ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 23 March 2009

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"I wonder how many Australians are going to complain that there's nothing about their land down under on this DQ." -

hinotori

The movie "Australia" was too easy. And, uh, screw 'em. Did anyone make a movie called "March of the Koalas"? Nope. Penguins trump marsupials. Game over.

1. Which virgin princess was seduced by a snow white bull?

"I'm pretty sure that's illegal, CV." -

kittycatness

(You probably haven't visited Ancient Greece lately, have you? -CV)

"She must have been a blonde. Blondes always swallow a line of bullshit." -

jmthane

"as if you can find any princess which is still a virgin." -

b_hulsmans

(Exhibit A: The Jonas Brothers. -CV)

"I know the bull wasn't Merrill Lynch." -

arctos_star

"The virgin SoBe, who showed No Fear as the Monster went at her Full Throttle, like a RockStar, until he was a Red Bull." -

i_calql8

"Damn racist virgin princesses." -

drbear

"OH OH I KNOW THIS, LINDSEY LOHAN RIGHT? oh waiiiiiit, bull, not bulldyke, and virgin, not --" -

sifrid

"I thought Princess Fiona lost it to an ogre, not a bull?!" -

wiredwizard

"How desperate do you have to be to make it with a bull? Even Jasmine waited until some common theif showed interest in her. Of course, he did save her from being be-handed but come on. Aladdin? Even Jafar was a better choice and he was evil and smelled like bird poop. And what was up with those dry crackers anyone? Nobody had any cheese in that kingdom? No wonder Gilbert was evil." -

lots42

"Princess Peach. Mario never lived that one down." -

thepikey

"Connie Swail. Although this is the first I've heard Dan Ackroyd referred to as 'a snow white bull'" -

umbralcorax

(Don't you mean 'the virgin Connie Swail'? - DUN da-dun dun DUUNNN! +1, Dragnet. -CV)

"Buttercup" -

babybokal

"Madonna" -

primavera

"Bella Swan" -

la_trombonista

"ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS - EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE." -

darthparadox

(+1, 2010. -CV)

"Has anyone imagined what Law and Order: Olympus Victims Unit would be like? And then CSI: Olympus after Hera's done with them..." -

ntlespino

"That's what Europa CLAIMED, but I think the ancient Greeks just had a thing for bestiality and cheating on their husbands. 'What are you doing to that poor goose!?' - 'Uhm...Zeus?' ... 'How the hell did you get pregnant while I was AWAY at WAR?' - '...Zeus.' ... 'Why does our kid have the head of a bull?' - 'Zeus. ZEUS ZEUS ZEUS.'" -

and_be_blue

Correct Answer: Europa

2. Fun with lyrics! Name the band and the song:
Do you remember when we used to dance
And incidence arose from circumstance
One thing lead to another we were young
And we would scream together songs unsung

"It's like H.P. Lovecraft started writing lyrics." -

beckyh2112

"I'm pretty sure that 'incidence' isn't like... an incident. I'm pretty sure he means his penis. And I don't care who it's by because it's about sex." -

kittycatness

"It can't be a song. It's unsung. Maybe it's a scrong because it's screamed." -

vorquellyn

"If songs that are screamed are considered unsung, then why do metal bands list that noisy guy in front as a singer?" -

mattwolf,

judith_s

"'Im In Ur Songz' by Makin Them Seckshual" -

jack_cole

"All I saw was the word 'dance' at first, and I immediately hoped it was going to be Safety Dance. I was sorely disappointed." -

and_be_blue

"Key words: dance, incidence, arose, young, scream. Clearly this is of the Michael Jackson oeuvre." -

angelchicken

"Why do you always pick songs that I have never ever heard of, much less listened to?" -

tarnera

(This one is

lovellama's fault. Even I don't know this song. -CV)

"If it isn't on guitar hero, it isn't a song!" -

anticarnation1

"Given the theme, I was kinda hoping for The Final Countdown..." -

broken_moons

(Fair enough, but we used Europe in the first question. You can have half-credit. -CV)

"'Asia' was a compromise name after the founding band members rejected 'Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Sacco and Vanzetti.'" -

captainsblog

"Sarah 'I can See Asia From My Backyard!' Palin, 'Song for Bristol'" -

howeird

Correct Answer: Asia, "Heat of the Moment"

3. Who wrote scintillating letters in the 1500's about the sexual and childbirth practices of the New World's indigenous people?

(Automatic -1 to everyone who equated "scintillating" to "sparkling" to "[insert Twilight reference here]". In fact, -2. -CV)

"You know, scintillating isn't that far off from titillating..." -

la_trombonista,

babybokal

(True, but he was not the titular character in these letters... -CV)

"Wow, I knew Margaret Mead was old, but not that old!" -

ginalin,

glamsith,

etumukutenyak
"Wow, I knew Dr. Ruth was old, but not that old!" -

akiyasan,

flawed_karma,

kristinmachina

"John Bunyan. Have you actually read Pilgrim's Progress? It's a smutty book." -

stagemanager

"A Scorpio. Ah, to be obsessed with sex all the time is such a hardship..." -

frequencyshift

"Sir Larry De Flynt" -

freezer818
"Sir Hughus Von Heifner" -

mattwolf

"It was the pseudonym 'Naymewythelde By Requestte', written to Penthouse Magazine in their first Forum." -

i_calql8
"Ferdinand Magellan. 'Dear Penthouse Letters... I never thought this would happen on my first trip circumnavigating the globe...'" -

tony101

"I couldn't get past 'scintillating letters' without thinking about how that would look on a scroll rendered by the Old World Wide Web in 1501. 'Hey, Gutenberg! That moveable type thing that you do? Black is boring. I want it in multiple colors that flash somehow!'" -

traveller_blues

"The Marquis de Sade. Or the Pope. The Pope seems to always be writing encyclicals about that sort of thing, no matter whether it's the 21st century or the 16th or whenever." -

jmthane

"Those blasted dwarves just can't keep their mouths shut! My bets are on Doc. It's the jolly ones you can't trust." -

jechocochan

"If you had ever been present at childbirth you would not describe it as 'scintillating' you'd be screaming 'OH MY GOD! WHAT IS THAT?!!!!! GET ME OUT OF HERE! I NEVER WANT TO SEE FEMALE PRIVATE PARTS AGAIN!!!'" -

demon_666

"John Smith? (At least that's how he signed himself in at the Motel 6 when he brought that 14 year-old Indian girl.)" -

david_deacon
"You can't believe anything that John Smith douche said. He claimed that every daughter of every chieftain fell in love with him then threw herself upon him so dear-old-dad wouldn't kill him. I'm pretty sure he never really poked her hontas in the first place, it's all just lies." -

spiralgirl1

(Hey, sometimes you just gotta poke a hontas. If you know what I mean. And I think you do. -CV)

"It's probably ten pages to say 'Tee-hee, boobies! Also, they wash open wounds with fresh water. Penis!'" -

lots42

"Amerigyno Vespucci" -

darthparadox

"Amerigo Vespervert" -

broken_moons

Correct Answer: Amerigo Vespucci

4. Ralph Vaughan Williams' seventh symphony was also known by what title?

(I actually can't believe people got this right. Webcheaters, we're watching you... -CV)

"This question hurt Mongo's brain. Mongo just pawn in the chess game of life." -

nitasee

(+1, Blazing Saddles. -CV)

"Psh. R.V. Williams has got nothing on John Williams." -

broken_moons

(True that. Many others agree with you. -CV)

"'The Cassowary Descending'. Ahhh....nothing makes me happier than the contemplation of a creature made for flying, which can't, and to see it plummet like a large, feathery hessian sack filled with sausage, as if hurled from a trebuchet built by Medieval recreationists, to land with a with a squishy, satisfying 'plmmmmmf', preceded, of course, by a forlorn squawk..." -

sagaciouslu

(You may have +1 for the phrase "feathery hessian sack filled with sausage". -CV)

"Old No. 7, after the Jack Daniels he guzzled while composing it." -

drbear

"The Taste of Paste" -

angelchicken
"I bent my wookie" -

akiyasan

(+1, The Simpsons. -CV)

"Symphony VII: This Time It's Personal." -

darthparadox

"Symphony VII: Electric Boogaloo" -

captainsblog

"My son's name is Ralph. Unfortunately, he is not showing signs of musical affinity, so I am constantly "entertained" with off-beat renditions of 'Hokey-Pokey' and 'Twinkle twinkle'." -

demon_666

" It's not the worlds tiniest violin playing 'My Heart Bleeds For You' because cats can't play violin. -CV

" -

abouthipsanck3s

"My hockey gloves are made by Vaughn. Wonder if they're related." -

sskipstress

(Well, hockey might have been invented by penguins and seals battling for food... -CV)

"It's too fucking cold to play an instrument here" -

raphsody606

"Yet another example of how the British Isles are populated with nutjobs: pronouncing R-A-L-P-H as 'Rayf.'" -

babybokal

(I fully agree. Lord Voldemort, I'm looking at you. -CV)

Correct Answer: Sinfonia antartica (The Antarctic Symphony)

"His Sinfonia Arctica was abandoned when he was successfully treated for bipolar syndrome." -

howeird

5. What movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1985?

"please to be specifying whether you want the winner of that year or the winner of that year's show." -

b_hulsmans,

ntlespino

(The Award is for a movie that was released in 1985, even though the awards ceremonies are held the following year. Yes, it's confusing. Blame the academy. -CV)

(And while we're at it, automatic -50's to all the "I'm too young" emo kids. If enough of you got #3 right despite the 500 year difference, then you can handle 25 years. Let's move along. -CV)

"There were movies back then?" -

jack_cole

(You get an extra -1 from your most venerable older moderators. -AL&CV&LL, but not TL because she's still wee)

"how many LJers were even alive in 1985?" -

dragon_within

(Enough. Including all four mods. -CV)

"'Chicks cannot hold their smoke, dat's what it is.' Man, The Breakfast Club *totally* deserved it." -

thepikey

"Back To The Future... or was that Best Picture in 2015?" -

yayworthy,

rachelkachel

(And 1885 as well! -CV)

"One of the ones with the message. And the people. They have hair. And speak. Sometimes. You know. There was conflict! And a resolution that may or may not have been satisfactory. But a lesson was learned, that's for sure. Unless it wasn't. Which was the lesson." -

angelchicken

(There's a reason I don't watch movies that win Academy Awards. -CV)

"I gave up on the academy awards after Police Academy was stiffed. I mean seriously, it deserved an award, it has Academy right there in the title!" -

umbralcorax

"The nominees are: 'In and Out of Africa', 'The Color Pink,' 'French Kiss of the Spider Woman,' 'Prizzi's On Her and Off Her' and 'Titness'. Oops, sorry, I looked up the Porno Awards." -

drbear

"It truly amazed me that 'The Color Purple' (a movie about African-American people) took home none of the major awards, but a movie about WHITE people in AFRICA got 'Best Picture'!" -

majorsamfan

"I saw the Canadian version, Oot of Africa, starring Robert Redford as Denys Tim Horton." -

captainsblog

"My favorite bit is when Meryl Streep shoots a lion in the face. BAM! Remind me never to fuck with Meryl Streep." -

wrestlingdog

Correct Answer: "Out of Africa"

6. When you're upset, what helps make you content?

"Dudes! 'Content' and 'continent' are NOT the same thing!" -

watergal

(Did you HONESTLY think I would conclude this quiz with anything that might make our viewers think of 'incontinence'? That way lies only horror and madness. -CV)

"I love the LJDQ, only they would think that this weeks theme of 'continent' could be mushed down into 'content'. That being said, the five boxes of Thin Mints and Samoas sitting on my kitchen counter would be a start - wait, make that four. Forgot I already ate one." -

frequencyshift

"Chocolate laced with thorazine does the trick every time." -

ginalin. Most people were happy with just the chocolate.

"LJDQ of course. Or large tub of B&J. Which is basically the same: weird, sweet and full of goodness." -

usmu

(This week's quiz sponsored by Ben and Jerry's ice cream. And I for one welcome our new dairy overlords. -CV)

"Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is!" -

thepikey

(...and co-sponsored by Alka-Seltzer, because sometimes we make you all gassy. -CV)

"It's just a jump to the left,
And then a step to the ri-iii-ght.
Put your hands on your hips
And pull your knees in tight,
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insa-aaa-ne...
Um... I mean... I am a sweet little innocent girl who enjoys puppies! Yeah, that's it!" -

raienna

"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens. Brown paper packages all tied up with strings - these are a few of my favorite things!" -

actuallyspatula

(I grudgingly have to give you +1 for The Sound of Music. Maybe. -CV)

"Aha! I bet you thought it was going to be a photo of a woman with large breasts!" -

david_deacon

(Seriously, what have you done with the regular

david_deacon? -CV)

"The Kenya video always makes me smile. And this week I need to smile, after my heart was ripped out and stomped on on Thursday night. WHY, AU, WHY???" -

wrestlingdog

(Just for you, you may have this hyperlink. -CV)

"Knowing that I am going on my honeymoon this weekend!!!!!! 9 days in Florida! Away from the cold that is upstate NY!" -

jenny_1981

"Bacon" -

anticarnation1

(Full credit. -CV)

"I'll take a Sambuca, a Tequila, some rum, a Kirin draft, and a Fosters. Then we can go bug the African research fellows on Antarctica and find out what they're drinking. I bet they've got pudding." -

glamsith

(Funny thing, that... many years ago, a friend of ours spent time in Africa in the Peace Corps. She came back for New Years one year with a box of liquor packets. Yes, packets - they were in small plastic packets, much as you would find soy and duck sauce in Chinese takeout. You just rip the edge and squeeze the shot of liquor in your mouth. Needless to say, African Death Ketchup Liquor burned our tongues, livers, eyes, and perhaps even our souls with its vile... vileness. Rest assured, you do NOT want to know what the Africans are drinking. -AL&CV)

"When I'm upset, I go into my bedroom, turn off the lights, turn on some music and watch my saltwater fish. There's nothing more content than watching fish, in my opinion. This only works if my algae is under control, however." -

starryeyes203

(Curse you, Aqua-Scum! -CV)

"ignoring my mother's calls." -

arctos_star

"There are certain unpleasant situations in life that can only be remedied by eating a giant spoonful of peanut butter. I know this from experience." -

babybokal

And there you have it. Continents (not continence) were the theme. Sorry you got dogged there, Australia, but polar bears and penguins are just so darn cute, even more so than those koala dudes. Better luck next time.

Thanks for playing, all, hope you had fun, hope you enjoyed the day's answers, welcome aboard new players, and all that good stuff. See you tomorrow!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL&TL

Current Music: That damn "Africa" song by Toto. That's a tough earworm, even for the Bangles.

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meloglas.livejournal.com

Meh No quotes. But then im not even sure if i played this week. Plus with neighbours like mine its rather hard to be the funneh

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chaosvizier.livejournal.com

Smite the neighbors! Annex their home for the glory of the Empire! Begin your path to world conquest here and now!

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evilstorm.livejournal.com

"Psh. R.V. Williams has got nothing on John Williams."

HERESY!

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chaosvizier.livejournal.com

I'm afraid I have to side against you. John Williams is all good. He brings honor to the Williams name. Ralphie-Ralph needs to step up his game if he wants to be competitive. ;-)

I know you're joking, but I'm a musicgeek

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