ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 16 July 2007

chaosvizier.livejournal.com posting in

Allow us to direct your attention to this quiz. You may not west until you have finished!

1. The Treaty of Münster and the Treaty of Osnabrück together are collectively referred to as what?

"The Umlaüt Accords" -

marasca änd mäny öthërs

"Great names for rock bands. They've got umlauts!" -

syrazemyla

"those stupid things are determined to throw off my typing groove. Damn you, Alt 0252." -

elf_of_doriath

(You can have +1 Old School points for using an ALT command for a special text character. I was always partial to ALT 131 myself. -CV)

"Punkey Brüster" -

fictionalsolace

"The Münstertrück Treaties." -

amphelice

"You got your Münster in mY Osnabrück! You Got your Osnabrück in my Münster! MmMmmmm Delicioso! Mue Buen!" -

writersblock_va

"I was taught by my high school teacher that the answer to any treaty question was 'The Treaty of Versailles' so I'm going with that." -

kittikattie

"Because they were both signed on the 31st of October they were known as the 'Trickor Treaties.'" -

littlelion2k

"Would like some making f&*k BERSERKER!" -

akiyasan

(Did you say "making fuck"? -CV)

"Did it catch on in a flash? Was it a graveyard smash?" -

silk_knickers

(Sadly, The Münster Mash never reached Top 40 status like its predecessor. -CV)

"Alright, should we go with the cheese joke or the Munsters joke....hmmm, decisions." -

jessicamariek

(38 went for the cheese joke; 23 went for the Addams Family joke. 9 went for a two-hit combo. -CV)

"Sorry. Fresh out of Treaties of Munster and Osnabruck. We do have some Camembert... it's a bit runny..." -

mistressjennfer

(+1, Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch. -CV)

"Westphalia is the reason all those young men end up going west. Or is that Westphilia? I always get the two confused." -

kadharonon

"I know who the Munsters are so I'm guessing the Osnabrucks were their neighbors and they had that whole competetive thing going, like at Christmas where my whole block has to one-up the person down the street with bigger and better lights and moving snowmen but I don't know if the Munsters were Christian, in fact, I doubt they were, so we can pretend there was a whole spat over Halloween decorations instead and it can star Danny Devito and Matthrew Broderick and we can call it BITE ME as in vampires and in the end Marilyn will marry the Osnabruck's oldest boy and there will be much rejoicing... yay." -

ceemonster

(And this week's

ljdq Run-On Sentence Award goes to...

ceemonster! -CV)

"My next door neighbours lived in Munster for years (the husband was in the British Army) and they have a garden gnome enclave called Westphalia. Coming home drunk it's terrifying." -

liseuse

"The peace of Westphalia. Which ended the Thirty Years War. Which, bizarrely enough for such length-named wars, was actually thirty years." -

birdboy2000

"'Westfalenfrieden'" -

varity

(+1 for a German antwort. -CV)

Correct Answer: The Peace of Westphalia

"Or, to children in my home city...'the one-day holiday where we get to ride around town on hobby horses and the mayor gives us a cookie'." -

tysolna

2. Who was the second person to play Batman on a television series?

(Family Guy references: too many to count. -CV)

"I will gladly take the Batman theme song as the least annoying of the several potential earworms that this quiz tried to stick me with." -

silk_knickers

"Its hard to Tell, Batman got Played so many times, by Robin, The Riddler, Joker, Catwoman. That Fool Was as Sucka!" -

writersblock_va

"I can't think of Batman without thinking of the bat-nipples. That totally raped my childhood. Sideways. With a bucket." -

flawed_karma
"I only watched Batman when he had OMGHUMONGOUS nipples. I mean, who would put nipples on their armor?" -

docrefa

"They should have a girl play Batman...Keira Knightley for instance. "To the Batmob - *trips over her cape with an unmanly shriek*" Let's see how tough you are now, Keira." -

neblinaclara

(+1, Keira Knightley mockery. -CV)

"Did anyone else dig on the fact that everything in the Batcave was labeled in big, OSHA-friendly letters?" - ANONYMOUS

" Supercat is rather finicky about whom he saves...

Supercat is rather finicky about whom he saves...

" -

72degrees

"Burt Ward.... you did say 'play' with Batman didn't you?" -

pheltzer

"my mother's uncle was César Romero. No joke. There's a picture of me watching an episode of Batman on his lap." -

napier

(+1, awesome. -CV)

"Since the second TV Batman was named Adam, was the first Batman named Lilith?" -

pyllgrum

"Wild Wild Adam West." -

deza

"My friends named their tiny black kitten Adam West." -

shinga

"Adam West, whose character -- by today's standards -- would be severely questioned regarding his morals for not only running around in tights and a mask in public, but convincing a minor to do the same." -

n5iln

Correct Answer: Adam West

3. Fun with music! Name the artist and song:
Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?

"One of these days, the answer really will be Sting, and then you'll all be sorry." -

wint3rhart

(You mean this day? -CV)

"Forty bucks and a $90 textbook. Excuse me while I weep into my ramen." -

kerowyn47

"Damn, I read 'too many' and I now can't get 'Land of Confusion' out of my head." -

shinga

(Phil Collins wins again! -CV)

"I am not sure on this one, but darn if I am not REALLY craving some cheese now, after answering only two questions. This was your purpose all along, wasn't it? Darn you, LJDQ, for making me want cheese whilst i am at work and unable to fulfill my desire!" -

jigawattica

"'The Existential Blues'" -

i_calql8

(You ask too many questions; what answers should I choose? -CV)

"It's by the guy with the tin foil hat, and he mutters it as he panhandles." -

antinomic

"It's not 'if, when, why, what?' It's 'who, what, where, when, why?' Someone needs to go back to grade school and learn how to write a proper book report." -

ceemonster

"It sounds like a bad school cheer. If, when, why, what? How much have you got? Goooooooooo TEAM!" -

voided_space

"Q: If, when, why, what?
A: Then, soon, 'cuz gin." -

mark_laura

"Gayest! Band! Ever! Pet Shop Boys could beat even Pansy Division in a gay-off." -

3jane

"Was 'West End Girls' about dating only the left side of a woman?" -

xgreenjudasx

"I know this, because for the longest time I thought it was 'Western Town,' and was brutally disabused of this notion when I called a radio station to request it for a 'Wild West' themed program. Of course, the song made much more sense afterward." -

tzeentch

"West End Girls by the Pet Shop Boys. How did ambiguously gay men manage to make picking up cheap tramps sound so sexy?" -

deza

Correct Answer: Pet Shop Boys, "West End Girls"

4. The Type B-4 life preserver used in WWII was also known by what name?

"this is why I need to watch things on the Discovery Channel besides Mythbusters, Scrapheap Challenge and that Massive Speed series." -

dracothelizard

"Beta Data" -

herm42 and four other Trekkies

"Well, it was clearly a form of lifewest." -

kadharonon

(Thank you, Mr. Chekhov. -CV)

"Did you know there was an oil additive named B4? It's slogan was 'You'll be for B4 before you drive six blocks.' That persistent slogan had stuck with me for 30 years. Arrrgg!" -

antinomic

"On a related note, every time I hear of countries being attacked with B-52's I get mental images of millions fleeing in terror over great hits such as 'love shack' and 'monster in my pants'." -

killabee886

"Makes me wonder what happened to all the A-#, and B-1-3 life preservers. I mean surely there isn't that much variation in design. It's a circular thing that floats..." -

bobblepi

"B-4... life preserver.... You sank my battleship! Bastard!" -

pheltzer,

72degrees,

mistressjennfer,

chlaal,

illogicalvulcan. Better that the three who mentioned Bingo.

"I always imagined drunken sailors playing this really mean game where they tossed one guy off the back of the ship, and then tried to lasso him with a lifesaver. It's like the marine version of backwards darts: tossing the dartboard at a floating dart..." -

iamza

"It's-A-Good-Thing-I-Saved-You-B-4-You-Drowned" - Avaia

"Would a B-4 life preserver be another way of saying 'contraception'?" -

sskipstress,

tweeti

"I would certainly cling to Mae West for all I was worth. Although I gotta tell ya, she's WAY larger than a B." -

thepikey

"War was so much cooler before you had to be PC about everything. Could you imagine if they started calling 'em "Dolly Parton"s today? Or painted half naked chicks on their airplanes?" -

reliantfc3

(Everything was so much cooler before you had to be PC about everything. -CV)

Correct Answer: Mae West

"On being introduced to a Swede of great stature, and being told he was six feet, eight inches tall, she is said to have remarked, 'Let's forget about the six feet and talk about the eight inches.'" -

n5iln

5. What film had Will Smith star as a war hero on a mission to protect President Ulysses S. Grant?

"Wild Wild West, I think... I don't remember much about that movie except for Salma Hayek's breasts." -

paradoxotaur

"That was a film? I really thought someone booted into a film canister and it came up Wild, Wild West. Robert Conrad is rolling over in his grave." - ANONYMOUS

"That thing with the enormous mechanical spider. I love it when they include realistic historical detail in movies like that." -

chlaal

"Oh is that the movie where Will Smith plays Will Smith protecting us from evil robots? or the one where Will Smith plays Will Smith protecting us from Aliens...three times, or the one where Will Smith fails to protect us from the misspelling of the word "happiness"? or the one where Will Smith plays Will Smith protecting the old west from the evils of Kenneth Branagh?" -

killabee886

(The last one - CV&AL&LL)

"Independance Day 2: Wild Wild Men in Black" -

mistressjennfer
"The Pursuit of Grantyness." -

72degrees
"Guess Who's Coming To Grant's Tomb?" -

stevietee
"The Fresh Prince of Deadwood." -

ceemonster
"Blazing Saddles" -

hrem42

"While Smith's acting performance was strong, his rap version of the Gettysburg Address was never a favorite among fans." -

marasca

"I once had a dream in which W.S. and I were *getting it on*. Then I woke up screaming. Then I scolded myself for not kicking him in the nuts while his guard was down" -

ihateusernames

"Is it weird that my mother has a crush on Will Smith?" - Avaia

"Wild Wild West, featuring the most inspired pairing of actors ever: Salma Hayek's corset and boobs." -

amphelice

"Wild Wild West. Which has the initials WWW. Which should have stood for WHY WIL?? WHY?" -

umbralcorax

"It is so very very sad that one of my first major movie crushes was Kenneth Branagh with a metal spider as his lower half. I mean, what use is a metal spider? I suppose you could install a dildo or something, but really. Useless." -

kadharoon

"Giant Spider Robot Wild Wild West, as opposed to the tv series, which, I promise, never had giant spider robots, or robots of any kind. I don't know if I should be more upset at the corruption of an icon from my childhood or the feeling of being gypped that I didn't get to grow up with giant spider robots." -

deza

"it's got to be that god awful film hasn't it? the wild, wild west? my neices and nephews watched it one holiday but not even my love for will smith could keep me in that room. i gave them a plate of bicuits and buggered off to find some wine." -

roscrea

"Remind me again is this was the one with the weird-ass robots or the weird-ass ninjas. I forget." -

ntlespino

"Is it a bad thing that I actually liked Wild Wild West?" -

vampyr_aggie

(Apparently... - LL)

"Wild Wild West. Never has steampunk gone so wrong." -

kerowyn47

Correct Answer: Wild Wild West

"This was later recast with Martin Sheen as the President and shot as 'Wild Wild West Wing'." -

billfl

6. Forget going west or going east... where are YOU going?

(Number of folks in handbaskets: 12. -CV)
"I don't even really know what a handbasket LOOKS like, okay?" -

chlaal

"You are standing in a dark journal, surrounded by a bunch of trivia nerds and comedians. You are likely to be eaten by a grue." -

slave_to_anime

(+1, Zork. -CV)

"To sleep, where I may find solace from my lonely and pathetic existence. Or maybe to the bar to get some booze. OR WAIT- I CAN HAZ BOOZE IN BED!" -

falar

"Meijer. They're open 24 hours and I crave Cheetos." -

entropic

"GREEEEEN Acres is the place for me..." -

fox_gloves

"Bang! Zoom! Straight to the moon!" -

vampyr_aggie

"It was Judgement Day! And we got sent to the Bad Place! THE BAD PLACE!" -

umbralcorax

(+1, Justice League. -CV)

"To Candy mountain, Charlie. Its a land of sweetness and joy, and joyness." -

bobblepi

"Well I am going to a hostel in Cork this weekend, so I'm probably going to the hospital after that to treat the disease I'm going to get." -

killabee886

"Round the bend trying to figure out if this guy I'm hanging out with is gay or not. I mean, I think he is. But that's going to lead to a whole new level of awkward if I'm wrong." -

jrho

"To sleep, perchance to dream. Aye, there's the rub. For what dreams we dream when we have shuffled off this mortal coil must give us pause . . or I'm gonna go get a coffee and flirt with barristas. I'm not sure yet." -

uncut_diamond

"Well, I have a dead end job and I've just moved home to live with my mother for a year because I want to do an MA and don't have any money. I don't have a girlfriend or any prospects of one, and I spend my evenings smiling grimly and hearing the sounds of bad tv drifting up the stairs. I'd say I'm going up the wall." -

liseuse

"Insane in the membrane!" -

akiyasan

(-1 for that annoying song - LL)

"OH DEAR GOD! DOES THE INTERROGATION NEVER END? YOU SOUND JUST LIKE MY MOTHER! ahem. i mean, i'm a fully focused individual, who has a consrete life plan and a series of attainable yet challenging objectives, i just... don't want to share them with you yet." -

roscra

"CRAZY for a non-directional quiz!! *rips hair out and screams ominously*" -

palapaloozaa

(BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! - CV&AL&LL)

"North, Miss Teschmacher! North!" -

silk_knickers

(+1, Superman II. -CV)

"Nowhere. :( I'm stuck in the middle without jokers or clowns." -

b_hulsmans

"Wouldn't YOU like to know? Oh, wait, of course you do; you just asked me. Well, don't I feel foolish?" -

kenshardik

For those of you who missed the theme... well, you're probably very new. We're not exactly going for unpredictability here this season. But like we often do, trickery and traps abound! What strange new direction will we take tomorrow? Who knows?

Thanks as always for playing, and thanks to

lovellama for continuing to guest-mod. Thanks also to Martin Miller for making the most tasty gin on Earth. Mmmmm... gin and tonics.

See you all tomorrow; same bat-time, same bat-channel!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Current Mood: joyness
Current Location: Candy Mountain
Current Music: Wild Wild West

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From:

naraht.livejournal.com

Seriously, Wild Wild West was a remake of Kevin Smith Superman with all of the superman bits replaced with Will smith bits.

>=p

and I'm still going to bed.

From:

chaosvizier.livejournal.com

I never read the Kevin Smith Superman stuff. But hey, if Superman beat up a giant kryptonite-powered mecha spider, then so be it.

Nighty night!

Though named daily, it is weekly. Behold the first mystery.

LJ Daily Answers: 16 July 2007

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags