ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 26 April 2010

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Happy Post-Earth Day! The Earth has gifted us with so many wonderful things lately, like earthquakes and volcanoes and tsunamis, so this week's quiz is dedicated to the Planet. Because we care.

1. Perry White and Jimmy Olsen work for which newspaper?

"I'm trying to estimate how many comic book geeks will try to strangle me through the monitor if I say 'Daily Bugle.'" -

cmzero
"The Daily Planet. If you say Bugle instead, a thousand angry Spider-man fans will tie you up and dangle you from huge fucking globe statue on the roof." -

iambickilometer
"The Daily Bugle" -

darthparadox
"I think it's the Daily Bugle. Spiderman could make more money just from delivering the papers alone." -

akiyasan

"Some horrid left wing pinko rag. Make mine the Bugle!" -

uncut_diamond and a dozen others

"The Onion. That's why nobody has figured out Superman is Clark Kent. 'Haw, haw, and I bet that loser rich freak who is always falling down is Batman.'" -

lots42,

thefannishwaldo

"Am I the only one who ever questioned how seriously Superman could get away with just putting on glasses as a disguise? Because I wear glasses and the only thing that happens when I take them off is that I look like I lost about 100 IQ points." -

ifeedformula

"Whats a newspaper?" -

ntlespino,

angleprojekt,

mistressjennfer

"What'll Clark do for a secret identity in the post-print era? 'Mild mannered blogger for dailyplanet.com' just doesn't have the same ring..." -

blindgeoff

"The Daily Planet. They are much envied by their Bizarro universe counterparts, Hades Black and Jimmy Charon, who used to work for The Pluto Planet, but now are working for The Pluto Planetoid." -

barbarienne

"how many times does Superman or one of his enemies have to go flying into it and destroy it before they finally decide the Daily Planet should just nix the globe on top?" -

frequencyshift

"The Daily Mail. '"ARE IMMIGRANTS FROM PLANET KRYPTON TAKING OUR JOBS?'", that sort of thing." -

many_from_one

"The Daily Planet, a newspaper where they spent little time researching or writing, but mostly trying to figure out why Jimmy Olsen was dressed as, wed to, or turned into a gorilla that month." -

temperance14

Correct Answer: The Daily Planet

2. Which novel by Robert A. Heinlein tells the story of Jim Marlowe and his alien "pet", Willis the Bouncer?

"Searching High and Marlowe" -

iambickilometer

"Is that what Bruce Willis was doing before Moonlighting? Or what Demi Moore was doing before Bruce Willis?" -

thepikey

"Watchuu Talkin' About, Marlowe?" -

drbear and 20 other Diff'rent Strokes fans

"Dif'rent Stars, wherein Podkayne gets two new brothers who later grow up to be reality TV personalities." -

barbarienne

"Willis is like Wilson from 'Castaway'." -

holmes221b

(Strangely, not far from the truth. Maybe a bit more animated. -CV)

"A Boy and his Bouncer" -

wrestlingdog

"Pulp Science-Fiction" -

kristinmachina

("Does John Carter look like a Thark?" - "What?" - "Say what one again, martianfucker! Say what one more time!" -CV)

"Ah, one of the good Heinleins! The young adult books, done before the brain tumor! Yeah, that one..with planet in the title..my copy had that Darryl Sweet cover art..hey, look over there! Sorry, I could have sworn I saw a mouse. The book? Oh, the book! 'How Much for Just the Planet?'" -

etumukutenyak

"You know, the scare quotes around 'pet' make me suspect shenanigans of an altogether non-family-friendly nature, and wonder if you have not perhaps confused Heinlein with Phillip José Farmer." -

drbunsen
"It occurs to me that 'pet' in quotes could mean one of two things." -

packbat
"Heinlein's the guy who brought us 'All You Zombies,' in which a character goes back in time and has sex with his gender-altered self, and 'Stranger in a Strange Land,' where the Christ figure engaged in public sex triggered by mind-powered clothes vaporization. So I can only imagine what he means when he uses the term 'pet' with quotes around it." -

cmzero
"Is 'pet' a euphemism for tentacled lover?" -

seekingferret

(Well, I guess he was considered a pet, but in actuality was just the pre-adolescent form of a fully sentient Martian. So, maybe more like "accidental slave". -CV)

"I loved Heinlein's books until they got all bogged down in freaky sex and countercultural hoo-haa. Then I turned twelve and oh hey, boobies!" -

squeegibo

"Red Planet. Why is Mars such a popular s/f destination? Dammit, I want to go surfing on Europa, not hang about getting dust in my lungs!" -

deza"

Correct Answer: Red Planet

3. Charlton Heston destroys the world with the Alpha-Omega Bomb in which movie?

"Was it The Wrath of Khan?" -

distaff_exile

(Bite your tongue!! – LL)

"WHY WOULD I WANT TO BLOW UP THE WORLD? THAT'S WHERE I KEEP ALL MY STUFF!" -

etcet

(+1, The Tick. -CV)

"It sure ain't The Little Rascals; that'd be the Alfalfa-Omega Bomb." -

iambickilometer

"Honey, I Blew Up The Kids" -

drbear

"There was a bomb in The Ten Commandments? Which plague was that?" -

lecoto

(It was the plague of heavy alpha particles, which killed the hell out of the Egyptians, but they never saw it coming, so it didn't get written down. -CV)

"The 11th Commandment: THOU SHALT NOT NUKE" -

wiredwizard

(Except for aliens, when thou mayest nuke the site from orbit, just to be sure. -CV)

"The Bible 2: Apocalypse Now" -

ntlespino

"Is that anything like the Omega 13? Because that just set time back by 13 seconds, which really is kind of lame considering how cool it looked." -

frequencyshift

(+1, Galaxy Quest. -CV)

"Is this at the beginning of the movie or the end? That's not really something you throw in halfway through." -

rikchik

"Back to the Return of the Revenge Beneath the Planet of the Apes" -

zihuatanejo

(That pretty much covers them all. Except the Marky Mark remake. -CV)

"The last one, presumably." -

jhirat_dai

(Oddly enough, no. -CV)

"I thought about making some sort of reference to those damn dirty apes, but then realized that a lot of other people probably would, too." -

dragon_within
"'Get your stinking paws off of me, you damn dirty ape!' There are no other movies by Chuck Heston." -

thepikey
"Was the world contaminated by those damn dirty apes? Or was that another actor and film altogether? In fact, am I just remembering the Simpsons parody?" -

puredeadthingy

Correct Answer: "Beneath the Planet of the Apes"

"In one of the countless billions of galaxies in the universe . . . lies a medium-sized star, and one of its satellites, a green and insignificant planet, is now dead." -

david_deacon

4. The video for the Beastie Boys' song "Intergalactic" features a giant robot chanting which lyrics?

"That song does not exist in the Beastie's canon; I maintain that it was done by those brain-dead fucksocks, The Presidents of the United States of America, because it's so fucking repetitive and monotonous and insipid." -

etcet

"I only know the beastie boys because my ex loved to listen to them, and he's a big doodie head and I don't want anything to do with him anymore, so shut up about him! What were we talking about?" -

b_hulsmans

"Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto." -

jmthane,

thepikey,

ifeedformula

"Klaatu...barada...niffleheim!" -

n5iln,

nitasee

"Oh Yoshimi, they don't believe me, but you won't let those robots eat me." -

squeegibo

"Earth Girls are Easy" -

temperance14

"Don't quit your day job, Galactus." -

iambickilometer

"You ever notice how for all his talk of one, Bender doesn't actually HAVE an ass?" -

lots42

"Super Fantastic Bubble Plastic" -

drbear

"BAR-BOO-RA! BAR-BOO-RA!" -

mistressjennfer

(+1, South Park. -CV)

"'A Friend is a Friend', with Vin Diesel singing as the Iron Giant." -

etumukutenyak

(His largest role ever! *rimshot* -CV)

"Danger, Will Robinson!" -

frequencyshift,

jhirat_dai,

lanzaned

"It's life Jim, but not as we know it!" -

thefannishwaldo

"Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl..." -

alfvaen

(+1, Schoolhouse Rock. -CV&LL)

"All your base are belong to us." -

angelprojekt

"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!" -

packbat

"One time in college my friend got a little drunk and decided to sing 'Sabotage' on Rock Band while pretending to be William Shatner. She got 100%." -

babybokal

(That apparently happens a lot...)

"I still can't think of the Beastie Boys without thinking of

chaosvizier rapping Sab-o-tage on Rock Band." -

marasca

(

babybokal, I used Mr. T's voice. It worked just as well. -CV)

"Number Nine....Number Nine...Number Nine..." -

wrestlingdog

"'Intergalactic planetary' is what it sounds like to me, but then again, what fun is getting it right?" -

scyllacat

Correct Answer: "Intergalactic Planetary"

5. What cartoon superhero is summoned by the words "Let our powers combine"?

"Nerdiest chat up line *ever*." -

jhirat_dai

"Children of the Corn. Who *else* would have a legitmate use for a combine as their superpower? Can you imagine one big enough to mow down Voltron? That would be bitchin'." -

etcet

"Charles Darwin" -

seferin,

packbat

"HEART!" -

ntlespino

" Oh no, the Alliance sent another Operative to try and stop us. FORM TOO MUCH HAIR! -CV

" -

cmzero

" Unfortunately, his powers were a combination of rock, stone, boulder, pebble, and heart. There's always room for heart. -CV

" -

tweeti

"Captain Planet. I would sneer, but too many of my generation thing HR PuffNStuff was subtle art." -

temperance14

"I'm going to pretend it was either the Wonder Twins or Voltron. Because even a bucket of water is cooler than that Captain Planet douche..." -

mistressjennfer

"I'm sure I know the answer to this, but my brain is screaming "SPACEMAN SPIFF! SPACEMAN SPIFF!" and drowning out all other information. Sorry." -

babybokal

"Captain Planet! He's our hero! Something something something rhymes with hero!" -

distaff_exile

"Captain Planet, he's a hero, gonna bring pollution down to zero. Did I make that song up just now? Also, the power of heart was kind of silly." -

domtheknight

"The Ambiguously Gay Duo (They might be the ones doing the summoning.) (Heh heh, 'combine')" -

lecoto

"Voltron. Oh, please let it be Voltron." -

barbarienne and many others

"Thank Ghod for 'Robot Chicken!' I can answer 'Captain Planet' instead of playing the 'too damned old to know' card!" -

blindgeoff

"As a teen I had that same hairdo to my eternal shame..." -

kenakeri

" Now this is an environmental message I can support one hundred percent. -CV

" -

deza

Correct Answer: Captain Planet

6. What does your life revolve around?

"LJDQ, of course!" -

etumujutenyak,

temperance14,

drbunsen,

majorsamfan,

many_from_one
"It does NOT revolve around LJ and this quiz! It does NOT! Although it does break up the 'Monday sucks and Tuesday is no better' blues." -

kristinmachina

"The Sun" -

seferin,

holmes221b,

b_hulsmans,

seekingferret,

sushimustwrite

"Pudding, gin and tits. Not always in that order." -

fizrep
"Sleep, sex, and Netflix. Not necessarily in that order." -

babybokal
"Sleep and

drbear, not necessarily in that order." -

tweeti
"Coffee. And chocolate. And pudding. And sex. Not necessarily in that order." -

frequencyshift

"Thank you, I now have half of my brain repeating 'Intergalactic planetary' and the other half doing 'Captain Planet, he's our hero..' If only I knew how to spin vinyl." -

ziihuatanejo

"I wish my life revolved around me...but it doesn't. It revolves around my boss." -

sticky9fingers

"The Wheel of Time." -

alfvaen

(There was a time where I'd have given you a +1, but then my interest devolved into hatred and loathing. Cheeky Robert Jordan. -CV)

"It revolves at around 78 rpm. So I can't read the label." -

drbear

"Ultimately? The galactic center. At the moment? Playoff hockey! WOOOO" -

darthparadox

(Woooooooooooooo!!! – LL)

"Work and Glee, sadly." -

marasca

"A paycheck." -

jmthane

"D.C. area bus schedules." -

packbat

"chocolate. Doesn't everyone's?" -

thefannishwaldo

"Probably Your Mom. After all, she's fat enough to have her own gravitational field." -

thepikey

"LJDQ of course. I spend 4 days agonizing over my answers to the questions; the whole weekend in tense anticipation (did I make it? was I funny enough? oh g-d, why did I make that boob joke? why didn't I make more boob jokes? the inevitable remorse about whatever I did post eating away at me); all of Monday morning refreshing my f-list over and over and over until it's posted; anxious minutes reading through and laughing while searching for my own quotes with butterflies flutterbuying in the stomach (or whatever it is they do), followed by going back to my original comments to see what it was I actually posted and wondering what the hell I was thinking; and then spending the rest of Monday into Tuesday in dreaded anticipation of the next quiz.

Was that TMI?" -

mistressjennfer

And there you have it: another quiz that was out of this world! Don't worry; this quiz was not so earth-shattering that we must up and write our own orbituaries. We planet to bring you even more quizly goodness, no sooner than tomorrow! How revolutionary!

Thank you all for playing, hope you enjoyed, welcome aboard any and all new players, and remember to spread the word! Tell all your friends to play the quiz, or they'll be eaten by bears!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Current Music: A Whole New World!

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From:

etcet.livejournal.com

Thank you for sharing my loathing of PotUSA with the huddled, teeming masses.

And: FUCK YEAH, PLAYOFF HOCKEY. Now, if my boys (Buffalo) can avoid fucking the dog (and being fucked by the zebras some more) tonight and Wednesday...

From:

chaosvizier.livejournal.com

Hockey has... zebras? Man, my sports knowledge is worse than I thought.

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

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