LJ Daily Answers: 22 June 2009 or, you know, whenever

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone, thanks for waiting patiently! Things are a bit busy here and just got a little out of hand. We'll resume normal service eventually.


1. According to Bobby Troup, where do you "get your kicks"?

"Above the waistline, Sunshine." - 5 of you Chess fanatics

"I remember a while back when Kix were popular. 'Kid tested, mother approved.' Now they have this round Trix shit and the whole cereal industry is going down the toilet." - fictionalsolace

"I get them at this little mom and pop place down the street." - b_hulsmans

"I get my kicks with hookers, shovels, flashlights, rope, and dark stretches of highway." - mandy347

"RIGHT IN THE JUNK" - etcet, bloodyjohnvane

"With my family? At home during an argument. But they keep me grounded, especially the ones aimed at my dodgy knee." - drunken_hedghog

"ON THA MUTHAFUCKEN PLANE!" - eelylove

(You seem to be mistaking "kicks" for "snakes". Common mistake, really. -CV)

"From tai kwan leap, of course!" - captainsblog

(+1 for booting people in the head. Including Mittens the cat. -CV)

"Chuck Norris' house." - pirho_maniac

"Kicking people is mean." - melayneseahawk

(Yes, but it's great fun. Don't knock it 'til you try it. -CV)

"" - kristinmachina

"He gets no kicks from champagne, mere alcohol didn't thrill him at all, so tell me why should it be true that he gets a kick outta you?" - dk2022

(+1, Blazing Saddles. -CV)

"Bangkok" - la_trombonista

"Can I ask the Americans here if there is actually something special about said road? I mean, it seems like singing about the joys of the M25, the M6, or the original Spaghetti Junction." - lins_arosa

(Route 66 was apparently a very nice scenic drive through the midwest. And, since it was a thousand miles long and more, it was a LONG scenic drive. So there was plenty of time for songwriting. No disrespect, but you can't even finish "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" on a British highway. ;-) -CV)

Correct Answer: On Route 66



2. What basketball franchise (the oldest in the NBA) was known for such famous players as Wilt Chamberlain, Moses Malone, Julius Erving, and Charles Barkley?

"Chicago Cubs?" - thefannishwaldo

(They might as well play basketball; baseball doesn't seem to be their forte. -CV)

"I've got a better question: why is the Los Angeles team called the Lakers? There are no lakes in LA. They should be called the Oceaniers or something." - spiralgirl1

(Mostly because the "L.A. Faulters" seemed ominously prescient. -CV)

"I'm a white, female, D&D-playing, Joss-loving geek. I'm lucky to know that's the sport that's played with the hoops and the goalies." - mandy347

"Moses? Julius? What is this, biblical basketball? " - tarnera

"I'm currently sitting here in my pajamas fighting with html code and hiding from the sun. Do you think I know the answer to this question? " - melayneseahawk

"The Sexers" - majorsamfan

"I don't recognize any of those names except for Charles Barkley, which I know was a collaboration between Modest Mouse and...that black guy whose name I can't ever remember. So, um...Warner Music?" - kchasm

(Gnarls Barkley is spinning in their future graves. -CV)

"I think it's safe to say it ain't the Harlem Globetrotters." - ifeedformula

"The Boston Teabaggers" - ntlespino

"Conan The Destroyer" - seferin

"Rounded out by Doc Jock and Norman Airborne, they are... The Sinister Six!" - johnwwells

(Norman later got busted for steroids. -CV)

"the only team I know are the Harlem Globetrotters which are awesome; the only sports franchise with a number I know are some guys called 'the 49rs'. Am I even in the right ballpark?" - germankitty

(Nope. Ballparks are for baseball. -CV)

"I believe it was the MonSTARS. The really should have won that game against the TuneSquad." - jigawattica

(-1, Space Jam. In fact, you deserve a -2. I'm still trying to forget that I've seen that movie too many times. -CV)

"Wilt Chamberlain makes me think of Scooby Doo, or perhaps Gilligan's Island. Did he do guest appearances? Oh, wait, I'm thinking of the other NY basketball team - the Harlem Globetrotters. Did they ever actually play?" - marasca

(There's too much crazy going on this answer; I'll just throw in a +1 and call it quits. -CV)

"Okay, I just have to ask - if a Basketball franchise is indeed the oldest in the NBA, who the heck did they play against?" - sifrid, seekingferret, uncut_diamond

(They probably went around to high schools and beat the shit out of their teams for fun. At least, that's what I would have done. -CV)

"the only sports team I can think of with a six in it is the 76ers. I don't even know if they're a basketball team. I'm either about to make a fool of myself or get very, very lucky." - theylovetostare

(Fortune does indeed favor the foolish this day. -CV)

"Philidelphia Sixers. Ben Franklin had one mean dunk." - kristinmachina

(If the Founding Fathers played b-ball, Franklin would totally have been the Allen Iverson of the bunch. -CV)

Correct Answer: The Philadelphia 76ers (often called "The Sixers")



3. In the television series "The Prisoner", what is the prisoner's designation?

"24601" - 8 of you
"I am not a number. I am a free man!" - 5 of you
"The bitch" - 12 of you

"Muad'dib: I am not a number, I am a Fremen!" - seekingferret

"Which prisoner? The one transferred from cell block 1138?" - umbralcorax

(+1, Star Wars. -CV)

"Bending Unit 22" - yayworthy

(+1, Futurama. -CV)

"They call him MISTER Prisoner!" - kchasm

(+1, In The Heat Of The Night. -CV)

"7 of 9" - uncut_diamond

"867-5309" - dragon_within, adarraliselle

"There are 4 lights!" - akiyasan

(+1, ST:TNG. -CV)

"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!! " - thepikey

"Number 9. They brainwashed him by playing that over and over in his ears against a background of staticy noise. 'No. 9... No. 9... No. 9...'" - johnwwells, etcet

"If Dumber is pronounced Dummer, why isn't Number Six pronounced Nummer Six?" - majorsamfan

(Because he wasn't numb. They didn't have much novocaine on the show, after all. -CV)

"In the 60's he was number 6, now he's number 327. That's inflation for you." - jhirat_dai

"The show's like a how-to manual for creating a Orwellian dystopia. I bet it was Cheney's favorite show." - mcclintock

"Who is Number One? YOU ARE, Number Six!" - theninth, vayshti, and blindgeoff, saying "screw spoiler warnings" to everyone

Correct Answer: Number Six



4. The Nishan Sahib is the holy flag of which religious group?

(Number of Nissan and related car jokes: overwhelming.)

"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!" - cmattg

(This happens a lot around here... -CV)

"The Knights of Nee" - dragon_within

"Mu6lim" - stagemanager

"Klingons. " - deza

"I don't do religion. Man, i think I would have perferred the dreaded music question. " - zxwx

"Six Flags Over Texas" - many_from_one

"The Sixth Sick Sheik's Sixth Sheep's Sick?" - cholma

(I was wondering how long it would take for this to show up... -CV)

"They have a flag!" - melayneseahawk and several others

"Both words are one letter away from anagramming to 'banish'. This is significant." - falconpain

"The anagram of 'Nishan Sahib' is 'A Hash In Bins.' So, I'm going to guess the stoners that lived right next to me in the dorms at college." - theylovetostare

"I can't remember their name, but amongst their weaponry are such diverse elements as fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms." - hirat_dai

"The disciples worshipping at the altar of The Number of the Beast!" - germankitty

(Take them to the Iron Maiden. -CV)

"The Jolly Roger is the holy flag of the Pastafarians." - thepikey

"Sixth Day Evangelists, who are always running around the day before rest cursing themselves for procrastinating for five days." - pirho_maniac

"did you just go there? Did you really just try to make 'Sikh' an answer in a Six-themed quiz?" - drunken_hedghog

(You seem to have forgotten that yes, I have no shame and yes, I WILL go there. -CV)

"Sikhism. Sahib means teacher... I think. Oh! So maybe Hinduism. Is it the Guru Granth Sahib that is a book that is put to sleep every night? If so, Sikhism, as the wordage looks about the same." - dk2022

(Thank you for being an oasis of culture in our sand dunes of comedic ignorance. -CV)

"It seems I seek to speak about a week about these Sikhs you seem to seek. Eek!" - yayworthy

Correct Answer: The Sikhs



5. What movie in 2000 featured Arnold Schwarzenegger and his clone?

"Twins" - oodles of you. Danny was not a clone; he was more like a prototype.

"I was not aware Stallone and Schwarzenegger have been in a movie together" - zihuatanejo

"I knew it! There's no way that man exists without serious scientific intervention!" - deza

"Does having sex with your spouse's clone count as cheating? I think this is a more important question" - zxwx

"I Think I'm a Clone Now" - thefannishwaldo

(+1, Weird Al Yankovic. -CV)

"Send in the clones" - melayneseahawk

"Two Bad Actors, One Ticket" - drbear

"Terminator 3. If all clones turn out like her, I may have to invest." - falconpain

"Multiplicity 2: War Zone" - wiredwizard

(Michael Keaton vs. Arnold Schwarzenegger? I'd pay to see that action... -CV)

"Terminator 666. Wouldn't that be cool? Satan could transmogrify into that one guy with the thing, and we could all have roasted popcorn." - stagemanager

(Arnie and Satan did star together in "End Of Days". Popcorn was had by all. -CV)

"Wouldn't it be just like Hollywood to cast Schwarzenegger as Miles Vorkosigan?" - sskipstress

"Trivia: In true comic book style, the clone was originally going to be named Reggenezrawhcs." - johnwwells

"'It's Not A Tumor', the wildly unfunny conjoined-twin Rom Com starring Arnold, Arnold and Rosie Perez." - tony101

"It's a clone, not a tumor!" - mattwolf

"He's starting to look creepy. I think his eternal-youth-inducing nanobots are wearing out." - marasca

"just another Arnie vehicle - big guns, big explosions and big tits (on Schwarzenegger, normally)." - drunken_hedghog

"The Governator has a clone? HOSHIT." - ifeedformula

(Just in case he gets into an accident or something. Gotta have backup, right? -CV)

"Wait, someone cloned Schwarzenegger? SAIENCE, WHAT HEB YOU DAAAAAHHNgh. GET TO DA LEBOATORY. NghAUW." - kchasm

Correct Answer: The 6th Day

"I'll spoil the ending for you: Arnold's actually a ghost the whole time. " - mandy347



6. We're about halfway through the year; how's it going?

"Around and around and around... which is good. Lack of gravity makes it really hard to flip pancakes." - thefannishwaldo

"Cats and dogs living together! Mass hysteria!" - seekingferret

(+1, Ghostbusters. -CV)

"Uh, everything's under control. Situation normal. Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?" - mandydax

(+1, it was a boring conversation anyway. -CV)

"It's just not leaping as much as last year." - falconpain

"One day at a time, Fred. One day at a time. " - kchasm

"So far the year is going about as well as Howard the Duck did at the box office. " - wiredwizard

"I've been shot down more often than Snoopy got taken out by the Red Baron. " - thepikey

"At the end of the day you're another day older
And that's all you can say for the life of the poor
It's a struggle, it's a war
And there's nothing that anyone's giving
One more day standing about, what is it for?
One day less to be living." - ifeedformula

(+1, Les Miserables. -CV)

"I'm not dead yet! I feel happy!" - a_l_p_h_a_b_e_t

"So far, I've rescued 27 kittens, 17 orphans, and 12 nuns from burning buildings. I've donated over $9 million dollars to various charities and have promised my left kidney to a dying child who holds the key to the cure for cancer." - mandy347

(So I'm taking it you left the puppies behind to burn? WHAT KIND OF MONSTER ARE YOU? -CV)

"Like the man who jumped off the 100 story building as he passed the 50th floor, "Ok so far!" " - seferin

"It’s going as fast as a bull in a red fleece factory! " - yayworthy

"Oh god, don't talk about the year like that; I don't want to think that it's half over already! Another year of my life in which I will have spent so much time trying to keep my head above water that I won't have actually done anything, and will look back at New Years and be depressed - QUIT DEPRESSING ME EARLY! I HAVE A SCHEDULE, DAMMIT! " - drunken_hedghog

"Well, I'm not pregnant, dead or drug-addled yet, so *thumbs up*!" - puredeadthingy

(Who should be "purenotdeadthingy", apparently... -LL)

"The question is never whether the glass is half empty or full, but- what beer should I order after finishing this one?" - shogunsquirrel

"My partner of 5 years moved out last weekend. He just can't be 100% sure that I'm the one... He left me for internet pornography and an air mattress." - alivicwil

(Was it a sexy air mattress? -CV)

"The page to log in to online banking and check my balance to make sure I'm not about to overdraft or something is my fourth most commonly clicked link. That's how my year is going." - limegreenjillo

"Well it started badly, tailed off a bit in the middle, and the less said about the end the better, but apart from that, great!" - jhirat_dai

(+1, Blackadder. -CV)

"Dear Seattle: You can have your weather back now, kthanx, The Northeast." - kristinmachina

"I seem to have sex on the brain." - tarnera

"It would have been a lot better if I had gotten laided." - zxwx

(Still plenty of time! -CV)

"I don't care how it is going, I just wish I were coming more often!" - germankitty

"No one is watching my six." - ntlespino




And that's the way it is. Six is apparently not our lucky number; who knew?

Thanks for playing, especially if this is your first time! Normally we're not late like this; it's just that once in a while life and work and other cheeky things get in the way. And, contrary to popular belief, it was not just CV passed out in a drunken haze. That was Saturday and Sunday at most. And maybe some of Friday too.

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Comments

[ntlespino.livejournal.com]

W00t pair, and I get to close! I ROXXORZ. :D

[blumsha.livejournal.com]

<< Now they have this round Trix shit and the whole cereal industry is going down the toilet." - fictionalsolace >>

It's cereal's *job* to go down the toilet. Dietary fiber, yo.

[deza.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. 2 and a bit; not bad. I'll have to double up on the painkillers next time I take the quiz.

Unfortunately doubling up on the painkillers often makes me forget to take the quiz.

[bad-latin.livejournal.com]

"Wouldn't it be just like Hollywood to cast Schwarzenegger as Miles Vorkosigan?" - sskipstress

A+++ WOULD LOL AGAIN

[drunken-hedghog.livejournal.com]

"The Jolly Roger is the holy flag of the Pastafarians."

Oh, thepikey. If you keep up with the TOS Movie and FSM references, I may have to marry you.

4 answers! Woohoo!

[theninth.livejournal.com]

Do you really need a spoiler warning for something that went off the air in 1968, was probably never on TV in the US except for Public Broadcasting, and made no sense what-the-fuck ever anyhow?

(I am Number Nine)

[tinamachina.livejournal.com]

BREAKING NEWS: The LJDQ was actually in Argentina with its secret mistress.

Worth the wait, and I totally understand work and shit getting in the way.

And hey, three quotes and two group-thinks, yay! And the sun will come out, tomorrow! I hope...

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

if a Basketball franchise is indeed the oldest in the NBA, who the heck did they play against?

The Washington Generals, I'd think.

[tinamachina.livejournal.com]

Also, now I kind of want to tour Route 66. Maybe in the fall. I'm sure Contiki stops along part of it.

[blumsha.livejournal.com]

<< "Why is the Los Angeles team called the Lakers?" - spiralgirl1 >>

Because they already had five NBA titles when they moved from Minnesota to LA in 1960 so they didn't want to change their name (again; they were the Detroit Gems before they moved to Minneapolis in 1947).

It is a good question though.

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm I got a -2, lumped in with 11 others, and lumped on again with "overwhelming" . . . I will take it. I mean I got in so that is all that matters.

And, marasca, it was the harlem globetrotters who were on Scooby Doo.

[jigawattica.livejournal.com]

And of course i forget to log in before commenting.

[drunken-hedghog.livejournal.com]

No disrespect, but you can't even finish "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" on a British highway. ;-) -CV)

You've obviously never been stuck on the M25 at rush hour. You can get through Wagner's Ring Cycle trying to get from the M40 round to the M3

[tarnera.livejournal.com]

Sweet! After not playing this game AT ALL for months, I get two answers and a group answer!

(psst...you spelled my name wrong in question #2...that's ok, though, I got answers :D )

[tarnera.livejournal.com]

However, LA Lakers is nice and alliterative.

[seekingferret.livejournal.com]

Agreed, definitely the best line of the week.

But wait... Manning/Addai over Manning/Harrison?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Bravo! You're in like Flint!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Need fiber? Eat more string!

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

I second that. It doesn't seem to matter which direction you go around the M25 these days, you'll be stationery for a large part of the trip either way.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Yeah, doubling up on the sauce has the same effect...

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Hell, they almost cast Schwarzenegger as wassisname in "I Am Legend". Why not?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's the LJDQ. People know pop culture here! We understand the interwebs! You have all sorts of potential husbands waiting here!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's just out of principle. We've spoiled tons of other stuff. We're just polite about it occasionally.

[drunken-hedghog.livejournal.com]

Oh I ain't that fussy. I'll happily take a husband or wife!

Now to find one on the right continent...

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Alas, we're not awesome enough to have secret mistresses in Argentina. We'd be lucky to have unsecret mistresses in Albuquerque.