LJ Daily Answers: 17 November 2008

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

"The hard fact that I know - for the first time - all the answers to the LJDQ is pretty gneiss - in fact, I was so excited I nearly soiled myself. I've often taken a flinty eye to some of the topics that were thematically sprinkled into the Quiz, igneouring them - but now, my sedimentary lifestyle might actually be of some use. This may well change my outlook of the world - a metamorphic process, if you will - I feel included, as if I've stepped across the sill, thrust into a world in which I am no longer at fault." - finn2

+1, Geologicalicious punnery.

"Before I attempt to answer this quiz, I just want to boast that I have read every single answers post in the archives of this com! It took me about 3 weeks and alot of ignoring my work, but somehow I got a payrise and a free laptop from my boss out of it, so thanks LJDQ!" - porotito

Proof positive that the quiz is good for you. Somehow. You are most welcome.



1. What is the professional name of Dwayne Johnson?

"I wonder if LJDQ goes through these professional name things every day. Maybe the mods are really Dwayne and what's-her-name-from-last-week? If so, can I write fanfic about it?" - bleakwinters

(I'm sure that a Carmen Electra/The Rock tale will please the palate of the discerning reader. -CV)

"hahahaha, you said johnson!" - b_hulsmans

(I really should have seen that coming. -CV)

"Dwayne-O" - orgdotnews

"Dwayne Wayne (how did bad 80s TV seep so deeply into my brain??)" - marasca, sskipstress

(I don't know, but -1 for reminding me of memories long forgotten. -CV)

"Dwayne Inspane. He stays mainly in the plain." - i_calql8

"Magic Johnson. He was one of the best." - gamerchick02

"The Goddamn Batman" - woap

"Sharon Stone" - la_guinevere

(I see what you did there. -CV)

"'Lady Bird' Johnson. The things you never knew about the sixties..." - thepikey

"He should come to my house and make dinner so I can finally smell what he's cookin'" - teh_antisecks

"I hate his eyebrow -- it's very creepy." - stagemanager

"Dwayne is an anagram of yawned, which is what I did during his movies." - elvenpiratelady

(Oh come on. "The Rundown"! It had friggin' bagpipes! And monkeys! And Christopher Walken! You can't go wrong with that. -CV)

"THE ROCK, probably because kids named Dwayne tend to get picked on. I'd pick on Dwayne. And I'm a scrawny white chick whose skills are best suited for spider killing. But someone named ROCK? I'd never pick on that kid. You don't fuck with that. Unless you're Chuck Norris." - sonadora9

"The Scorpion King! His costume includes giant pinchers and a very pointy tail. Once, there was a wardrobe malfunction, but the Scorpion King *really* doesn't like to talk about it..." - iamza

"Sonny Crockett. Who lived on a houseboat and wrestled alligators when he wasn't busting crime with his partner, Rico 'Flair' Tubbs. Not like his lesser known brother whose claim to fame is getting the Rundown." - traveller_blues

"I can never forget Dwayne Johnson's professional name, because several years ago during a night of raucous Truth or Dare, someone stood on a couch, dropped his pants, and shouted, 'Can ya smell what The Rock is cooking?'" - rosefox8

(That does seem... unforgettable. -CV)

"I keep waiting for his version of Wuthering Heights to come out, just so I can see how they work chair shots into the script." - mattwolf

(Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn about your cookin'. -CV)

"The Rock totally went to high school in Bethlehem. The one in Pennsylvania, not the one where Jesus was born." - domtheknight

"He wanted to be known as the Rock, because nothing beats rock. Oh, they say paper covers rock, but the Rock would just tear that sheet up." - xyphoidprocess

" I always wondered though, did he start out wanting to an actor and thought that wrestling would propel his career forward? Because when I think 'how would I launch myself into the acting scene' I don't really think 'Ooh, I'll get semi naked and pretend to beat up other semi naked men, that's SURE to land me a role in a movie!'. Except that, it totally did." - porotito

Correct Answer: "The Rock"



2. Who was Bullwinkle J. Moose's partner?

"I don't know, but I bet he hurt a lot. But hurt soooo goooood." - n2_the_void

"" - teh_antisecks and many others
"Sorry, the governor of Alaska does not recognize mooses (meese?) as having legal partners. Neither did Meese, for that matter." - drbear

"Sadly, the marriage between Bullwinkle and Rocky was never officially recognized due to Prop 8." - akiyasan, kristinmachina, hellziggy, mujubius

"Bullwinkle J Moose's partner was Snoopy. They kept it very quiet, as they're cartoons from an earlier era, and I know Bullwinkle was supposedly dating Jessica Rabbit but it was a sham - when the glare of the spotlight was off them, Bullwinkle & Snoopy were lifetime lovers, till Snoopy's death in 1987 from canine distemper." - sciamachy

"Slappy Squirrel" - neyinka

"Secret Squirrel." - cassildra

"Foamy the squirrel." - axfxn

"Roscoe P. Coltrane; Thanks to Prop 8, however, Roscoe had to channel his thwarted urges into 'hot pursuit' of 'those Duke Boys' if you know what I mean." - etcet

(He always had Flash, though. Good ole reliable Flash. Never let him down in those long lonely nights on patrol. -CV)

"A flying squirrel spawned by Fran Drescher." - canuckdesz

"Squirrels are evil little critters who will deliberately drop fir cones onto your car in the middle of the night, therefore setting off the alarm and waking everyone up. We don't park the car under the trees anymore." - confusedpuppy

"" - chershey

"They called him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning... Actually, it was Rocky the Squirrel. I loved that show growing up. And Flipper. And Lassie. How did Timmy ever translate those barks? 'Uncle fell down the well, girl?' 'Woof woof! (No, you idiot, I want the steak above your head. Give it to me, or I'll rip you to pieces!)'" - nekoasuka

"Wasn't he a chipmunk? Not Alvin, though... oh, right, it was Simon and Bullwinkle. I remember their music." - falconpain

"I always wanted to see what sort of trouble Rocky and Bullwinkle could get into if, through a weird sort of animation-parallel-universe interaction, Danger Mouse and Pinfold showed up in Frostbite Falls. But I'm strange that way." - n5iln

"Not a clue. Can't be Rocky, since his partner was Dr. Frankenfurter. Or Janet. Either way." - jaxraven
"Janet! Dr. Scott! jANET! Brad! Rocky! Bullwinkle!" - glamsith, illogicalvulcan

"Rocky was Bullwinkle's partner until he took up boxing again, and then he pretty much became a solo act. Bullwinkle was crushed." - iamza

"It used to be Rocky the Flying Squirrel, but he had one too many cocktails before a flight one time and never saw that tree coming....(Insert 'George of the Jungle' song here)" - tweeti

(I fly better when I've had a few! -CV)

"It is my personal opinion that, like the evil monkeys in Wizard of OZ, squirrels should not be airborne. It's not right." - maisontv

"Why was J. such a popular middle name for animals, anyway? Bullwinkle J. Moose, Rocket J. Squirrel, John J. J. Schmidt (little-known fact: a tapir)" - potassiumman

"I always felt that Rocky had a thing for Natasha. I know I did." - dhud98

"On the show? Rocky the flying squirrel. At the afterparties? Natasha was ALL OVER that guy! It's true! I have photos. Okay, I have drawings. Okay, I did drawings.....someone help me! *sob*" - mattwolf

"Rocky the Flying Squirrel. Various theories have been put forth about what made him 'fly'; I'm thinking it was drugs. Really good drugs. 'Cause if I had really good drugs, I'd fly like Rocky the Flying Squirrel." - adria_rhiannon

(You'd probably also be nekkid with only a crazy blue flight cap too. -CV)

"rocky the squirrel, who was grey. the fact that grey squirrels are killing off their red cousins in mainland britain should indicate just how hardcore that little bastard is." - flamingbentley

"Ah, ze tales of moos and sqvirrel, and ze fakest Russian accents in ze vorld, as spoken by ze most, how do you say, stereotypically named Slavic pipple in ze vorld of cartoons." - reticent_lass

"Bullwinkle: Hey Rocky, watch me pull a duct-taped squirrel out of my ass!
Rocky: But that trick never... wait... what?" - a_l_p_h_a_b_e_t

"Hey Rocky, watch me pull an LJDQ answer out of my butt!" - umbralcorax

(That trick never works. -AL&CV)

Correct Answer: Rocket "Rocky" J. Squirrel

"Forget who he had sex with, I want to know what the 'J' stands for...Josaphine? Johnny-boy? Justice?" - tarnera, mamajoan, kasbunny

(Jehoshaphat. -CV)



3. What was the only German song to become a #1 hit in the USA?

"Edelweiss" - treerad, zellieh

"NUMA NUMA!" - malrunus, jmtechie, tarnera

"'Ode to Joy' by Ludwig von Beethoven" - scifantasy

(Maybe if the USA had Top 100 charts back then, it might have. You never know. -CV)

"German... was it something Hasselhoff wrote?" - houseofknaus, faery_wing, puredeadthingy, mujubius

"Springtime for Hitler" - 13742, morgana006, xiliadrache, kasbunny

"Eine kleine Stingmusic" - enirica

"SCHADENFREUDE!" - ANONYMOUS

"Ja, das Hokey-Kokey" - gigglingpixie

"Deutschland, Deutschland Uber Alles, which hit no. 1 in 1939." - sciamachy, pfflyernc

"Ich Bin Ein Berliner (I Am A Jelly Donut) by JFK." - frequencyshift

"Ich Bin eine Oscar Meyer Weiner" - wiredwizard

"Reich'n'Roll, the title track of the soundtrack of the movie about Hitler's days as a rock star of the same name." - elvenpiratelady

"Aryan, My Wayward Son" - i_calql8

"ACH BEEN LIEBER NOT STING SCHNELL SCHNELL ENJOY TUNES OR DIE!" - lots42

"That German Song About Armageddon by that Band Whose Lead Singer Could Hide Nukes in Her Armpit Hair" - adria_rhiannon
"Isn't it 99 Luftballoons? That's a disturbing song. I mean, it has this happy, lilting melody, and it's about a nuclear war that destroys humanity. How very German." - orgdotnews
"99 red balloons. Wait, you guys probably want the German name. I swear it's something like 99 luftwaffles. Mmm... waffles." - jwpandabear

(Many other people thought it was 99 Luftballons. However, that song only ever made it to #2 in the USA. -CV)

"Thus Sprach the Rocks. Or Zarathustra. Oh! Wait! Du Hast! Rammstein is such a classic growling..." - nekoasuka

(Rammstein also did not have a #1 hit in the USA, although they tried. -CV)

"Now I've got an unholy remix of 'Rock the Kasbah' and 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' stuck in my head. That's just wrong." - opportunemoment

"Rock You Like a Hurricane (Psst, kids, this song is totally about fucking!)" - primavera

"Technically, it's Austrian!" - germankitty and five others

(No, technically Falco is Austrian. The song is sung in German. -CV)

"Gotta be 'Rock Me Amadeus.' That song always gets me hot and bothered. Yes. It's because of my longstanding unrequited crush on Mozart. Go ahead and mock. No one understands what we have." - mamajoan

"I'd sure let Falco 'Baby, baby, do it to me, rock me' if he wore that crazy rainbow wig and period-appropriate outfit from the music video." - slowpurple

"'Rock Me Amadeus' by Falco. I have no idea why powdered wigs didn't gain more popularity in the 80's. Every other questionable fashion choice from music videos of the time sure did." - whiski_sour

"'Rock Me Amadeus'. Followed by the less popular 'Bang Me Bach' and 'Move Me Beethoven'" - maisontv

Correct Answer: Rock me Amadeus

"I find it odd that Born in the USA just came up on my play list." - speckled_llama



4. What mythological creature was said to be able to "seize an elephant in its talons and carry him high into the air and drop him so that he is smashed to pieces"?

"Sarah Palin" - 12 of you

"I don't know, but it makes Gwaihir and his hobbit-lifting eagle friends look pretty boring." - ineptshieldmaid
"Smaug the magic, err, red dragon." - jargon

(+1, various Middle Earth titles. -CV)

"Der Fleidermaus" - glamsith

"That's gotta be one freakin' huge claw prize arcade machine to pick up an elephant." - sskipstress

"An swallow. Although it'd have to be an African Swallow as it's all a question of weight ratio. Ah, but African Swallows are non-migratory so maybe two European Swallows who could carry it on a vine between them, secured beneath the dorsal guiding feathers." - gigglingpixie, vui_phuong, elvenpiratelady

"Is it about that Greek eagle who flies over this dude who did something to anger the gods and then rips his stomach out all the time or something?" - angelicbuttons

"The gigantic celestical KFC chicken in the sky. He can seize an elephant in its talons and carry him high into the air and drop him so that he is smashed to pieces AND is finger-lickin' GOOD!" - disownmereturns

"Well that's a stupid thing to do, elephants aren't coconuts!" - ollieoxinfree

"Carry 'him'? 'he' is smashed? What is this, elephant sexism?" - forgedpixels, kasbunny

(Well, everyone knows female elephants are heavier. You can't lift those. -CV)

"Now we know what happened to Dumbo." - slowpurple

"How high? Does the elephant have enough time to come up with the word "ground"?" - darthparadox
"oh no, not again" - sehellys, n5iln

(+1, HHGTTG. -CV)

"that sounds incredibly messy. A splattered elephant could cover acres." - whiski_sour
"Mmmm, Cream of Elephant soup. Extra Chunky." - stagemanager

"Um, uh ... *sees a plate of peas* Pea... *sees a woman crying* Tear... *sees a griffin* Griffin. PETER GRIFFIN! Aw crap." - oldstarnewshine

(+1, Family Guy. -CV)

"My first stepmother. Strange story; for some reason my father and I ended up referring to her as the camel. I think it had something to do with her GIANT tits. I'm serious, those things were each the size of my head. But now I can't get the mental image of her with parachutes attached to each of them, carrying an elephant and dropping it on my dad's car." - severedscythe

(...yowza. -CV)

"'You're just going to have to figure out what it wants. What is its motivation?'
'It's a rock monster! It doesn't have motivation!'
'See, that's your problem, Jason! You were never serious about the craft!'" - 4492

(+1, Galaxy Quest. In fact, have a +2 because that movie was awesome. -CV)

"You could say that that elephant is between a roc and a hard place." - arismal

(You would. CV and I would. But AL sure as hell wouldn't. – LL)

"" - illogicalvulcan

"Big Bird. Man, was Snuffleupagus surprised....'So? Do you think he's imaginary NOW, Sesame Street? He's plastered all over the sidewalk, the Rocs and the trees!'" - traveller_blues

"A Dodge Ram. Come on now. 'Oooo...like a Roc!'" - nekoasuka

"The Roc--the one baby animal that would not be considered edible by the LJDQ community." - kristinmachina

(Au contraire – CV&LL)



(And the Geek Of The Week Award this week is shared by MTG players woap and packbat. Tap for -1. -CV)

"Didn't he have a live sitcom in the '90s?" - primavera, paradoxotaur

Correct Answer: Roc



5. What movie stars Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Michael Biehn, Ed Harris, and Alcatraz? Extra credit if you know the theme-appropriate song played early on.

"what's with the action movies? can't we get a sappy romance break now and then?" - faery_wing

"Don't ask me the hard questions. My idea of extra credit is wearing a shirt to show off my boobs." - kittycatness

"having the answer to question 1 and question 5 be identical is just kind of lame." - potassiumman and 20 others. My bad; copypastaed the wrong question here. Move along.

"I always thought Alcatraz was made up of jail cells. Since when did it have Cages and Bonds?" - falconpain

"I just realized I don't think I've ever seen a movie with Sean Connery in it." - pookykabuki

"Aliens vs the Godfather. The theme was the A-Team theme." - sciamachy

(...that sounds like a pretty good movie, actually. -CV)

"It's Raining Men! Hallelujah, It's Raining Men!" - la_guinevere

"I never saw this movie, but if it doesn't feature prisoners stamping and playing We Will Rock You on the cell bars, then it sucks and I want no part of it." - marasca

"Kid Rock should have been in that movie." - dhud98

"The Rocky Horror Picture Show. " - yayworthy, sillyflowers, palapalooza

"Suck it, Trebek." - stagemanager, umbralcorax

(+1, SNL. -CV)

"James Bond and the Prisoner of Alcatraz" - secret_plasures
"'007 in Leaving Las Alcatraz'. The theme song was 'Rock Me Nicodemus.'" - kristinmachina
"James Bond, in 'You Can't Make Badass Action Movies Beyond A Certain Age.'" - lucky_lyon

"did you just stick Michael Biehn in there to throw us off? Because I'm pretty sure that guy doesn't exist. He has no Wiki page." - amymich

(-50, trying to webcheat. Naughty. You are sentenced to one year in Alcatraz. -CV)

"THE FLINTSTONES! 'Flintstones, meet the Flintstones, they're your average Stone Age family...from the town of Bedrock...'" - nekoasuka

(Half credit, marginally appropriate. -CV)

"Hmmm, it was this movie, where this prison was on a rock in the middle of the bay, and in order to escape, prisoners had to scale down a rockface in the middle of the night, and hope they would fall on the rocks below, or get smashed against the rocks in the harbour.. I think it was called, 'The Prison That Couldn't Be Escaped'." - jargon

(+1, The Simpsons. -CV)

"James Bond and the Ghost Rider team up to take down Jackson Pollock. Man, heroes just have no appreciation for art these days..." - iamza
"James Bond, Ghost Rider, the doof who knocked up Sarah Connor & the guy who created The Truman Show, all at Alcatraz? What kind of wacky x-over fanfic is this?!" - wiredwizard

"The Rock. A movie which involved a whole lot more tunnels with slow-release doorways and pipes releasing boiling hot steam than I saw when I went on the tour. I call misinformation." - opportunemoment

(I think that part of the tour was closed that month for renovation. -CV)

"'The Rock'. AKA The bane of all Alcatraz tour guides forever and ever. 'And now we'll see where the President visited the...' 'Show us where Connery snapped that guy's neck!' 'Sigh'" - lots42

"I think the song was Jail House Rock...or House Rock Jail...it was something like that. (maybe Rock House Jail?)" - blacksunrising

(The Hans Zimmer soundtrack featured a piece called "Rock House Jail". However, it was an instrumental bit, not a song. You get half-credit for good effort. raienna and ifwallsspoke, you too. -CV)

Correct Answer: The Rock, featuring Elton John's "Rocket Man"



6. Name something that rocks your world.

"gravity!" - b_hulsmans

(She's a harsh mistress – LL)

"Name it? It already has a name, so I can't name it again. Nickname it, perhaps, but not name it." - loopyuk

"Mimes and Clowns. *swoon*" - malruns

(Clowns… God I hate clowns. Hoards of 'em, spilling out of Volkswagens. We do our best to fight them off, but they keep sending 'em in. – LL)

"Scotch on the rocks." - woap

"Obscure British Actors make me squee... thus they rock my world. " - xyphiodprocess

"Dry Vodka Martinis with two feta-cheese stuffed olives - shaken, of course, not stirred. Oh, and President-Elect Barack Effin' Obama." - orgdotnews

"Too much caffeine. It rocks my world and shakes it too. Sometimes it makes my world get bitchy as well." - n2_the_void

"Right now, I'm watching a bunch of silly videos on Willitblend.com. Because watching an old guy sticking an iPhone into a blender is far preferable to studying for an Italian exam or writing a paper on soft power..." - wrestlingdog

"I should say tweeti but, between you and me...it's BACON!" - drbear

(Bacon is dammed tasty – CV&LL)

"I am an earth scientist. Rocks *are* my world." - iamza

"Porn and beer and Gogol Bordello all rock my world. " - snapeophilia

"Would it be wrong to say "A picture of chaosvizier in a thong?" - ifeedformula

(Yes. I'm afraid it would be very wrong. -CV)

"Teacher!Sting in the video for 'Don't stand so close to me'. Meow." - azdaja_dafema

"'Fat Bottom Girls' by Queen. Honestly, whose world didn't that rock?" - whiski_sour

"Ah, this HAS to be the obligatory Sting answer. Or, y'know, socks. Socks ROCK." - frequencyshift

"Archimedes, a fulcrum, and a lever. (Normally, it would just move, but by now he'd be quite the feeble codger, and hard to control the shakes.)" - stealthpup

"firetrucks! omg they are so shiny and have lights and sirens, and water cannons on top. and on occasion i get to command their presence, but i'm not supposed to light fires on purpose so it doesn't happen often. not that i'm an arsonist, i just have bad luck with toaster ovens." - kira_snugz

"I really need to stop hanging out with my 6 year old sister. I read that and now that STUPID Hannah Montana song is on repeat in my internal juke box. If only I had a brain quarter... " - axfxn

(The Bangles are brain quarters. And don't give us no grief about "I don't know who they are!!" – CV&AL&LL)

"Right now it's the fact that I'm filming a movie that includes both Santa Claus and Vampires." - t_sica

"Three-sixty-five to One-seventy-three. It's BLUE, bitches!" - thepikey

"Bill Bailey, Monty Python's Holy Grail and Spamalot (lovingly ripped off from the Holy Grail) apparently. So I can take zero credit for any actual funny. This does not rock my world. It shakes it to its very core at the knowledge that I am not that funny." - gi8gglingpixie

"My friends. And before you write that off as being way too sentimental or whatever, they're some crazy sum-bitches, and they make me laugh. I don't know what it is about me, but I always manage to attract the complete screw-balls and the off-the-wall people to me...well, that can be fun, too." - tarnera

"Not to sound like too much of a nerd, but, my new black and white copier! Oh, the though of never having to hand-fold and staple booklets... it brings me all kinds of joy." - xilidrache

"My boyfriend got me an orange dildo. Orange is my favourite colour. Heh." - soberloki

"My new job, which is paying me $7 above what I should be getting, all because of some administrative mistakes. *preen*" - girlambrosia

"Giving birth. Cause that's what I did on Wed. I gave birth to a little boy named Lucas Alexander. He weighs 8lbs 14oz. He is also the reason I cannot do the rest of the quiz this week. Do I get a -1 for fail and lame excuse? ;) Cause seriously, I was giving birth to a human infant. Surely that gives me some leeway? :D" - mama_terra

(Well, we would have liked to have seen your answers from when you were hopped up on drugs, or delirious from the pain if you went sans, but… ok. And congrats! –AL&CV&LL&TL)



And there you have it- a rockin' good time with a rockin' awesome quiz. You guys rock for playing. Everyone rocks. Rocky rocks. Roxanne rocks. Barack rocks. Pod Six still does not rock. It's rocktacular!

Special thanks to guest mods lovellama and trishalynn! They'll be helping out this month while angledge continues her duties in Galveston and while chaosvizier heads out to the Middle East. Never fear; the quiz will not cease. Distance means nothing to the power of the intarwebz.

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