LJ Daily Answers: 29 March 2010

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"Oh, I get it. March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. We started March with lions, and end it with lambs. YOU CAN'T FOOL ME, LJDQ!" - kristinmachina

Ok, true story confession time. Earlier this month, AL and CV had the following email exchange:
24 Feb: AL - "Can we use 'lions' as a theme for next week? Lots of good choices..."
1 Mar, early morning: *AL sends quiz all about "Lions", which eventually gets posted*
1 Mar, late afternoon: CV - "...I can't believe it took me this long to figure out 'why lions?' I can't brain today; I have the dumb."
1 Mar, minutes later: AL - "(.....so should I admit that the March in-like-a-lion thing was completely NOT on my mind, or should I go with an appearance of omnipotent omnirelevance.....)"
1 Mar: AL - "Hans, you are so out of it!"
1 Mar: CV - "We are both full of fail."
That's right. Sometimes we're not as on-the-ball as we'd like to be. And therein lies the magic.

1. The Countach, Diablo, and Gallardo were all products of which automobile company?

"'Countach' is the kind of mustache worn by a Count, right?" - alfvaen

"General Mills. They were the forerunners of Count Chocula, Frankenberry and Booberry." - flawed_karma

(You forgot Fruity Yummy Mummy. Makes your tummy go yummy! -CV)

"Isn't Countach the Italian word for vajayjay?" - mark_laura

"When did Capcom start making cars?" - nitasee

"Blizzard Entertainment" - dragon_within, sillyflowers, mandydax, wint3rhart, mistressjennfer

(LOOKING FOR BAAL?!?!? - AL&CV)

"The Vatican" - seferin

"Did they think people would want to make out in the back seat just because the names are sexy?" - rhiannonjk

(There is no back seat in these cars. – LL)

"COUNTACH I CHOOSE YOU! EXPLODING GAS TANK ATTACK!" - lots42

"Some Italian word that means 'Faster than a speeding Provolone, costs more than a Caribbean island'." - phrench_phried

"Lambo ,Lambo, Laaaaambo, LAAAAAAAMBO!" - 8 of you

"Rhymes with 'I have a small weenie'." - frequencyshift

"Lamborghini, and I know this because everything I know about cars I learned from Top Gear. For instance, I learned that it's possible to cross the English Channel in a modified pick-up truck with a boat engine strapped to the back, but it might not be a good idea." - un_sedentary and several other Top Gear fans

"Lamborghini. They started out making tractors (well, technically, a different branch of the company still does). I'm not sure what's worse; the fact I know that, or the fact I'd find a Lamborghini tractor far more fun." - lins_arosa

"You can have any colour you want, as long as it's bloody expensive." - jhirat_dai

Correct Answer: Lamborghini



2. The Green Bay Packers call which stadium home?

"dear ljdq, please stop writing sports questions about a team which I guess is for a sport ive not even heard of, cmon, I'll take a lyrics question over this." - yayworthy

"The repetitious frozen tundra of redundancy" - rhiannonjk and 9 others

"The Thunderdome" - wiredwizard

(Two teams enter! One team leaves! -CV)

"The Fondue Bowl!" - mandydax

"Ice Station Zebra" - cholma

(+1, Alistair MacLean. -CV)

"1060 West Addison? That's Wrigley Field!" - babybokal, 4492

(+1, The Blues Brothers. -CV&LL)

"Notre Edam, home of Touchdown Cheeses" - i_calql8

"Is it on the Boulevarb of Broken Breams?" - many_from_one

"Duff Stadium" - flawed_karma

"I really want it to be Fudge-something or other. But that's because mentally, I'm a six year old boy. Shame physically I'm a 24 year old woman." - drunken_hedghog and a few other fudgepackers

"Whichever one they want to, cuz, man have you seen those guys? They're HUGE." - majorsamfan

"The Green Bay Packers have to live in a stadium? That's so sad. Do they, like, set up little tents on the field? We should let them at least camp out in the press box. ('Oh, man, this place smells like a bunch of football players sleep here.')" - alfvaen

"The one with NO ROOF! And they play in WINTER! Hel-LO! Build a frickin' ROOF! We have the technology!" - n5iln

"A stadium is never home. Unless you're homeless. Which means it still isn't home." - phrench_phried

Correct Answer: Lambeau Field



3. In the movie "Revenge of the Nerds", the titular nerds end up joining which fraternity?

"Revenge of the Nerds? Okay, who's been hacking into my dreams and making them into major motion pictures, again?" - drunken_hedghog

(I weep either for today's youth or my venerable age. The nerds did indeed have their revenge. -CV)

"Exactly how long have you been waiting to use the word 'titular' in a quiz...and how many quizlings won't be able to get past that word without at least snickering? (Myself included. *snicker*)" - n5iln

(You haven't been watching lately, eh? -CV)

"Why do you intentionally provoke me by using the word 'titular'? No good can come of this." - david_deacon
"Titular nerds are the best kind of nerds." - squeegibo

"I hereby announce a ban on the word 'titular' in all future LJDQ quizzes. The word has been used in just about every quiz this year, and it's starting to grate my titular nerves." - spiralgirl1

(Perhaps your titular nerves need a massage. -CV SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP. -AL&LL)

"Probably a Welsh one, because of the triple double lls." - germankitty

"Robot House" - many_from_one, forgedpixels

(+1, Futurama. -CV)

"Sigma Chi Titular" - drbear

"Gamma Epsilon Epsilon Kappa" - thefannishwaldo

"Ima Geeka Kappa" - jmthane

"I Phelta Thi" - alfvaen

(Probably a chicken thigh. -CV)

"Signa Phi Nothing" - i_calql8

"Eta Beta Pi" - blindgeoff, lins_arosa

"Delta, delta, delta can I help ya, help ya, help ya?" - sskipstress

"Tri Delt (everyone else has)" - zihuatanejo

"I have a friend at UCLA who joined the nerd-frat there. It's called Triangle. Not Delta, but Triangle. Just, you know, cuz." - babybokal

"the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Water Buffalo." - mark_laura

"Tri Cuppa Bru! Brothers through and through! So what if we're a mess? We always pass the test! TRI KUPPA BRU!!!" - mattwolf

"The one that focuses on boobs, butts, and beer. Oh wait, that's EVERY FRATERNITY THAT'S EVER EXISTED." - kagomeshuko

"They said 'Tri-Lambs', but I never saw any sheep in that movie!" - cholma

(That was in the director's cut, where the jocks hit up the ag school for some illicit lovin'. -CV)

"ΛΛΛ. Which kinda anarchronfantastic when you realize symbol is now used as a marker for the LGBT movement." - ntlespino

Correct Answer: Lambda Lambda Lambda

"It was not until the existence of Wikipedia that I learned that Lambda Lambda Lambda was an actual fraternity." - ifeedformula

(Oh internet, is there nothing you cannot do? -CV)



4. Who was the Swiss mathematician who, in addition to developing various map projections, first proved that pi was irrational?

"Anybody? Anybody? Euler? Euler?" - many_from_one

"No clue, maths and I aren't friends, in fact, there's a restraining order against it, it isn't allowed to come within 500feet of me." - b_hulsmans

"Just because they're a few hundred places down and nobody can recite them from memory, they get all uppity, start talking about irrational behavior, next thing you know there'll be a restraining order..." - wint3rhart

"look, of course pie seems irrational to the swiss. they're more strudel types. and who could blame them -- tasty pastry pockets filled with glazed fruit or sweet cheese? yum! only thing better is strudel with a side of pudding!" - songquake

"I don't remember, but he won the Yodel Prize." - drbear

"I bet it was that guy who invented LSD and started tripping hard on his bike ride home. Hey, have you ever really looked at your hands? I mean, really looked?" - thepikey

"Mercator, who sounds less like a Swiss mathematician than one of Godzilla's enemies, or possibly a Decepticon. He proved pi was irrational by taunting it until it cried." - drbunsen

"Ricola... No, that can't be it. Riiiiiiicooooolaaaa... Yeah, that's better." - seekingferret

"I once projected a pie. That was pretty irrational." - phrench_phried

"What?!? Some male dared "prove" that pi is a menopausal woman???!? (It just IS, ok?)" - etumukutenyak

"William Entenmann" - mistressjennfer

"Right now I'm wishing I were a math major, so I'd know the answer to this question, and also so I wouldn't have to write three papers within the next two weeks." - un_sedentary

"Irrationally DELICIOUS, you mean! " - mattwolf

"If pi is irrational, then cake is fucking insane!" - kristinmachina

(And also a lie. -LL)

"Its only irrational if you prefer apple pi over cherry pi." - frequencyshift

"Johann Heinrich Lambert, cofounder of the Beer-Lambert Law, better known to folks these days as the American Idol drinking game." - sushimustwrite

Correct Answer: Johann Heinrich Lambert

"Of course, being Swiss, his theories always had holes in them" - i_calql8



5. What beer, brewed nearly exclusively in the Pajottenland region of Belgium, is made using spontaneous fermentation and aged dry hops?

"I'm teetotal. I should probs call ljdq quits now, eh? Well, we had a good run. [I well just mistyped that as 'we had a gin run'.]" - yayworthy

(It's ok, we're open to all people and all activities. And most likely, we drink enough to make up for you. -CV)

"Well, at least spontaneous fermentation is better than spontaneous combustion. That would totally mess up your brewing process." - ifeedformula

"Spontaneous Fermentation? I think I've just found my ideal Cause Of Death." - drunken_hedghog

"A spontaneous fermenting beer? Jesus christ, just hook it to my veins." - shanrjilraedan

"Spontaneous fermentation sounds like the punchline to a joke on a fart-joke radio show." - spiralgirl1

"I thought that said 'spontaneous fertilization' and wondered how you could get aged dry hops to spontaneously fertilize." - jmthane

(Well, you know how it is. You play some mood music, turn down the lights, wear something a little racy, and those hops get right to fertilizing each other. Simple, really. -CV)

"Belgium makes something other than chocolate and waffles?" - freezer818

"My grandfather was Belgian. And when he was 17, he invaded Germany all by himself. It was just before WWI and his cavalry unit was on maneuvers near the German border. His horse ran away with him, over German lines. He was detained for three days. The Belgians finally got him back, but it turns out he was to be released immediately, but the Belgian military wouldn't accept his return unless they included the horse, too." - flawed_karma

(Ze Germans had probably eaten the horse – LL)

"I only know one Belgian beer, but I'm sure b_hulsmans can enlighten us!" - germankitty

(Yeaaaaaah, not so much – CV&AL&LL)

"Figures: you ask me a question about Belgium and I don't know the fricking answer." - b_hulsmans

(Throw him to ze Germans! – LL)

"It's the beer favoured by shaggy-foreheaded people the world over, Unibrau." - alfvaen

"Chimay (rhymes with 'Timmeh')" - zihuatanejo

"Smürfbrau" - i_calql8

"" - sskipstress

"If you write poetry while drinking this, would it be Lambic pentameter?" - nitasee

"Lambic = beer for people who want to get their buzz from dessert. I approve of this tactic." - etcet

(I am thoroughly guilty of this tactic. -CV)

Correct Answer: Lambic



6. What is your favorite soft, cute, delicious furry baby animal?

"Alright, how many 'Pussy' and 'Your Mom' jokes this week?" - ntlespino

(Besides this answer, one of each. I'm as surprised as you are. -CV)

"Being a native Texan and therefore deeply ingrained in cowboy culture, I'd have to say that it would have to be..the cow. Beaten to within an inch of it's steaky life, battered, deep-fried and served with mashed taters, sawmill gravy and some fried okra." - ifeedformula

(You were doing so well until you said okra. -CV)

"Pinguins, I know, they aren't furry, but they are cute and soft." - b_hulsmans

(Furry, feathery, it's all the same when you're baking at 350. -CV)

"In the immortal words of Jonathan Swift, 'OM NOM NOM IRISH BABIES NOM.'" - laughingacademy

(RIIIIIIIBS! DRIPPING WITH SAAAAUCE! FALLING OFF THE BONE! -CV)

"" - angelicmuse18

"It used to be Gerbil, but between South Park and Richard Gere, I can't look at them the same way again" - drunken_hedghog

"
That's right. Baby great white shark. I defy you to find anything tastier." - etcet

(How about baby great white shark placenta? -CV)

"Well, tweeti isn't furry...but she qualifies otherwise." - drbear

(And this is where we don't discuss tweeti's depillatory habits. Moving on... -CV)

"The amazingly misleadingly-named Red Panda. How can you not love this face?
" - wint3rhart

"Sea urchins ('What? Nobody loves sea urchins.' 'Well, you know. You'll just be sitting there, minding your own business, and they'll come marching in, and crawl up your leg, and start cuddling in your lap, and you'll be all like, "Hey. This is the cutest, furriest baby sea urchin ever." I love those friggin' things.')" - mark_laura

(+1, nice South Park subversion. -CV)

"Surprised Kitty!" - kristinmachina

"Q. What's a baby harp seal's favorite drink?
A. Canadian Club on the rocks." - drbunsen

"Baby pandas are tied with kittens" - primavera

(Especially when they sneeze. -CV)

"Ferrets! Tell me that this isn't the cutest thing EVAH???
" - thefannishwaldo

(Oh, don't get me started on ferrets. Don't even start to get me started. -CV)

"That would be the sheep in the original Warcraft game. If you clicked on them often enough, they would explode! KA-BOOM!" - cholma

"I'm a veterinarian..they're all my favorites." - etumukutenyak

(Replace "veterinarian" with "chef" and then we're talking. -CV)

"Earth isn't the only place to get cute baby animals..." - mandydax



And there you have it. March went in like a lion and out like a lamb, yadda yadda. In other news, lamb is tasty and you can wear their fur. Also, they scream. And then there was The Silence of the Lambs. Self-explanatory, really.

Happy holidays for those of you celebrating the holiday week of Passover and Easter and all that stuff. For everyone else, remember to go buy lots of cheap leftover Easter chocolate on Monday.

Tune in tomorrow for more quizzing, same lamb-time, same lamb-channel.

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL