ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 10 November 2008

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And in honor of Election Day here in the USA, the linking word was "elect" and so on and so forth.

"I was really hoping one of the answers was going to be 'Electioneering', the Radiohead song, but then I realised that Sting wasn't in it." -

many_from_one

1. What is the professional name of Tara Leigh Patrick?

"Is this some kind of wrestling thing? I like wet, entwined women as much as the next person, but wrestling has way too many mullets." -

distaff_exile

(You lost us somewhere around "wet entwined women". -AL&CV)

"What type of 'Professional' *wink wink* are we talking about here? This is quite lewd...even for the LJDQ!" -

killabee886

"My brain read her initials as LTP and then it inserted another T in there and now I'm thinking about the Tamil Tigers. Oh wait, that's meant to be the LTTE. uh, way to go brain?" -

elaran

(I'll give you +1 just for knowing that much about the Tamil Tigers. -CV)

"Hi, I have three first names and no last name, help pay for me to sue my parents" -

cygna_hime

"Carmen is my favourite opera, and I'm aware at how snobby that makes me sound, so I'm going to say that Carmen Jones is a great musical and sound like a bit of a loser instead. " -

gigglingpixie

"Dr. Horrible" -

little_dumpling

"WYLDE PATRYKK!!" -

fizrep

(+1, always the right answer. -CV)

"Punky Brewster?" -

its_what_we_are

"Slutty Spice" -

lfae

"Pikachu" -

wiredwizard

"Queen Latifa" -

spiralgirl1

"Sting" - 5 of you

"Idunno but if she's related to Neil Patrick Harris she's awesome by proxy. Extra bonus points if she's related to Patrick Stewart, but minus points if she's related to Patrick Swayze. Because eew." -

spatialrift47

"Carmina Burana? Carmen Miranda? Carmen Sandiago?" -

vayshti

(Top three wrong answers on the board! -CV)

"My former girlfriend, Carmen Electra. Wonderful woman, but a little too needy, and finally I had to give her the ol' heave ho. Emphasis on the ho." -

tony101

(...Prince? Is that you? -CV)

"I was going to come up with some trashy stripper name, but then I realized that the real answer was Carmen Electra, so why bother?" -

rhiannonjk

(Note that this person is different from the actual porn star Tera Patrick. I realize that's a surprise to 21 of you. -CV)

"Carmen Electra. Hey, that reminds me of that show when I was a kid "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?!" *starts singing it and looks for clips on youtube*" -

axfxn

(Some of us remember that it was a computer game first. -CV)

"What most people don't know about this stage name is that Prince gave it to her after discovering she keeps a tazer in her hoohaa." -

lbeth

"Who knew you could find fame and fortune by naming yourself after a slutty murdered gypsy and a Greek ninja assassin?" -

laughingacademy

Correct Answer: Carmen Electra

2. Who was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra?

(Full credit to anyone who mentioned Iphigeneia, the other daughter, or Chrysothemis, the other other daughter. -CV)

"I'm sorry, I never really got into Lord of the Rings." -

killabee886

"This is Sparta!" -

traveller_blues

"Huh huh, you said 'Clytemnestra'." -

squeegibo,

schizospider

"I don't know, I got taken off the christmas card list the year before they decided to have children." -

yayworthy

"Edda Grubermann" -

wiredwizard

"Backgammon" -

psychopompos

"The name Clytemnestra begs to be anagrammed. Hm...the best I can get is Try Secant Elm!" -

fictionalsolace

"Agamenemnestra seems like a bit of a stretch, but parents with long names always want their children to have equally long names so they can feel grateful of their comparatively short name." -

jechocochan,

angelicmuse18,

kagomeshuko,

"Somebody who hated to fill out forms listing 'in case of emergency notify...'" -

drbear

"I bet she was a constellation." -

ollieoxinfree

(Nah, that was Cassiopeia. -CV)

"Wonder Woman" -

freezer818

"Slymenstra Hymen (former member of GWAR)" -

orgdotnews

"Chlamydia" - 22 of you
"Dunno, but I suspect it's resistant to penicillin..." -

sagaciouslu,

mattwolf

"I should know this, I've read The Iliad. And no, that's not code for 'I've seen Troy.'" -

secret_plasures

"I just always forget if it was Electra Woman or Dyna Girl." -

cholma

"Jennifer Garner" - 15 of you
"Elektra Natchios" - 15 more of you. Mmmmm, nachos...

"Electrolyta, who was cherished by ancient athletes." -

formshaper

"Electra, who helped kill her mom because her dad had been murdered in the bathtub. You know who else died in a bathtub? Taft. I totally bet Agamemnon wasn't killed at all, Clytemnestra was just too embarrassed to admit that he'd gotten wedged in there like a walrus in a bucket, and it was all just a HILARIOUS MISUNDERSTANDING. Yeah, not so cool when you're writing the Lolrusteia now, are we, Aeschylus!" -

nextian

"Electra. I'd say mourning becomes her, but only a handful of people would probably get that, so I'm not saying nothin'." -

hopefulnebula

"Electra. Then she had a makeover, and became Electra-Lux. All the men adored her, mainly for her enormous suction capabilities." -

stagemanager

(Men do love suction, no doubt. -CV)

"She's not only the president of The Electra Complex For Women, she's also a client." -

rosefox8

Correct Answer: Elektra

"Those crazy Ancient Greeks, it's amazing anyone lived to tell the tale." -

nighthellcat

3. What is the name of the yellowish alloy of gold and silver?

"Silver and gold, silver and gold. Everyone wishes for silver and gold. ..." -

ifeedformula

(+1, best Christmas movie EVER. - BL)

"So it's the Colby Jack of metals? yum!" -

killabee886

"Gilver?" - 8 of you
"Sold? Golver?" -

broken_moons
"Golder? Sild?" -

akiyasan

"Brass? Bras?" -

psychopompos

"Pewter? Santorum? Smegma?" -

stagemanager

"Urinium" -

i_calql8

"Earwax. It's alchemy in reverse!" -

distaff_exile

"I have read all of Fullmetal Alchemist and I don't know the answer to this question. My manga/anime-based knowledge has FINALLY FAILED ME." -

chaotic_cupcake

"Uh, now I have that 'make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold' song stuck in my head. Thanks ljdq." -

blacksunrising

(Uh-oh, you're thinking about friendship and caring! Quick, slug some gin, eat a kitten, and get with the misanthropy like the rest of us! Stat! - BL)

"Francium. (Ha! Yellow-bellied ally! Hmmmmm... I suppose it's far less funny if I have to explain it.)" -

the_jenny

"Blingum, mined from the bling mines in southern Djibouti." -

fictionalsolace

"Mythril." -

freezer818

(I.e., elven bling. - BL)

"Michael Phelps with gray hair." -

kristinmachina

"'Yellowish'? You actually expect me to believe this is a technical term? I work in a scientific field, you know! With the thingeys that do all the stuff!" -

first_seventhe

"Whenever I hear the word 'yellowish' I think of pee." -

ollieoxinfree

"I know I work with children, because my first instinctive answer was 'boogers', and then I laughed to myself." -

twystedfate

"Electrum. I know this because my wedding ring is made of electrum. Also, I love the word. Electrum. Electrum!

rosefox8

(Sounds like a good superhero yell. "To the roofs!" "Electrum!" "Spoon!" – LL)

"The fake stuff that el-cheapo hubbies try to pass off as the real thing. " -

tweeti,

judith_s

"Man, wouldn't it be awesome if electrolytes were actually gold and silver? Drinking Gatorade would make us shiny inside!" -

revieloutionne

(Yeah, right now we have to resort to high colonics for that. And speaking of colons ... - BL)

"Electrium? Electrum? Something that sounds like a portmanteau of of 'electric rectum.'" -

angel_of_olore

"ELECTRUM!! And people told me my years of playing D&D were wasted!" -

blindgeoff
"Ooh, ooh, it's that one kind of treasure that no D&D GM has EVER used!" -

mattwolf
"1 electrum piece is worth 5 silver pieces, 50 copper pieces, or half of a gold piece. In Dungeons and Dragons times, currency was much simpler than in the UK before 1971." -

dhole,

fizrep
"Hmmm...let's see....1 electrum is 1/2 a gold piece, which makes that ..ummm....10 silver pieces....umm how much was that scroll again??" -

drgndspchr

Correct Answer: Electrum

"Elect Rum in 2012: The drunker of the two evils." -

woap

4. What line dance was created by Ric Silver in 1976?

(Number of attempts to Rickroll us: 11.)

"I was told there would be no disco." -

drbear

"If my name was Ric Silver, I would totally have an alter ego as Quicksilver - a superhero who is liquid at room temperature and incidentally very poisonous." -

rachelkachel

(Alas, Marvel's Quicksilver was neither liquid nor poisonous. Nor was his name Ric. -CV)

"you lie! dances are not created, they evolve from other dances!" -

b_hulsmans

"Cotton-Eyed Joe. Is that the name of the song or the name of the dance? Anyway, it has to be that, because that's clearly the only line dance in existence." -

bokchil

"the hokey pokey? wait...thats not a line dance is it. i guess it isnt the chicken dance either huh?" -

blacksunrising

"The Walk to the Fridge For Another Beer. It caught on quickly. Not just for your average big-bellied recliner-lounging sports fanatics, anymore." -

amymich

"Thriller! It's close to miiiiiidnight..." -

chaotic_cupcake

"A completely inferior dance to the Time Warp." -

utforsker

"The can can! Can~ can it be the can can, can it be the can can, can it be the~" -

jechocochan

"its like the hookie pookie on crack." -

truth_twisted

"Please, God, don't let it be Riverdance. Michael Flatley is terrifying." -

gigglingpixie

"DAMN YOU ALL. I HAD MY MEMORIES OF ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM CLASS GOOD AND SUPPRESSED AND WHAT DID YOU DO? BROUGHT THEM SCREAMING BACK IN." -

asrimal

(Another quizling traumatized! Let's drink! - AL&CV&LL&BL)

"The way deoxyribonucleic acid forms could be called a line dance. It's kind of neat, like thinking about how lava lamps move or watching a knitter on fast-forward." -

reticent_lass

"Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" -

germankitty,

photosinensis,

ifeedformula,

twystedfate,

oceanica,

ntlespino,

stagemanager,

iamza,

mujubius,

angelikitten

"Line dancing = fail. The Electric Eel: kind of slimy, looks like a snake, and can hurt you. Like line dancing." -

judith_s

"The Electric Chair." -

thepikey

(They'd dance more if they weren't buckled down so tightly. -CV)

"Wait. 1976? You mean I had to spend a day teaching a dance to everyone else at work, as I was the only person to remember all the steps (a shame I will live with for the rest of my life), and the dance is older than I am? I always thought that was an 80's song!" -

falconpain

(Sadly, the dance is not older than we are. -AL&CV&LL, but not BL, she's a wee young'un.)

" Hypnotic, ain't it?

" -

laughingacademy

"The Electric Slide, which was recalled in 1977 after an unfortunate incident where someone had one set up in the same yard as a Slip'n'slide." -

hopefulnebula,

mattwolf

"The Electric Slide. It's not just a dance, it's a quite effective method of birth control as well." -

lbeth

"Elect Ric Slide in 2012: Because he's never gonna give you up." -

woap

Correct Answer: The Electric (Slide)

"recently replaced by The Biodiesel Shuffle, in attempt to 'green up' the dancing scene." -

palapaloozaa

5. Atoms are composed of protons, neutrons, and ___________.

"Eves." -

first_seventhe,

twystedfate

"Your mom! Wait, no, my mom! All of our moms!" -

indiana_j

"A bomb of some sorts. 'Cause you split one open and things blow up. That is my understanding of it, anyway." -

using_chemicals

(Your nebulous grasp of science, when combined with your username, is somewhat alarming. - BL)

"'Composed of?' Gotta be half-tones, then." -

germankitty

"Human souls." -

angel_of_olore

"Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails." -

tarpo

"Unicorns!" -

lbeth

"Gremlins." -

mistressmerr

"Objects that come in flavors of up, down, charm, lucky, something, and something else." -

1angelette

(Purple horseshoes and green clovers? - BL)

"The tears of physics majors." -

zihuatanejo

"Electives. 'Cuz, like, it's totally optional if they're there." -

sagaciouslu

"Duct tape." -

mrbankies,

a_l_p_h_a_b_e_t

(No, but you can use it to make covalent bonds in a pinch. - BL)

"Morons!" -

autumnrain,

falconpain,

distaff_exile

"Won-tons." -

oceanica

"The Pointer Sisters ~ who make the neutrons dance. " -

waitingman

(And now, ladies and gentlemen, the Geek of the Week decathlon:)

"Tron." -

rosefox8,

vayshti
"Decepticons." -

bokchil
"Megatron." -

drgndspchr
"Cylons." -

kissed_by_fate
"Mysterons." -

sciamachy
"Flux Capacitors." -

wiredwizard
"Dilithium Cyrstals." -

conjure_lass
"Klingons." -

maisontv
"Tribbles." -

illogicalvulcan
"ElectKHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANS." -

jechocochan

"The reversed-polarity neutron flow (or NAMBLA)." -

many_from_one

(+1, The Daily Show. - BL)

"Electron, defender of the universe!" -

teh_antisecks

"Electrons. Heh, tron. You know, they're making a Tron 2 now? It's called Tr2n. How the heck do you pronounce that? Is it like Artist Formerly Known As Weird Symbol Formerly Known As Prince? " -

rosefox8

(Tr2n? Oh for cryin' out loud… You kids get out outta my iconic movies! – LL)

"OH! OH! ELECTRONS. I KNOW THIS! HA HA! YAY. I feel CLEVER. oh so CLEVER. I feel CLEVER, and.... WELEVER...AND.... GAAAAAAAAAAY." -

christidaae

(And I pity ... any Quizling who isn't you ... TODAAAAY. - BL)

"Electrons. Which in turn are composed of Quarks, which are regulated by the Ferengi Commerce Authority and the Grand Nagus himself." -

billfl

"Really it's made of quarks and electrons, which since the quark was named after a line in a Lewis Carroll poem referring to beer, just goes to show you that alcohol really is the solution to all of life's problems." -

spatialrift47

Correct Answer: Electrons

"Two atoms walk out of a bar. One of them says, 'Shit. Shit. I think I left an electron back there.' The other one goes, 'You're sure?' The first one says, 'According to the laws of probability, I can never be entirely sure, since we're standing still.' Thank you! I'm here all week." -

nextian

6. If you could vote yourself into any office or position, what would you choose?

"Vote? The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft this bottle of gin from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I,

woap, was to get plastered. THAT is why I am your king. " -

woap

(+1, Holy Grail...ish. – CV&AL&LL&BL)

"at the moment, I'd settle for any position. " -

b_hulsmans

(You cheeky bastard! – LL)

"Cleavage Crash-Tester for every big-tit mag in the business. " -

etcet

"Queen. Think of all the shiny! Don't you think I'd make a marvellous Queen? *pose*" -

gigglingpixie

"I probably wouldn't. I have such a short attention span, I'd get bored and have a tea party. " -

axfxn

"Evil Overlord, just to give CV a run for his money! " -

germankitty

"Head of the Department of Redundancy Department" - Kirkpatrick

"Almighty Queen President Prime Minister Overlord and Goddess of Beer! " -

first_seventhe

"President of Dr. Pepper. Then I could just drink it all the time. And that is the best possibility for anything ever. " -

twystedfate

"Head Final-Product Chocolate Taster at Cadbury's. Um. Because I care about quality. No, really. " -

chaotic_cupcake,

jrho

"Head of the School Board. New mandatory curriculum for all students includes 'Bumper Sticker Philosophy,' 'Introductory Pastafarianism,' and 'Learn to Type Correctly on the Internet Before Your Teacher Shocks Your Genitals with a Cattle Prod.'" -

angel_of_olore

"The head of either the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms or the Food and Drug Administration... one of the ones that gets to be in charge of all of the 'fun' stuff (at least until The Department of Sexual Position and Activities is created). " -

blindgeoff

"Can you be elected into the missionary position? " -

tarpo

(I think you're appointed. – LL)

(More like inserted. -CV)

"Honorary LJDQ Judge! " - six of you

(Line forms at CV's rear. – LL)

(Hey, leave my rear out of this. A simple email will do. -CV)

"Minister of Silly Walks. " -

palapalooza,

kristinmachina

"The Official in charge of Punching People in the face. (The Official People Puncher) You down with the OPP? Yeah you know me! " -

jwpandabear

"Sting's tantric sex partner, with the six-hour orgasms...but I don't wanna do those upside down positions cuz I'd get a headache. " -

kissed_by_fate

"I'd vote myself into the reverse cowboy position with Carmen Electra, of course... " -

sciamachy
"The doggie position, with Tera Patrick! (ooh, quiz recursion) " -

thepikey
"I would vote myself into the reverse-cowgirl position. " -

lbeth,

wint3rhart,

david_deacon
"Flying reverse cowgirl. Though my wife might exercise her veto. " -

zihuatanejo

"The Official French Toast Taster. Every morning would be an Adventure. " -

ollieoxenfree

(You go on with your bad self. – LL)

"Lord High Empress of the world. Complete with half naked slaves. Serving me cake. on pink ponies. And dolphins. With rainbows sprouting around me. I'm going to be that awesome, I'm going to defy the laws of physics. " -

christidaae

(You still can't have the ponies – CV&AL&LL&BL)

"Porn Czar. It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it" -

freezer818

"The one on the ground floor. There are fewer steps to climb each day... " -

iamza

"I would never want to hold any office. I hate paperwork, and I would never trust any henchmen to do it for me. The dumb ones would screw it up, and the smart ones would try to depose me. " -

umbralcortex

"Supreme Ruler of the TV. I always get outvoted by my mom and sister; they get to watch Grey's Anatomy on the good TV and I have to watch Supernatural on a fuzzy little screen upstairs. " -

maisontv

Correct Answer: "I don't want to be elected for anything. I just want the bribes. " - i_calql8

And the votes have been cast, and

ljdq is once again the winner of... whatever! Woohoo! We vote ourselves to be awesome.

Thanks again to everyone who played; everyone rocks the casbah here. Spread the word, spread the funny, and spread the love.

Special big thanks to

bad_latin, who has been a wonderful guest mod these past three weeks. Now we can release her back into the wild, where she will probably scurry under a rock and continue typing her NaNo. Thanks also to

lovellama, who came back from her love cruise with answers on the brain.

Tune in tomorrow for more fun-filled action-packed excitement!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL&BL