ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 17 December 2009

Our brief flirtation with the "daily" part of "LJDQ" continues! More quizzing! More answers! More gin and pudding!

1. Fun with lyrics! Name the band and the song:
You know I work all day to get you money to buy you things
And it's worth it just to hear you say you're gonna give me everything
So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone
You know I feel okay

"'I feel Okay'? Masturbation feels 'okay,' and it's fucking free. Yes, you see what I did there." -

etcet

"Call me a bad feminist if you want, but I think this dude is getting a raw deal. I mean, she's a freeloader, and all he gets for it is to feel okay?" -

marasca

(You're the nicest feminist I ever met. -CV)

"Dolly Parton, '9 to 5'." -

jmthane

"'Please Sleep with Me' by Patrick Dempsey" -

islandofwords

"I'm giving a preemptive angry fist shake at anyone who only knows this answer because of Rockband." -

gramercy,

blindgeoff

"Seems like the songs in that movie are all about girls wanting you to buy things for them. Which I guess makes sense if you're the Beatles and you're RICHER THAN GOD, but really? Ladies? Buy it yourselves." -

babybokal

"The Beatles are way overrated." -

lookingforwater

“I'm just waiting for the complaints from the kids about this one. 'You mean that old guy McCartney used to be in a band?'" -

drbear

(Ours was “Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?” – LL)

“These guys who were like the New Kids on the Block for my mom's age group. Forget the name though... " -

neumeindil

(Aw, SNAP!! – LL)

“It's the Beatles, alright, but unfortunately the first rule of Hard Day's Night Club is not to talk about Hard Day's Night club." -

jhirat_dai

"When I was little, like 3, my brother almost convinced me they were bugs. I went around screaming at everyone who tried to kill bugs after that that they were killing John, George Paul or Ringo. My brother thought it was hilarious. I hate him." -

flawed_karma

"Hard Day's Night, by the Beatles, which has cowbell. But no, not enough cowbell." -

buzz

Correct Answer: The Beatles, "Hard Day's Night"

"which like most Beatles songs is definitely dirtier than I remember. Maybe all those parents in the 60's had a reason to be concerned." -

corax_onyx

2. What constant describes the amount of electrical charge per mole of electrons?

"*blinks* I like pie." -

gramercy

(Good answer, good answer. -CV)

“Volts... No, amps. No volts... No amps. Wait, constant? God knows. I'm a doctor, not an electrician!" -

dk2022

“Mmmummm, electrons in chocolate sauce. Yummy!" -

deza

“The Penfold." -

jhirat_dai

(Eeee, +1 Danger Mouse!!! Though Penfold is actually a hamster… -1!! – LL)

"Mole! Mole! Moly-moly-moly-moly!" -

corax_onyx

(+1, Austin Powers: Goldmember. -CV)

"The Mindy Moleford" -

sskipstress

(+1, The Tick. -CV)

"I didn't know that tiny naked animals had an electric charge. I learn new things every day." -

kittycatness

(Actually, the naked ones don't have any charge. It's the furry ones that do, because of all the hair. -CV)

"Man, once chemists got a hold of that mole, they used him for everything, didn't they?" -

rhiannonjk

"The Pikachu. Oh wait, that's the electron charge per electrical rat." -

flipthefrog

"Is 'guacamole' Spanish for 'whack a mole?'" -

drbear

(For the sake of argument, we'll go with "yes". -CV)

"You know why you eat guacamole on Mole Day? Because it's made with Avogadros!" -

babybokal

(I'm afraid you're fired. -CV)

"Are you sure it's a mole and not a badger or porcupine of electrons??" -

tweeti

"I'm a product of the English school system. I stopped doing science in any form when I was sixteen." -

puredeadthingy

"I was very disappointed when I found out that there's actually more than a mole of electrons (and pretty much everything else- except moles) in an actual mole. Didn't stop my chemistry teacher's stuffed animal collection from freaking me out, though." -

katiebgood

"'I AM CONSTANT AS THE NORTHERN STAR...' 'I'd pay good money if he would shut up.'" -

etcet

(+1, Star Trek VI. -CV)

Correct Answer: The Faraday Constant

3. "Laverne and Shirley", "Mork and Mindy", and "Joanie Loves Chachi" were all spin-off series of which TV sitcom?

"I don't know, but if it provided a reasonable premise for an alien coming to earth, I may have to watch it." -

lookingforwater

(I'm curious to know what your definition of "reasonable premise" is... -CV)

“A doubt the Answer is the Dick Van Dyke show, but I was watching 'Mary Poppins' the other day, and he was kinda hot." -

rhiannonjk

"Loads and Loads of Characters" -

puredeadthingy

"Coupling" -

drbear

(You only get credit if you meant the British version. -CV)

"The Simpsons. No, that was pork and Mindy. No, that was turkey and Mindy. Never mind." -

yayworthy

“Happy Days... Unfortunately, those days were not mine." -

kittycatness

"thank you VERY much: I've paid good money to therapists and bartenders to block out memory of JLC." -

temperance14

"The whole 'movie remakes of old TV shows' thing may be bad, but at least we haven't had a Laverne and Shirley movie... yet." -

marasca

(I'm still weeping inside over the fact that they're proceeding with "The A-Team" movie. -CV)

"I didn’t realize until years later that Fonzie was supposed to be the same age as Ritchie Cunningham and his friends. I kept wondering, 'Why does the guy with the leather jacket spend all his time with these teenage boys?' I was too naive then to reach the obvious conclusion." -

laughingacademy

(...that he was a priest? -CV)

Correct Answer: "Happy Days"

“Which was itself 'spun-off' from 'Love, American Style.' Spin-offs having spin-offs! What has our culture come to?!" -

blindgeoff

(Dogs and cats, living together!! – LL)

4. Who was allied with the three Earp brothers in their famous gun battle on 26 October 1881?

"Their distant cousin, Seven-Earp." -

drbear

"Whatsup Doc. Loved carrots, kept getting lost in Albaquoikie." -

deza

"D'Artagnan." -

babybokal

"Marty McFly" -

akiyasan

“Huckleberry." -

rhiannonjk,

badgerbabe

(+1, Val Kilmer – LL)

“Everybody knows that was the ubersexy Val Kilmer...mmmmmm-mmmmm-mmmmmm, yummmy" -

tweeti

(We’ll be in our respective bunks – LL)

"Doc Ock" -

darthparadox

“going to the doc is never a holiday for me. Hell, the last time I saw my doc, I had to schedule an endoscopy, a colonoscopy and an OB/GYN appointment. So I got something shoved down my throat, up my ass and up my twat. There used to be a time when that was a hot date. FML." -

flawed_karma

(-1 to me for being surprised by this answer. -CV)

“I once dated a guy named James Earp. It sure as hell wasn't a gun in his pocket." -

drunken_hedghog

“He trashtalks in Latin!" -

laughingacademy

“I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers, and Methodists!" -

jhirat_dai

(+1, Blazing Saddles. -CV)

"Sleepy, Bashful, Grumpy, Dopey, Sneezy, Happy, and Doc Holiday." -

pirho_maniac

(We Methodist are some bad mother fu—oh, wait, I’m agnostic now… - LL)

"I *loved* the O.K. Corral! Guns and drama and death and unshaven men; oh America, why can't you be more like your romantic past?" -

mathnerd

“All I need to know about the Battle at the O.K. Corrall I learned from watching Star Trek." -

umbralcorax,

blindgeoff,

i_calql8,

billfl

“I always thought Doc Holliday should've been the physician aboard the Love Boat! " -

demon_666“

Correct Answer: Doc Holliday

5. What's your favorite day of the year?

“That's a tough one. I would have to say April 25th. Because it's not too hot, not too cold, all you need is a light jacket." -

japeningrish

(+1, Miss Congeniality – LL)

“Winter Solstice - 'Tis the reason for the season!" -

rhiannonjk

(I thought axial tilt was the reason for the season… - LL)

“August 23rd. People buy me gifts, get me drunk and don't expect anything back, except maybe cake" -

dk2022

“Halloween. See, on Halloween you have full legal and social permission to extort candy and terrify small children, which you just don't get on the other days." -

lookingforwater

"Christmas has always been a favorite of mine, but my anniversary is quickly trumping it, given our tradition of delicious steak followed by sex." -

darthparadox

"St. Patrick's Day, of course. Not only is a day where everyone pretends to be Irish and it's okay to start drinking as soon as you get out of bed, but it's my birthday, too! Hooray!" -

mira_isis

"The twelfth day of Christmas, which is also my birthday. However, my yearly request for various species and quantities of fowl have yet to be granted." -

tears_of_nienna

“Any day I don't have to go to work." -

jmthane,

germankitty,

lizwinlove

“March 14th! Steak and BJ Day!" -

blindgeoff

“February 29, guaranteeing disappointment in three out of four years." -

drbear

“United Nations Day! Because I like CV that much. Ok, and because October 24 is my birthday, too." -

marasca

“Any day I've got a sitter to watch the kids." -

deza

(Word up – LL)

“The Saturday before Labor Day, aka International Bacon Day. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm, bacon..." -

i_calql8

(I’m going back to my bunk… - LL)

“I like them all equally, except I never could quite get the hang of Thursdays." -

jhirat_dai,

umbralcorax

(+1, HHGTTG – CV&AL&LL)

Can you dig it? I know you can. It's because we're such bad mothe- errr, nevermind.

Tune in an hour from now, when more quizzing appears without warning! OH THE HUMANITY!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL