ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 3 March 2008

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"I am playing this quiz on the 29th of February... there are only 28 days in February! I AM MADE OF MAGICS!" -

geenei

And with that we take one giant leap for quizkind!

1. Pope Paul III, Dinah Shore, Richard Ramirez, Tony Robbins, Antonio Sabàto Jr, and Ja Rule - What do these people all have in common?

"Who are several people who have never been in my kitchen?" - 11 of you

"Am I the only one who read Pope Pauly Shore III and thought that was completely AWESOME?" -

arckyosuke

"None of them plays LJDQ. I bet they hang on in Pod Six. Jerks." -

naraht

(Full credit. -CV)

"They all shit in the woods." -

kiffle

(Incorrect. Ja Rule shits in da hoods. -CV)

"Their milkshake brings all the boys to the yard." -

jrho

"they are the Village People" -

tweeti

"They're classified as not-currently-alive, in various ways. (You know, body death, brain death, career death...)" -

iankeith

"They WEREN'T mentioned in 'We Didn't Start The Fire.'" -

drbear,

etumukutenyak

"Of the six, I only know Ja Rule and Pope Paul III... and I'm now imagining what kind of sitcom could star them both. It could be some sort of Firefly-like show, with Ja Rule, Snoop Dog, Pope Paul III, Innocent VI and Alf IN SPACE. With evil country singers?" -

avenginglyyours

"They were the little-known original members of Menudo. Dinah Shore, in particular, was devastated to be kicked out when she turned 16, and spent the entire rest of her career overcompensating for being dumped in favor of Ricky Martin." -

conejodanz

"if you kiss them they turn into frogs" -

jenny_1981

(Too late for Tony Robbins... -CV)

"People whose voices are not as low as Bea Arthur's." -

i_calql8

Correct Answer: They were all born on Leap Days

2. What economic plan, instituted in China from 1958 to 1960, led to the deaths of between 14 and 43 million people?

"Between 13-43 million? That's an awfully big range to work with. WHat did they do, misplace some bodies?" -

arib
"Couldn't narrow down that estimate a little more, huh?" -

whiski_sour
"Sounds like FEMA might have been in charge of this calculation." -

rhiannonjk

(Well, it was China. When you've got the second-largest country and a billion people to look at, a few million are bound to slip through the cracks. -CV)

"I can actually see a beautifully twisted rationalization for this - if you're at the shit end of the economic spectrum, the deaths of several million people better-off than you means you're leaping forward, right? Better a destitute pauper than a corpse." -

etcet

"This isn't a good time to make dead baby jokes, is it?" -

sushimustwrite

"The 'Mao for me, less for you' plan" -

drbear
"The One Giant Leap for Mao plan" -

dragon_spirit
"The How Now Brown Mao Five Year Plan" -

fizrep

"Kill all you want, we'll make more!" -

mark_laura

"Chairman Mao? I'm not sure using 'rabid wolverine' as the new Chinese currency is such a good idea." -

cmzero

"Birth control" -

gabriels_mommy

(I think at that point it was more like "life control". Or maybe "life control-alt-delete"... -CV)

"The sad typographical error that replaced 'rice' with 'ricin' in millions of cookbooks." -

deza

"I remember learning about this. They ended the plan when Moses lead the Israelites out of China. Right?" -

dyinginamerica8

"Did they do voodoo economics?" -

akiyasan

(I'm glad they didn't. 43 million Chinese zombies would be a baaaaaaad thing. -CV)

"My cats make at least one Great Leap Forward every day, and nobody dies. Obviously Mao was doing it wrong." -

potassiumman

(+1 to whoever macros this. -CV)

" In Communist China, cat macros you!

One small step for buckets, one giant leap for cheeseburgers?" -

childofatlantis

"The two-year economic diet fast-slim weight-loss miracle!
Step 1: Don't eat for 2 years
Spep 2: Excercise and Sunshine
Step 3: ?????
Step 4: PROFIT!" -

nakedblueninja

"Crouching Tiger, Leaping Lizards" -

pfflyernc

"Tae Kwon Leap. A large percentage of deaths were due to injuries sustained from boot to the head." -

mistressjennfer,

cmseward

(Ed Gruberman would be proud. -CV)

"The Great Leap Forward Out Of Miniature Shoes And Into Famine And Cheap Toys Containing Excessive Amounts Of Lead." -

lady_deirdre

Correct Answer: The Great Leap Forward

3. What do the terms "Adhika Maas" and "Adar Aleph" describe?

"Either bizarre sex positions or food. Or both." -

lirimaer

"How'd you find out my secret name for

drbear's naughty parts?" -

tweeti

"They sound like terms used in Dune. Or possibly the bible, I have no idea." -

b_hulsmans

(Dune, The Bible, same difference. -CV)

"It's the two finalists of 'Israeli Idol', duking it out once every 4 years." -

germankitty

"Indian supermodels! At least, every guy in the crowd probably secretly hopes so." -

nakedblueninja

"The commander and co-pilot of the ill fated Zulu/Israeli Lunar mission." -

motown_deserter

"They were the tenth and eleventh planets of the old solar system. Yeah, in twenty years no one will remember Pluto either." -

dyinginamerica8

"Extras from the Cantina scene." -

pfflyernc
"Admiral Ackbar's children" -

a_l_p_h_a_b_e_t

(Alas, they didn't get their own action figures. -CV)

"New Star Wars characters from Episodes VII through IX--coming soon in 2015!" -

i_calql8

(They will get action figures. -CV)

"My ode to porcelin, after too much gin." -

antinomic

"'Its Shake & Bake' & 'I helped'" -

gabriels_mommy
"'Tastes great' and 'Less filling.'" -

illogicalvulcan

"What every other word is in a drinking song." -

puredeadthingy

"My breasts. Adhika Maas is my right breast. It is slightly larger so it is maas. Then Adar Aleph is the other one. The breast less loved." -

geenei

"If something is so obscure that Wiki doesn't know it, how the hell am I supposed to?!" -

lady_lilith

(Naughty! Using the web is cheatin'! And we frown most mightily on cheaters. I'm giving you my Stern Face right now. And a -50. Also, Wiki does know. -CV)

"Adar Aleph is the first of the two Adars that occur in a Jewish calendar leap year, the next month is Adar Bet. it's the equivalent of having months called March A and March B. We couldn't even come up with a decent name for a leap month, like Smarch." -

arib

(Lousy Smarch weather. -CV)

"Adar Aleph describes an annoying time in the Hebrew Calendar when there are thirteen months instead of twelve. Purim, the only Jewish holiday when you are allowed to get rip-roaring drunk, then falls in Adar Bet, so Adar Aleph is a time filled with frustrated people wanting to drown their sorrows at waiting to drown their sorrows." -

bluetourmaline

"Adar Aleph. When twelve lunar months just aren't enough." -

fictionalsolace

Correct Answer: Leap Months in the Hindu and Hebrew calendars

4. What was the name of Zan and Jana's space monkey?

(Ok, so his name was Gleek after all. Gleep, Gleek, Blip, whatever. I'm going to pretend that I'm right for the moment, because that's what the beer tells me to do. Also, free +1 for

blumsha for citing The Herculoids' Gleep. -CV)

"Ya know, I've slept some since childhood. I've drank heavily, too. I can't remember every bit of useless knowledge I've come across." -

whiski_sour

(Apparently, so have I. -CV)

"Ambiguously incestuous nubile twins, and yet the monkey is what you care about?" -

avenginglyyours

"Everyone knows there are no monkeys in space. Only wombats." -

ellistrae

(And mynocks. Don't forget them. -CV)

"Chim-chim-cheree." -

iankeith

"Martin Short" -

cscottd

"Spanktha" -

gabriels_mommy

(I can't believe we didn't get more of this. -CV)

"50 Cent. Goddamn cheap monkeys." -

marasca

"I know the Soviets sent a dog into space. Are Zan and Jana communists?" -

dyinginamerica8

"Man, I want a space monkey. Or a helper monkey. Or better yet, an Ewok. That way, if stormtroopers attack, I'm SOOO covered." -

thalassatx

"Curious George goes to mars? i just can't picture the man in the yellow hat in a space suit..." -

jenny_1981

"I dunno, I'd always assumed that SPACE MONKEYS were too AWESOME for names." -

arckyosuke

"Whenever I read the phrase 'space monkey', I always hear it in my head accompanied by reverb. ...I do the same thing with 'Bed, Bath, and BEYOND!!!', come to think of it" -

darthparadox

"take your stinkin' paws off of me, you damn dirty ape!" -

germankitty

"I want a monkey. I also want a pony. Can I have a half-monkey half-pony monster, LJDQ?" -

sushimustwrite

(+1 to whoever photoshops a space monkey pony. -CV)

"Does it make me a geek to wonder why they needed Gleek if Jayna could turn into any animal she wanted?" -

i_calql8

(It's not ladylike to fling poo. -CV)

"And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?" -

speckled_llama

(+1, Firefly. -CV)

"That monkey was lame and annoying, and seemed to feature WAY to prominantly given his intrinsic suckiness. Sort of a proto Wesley Crusher." -

thepikey

(Are you saying the Wonder Twins were NOT lame and annoying? Come on. It was a trio of travesty there. -CV)

"Better Zan, Jana and their space monkey than Wendy, Marvin and Wonderdog. They had no superpowers what so ever, how did they scam their way into the Hall of Justice? Wonder Twins over that pathetic Shabby and Scooby rip-off." -

killabee886

(Ok, that's true. Full credit. -CV)

"Wonder Twin powers, activate! Shape of an ice flame-thrower? Form of a frozen dildo? Shape of an unexpectedly useful and semi-obscure form of wildlife. Fucking drugs aren't nearly adequate to explain the concept of that goddamned show." -

etcet

Correct Answer: ~~Gleep~~ Gleek

5. Which television series featured Scott Bakula trapped in the past with Dean Stockwell as his only friend?

"Hell: Really Is Other People" -

puredeadthingy

"I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here" -

3771,

cscottd

"I want to say Groundhog Day, but I know that's not it..." -

wrestlingdog

(That would be Bill Murray, doing better in a 2 hr movie than eleventy seasons of QL. -CV)

"Did Scott Bakula bake a lot?" -

mercuryblue144

(I'm imagining Count Bakula, Master Chef. "Three! Three blueberry muffins! AH HA HAAAA!" -CV)

"this question will bring all the trekkies out no doubt. or is that trekkers? or am i going to be flamed to within an inch of my life for confusing the two?" -

sometimespez

(Let's find out, shall we? -CV)

"Bakula to the Future." -

darthparadox,

masterflea

"It can't be anything worse than The Tony Danza Show, that's for damn sure." -

poisonedwriter

(Ok, that much is true. -CV)

"The set for the final episode of Quantum Leap was set up in a sealed box where it had a fifty percent chance of being filmed. To this day, nobody has opened the box." -

potassiumman

"Stockwell was his friend in the same way that the prison guard that is least sadistic to you when you're in solitary is your friend." -

mark_laura

"At one point, I thought 'Quantum Leap' and 'Sliders' were the same show. That resulted in some confusion." -

childofatlantis

(They might as well be. All "lost in time/space/dimensions/universe/wherever" shows are the same in the end. Besides, "Quantum Leap" was just a hack on "Voyagers". 80's TV, represent! -CV)

"I'm still amused that Al predicted Super Bowl XXX about three years before it actually happened. I hate having to relive that every time I see that episode." -

pride4u2

"Come on Al, I've saved the Enterprise and helped found the Federation, ask Ziggy why I haven't leaped yet..." -

arib

"I particurly loved the Quantum leap episodes where he ended up a woman and Dean Stockwell would just laugh at him. 'Can't help ya dude. Try not to get killed!'" -

rhiannonjk

"By the by, does Scott Bakula have anything to do with the furcula you mentioned in the bones quiz a few weeks ago?" -

dragon_spirit

(Only if he ever leapt into the body of Harvey Birdman. -CV)

Correct Answer: Quantum Leap

6. What are you going to do with your extra day this year?

"Same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world!" - 16 of you

"The question is not what am I going to do, but whom!" -

elfie_samurai

"Petition for a new calendar system." -

droptheleash622

"Try to avoid leaprosy" -

lyneidas

"May I predict that 35-75% of LJDQ will spend their extra day getting drunk and imparting in general Raunch and Debauchery?" -

rhiannonjk

(No you may not. They do that all the time anyway. -CV)

"Sack races all day! Nothing but leaping! *pumps fist in the air* YES!!" -

jade_sage

"Go to the hospital and tell all the newborns that they only get a birthday once every 4 years because no one likes them." -

killabee886

"I did homework, went to a contemporary dance class where I got my knees and ankles all bruised hotdammit and then I went home, watched wedding crashers and now I will cry myself to sleep. I say thats a day well spent." -

geenei

"Eat lots of chocolate! Leap Day calories don't count." -

jrho

"Remind me to invent a drink called the Leap Year." -

conejodanz

"Flying to New York City to go see Patrick Stewart in MacBeth." -

jennielf

"Sell it on eBay" -

woap

"Shop!! An extra Friday meant 3 paychecks this month! I can buy food now! Woo!!!" -

mistressjennfer

'I'm going to continue my tradition of drinking myself into a blackout for the whole day. Ever since my parents got me that clown for Leap Day when I was a kid... I ... I just gotta forget." -

fizrep

"GET MY DRIVER'S LICENSE BABY! Everyone stay off the sidewalks, because it'll be much safer on the road when I drive." -

wrestlingdog

"Porn. Why lie?" -

lots42

(Why indeed? -CV)

And there you have it. A quiz based on leapin' leap years! And in four years, we can have a quiz based on "jump" or "spring" or "hop". Or we can just rehash this quiz, because you'll all forget about it in four years. Heh.

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