ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 4 January 2010... and a little

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The holidays have slowed things down a bit here, but we'll be back on target one of these days... maybe today, even!

...oh wait, maybe not.

1. What soap opera followed the lives of the Capwell family in the aftermath of the murder of Channing Capwell Junior?

"Dunno, but that's eerily similar to the plot of World War 1." -

undonebeauty

(True, but Germany continued to not win an Emmy for its performance. -CV)

"This would have sounded so interesting, except you started it off with 'soap opera'. Why are they called that by the way? I don't think they've ever had a fat lady singing in them." -

demon_666

"I won't lie to you, Marge. All I can think of right now is cookies. Mmm... Snackwells... *drool*" -

mandydax

(+1, The Simpsons. -CV)

"Twin Peaks. It started with a murder, right? Or was that Desperate Housewives? I don't ever watch soaps, all I know is that JR survived ..." -

germankitty

"Veternarians Hospital" -

drbear

"Dynasty. Or Jeopardy. Airplane! Something with an urgent one-word title." -

anticarnation1

"Hello Dolly, the Chucky Remix" -

seferin

"Days of our Witness Protection Program Experience." -

wrestlingdog

"The WASPs' Nest" -

laughingacademy

(Oh, that could have been any of them. -CV)

"Did the aftermath of murder involve the undead? 'Cause a zombie soap opera would be cool. Except the dialogue would consist mostly of 'braaaaainnns'. And lots of screaming. Lots of screaming." -

nitasee

"CSI: Santa Barbara" -

acm28

"Santa Gonna Bust A Capwell In Yo Azz" -

bellapalmera

Correct Answer: Santa Barbara

2. Merced Solis was better known in the WWF by which name?

"Wait, is the World Wildlife Fund or the World Wrestling Federation?" -

wrestlingdog and 11 others

"Ranger Rick" -

sskipstress

"El Sad Panda" -

freezer818

"WWF...that's wrestling, yes? I'm lucky to recognize the acronyms. When they first started advertising the ECW, I was confused, because ECW in my world is the Episcopal Church Women's organization. I kept imagining little old Southern ladies beating each other up with their handbags." -

madkestrel

(I won't lie to you: I'd pay for that cable channel. -CV)

"Everybody I know named Mercedes, except one person, is a stripper or porn star. That means it could be pretty much any of the scantily-clad ring babes." -

etcet

"That Steroid Gobbling Freak" -

drbear

"Silos Decmer" -

queeney

"Polly Syllabic. No, wait, sorry, that was Tim Gunn." -

laughingacademy

"Chuckita Norrito" -

nitasee

"Sweaty Dick Puncher" -

lots42

(+1, Penny Arcade. -CV)

"Punky Brewster" -

kagomeshuko

(Glomer be fixing everything. -CV)

"Bad Santa" -

kristinmachina

(+1 for a movie that includes the line "Fuck me, Santa!" -CV)

"The Sundertaker" -

flipthefrog

Correct Answer: Tito Santana

3. Cyrus K. Holliday founded the Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company in 1859 with the intent to connect Topeka with which city?

"Haha, his last name is HOLLIDAY. And it is the HOLIDAYS." -

bellapalmera,

seekingferret

(Fair enough; that one totally escaped me. -CV)

"London, England - they were going for the first Atlantic rail crossing. (They missed. Badly.)" -

jmthane

(It happens. Engineering wasn't all it's cracked up to be back then. -CV)

"Atchison" - 7 of you
"Atchi- OMG, IT'S A TRAP!!" -

mandydax

"Let's get the Hell to Dodge!" -

kittycatness

"Raccoon City" -

wiredwizard

(The all-zombie car is a bit crowded and unruly, but the discount's to die for. -CV)

"If you can't get there on Route 66, I won't go. I still need to get my kicks." -

n5iln

(You can always get your Kix in the cereal aisle of the supermarket. -CV)

"Rome. After all, that's where all roads lead to, right?" -

la_trombonista

(Roads, yes. Railroads, not yet. -CV)

"Topeka Topeka Topekachu!!!" -

anticarnation1

"Vegas, because the salt of the Earth wanted to meet Tequila" -

seferin

"LJDQ, I love and hate you, because now I'm seeing Miley Cyrus playing the daughter of a railway baron who disguises herself as a boy in order to attend college so she can prove to her father that girls are just as good as boys. Wacky hijinks, true love, and heartwarming family fun ensue." -

lookingforwater

(...I don't think we can take responsibility for this one. -AL&CV&LL)

"Alberquerque" -

kristinmachina

(No left turns were involved. -CV)

"Uppskirt" -

ifeedformula

"Santa Fe, I think. All those flyover cities look the same." -

barbarienne

"Santa Tina Fe" -

majorsamfan

(Now they can see Kansas from their houses. -CV)

Correct Answer: Santa Fe

4. What was the name of Christopher Columbus's flagship on his first expedition to the Americas?

"Shark-bait" -

jmthane

(+1, Finding Nemo. -CV)

"In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, but did you know in 2002, Columbus released Harry Potter Two? Its true." -

umbralcorax

"First? You mean there was more than one? Huh, check that out, I pay too much attention to eighth grade Kansas history but not enough to US History two years later." -

undonebeauty

"'El Schtupp,' because that mast has to go somewhere!" -

barbarienne

(That's for Hothair, the captain's callgirl. -CV)

"The LOOOOOOOOVE Boat!" -

drbear

"Optimus Pilgrim" -

mattwolf

"He had a whole ship just to carry flags? That seems a waste. Though I guess planting flags was an important procedure back then." -

seekingferret

"The Good Ship Lollipop" -

nitasee

"USS Enterprise" -

wiredwizard,

squeegibo,

germankitty

(Well, they did seek out strange new lands... and discovered new civilizations... and killed them. Full credit. -CV)

"The HMS invading and lying my ass off." -

primavera

"Santa Malaria, along with her sister ships, Smallpox and Diphtheria" -

dorei

(Cholera would have made it, but it got reassigned to the Oregon Trail instead. -CV)

"The Forty-Niner, the Pint o' Lager, and the Sanitary Maria." -

lookingforwater

"Santa Maria - did you know she ran aground on Christmas Day? Which makes this one worth double points, don't you think?" -

madkestrel

"I can't be the only one who thinks 'Nina, a Pinto, and Saint Maria' is probably a porno title (whether it involves a crappy car or a horse, I am not even going to Google to find out)." -

etcet

"Mongo? Santa Maria!!" -

wrestlingdog

(+1, Blazing Saddles. -CV)

Correct Answer: Santa Maria

5. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the band:
I am still living with your ghost
Lonely and dreaming of the west coast
I don't want to be your downtime
I don't want to be your stupid game

"If you were going to give me an earworm, couldn't it have been a GOOD one?" -

dorei
"I should be grateful that this is the song stuck in my head instead of the "Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe". *shudder*)" -

madkestrel

"Santa Claus Is Coming To Grips With His Own Seasonal Depression" -

freezer818

"I'm a lemming! Wee! Look at me follow all the lemmings off the cliff!" -

kagomeshuko

"I see the word ghost. I see the word coast. Are we in an episode of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast?" -

umbralcorax

(He was indeed the host with the most. -CV)

"Mrs. Muir, Stop scaring my boyfirends!" -

mattwolf

(+1, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. -CV)

"Dire Straits, 'I want my MTV'." -

jennielf

"'Knight Elf Mohawk' by Mr. T." -

i_calql8

"Enough with the scrabble, you're dead" -

yayworthy

"'Sitting lonely in the box' by Monopoly Car Token" -

demon_666

(Are you crazy? That's the token that always goes first. Except for me; I liked the battleship. -CV)

"Golden Grain, Ode to a Hangover" -

seferin

"What's so great about the West Coast, anyway? It's too cold to go swimming, and everyone sunbathing is either thinner than us girls, too hot for you guys to get, or too ugly to make you glad you looked in the first place." -

angelprojekt

"'Stop Haunting my House,' by Casper's ex-girlfriend." -

la_trombonista

"RIP Patrick Swayze" -

akiyasan

"Ghost Toasties, by Boo Berry and the Choculas." -

drbear

"Ebenezer Scrooge, by Hark, a Vagrant" -

wrestlingdog

"And then the Winchester brothers step in with rock salt. If rock salt really could stop ghosts, Sci-Fi's Ghosthunters would be a lot more interesting. And with property damage." -

lots42

(Rock salt, bah. Give me a good proton accelerator any day. -CV)

"I can say with certainty that living with ghosts suck. THey move things and make weird noises and generally scare the crap out of you for the fun of it." -

ifeedformula

"So he's dreaming of going to the west coast, but the best he can imagine is Los Angeles? Talk about low standards." -

kchasm

"It's a Christmas miracle! A 'fun with lyrics' question where I know the song and like it. 'Santa Monica' by Everclear." -

alkion04

"When I first heard this song, I thought they were singing, 'I don't want to be your downtown, I don't want to be your stool pigeon.' I'm not sure my version makes less sense than the actual lyrics." -

sskipstress

Correct Answer: Everclear, "Santa Monica"

6. If you could give any gift to any one (real or fictional, past or present), what would you give to whom?

"I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony! I'd like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company." -

ifeedformula

(+1 because I remember this commercial jingle. -CV)

"I'd give a motherfucking bowl of cereal TO THE Trix Rabbit. GOD, kids are douchebags." -

wrestlingdog

"Boot-to-the-Head, to George H.W. and Barbara Bush, about 10 months before she gave birth to George W." -

jmthane,

seferin

"I would give Hubble images to Galileo. No one in history more deserves to know that he was stunningly right and everyone else was wrong, wrong, wrong." -

barbarienne

"I'd give Amelia Earhart a GPS, a sat phone, and a life raft." -

sskipstress

(Yeah, but that would be one less movie this holiday season... -CV)

"Tell her you care. Say it with flowers. Send her a triffid." -

sjl

(+1, Day of the Triffids. -CV)

"I'd love to give my beloved and long-suffering husband the Corvette he's dreamed of. So far all I can afford is a Corvette key chain." -

madkestrel

(Maybe they'll let you trade up. -CV)

"I'd give Michelle Obama a replica of Aretha's awesome hat." -

la_trombonista

(I'd give EVERYBODY a replica of that hat. -CV)

"I'd give Steven Hawking full control of his body again. Yeah, I know it's not funny, but that's totally what I'd do." -

drbunsen

(And then I'd teach him karate. NINJA PHYSICIST IN THE HIZZLE! -CV)

"When I was little I asked for a puppy. I got one and it bit me, peed on my shoes, and went to sleep on my parents' bed. Last year I asked for a kitten. I got one and it bit me, peed on my shoes, and went to sleep on my parents' bed. Don't give your kids pets, okay?" -

acm28

(Once again reinforcing my mandate: NO YOU CAN'T HAVE A PONY. -CV)

"I always wanted to give Mona Lisa a pack of whitening toothpaste. I always figured that the reason she didn't want to smile properly was because of bad teeth..." -

demon_666

(Maybe it was an overbite. She could have had a big pair of Bugs Bunny chompers on her. -CV)

"I would give my gift to Santa Claus, because that bastard has it coming. He'd open it--'Ohh, I wonder what this could be,'--and then FIFTY SIXTY PAIRS OF SOCKS SOCKS EVERYWHERE SOCKS DROWNING IN SOCKS." -

kchasm

...and a happy new year!

Hope you all had a happy wonderful fun-filled action-packed holiday period! Sorry about the delay; things have been a bit busy on this end of the internet. I'm sure we'll be back to normal in no time at all. New Year, new beginning, all that jazz, a ladybug just fell on my hand, what the hell, and so on.

Thanks to everyone for playing, and of course we look forward to seeing you again soon for a whole new year of quizly goodness.

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL