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"No smart remarks about the whole New Moon phenomenon?" -

david_deacon

I don't think "smart" and "New Moon" can coexist peacefully in the same sentence...

"here's some advice, unasked: never moon a werewolf." -

n5iln

Especially if your moon is extremely full.

1. Who is Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva's older sister?

"Oh, I can never keep track of all the Arquettes..." -

thepikey

"Muadib? 'The WTF?!? must FLOW!'" -

seferin

"Pikachu" -

seekingferret

"RuPaul" -

akiyasan

"Who in their right minds would name their kid 'Dweezil'?" -

holmes221b

(Frank Zappa. 'nuff said. -CV)

"Still, it's better than calling your daughter Chardonnay or Chanel." -

lins_arosa

(Marginally. -CV)

"Incidentally, I just found out that Jermaine Jackson's son's name is Jermajesty." -

wrestlingdog

"Dweezle kind of sounds like an allergy medication." -

islandofwords

"Moon Jump. She's wildly popular at parties. Everyone likes to climb on her and have a little fun before they go throw up." -

angelprojekt

"The twins: Mars Rover Spirit & Mars Rover Opportunity" -

wiredwizard

"Kirk-Unit will now provide Moon-Unit with the required information." -

n5iln

(+1, Star Trek I. That's old-school. -CV)

"Moon Unit, which I've always thought sounds like CB radio code for an indecent exposure call." -

neumeindil

"A young woman who was completely justified in hating their parents for doing that to her, even without having the burden of being the child of someone famous for being really fucking weird." -

etcet

"See, to me, Moon Unit seems like the way you'd refer to an alien's package. 'He's got a big Moon Unit, don't he?' 'Oh yes he does.'" -

ifeedformula

(Pity the poor extraterrestrial who's packing a Pluto Unit. 'Oooh, tough deal, Gleep. Hope you have a good personality.' -CV)

"Moon Unit. Which sounds kinda creepy, when you look at it:
At night, the Eye of Sauron takes on a softer, gentler hue to lull the orcish hordes into peaceful slumber. -CV

At night, the Eye of Sauron takes on a softer, gentler hue to lull the orcish hordes into peaceful slumber. -CV

" -

germankitty

Correct Answer: Moon Unit Zappa

2. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the movie in which it was first used:
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
wherever you're going I'm going your way.
Two drifters off to see the world.
There's such a lot of world to see.

"I can't be alone in thinking this would be a lot funnier in 'Moonlighting' than 'Moonstruck.'" -

etcet

(Well, that goes for pretty much everything. Bruce Willis >>> Cher. -CV)

"Somehow you got Mr. Sandman stuck in my head with this question. Last time that happened it took at least a month to dislodge it." -

squeegibo

"If it wasn't on GLEE, I have no idea because really, it's the only thing I can think of right now." -

angelicmuse18

"Those are not lyrics I am familiar with in Pat Benetar's 'Heart Breaker'. Is anyone else even allowed to use 'Heart breaker, Dream maker?'" -

islandofwords,

tzeentch,

primavera,

david_deacon,

stgreyhounds,

limegreenjillo,

mandydax

"Moooon river! Pretty girls, beware of its heart of gold... This heart is cold!" -

cmzero

(I do that ALL THE TIME. -CV)

"What this has to do with breakfast, I don't know. Unless that's no moon...." -

holmes221b

(It's not a space station either. Ms. Hepburn enjoyed breakfast a little too much. -CV)

"Kirstieee Allllley, wider than a mile..." -

drbear

"MISS GORIGHTREE! ONCE AGAIN I MUST PROTEEESSSTTT!! God, that gives this movie such a bad fucking name. Fricking love the song, though." -

wrestlingdog

"Is this actually the best way to clean your butt? Mooning in a river before breakfast?" -

lanzaned

(Sometimes you're out of TP and you just gotta do what you gotta do. -CV)

"'Moon River'. Not recommended because it just gets reflected back and you end up mooning yourself. Makes you look kind of a dweeb." -

many_from_one

"I'm still waiting for the director's cut where in the last scene he snogs her, turns to the camera, winks and says 'I love it when a plan comes together'". -

jhirat_dai

Correct Answer: "Moon River", used in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

3. Who was elected to be the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations?

"The former Secretary Major of the United Nations" -

seferin

"Zapp Branigan" -

islandofwords

(I think he considers himself the Sexytary General. -CV)

"Doesn't matter: Turns out he was a Skrull." -

freezer818

(Goddam Skrulls, always sneaking into places. -CV)

"Moondoggy (Hey Gidget worked there!)" -

majorsamfan

(You have just betrayed your age, but only to people of similar age. -CV)

"Senator Palpatine" -

akiyasan

"Lord Voldemort" -

primavera

"M. Bison" -

la_trombonista

"U Thant? Dag Hammarsjold?" -

david_deacon

(You can have a +1 just for knowing those names. -CV)

"Kurt 'I wasn't a Nazi, I just had a thing for swastikas' Waldheim" -

drbear

"Boutros Boutros Good Olly" -

lots42

"We're only up to eight? The US has 44 presidents and counting! Step it up, UN!" -

cmzero

"Is a secretary-general a combination of secretary and general? Or is he in charge of ordering around all the other secretaries? 'Marcia, don't forget to order the pens. This is war, dammit! And hold my calls.'" -

tzeentch

"he is the very model of a modern Sec'tary-General, and has all the facts categorical." -

etumukutenyak

(+1, that musical that everyone always quotes this song from. -CV)

"Rev. Sun Myung Moon" -

jmthane

"Ban Ki-Moon. If you're unsure about his name, you might accidentally say 'monkey moon', which isn't very nice." -

kittycatness

(However, Moon Monkey is awesome, because that implies Simians From Spaaaaaaaaaace! -CV)

"Donkey Moon (like Donkey Kong, but in Zero G!)" -

zihuatanejo

"If Ban-Ki Moon walks in front of Sun Yat-Sen, do they call that an eclipse?" -

alfvaen

"Ban Ki-moon. I imagine U.N. Peacekeepers can now shout 'I will punish you in the name of the moon!'" -

ejia_arath03

(I am totally doing that on my next official trip. -CV)

Correct Answer: Ban Ki-Moon

4. Hugo Drax is the villain in which novel?

"The Hound of the Baskervilles" -

neumeindil

"How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Your Mom." -

kristinmachina

"Wherever Hugo, Trouble Follows" -

drbear

"Chuck Norris vs. Hugo Drax of Land." -

la_trombonista

"Drax sounds like a nickname for Dracula. Yo Drax! You comin to the Monster Mash tonight or what?" -

ifeedformula

("Yeah, but only if Big Franky and Wolf Dawg are comin' too, yo." -CV)

"Hugo Drax -> Justice Hugo Black -> Supreme Court -> courtroom drama -> To Kill A Mockingbird. ...In Space." -

cmzero

(To Kill A Mockingbird is the best book ever written. -CV)

"Hugo Drax sounds like the name of an evil Firefighter, so...Fahrenheit 451." -

jennielf

"Hugo Dix would be a funny name for a villian in a really badly put together porno." -

angelicmuse18

" Drax needs to lay off the 'roids. You can see the roid rage in his face. Also, WTFPURPLE. -CV

" -

tzeentch,

lots42

"I wonder who'd win a cage match between Hugo Drax and Hugo Boss. You'd think it'd be Hugo Drax, right? But maybe Hugo Boss would stun Hugo Drax with his uncanny fashion sense and then totally take him to the cleaners!" -

seekingferret
"...which always makes me wonder exactly whose boss Hugo is. The boss of all the people who wear his stuff? What kind of boss makes you pay to advertise for him?" -

kamalloy

"They couldn't have telegraphed his intentions more clearly, could they? Characters with an 'x' in their name are either evil or thirteen-year-olds who call themselves xx_~gEmMa~_xx" -

puredeadthingy

"'I think he's attempting re-entry!' Just one of many best lines in a Bong film ever. Or Bond even, but I'm not going to correct that. Evidently my subconscious thinks I need a spliff." -

jhirat_dai

"I don't know, but I think it's where Lucius and Narcissa got Draco's name from." -

kittycatness

"The book was much better than the movie, though had less Jaws." -

alfvaen,

zihuatanejo

Correct Answer: "Moonraker"

"Subtitled 'James Bond joins the 238,857 mile high club'." -

ginalin

5. Who played the lead character in the sitcom "Punky Brewster"?

Ok, let's get this part over with:

"Soleil Moon- hey, look, boobies!" -

la_trombonista,

squeegibo
"I forget, I just remember she had to get a boob reduction. Didn't she die? Hopefully not from the reduction." -

lots42
"Soleil Moon JESUS CHRIST, WHAT A RACK SHE GREW INTO Frye" -

etcet
"Of course, she was a bit younger than that when she was Punky Brewster." -

david_deacon
"Is it politically incorrect to mention that she suffered from a disease which made her boobs too big?" -

alfvaen

(Not in this community. – LL)

"Hunh. You passed up a chance to use the word 'titular'. I'm not sure if that means you drew a line over sex jokes with kids, or if you just spaced out on that one and missed it." -

thepikey

(For once I decided to bypass the obvious. If only because "titular" would have been excessively appropriate this time. -CV)

"Courtney Love - she was sorta punky." -

drbear

"PB and J?" -

sticky9fingers

"Captain Hammer" -

wrestlingdog

"Oh Soleil Moon Fry
How I envied your pig tails
And your high top Chucks" -

sskipstress

"There was a Punky Brewster cartoon, too, right? Was it the same actors doing the voice on that? Probably not. That would be like Bill Murray voicing Venkman in The Real Ghostbusters. Which, for the record, would have been freaking awesome." -

stgreyhounds

(Yes, there was a cartoon, yes, she did the voice, and yes, Bill Murray in The Real Ghostbusters would have completely ruled. -CV)

"Soleil Moon Frye. Always makes me think of Moon Pies. I told you it's a scary, scary place in my head." -

theninth

"Soleil Moon Frye, and I don't know why I know that. It sounds like a failed attempt at making sunny side up eggs sound fancy." -

ejia_arath03

"She was on Sabrina the Teenage Witch later and then voiced a Bratz doll. How the semi-famous have fallen." -

puredeadthingy

"Her name was both 'sun' and moon. Because she was that awesome." -

kristinmachina,

kittycatness,

ifeedformula,

kamalloy

"Soleil Moon Frye...If that was my last name, I'd name a kid French just to be mean. Then he'd have to change his name to Freedom to avoid being mobbed by super-patriots." -

ginalin

Correct Answer: Soleil Moon Frye

6. If you were awake at midnight, what would you be doing?

"What else? Try and take over the world!" -

ejia_arath03,

wrestlingdog,

n5iln,

sushimustwrite,

nitasee

"I'm often awake at midnight, and I'm usually writing papers. Because I'm a college student and homework is NOT ALLOWED before the sun goes down." -

islandofwords

"Your mom" -

angelicmuse18,

mistressjennfer

"Taking a train to Georgia." -

seekingferret

(I see what you did there! Haha! – LL)

"Playing World of Warcraft. My Druid won't get herself to 80 ya know...." -

jennielf

"Trying not to fall asleep before the end of overtime. West coast hockey games are my nemesis." -

squeegibo

(Come to the Caps side… - LL)

"Can't sleep, clowns will eat me." -

akiyasan

(+1, The Simpsons. -CV)

"I was about to tell you about the dinner I just made, but then my computer backup started, and the external drive my thigh was leaning on spun up and vibrated and...what was the question again?" -

illogicalvulcan

"On a good night, I'd be having fun in bed. On a bad night, I'd be stuck working. Unfortunately, bad nights happen a whole lot more than good nights..." -

sticky9fingers

"'If'? Allow me to explain something to you about the average LJ user..." -

cmzero,

etumukutenyak, and many more.

"Most of the time, at midnight, it's this quiz. The rest of the time, wondering 'I need to wake up in six hours. Why am I awake? Oh look, kitten dancing to Gaga on YouTube!'" -

kristinmachina

"Last night I was trying a few remedies to help my boyfriend sleep better. The most obvious one worked pretty well, as usual." -

spiralgirl1

(Hot chamomile tea and lavender aroma therapy? – LL)

"If my freudian slip in Q4 is any indication, hunting around for rizla whilst making brownies" -

jhirat_dai

"Single male with a high-speed internet connection, you figure it out." -

thepikey and probably many other male quizlings who just didn't admit it

(...myself included. -CV)

"Not feeding the gremlins" -

angelprojekt

And there you have it! It's Moonday again, and therefore a moon theme! No wait, that's terrible. Moon theme, for reasons too immoonerable to list here. Ugh, that pun was terrible too. I'm going to have to remoonerate everyone for this travesty. Oops, did it again. This is lunacy!

I'll stop now.

Thanks for playing all; hope you enjoyed, and of course hope to see you again tomorrow for more quizly goodness!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Current Music: I LIKE THE MOON!

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From:

etcet.livejournal.com

"Is it politically incorrect to mention that she suffered from a disease which made her boobs too big?" - alfvaen

I'm afraid I do not understand this comment. "Too big"?

From:

chaosvizier.livejournal.com

Like the Grand Teton mountain range.

Though named daily, it is weekly. Behold the first mystery.

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