LJ Daily Answers: 16 February 2009

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This theme is a plain old theme. Not on a plain. Or a plane.

1. Clint Eastwood plays the ghost of a murdered marshal in what movie?

"I'm imagining Clint with a sheet over his head and a cowboy hat on top of that, doing quick-draw shootouts despite the fact that he can't be shot. Spooky." - rikchik

"I bet the ghost of Chuck Norris could beat up the ghost of Clint Eastwood with his hands tied behind his back. With... uh... ghost string." - frequencyshift

"I didn't know Eastwood did scifi. That's weird." - jrho

(Sure, he was an astronaut in that one where Tommy Lee Jones landed on the moon without a rocket. -CV)

"Thurgood Marshall is dead? When the hell did that happen? Why am I such a noob at politics?" - oldstarnewshine

"damnit, even in death Clint's going to keep those damn kids off his lawn." - killabee886

"I'm not sure, but the crossover slash fic making pottery with Patrick Swayze was horrifying..." - mujubius

(-1 just for contemplating that. -CV)

"Go Ahead, Dig My Grave" - csi_tokyo3

"The Good, the Bad, and the... BOO!!!" - seekingferret

"All Dogs Go To Heaven?" - first_seventhe

"The Ghost What Squinted" - primavera

"A Christmas Carol, starring Dirty Harry" - wint3rhart

"Unforgiven II: The Unforgivening" - dslartoo

"I would watch that, if it was written by Strong Bad." - wrestlingdog

"Truefax: Clint actually commited suicide for the movie in order to play the part more realistically. He came back once filming was done by beating up everybody in heaven. Using only his feet." - lots42

"Was he the ghost or the brother of the ghost? Depends on what language you're watching it in, I guess." - deza

(True. We figure, English version's the right version. Crazy fur'ners and their misinterpolations. -CV)

Correct Answer: High Plains Drifter



2. Fun with lyrics! Name the band and the song:
I'll start this off without any words
I got so high I scratched 'till I bled
I love myself better than you
I know it's wrong so what should I do?

"Well, at least it doesn't look like it's about necrophilia." - jmthane

(Considering the state of the lead singer, that might not be entirely accurate. -CV)

"Getting high, self-abuse, narcissism, rampant ego-tripping...it must be a Nirvana song." - dslartoo

"My god four sentences with seven "I's" no wonder he loves himself better than you, commitment-phobe anyone?" - killabee886

"LYING BASTARDS! How can you have lyrics about not having lyrics!?" - blindgeoff and a dozen others

"I'm not sure they're actually bleeding either." - rikchik

(I am. -CV)

"Bright Eyes? i think the next line is something about 'the answer' involving 'cutting myself' and 'drinking wine from a box'..." - blackfrances

(Drinking wine from the box: always the wrong answer. -CV)

"I'd suggest they get some Savlon (which is magical healing cream in Britain land)" - spiffington

"I don't think I've ever gotten so high I scratched myself that bad. I did once ate a pickle, mayo and peanut butter sandwich while high, though." - ifeedformula

"Crack is wack! Nancy Reagan says 'Don't Do Drugs!' And if she's good enough to sit on Mr. T's lap than you sho better not being getting high." - akiyasan

"Babara Sutoreisando!!" - sciamachy

(+1, South Park. -CV)

"The part of A-Rod's confession that did not make the air." - kristinmachina

"Is this a Michael Phelps bong joke?" - demon_666

"'I Am a Totally Awesome Long-Term Relationship Prospect,' by T-Rex and Utahraptor" - johnwwells

"I once played Heart Shaped Box on Guitar Hero at a Best Buy. Girl maybe half my age or so complimented me on how well I did. At half my age, its highly unlikely she was even alive when Kurt died so... Yeah, I felt old." - umbralcorax

"It sounds whiny and self-indulgent... so I'm going to go with grunge. Nirvana? Kurt Cobain? Was there a grunge rocker whinier? *ducks missiles thrown by many '90s high-school graduates who worshipped the unwashed, suicidal, flannel-wearing guitar hack*" - adria_rhiannon

Correct Answer: Nirvana, "On A Plain"



3. The Great Lakes are Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and Lake Huron. For 18 days in 1998, what was declared to be the sixth Great Lake?

"I'm betting global warming had something to do with its demotion. Like it evaporated from 'Great' to 'Really, Really Big'." - adria_rhiannon

"LOCH NESS IS THE GREATEST OF LAKES, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY" - undersea

(But it isn't even a lake! -AL)

"Lake Eyre. Hey, it almost never has any water in it, yet it's still called a lake - you can hardly get any greater than that, can you?" - sjl

(Your land is a dry land, Aussie Quizling. -AL)

"Lake Pluto, but it turned out to be just a pity nomination." - wint3rhart

"the Great Rikki Lake" - zxwx

"The puddle of mansweat formed when Chuck Norris and Mr. T arm wrestled." - mattwolf

"A giant flock of evil beavers damned Niagra Falls and it took 18 days to figure out how to pull the plug." - its_what_we_are

"Great Slave Lake? Great Bear Lake? My grade nine geography teacher taught us those by saying 'The slave is under the bear', and to a grade nine class, those words created quite the image." - using_chemicals

"I'm more curious as of the criteria to get into the 'Great Lake Club'. And what horrible thing did that poor sixth Great Lake commit to be thrown out again? Did it wear the same prom dress as Lake Michigan? No, really, I'm curious about any little gossipy bit you'll throw my way." - lemiru

"Lake Inferior, which really wasn't deemed to be a 'Great' Lake after all. Because, y'know, Inferior. That, and it would turn the mnemonic into HOMIES, which really ticked off all those cracker cartographers." - thepikey

"Lake Champlain! Wanting to be all 'great' and stuff. Ain't gonna happen, HOMES will smack you down bitch. HOMES in the house!!!!" - uadlika

"I know this one! Lake Champagne! Wait...right?" - abouthipsanck3s

(Full credit. -AL&LL&TL&CV)

"Lake Champlain, it was all Bill Clinton's fault." - ginalin

(Sort-of true. I blame Senator Leahy of Vermont. This was a bit of political chicanery attempting to divert some funding. -AL)

"Lake Champlain is NOT a Great Lake. Stop trying to steal our thunder, Vermont and New York! Love and kisses, the state of Michigan." - shel99

Correct Answer: Lake Champlain



4. In the musical "My Fair Lady", Eliza Doolittle, while learning to speak "proper" English, is forced to repeat what rhyming phrase?

"There once was a man from Nantucket." - jrho, seferin, grayjedi, freezer818, naraht

"In brightest day! In blackest night!...no, wait, that's Green Lantern." - fmh

"The life of the wife is ended by the knife" - abouthipsanck3s, spiralgirl1, dk2022, using_chemicals, la_trombonista

(+1, Family Guy. -CV)

"It's a treat to beat your feet in the Mississippi mud." - drbear

(+1, M*A*S*H. -CV)

"norway, more like snoreway" - kira_snugz

"I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit!" - joscelin

"Don't tie me to the bed, I won't pee in the music room again, I promise." - pyllgrum

"It puts the lotion in the basket or it gets the hose again!" - squeegibo

"No officer, I blacked my eye when I fell down some stairs..." - nhudris_embrace

"I liked the Sesame Street bit, from when Tracy Ullman came on, showing how her trash lady character learned to lose her fancy accent and switch to a grouchy rasp under the tutelage of a Victorian Oscar. I believe her phrase was 'The grouches in the south of France love getting mud upon their pants.'" - rikchik

"'Iberia's storming due to Global Warming.' (2009 adaptation)" - germankitty

"The snakes in Spain are mainly on this mother fucking plane!" - sgt_siler

Correct Answer: "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain."

"My brain + this refrain X 1000 = pain..." - shel99



5. According to William Shakespeare in "Love's Labours Lost", what objects "best pierce the ear of grief"?

"I think Vincent van Gogh solved that issue just fine." - akiyasan

"Mike Tyson's teeth" - i_calql8

"The Q-Tip of Destiny!" - naraht

"Ice pick. You can get all the way to the brain without any trouble." - jrho

(...disturbing? -AL)

"the sound of little girls yelling at the Jonas Brothers" - jadedsapphire

"Here, at the three minute mark. She could pierce the ears of Abe Lincoln's head on Mount Rushmore." - katiebgood

(-1, making me watch any part of Pride & Prejudice trying to find the sound you were referring to. -AL)

"A needle of grief, obviously." - undersea

"The earrings of grief. Sold at the jewellers of grief for the low low price of $199.99 AUD." - jechocochan

(I hate shopping there. -AL)

"Well, plain hypoallergenic studs heal cleanest. But you should really wait until you calm down a bit before you add another hole to your body. A piercing is for life, particularly if it infects." - lookingforwater

"Ear-piercing is so 1980. Grief should pierce its eyebrow instead." - shel99

"...when I got my ears pierced the first time, the back of the earring dropped out of the gun and down my shirt. The guy piercing my ear reached down my shirt to retrieve it and got a handful of boob instead. All I got was an infected earlobe and my first feeling-up at 14." - KIRKPATRICK

"Honest, plain words. Though I think Shakespeare's wrong. 'Stop complaining about your dead mum, no one cares.' Can't see that piercing the ear of grief." - mujubius

Correct Answer: Honest plain words (Act V, Scene ii)

"At best such objects will cause the grief of infection." - yayworthy



6. We've seen the high points of your lives; now tell us what's just plain ordinary about you!

"I'm getting older - just like everyone else." - jmthane

(Ugh, too true. -AL&CV&LL)

"Given my druthers I'm partial to sitting with a fresh coffee and reading whatever book I'm currently on then doing anything else. I'm a man of inaction." - fmh

"I do it all for the lulz." - photosinensis

"I'm just this gal/guy, you know?" - deza, umbralcorax

(+1, HHGTTG. -CV)

"My tastes for malt liquor and fried chicken. (Oh wait, that's what's stereotypical about me.)" - freezer818

"eat my hot dogs plain, my cheeseburgers plain (just ketchup), my pizza plain (just cheese.)" - kristinmachina

("Hey Vinnie, gimme a cheese with nothin'." - "NUTHIN'?!?" -CV)

"I have two legs, two arms, and a face. Sometimes I get them out of my drawer and show them to people." - mujubius

"My elbows. Not sharp, not sexy, just a bit dirty." - drbear

"all of my parts are exemplary. except for my toenails because i suck at painting them." - kira_snugz

"ever since i became an ordinary driver of highways in the DC area, i ordinarily drive like a complete asshole. and i ordinarily prefer the term 'cocksucker' when describing the drivers surrounding me." - blackfrances

"My perfectly ordinary appreciation of a good gin & tonic." - blindgeoff

(Would that there were more ordinary folks like you about. -CV)

"When dropped, I fall at a rate of 32 feet per second per second." - laughingacademy

"" - viyl__

"Hanes tighty whities. Doesn't get more ordinary than that." - bassnote

"my husband says it's like watching evolution in action watching me gradually wake up in the mornings. It's safe to say I'm not a morning person." - lins_arosa

"I was voted (unofficially) the library patron with the most unusual reading list by the local library staff." - ifeedformula

"My good LJDQ Quizmasters and -Mistresses, there is nothing ordinary about us! We, as quiz takers, are offended! But not offended enough to type 'We take LJDQ, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE!'....
..............
.....Your Mom.
......*sobs*" - 4492

Revised Correct Answer: "I am a frustrated figure, seen hitting my head against walls and then soothing my aches with an icepack. I have been known to do crossword puzzles on my lunch breaks, sometimes messing them up with wrong answers. I can cuss in Serbo-Croatian, I sleep during operas, I manage time poorly. Occasionally, I eat leftovers three days in a row.

I try to woo women with my lame-ass jokes, I can drink Guinness with unflagging speed, and I burn Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in D&D, a veteran of heartbreak, and banned from one Peruvian restaraunt.

Using only a garden hose and a pair of sneakers, I once single-handedly destroyed an anthill. I whistle poorly, I was a member of the Boy Scouts, I have watched a few documentaries. When I'm bored, I look at porn sites. I enjoy suburban fast-food dining. On Wednesdays, after school, I would do my homework.

I am a bullshit artist, have a concrete patio, and am a worthless lackey. Critics worldwide laugh their asses off at most anything I wear. I have sweaty palms. I am an American citizen and receive junk mail. I have been prank called and have never won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured Nebraska by Amtrak. I bat .128. My fumbling attempts at paint-by-numbers have earned me notoriety in international art circles. Children taunt me.

I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects and sometimes hit them, but not often. I once watched Spider Man, The Fellowship of the Ring, and Predator 2 in one day and still had time to do a load of laundry that evening. I know the approximate location of most food items in my supermarket. I never performed any covert operations for the CIA. I sleep when I can; but not always soundly, and I'm told I snore. I hear Canada has some nice bakeries. The laws of physics apply to me far more than I would like, for gravity is a harsh mistress.

I get quoted in the ljdq about half the time, maybe a little more." - thepikey



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