LJ Daily Answers: 10 September 2007

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Remember, folks: In union there is strength. Therefore, this is a strong quiz. Helluva strong, even. Way stronger than those jerks in Pod Six.



1. In mathematics, if A and B are sets, what operation will create a set that contains all the elements of A and B and nothing else?

"All I heard was 'meh meh meh meh fishsticks.'" - kokopellinelli

"I refuse to answer this based on the fact that I once argued for an hour with my high school algebra teacher that I would never have a need for math in the 'real world'. I would hate for her to have been right all along." - theninth

"Someone set us up the math. Launch all calculators for great justice." - uncut_diamond

"Since math was never my strong suit, I'm going to say 'a headache'." - umbralcorax

"Math? Please I'm an accountant." - sestree

(Um... Err... -AL&CV&LL)

"The one where you pick out the funny bone with the tweezers." - marasca

(+1 to you & everyone else who played the board game "Operation". -AL)

"if A is ice cream and B is chocolate milk then putting them both in a blender makes a milkshake" - jenny_1981

"Hot...algebra...sex?" - littlelion2k

"Well, you see, when [A] and [B] love each other very much..." - jo_chan

"I flunked math, but I know from college that after a few beers, most guys will lower their standards from C sets to A or B sets if that's all that's available. " - vmisery
"I refuse to answer on the grounds that I believe that life starts at DD. " - etcet

"Buying an ABBA record" - drbear

"Union is a synonym for matrimony, and Laura and I take that 'and nothing else' part to heart. Just say no to kids!" - mark_laura

"A union (but only in Massachusetts and, apparently, Iowa)." - stagemanager

(This question revealed that nearly all Quizlings who answered have a deep deficiency in their knowledge of mathematics. You are all hereby given a -1 & instructions to enroll in a math class immediately. -AL)

"Math is hard. Let's go shopping! " - deza and dorei

"'Set' is out, 'clique' is in, and you can't join ours anyway, you math geek. Nyah nyah! " - katiebgood

"When I was in college, I was a student member of a committee of math professors. The following exchange occurred:
Prof A: My students don't understand the basics of writing proofs. They don't know how to use the contrapositive!
Me: I was with my girlfriend last night, and we used a contrapositive.
Prof B: So you were practicing safe sets?
Me: You know, math people aren't funny. " - kenshardik

"Conjunction junction, what's your function?
Hookin' up sets and callin' them unions..." - i_calql8

(+1, Schoolhouse Rock. -CV)

"I taught set union to my liberal-arts classmates by taking two ziplock bags and dumping the contents of both into one (larger) ziplock bag." - bluetourmaline

Correct Answer: Union

"We the elements of the United Sets, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish addition, insure domestic multiplication, provide for the common derivative, promote the general ordering, and secure the blessings of number line to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United Sets of America." - spatialrift47

"Um...a more perfect union? I suck at math." - battleraven

(Maybe, but you rule at guessing. -AL)



2. Combine St. George's cross, St. Andrew's cross, & St. Patrick's cross. Make the combination into a flag. What do we call the result?

"Something that really p*sses the Welsh off." - torsparks

"Hey, if you put a St. Catherine's Wheel around the whole hting than it would be the new BDSM flag." - xgreenjudasx and a few other bondage fans. Naughty quizlings!

"With the powers of St George, St Andrew And St Patrick we form the Union Voltron!" - b_hulsmans

(Who was still better than lame-ass Vehicle Voltron. -CV)

"Three times the vampire-repelling strength of most flags." - i_calql8

"Ummmm, the St Andrew's cross I'm familiar with is a piece of bondage equipment, so I'm going to guess it's the emblem for one of the BDSM cons. This really has me wondering about the mods' proclivities..." - deza

"Dunno, but it sounds like a really awesome gay bar." - smokedglass7429

"The Union Jack, which is a pub in DC. Apparently, it's a loud and obnoxious version of a British pub. I thought that was redundant." - etumukutenyak

"Gah, I have 'Hit the Road, Jack' stuck in my head now." - woap

"A very hot three-way. (C'mon, you know you were thinking it too.)" - stagemanager

"the bit that covers the right boob in the Aussie flag bikinis" - sometimespez

"The Union Jack Daniels: United in drunkenness we stand semi-upright, divided we fall" - marasca

"St. Andrew for Scotland, St. Patrick for Ireland so I'm guessing St. George for England. I'd say you end up with a bunch of drunk hooligans arguing about real football. Either that or Punk Rock Fancy Pants. " - wumbawoman

Correct Answer: Union Jack

"Which makes no sense at all because the only noteworthy Jack from the UK (that I can think of) is Jack the Ripper. Who names their flag after a serial killer?" - morganashkevron

(Also, it doesn't have to be on a boat. Originally that was probably the case, but widespread usage led to the term being applied to the flag in general, whether on land or at sea. -CV)



3. What political structure was created at the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992?

"Wait...we still have treaties? I thought those things were just made up by history teachers." - whiski_sour

"An autonomous collective!" - xgreenjudasx

(+1, Monty Python. -AL)

"the Holy Roman Empire, which was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire" - david_deacon

(Nor the correct answer. -AL)

"Is it bad that i can imagine all those important government officials forming a human pyramid?" - fictionalsolace

"if it's anything like the Taiwanese parliament, gotta be the mosh-pit" - sometimespez

"Not the United Nations, since the hungry lizard people from the Sirian planet landed on top of the UN building in the mid-1980's, which, if my math is correct, happened before 1993." - iamza

(+1, V. -CV)

"I have no idea, but I really like that word. MaaaaaastrrrriKT. MaaaaaastrrrrriKT. Thanks, LJDQ. Now everyone in my class wants to know why I'm alternately moaning, growling and clicking." - nihilistbear

"Hey, if you scramble up the letters, you get the name of the noted smoking, giggling Scotsman, Ashtray MacTitter!" - infintysquared

(...why so it does. -CV)

"If the Daily Mail is to be believed, it's a group run by evil bureaucrats in Brussels who sit around all day and make laws for the sole purpose of destroying Britain and our way of life." - crystalcazzie

"European Union. Bringing us new money, standardized tomatoes and complaints from Poland (plus a few who sit in the sandbox, but won't play with all the tools. Looking at YOU, Sweden and UK!)" - germankitty

"The EU. Where England is not in the driver's seat of Europe anymore, or even in the passenger's seat (having a nap), but outside, washing Europe's windows. " - shadow_shimmer

"When I was little I always thought the Maastricht Treaty was like Bostik or PrittStik - basically some form of glue. I had visions of heads of states all gummed up together and that's what the European Union did." - torsparkles

Correct Answer: European Union



4. What controversial non-profit organization has provided legal defense to a diverse collection of defendants, including John T. Scopes, the North American Man/Boy Love Association, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, and the National Socialist Party of America?

"The Red Cross. They took all my blood and gave me a soggy sandwhich in return. Bastards." - varity

"The Chewbacca Defense League." - reticent_lass

(+1, South Park. -CV)

"PETA" - kokopellinelli

(Well, they were all animals... -CV)

"A CLU! A CLU! You sure this shouldn't have been in last week's quiz? " - slave_to_anime

"I don't know, but I approve of Oliver North being lumped-in with the North American Man/Boy Love Association. Let him talk his way out of that. He'll probably say he's got a "wide stance." " - david_deacon

"There's an actual NAMBLA? I thought it was just a joke on South Park! Please tell me it's just a joke on South Park, and I will feel much better about humanity... " - shogunsquirrel

(Yeeeeah, no – CV&AL&LL)

"I'm going to go over to this corner and try very hard to NOT think about the ramifications of Ollie North, NAMBLA and a bunch of Socialists partying together. Gin, please?" - deza

(Not enough gin in the world, young lady. -CV)

"Are you sure it wasn't the National Association of Marlon Brando Look-Alikes? Because they get that a lot." - kenshardik

"That sounds too crazy for even the ACLU to touch. So I'm gonna say it's the ACLU." - schizospider

"ACLU, fighting for every idiot's right to be an idiot" - marasca

"ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union. I think their motto is "Is it controversial? do you need legal representation? Call us!" Like those lawyer ads on TV. " - reliantfc3

"the Awesomely Cool Legion of ...Unicorns" - fictionalsolace

Correct Answer: ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)



5. The title of which 1997 film starring Lisa Kudrow & Mira Sorvino was translated into some languages as "Blonde and Blonder"?

"that movie must have been a singularity of ditz." - fizrep

"Clueless?" - littlelion2k

(No, but good try. -CV)

"Am I perhaps happier not knowing? " - active_apathy

"I heard that these two guys went into Sense and Sensibility thinking it was the sequel to Dumb and Dumber, and I thought 'No-one could be that dumb, could they?' And then I visited America." - seldear

"Oh man, imagine if Dumb & Dumber and Blonde & Blonder mated and had babies...the offspring would be default darwin award winners. " - uberhero

"It's one of those movie title's you memorise to make sure that you never accidentally flick onto it. I have an automatic aversion to any movie with two blondes in the starring roles and the words High School attached." - selenityshiroi

"I'm impressed by the ability of translators to see through masking titles and to create names for movies that actually reflect their true content." - elf_of_doriath

(Well, for every Zero Wing, there is a good translation. -CV)

"Hot and Hotter" - marasca

(So very true. -CV)

"Mira Sorvino was incredibly hot back in the late 90s. Replacement Killers? Oh wow! If I ever need false documents I'm definitely going to her!" - halo4

"imagine if Dumb & Dumber and Blonde & Blonder mated and had babies...the offspring would be default darwin award winners." - uberhero

"thanks for the reminder. My 20 year reunion is coming up. *whimper* I skipped out on the last two, so I really need to go to this one. Mental note: find hot stud to use as latest boytoy." - deza

"ROMY AND MICHELLES MOTHERFUCKING MOST AMAZING MOVIE EVER HIGH SCHOOL REUNION!!! Where's my DVD. I'm going to watch it right damn now. " - smokedglass7429

(I call shenanigans – LL)

"It would have been a better movie had Romy and Michelle's highschool been populated by the giant cockroach people from Mimic. 'Hello, I'm Rom--eeeEEEEE! OMGWTFBBQ!!1! Giant woman-eating cockroach!'" - iamza

Correct Answer: Romy and Michele's High School Reunion



6. You've just joined a union. What is your union's name & manifesto?

"I'm not going to tell you because I've just started a strike against the LJDQ. And everyone who posts below this is a Scab!" - drbear

"Team Evil: Fuck yeah!" - xgreenjudasx

(Sorry, America copyrighted that motto. Try again. -CV)

"National Association Promoting Sleep. NAPS. The manifesto is 'more naps.' It's more of a minifesto." - theninth

"Starfleet. To boldly go where no man has gone before. And bitch-slap us some aliens." - therealchon

"I'm already a member of the Convent of the Decadent Sin Sisters - so they'll be my union. We believe in large amounts of alcohol, pudding and good smut for all." - diefbaby

"Omg, did I become a Jehovah's Witness and not realize it?" - leaper182

"The Secret Society for the Abolition of Secret Societies. Rule #1: embrace futility. Rule #2: no pooftahs!" - n5iln

"Movie Henchmen's Local 48th - Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges." - jrho

"The Committee for the Liberation and Integration of Terrifying Organisms and their Rehabilitation Into Society. The only drawback is that the acronym would be C.L.I.T.O.R.I.S." - csi_tokyo3

(Thanks to previous quizzes, I can now confirm that this comes from some show called Red Dwarf. -CV)

"The Hawt Librarians Sex Brigade. Books aren't the ONLY thing to check out @ your library!" - deza

"I actually do belong to a union. It's the Dumpster Divers and Midnight Miners Local 37. You trash it, we snatch it." - whiski_sour

"The Union of Pissed Off Retail Workers Who Are Going To Kill Their Bosses. It's not very funny, but it's about one week away from being true." - labellementeuse

"Unicorn Union. Free ponies for all." - puredeadthingy

(Ooooo, chaosvizer isn't going to like that… - AL&LL)

"The Union of NO PANTS. We will go around stealing belts and declaring the reign of Drafty Breezes. " - girl_who_is1337

"In high school we tried to form a political party called the New Whigs; the only thing on our platform was opposition to Dubya. I mean, he's a consonant! Who can take that seriously?'" - keroyn47

(Sometimes he's a vowel too – LL)

"It's the Union Jack with the motto: 'We Do Jack!' Of course, that then begs the question of whether we're doing Sparrow, O'Neill, Bauer, or Harkness. Or possibly all four at once. Mmm...Jack...'" - seldear

"The Scientists Union! Our mission is to calculate the mass-to-volume ratio for every substance. We call it our Manifest Density.'" - spatialrift47

(Teehee! – LL)

"I joined the union of "Me and My Wife". The manifesto includes "give her everything she wants", "she's always right", and "do what she says or no sex". I'm still trying to figure out the labor laws, so that I can figure out a way OUT of it." - slave_to_anime

(Good luck with that… - CV&AL&LL)



For those of you who might be wondering, no, we don't just slap open a dictionary and stab our fingers at the first word that catches our collective eye. There's usually a method to this madness. In this case, just don't ask.

Thanks for playing, all! Remember, if you enjoy, tell your friends, and tell their friends, because the more, the merrier! Everyone's welcome. Except those jerks in Pod Six.

See you all tomorrow!

Rock On,

AL&CV&LL

Comments

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

"ROMY AND MICHELLES MOTHERFUCKING MOST AMAZING MOVIE EVER HIGH SCHOOL REUNION!!! Where's my DVD. I'm going to watch it right damn now. "

A perfectly reasonable response, as the movie has Vincent Ventresca half-naked in blue shorts running about in slow-motion. Yum.

[deza.livejournal.com]

Wow, the experiement worked. I try minimal sex and alcohol references (when I remember to play), and very little quotage. I go back to being a drunken pervert online, and WOOT! 5 quotes!

Viva la sex and alcohol! Gin for everyone!

*high fives dorei--greatperverted minds think alike.

[drbear.livejournal.com]

Back with two quotes! *shuts off gas, takes rope from around neck, gets off stepladder in tub, unplugs toaster I was holding*

I'm serious about the LJDQ, and I prepare mightily.

[insaint.livejournal.com]

"The EU. Where England is not in the driver's seat of Europe anymore, or even in the passenger's seat (having a nap), but outside, washing Europe's windows. "

+1, Eddie Izzard.

[viperonaleash.livejournal.com]

"The EU. Where England is not in the driver's seat of Europe anymore, or even in the passenger's seat (having a nap), but outside, washing Europe's windows. " - shadow_shimmer

Eddieeeeeee! There is a distinct lack of Eddie Izzard knowledge among the quiz-makers, as far as I can tell. That should change. Immediately. It would be fantabulous.

[viperonaleash.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[dorei.livejournal.com]

Wait a minute ... you've never seen the glory that is Red Dwarf?

Oh you are sooooooooooo uneducated. Smeghead.

[dorei.livejournal.com]

woot :) and hon, you'll do fine at your 20th. I survived mine last year, that's for certain.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Verily, life is very good when it starts at DD.

If you can convince my better half to loan me out, I could play stunt-stud for your upcoming obligation. ;-)

[ladyiapetus]

"The Hawt Librarians Sex Brigade. Books aren't the ONLY thing to check out @ your library!" - deza

Hey, I'd join that! Where do I sign?

[cjtremlett.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I'm with seldear! All four.....

I'll be in my bunk.

[csi-tokyo3.livejournal.com]

Seriously. He needs a crash course in Red Dwarf and Black Books!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I must've forgotten that one. I need to listen to those again.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

We're serious about it too, and we are prepared. Let no gin bottle go unemptied! Let no pudding bowl go uneaten!

[insaint.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes you do.

[dorei.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Black Books yet. It's been on my netflix queue for a while, but it's still about a third of the way down the list. Should I perhaps move it up a bit in line?

[ataralas.livejournal.com]

But they should ask, because the answer involves mac and cheese. And therefore is for the win!

Mmmm, mac and cheese.

[kallaneboi.livejournal.com]

That one creeped me out a bit. My mom's a librarian.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Well, we try to cover as many bases as we can, but it's difficult to be a universal font of all knowledge. Especially when one is loaded up on various liquors. Besides, I'm covered in bees.

[germankitty]

"I joined the union of "Me and My Wife". The manifesto includes "give her everything she wants", "she's always right", and "do what she says or no sex". I'm still trying to figure out the labor laws, so that I can figure out a way OUT of it." - slave_to_anime

Where can I sign up my husband, STAT? (and FYI, the "wives" part of the union hereby declares that all husbands get automatic lifetime memberships with no renegotiation rights whatsover!)

[diefbaby.livejournal.com]

I was watching Eddie last night. He is a fantastic man and never fails to make me laugh.

[diefbaby.livejournal.com]

Hey, one quote! Not bad considering I hardly play. XD

[spatialrift47.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha quotage. Didn't think I would get any this time, but double dipping rocks.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I could have stood to have more of Mira and Lisa running about half-naked in slow motion, myself. Hell, the movie could have been two hours of that. That would have been fine by me.

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

Quotage squared! Perfect thing to offset my beloved Cubbies' slide out of first place. Life is indeed good (outside of teaching).

Love the math-related stuff...almost certain quotage for moi, provided I don't get too...obtuse? *resisting urge to snicker*

I was about to suggest a union of Hawt Math Teachers...but I don't think any exist. Well, outside of me, of course, but my Hawt is strictly internal. :-"