LJ Daily Answers: 6 July 2009

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Yes, we're on early morning time here. Sometimes it happens. Hey, it's better than last week.



1. After Robert Ludlum passed away, which author was granted permission to continue writing the "Bourne" series of novels?

"Is 'Bourne' some weird British English spelling or something? Come on, people, get with the program! Start using proper American spellings like the rest of the world!" - marasca

"I hope the next one is called 'Borne Again'" - aliaspiral

"Jesus Christ. First book: Bourne of a Virgin. Second book: Bourne-Again." - mandydax

"Bruce Springsteen. They took his license away after 'Bourne To Run' and 'Bourne in the USA'" - many_from_one, drbear

"Zombie Robert Ludlum. His first novel was The Brain Identity." - seekingferret, la_trombonista, judith_s

"Robert Jordan!" - mattwolf

"Ian Fleming, but then it was discovered that he had worse medical problems than Ludlum." - mark_laura, david_deacon

"Herbert West, Reanimator!" - clever_girl

"Matt Daaamoooon" - gigglingpixie

(+1, Team America. -CV)

"I guess when Ludlum died, someone else was Bourne." - lizwinlove

"I don't care, as long as Matt Damon continues to star in the films. I wish I was fucking Matt Damon...don't tell my boyfriend, please?" - japeningrish

"Erich Von Daniken? No, that can't be right, he wrote about aliens making pretty patterns with stones in deserts and building pyramids... unless there's some tangent to the Bourne series that I've missed. I'm sure it's an Erich von Somebody though..." - lins_arosa

(Close. You can have half-credit. -CV)

"Lustbladder" - zihuatanejo

"Eric Van Lustbader, which is a pain in the ass for people working in a bookstore. Half the time the books will be coded as 'Ludlum' and the other half as 'Van Lustbader' and because sometimes morons/lazyfaces work in bookstores, they'll shelve it under 'Lustbader' and then you have it in three damn places." - viperonaleash

Correct Answer: Eric Van Lustbader

"He also wrote The Ninja, which I tried to take out of the library when I was twelve because, well, ninjas are cool, but wasn't allowed to on account of the 'No Under 18' sticker on the cover." - iamza



2. What is another name for a wolverine?

"Logan" - 25% of all responses
"Hugh Jackman" - 20% of all responses
"[insert other X-Men reference here]" - 10% of all responses
"University of Michigan" - 7% of all responses

"Huge Ackerman" - many_from_one

"Title-saving single issue guest star." - mattwolf

"WOLVERINES NEVER SAY DIE!" - aliaspiral
"" - fictionalsolace

(+1, Red Dawn. -CV)

"Badger badger badger badger badger" - ntlespino

"Bitch! No listen, there’s logic. Wolverine is to wolf as Pauline is to Paul. So wolf is a female dog." - yayworthy

(And the gruyere Award for Logic Renunciation this week goes to... yayworthy! -CV)

"Holy shit! Don't eat my face!" - yeclek, syrazemyla, jhirat_dai

"Kate Gosselin, only wolverine doesn't have nearly as many bad hair days" - becky_gardens

"Carcajou. Yes, I am a smartass, thank you for noticing. I'm sure i'm not the only one here." - deza

(That is correct. Both about the carcajou and you being a smartass. +1. -CV)

Correct Answer: Glutton



3. Everyone knows that Han shot first; who did he shoot?

"His own testicles, he always had 'one han in his pocket'" - becky_gardens

"That sword swinging turban-wearer in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (coincidentally, his friends also called him "Greedo"!)" - cholma

"I REFUSE TO LET MY CHILDREN LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE LUKE DIDN'T SHOOT FIRST!" - eelylove

(Well, I suppose Luke did shoot the Death Star before it shot the Rebel Base, so... sure. -CV)

"Pod Six" - bending_sickle

"JFK. I'd go into details but it involves hyperjumps, a sub-etheric resonator, specific application of the Higgs-Boson and 3.2 turnips." - drunken_hedghog

"A guy in the Cantina, just to watch him die." - damanique

"if Han had been in the Prequel Trilogy, we can only hope he would have shot JarJar and saved our minds." - jmthane

"Pizza the Hutt." - wrestlingdog

(+1, Spaceballs. -CV)

"The Sheriff" - islandofwords, seferin, nitasee, akiyasan, la_trombonista, mandydax, jhirat_dai, distaff_exile, fictionalsolace
"The deputy" - bellapalmera

"George Lucas. Unfortunately the shot only wounded him, and the re-edits and prequels, not to mention Howard the Duck, happened anyway." - filmbuff and several other wishful thinkers
"George Lucas, in the conservatory, with the revolver." - clever_girl

"HAN: Did Jabba send you?
GREEDO: What?
HAN: What planet you from?
GREEDO: What?
HAN: What ain't no planet I ever heard of! They speak Galactic Basic on What?
GREEDO: What?
HAN: GALACTIC BASIC, HUTTKRIFFER, DO YOU SPEAK IT?" - active_apathy

(+1, Pulp Fiction. -CV)

"Considering how slowly Greedo reacted, he shoulda been named Slotho." - mark_laura

"" - lady_lilith

"Han ALWAYS shot first... that's why he never scored with Leia" - blindgeoff

Correct Answer: Greedo



4. Who was, arguably, the strangest of the Fratelli brothers?

"Arguably was the brother with the pathological need to contradict." - seferin

(Smartass. Half-credit. -CV)

"Mince Fratelli" - 5 of you

"The short guy from The Princess Bride, right?" - wrestlingdog

"Zeppo" - ladyiapetus, freezer818
"Harpo" - mandydax

"Would that be Larry, Curly, Moe, or Shemp?" - etumukutenyak

"Donatello" - damanique

"Were there others, besides Mario and Luigi?" - babybokal

"It’s a toss up between Yakko and Wakko. Excludes Dot, being female and all." - nitasee

"All Frat brothers are retarded." - majorsamfan

(But these are Fratellis. They're like Italian Frat boys. -CV)

"Strange? Strange how? He scares you? What do you mean strange, strange how? How is he strange?" - cholma

(Hint: It wasn't Joe Pesci. -CV)

"The Puppini Sisters are much cooler. They've done a swing cover of Wuthering Heights and Crazy in Love." - puredeadthingy

"the large lumpy one" - ifeedformula

"I initially read that as the "straightest" of the Fratelli brothers, and now Im wondering about their sexualities. Thanks, ljdq!" - aliaspiral

(Well, one was in prison for a while, and another was locked in the cellar, so you may have a point. -CV)

"It's unkind to say so, but my former boss' work ID photo looks entirely too much like Sloth for anyone to be comfortable with it." - etcet

"I loved The Goonies. It proved my point that Sean Austin has always looked like a hobbit." - gigglingpixie

"Hey you guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuyyyyyyyyyyyyyyssssssssssss..." - deza, limegreenjillo

(Full credit. -CV)

"Frankly, I think that Ma Fratelli was the strangest. I still hate using the goddamn blender, and it's all her fault." - tears_of_nienna

Correct Answer: "Sloth"



5. What is the most northwesterly point on the island of Great Britain?

"The Witch's Nipples. It's cold up there!" - marasca

"Castle Anthrax" - freezer818

"Scotland" - yeclek, jmthane
"if it isn’t Scottish, it’s crap!" - nitasee

"Iceland" - thefannishwaldo

(To date, the British Empire has not conquered Iceland. But let's give them some more time... -CV)

"Do you want to send me back where I found you? Unemployed, in Greenland?" - etcet

(+1, The Princess Bride. -CV)

"North-By-Northwest" - kristinmachina

"Cape Crusader." - mandydax

"Sting? He's the answer to so many questions, AND he's British!" - aliaspiral

(He counts only if he's aroused. -CV)

"I read this at 'the most NOTEWORTHY point in Great Britain', and now I want to know where that is (especially if it involves something sinful)." - filmbuff

(See previous answer. -CV)

"Prince Charles' nose. That thing is so big, it has it's own magnetic field." - seferin

"" - damanique

"Cape Wrath - they do a very nice wine because of all the grapes." - jhirat_dai

Correct Answer: Cape Wrath



6. The early 90's rock band "Eve's Plum" released only two albums; which was the first?

"Judging by the ones I haven't gotten yet, it has to be Gluttony, Wrath, or that other sin I'm always forgetting. It's like the seven dwarves, I'm always leaving one out..." - tears_of_nienna

(We're on Bashful now... -CV)

"The one that came before the second album. " - 6 of you supergeniuses

"Adam's Apple?" - gigglingpixie, seferin, bellapalmera, syrazemyla, islandofwords
"Adam's Thumb." - jmthane, who did not mention where Adam stuck said thumb
"Adam's Cucumber" - mandydax

"Wouldn’t the name Eve’s Apple be more appropriate? Or Adam’s Apple?... ooh, Adam’s Apple, that’s a thing! Do you think they are related?" - yayworthy

(There's just something so wondrous about watching a moment of revelation take place. -CV)

"Eve Was Framed!" - kristinmachina

(But did she shoot first? -CV)

"Poppin’ the Cherry." - nitasee

"Knowing CV's sense of humor, I'm guessing it had something to do with bananas." - katiebgood

(I would have said large throbbing bananas, but fair enough. -CV)

"Eve's Plum sounds like a euphemism the Maquis de Sade would use for the clitoris. So I'm going to go with Lust, because BDSM isn't a deadly sin." - drunken_hedghog

"Vitamin C>Eve's Plumb, despite the Brady Bunch reference." - japeningrish
"Plums are known to be very high in vitamin C" - fictionalsolace

"Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!" - majorsamfan, mark_laura, thefannishwaldo, blindgeoff, dragon_within, lizwinlove

"I bet they won't play this song on the radio" - zihuatanejo

Correct Answer: "Envy"



7. What is the proper term for a group of lions?

(Number of people who only got the theme at this penultimate question: 11)

"Lions? I'm an Eagles fan dammit." - umbralcorax

"JESUS CHRIST IT'S A LION! GET IN THE CAR!" - katiebgood, tears_of_nienna, many_from_one, neumeindil, active_apathy, sochitelya

"Hey! Hey! You know where you can see lions?" - babybokal

(I know of only one such place. -CV)

"I take no pride in knowing this answer" - becky_gardens

(Better than the 16 people who should take even less pride in only knowing the answer because of The Lion King. -CV)

"" - fictionalsolace

"You can also have a crash of rhinos, an unkindness of ravens, and a rhumba of rattlesnakes. The things the San Diego zoo has taught me!" - aliaspiral

"Give me crows any day. If a bunch of them try to get together and fail, does it count as attempted murder?" - filmbuff

"I was going to go with a Bono of Lions, but that would be confusing pride with arrogance and would have been unfair to the lions." - usmu

"Their proper name is the same for a cluster of prostitutes, except they're a Pride of Loins." - mattwolf

"If they were shunning a particular lion because of its appearance, it would be a pride of prejudice." - syrazemyla

"It's only a Pride of Lions if they've done something with their lives. The ones still just hanging around the parents watering hole are more just a Shame of Lions..." - bloodyjohnvane

Correct Answer: A pride



8. What's your favorite sinful thing to do?

"LJDQ!" - 16 of you. Full credit for all! That's our pride talking. Oh yeah!

"We are firmly behind large meals." - fmh

(My behind is firmly behind large meals as well. -CV)

"Oh, I like all 11 of the deadly sins. Except for 'Urkel'." - zihuatanejo

"While it's not exactly sinful, I like creating unnecessary mnemonics for things. G G SWELP is how I remember my sins." - fictionalsolace

"I like to eat cinnamon and play Sins of a Solar Empire while traveling to Sind, India." - syrazemyla

"Premarital sex! I mean, come on, if you're going to hell anyway may as well enjoy the, uh, ride." - ionicaq

"Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. I have worn garments of mixed linen! I hope that no one will stone me to death...!" - newbia

(It could be worse; you could have said Jehovah *THUNK* -CV)

"Eating condendsed milk out of the tube." - jkabley

"If liking corny musicals is wrong, I don't want to be right!" - wrestlingdog

(If by "corny musicals" you mean "High School Musical X", then yes, it is wrong, and no, you're still not right. -CV)

"Taking half an hour to wash my hair. Oh, vanity, how awesome are thee?!" dk2022

"my favorite sinful thing to do is to eat the last cookie in the box. Or the whole box. That works, too." - aliaspiral

"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." - david_deacon

"Sloths really freak me out because of their pointy toes." - dragon_within

"Flying off to Argentina to visit my mistress when I tell everyone else I'm off to enjoy Naked Hiking Day on the Appalacian Trail." - blindgeoff

"Hookers and blow!" - islandofwords

"Mooning the neighbors" - akiyasan

"eat chocolate while drinking while having sex." - b_hulsmans

"Is knitting a sin? Because I've discovered I LOVE to knit. Seriously. I'm a knitting fiend." - ifeedformula

(I think you asking that question was a sin. -1 for you, knitwit. -CV)

"While vegging on the couch eating my fifth pint of Häagen-Dazs and watching porn, I get angry and jealous thinking about how much money U2 made with that "In the Name of Love" song." - mandydax

"I like to break all the Kosher laws in as short a time period as possible. Appetizer: shrimp cocktail, entree: bacon cheeseburger with a milk shake; while wearing a poly-cotton blend blouse, and before having premarital sex with my many uncircumcised male concubines. My best time is 3.5 hours." - spiralgirl1



And that's the way it is. The Seven Deadly Sins were our theme of the week; this coincides with my current trip to Sin City itself, Las Vegas. I probably will not achieve all seven sins during this time, although maybe some mild felonies and misdemeanors will occur. At the very least, Gluttony will be in full force. OM NOM NOM NOM. If you're in Vegas, come find me; I'll be drunk somewhere, so I should stand out. Uh huh.

Thanks for playing, everyone! Welcome aboard, new players and de-lurkers; hope you enjoyed, and of course we hope you come back for more. Tell your friends! Tell their friends! Spread the word: Play the quiz!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Comments

[felixdiecat.livejournal.com]

I love reading the responses... I nearly fell off of my bed laughing... 10 points for you guys!

[neumeindil.livejournal.com]

No points for the Serenity reference? :(

[cholma.livejournal.com]

"Jesus Christ! It's a lion!" is *not* a Serenity reference! ;p

[neumeindil.livejournal.com]

But my answer to my favorite sin was. See below.

[cholma.livejournal.com]

Yay! 2 answers and partials for question #1!
(No love for Firefly/Serenity, eh? I thought for sure, "Ah Hell... I'm a fan of all seven. But right now... I'm gonna have to go with wrath" would get a mention. Maybe I need to quote Kaylie, Zoe, or Inara instead of Mal) :)

[neumeindil.livejournal.com]

Yeah, thought that'd get at least a mention too, but alas... Ear wax. :(

[cholma.livejournal.com]

If I could go back in time, perhaps I would quote Zoe instead: "Take me, sir. Take me hard." :D

Then again, Jayne is always good: "I'll be in my bunk!"

[neumeindil.livejournal.com]

"You mean to say, as... Sex?!?!"

[cholma.livejournal.com]

"To hell with this! I'm gonna LIVE!" :D



I need to get some Firefly icons. Either Wash or Jayne (and his pretty hat!) ones.

[neumeindil.livejournal.com]

Mine are mostly from either iconomicon or wizardspupil. Feel free to raid ye' olde stash; I've got a bunch.

[shirenomad]

Jayne covers them all.

Wrath: "You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in ruttin' command here."
Envy: "Do you want to run this ship?" "Yeah!" "Well... you can't!"
Lust: "Don't know these folks, don't much care to." "They're whores." "I'm in."
Pride: "You guys had a riot? On account o' me? My very own riot?"
Gluttony: "They call it mudder's milk. All the protein, vitamins and carbs of your grandma's best turkey dinner, plus fifteen percent alcohol."
Greed: "Can't get paid if you crawl away like a bitty little bug neither. I got a share of this job. Ten percent of nothin' is, let me do the math here... nothin' and a nothin', carry the nothin'..."
Sloth: *pulls his blanket off his gun rack...*

[lizwinlove.livejournal.com]

I got quoted twice after months of being completely unclever, I have finally managed to do so! YAY!

[drunken-hedghog.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! Two group-thinks and two of my own!

[many-from-one.livejournal.com]

3, one unspecified groupthink and a 1/5. Woo! And yayworthy did almost as well too! Woo!

[yayworthy.livejournal.com]

Applause! And woo :) I gotz logic!

[yayworthy.livejournal.com]

Also, I can't be bothered to scroll back up and see if this is possible, but did was the unspecified groupthought by 4?

Because then 3, 1/4, 1/5 !

[many-from-one.livejournal.com]

It doesn't say. I am just one of "several others". "Several" to me means 5-7.

[angelprojekt.livejournal.com]

For some reason I've had a recent streak of forgetting to play.

Btw, I never realized Eve's Plum was a Brady Bunch reference! I always thought it was a forbidden fruit thing.

PS

[angelprojekt.livejournal.com]

My FH was just channel-surfing and said, "'The Fast and the Curious?' ...don't think I wanna watch that!"

[dk2022.livejournal.com]

A group think and one of my own! :D

I kinda got that the theme was the Seven Sins, but my brain didn't.

Best collective noun: a parliament of owls (chapter 3 (maybe 4) of The Silver Chair. Narnia taught me loads with all it's talking animals :D).

[syrazemyla.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, two and a third and a fifth (that turns out to be 2 and 8/15ths).

I clearly need to answer on Tuesday more often.

[i-beckygardens.livejournal.com]

three, I need to take LJ breaks more often:) it seems to stimulate my brain LOL

[jmthane.livejournal.com]

Woo - 2.5 and a wee bit of a percentage (I thought you would get lots of "Hugh Jackman" responses...)!

Where Adam stuck his Thumb was not included on the album title. I always imagined he stuck it in Eve's Plum...

[tarnera.livejournal.com]

Ok, only one group answer this week...sort of two, I guess.

For the record, I did not learn about lion prides from the Lion King, I just said that because I was trying to be funny.

Hmph.

[deza.livejournal.com]

2 and 1/16th, plus a full credit AND a +1 in recognition of my smartassedness! WOOHOO!

[ifeedformula.livejournal.com]

Quoted twice and I got a -1. Also, the Grape Ape socks I'm knitting are off to a rocking start. Got the heel turned and everything. ROCK ON!

[damanique.livejournal.com]

Quoted thrice for the win!! And one quote was a picture! I less than three you, LJDQ.

Also, this once again proves I can only manage to be witty at LJDQ when I am mentally wasted. This is why I lurk for like 95% of the quizzes: on other days, it's like, "Oh no, it's LJDQ and I'm feeling completely sane and rational! I can't do this!!!"

Maybe it's like how you think you're a great dancer when you're drunk and end up on youtube with your pants down, except in this case you're quoted on LJDQ... which is certainly a step up from being on youtube with your pants down.

[fictionalsolace.livejournal.com]

I just rolled out of bed to find Five Quotes in the LJDQ! Verily this is the breakfast of champions.

[fictionalsolace.livejournal.com]

And a +1! I didn't notice it the first time 'round because I was so excited about the quotes.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Secret Agent Figs for introducing me to Red Dawn

[newbia.livejournal.com]

I just rolled out of bed to find that I was quoted only once. Verily, this is the breakfast of fail!

[raphsody606.livejournal.com]

So I didn't get the quiz theme at all... BUT I did find these.

http://www.kacperhamilton.com/Kacper_Hamilton/Deadly_Glasses.html

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

Quoted six out of eight times?! HOLY CRAP. That is such a record for me!

...it's probably dumb to be this excited, but usually I get quoted once or MAYBE twice, if I was feeling particularly clever.

SIX TIMES!

[mandydax.livejournal.com]

Took my answers for 7 out of 8?! I think I also get to count my pride in this as a score on #7. This was a great theme!

[tinamachina.livejournal.com]

Two quotes and a groupthink. Not bad for a week off.

[theylovetostare.livejournal.com]

Note to self: Remember to be funny next week.

[islandofwords.livejournal.com]

Whoo hoo! Two group quotes and a quote with half of my answer! (Blow is really not my thing. Well, not the powdered kind anyway). I ought to remember to play more often; it usually works out in my favor. : )