LJ Daily Answers: 1 September 2008

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Apologies for the delay and for the brevity of answers; it's been a rough weekend, so I didn't throw down as much effort as I usually do. Thanks to lovellama for picking up some of the slack. We'll be back to normal next time.



1. Who directed, wrote, and played the titular role in the 1975 film "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother"?

"no fair LJDQ, throwing the word "Titular" into things will distract all of us! " - rhiannonjk
"Sorry, couldn't get past "titular." That and "Titicaca" get me every damned time. Yeah, I'm 12. " - pfflyrnc
"My inner twelve year old boy is giggling over the word titular. Odd - seeing as I'm a 27 year old woman. " - sometimespez

And pirho_maniac, marilyth, searchingstars, sskipstress…

"Before Chuck Norris goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Gene Wilder. " - rosefox8

"Sherlock was the dumb brother?? Jeez, what kind of family are they? " - b_hulsmans

"I'm just wondering what a titular roll would look like. Maybe a little point on one side where cream comes out? " - drbear

"My goodness - GENE WILDER. Every now and again you post a question where I feel like I *must* be the only person on the planet who knows the answer. In this case, I also own the DVD, but I have a Problem when it comes to Gene Wilder. I mean, no one else has dreams where Willy Wonka proposes marriage, right? " - minkrose

(Erm… no! Yeah, that's it, no. ::cough:: – LL)

"The raw, needy, desperate egoism of that means it has to be Woody Allen. " - etcet

"You keep using that word (titular). I do not think it means what you want it to mean. " - naraht

"Sherlock's brother, John, of course. Sadly, he had to take time off from filming "Long Dong Silver." " - foxbodysleeper

"Why, Sheerluck, of course! (It's actually Gene Wilder, but my funny-fu is weak when faced with Gene Wilder's awesomeness.) " - wrestlingdog

(Gene is made of awesome, with extra awesome sauce on the side. – LL)

"Sherlock Holmes is the smartest man who ever manned. How could he have a smarter brother? It's like the universe is exploding in my head - but that could be my ear infection. " - domtheknight

"My faulty memory is telling me "Donald Sutherland," but it could be that I've had one dose too many of "7% solution" and gotten him confused with Gene Wilder. Again. " - blindgeoff

"Reed Richards, but he was smart enough to use a pseudonym. That's why they call him Mr. Fantastic. (Alternate answer: Harvey Dent, but Batman's taking the credit.) (Comic-book/film jokes trifecta finisher: Tony Stark. In a cave. OUT OF SCRAPS.) " - 3771

Correct Answer: Gene Wilder



2. What playwright wrote "The Importance of Being Earnest"?

"James Varney, RIP. Know what I mean, Vern?" - etcet and 19 others

"I don't know. The only time I read it, I was utterly smashed. Yes, this is what my friends and I do when we're drunk after parties. We read 19th century social commentary plays. I"m a big, big nerd." - shogunsquirrel

"Every time I see this play I get confused. The thrice dammed characters never stay still long enough for me to figure out what is going on. Maybe the fact that I've never made it through sober has something to do with that. " - raphsody606

"Oscar Wilde - the ultimate gay cowboy" - kestrel127

"Little-known fact: Oscar Wilde invented the word "nostril"." - the_zaniak

"Earnest Borgnine. "MERMAID MAN AND BARNACLE BOY AWAY!" " - lots42

(+1, Spongebob – LL)

"Wilhelm Shakesbeer, who also said, "What fools, these mortal bees."" - fax_celestis

"Oscar the Grouch" - marasca

"Oscar Wilde, but you know, he was much better at fairy tales. " - distaff_exile

"Wilde's original title was "The Importance of Doing Ernest," but that didn't fly with the censors. " - woap

"Bert, who wrote this masterpiece about his lover Ernie coming out of the closet on Sesame Street." - southbucki

"Oscar Wilde. Man, I love his plays. Also his fairytales. Other than that, not so much. The movie of 'Earnest' is great, too. Now I need some muffins. " - alkion04

"I have a number of family members who were very disappointed that the play does not contain the line "Know what I mean, Verne?". " - deza

"My fave sodomite has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R"" - twbubbles

"Oh where is my hairbrush?" - sskipstress

(+1, Veggie Tales – LL)

"Oscar Wilde, who also wrote Picture of Dorian Gray, which was stolen for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but played by the hotness that is Stuart Townsend. Mmmmmm - Stuart Townsend. Thank you LJDQ - you gave me nummy mind pictures!" - sometimespez

"Stephen Fry. Yes, he went back in time, changed his name to Oscar Wilde, had awesome gay adventures then came back to our time after faking his death and was cast in a movie about his life." - asrimal

Correct Answer: Oscar Wilde



3. Robert Conrad and Ross Martin starred as the heroes of which 1960's television series?

"R&R with R&R! Watch us sleep! " - rhiannonjk

"C.H.I.P.S." - akiyasan

"You know that if your "western" ends with its protagonists (one of whom is the Fresh Prince) riding off into the sunset on a GIANT MECHANICAL SPIDER that something, somewhere has gone horribly wrong. " - photosinensis

(It was one of the first steampunk movies – LL)

"Girls Gone Wild" - woap

"As with most people in my generation, my excuse for not knowing this answer is that I wasn't born then. So I say to you: Wyld Styllyns." - viperonaleash

"All I've got is the Announcer Guy in my head intoning, "This has been a Quinn-Martin production." Always sounded like a warning, didn't it? " - pfflyrnc

"No idea, but I bet Will Smith or Ben Stiller were/are in the movie spinoff, which likely will suck/sucked compared to the original!" - germankitty

(Good guess... -CV)

"If it's not on Nick At Nite, I don't know it. " - kristinmachina
"Damnit! How am I supposed to know when Nick @ Nite changed its line-up of "old shows" to include Fresh Prince and Home Improvement? " - killabee866

"Robert "Squirt" Conrad and Ross "No Relation to Dean" Martin were in the "Wild Wild West", which was a show about "The West" as defined by "Hollywood Writers"." - etumukutenyak

"Now I just want The Wilde Wilde West to exist. Now that I've said it, it's somewhere on the internet, right?" - revieloutionne

"There are only two noteworthy things that happened before I was born: classic rock and the moon landing. Ergo, the answer must be "Keith Richards and John Lennon Duel on the Dark Side of the Moon." " - twbubbles

"You say "Conrad," my mind goes to "Joseph Conrad," and then it's all lords and the depths of the jungle... where the wild things lie... and walk... and eat other wild things... OK, maybe there is an angle there." - silmaril

"They had TV in the 1960s? That's right, in my day, TV was called BOOKS. " - searchingstars

"Wild Wild West, now with 257% more giant mechanical spiders!" - deza

Correct Answer: The Wild Wild West

"Yes, I am old enough to remember the orginal. Now, get off my lawn!" - nitasee and a few other geriatrics



4. The song "Wild Thing" was covered and made famous by The Troggs; which band performed the original recording?

Votes for the Muppets: 5
Votes for Wyld Stallyns: 4

"YOU USED A SEMI-COLON CORRECTLY!!! *falls down dead*" - poisonedwriter

(chaosvizier's chaosness doesn't extend to grammar – LL)

"The Wild Ones. Not to be confused with The Young Ones. Who were actually much wilder. Especially Neil. (But don't tell Rick.) " - rosefax8

"Does it involve Neve Campbell and Denise Richards making out in a pool? Otherwise, I don't know. " - kestrel127
"Sorry, I couldn't think after I saw "Wild Thing." I was too busy thinking about Neve Campbell and Denise Richards making out. " - foxbodysleeper

"Ozzy Osborne with Miss Piggy. No seriously, look it up. " - jennielf

"Up until this clue, I'd assumed the theme was "people you'd always assumed were homosexual" or something like that. " - watergal

"When I was a kid, I thought that song had something to do with the book Where the Wild Things Are. Imagine my disappointment years later when I realize it was just some guy trying to get some chick into bed. " - photosinensis

"Trogdor..
You burninate me
You burn everything......groovy!
Trogdor!
[Guitar Riff] " - naraht

"I didn't know that Trogdor had a band. " - speckled_llama

"No wonder that band was famous, since no one would dare to turn down a contract in fear of being burninated along with the thatched-roof cottages. " - blunder_buss

"TROGDOR WAS A BAND, OR MAYBE IT WAS A DRAGON-BAND, BUT ANYWAY IT WAS STILL TROGDOOOOOOOOOOR!!! ROCKINATING THE COUNTRYSIDE, ROCKINATING THE PEASANTS, ROCKINATING ALL THE PEOPLE AND THE THATCHED-ROOF COTTAAAAAGES! AND THE TROGDOR ROCKS IN THE NIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!! " - elvenpiratelady

"…possibly, The Rolling Stones. Although the Troggs must have acted damn quickly, because I guess the Stones had approximately 7.24 minutes of not being very, very famous when they first formed. " - silmaril

"Did you know Weird Al did a Gilligan's Island-based parody? It's called Isle Thing. It's not really prime Weird Al, but it's not crap either. (Has Weird Al written a crap song?) " - revieloutionne

Correct Answer: The Wild Ones



5. What comic book universe includes such titles as Gen13, Stormwatch, The Authority, and Planetary?

"Any universe that doesn't count Pluto as a planet, isn't any universe I care about." - jwpandavear

"Sounds geeky to me. I am a dork, therefore I don't know these geeky things. " - rhiannonjk

"Wildstorm which took the place of their original company name "Guys Fired From Marvel for Constantly Drawing Pornographically Disproportionate Women"." - fmh

(Rob Liefeld, President. – LL)

"You mean there's more than one? I thought it was all Marvel…" - houseofknaus

"I have no idea, but the name Planetary makes me think of Captain Planet who is our hero that's going to take pollution down to zero." - ifeedformula

(-1, because man, that cartoon drove me nuts. -CV)

"For once, I don't know the answer to this comic book question. Way to outgeek me, ljdq. Way to outgeek me. " - kestrel127

"Dude, it changes from year to year. Seriously. Look into it. " - lots42

(Well, while they have done one of those big "Ctrl-Alt-Del" to the setting, I'm going to stick with the original version, because it was better. And because Stormwatch getting their asses kicked by aliens was awesome. -CV)

"A verb, a noun, and "mutants". This seems to be the general formula for comic book titles. " - distaff_exile

"Judging by those wacky names, it sounds like it sucks. So, Wild Vacuum. " - woap

"Couldn't you have come up with a better question than this one to stay within the theme? Something like, "Where did Tarzan first nail Jane?" " - southbucki

"Don't know. If there hasn't been a movie made out of it, I haven't gone back and read the comic in a guilty fit of catching up. " - shogunsquirrel

"Boobs And Angst" - feezer818

"Stormwatch. That's a pretty super superhero group right there. "Looks like there's a storm coming in, guys." "Really? I can't see it." "Just use your super storm-watching powers!" " - 3771

"It's so hard to admit to liking comics with titles like that. I've taken to just saying 'I read a lot of Gaiman.' Also because whenever I say 'graphic novels', at least one person thinks it's cartoon porn. " - puredeadthingy

Correct Answer: WildStorm



6. If you could do one completely crazy thing, no matter how far-fetched, what would you do?

"Wear white shoes after Labor Day. " - dhole

"Dress in a white suit, stick a fake arrow through my head, and shout "I'm a wild and crazy guy!"...oh wait, it's been done. " - drbear

"Wow. I think you crashed my brain. So many ideas, so little space in the comment box... " - flawedkarma

"Bungee Jump from the Grand Canyon" - jennielf

"[Comment redacted due to adult nature of content]. [Comment redacted due to national security concerns]. [Comment redacted due to your mother]. " - etcet

"For the love of Mike, would you please stop phrasing question six so that it can be answered as "your mom." " - watergal

"Carve '42' into the dust on the moon; see how long it takes for the major media to figure it out. My guess is four months. " - lots42

"Swap the personalities of George W. Bush and Richard Simmons. Oh what a sight that would be! " - foxbodysleeper

"Throw a temper tantrum the next time a sullen customer-service person gives me attitude, complete with stomping my feet, throwing myself to the floor, and screaming. Boy, that would feel good. " - pfflyernc

"Re-enact the Battle of Gettysburg with monkeys. " - kristinmachina

"Angelina Jolie" - marasca

"I know there are all sorts of ethical qualms and historical questions about killing Hitler - would someone else have taken his place, would things have been just as worse as they were with him - but wouldn't it be swell to have just kicked him in the pills and shaved one of his eyebrows? " - uncut_diamond

"I'd marry chocolate. " - kittycatness

"Leave this answer blank! " - jechocochan

"Kidnap Jonas Armstrong, strip him off, tie him up, smear him with chocolate fudge, lick him clean, then repeat. " - sometimespez

"Become a supervillain. I want henchmen. And the Evil League of Evil sounds like fun. And those killing annoying professors fantasies would be part of the whole thing! Plus villains get the best theme music. " - cjtremlett

"I'm not so sure I want to discuss this because it involves large explosives, illegal weapons, and George Cloony naked. " - nitasee

(Need a hand? – LL)

"crazy and far fetched has rarely stopped me in life, so i'm going to go with going to bed without checking my internets. " - dreamsphoto

"attend 'Burning Man.' with a very, VERY large fire-extinguisher. " - blindgeoff

"Walk into my middle school naked; I've done it several times in my dreams. " - la_trombonista

"Post a YouTube rant extoling my love of 70s porn. " - freezer818

"Depends - are there consequences? If no, then skydiving from space. If yes, then skydiving from space. That is, unless I have to do something crazy, not something awesome, in which case skydiving from space. " - packbat

"Become a nudist. Ask drbear, he'll tell you all about it... " - tweeti

"You know what I'd do? I'd totally build an elevator to my bed. Because that would be cool. " - searchingstars

"Being a wild and crazy guy, I'd let two most swinging foxes who had the hots on to come here tonight to let us hold on to their big American breasts!!! (Sorry, Hans, you're on your own.) " - captainslog

"Get away with NOT paying my taxes. HAHAHAHA, take that, scary IRS people! Now I only have to get away from death and then I'll be like a GOD. " - blunder_buss



And there you have it. Short and bitter, like Verne Troyer hungover.

Sorry I was out; I've spent the weekend working out, getting beat on, and generally just being physically exhausted. I smell bad, feel worse, and can barely create a coherent thought. But thanks again for playing, and we'll see you again tomorrow, same bat-time, same bat-channel!

Rock on!

AL&CV&LL

Comments

[ifeedformula.livejournal.com]

Only quoted once this week? Oh well, all good things must end to a come.


Oops..did I say that outloud?

[wrestlingdog.livejournal.com]

I sympathize.

[naraht.livejournal.com]

I dun played, and got quoted...twice.

also watergal I thought I was the only person who said "For the love of Mike"

^__^

[watergal.livejournal.com]

Well, I gotta watch my language; watermom might be reading. :D

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

This quiz is rated M for Mature. Children, get your parents' permission before sending me money.

[watergal.livejournal.com]

This quiz is rated M for Mature.

But...won't that eliminate half three-quarters most of the players? Not to mention the mods!

[tinamachina.livejournal.com]

Maturity is overrated. In fact it is inversely proportional to the funny.

[anonymisty.livejournal.com]

3. Robert Conrad and Ross Martin starred as the heroes of which 1960's television series?

I'm pretty sure that ass in those pants jump-started my adolescence.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm... Ass In Pants.

[tinamachina.livejournal.com]

Two quotes and one group quote--yay! My LJDQ mojo has returned!

"Little-known fact: Oscar Wilde invented the word "nostril"." - the_zaniak

He also invented the word "dude." No, it's true! See also: Bowie's "All the Young Dudes."

Unless in a ridiculous coincidence, he did.

[peterchayward.livejournal.com]

For the record, he did not invent the word "nostril". I made that up for shits and giggles. :P

Re: Unless in a ridiculous coincidence, he did.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

We figured as much. We're not really all that interested in true facts anyway. ;-)

Re: Unless in a ridiculous coincidence, he did.

[peterchayward.livejournal.com]

Haha, excellent. I didn't think you were fooled, just making sure that no one else believed it. :P

Re: Unless in a ridiculous coincidence, he did.

[tinamachina.livejournal.com]

I'll try to be less blonde next quiz. :p

[uadlika.livejournal.com]

Wait...which Sedarises are you referring to?

*FACEPALM*

[tinamachina.livejournal.com]

I really, really need to Wiki myself before posting.
*embarrased*

Re: *FACEPALM*

[uadlika.livejournal.com]

Well they are awesome. You got that right.

[ladyiapetus]

Sherlock Holmes is the smartest man who ever manned. How could he have a smarter brother?

Two words: Mycroft Holmes.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Mycroft was coasting on his brother's coat-tails. Mycroft couldn't even be a Watson to Watson.

[ladyiapetus]

Sherlock admitted, in GREE, that Mycroft was more intelligent than he was; Mycroft's only flaw was that he was too lazy to do the actual legwork required for the kind of detective work Sherlock engaged in. In BRUC Sherlock told Watson that Mycroft ""occasionally [...] is the British government... the most indispensable man in the country".

Coasting on his brother's coat-tails, my ass.

[sometimespez.livejournal.com]

I saw Mycroft and throught Jasper Fforde. How aweseome is Jasper!

[fmh.livejournal.com]

Okay so someone else was thinking that when they read that comment.
Mycroft could do everything from his chair at the Dante club, just being told the facts, that Sherlock could do with an investigation.

[ladyiapetus]

Diogenes Club, not Dante Club.

Sorry; my inner Holmes geek is still hanging out a little bit.

[fmh.livejournal.com]

Diogenes.

Sorry, it's been a while.

[pfflyernc.livejournal.com]

3.5 quotages is just fine with me, considering I was brain-dead at the time. Wait--I was on the moon. With Steve. Yeah, that's it.

Feel better, CV!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Better now... still old and tired and sore, but better. Alcohol- it cures what ails ya.

[mathsnerd]

Moving is terrible. I totally forgot to play! :(

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

That's ok. Now that you're moved, you can move back to quizzing. It's all good!

[3771.livejournal.com]

i am amazed that my shameless joke-stealing managed to be the answer-answer for the first question without even mentioning gene wilder.

and that's why they call me mr fantastic.

feel better soon!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

We're not above joke stealing. We're pretty cheap that way.

[drbear.livejournal.com]

Re: tweeti and Q. No. 6:

No, I won't.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Don't be a crude nude dude.

[uadlika.livejournal.com]

So I guess I'm the only one who finds Gene Wilder a tad creepy? After the tunnel scene from Willy Wonka and then seeing him in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask I can't look at him without being mildly freaked out.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Well, the whole Willy Wonka movie was creepy right off. But in a fun way. Besides, I always think of him as Jim from "Blazing Saddles", which was much funnier.

[pirho-maniac.livejournal.com]

I can only get (semi) quoted for laughing at innuendo that may or may not be there. ;_;

So, of course, woo for even being mentioned!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Hey, mentioned is good! Innuendo is good! Pudding is good!

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Skydiving from space? G.I.Joe figures, namely one of the Viper sub-squadrons I am spacing on. Yes, they have action figures of guys who sole purpose is to get dropped off FROM ORBIT so they can shoot the shit out of things.

Kicking Hitler in the nuts? Wildstorm comics, namely the 'Midnighter' series. What makes this totally awesome is Midnighter is gay. Hitler got his yabbos smashed in by a gay man.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Kicking Hitler in the nuts is always funny. No matter who does it.

[fax-celestis.livejournal.com]

Yes, but it's even better when Darth Fabulous does it. With the Force. And a rainbow-colored Sith lightsaber.

[lovefromgirl.livejournal.com]

Booyah, twice! :-) I only saw the joke in the "fairy tales" bit after I read it here, too...

[reticent-lass.livejournal.com]

*jaw drops*

I missed the ONE QUIZ that references comic books? Come on. Help me out here. Superheroes are rife with themable names, events, and powers. TELL ME you will use them again. Please...

*seppuku!*

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

We've referenced comic books before, I'm quite sure.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

No worries; we do occasionally give props to our comic book geeks out there. I'm certain it will happen again.

[sometimespez.livejournal.com]

Thrice! Woohoo! Now how did I do that again?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Phase 1: Answer quiz questions.
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: QUOTAGE!

[fax-celestis.livejournal.com]

Phase 4: PROFIT!

[autumnwinds.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but I just wanted to know.

I played the Daily Quiz with Dave George back in the late nineties and was there when he moved it to www.foofoo.com. That was short-lived, and the quiz seemed to crumble after that. However, during the www.foofoo.com days, Dave was doing the quiz full-time and the answers produced were long and hilarious.

I've been trying to locate the Daily Answers that were produced during the www.foofoo.com era. That site isn't archived on the Wayback Machine; I've already looked. Was anybody here around the DQ at that time, and did they happen to save any of those answers (or know where I can find them)? I've been looking for a long time, but haven't had much luck. Dave himself doesn't even have them because they were saved on the WOPR, which remained the property of foofoo.com after he left.

Thanks!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Yes, angledge and I also played during those wondrous days of WOPR, FooFoo, and so on. If I had ANY of those answers archived, I would share them with you without a moment's hesitation. But alas, I never saved any of them, and they are, as far as I know, lost to the ages.

It's nice to see another Old School quizzer in the neighborhood- I wish there were more!

[autumnwinds.livejournal.com]

Thanks for replying! I'll keep looking, but like you said, I think they may be gone forever.

It's nice to see the DQ lives on! :)