ljdq | LJ Daily Quiz: 15 September 2008

chaosvizier.livejournal.com posting in

"this has nothing to do with this quiz. but i spent 45 freaking minutes trying to drunkenly convince an entire firehall that stewart copeland was the organist from the doors. and its your fault (faults?). because you and your sting and sting and sting and gordon sumner. copeland's the fricking drummer for the police. but noooooooo, i can not think music without thinking sting. i saw the doors 3 years ago! but the only names i can think of are sting, and people who work with him! also, i did get 3 firefighters to believe me until the crew cheif burst my bubble." -

kira_snugz

They don't know it, but Sting is ALWAYS the right answer.

"also, this may be my last ljdq for a while. or ever. i'm off to do the canadian hiking trail versian of everest. yay for things with a death rate! wish me luck!" -

kira_snugz

Good luck! Don't die! The

kira_snugz Award For Quizzing While Intoxicated just wouldn't be the same without you.

1. Up until 2002, the acronym "WWF" most commonly referred to which two organizations?

"World of Whittling Foundation and What? What the Fuck?" -

eleventh_guard

"We Were First, and We Were First. It was ugly." -

a_l_p_h_a_b_e_t

"The Wonder Woman Fanclub, which regrettably dissolved in 2002 when their parents finally kicked them out of their basements." -

silk_knickers

"'Women Wronged by Fax', a hive of scum and villainy if there ever was one. Sexy scum and villainy, but scum and villainy nonetheless." -

fax_celestis

"Wascally Wabbit Fedewation and Wagner's Wabbits (Fortissimo)." -

reticent_lass

"Who Wished Fucking? Mostly used by genies." -

judith_s

"Where's Waldo Foundation ... if we keep finding him, how come he keeps getting lost?" -

faery_wing

"Wet Willie Federation and Weenie Wringers Foundation." -

sskipstress

(Bane of dorky teenagers worldwide. -CV)

"On one hand, you've got Willy Wonka's Factory, which is Pure Imagination. On the other hand, Wascally Wabbit Fudd, which is the conclusion of the hat episode where Elmer and Buggs tie the knot. Put your hands together, and you've got Looney Toons Slash wrestling in chocolate. LJDQ, why must you make me go to the bad place?" -

unamundamour

(Hey, you did that to yourself. Don't be blamin'. -CV)

"Where Weasels Frolic and Whattsup With Fred - two very groundbreaking organizations. One which examined the heartbreaking truth of Fred Flintstone's sad addiction to crack rock, and one which celebrated the natural and beautiful artwork of road kill. Truly inspiring." -

aliaspiral

"There were three, actually: the WWF, the Roman Catholic Church, and Tony Roma's A Place for Ribs all merged in 2002 to form a new entity known on the NYSE as OMGWWFBBQ." -

captainsblog

(OMG I really CAN smell what The Rock is cooking! -CV)

"The World Wildlife Wrestling Federation Fund... How come the big tough wrestlers backed down when the cute fluffy animals demanded the return of their acronym?" -

wolfpurplemoon

"A group that supports brainless, ugly, violent animals, and the World Wildlife Fund." -

woap

"World Wildlife Fund. Their logo was a panda, but chaosvizier came along in search of a snack. Their logo is now a pile of bones." -

speckled_llama

"I used to think the wrestling on tv was real. Here in Portland, Rowdy Roddy Piper is still somewhat of a big deal." -

wheatheart

(+1. I love "They Live." :*) – LL&CV)

"I know this one. World Wildlife Fund and World Wrestling Federation. I may have noted before that I grew up with rednecks? Yeah, they worshipped one and liked to joke about eating denizens of the other. I leave it to you to puzzle out which one." -

soberloki

"I think the initial lawsuit arose because people kept confusing the two and began to think that pandas liked to beat each other with folding chairs." -

whiski_sour

"Really, the World Wrestling Federation should have fought it out with the World Wildlife Fund. The Rock verses A Gorilla with a Rock? The ratings would have been through the roof!" -

rhiannonjk

" I would totally go in the ring with cute fuzzy animals if I were wrestling for my dinner. -CV

" -

packbat, speaking for many of you.

tarpo had this to add.

"DO YOU SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL WHAT THE PANDA IS COOKING?!" -

asrimal

Correct Answer: World Wrestling Federation and World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund

2. What book was written by Wells in 1898 and narrated by Welles in 1938?

(Tom Cruise hateometer reads 71%. Props to

katiebgood for being the only one on his side. -CV)

"Whatever it is should be written in Welsh." -

jechocochan

(And taken place in the city of Wellington, no less. -CV)

"this always makes me think of marvin the martian." -

songquake

(The Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator was never mentioned in the original novel. -CV)

"The Story of Baby Jessica. (Get it? She fell down the well...)" -

drbear

(And this is how I can tell how old you really are. Most of these youngsters don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about. -CV)

"That's actually a really clever question. It's so pretty I won't answer, for fear I will upset the beauty of it. O mods, you are so amazing and wonderful. Can I get quoted, please?" -

puredeadthingy

(And somehow we have transformed into high art. Go us! -AL&CV&LL)

"Wouldn't a book by wells be kinda boring. All about water levels.. 'Today a duck fell in me but someone fished it out with a bucket' 'My wish is that people would stop throwing fucking pennies at me'" -

tarpo

"Zardoz" -

dhole

(You get partial credit just for NOT liking to that picture of Sean Connery. -CV)

"Did it have to do with 'Green Pea-ness'?" -

lbmango

(+1, The Critic. Also, there's a French Fry stuck in your beard. -CV)

"Journey to the Center of the Earth" -

eleventh_guard

"Timmy And The Well: A Lassie Story." -

fax_celestis

"All's Wells that ends Welles." -

havi_hunter,

calenlily,

darthparadox

"Wells Welles: That's a Deep Subject" -

silk_knickers

"War of the Wells" -

a_l_p_h_a_b_e_t

"Little-known fact: Not long after the events of the War, a Virginian gentleman by the name of John Carter went to Mars and handed their polychromatic asses to them. And then they made him their chief." -

reticent_lass

(You get a +2 for referencing one of my favorite series. Bravo. -CV)

"Battle of the Planets" -

la_trombonista

(Oh Galactor/Zoltar, you so crazy. -CV)

"I've been to Grover Mills. They've got a statue of an alien that looks suspiciously like the Flying Spaghetti Monster." -

speckled_llama

(He's not as benevolent as he lets on, you know. -CV)

(Yahweh smites, FSM beats us with his wet noodly appendage. – LL)

"We got to listen to the radio broadcast in sixth grade, it was one of the few classes during which I didn't want to throw myself out a window." -

travellex

(Puts you ahead of a large number of people 70 years ago... -CV)

"War of the Worlds, thus proving that even aliens can also suffer from ridiculous austism scares, resulting in millions of them not getting their immunization shots." -

blunder_buss

"I often ask myself what is lamer: highly advanced aliens getting pwned by bacteria, or half the country being driven to hysteria by a radio drama. Either version could have used more cow bell." -

quasar360

"One of the early tests on how blindly people will believe what the media tells them" -

jrho
"and now I flash on the latest McCain/Palin propaganda, and I'm not amazed any longer." -

soberloki

"Apparently, someone managed to recreate the panicked mobs of the original broadcast by trying it in some third-world country." -

hylarn

(I wish, I wish, I wish it were Wales. -CV)

"War of the worlds, or as I like to call it: world's best episode of Punk'd!" -

b_hulsmans,

raepixy3,

confusedpuppy

Correct Answer: The War of the Worlds

3. What was the only song recorded by the group "USA for Africa"?

"Wait, who's against Africa? Who looks at that giant landmass and says 'No, I think I'd rather there be even more ocean. Right there. Madagascar can stay.'?" -

revieloutionne

"We are big stars/we're raising money/Oh, it won't help and we're aware of that/but it's still funny" -

drbear

"Let's make lots of money while pretending to care about the poor people we screwed over at the last international trade conference" -

aesriella

"Oops We Did It Again" -

nakedblueninja

"We Got yer slaves right here" -

judith_s

"Hey, Thanks for All the Diamonds" -

wowwhony

"Shut Your F****** Face, Uncle F****!" -

jmthane

"We're Sending Our Love Down the Well" -

fantom07,

stgreyhounds

(+1, The Simpsons. Bonus for Sting. -CV)

"Freebird. " -

dhole

(I hate that god dammed song. -1! – LL)

"Mmmm Bop" -

uncut_diamond

"Only in Kenya" -

packbat,

puredeadthingy

"USA = United Sting Alliance, comprised of Sting, his evil twin Sting, his son from the future Sting, his clone Sting, and his alternate-universe female version Sting." -

elvenpiratelady

"I personally believe that US Americans for Africa are unable to record more than one song because some people out there in our nation don't have instruments and I believe that our music like such as South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should; our music over here by the USA for Africa should help the USA for Africa or should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our setlist, for our groupies." -

caffeineod

"WTF kind of name is that? Does it... what does it imply? That they support the existence of Africa? That they want to save Africa? That they support Africa for presidency? That the USA is actually a gift for Africa (think of it as a hand-me-down from England... Africa is going to feel pretty slighted this Christmas... man England is a jerk)" -

shinga

"We're sopping up our white, liberal, first world guilt through song" -

silensy

"We sing awkwardly in five different styles in the hope that you will give us money. Err, give them money. Yeah." -

quasar360

"We Wrote the World's Worst Song Causing Many Innocent Schoolchildren to be Forced to Sing it Multiple Brain-Hurting Times." -

lyneidas

(Second worst, actually. I'm going to have to agree with

wrestlingdog here... -CV)

"just seeing the theme as 'world' and the song question, I got It's A Small World After All stuck in my head. MOTHER-!" -

wrestlingdog

"Isn't it creepy that that song had Michael Jackson sing lyrics that included 'We are the children' -- 'Let's give a helping hand' -- 'Just you and me' while he's patting his crotch?!?" -

germankitty

"Bless the 80's. That was a lot of hair to put in one room." -

whiski_sour

"WTF is Dan Akroyd doing here?" - six of you

Correct Answer: We Are The World

(As a minor side note, the name "USA for Africa" does not mean "The United States of America for Africa", but rather "United Support of Artists for Africa". Just so you all know. -CV)

4. In Shakespeare's play "As You Like It", how does the "seven stages of man" monologue begin?

"With the character's name, a colon, and then something written in iambic pentameter, like always with Shakespeare." - ANONYMOUS

"I am guessing with 'the', most monologues start with 'the'. Or 'in' though these days monologues usually start with 'my penis...' or 'my vagina'..." -

b_hulsmans

"There are only 2 stages of man. Erect, and waiting to be Erect. Everything else is just erection transition" -

tarpo

"Romans, countrymen, that is the question,
made summer this, and all is mended
That struts and frets St. Crispin's Day,
To wound thy lord, and Juliet is the sun." -

caffeineod

(I think that, despite thine effort, thou still hast missed the play of note. -CV)

"So, seven dudes walked into a bar..." -

eleventh_guard

"I read that as 'Some Like It Hot' and now I'm experiencing visions of Marilyn Monroe and seven men. O____o" -

elaran

"Four Score and Seven Years Ago..." -

fax_celestis

"I just flew in from Chicago, and boy are my arms tired." -

dhole

"Break a leg!" -

n5iln

"No shit, there I was, in a world of trouble!" -

blindgeoff

(That was Hamlet. -CV)

"Verily, I loveth the whole world, and all thine sights and sounds, BOOM-DE-YADA BOOM-DE-YADA BOOM-DE-YADA BOOM-DE-YADA ..." -

blunder_buss

"Yea, verily, there once liveth a man from Nantucket, anon!" -

billfl,

squeegibo

"Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us togevah today. Mawwiage, that bwessed awwangement. That dweam wifin a dweam. Do you have the wings?" -

rosefox8

(+1, The Princess Bride. -CV)

"I only read The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). All I can tell you is that is probably ends in a bisexual animalistic orgy." -

jrho

""As You Like It" sounds delightfully dirty, doesn't it? I haven't read it but I have a feeling it's not nearly as dirty as it sounds and I would therefore end up disappointed." -

shinga

"Ummm, 'Oh death where is thy sting'? (Hoping for indirect Sting points)" -

ntlespino

"The one Shakespeare play I haven't read/seen. But I do know it's a comedy so it probably says something like this: 'Wow, you're awesome, we should totally get married, too bad there is some unstoppable force, or mix-up in our way that will conveniently be settled by the end so we can get married.'" -

killabee886

"thou shalt have seven stages of man, no more, no less. Seven shall be the number of stages thou shalt have, and the number thou shall have be seven. Eight shalt thou not have, neither thou six, excepting that thou then proceed to seven. Nine is right out." -

havi_hunter

(+1, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. -CV)

"I just remember Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis singing 'I hate iambic pentameter' at the end of that one episode of Moonlighting, does that count?" -

thepikey

(It counts for partial credit, since that was the ONLY good episode of Moonlighting, but it more than made up for the other sucky ones. -CV)

"Fap fap fap" -

woap

"Space, the final frontier... Thee are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise..." -

wiredwizard

"Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" -

merlinwon

(Surprisingly, Shakespeare did not use many monkeys, apes, or other non-human primates in his plays. More's the pity. -CV)

"First, a boy at a certain age notices that he is having certain 'feelings.'" -

rhiannonjk

"The world is but a stage, and we're all fighting for the first controller." -

uncut_diamond

(Oh yeah, it's the balloon stage. I rock at this level. -CV)

"that's the play with the puns about wooing and snails, and graffiting trees. See what university will learn ya!" -

sometimespez

"i had to perform that in front of the class once. i did a really great pompous english accent and crawled and stomped across the teachers desk and knocked his stuff everywhere. got an A. and i got to throw a book at a kid i hated." -

kira_snugz

"All the world's an LJDQ, and it's people merely players. Go forth! Compete! Taketh quiz!" -

kristinmachina

(Yon quiz was made much more difficult ere the advent of HTML, aye. -CV)

"When Shakespeare was borne, the nurses alle gathered 'round
And they gazed in wydde wondre, at the joye they had founde
The head nurse spoke uppe, and said "Leave this one alone!"
She could telle ryghte awaye, that he wast bard to the bone" -

i_calql8

(+1, lyricalicious. -CV)

Correct Answer: "All the world's a stage..."

5. What conflict was once known as The Great War?

("War To End All Wars" irony comments: 13. -CV)

"The Pepsi vs. Coca-Cola challenge." -

undersea,

jrho

"Wars not make one great." -

jmthane,

elaran,

darthparadox,

lbmango

(+1, The Empire Strikes Back. -CV)

"The one that gave us the Great Wall?" - ANONYMOUS

"Isn't Great War kind of an oxymoron?" -

houseofknaus

"Was everything 'Great' in the first half of the twentieth century? The Wars, the Depressions, even the Gatsbys!" -

rhiannonjk

"Something involving Vikings, or Spartans, or Klingons. One of those cultures that actually likes war. You won't catch, say, the Quakers calling any war great." -

stgreyhounds

(It doesn't count with Klingons. For them, two kids fighting over the last pancake at breakfast could be a Great War. -CV)

"When the ran out of waffles on All You Can Eat Waffles Day at IHOP, also known as the Great Waffle Massacre" -

wiredwizard

(

fizrep,

dancingsaracen,

drkodos, and I went to a restaurant that had "All You Can Drink Milk", and we cleaned them out. Strangely, the deal never resurfaced there. -CV)

"World War Z. Not the zombies again!!" -

palapaloozaa

"The war right after the Awesome War, and just before the Spectacular War. It was concurrently fought with the Superduper war." -

judith_s

(I'm still holding out for the Totally Bitchin' War. -CV)

"Pirates or Ninjas?" -

wrestlingdog

"Olympics 2008 Women's Gymnastics:US vs China" -

lostfox555

(Soon to be broadcast on Fox as "When Prepubescents Attack". -CV)

"One of the classic blunders. Never get involved with a Sicilian when... dude, wait, what?" -

etcet

"Offhand? WW1, the Crimenian war, the Napoleanic Wars, the Hundred Years War, and that time my roommate and I had a fart off." -

uncut_diamond

"The Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny." -

elvenpiratelady

"Tastes Great vs. Less Filling" -

a_l_p_h_a_b_e_t

"VHS vs. BetaMax." -

pfflyernc

"Britney Spears VS Christina Aguilara" -

doomgirl

"That night my buddies and I sat down and played Goldeneye for 8 hours. There is no Great War that doesn't involve a proximity mine stuck to someones face." -

tarpo

(In the words of Lo Wang, "Ah! Sticky Bomb like you!" -CV)

" OMGOTPTheirloveissogrey

" -

quasar360

"Remember reading 'All Quiet on the Western Front' in English class? And then saying, 'I'll quiet *your* western front, if you know what I mean', while waggling your eyebrows suggestively... Maybe that was just my class." -

speckled_llama

"'World War One'. Such a stupid name, don't you think? I hate it when they change the original work to fit the sequels... *starts mumbling about Han Solo*" -

packbat

"World War I. Unfortunately, the only reason I know this is because of Wraith: the Oblivion's WWI expansion entitled 'The Great War.' It's a neat setting, though: ghosts continue the fight from beyond the grave! OooOOooOOoooOOOOOooooooOOOoooOOOOOOOooo! WHO YOU GONNA CALL? THE ALLIES." -

fax_celestis

"World War I, which started when someone killed Franz Ferdinand. A man can only listen to 'Take Me Out' so many times before he snaps." -

kristinmachina

(It's better in the manatee. The Dark Of The Manatee. -CV)

"WWI, which is has been in therapy ever since its claim to be the greatest was pwned by its much more intimidating younger brother, WWII." -

nirejseki

"World War I. My grandma, who was very very Southern, still called it the Great War. Of course, she also called the Civil War 'The War of Northern Aggression.'" -

aliaspiral

(We from the North call the last one "The War of Southern Naughtiness In Which They Must Be Spanked." And they were. – LL)

"WWI - origin of ANZAC bickies!" -

sometimespez

(Yum, them's good bickies, too! – LL)

"World War I. The sequel had a bigger budget, bigger cast but still got cancelled so they blew the rest of the budget on special effects in the last episode." -

esran

Correct Answer: World War I

6. What world (fictional or not) would you like to claim as your own, and why?

"Miss World." -

drbear

"Discworld (me and like what, an eighth of this group?)" -

fantom07

"The World of Warcraft. All the profits shall be MINE!" -

wowwhony

"STAR WARS OMG I get distracted faaar too easily by Wookiepedia. Also, I have a crush on Bel Iblis. >.> And kinda GRRM. And Tolkien. And HP. UM. LOTS." -

elaran

"i'm voting for

songquakeland, where the women are hot and available, the booze intoxicating, there are no hangovers, and all work is satisfying. oh, and there's universal healthcare. i'm not expecting to be healthy, just to be able to afford my meds!" -

songquake

"That one planet with all the amazon chickies who need Earth men to reproduce? Yeah, that's MINE. Back the fuck off." -

thepikey

"I don't want the world, I just want your half." -

rikchik,

squeegibo

"The Earth. Because that's where I keep all my stuff. " -

dhole,

billfl

(+1, The Tick. -CV)

"The one without shrimp." -

badgerbabe

(+1, BTVS. -CV)

"Aldaraan. I hear that it's a lovely real estate investment market." -

uncut_diamond

(Better invest in force field technologies while you're there... -CV)

"Either Larry Niven's 'Ringworld' - for the awesome grandeur and nearly unlimited possibilities, or 'The Planet of the Hot Bisexual Babes' - for all of the obvious reasons..." -

blindgeoff

"I'm going to be an utter geek/nerd/dork and claim Gallifrey. Just so I can back and punch the Doctor's head and flush out all the emo before it starts!" -

akiyasan

"It would have to a be a world where reading at the table was acceptable behavior and there would be a national holiday celebrating all that is Star Trek:The Next Generation. With a parade featuring giant balloons of Capt.Picard and Cmdr. Riker." -

ifeedformula

(Did you ever notice how action figures of TV characters never quite look exactly the same? Now imagine that slightly off-set image, only 20000 times larger and floating down 5th Avenue. Yeah. It's real bad. -CV)

"The inside of Neil Gaiman's head. Because it must be AWESOME there." -

quasar360

"The Firefly 'Verse. I want to live there. And I want to shag Mal." -

doomgirl

"The World of Tomorrow. Jetpacks, flying cars, and more green-skinned babes than you can shake a laser pistol at." -

reticent_lass

"The world that is in my head because I need to take it back from the voices. " -

havi_hunter

"The world that is your mom" -

calenlily and four others

(Why do I never see this coming? -CV)

"Gor, because then they'd have a woman in charge. The ultimate mindfuck! " -

distaff_exile

"Well, I had a world I created in Sims, but I accidentally lit the stove on fire and everybody died. You think those suckers would've done something more useful than pee on the floor while trying to put out the fire. So, Im going to claim the world of NAP as mine. If Im really lucky, I'll get to go visit the world of NAP tomorrow." -

aliaspiral

"The One where I can bag Lex Luthor, not sign a pre-nup, and not get killed off when attempting to divorce him for his obsession with the other father of his son? Think of the money! (Plus, I hear he's good in bed. And he's not as crazy as Bruce Wayne)." -

monroe_nell

"I going to claim Switzerland through the cunning use of flags." -

pfflyernc

"I have no huge desire to really own a world but I'd be perfectly happy living in a few of them. Firefly verse, Treasure Planet verse, Star Wars or Star Trek either one really... apparently I have a bit of a geek hard-on. Uh. Give me a moment. I'll be in my bunk." -

shinga

"I think I'd like Wayne's World.....because it's always Party Time and Excellent." -

tweeti

"The "Second World" We hear all about the First World, and the Third World, but never the Second World. So, I'll just claim that right now, because no one else seems to be using it..." -

lbmango

"Risa from Star Trek. A tropical world full of hedonists, and every time those ass-sticks from Starfleet show up, they leave in worse shape than they came. Double Score!" -

freezer818

"NewJobIstan! With a shorter commute and more pay, please? Also, free pudding on demand. Thanks!" -

unamundamour

"the world with Charlie the Unicorn...cause there's a mountain made of candy...and there's unicorns that steal kidneys" -

lostfox555

(Just watch out for those poisonous Fugu Fish. -CV)

And there you have it. The theme this week was not War or W, but Worlds. Not for any really good reason, but hey, whatever works. The world is my oyster. Or the world is not enough. Or something. Worldy world world.

Thanks to all who played, hope you enjoyed, keep on trucking, remember to tell your friends all about the quiz, and may the Force be with you. Except you jerks in Pod Six. See you all tomorrow for more quizly goodness, and remember to eat your pudding!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

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captainsblog.livejournal.com

(Surprisingly, Shakespeare did not use many monkeys, apes, or other non-human primates in his plays. More's the pity. -CV)

Of course not. An infinite number of them were WRITING the things, and they, unlike their humanoid cousins, knew better than to Mary Sue the damn scripts.

From:

chaosvizier.livejournal.com

Monkey Sue in Shakespeare? Inconceivable!

From:

reticent-lass.livejournal.com

John Carter of Mars can be basically summed up as 'Swashbuckling and professional adventuring on Mars-as-it-damn-well-should-be. Naked.' Quite frankly, I do not see why this series isn't more popular. Even the women are badass!

From:

chaosvizier.livejournal.com

This series should be a thousand times more popular. Space Opera was so much more epic in the '20s. I always wonder why they haven't made a movie of this, and then I realize that of course they would fuck it up so badly that I'd cry for a year. Better to just let it live in my head as INHUMANLY AWESOME.

(Although seeing WETA-brand special effects making a charge of a thousand angry Thark warriors look good... now that would rule.)

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