LJ Daily Answers: 11 May 2009

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"CV, can we bribe you by buying you something to drink?" - kagomeshuko

Sure... if you can find me. Shouldn't be too difficult; Jersey's not that big, after all.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes. Gin and tequila gave me the power I needed to start the week off right. Let's get on with it, shall we?



1. What is the official nickname of Texas?

(Spaceballs quotes: 18. -CV)

"Despite what y'all Yankees and them damn ferinners think, it's not 'The Redneck State'." - ifeedformula

(The hell it ahin't. – LL)
(No, they have a point. That honor should go to West Virginia. -CV)

"Steerqueeria" - fizrep, nighthellcat

(+1, Full Metal Jacket. -CV)

"Tim" - la_trombonista

(+1, Monty Python's Holy Grail. -CV)

"Se Habla Espanol" - i_calql8

"Mexico's lost state" - distaff_exile

"One half of Texmex, the worst hybrid cuisine ever. Twice the fat, half the taste." - anticarnation1

"I wouldn't give Texas a nickname for fear it might hunt me down and shoot me, so there's no way I'm going to write it down. You're not going to get me that way." - lins_arosa

"The Land of FUCKING ASSHOLE TOURISTS THAT THEN COME UP TO MY STATE AND BITCH ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING SUCKS HERE COMPARED TO TEXAS. IF IT SUCKS SO BAD HERE, GTFO AND GO BACK TO TEXAS!!!!!!" - frostycakes

"We May Be Right-Wing, Terrorist-Conspiracy-Seeing Wackos, But At Least We Don't Screw Mules and Run For Office Like Georgia." - mathnerd

"Did you ever notice that The Natural State is right next to The Show-Me State? It's like Arkansas is naked and Missouri wants to see! (Texas is on the wrong end of this whole scene, and only gives the sight one star.)" - angelprojekt

"Home of the Best Little Whorehouse." - cmzero

"Te[bigger]EVERYTHING IS[/bigger]xas" - yayworthy

"As someone who lived in Louisiana for three years, I can with all certainty state that Texas is known as the !)(@*(*@&!@ State." - etumukutenyak

"You know what, I'm not going to even bother answering this question, even though I know the answer. What's the point? I mean, Texas might not even be a state by the time the answers go up!" - wrestlingdogs

"Oh Texas, why are you so stupid and arrogant, and moreso why do I still love you? You're like the perfect picture of my dating history." - shinga

"Texas is such an emo kid. The LONE star state, cause Texas is so alone and misunderstood, always throwin' tantrums threating to move out or 'secede' as the kids are callin' these days." - prettylily

Correct Answer: The Lone Star State

"'The Ambulatory Speed Bump State' was objected to by the Friends of the Armadillo Society." - raisedbymoogles



2. Jeff Bridges stars as an alien on a road trip to Arizona in which 1984 film?

"Why would an alien go to Arizona? (What does God need with a starship?)" - scifantasy

(Questions few mortals can truly answer. -CV)

"He played in Tron in 1982, after that there where no other movies" - b_hulsmans

"Thelma and Louise" - 9 of you

"I'm not Lebowski, he's Lebowski. I'm the Star Dude... His Star Dudeness, Star Duder, El Duderino de las Estrellas..." - seekingferret

(+1, The Big Lebowski. -CV)

"'ET phone 'zona!' I'm pretty sure that's what he said." - kaitimae

"My Friend Marvin" - vorquellyn

"The Man Who Fell to Texas" - spiralgirl1

"Phoenix Coyote Ugly" - captainsblog

"Hooked on Phoenix" - i_calql8

"Cheech and Chong: Illegal Immigration" - adalger

"Up in Smoke II: Electric Boogaloo" - nitasee

"In the desert, no one can hear you scream." - uglysinglesclub

(Especially if you're riding a horse with no name. -CV)

"Red means stop, green means go, yellow means go VERY FAST!" - lins_arosa, doomgirl, ifeedformula, sitandwait, packbat, shinga, adria_rhiannon, fizrep, lewd_pixie

(And this is why none of you have your drivers' licenses. Alien Driver's Ed is not 100% guaranteed on Earth roads. -CV)

"Ohmygodwhydidntanyonetellmenekkidaliensarehot! That didn't go over so well with the marketing folks for some reason." - deza

"That one from the Justice Society who wasn't as good as any of the others. I mean, Green Lantern, Flash, Hourman, Dr. Mid-Nite, Sandman, Mr. Teriffic, they're all cool... oh. Wait. Hawkman sucked more. Never mind. " - digitalraven

"Actually as I understand it there was only one film called 1984. Whether it starred Jeff Bridges, I’ve no idea. " - yayworthy

"you never know when aliens will take over your dead husband's body and impregnate you. God, that's romantic." - ginalin

Correct Answer: Starman



3. What English court of law was abolished by the Habeas Corpus Act in 1640?

"The Rats Chamber, so named after the room in the Patrician's palace decorated with an unusually rodenty theme!" - labellementeuse

(+1, Discworld. -CV)

"I have no idea, the damned thing keeps getting suspended during 'times of need'" - b_hulsmans

"Why does habeas corpus sound like a spell out of Harry Potter?" - frostycakes

"Don't be silly. Everyone knows the English haven't had laws since King Henry VIII." - vorquellyn

"Ye Bay of Guantanamoe" - distaff_exile, zihuatanejo

"The Death Star" - sskipstress

"The Tennis Court. 'You have been SERVED with these papers!'" - many_from_one

"Martial Law. The English are so polite they have a court system for it." - schizospider

"A corpse in a court is a corpse of course
And no-one torts for a corpse in court
Unless of course that corpse of course
Is the famous Mr Dead" - drbunsen

"Who's the man in the suit?
Who's the cat with the beak?
Do you really want to feel him?
Harvey Attourney,
Habeas Corpus,
Marvey attourney!
Harvey Birdman, Attourney at Law...!!" - demon_666

(+1 because I love that show. -CV)

"Star Court: Where Celebrities and Nobles duked out their problems only to be held unfairly in front of a live medieval audience! Good thing it was abolished though, the ratings were terrible." - saphireseas

"Star Chamber. Which I always thought sounded pretty cool till I read they tortured people there. Then I thought it was just cool." - nitasee

"The Star Chamber. I'll bet that George Lucas was really pissed off someone beat him to that name." - laughingacademy

"Star Chamber. It was never really abolished, it was just re-adapted for 'Pop Idol.'" - kristinmachina

Correct Answer: The Court of Star Chamber

"Not to be confused with the Hateus Corpus Franceus Act 1400, giving us all the official nod to carry on hating the French." - yayworthy



4. In what cartoon series do a group of humans travel to Iskandar on a mission to rescue Earth?

"I know you forbid cheating, but if someone, hypothetically, looked up 'Iskandar on a mission to rescue Earth' without even the quotation marks, this very quiz comes as the #2 result. Your power knows no bounds, you Toxic Avengers, you." - captainsblog

(That is damn peculiar. Someone's -50 for googling is reduced by half just because. -CV)

"Whoa ho ho, a mystery! One suitable for Scooby Doo and his gang of cartoon teenagers! You know guys, sometimes I wish we were cartoon teenagers." - jigawattica

"cartoons are not my forte. My Saturday mornings have been taken over by a wife who likes coffee and donuts in bed." - fax_celestis

"This isn't the new, improved Lion King, is it?" - eelylove

"If ain't Herculoids, it ain't nuthin." - fizrep

"Considering the theme, it was probably Bravestarr, but Thundar The Barbarian was much cooler. He had a lightsaber AND furry shorts!" - mattwolf

(+1, Thundarr. Represent, yo. You too, i_calql8. -CV)

"The Jetsons: Hardcore Edition" - wiredwizard

"He-Man and the Marstars of the Universe." - many_from_one

"Duck Dodgers in the 24th and a Half Century!" - thepikey

"Land of the Lost" - la_trombonista

(I can't believe they're making it into a feature film. With Will Ferrell, no less. Double Ugh. -CV)

"The only cartoon planet in my recent memory is the planet of Marklar from South Park. It's marklary marklar, I marklar you!" - operatic_diva

"All I can think of is Captain Planet, his kids from around the world and how brown, bronze, yellow and white skins miraculously combine to make blue skin... So, how many people did the Smurfs have to eat to get their blue on?" - demon_666

"Tiny Battlestars. With Starbuckie and Buster Adama. They're tiny, they're toony, they're all a lot loony..." - seekingferret

"It's Iskandar, not Constantinople..." - psywildfire, kristinmachina

(+1, TMBG – LL)

"If they had any sense at all, they'd *stay* on Iskandar (whatever/whereever that is). Earth is going downhill, baby." - mathnerd

(Eh, it was the 70's. Earth was pretty groovy back then. -CV)

"" - japeningrish

"I wonder whether I'm too old or too young to know this one." - sskpistress

"Earth always needs saving in these science fiction stories. We are like the damsel-in-distress of planets. That is why I liked Hitchhiker's Guide the Galaxy. They didn't set out to save Earth, but they kinda managed to anyway." - saphireseas

"The Simpsons, they must have done that by now as well." - yayworthy"

"If the answer really is 'Star Blazers', I will have an embarrassing moment of squee." - etcet

"Uchuu Senkan Yamato. AKA 'Space Battleship Yamato.' AKA 'Star Blazers.'" - scifantasy

(For knowing all three titles, including the one in Japanese, you get the Geek of the Week award. -1 to be delivered by Wave Motion Gun shortly. -CV)

Correct Answer: Star Blazers



5. No fun with lyrics! Name the song and the artist:
There'll be times in your life
Yeah, when you be dancin' an' shit but you ain't gettin' it
Don't get disillusioned, no, don't expect too much
'Cuz if what you have is all you can get
Just keep on tryin' it, just ain't happened yet

"OMG THANK YOU YOU FINALLY GOT IT HONEST! You've singlehandedly destroyed the pleasure of random lyrics! DAMN YOU AND YOUR SUDDEN BOUT OF HONESTY, LJDQ!" - frostycakes and a few others

(Don't worry, we'll be back to our usual dishonest selves tomorrow. -AL&CV&LL&TL)

"At first, I read that as, 'you be dancin' in' shit'. Yuck" - seekingferret

"you won't catch me 'dancin' n shit' anytime soon. I'm more of a 'nappin' n crap' kinda guy." - tarpo

"That guy on the cross at the end of The Life of Brian. Eric Idle, I think." - thepikey

"Stars -> Stan's -> Stuns -> Stung -> Sting" - etcet

(Fair enough. -CV)

"The Little Ellen DeGeneres that Could" - kagomeshuko

"'What We Hate,' by the Grammar Nazis" - drbear

"Oh, God, now I have Jesus Christ Superstar lyrics in my head even though I know they aren't the answer to this question. Damn you LJDQ!" - sskipstress

(I don't even know how that's possible. -CV)

"'Wait Til Next Year', by me and a bazillion other Cub fans." - i_calql8

"Whenever I hear the name Bryan Adams, I keep hearing that dreadful 'Everything I do, I do it for you', see him tanding in the middle of the forest playing E-guitar with no electricity and that damn arrow is coming right at me. Thanks, LJDQ, for scarring my mind once again by reminding me!" - germankitty

"'Bryan Adams singing rap lyrics that sound real goofy coming from a Canadian,' by Bryan Adams, oddly enough." - captainsblog

"The great poet Bryan Adams, with 'Star'. After all, poetry's just playin' with words an' shit, innit?" - lins_arosa

Correct Answer: Bryan Adams, "Star"



6. Star Wars, Star Trek, or other? Let the battle begin here!

"Oh, see, now you've done it. Asbestos underwear, people! The flame's going to be hot!" - scifantasy, blindgeoff

(First, the Jedi:)

"I just spent a few hours knitting an R2D2 cushion cover, guess which I think is the greatest?" - labellementeuse

"STAR WARS. I seriously spent something like 3 hours at work the other day reading the wookipedia." - japeningrish

"Until a few years ago, the only tie my brother owned was a Star Wars tie. He wore it to church. He wore it to funerals. He would have worn it on dates, but he wasn't getting any. " - angelprojekt

"I like both...but my heart belongs to Han So...I mean...Star Wars. " - doomgirl

(Next, the Trekkies:)

"The only question I ever thought was hard was do I like Kirk? Or do I like Piccard?" - crescent_fall

(+1, Weird Al – LL)

"I side with The Firm on this one." - digitalraven, saphireseas

"Star Trek has Jean-Luc Picard. Star Wars doesn't have any sexy bald men. The winner is clear. " - bluealoe

(What, Samuel L. Jackson doesn't get any love? -CV)

" " - etcet

"Let's see how hot a young Mr. Spock is in the new movie and then I'll decide. " - raisedbymoogles

"It USED to be Star Wars, but then George Lucas fucked it all up with the prequels. So now it's Star Trek, at least until I see the new movie and change my mind. " - krick

"I now have … a very happy image of Spock nerve-pinching the hell out of Jar-Jar. " - adalger

"Well, in terms of "successfully making a prequel", the current score is Star Trek: 1, Star Wars: -50. " - darthparadox

"Well, duh. Star Trek, of course -- if only for having the better writers. Harlan Ellison, Theodore Sturgeon, Fredric Brown, Norman Spinrad ... George Lucas, eat your heart out! (Besides, what quotes has SW ever given us beside "feel the Force" and "I am your father"? Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life on this planet!) " - germankitty

(And then, both/other/undecided:)

"Which Trek are we talking about, and which time period in Star Wars? I need specifics if I'm gonna get into a nerd-style sissyslap fight with other LJDQ'ers. " - mattwolf

(EVERYTHING. – LL)

"I was concieved during Star Wars but I was born during a Star Trek re-run." - ifeedformula

(Truly, you are a child of two worlds. Or perhaps two thousand worlds. -CV)

"I'll have a scoop of both, please. With nuts. " - ginalin

"Wha-- you asses, I can't pick between the two! Sure most people like to be monogamous when it comes to Trek/Wars but I'll have you know that I am Star Poly. I believe you can love both equally and have a perfectly normal, successful relationship with both series. " - shinga, speaking for several others

(You're frickin' outta your mind. PICK ONE!! – LL)
(Now now, we should respect her life choices, even if it will lead her to eternal damnation. -CV)

Firefly: 11
BSG: 5
Babylon 5: 5
Stargate (various): 8

"" - cmzero

"Battlestar Galactica, and as much as I liked the older series, I'm talking about the new one that just wrapped up. Big fat other! Although I must admit that if it wasn't for Star Trek, I would not be the geek I am today, I'd just be a lowly band geek. Well, actually, I *am* still a band geek, but the SF/Fantasy part makes it all better." - jmthane

"Starcraft - I'm in ur base, killin ur d00ds! " - thepikey

"Dark Star, despite the downbeat ending." - david_deacon

"Thunderbirds Are Go!" - zihuatanejo

(+1, because that's some old school shit right there. -CV)

"Starvation. Gives you a kickass appetite." - anticarnation1

"I'll stick to Ice Pirates, thanks." - deza

"Both are merely illusions created by the Matrix." - uncut_diamond



Oh my stars and garters, that's it for this round! Truly a startling display of comedic prowess, this was. Stark and bold, it started strong and stayed solid as a starched shirt.

Obviously this quiz was to celebrate Star Wars Day (May 4th, as opposed to the 25th) and the opening of the new Star Trek film (May 8th). Which is better? Who cares? Just go out there and enjoy whatever it is you like to enjoy. Unless it's killing people, in which case... maybe enjoy a little further away please.

Thanks for playing, may you live long and prosper, and may the Force be with you. So say we all!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL&TL