LJ Daily Answers: 2 July 2007

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"How did you do this week without making one horrendously tasteless opportunity for us to make terribly offensive jokes about Down's Syndrome?" - woap

I have to admit, it was very difficult to not ask that question.



1. What is the traditional street address of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom?

"221b Baker Street" - this question was not as elementary as it seemed, dear Watson.

"21 Jump Street." - napier
"22 Jump Street" - fizrep

"I vaguely recall that the exchequer has something to do with money, so it's gotta be Easy Street." - chlaal

"345 Whatthehellisaguinea Lane" - trishalynn

"1 Up Street, where you can receive extra lives by eating magic green mushrooms." - kokopellinelli

"I managed to read 'Exchequer' as 'Executer' and wondered how the heck you execute a country." - animejosse

(Ask the guy who lives here:)

"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" - elvellon

"Are excehquers people who wrote bad checks and as punishment are made to stand completely still wearing big furry hats? England is kooky!" - kenshardik

(It is indeed. -CV)

"In ur bankvalt stelin ur cashez." - anja13

"Not sure of the address, but the phone number is 867-5309." - thepikey
"Oh, wait, that's Jenny's phone number." - sskipstress

"Spelling that with a Q instead of a ck makes that position seem so much more bad-ass." - braynstorm

"I know that the Prime Minister technically doesn't own 10 Downing street, because the First Lord of the Treasury does. The Chancellor of the Exchequer lives at number 12, I think. He sleeps on the doorstep of the Chancellor of the Currentchequer and tries to win back his true love by writing serenades about interest rates." - travellex

(Actually, the Prime Minister IS the First Lord of the Treasury. -CV)

"It's not 10. You see, the Prime Minister will be playing at 10. He's on 10 here, all the way up, all the way up, he's on 10 on Downing Street. Where can he go from there? Where? What the Chancellor of the Exchequer does, if he needs that extra push over the cliff, you know what he does? Puts it up to 11. One louder. The Chancellor of the Exchequer goes to 11." - vermillionsun

"The 'traditional' street address? Something tells me there's a story involved and now I have to wait six days for it. Poo. I hope it's something saucy, but considering it's the UK the story is probably boring as hell." - queeniexb

(It is the UK, and it is boring. The Prime Minister usually lives at 10, and the Chancellor at 11, but they changed houses this (now recently past) administration because of family and house size issues. -CV)

Correct Answer: 11 Downing Street



2. The Grade II Ohio Derby is run at which race track?

(I would like to take this opportunity to give CV the "Most Obscure Question In Quiz History" Award. -AL)

(It was tough, but I'd like to thank all the people who made this question possible. -CV)

"Now there's a prestigious sounding race. I bet the jockeys racing in the Grade III Ohio Derby are overcome with envy." - yak_boy

"It, er, involves horses. That is probably the only thing I know. Oh, wait, it might be cars or motors. Or tractors, or monsters trucks, knowing the U.S. See, now I know NOTHING." - dracothelizard

"The something Downs." - rikchik
"Upton Downs." - kokopellinelli
"The Really Run Down Downs." - theninth

"The K-12 Primary Pony Pavillion." - uncut_diamond
"Doesn't racing seven-year-olds seem a little cruel?" - darthparadox
"Think of the fights in the stands as the parents bet for the kid's college tuition!" - ntlespino
"Ohio Elementary School. Field Day's gotten a lot more competitive since I was a lass." - kerowyn47

"It used to be that second graders finger painted, learned how to read, or took naps, but not anymore. Now they go down to the racetrack and blow away all their milk money on horses and hard apple juice. It's tragic, how these addictions often start so early in life." - newbia

"I'm still really questioning whether or not Ohio exists." - jrho

"...the derby itself must be quite depressed, being only grade II. Poor little hat! Someday you'll find an Ohio head that loves you!" - astridsdream

"Thistledown, ot 'this'll let ya down' if you bet on the wrong horse." - deza

(Holy crap, it's a correct answer! -AL)

(*forks over five bucks to CV* - LL)

(For the record, drbear also got this one right. -CV)

Correct Answer: Thistledown

(And now, calling the race for us.....)

"At the three-quarters pole it's 'Cleveland Steamer'! Followed by 'At Least We're Not North Dakota'. In third place is 'Springfield, Oh Hi Ya Maude'! And in last place it's 'The Cleveland Browns'. Again." - slave_to_anime



3. More fun with lyrics! You get one line; you give us the band and the song:
The kombucha mushroom people, sitting around all day...

"How many will answer with this?" - animejosse

(Surprisingly, only you and blindgeoff. But well-done, both of you, if only for what you did to the next person... -CV)

"now I have that damn badger song stuck in my head for some reason: badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, snake, it's a snake, badger, badger, badger. I hate you with the passion of a thousand burning fires." - the_diffrence

"Down Doobie Doo Down Down, by the Comma Commas" - etcet

"Despite the theme, it's not 'Don't Bring Me Down' by Electric Light Orchestra. Unfortunately.' " - rikchik

(\m/ - LL)

"I didn't realise the Super Mario Bros. theme song had lyrics." - yak_boy, voicing surprise for many of you

"That's a song? Is it by a band from Amsterdam?' " - zellieh

"it sounds like it was written by a bunch of lunatics, and I'm guessing it's They Might Be Giants because they do loonie songs very well." - dracothelizard

(Your logic is sound. Wrong, but sound. -CV)

"I'm going to go with the Grateful Dead, because if there's any band that knows anything about mushrooms, it's got to be them." - trishalynn

"Why must you always have stoner music? What ever happened to classic rock?' " - uncut_diamond

"mushrooms --> things that are slimy --> Mick Jagger --> The Rolling Stones." - chlaal

"The Smurfs! La la, lalala, la lala lala" - woap

"Shining Happy Kombucha Mushroom People, REM." - drbear

"Kombucha isn't a mushroom it's a yeast. That doesn't help with the lyrics, but it does explain why it makes no sense at all.' " - judith_s

"My mom went through some nutty liver cleansing diet phase where she ate only spinach, beets, walnuts, and vitamin pills. And she drank mostly kombucha tea. That shit's vile. Thanks for reminding me. Bastards." - marasca

Correct Answer: System of a Down, "Sugar"



4. Kelsey Grammer (not Grammar; my bad) plays a submarine commander in which 1996 film?

"McFrasier's Navy." - ctakahara

"Now I'm thinking Black Hawk Down, and you never know, there might be submarine commanders in movies about downed helicopters in Somalia..." - screaming_death

"Submarine commanders are like porn stars. They're paid to go down, go deep, and need some serious protection." - woap

"'Don't go by the book. Think like a pirate. I want a man with a tattoo on his dick. Have I got the right man?'
'By a strange coincidence, you do, sir.'
(I fucking love Down Periscope!)" - ooyoumasha

(You and I are the only ones. Circle the subs, 'masha. – LL)

"going under water, blah blah blah, TATTOO ON PENIS, blah blah blah won the war game... blah blah blah" - umbralcorax
"And here I had hoped to get through the day without a mental image of a tattooed penis. Oh well." - katiebgood

"I'll give you 'a quarter and two dimes' for every person that mentioned the 'WELCOME ABOARD' tattoo." - jigawattica

(You owe us $3.15. -CV)

"Kelsey Grammer was in 15 Minutes with David Alan Grier who was in The Woodsman with Kevin Bacon!" - ceemonster

"I just had to explain to fictionalsolace that Kelsey Grammar is a man...and what a man he is. *rowr*" - newbia

"FALSE ADVERTISING! You had me thinking that Kelsey was a lady...then i looked up 'nude pics of kelsey grammar'. I have been scarred for life. Thanks a lot, LJDQ." - fictionalsolace

(+1 for us, traumatizing quizlings. -AL&CV&LL)\

"IIIIIIII speeeeeaaaaaak whaaaaaale!" - queeniexb, nirejseki

(+1, Finding Nemo. -CV)

"Why, Kelsey? You had such promise... *sobs*" - deza

"Ah, Down Periscope...the homeless man's 'The Hunt For Red October'..." - spots1701

Correct Answer: Down Periscope



5. Who is the current (and longest-serving) Foreign Minister of Australia?

"I don't know, but he is a Man At Work (in politics) and he comes from the Land Down Under." - shogunsquirrel
"Great, now I've got that 'I come from a land down-under' song stuck in my head. Curse the 80s!" - kerowyn47

"Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee." - jmthane

"Hey, some of my best friends are Australian. So I really shouldn't make a 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' joke. Unfortunately, most of us Americans know nothing about Australia except what we've 'learned' from that movie, and Crocodile Dundee and Steve mayherestinpeace Irwin. So uh...g'day mate! Crikey! etc." - chlaal

"I bet the Australians are SO happy about this, and then half of them realise that they don't know and are embarrassed. *points and laughs and ignores the fact that she doesn't know her own Foreign Minister either*" - dracothelizard

"I misread the question initially as 'longest-surviving', but since it was Australia that still seemed like a valid option. EVERYTHING in Australia wants you dead." - neev

(Even the koala bears? -AL)

(Definitely not them; they not hard like panther and kangaroo and shit. -CV)

"Hugh Downs? No wait, he's dead. Or is he dead? And still serving? Hooray for zombie politicians!" - trishalynn

"John effing Howard who put luxury taxes on tampons with applicators." - anja13

(That's the Prime Minister. What does he know about tampons, anyway? -AL&LL)

"One day, people will realize that going into politics to have your name remembered just doesn't freaking work." - groupieforhire

(O RLY? Ever heard of George Washington? Julius Caesar? Adolf Hitler? All politicians. -AL)

"Barbituate. No, alcohol. No, it's one of those downer drugs..." - deza

(deza, you knew Thistledown AND a fairly obscure Australian politician? I say you are a webcheater this week. -AL)

"Alexander Downer... What a depressing last name. It's like a genetic predisposition to be unhappy." - ooyoumasha

"AHAHA!! Finally I know some politics that is relevant to the topic at hand, Alexander Downer, who had an illegitimate son, who ended up being a camera man he'd worked with, who ended up not being his son after all." - niroby

Correct Answer: Alexander Downer

"Forget the Foreign Minister, our Health Minister and Treasurer are Abbott & Costello." - yak_boy



6. Emo time! What gets you down?

"Realising I can't answer the LJDQ" - feywood

"I wish my lawn was emo so it would cut itself." - kestrel127

"Downy Syndrome, characterized by a lack of fabric softener." - etcet

"Gravity always seems to get me down. I try to jump up to the roof and I get about 2 feet off the ground and then gravity is like 'NO! FUCK YOU!'" - Avaia and 6 others

(Gravity is a harsh mistress – CV&LL)

"An elevator, stairs, an escalator, or a ramp. Possibly just falling." - David Davison

(You forgot ladders. -CV)

"When magicians make it out alive... I want to see one die already damn it!" - zenithyoda

(dude, you're hardcore – LL)

"When you're lj-ing in the bathroom and have to stop typing to wipe." - aelindil

(And this week's ljdq TMI Award goes to... aelindil! -CV)

"" - sskipstress

"EVERYTHING gets me down. I ONCE CRIED AT ANIMANIACS." - puredeadthingy

"Not much. What makes me go down...'nother story entirely." - gaaak

"Reciprocation. It's not really my preference, but it's only fair to do it once in a while." - marasca

(You get a +1 on behalf of all humanity. -CV)

"The Man, man." - kerowyn47

"When chaosvizier eats all the cute puppies and doesn't save any for me." - newbia

(Hey, there's only so much meat on those things to go around. Next time, BYOP. -CV)

"lactose intolerance. I miss ice cream." - morganashkevron

"What gets me down is when I'm hungry and I go to the cupboard and there's no food, then I go to the couch and there's no booze under." - falar

(+1 for usually having booze under your couch. I'll be stopping by for the weekend. -CV)

"clowns. the circus is in town and I'm hiding out cause they seem to be all over the place, therefore I will miss the free Goo Goo dolls concert unless I can think of a way to get to the place they're playing with out running into the evil clowns." - the_difference

(I hate clowns. Entire armies of them, spilling out of Volkswagens. We do our best to fight them off, but they keep sending 'em in... – LL)

"My boyfriend dumped me by email last Friday. Please to send vodka martinis and pudding?" - trishalynn

(Check. We'll drink in your honor. -CV)

"You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby round round right round.... Haha! You have it stuck in your head now, too." - katiebgood

"Helen Keller...I'd explain that, but it would take too long, plus she knows what she did." - killabee886

Correct Answer: "Nothing gets me down. I have pills for that." - tsar_bomba



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