LJ Daily Answers: 7 May 2007

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

The fifth day of the fifth month means a theme of five. Because we're never obvious like that. No way. Not us.



1. The books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy are often collectively referred to as what?

(For the record, "The Torah" is another potential answer here. Everyone who said Torah may have +0.1. That's an unleavened +1. -CV)

"or as the Japanese say the Torah Torah Torah!" - naraht

"The Book of The Law. Oh wonderful, I now have the image of Judge Dredd in traditional Jewish High Priestly attire." - ntlespino

"(Fan)Fiction!" - a lot more than five of you

"'Genisis and the four other bands that never made it' Tonight on VH1 Behind the Scenes" - writersblock_va

"I heard it as 'Duderonomy' and I thought it was a religion that followed the ways of 'The Dude'." - killabee886
"Sounds like something Bill and Ted would say." - lyme
"WYLD PENTATEUCHS!!!" - fizrep

"Famously known as 'Moses' LJ', it is now commonly suspected that Moses was something of an emokid and that the Egyptians may have actually stood for the class bullies." - nirejseki

"There's a sign-up sheet in the staff room at school asking people to sponsor someone on a walk to raise money for 'Bibles for Ethiopia', which strikes me as one of the stupidest things ever. About as useful as giving stiletto shoes to tsunami victims." - crystalcazzie

"Uncle Moishe's Bedtime Stories for Krazy Fundamentalists." - corax_onyx

"The Increasingly Inaccurately-Named Bible Trilogy." - kenshardik

"Kirk Douglas' acting resume." - i_calql8
(...and three hours later...)
"Um, did I say Kirk Douglas? I mean Charlton Heston. Damn." - i_calql8

(For the record, i_calql8 is really really old. -CV)

"in Swedish we say 'Moseboken' which is roughly translated into Book of Moses" - chebonne

(In Jersey we have a place called 'Hoboken', which in Swedish apparently means Book of Prostitutes. That place just got 400% cooler. -CV)

"By your powers combined, I am Captain Commandment!" - xgreenjudasx

"The book of Numbers would be far more interesting if it were just a random pile of calculus proofs. So much more entertaining than the endless 'thou shalt nots'!" - cyrrus25

"The Pentatyke: Five tiny, young toddlers -- OF DOOM!!! " - stagemanager

"It's the Pentateuch. I remember b/c it's like penta + eunuch." - bizzatch

Correct Answer: The Pentateuch

"It would have been the Sextateuch if they had included the Book of Joshua. Oh, well." - arckyosuke



2. William Shakespeare wrote most of his works using what metric form?

"If Shakespeare was anything like me, he did all his writing approximately five hours before the deadline, while drinking and cursing furiously at anyone who interrupted him." - silent_r_infork

"Iambic pentayard. (It wasn't until the advent of the metric system that it became iambic pentameter.)" - dragonstar87

"Lambic Pintameter" - marasca

(+1 because I love me a pint of Lambic. -CV)

"I think in Bic Pentameter Therefore Iambic Pentameter" - plantingseeds
"Bicpentameter I am. I do so like green eggs and icpentameter." - thechinesecurse

"I hate iambic pentameter!" - blindgeoff

(+1, the only good episode of Moonlighting. -CV)

"Iambic Pentameter, also known as 'I have too much time on my hands, and if I'm not writing something, the wife will expect me to bang her'." - deesarrachi

"Ha! Trick question! William Shakespeare was English, so he used ENGLISH measures, not metric! So he wrote most of his verse using foot-pounds per furlough." - kenshardik

"Iambic Pentameter, which is one of the worst lyrical formats known to mankind. All it does is go up and down, up and down, up and down, with no variance. It's a wonder that performances of Romeo and Juliet don't make people carsick." - fax_celestis

"He wrote in iambic pentameter.
Which latin (probably) I used to know:
It's probably five stresses in a line
Unless I'm wrong, which is quite often so." - opportunemoment

"(Sapphic strophe is better! Nyah!)" - cygna_hime

"Iambic pentameter, which I didn't like. But I suppose it could have been verse." - arckyosuke

"He used one with 10^12 accented beats per line. It was called a teradactyl." - syrazemyla

Correct Answer: Iambic Pentameter

"Funnily enough, the scary music from Jaws is in iambic pentameter--daDUM, daDUM, daDUMdaDUMdaDUMdaDUMdaDUMdaDUMSHARKATTACK!" - deza



3. Which television show used the ever-popular line "Book him, Danno"?

"CHiPs" - nice try, all you Erik Estrada fans out there.

"That was the show with tom selic in it, right?" - naraht
"it's gotta be Miami Five-O. Did I spell that right?" - unleashedfreak

(Waaaaaah... -CV)

"Hawaii 90210" - yak_boy

"Law and Order #5: Yeah, We Couldn't Think Of Another Catchy Title For This One Either" - dragonstar87

"Library Patrol! (In color!)" - drbear, standing for a lot of people who want more law in their libraries

"Fox Force Five." - cmzero

(+1 only because I know exactly what you're talking about. -CV)

""Sergeants, book her and taker her away!"
"Sergeant Booker *handshake*; Sergeant Takeraway. *handshake*"" - csi_tokyo3

"Hawaii 5-0, which I have never seen, ever, but apparently the theme tune is used all over the place, and it's the only 80s tv show I can think off with '5' in the name." - dracothelizard

(::Headdesk:: - LL)

(Yes, lovellama. We're old. Accept it. -CV)

"You mean there was someone who turned people into books, like Vadne the Sorceress did to Millie the Maid?" - syrazemyla

(It took me four whole days to remember that this was a Xanth reference. -1 to both of us. -CV)

"I always preferred '. . . same bat-time, same bat-channel.'" - jigawattica

(Batman fans, represent. -CV)

"I first read tht as 'Book him, Dante', and I'm pretty sure the Divine Comedy would have been a heck of a lot more exciting if there were more high speed chases, and Dante was a cop instead of a whiny wannabe politician." - niroby

"As a child I thought it was Hawaii Fifty because Hawaii was the fiftieth state in the Union." - shannon_sue

"All through school the teachers say 'Don't watch tv, read a book, you'll learn something that way!' Well, now I'm sucking it up at the ljdq, Ms. Wills! Now what do you have to say? " - elf_of_doriath

"My just emerging-pubsecent libido would fall over in a quivering heap of hormones whenever I saw the hip-shaking hula girl in the opening credits." - fragbert

"Well, they don't always book HIM, cuz they can book HER too... I certainly wish I could dance like those Hawaiian dancers! *shaka-shaka-shaka-shaka*" - marilyth

"I have visited Hawaii a few times and seem to remember it as 'Stone him, Fredo'. Me being Fredo. Props for Maui Wowie!" - antinomic

Correct Answer: Hawaii 5-0

"Is there ever a week where you DON'T stick a tune in my head?" - gaaak

(Want an earworm? Click here for a non-MIDI file! Courtesy of deza.)



4. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the artist:
One foot on the brake and one on the gas, hey!
Well, there's too much traffic, I can't pass, no!
So I tried my best illegal move
A big black and white come and crushed my groove again!

(While it's not Sting, Sting does have 5 letters in his name, and a black and white is like The Police, so +0.5 credits all around! Whee! -CV)

"I'm guessing it's not SchoolHouse Rock, since five isn't exactly that magical of a number." - faery_wing

"Something involving some form of five....Five for Fighting? Ben Folds Five? The Jackson Five? Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean? Five o' Clock Shadow? Yeah, I really have no idea. If Three Dog Night and 2 Live Crew got together would the resulting band be the answer? How about if someone shot a member of Sixpence None the Richer? " - oboe_dude

"I'll tell you what; you ignore my lack of answer and I'll ignore the overuse of exclamation points. Anyone who's that excited about having his groove crushed again should probably rethink his life goals." - fireworkfiasco

"That Last line sounds like SHaft! He's a bad mother-fu-" - niroby

(Watch your mouth! -CV)

"I Shot the Sherriff (He Tried to Ticket Me for Going 50 in a 35mph Zone)" - kestrel127

"'I Can't Drive 42' by Marvin the Paranoid Android" - cscottd

"Is that last line meant to allude to a zebra or is that just me?" - timydamonkey

(You and two others. Others thought panda. And then there was lyme... -CV)

"I'm going to sit here and entertain myself with the mental image of shamu falling onto this dude's car that the line 'a big black and white come and crushed my groove again' provided." - lyme

"'I Can't Drive Within 55 Yards Of The Van Halen Brothers', by Sammydave Rothagar." - fragbert

"'My Commute On Tuesday' by Fucking Petrol Truck Melted The Highway" - jessalae

"I can't really think of anything funnier about Sammy Hagar's "I Can't Drive 55" than the fact that it's Sammy Hagar. " - morganashkevron

"Sammy Hagar thinks small; real men say:
'My Maserati does one-eighty-five.
I lost my license, now I don't drive.'" - mark_laura

Correct Answer: "I Can't Drive 55" by Sammy Hagar



5. Who was the son of Papa Mousekewitz and Mama Mousekewitz? (pre-emptive -1 for obvious)

"I'll take your pre-emptive -1 and admit that it took me ten minutes to get past 'Speedy Gonzales'" - jmthane

"I want to say Fiver. But Fiver was a rabbit. You totally should've used Watership Down for this." - unleashedfreak, deza, grapefruitzzz

(We did that once, a while back. But good try. -CV)

"hmmm. Has to do with five though, and something to do with mice. Ok, I'm going to say Lion Voltron." - corax_onyx

(I was going to smite you, but in the last second I remembered there was a mouse in that. Carry on. -CV)

"DANGERMOUSE" - elaran

"Number Five (who, in case you haven't heard, is alive)" - cscottd

(+1, Short Circuit. -CV)

"Regrettable Accident Mousekewitz. The Mousekewitz family believes in naming things honestly." - lienne

"Grandpa Mousekewitz, in Bizarro Poland" - marasca

"Fee - Fie - Foe - Fivel" - pheltzer

"Well, one day the police brought him back stoned, and Papa Mousekewitz said, 'Alright, high Fievel!'" - spatialrift47

"Hee! Fivel. We watched An American Tale in US history. In my Sophmore year. As a commentary on the situation of immigrants in the late 1800's. Man, I really wish I were kidding." - vampirespider

"I used to have a huge stuffed Fievel when I was a kid. He lasted me a good long while, but all things wear out, and by the time he was retired, he'd grown a rather sizeable butthole. I'm sure you don't know why I even mentioned that, and to be honest with you... neither am I." - sarcastro

"awwww Feivel used to scare me, and make me cry when I was a little boy. I was also scared of Babes in Toyland...thanks for reminding me just how big a wuss I was." - smokedglass7429

"Wasn't that Fiev- oh god, you didn't. Except you totally did." - dragonstar87

"All I know is you'd definitely need a microscope for that bris. " - i_calql8

"I'm sitting at the dinner table, and the Mousekewitz's come to mind, and I'm thinking, what's the theme? What could the name be? Certainly not Harvey? Then it comes to me. I nearly jump out of my seat and yell, 'HOLY SHIT, Feivel was a Jew!?' That's what I get for growing up in the midwest, where we don't have Jews around." - marilyth

"Five-El, who was actually the son of Four-El and was sent to Earth to avoid the destruction of Krypton. The Mousekewitzes were kind enough to take him in and raise him as their own." - squeegibo

Correct Answer: Fievel Mousekewitz

"How do I know this despite never having seen any American Tail movies? Because my name is Moskowitz. Sigh." - rikchik



6. How are you celebrating Cinco de Mayo this year?

"Putas y golpe!!" - fizrep

"Since this is the first year I'll feel comfortable enough with my new-found heritage to actually celebrate this holiday, I'll probably get really, really drunk and declare war on another country. Most likely in that order." - oboe_dude

"We'll be running a one-off D&D module at the local gaming shop. I'm planning on calling it 'Cinco de Muerto' and having the final encounter be a fight against 5 vampire prostitutes in a South of the Border style brothel. (All Quentin Tarantino movies make great D&D plots)." - corax_onyx
"I will probably be at critus' place playing Dungeons & Dragons and insisting that my half-Orc warrior [see icon] wears a sombrero… ROLL TO SEE IF I'M GETTING DRUNK!" - etcet

(You two can share the Geeko de la Semana Award. Roll a d(-1) for score. -CV)

"I'm going to have an adult pinata. It will be filled with all sorts of things that are illegal here in Texas." - queeniexb

(Ooh, you mean like science textbooks and vegetarians? -CV)

(Rock on! – LL)

"Going to a Latin convention! Because that is, indeed, the kind of thing I do with my spare time." - cygna_hime

(It would have been okay if it had been a Latin AMERICA convention... -CV)

"I'm not tying up my boyfriend, slathering him with guacamole and leaving him out in the sun if that's what you were thinking." - deadlydiva

"I don't. Sadly so, because this country could use more holidays. But this Monday there was Bonfire Night so I drank beer and ate sausages, which I think must count for something." - chebonne

(Mmmm, beer and sausages… - LL)

"I will be celebrating by hiring two mexicans at 5bucks an hour to do all my yard work on saturday and stiffing them on half the pay they should be getting." - writersblock_va

"Cursing all the horny plants." - tweeti

(O.o … - LL)

"I will be plotting a revolution to overthrow the American oppressors at LJDQ. And then I will rest up over the weekend, ready to enjoy the May Day Bank Holiday on Monday." - zellieh

"The same way every god-fearing gringo should: get really drunk and mistranslate 'Will you come home with me tonight' into 'Hello, I have forgotten the train schedule'." - nakedblueninja

"'Cinco de Mayo' is Spanish for 'Free Comic Book Day,' right? Reading comics. " - illogicalvulcan

"I must tell you, it's so very exciting! I'm WORKING WOOOHOOOO! PARTY! Maybe I'll flash anyone who comes into the station. Or am I thinking Mardi Gras?" - kokopellinelli

(Friday must've been an interesting work day over there... -CV)



Seeing as it was chaosvizier's birthday on Cinco de Mayo, he and angledge and others went forth and ate and drank to their livers' content, because that's what folks are supposed to do. Hooray for aging!

As always, thanks everyone for playing, thanks to lovellama for assisting with modular action, and thanks to Mexico and France for helping provide us with a great holiday. Tune in tomorrow, same murcielagos time, same murcielagos channel!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Comments

[speckled-llama.livejournal.com]

Suprised that no one made a joke about Art Speigleman's Maus. I guess that my last name (which has 'berg' in it), and me attending a Jew-niversity bring me to the same conculsion everytime.

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember one Maus reference, but that could have been last week, or hops induced...