ljdq | LJ Daily Answers, 23 July 2007.

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"It took me until the 5th question to realize the theme. Well played,

ljdq, well played." -

jrho

Thank you, dear Quizling. We hope you all enjoyed this extra-long Quiz in honor of the release of the last Harry Potter book.

"Oh for pete's sake, couldn't

ljdq remain untarnished by the Potterdämmerung?" -

amphelice

Are you kidding? We never miss a chance to ride on an internet bandwagon.

1. The process known as chrysopoeia was thought to require which mystical artifact to complete?

"Please be Eye of Newt. Please be Eye of Newt. Please be Eye of Newt." -

spacenut3737

(It is not Eye of Newt. -AL)

"Reason 295473 why I'm afraid of the future: if I don't know the meanings of easy words like 'chrysopoeia' then how the hell will I do well on the GREs?" -

sergeikatholicm

"Chrysopoeia sounds like chrysalis, so I'm going with the Philosopher's Caterpillar." -

astridsdream

"A flux capacitor. " -

therealchon

"The Holy Hand-Grenade" -

akiyasan &

mistressjennfer

"(puts on linguistics hat) Hmmm... Chryso- meaning cocoon, -poeia is usually something poetic, so to be able for metamorphosing butterflies to write poetry, one needs Mulberry leaves! And Blackberry ink." -

ntlespino

(I'm confiscating that hat. -CV)

"The process of chrysopoeia was performed by moody teenage witches after the application of a dumpsopoeia by heartless teenage warlocks. Friends of the jilted witch were expected to provide tissopoea, chocopoeia and chickflicksopeoia in order to help." -

angrysunbird

"Well, if you chrysopoeiaed in America, it was called a Sorceror's Stone. If you chrysopoeiaed anywhere else in the world, it was called a Philosopher's Stone." -

subnerd862

"As a philosopher, as an American, I object to the concept of having to "dumb this down" for Americans in the first book. After all, I learned about it through video games, so can everyone else." -

katiebgood

"Chrysopoeia is turning lead into gold, right? So the question is 'what do you need to turn lead into gold'? Well, a piece of lead, presumably." -

elsajeni

(This answer, while very clever, does not actually answer the original question. Nice try though. Aspiring alchemists, please take note: you must have a piece of lead as well as a....)

Correct Answer: Philosopher's Stone.

"The quest for creating one caused a lot of mercury poisoning and associated madness back in the Middle Ages. Good times." -

deza

2. A perfectly elliptical room has the property of conducting sound easily between its two foci. What is such a room called?

"Hard to furnish. I don't care how shitty Ikea's build quality has gotten, they're still primarily straight lines, so you end up with tons of conical sections behind your duvet or bookshelf where the cat will have knocked your martini-stirrer, the olives, and half your goddamned golf balls..." -

etcet

"Is it padded? I mean, that's not good for the conduction of sound, but it's probably safer that way." -

illogicalvulcan

(We'll make sure yours is padded. -AL)

"Hey baby, I wanna conduct sound between your foci." -

elfie_samurai

"Such a room is called a bathroom… This is why we are all fabulous singers while in the shower." -

mistressjennfer

"A perfectly elliptical room is an oval office. The sound is clearly conducted between the two foci, or ears, since there's nothing between them to stop reverberation or echoing." -

etumukutenyak

(+1, subtle. -AL)

"I love ellipses! I always wanted to see an elliptical-shaped miniature golf hole where the tee-off and the hole are the two foci, and there was a barrier separating them. In theory, all you have to do is putt with sufficient velocity to any point on the ellipse. Since the segment from the tee-off to the point on the ellipse is always a direct reflection of the segment from the point to the hole, the ball will bank into the cup for a guaranteed hole-in-one every time! Coolness!" -

i_calql8

(For publicly declaring your love of ellipses, & your aspirations in the field of miniature golf, you have won the Geek of the Week Award. Congratulations, here's your -1. -CV&LL&AL)

"The chamber of geometric secrets." -

shadowkeeper

"A chamber where you really can't keep anything said at those two focal points secret." -

elf_of_doriath

Correct Answer: A whisper chamber.

3. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the artist:
In your book of broken hearts
You had my name now the story starts
We'll never be the same again I know
I'm a victim of circumstance
I'm the one that got the second chance
One chance... that's all I need, and I won't let go

"So wait, she got a second chance but it was only one chance? What happened to the first chance?" -

akiyasan

"My ex-boyfriend's plea to take him back." - ANONYMOUS
"Oooh. Someone had a bad reaction to that restraining order." -

whiski_sour

"something something love, songs with 'hearts' in the lyrics are usually about love." -

b_hulsmans

(Half credit because you're right. -CV)

"Wait, you put the angsty song with the third question? Haven't you read the books? We don't get emo!Harry until books 5 & 6!" -

kestrel127

"'Azkabantanamo Bay', by the Prisoners of the United States Of America." -

kolys

"Who has a book of broken hearts? It'd be all drippy and red-stained." -

kittikattie

(You should go see Pan's Labyrinth. -CV)

"As a good southerner, we know that Free Bird is always a good answer for any musical question." -

ghostrider65

(Yeah, but that's a bitch to play on Guitar Hero II. -CV&AL)

(From the Random Fact Department:)
"In Japanese, shujin means husband, and shuujin is prisoner. Coincidence? I think not." -

marasca

"Prisoner of Love by Foreigner. Much better than the follow-up, Love Bitch." -

therealchon

"my boss (who is, yes, unusually helpful with ljdq, but she is as aware as i that there is absolutely *nothing* for me to do here) informs me that this is 'prisoner of love' by foreigner." -

roscrea

(Tell your boss to stop goofing around and answer her own damn

ljdq questions. -CV)

Correct Answer: "Prisoner of Love", by Foreigner.

4. What is the common name for the epithelial cells that secrete mucus in the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts?

"hey, c'mon. It's right before dinner and that isn't fair." -

unithien_rerith

"I smoke and I drink. Therefore, I care little for my lungs and stomach." -

whiski_sour

"Sorry, all I know of anatomy is that men have dangly bits on the outside and women don't."

spotts1701

"Internal organs... HP theme... must be the Giblets of Fire." -

darthparadox

"My money's on ewpithelials or snot-cells." -

iamza

"WOOHOO I ACTUALLY KNEW THE ANSWER TO THIS BY READING THE QUESTION AND NOT JUST THINKING OF THE NAME OF THE NEXT HP BOOK. FOUR YEARS OF MED SCHOOL TRIUMPHS!" -

elaran

"In dragons, goblet cells actually excrete not mucus, but fire. I have a degree in biology. I know these things." -

photosinensis

"Three days I spent frantically memorising all this stuff, three days, I drank way too much coffee and tea (and spent a lot of time peeing because of this) I barely slept, all so I can answer the LJDQ, screw finals. Goblet Cells, and they stain a pretty purple in PASD." -

niroby

"Goblet cells, because they do look like goblets, not because they make any gobbling sounds." -

etumukutenyak

(Thank you for the clarification. -AL)

Correct Answer: Goblet cells.

"I always thought it was goblin cells." -

m31andy

5. What was the original family name of siblings Rain, River, Summer, Joaquin, and Liberty, and what did they change it to?

"Man, Joaquin must have felt weird with a name like that..." -

spacenut3737

(Yes, because it's much worse than his previous name, Leaf. -CV)

"Personally, I think 'Joaquin' attracts almost as much attention as 'Leaf.' Plus he didn't change 'Phoenix' at all. If you want to attract less attention, you change your name to 'Robert Brown,' not 'Joaquin Phoenix.' Dumbass." -

david_deacon

"Whatever it was, Pappy must've been smoking the same good stuff Ol' Man Zappa was." -

slave_to_anime,

lyme
"he has an excuse because he's, well, Frank Zappa." -

elfie_samurai

"bottom. not of the long variety, but, i would have changed my name too..." -

roscrea,

deza
"Hee. Bottoms." -

elsajeni

"They all ended up as phoenixs... Um, no idea what the real plural is, phoenises perhaps. Hmm. That's lots of penises with added ho. Which probably explains a lot about how phoenises breed." -

m31andy

"Liberty Phoenix? Seriously? They might as well have just stolen his lunch money before they even sent him off to school, and saved the bullies the trouble." -

darthparadox

"By your powers combined, I am Captain Phoenix!" -

i_calql8

"It ended up as Pheonix, so they all probably made a left turn at Albequerque." -

pyllgrum

"hey, has river's body burst into flames and regenerated yet?" -

songquake

(Not yet, and the world remains eternally grateful. -CV)

"Pheonix. Do tell us how many people misspelled that." -

elaran
(...and exactly two minutes later...)
"*facepalm* ...I meant Phoenix." -

elaran
(The comedy pretty much writes itself here. -CV)

"Bottom to Phoenix. I'd say that's at least a step up in names...unless you want to be a porn star. Liberty Bottom, now that's a porn star name if I ever heard one. " -

ginalin

Correct Answer: Bottom, changed to Phoenix.

6. What is a general term for a male descendant of a ruling house of a monarchy?

"I thought we were an autonomous collective." -

jrho

(+1, Holy Grail. – CV&LL)

"

" -

kestrel127 and twenty others

"

" -

peaseblossom03

"Prince Ali! Fabulous he! Ali Ababwa! Genuflect, show some respect! Down on one knee!" -

subnerd862

(+1, Aladdin. -CV)

"Queen. No, wait, wrong pop artist from the 80s." -

darthparadox

"I do believe that's 2nd Lieutenant. But you have to say 'leftenant' because he's british." -

nakedblueninja

(So who gets to be the rightenant? -CV)

"One more neck for the guillotine." -

ntlespino

"Well he's probally got anaemia, Inbreeding, keeping the blood pure, and thin." -

niroby

"St. Juniper once said; 'By his loins shall ye know him, and by the length of his rod shall he be measured.'" -

therealchon

"Crown Jewels? No wait thats the genital term for males. I totally read this wrong." -

bobblepi

"An 'heir', which--contrary to popular culture--is pronounced with a silent H. It's not 'hair', it's 'aer'. Jeez. Use your ashes properly." -

fax_celestis

"A prince, the plural of which I firmly belive should be princi, not princes. Just as the plural penis should be peni. Everything's better with an i at the end... like octopi, which sounds rather like a bizarre type of sushi-pastry." -

allie_the_neko

Correct Answer: Prince of the blood.

7. What is the name for the four treasures the Tuatha Dé Danaan brought with them from their home cities of Falias, Gorias, Findias, & Murias?

"the four basic food groups; fast, frozen, junk, and spoiled." -

lightning_rose

"No one knows. They were captured by the Cabal out of revenge for Speed Kaities." -

spacenut3737

(I move to nerf anyone who can throw trees at you. Stupid Tuatha. -CV)

"I think that when added to the fifth treasure which was found when they arrived, they formed Voltron." -

kolys

"Everything LJDQ needs for a rip-roaring birthday party on Thursday: Gin, Pudding, Mods and Quizlings." -

germankitty

"You know, that question starts out looking like sensible, coherent English, and then it goes completely off the fucking rails. I blame elves, hobbits, dwarves... or maybe gin (djinn?)." -

etcet

(Blame sensible, coherent Gaelic instead. -AL)

"Yakko, Wakko, Dot, and Nurse. Aurguably, Murias got the best end of the deal." -

fax_celestis

"Wait four treasures??? I think I just found the plot to the new Indiana Jones movie." -

niroby

"Crosby, Nash, Stills, and Young." -

littlelion2k

"Yellow moons, green clovers, blue diamonds, and purple horseshoes." -

whiski_sour
"they're magically delicious" -

faery_wing

"Die Hard 1-4!" -

wiredwizard

(Funny, Bruce doesn't look Celtic... -CV)

"The Four Ponies of the Apocalyse." -

kittikattie

"Gold, Frakensen, Myrth and last chapter of Harry Potter." - ANONYMOUS

(Hee hee, myrth. -CV)

"Willow, Madmartigan, Sorsha, and Elora." -

iamza,

trishalynn

(+1, Willow. -CV)

"Falias, Gorias, Findias, & Murias at Law: First attorneys of Middle Earth!" -

lyme

"Frodo of the niiiiine figners, and the ring of doooooom." -

unithien_rerith

(+1 for the OLD Return of the King movie. -CV)

"there were Thirteen British Treasures to the paltry Irish 4. Suck it, ya Guiness drinking Green wearing Celts!" -

angrysunbird

"The Monkees. The Tuatha Dé Danaan say they monkey around; however, they're too busy singing to put anybody down." -

silent_r_infork

"If they're anything like the Hallows of Een, I expect candy." -

napier

"The Hallows of Ireland, but I thought the four treasures were Bushmills, Bailey's, Jameson and Guinness. " -

spotts1701

(I learned how to make an Irish Car Bomb this weekend and I think you're right... -LL)

"The Sleepy Hollows, which they used to remove the heads of their enemies, and summon the Great Pumpkin when outnumbered. (Oh, you thought the Great Pumpkin brought gifts? Yes, the gift of DEATH!) " -

jo_chan

Correct Answer: the Hallows of Ireland, or the Four Treasures.

8. So how do you think the Harry Potter series is going to end? If you haven't read the books, seen the movies, or heard any of the theories, make something up. But whatever you do, OMG DUN SPOIL SRSLY.

"Rocks fall, everybody dies." - waaaaaaaaay too many of you. I guess we can dream, can't we?

"I have no idea how they will end, but I hope to god that Harry gets killed off. I like the kid and all, but the series needs be over so the rest of the world can get its collective life back in gear. I WANT A SOLID RESOLUTION, DAMMIT!" -

astridsdream

"If it involves anybody saying 'Harry, I am your father' I might just have to burn the damn thing." -

katiebgood

"After the fall of Hogwarts & the deaths of all his allies, Harry casts a final desperate spell which summons the team of Jack Bauer, Jack Harkness, Jack Sparrow & Jack O'Neill who gang up to beat, schmooze, boggle & snark po' po' Morty to death. -fin-" -

wiredwizard

"Logic says with a period, but I'm hoping for an interrobang." -

unithien_rerith

"They're going to end with JK Rowling being richer than the Queen. Still." -

voided_space

"OK, to quote my husband: 'Ron's marrying Hermione, but the baby's Harry's.'" -

peaseblossom03

"In the end, Dumbledore's Army is going to be arrested for murdering a historian about halfway into the film." -

napier

"Obviously a dance-off. I mean, really, everyone knows that." -

pennyverse

"Harry will kill Voldemort, and ride off into the sunset with McGonagall. All that flirting with Cho? Just a ploy. Older women are where it's at." -

etumukutenyak

(Damn skippy we are. – LL)

Correct Answer: "With a very very sad book publisher." - slave_to_anime

And that's it for this LJDQ Volume 137 or whatever we're up to these days. Canadian Quizlings, if you see CV this week, buy him a drink! The rest of you, see you back here tomorrow for another Quiz.

Rock on,

AL&CV&LL.

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From:

elaran.livejournal.com

*hides in embarrassment*

From:

angledge.livejournal.com

C'mon out, we still love ya.

From:

ryttu3k.livejournal.com

"Frodo of the niiiiine figners, and the ring of doooooom." - unithien_rerith

...Oh, goddammit, I thought I repressed that! *lies on floor twitching*

(And I saw that when I was NINE. I'm twenty now!)

From:

fragbert.livejournal.com

""OK, to quote my husband: 'Ron's marrying Hermione, but the baby's Harry's.' ""

Mr.

peaseblossom03 has my vote.

And let's not forget the incident right before Hermione and Ron's wedding between the bride and Maid Of Honor Ginny.

From:

ntlespino.livejournal.com

Hee, and rule 43 (34? I'm bad with these RFC doohickies) has been invoked.

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

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