ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 2 February 2009

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1. Where were Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck going when they failed to take that left turn at Albuquerque?

"A! L! B! U! ... um... QUERQUE!" -

zihuatanejo,

grayjedi,

kirsty841

"To the moon, Edith!" -

lookingforwater

"Too late guys. You two can't get married in Cally any more. (Though really, it's probably for the best. That pair was pretty disfunctional, even at the best of times.)" -

thepikey

"Interspecies FTW, I suppose. But really, eloping like that, probably not as romantic as it sounds. :/ Especially when you get lost." -

chaotic_cupcake

"Straight to hell, if they don't change their evil ways." -

dslartoo

"White Castle." -

la_trombonista

" Bear Left At Fork In Road. -CV

" -

babybokal

"The south pole, that's where we learn that 'penguins is practically chickens'!" -

a_l_p_h_a_b_e_t

"'Wabbit beach!' 'Duck beach!' 'Tits!' 'GTFO!'" -

captainsblog

"O'Hare Airport, no doubt to catch a plane to Drake University." -

i_calql8

"San José, obviously they didn't know the way. " -

donutsweeper

"they were somewhere around barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold" -

blackfrances

"Wait, "left turn at Alburquerque" is actually a reference to something? " -

packbat

"I'm kind of amazed that Daffy was willing to take a cross-country underground trip with Bugs in this manner - it must have been days of running behind a rabbit, underground, with nothing to look at but a bunny butt." -

rikchik

"what is Bugs, half mole or something? Rabbits don't do that, do they? I spent a lot of time as a kid trying to make sense of cartoons and I think it damaged my brain." -

ginalin

"They were hired to appear at a furry convention as 'special guests'. They're damn lucky they missed that turn." -

shinga

"Disneyland. They were defecting to the Mouse side of the force." -

seferin

"That's out in the desert right? I'm guessing the Moonlite BunnyRanch. Bugs always was a playa." -

angrysunbird

"Thanks to that damn skit, I can't not pronounce it "Al-ba-coy-kee". Way to piss off my geography teachers, Looney Toons." - ANONYMOUS

"'You're DETHSPICKABLE.' That's like, the greatest unsung catchphrase in the world." -

lucky_lyon

Correct Answer: "Pismo Beach at last, and all the clams we can eat!"

"Unfortunately for them, it is not a nude beach, so PUT SOME PANTS ON YOU DIRTY LOONY TUNES!" -

kristinmachina

2. Trees in the genus Fagus are more commonly referred to as what?

(This answer is extra-short because everyone said "huh huh, fag". Waaaaay too easy. -CV)

"It is no longer politically correct to call them "fagus". They prefer to call themselves Quercus. " -

sgt_siler

"I dunno, but Focus on the Family wants to cut 'em down. " -

thepikey

"The larch. The ... larch. " -

spatialrift,

dslartoo,

grayjedi

(+1, Monty Python's Flying Circus – CV&AL&LL)

"Rainbow trees!" -

jenny_1981

"Ambushes? Kind of trees that pick your pockets - or is that Fagin? " -

sciamachy
"Artful Dodgepines" -

ifeedformula

"Happy little trees. As in, "Now paint a few happy little trees over here!" " -

nadat

"Watch out for that--oh. Never mind." -

puredeadthingy

(+1, George of the Jungle. -CV)

"I wonder how many comments you'll get about the "fag" part of "fagus". Any comments about homosexual trees? Do trees even have genders, anyway? I know there's male and female parts, but are there male and female trees, or are they all both? Hey, I bet this is the beech! Or maybe I've gotten the theme completely wrong.

(Yes, Virginia, there are girl trees and boy trees and hermaphrodite trees. – LL)

"Beech trees... but it would have explained so much if the answer was tobacco plants. " -

un_sedentary

"Beech! I know this cos of my learnings. Mmm, walking in beechwoods with the rustling overhead and the complete DERTH of understory due to its not quite decidous lifecycle. Colonises dry slopes often on chalk. My Ecology: let me show you it. " -

7tree_hugger

"A sit-on-it-and-rotodendrun? " -

mattwolf

Correct Answer: Beech trees

3. What band originally called themselves "The Pendletones" until their name was changed for them?

"This is a rule that should apply to people names in addition to band names. If your name is too stupid, it can be changed for you. Your name is Kal-El Cage? Not anymore. I'm changing it to Jimmy." -

seekingferret

(Like this poor kid, whose parents named him Adolf Hitler? -AL)

"WYLD STALLIONZ!" -

speckled_llama

(Always the correct answer. -CV&AL)

"I'm thinking the theme for this quiz is 'things that are gay'." -

a_l_p_h_a_b_e_t

(Not that there's anything wrong with that. -AL)

"Considering the theme of gayness as previously established, this must be The Village People." -

adalger

(BTW, that isn't the theme, but good idea! -AL)

"The who? ... Wait that's a band. I guess The Who." -

t_sica

"The Artists Formally Known as...oh, God, I don't know. I like how I just gave up in the middle of a joke, there." -

puredeadthingy

(Quitter. -AL)

"'Aruba, Jamaica, Oooh I wanna take ya to Bermuda, Bahama, Come on pretty m---' BANG!!!! TAKE THAT YOU AGING FIFTIES HIPSTERS WHO WRITE INANE SONGS THAT BELONG IN SANDALS COMMERCIALS! *deep breaths* Okay. I feel better now." -

adria_rhiannon

"The Beach Boys - isn't one of them schizophrenic now? Maybe they should be the Scary Older Beach Bums You're Afraid to Talk To" -

kestrel127

(I think I've seen him down here in Galveston. -AL)

"Do you know what the great irony of the Beach Boys is? Only one of them could actually surf --- I KNOW!!!!" -

lucky_lyon

Correct Answer: The Beach Boys

4. What movie features Bette Midler singing the song "Otto Titsling"?

"Otto Titsling? Alberquerque, Fagus, Pendletones, Titsling? This quiz is sounding like a weirdo porno whose creators were sniffing coke between takes." -

morgana006

"I'd love to see Jack Nicholson sing "Lydia the Tattooed Lady"." -

csi_tokyo3

(Actually, so would I. - TL)

"It concerns two of my favorite subjects: industrial theft...& tits! " -

abouthipsanck3s

"Dooooooo your tits hang low? Do they wobble to and fro?" -

lots42

("Can you tie 'em in a knot? Can you tie----MMMMMMPFH!" - TL)
(You're welcome in advance - AL&CV&LL)

"The Dolly Parton Story" -

seekingferret

"Otto does Oxford." -

la_trombonista

"Have you SEEN that woman's chest? What movie ISN'T she singing 'Ought to Tit Sling?'" -

sifrid

"Bette Midler slinging her tits was kinda creepy, considering how old she was at the time. And she got her start singing in gay bars, with Barry Manilow playing piano. Yup, this is the gayest quiz ever." -

adalger

"The Wizard of Oz. ZOMG I KNOW AN ANSWER. I'm so cool. (It's apparently Pick a Random Movie and Pretend to be Cool Day. Didn't you get the memo?)" -

chaotic_cupcake

"I make it a point not to watch any movie with Bette Midler in it." -

dragon_within

(What, not even A League of Their Own? - TL)

""Scream". Wait, no, that's just what Midler's "singing" sounds like." -

dslartoo

"By the song's title, it should be the ultimate guy movie- autos and boobies. But then there's Bette Midler. Which makes it the ultimate boring movie." -

speckled_llama

"I have to admit, though, when I was IMDBing, I typed in Bette Davis and got all confused for a moment." -

cassildra

(Such is the price of webcheating. Well, that and a healthy dose of -50. -CV)

"I had a mug that said "Life's Full Of Beaches". My friend got all jealous and got a mug that said "Life's Full Of Bette Midler". I don't think we were on the same page." -

using_chemicals

"Schfelgis in my Cremectilajoit -- that was back when she was doing all-Yiddish film." -

spiralgirl1

"You Will Be Emotionally Manipulated: Cry, Bitch, Cry! At the Beach." -

kiffle

"On the Beach. She sings it as the radiation warps her into some kind of mushy, atonal monstrosity, a state she remains in long enough to record "The Rose."" -

johnwwells

"Most people will think it's "Beaches", cuz that's the theme of the week. That's a common mistake. It was originally from her one and only porn movie, "Saturday Night Beaver: Featuring The Pendletones"" -

tony101

Correct Answer: "Beaches"

"I have never seen "Beaches". One time at camp, there was a night when all the girls watched "Beaches" and all the boys watched "The Hunt For Red October". Thank goodness I'm a boy." -

rikchik

5. Who was the American abolitionist author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

"I have no idea but if they made that into a movie I'm sure Will Smith will be starring in it." -

sgt_siler

"Oh, the sweet delicious irony of having a black president when this topic comes up. It tastes like candy!" -

thepikey

"Shouldn't that be 'architect'? Or is writing a cabin one of those lost early-American settler skills, like using all the parts of a buffalo or making candles?" -

csi_tokyo3

"There's a statue of Henry Ward Beecher on campus that people used to decorate in the middle of the night. And by "decorate," I mean that someone once taped a sign to his chest that said "I LIKE SYRUP." (We're some wild and crazy college kids, we are.)" -

babybokal

"Wasn't that a Warrant song? Man, I'm so ashamed to know that." -

grayjedi and a few others

(Most other folks only knew the song from "The King And I". -CV)

"I bet it's one of those chick-flick type stories. You know, two or three middle aged women go up to the cabin owned by someone's Uncle Tom and Find Themselves Again or whatever." -

spatialrift47

"Uncle Tom's Cabin sounds like one of those places that teenagers go to to make out. And then Michael Voorhees rises up out of the lake and starts hacking them to bits... Good times..." -

demon_666

(+0.5, Friday the 13th or Halloween, depending. -CV)

"Abolutionists: a conspiracy by the Canadian government to make drunken men reliant on Canadian Beer. It explains a lot, doesn't it?" -

morgana006

(That word you are using... I do not think it means what you think it means. -CV)

"Sheriff Bart, who also invented the CandyGram, but probably won't get credit for it." -

i_calql8

(+1, Blazing Saddles. -CV)

"Aunt Harriet Beecher Stowe, who went on to star in 'Master Bruce's Batcave.'" -

captainsblog

(+2, old TV Batman. -CV)

"Walt Disney. Oh, wait, that was 'Song of the South'..." -

jmthane

"Harriet the Spy!! No? I think Harriet 'The Spy' Beecher Stowe actually sounds pretty cool!" -

kaitimae

"Harriet 'Beechwood Aged' Stowe" -

blindgeoff

"Harriet Beecher Stowe, who, like Harper Lee, began with "H" and wrote exactly ONE book we remember about Southern racial injustice. Combine them for an ATTICUS FINCH VS. SIMON LEGREE CAGE MATCH." -

johnwwells

"I had absolutely no idea of any of the other answers until I read this question. Then I was like, "OH! Harriet Tubman!" And then I was like, "Wait, that didn't help." And FINALLY, I was like, "Shit. Harriet Beecher Stowe.... OH!" -

secret_plasures

Correct Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe

6. What's your favorite seashore activity?

(Selling seashells: seventeen. Suckers. -CV)

"

" -

thepikey

(+1, the good old days. -AL&CV&LL&TL

"Ah, back when PB in San Diego at Crystal Pier wasn't so grody. I enjoyed bodysurfing, boogie boarding, digging up sandcrabs, screaming when kelp touched my leg, throwing said slimy kelp on my brothers, screaming when a plastic bag touched my leg, throwing said "jellyfish" impersonator on brothers, saying "Sex Wax" (guess I should mention I was 12 and under), and blue snow cones. " -

dreadpiratekurt

"I have my fun under the boardwalks. I find it enjoyable to engage in conjugal relations out of the sun, with the relative innocence of those walking above me adding a bit of spice to the encounter" -

lookingforwater

"Avoiding hypothermia. Beachside is the one time being Alsakan sucks." -

mattwolf

"I've only been to the beach in Israel, so my answer is dodging jellyfish. Those motherfuckers hurt. " -

un_sedentary

"I like to wander around muttering about "the voices..." because it scares small children. " -

raienna

"Pretending to drown so the cute lifeguards come save me and give me 'mouth to mouth'. Hey, a girl's gotta get her kicks somewhere. " -

____absolution

"Trying to keep my dog from going after dead birds, dead jellyfish, dead crabs or pretty much anything else on the beach that is already dead. My dog figures that if her odds of victory are significantly better if her opponent is already dead and possibly also broken into small pieces before the fight even starts. " -

tytaniastrange

"Swimming usually. Though if there's a shark net I'll let other people go in the water first and just watch for a bit, y'know, in case there's holes. " -

fmh

"Trying not to burn like a motherfucker. I'm half-Irish. The half that includes the skin. All I have to do is think warm thoughts and I'm five steps closer to growing an all-over tumour. In case you are curious, my other half is Norwegian but no damn Vikings ever showed up for rape and burning (you can't reverse the order) with a sunburn. Or maybe they did, deep under their furs and that's why their so pissed off. All the boat captain has to do is give his men a hearty slap on the back and it's head-chopping time! YEAAARGH! " -

lots42

"Pretending not to look at the breasts of the nudists. " -

nakedblueninja

"I like to sprinkle bread crumbs on sleeping beach-goers. Then I just sit back and wait for the seagulls to arrive. :D" -

sgt_siler

"Making love to my woman as we lie in the moonlit surf... 'cuz I'm not the one who needs to get gritty sand out of 'the naughty bits' after... " -

blindgeoff

(7 others were stuck cleaning sand out of their hoo-hahs. 11 others chose 'Sex On The Beach: The Drink'. -CV)

"Praying no one catches me drowning annoying kids. " -

deza

(I've got your back, soldier. -CV)

"Drawing faces on pebbles with marker pen, then leaving them for other people to find" -

meloglas

And that's the way it is. Maybe the thought of beaches will warm the hearts of those too cold to contemplate them, or perhaps it will motivate our antipodean colleagues to go out and catch some rays. Either way, beach for the sky!

Tune in tomorrow for more hot beachy quiz action!

Rock on...

AL&CV&LL&TL

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From:

germankitty

Waah. No funny for me this week. *sniffle*

Now I'll have to drown my sorrows in gin and pudding!

... oh, wait ... that's kind of a GOOD thing, isn't it?

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chaosvizier.livejournal.com

Gin and pudding is always a good thing!

Though named daily, it is weekly. Behold the first mystery.

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