ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 9 February 2009

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Mount 'em up, quizlings! We're climbing a higher pie!

1. What piece of orchestral music is played when Peer Gynt sneaks into a castle, and, amongst other things, mentally impregnates the king's daughter?

(Ok, slight wording error: He had mentally impregnated the king's daughter beforehand, and was sneaking into and out of the castle at the time of the music. Move along. -CV)

"You're asking me about music when some guy got a chick pregnant with his brain? BRB, refilling my birth control..." -

star_bunnies

"if you drop a letter from the guy's name, he's a GYN, which means he knows a thing or two about pregnancy" -

cjtremlett

"Also, I can impregnate you with my brain." -

palmer_kun

(+1, Firefly. Even if most folks agree that Zeus did it first. -CV)

"Mentally impregnates a Princess! Wow, that's some strong seed he's got there. Reminds me of all the paintings of the Christian God's seed being impregnated in Mary by means of magical dove. So I'm going with 'When Doves Cry' by Prince." -

vayshti

"Pachelbel's Canon." -

mistressjennfer

"When I think about you I touch myself...and you apparently." -

drbear

"Peer and the Wulva with a noteworthy performance by the bassoon!" -

angelprojekt

"Shaft, obviously." -

azdaja_dafema

"Ride of the Valkyrie, although Imaginary Lover would be so much more appropriate." -

jmthane

"'Mentally impregnates' the king's daughter? What? He wishes her pregnant? She thinks she's pregnant? She is pregnant, and the baby's growing in her brain?" -

natt_barn

(Essentially, he thinks "Damn, she's hot, I'd like to be her mounting king", and poof! As if it happened, she becomes knocked up. How's that for fantasy sex? -CV)

"Mentallly impregnates? Who the hell is this guy, Chuck Norris' twin brother? Could any woman bear that much awesome?" -

thepikey

"Mentally impregnate? How's that related to a mind fuck?" -

sskipstress,

anticarnation1

"If you go through all the trouble to sneak into a castle why would you 'mentally impregnate' the princess? Wouldn't you want to ACTUALLY do her? Princesses are hot!" -

marasca

"It's all Grieg to me." -

majorsamfan

"In The Hall Of The Mountain King, also known as also the theme from Inspector Gadget, which never made much sense to me. But hey, if a man can impregnate a princess with the power of his mind, I guess it would be the right theme song for a man who has a rotor come out of his head." -

frequencyshift,

evil_underlord,

johnwwells

"I had a friend who would make up words to it that were something like 'Sneaking on my sneaky feet, sneaky feet, sneaky feet. Sneaking on my sneaky feet just because I can!'" -

theninth

Correct Answer: "In The Hall Of The Mountain King", from the Peer Gynt Suite

"followed by the 'Stopping off in the Kitchen of the Hall of the Mountain King for a Post-Nookie Sandwich' suite." -

csi_tokyo3

2. The Golden Gate Bridge is the number one suicide location; which place supposedly comes in second?

"Wall Street" - 12 stockholders

"The water under the Golden Gate Bridge, which should really get the credit." -

drbear and 9 other fans of the water as the real culprit

"The Silver Gate Bridge" -

yayworthy,

skelde

"The bridge apparently needs a new name: The Pearl Gate Bridge." -

natt_barn

"Well, Buffalo native Michael Bennett said that committing suicide here was redundant; we only came in second because we never win ANYTHING." -

captainsblog

"the Physics building at my university, where somebody actually jumped off one of the lower floors and therefore did not die. A physics student didn't pick a high enough floor to kill himself. Talk about failing at fail..." -

rhiannonjk

"Do you remember when that girl fell off the bridge at Cornell and landed on a raccoon?" -

sskipstress

(We totally do. -AL&CV)

"Math Class." -

gigglingpixie

"It's a tie between teaching 'Defense Against the Dark Arts' at Hogwarts, and drumming on tour for Spinal Tap." -

i_calql8

"Shea Stadium. Maybe not so many suicides, but forty men have been known to choke there in September." -

kristinmachina

"The post office on April 15th..'I've gotta pay HOW MUCH in taxes? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!'*stabbity*" -

ifeedformula

"Niagra falls (because idiots who go over in a barrel must be suicidal)" -

jenny_1981

"The Empire State Building? The Eiffel Tower? The Tower of Pisa? Mount Everest?" -

secret_plasures

(Nope*4. Although I guess it can be suicidal to take on Mt. Everest. -CV)

"Mount Kill-A-Man-Jaro" -

kagomeshuko

"Mount St Helens? If the fall doesn't get you, the hot tub at the bottom will..." -

waitingman

"The Grand Canyon. It's not really suicide though. It's people who have been lulled to sleep on a swayback mule falling off before they realize what's happened." -

its_what_we_are

"Chernobyl, Ukraine. (Well, *I'd* say the people who are still living there despite the dire warnings are committing slow suicide." -

dslartoo

(Fair enough, half credit. -CV)

"Driving in a lovely area of England recently, I came across a huge cliff. Its name? 'Suicide Hill'. Well, they're being honest..." -

puredeadthingy

"Yeah, all of those Japanese people throwing themselves off Mt. Fuji. I would too if my country was always under attack by Godzilla, Mothra and the rest of those giant monsters." -

demon_666

Correct Answer: The "suicide forest" at the base of Mount Fuji

3. Dudley Do-Right was a member of which paramilitary organization?

"The only paramilitary organization I can think of is the French Foreign Legion, and I don't associate outrageous accents with Dudley Do-Right." -

cjtremlett

"I was going to comment on how a Do-Right in a parlimentary organization was a contradiction of terms. But now I see that all my time in school didn't actually teach me to read." -

marasca

"The Mahdi Army. 'Damn you, Snidely, you Zionist-Crusader swine,' he always says." -

dhole

"Blackwater" -

david_deacon

"The A-Team. Only he never made it into the credits because his name wasn't cool enough." -

germankitty

"S.H.I.E.L.D. How do you explain suckitude without Marvel?" -

anticarnation1

(Usually I call that "Image Comics". -CV)

"The Brotherhood of the Travelling Pants, who took a vow to never change their hairstyles and to always dress in wool gabardine, whatever the weather." -

soberloki

"G.I. Joe's Canadian counterpart, E.H. Joe." -

freezer818

"Isn't 'paramilitary' usually used to describe terrorists and/or guerilla fighters? Are the Mounties suddenly terrorists? I mean, besides their perpetual fashion terrorism, that is." -

seekingferret

"Gay marriage is legal in Canada, they're called the 'Mounties', and 'they always get their man'. Jeez, you

ljdq mods are stuck on this 'gay' theme, aren't you?" -

thepikey

(Well, it's a central theme of MY life, anyway. -AL)

"I'm only sad that I wasn't the one who mounted them." -

stagemanager

(And

stagemanager's. -AL)

"The Royal Canadian Mounted Patrol: more proof that while Canada exists in the real world, it is not a real country. Honestly, I think the Canadians enjoy this fact." -

photosinensis

(You get three-fourths credit. -AL)

"The Mounties are a paramilitary organisation??? O.O Goodness... I've just experienced a Canadian paradigm of intergalactic proportions. I thought all they did was ride horses and drink maple syrup" -

lucky_lyon

"Okay, another Canadian reference?

ljdq, you've got 2 and 3 mixed up with some other theme. We're all done laughing at Canada already, can we move on now?"

(We'll be done laughing at Canada when WE say we're done laughing at Canada! -CV&AL&LL&TL)

"OH MY GOD! OMG, I actually know an answer. Like, seriously and for real actually know it. I think this is the first time I've ever actually known an answer on this quiz! THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT! Ummm, he was a Mountie, right?" -

_datenshi_

Correct Answer: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or "Mounties"

"...the squad of awesomeness that protects Canada, eh." -

saphireseas

4. What 1995 chick flick featured Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, and Wales?

"Free Willy" - 19
"Free Hugh's Willy" -

kristinmachina
"Star Trek 4" -

spiralgirl1,

lady_lilith,

saphireseas

"Did you know that baby whales are born tail-first, so's they don't drown in the process? I think that's hilarious." -

babybokal

"Can we get something a bit more 'politically correct', CV? I mean... 'chick flick'?" -

kittycatness

(In my defense,

lovellama wrote this question. -CV)
(Hey, I lifted that question (with a date and co-star change) directly from a previous quiz! - LL)
(In my defense,

angledge wrote the original question. -CV)

"Despite my possession of a pair of boobs and a cooch (that are actually mine. I don't want the denizen of LJDQ to think I randomly snatch body parts from innocent women.) I don't actually know this. Can I have a sports question instead?" -

illogicalvulcan

(Thank god you don't, else your cootch could be haunted!! [Link NSFW] - LL)
(Huh huh, she said "snatch". After "cooch". -CV)

"I bet Frodo and Sam would have loved it if Mount Doom had been that easy to climb..." -

broken_moons

"Was that the one where Hugh waits in his car with a handful of 20's?" -

howeird

(No, that had Julia Roberts in it. -CV)

"Ten Things I Hate About You... And Wales" -

1angelette

"Awkward Yet Charming Englishman With Large Teeth Has Sex." -

lots42

"Four Mountains and a Bunch of LLLLLLs." -

captainsblog

"I always confuse Hugh Grant and Hugh Jackman. And then there's Hugh Hefner..." -

secret_plasures

"Does Hugh Grant ever do anything else? Is he just on the list for go to guys for chick flicks? 'Hot lead. British accent. Cute butt in tight pants. Sean Connery past his prime? Call up Hugh.'" -

indiana_j

"The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill and Had Ten Thousand Men and Marched Them Up To the Top of the Hill and Marched Them Down Again" -

angelprojekt

"The Englishman Who Went Up a Humpback But Came Down an Orca?" -

mistressjennfer

"The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain And Forgot To Tell His Producers That Shorter Titles Sell Better. Asshole." -

distaff_exile

"Far more boring than some (even longer) titles on this list; my personal favorite is no. 27: 'I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney'." -

germankitty

Correct Answer: The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain

"Surprisingly, Wales only appeared in a cameo as Belgium." -

billfl

5. What French commune, once a monastery, an abbey, and a prison, is located at the mouth of the Couesnon River?

"Huh-huh, you said couesnon." -

drbear

"It was known to be visited by british soldiers riding in on coconuts." -

rhiannonjk

(They also had outrageous accents. -CV)

"Whatever it is, it's the only place in France where someone is taking a bath. You know, because of the river." -

grayjedi

"Wow the french really know how to reinvent themselves don't they...but none of those really scream SEX do they?" -

xraex21

(Well, maybe the prison... -CV)

"It should be listed as Commune, Abbey, Monastery, and Prison, aka CAMP. Think of it as summer camp for boys who will never get any." -

judith_s

"I bet there's a cafe or restaurant there now." -

natt_barn

(Les Bucks d'Etoiles is a great place to find some expensive monk-brewed coffee... -CV)

'Le Kibbutz Francais." -

bluetourmaline

"Wally World" -

illogicalvulcan

(+1, National Lampoon's Vacation. -CV)

"Montropolis: home to the French Superman, 'L'Homme Superbe (avec le béret).'" -

csi_tokyo3

"Saint Abbey's Correctional Institution for Gifted Youngsters and Baguettes." -

star_bunnies

"I lived on a commune once, before they got such a bad reputation from that Manson fellow and the Kool Aid people. It was cool, not paying taxes and always being surrounded by friends and braiding hair, and we didn't even kill anyone!" -

angelprojekt

"I've always wanted to visit Mont St. Michel, though admittedly that's partly because it's the closest I'll ever get to visiting Minas Tirith." -

darthparadox

"I'm hoping it's Mont Saint-Michel. That's where King Arthur killed a giant by stabbing him through the testicles! It was awesome." -

callirhoe

(How did I miss that part of Arthurian mythology? -CV)

Correct Answer: Le Mont-Saint Michel

"Is it bad that I want it to also be a brothel?" -

wrestlingdog

6. What was the high point of your life?

(...so far, of course. I'm sure the best is yet to come, especially if you're all young and stuff. -CV)

"I had Dippin' Dots once." -

dhole

(Nowhere to go but up, mate. -CV)

"Well, I have a mug full of absinthe at the moment, so I'm pretty high." -

azdaja_dafema

"Snakes on a Plane. because it's always the answer. always." -

faery_wing

"I haven't grown since I was fifteen, and I haven't yet begun to shrink, so right now is probably my high point." -

callirhoe

(You should try heels. -CV)

"None, I didn't inhale." -

packbat

"This one time at Band Camp..." -

avron

(+1, American Pie. -CV)

"Are we talking Snoop Doggy Dog high point or my natural high point?" -

its_what_we_are

(...I confess to not knowing the difference. -CV)

"Taking mah first plane ride last year. WOO. 35 kilofeet baby!" -

ntlespino

"it WILL be Feb 28, when I get married!" -

jenny_1981

(Congratulations! -AL&CV&LL&TL)

"singing at Carnegie Hall." -

stagemanager

"setting my hair or fire in church" -

wrestlingdog

"That threesome (Wish I was less drunk at the time, though)" -

freezer818

"Discovering that I was no longer ticklish in the 'Heehee, stop, you're killing me!' way. The 'OhmyGAWDdon'tstopyesyesYES!' way then turned out to be the next high point ..." -

germankitty

" Unlike the goddam Batman, this picture always brings a high point. To my pants. -CV

" -

watergal

"Getting Neil Gaiman to sign my copy of his first book, Duran Duran: The First Four Years of the Fab Five. You could feel the waves of bemusement spreading across the room." -

laughingacademy

"that reminds me of this time that I got stuck for 15 minutes at the top of a supercoaster--at the top of the first crest, 200 feet in the air--with nothing in front of me but a plastic thing across my lap, a 175-foot drop, and someone to puke on." -

angelprojekt

"Reading a letter to the editor in my newspaper from a former student, graduated from college, telling what a great math teacher I was, and wishing there were more teachers like me at the college she attended. That makes my overall success rate about 1 for about 2,000...but what a 1 that was." -

i_calql8

"Meeting

sexyscholar at B-fest in Chicago. We've gone every year for the last five and only missed this year because our daughter is due on the 23rd and B-fest was too close to the date to risk traveling. They call us 'the B-fest couple' and have recognized us the last few years, we met at the first one, were married by the second, had our son Kieran by the third (we brought pictures), I guess it was very squee worthy for the young ladies running the ticket counter." -

fmh

"I was on Ricki Lake because I'd met my then-girlfriend on the internet (this was in 1997, when such things were, you know, novel). Thus, I can say with absolute honesty that, 'Ricki Lake is the only woman to ever answer one of my online personal ads.'" -

etcet

"Holidaying in Australia and meeting stacks of relatives for the first time. Petting a kangaroo and a dolphin, and being laughed at by a kookaburra when the dolphin decided it'd be great fun to splash *everyone*." -

gigglingpixie

(+1 for saying "kookaburra". -CV)

"hasn't happened yet, but will
any day now, that being the birth of my niece. Our plans include buying very noisy toys, taking them up to the baby, giving them to her, and then driving 5 hours back home laughing evilly. We've been working on our evil laughs ever since we found out about the pregnancy." -

umbralcorax

"When I first discovered how well kittens, pudding, and alcohol go together." -

tarnera

Correct Answer: "The day I discovered ljdq, of course!" - 17 of you

Extra-special Bonus Answer, Courtesy of captainsblog:
"I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row.

I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru.

Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge.

I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been called number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat .400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me.

I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me.

But I have never been quoted six times in a single quiz."

And the theme of the week was Mountains. Not "mounting", as some of you thought. That's different, but don't let us stop you. You never know when you're going to peak out at something in range. In summitry, mountains.

Welcome aboard all new quizlings! As always, hope you enjoy, and hope you go out and tell your friends. Advertising! It's not just for breakfast anymore!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL&TL