ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 21 May 2007

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bells and

whistles have nothing on the

ljdq. Which is to say, last week's theme of bells is vaguely connected to this week's theme of whistles. Bells and whistles. Get it?

Never mind, answer time.

1. When the Olympics come to Vancouver, BC in 2010, where are the alpine events going to be held?

"Alpine events are obviously held in the Alps." -

gaaak

"Um. Some mountains, I hope. I really don't know how they go about things in Canada, though. For all I know they're currently building giant mounds of flannel... which is what everything in Canada is made of in my imagination." -

futuristicplans

"A *really* bad attempt at a prime-time drama by CTV." -

cmseward

"dunno, but we're gonna set up a snack bar at the northern outpost of the whistle stop cafe. we're having fried green tomatoes with the warm brandy to keep warm." -

songquake

(Yes, I'm pretty much fired for forgetting to use that book title as one of the answers on this quiz. -AL)

"In case of no snow due to global warming, the alternate locales are Mount Eh and Mount Our Beer Is Perfectly Serviceable, Thank You." -

miladygrey

"My pants! Have you not been paying attention to my mounty fetish?" -

xgreenjudasx

"Whistler, BC... where you can also bungee jump over (or even into!) a glacier-fed stream. If you're really crazy, you can do this whilst nude." -

blindgeoff

(OMG. -AL)

"I keep thinking, what do you mean, Vancouver Before Christ? And then I remember that you crazy North Americans always indicate the state. Do'h." -

dracothelizard

(There are OTHER Vancouvers oot there, you know. -AL)

"In Satan's pants. Because Hell will have frozen over when the world started paying serious attention to Canada." -

katiebgood

Correct Answer: Whistler Mountain.

2. What term usually refers to an employee or former employee who reports on the illegal or unethical practices of a company or organization?

"there are way too many 'or's in this question. Is this is a quiz or a rowboat? Canoe please edit the sentence? The schooner the better." -

chlaal

(You. Stop working when you should be quizzing. -AL)

(Also, -1 for all those puns that I didn't notice until the third read-through. -AL)

"The current state of our country is such that the common man is responsible for keeping large corporations in line. This is wrong! GOD should keep the companies in line! And since God hasn't struck down Enron from their gasoline thrones, that must mean that He is in total agreement with their business practices! Let us raise gas prices in worship!" -

fax_celestis

"if it's the boss talking, that would be 'back-stabbin' rat-weasel'." -

nakedblueninja

"In Switzerland, whistling is practised as a means of communication across valleys and gorges; that would explain their national need for financial secrecy. Whistling is CODE!" -

germankitty

(This .... almost makes sense. But not quite. -AL)

"Snitch" - 6
"The Golden Snitch" -

wiredwizard

"Deep Throat." -

lizzyrose89

"Sleeping with the fishes." -

cmseward

"The national news has a section called the 'Whistleblower Report'. It's usually deadly dull." -

kaerran

(No one likes a rat. -CV)

Correct Answer: whistle-blower.

"in Dutch is a klokkeluider, which means someone who rings the bell. Does this mean Dutch people are one week behind?" -

basje

3. What classic card game has dozens of named variations, including Spades, Hearts, Tarneeb, Oh Hell, and Boston?

"I thought Hearts WAS a classic card game? Now you're telling me I've been playing some derivative all these years? This is worse than having my belief in Santa Claus debunked. Woe is me!" -

shogunsquirrel

"I have no clue, the only thing I know about card games is: 'Do not end up naked'" -

b_hulsman

"I don't know but those are all common words heard in the New Jersey State Police Morgue." -

lots42

(How do you kno- on second thought, I don't want to know how you know. -AL)

"I know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, and I'm definitely folding on this question. The only card game I was any good at was Uno." -

miladygrey

"Mao was my favoritest card game ever growing up because you couldn't tell people the rules of the game and no one was allowed to talk. Strangely, no one ever wanted to play with me." -

kestrel127

(I dedicate the above answer to

fizrep and his ex-wife. -CV)

"Is it on Windows Games?" -

puredeadthingy

"I'm now naming my first born son 'Tarneeb.'" -

futuristicplans
"Tarneeb backwards is 'beanrat'." -

silent_r_infork

"so, my friends in college used to stay up all night playing whist, and drinking cups of tea. yes, cups of tea. we were quaker, tea was our drug of choice. BUT i never learned to play myself, and mostly abstained even from the tea. (thank god i finally have discovered booze!)" -

songquake

"I just like saying the name of it, since it lends it self to so many things...even iambic pentameter! 'Whist! Whist! O, whist!'" -

n5iln

"Whist's root is completely unrelated to the word 'whistle' you know. Whist is from whisk, and whistle is from hwistle which means whisper." -

judith_s

(::headdesk:: -LL)

(Geek of the week. -AL)

(-1. -CV)

Correct Answer: Whist.

4. Who was The Who's first bass guitarist?

"I'll break your arm if you say 'Who's on first'!" -

cmseward
"Who is on First Bass." -

pyllgrum and so many others

(Really, I have no idea how I didn't see that coming. -CV)

"A long lost friend of theirs, Horton. His time in the band was short-lived, however, as he died of a mysterious disease that affected his ear canal. In his memory, they came out with their not-so-well-known album, 'Horton Hears The Who'." -

tickle_smoosh

"Cindy Lou Who. From Whoville." -

ginalin

"The Naked Cowboy in Times Square (who is not actually naked, but is mildly work-unsafe... -CV)" -

elfie_samurai

"Bob or Doug Mackenzie?" -

palapaloozaa

(No, or no. -CV)

"Presumably someone who's either dead, or incapable of remembering the 70s for "pharmaceutical" reasons, or possibly both?" -

katiebgood

(Both it is. -CV)

"Old Stoneface, John Entwistle. No, seriously, he's called that because he never cracks a smile on stage, never changes his expression - I have a recording of him saying that." -

jmthane

"John Entwhistle. And now I am picturing a bunch of sentient tree-people rockin out to the Who." -

shogunsquirrel

" Propper speling iz a virchew.

" -

aynisha

Correct Answer: John Entwistle.

5. What is the name of this painting, and who painted it?

"'Crazy Ol' Lady With Hidden Shotgun' by Billy Smith and Georgie Wesson." -

nakedblueninja

"Christ this damn critical appraisal is fucking killing me. I'm taking a 10 second break to post that the answer to #5 is YOUR MUM and I 'painted' her." -

elaran

"'Whistler's Mother' by her kid. (Yeah, yeah, it's not the 'real' title, but if you're going to give your art some long-winded, tedious title, don't expect us hoi polloi to remember it.) Why do we all know this painting?? It's utter crap. Boring subject; drab, limited palette; unimaginative composition; non-hottie model. Does it represent the height of American asceticism or something? Seriously, do we have an art major that can explain even one single way in which this painting doesn't suck?" -

mark_laura

"This one, I do know. Whistler's Mother! And whenever I watch Blade, and there's that character of Whistler, I think it's his mom, because they look sort of alike." -

kokopellinelli

(+1, Blade reference [finally] -LL)

"Whistlers Mother, which I think should be renamed 'Mona Lisa Rehab'" -

fmh

"Poor Whistler's Mother. Do you think there's a support group for artwork that's constantly mocked? Like Rodin's 'The Thinker' and the Mona Lisa and Whistler's Mother sit around and commiserate about how they've been made into tacky tourist crap that's sold in hotel gift shops around the world?" -

kestrel127

"And then, there's the not as famous Hummer's Mother..." -

princessstarr

"Whoever he is, he cheated. That's clearly a paint-by-number picture." -

spotts1701

"Damn. I thought I could find the name of the picture by checking the url of the pic, but you were too clever for that. I would have succeeded if it wasn't for you meddling kids." -

shadowkeeper

(Yeah, we've been doing this quiz stuff for a while now & have eliminated most of the rookie mistakes. -CV&AL)

"UR MOM, by Wh1s+l3|2" -

fizrep

(If you keep answering in l33t, we're going to have to come up with a new punitive weekly award. l33t of the w33k, perhaps. -AL)

"It's called 'Whistler's Mother' and it's by Whistler, but I'm betting it has some other snootier official name." -

rikchik

"'Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother' Calling it 'Whistler's Mother' in my History of Modern Art classes is enough to get a bitch CUT. This ain't art appreciation, son. WE KEEP IT REAL." -

futuristicplans

(Word up -LL)

Correct Answer: Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother, by James Whistler.

6. Do you whistle while you work? Why or why not?

"There's a sign at my work saying 'No whistlers over five feet high'." -

tickle_smoosh

(Maybe

mere_bystander and

shannon_sue could work with you? -CV)

"No way! I'm already short and I try not to resemble a dwarf. (You could end up tossed!)" -

mere_bystander,

shannon_sue

"No, because then I have to explain to my colleagues as why, and I'd have to use French and I hate French." -

b_hulsmans

"I have been known to gargle Gershwin." -

kenshardik

"Ever since one guy got fired for whistling at work...nope." -

deesarrachi

"My dad used to say 'Sing at the table, whistle in bed, the devil'll getcha before you're dead.' Is that not sort of creepy? Why would you say that to a 9 year old?" -

kokopellinelli

"No whistling, but while working at Disney, I honest-to-God got a thumbs-up and a 'great job' from my boss for doing a goofy little dance in front of my ice cream cart, rather than actually selling ice cream." -

silent_r_infork

"I'm still at school and whistling is a sound of joy. And, as my history teacher told me, 'This is school! This is not a place of joy!'" -

allie_the_neko

"my husband whistles all the time, and most of the time he doesn't even know he is doing it. He was the original IPOD!" -

csflick

"Whistle while you work
Snow White is a jerk
Hitler's barmy, so's his army
Whistle while you work!" -

lizzyrose89

"I bought a wooden whistle, but it wooden whistle.
I bought a steel whistle, but it steel wooden whistle.
I bought a tin whistle, and now I tin whistle." -

i_calql8

"Fairly often. Hey, my new job involves dipping strawberries into large vats of melted chocolate. There's definitely some joy in that! *whistles 'Pour Some Sugar On Me'*" -

miladygrey

And that's it for this week. A small dose of funny to help you all make it through another Monday. Because if you do make it through Monday, you will arrive at Tuesday, where you will find a brand new quiz awaiting you.

See you there,

AL&LL&CV.