

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Then again, I watched M*A*S*H in reruns...*smirk*

[i-am-stillwater.livejournal.com]

I should try out for these guys more.

[cjtremlett.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, M*A*S*H. Loved that show!
Yes, I did watch it when it was first runs, not just reruns!

[crisiks.livejournal.com]

"(Except it's one of those orgasms that sucks. -CV)"

I'm not sure whether to label this as "witty" or "get your mind out of the gutter, Cris".
I'll combine it as "get your witty mind out of the gutter, Cris", and call it a night.

[ryttu3k.livejournal.com]

I watched MASH, and I'm twenty! Hurrah for repeats.

Also, I saw the name Reign of Fire, and my brain informed me, no, I had just read Planet of Fire, and now I have an image of Mark Strickson in short-shorts in my head. Again.

[exaggeratebliss.livejournal.com]

Oh shit, I got quoted!

What am I supposed to do? Should I call someone?

[fragbert.livejournal.com]

The "bubblegum" line was quoted in Duke Nukem 3D, which also borrowed heavily from Army Of Darkness, so there might be some related confusion on the parts of people who don't memorize movie lines with precision like us.

[fragbert.livejournal.com]

"Mutant, mutant, angst, angst, mutant, mutant, angst, angst"

silensy wins the internet this week.

So let it be written, so let it be done. (+1, Yul Brynner.)

[marfamarfa.livejournal.com]

I also know and love that show. In fact, I have the song suicide is painless on my music list on my computer.

[drbear.livejournal.com]

A quote! I was about to say the funneh is back, but it wasn't that funneh, and I shared it with somebody else. That's like going to bat, taking an intentional walk, and being replaced by a pinch-runner. It hardly seems to count.

[miladygrey.livejournal.com]

Three times quoted! Man, I should drink beer while doing the quiz more often!

[deza.livejournal.com]

WOOHOO! I'm not the only old fogey on LJDQ! :P

I would start playing the "I remember this early episode" game, only I know I'd lose eventually because my parents wouldn't let me go see the original movie in the theater when my brothers went. Curse their short-sightedness! Does anyone else remember the book?

Oh, and here's a link to the "Suicide is Painless" wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Is_Painless), for those who have no clue what we're talking about.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

We leave off the last S for Savings!

fixed now...

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

I watched it as first runs, not reruns, too. But I'm not quite old enough to remember Frank Burns or Trapper John from the first runs.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

While that is probably true, I think it's also true that you're more likely to be SUCCESSFULLY and IMPRESSIVELY killed by a shark than by almost any other creature alive. ;-)

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Somehow I always forget that They Live came after Army Of Darkness. I don't know why. I should give Rowdy Roddy Piper more credit. In fact, Roddy, if you're reading this, you get a +1 just for being in that movie.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

True. I am a victim of Duke Nukemania. But hey, how can you not remember The Duke's great lines?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Witty, gutter, gutter, witty, it's all the same in the end once we start drinking.

[crystalcazzie.livejournal.com]

Firstly - The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny is AWESOME! Why have I never seen this before?

Secondly- - I watched MASH! I watched repeats, but still. And I was in a pub quiz not too long ago where one of the questions asked what was the number of their MASH unit. My friend said I was sad to know the answer...

Thirdly - All you people so impressed by the Bahrainian Prime Minister's name should go look up Dr Bashir's birth name. Go on, I'll wait.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

You should call everyone! Tell them of your newfound internet celebrity! Then challenge them to be as awesome as you- tell them to play the quiz! It hungers for more! Extra credit if you pimp in your journal, because that's goooooooood pimpin'.

[likescarecrows.livejournal.com]

As do I. I've known Suicide was Painless since I was five, and now I'm slowly collecting all the seasons. And I'm seventeen.

I liked them both, but I like Winchester a little more.