LJ Daily Answers: 6 July 2009

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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.

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