LJ Daily Answers: 3 May 2010

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

1. The SS Andrea Doria sunk after collision with the MS Stockholm; the MS Stockholm still functions today under which name?

"Winner and still champion" - seferin

"The MS DOS" - darthparadox

"MS Stockholm... is this the version of Windows that kidnaps you, and you befriend even though it treats you like shit?" - houseofknaus

(I believe that describes every version of Windows. -CV)

"The HMS Ladykiller. Too soon?" - puredeadthingy

"The MS Sting. It relocated after the unfortunate incident and instead decided to write about deserts." - mendeia

(Apparently the repeated lyrics "Sending out an S.O.S." was really a documentary of the last moments of the Andrea Doria... -CV)

"The MS Stockholeintheside" - drbear

(Holeinthefront, actually; Stockholm rammed Andrea Doria head-on. -CV)

"The MS Only-A-Flesh-Wound" - ataralas

(In its defense, they got better. -CV)

"The MS Istanbul" - rikchik

"Kobyashi Maru" - wiredwizard

"the Good Ship Lollipop" - wrestlingdog

"You got Andrea Doria in my Stockhom! You got Stockholm in my Andrea Doria! Two great tastes that taste great together!" - stgreyhounds

"'Andrea Doria' always makes me think 'Dorian Gray', and that's a ship I do *not* want to board!" - cholma

(Well, it does have the potential to live forever. Although the art decor kinda sucks. -CV)

"M(is)s Athens. I'm guessing that quite a few quizlings absolutely wouldn't mind colliding with her once or twice! *wink wink, nudge nudge*
" - germankitty

Correct Answer: MS Athena



2. Richard Hatch and Jamie Bamber both have played a character by which name?

"Okay, hands up: how many people read 'Justin Bieber' in this question?" - babybokal

(There are 12 hands currently up. -CV)

"The Dread Pirate Roberts. Turns out they weren't the original Roberts either. He had turned the name over to a man named Lisle and been living like a king in Bermuda ever since." - squeegibo

(+1, The Princess Bride. -CV)

"'Hatch Bamber' sounds like a fantastic pornstar name." - etcet

"If I ever had a fawn, I'd name it Jamie Bambi." - mandydax

"From now on I'm going to refer to the zipper on my pants as the Dick Hatch." - mark_laura

"Starbuck's best friend, Queequeg" - alfvaen
"Other famous Starbucks include Jack Aranson, Ethan Hawke, Orson Welles, Patrick McGoohan, and the coffeeshop chain." - seekingferret

"Thanks for bringing back those images of Richard Hatch naked on Survivor that have BURNED INTO MY BRAIN. PASS ME THE BLEACH!!!!!!" - blackxwinter, ifeedformula, rosefox8, thepikey, stgreyhounds, mistressjennfer, darthparadox, tweeti, cmzero, deza

"Apolo Anton Oh, No!" - majorsamfan

"I'm gonna display an Apolling lack of knowledge here..." - blindgeoff

"Apollo Creed, although frankly I couldn't see either of them lasting more than a round and half against Rocky Balboa." - jhirat_dai

"I don't hold with the new-fangled Battlestar Galactica. It's just not cheesily 70s enough." - lins_arosa

"Apollo. He only succeeded in having a London Hotel and a couple of London theaters named after him, whereas his buddy Starbuck is raking in millions by selling overpriced coffee worldwide ..." - germankitty

"Except that for Richard Hatch Apollo was the character's name while for Jamie Bamber it was his callsign and his name was Lee Adama. Which makes a hell of a lot more sense than the original because who would name their kids Apollo, Athena, and Zak?? And Zak was played by Rick Springfield and killed in the first couple of minutes and damn, I am such a geek." - cjtremlett

Correct Answer: Apollo

"Not to be confused with Admiral Adama, who is currently played by 20 square meters of potholed pavement." - captainsblog



3. What 1972 disaster film features Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, and Leslie Nielsen?

"The Oscars" - seferin

(That's more of a disaster documentary. And it's never-ending, like that coal fire in Pennsylvania. -CV)

"Was it a disaster of a movie or a disaster in the movie?" - akiyasan, uncut_diamond

"The fans wanted Snakes on a boat I've heard, but it was dropped by the producters." - alexiel_neesan

"Borgnine is just asking for a Star Trek reference to Seven of Nine." - frequencyshift

"JESUS CHRIST IT'S A KRAKEN, GET IN THE SUB" - etcet

"Dude, Where's My Boat?" - deza

"Ghost Ship, the Musical" - neumeindil

(Wasn't that Karl Urban? -CV)

"AirWolf 2: Sink Shelley Winters!!!" - therealchon

"The one where Shelley Winters turns to the captain and says, 'Surely we can't be sinking' and he says,.... oh, never mind. You probably have 30 of these by now." - captainsblog, kristinmachina, mistressjennfer, wrestlingdog

"Doomed To Be Remade Thirty Years Later For No Apparent Reason." - n5iln

(Nowadays, that could be ANYTHING. -CV)

"Strangely enough, Poseidon has this line in it: 'The Andrea Doria stayed afloat 10 hours before she sank.')" - cholma

"Leslie Nielsen indicates Comedy, Gene Hackman indicates dramatic movie, Erniest Borgnine indicates bad movie. So we are looking at a drama movie which is so bad that it's funny, which can only mean Poseidon." - b_hulsmans

"I saw the Poseidon Adventure at a drive in theater. I'm not just a geek, I'm an old geek." - cjtremlett

Correct Answer: "The Poseidon Adventure"

"I admit to spending 15 minutes trying to write Poseidon upside-down." - majorsamfan



4. In the novel "Dracula", what is the name of the ship that transports Count Dracula to England?

"One..two..three..four..five..six..seven! SEVEN letters in the name Dracula ah ah ah!" - ifeedformula

"Hopefully not the MS Stockholm since that ended in disaster." - b_hulsmans

(This one didn't end much better. -CV)

"The Good Ship Lollipop" - 6 of you. A blood lollypop is missing some jolly in that lolly.

"He went to England?" - sticky9fingers

"HMS Bloody Mary" - yamx

"The HMS Redshirts" - mattwolf

(By the end of the trip, more like Red Necks. -CV)

"Marie Celeste" - jmthane

"the Batmobile" - angelicmuse18, yayworthy

"Trick question! Dracula flew. Or misted. Or took the Chunnel. One of those." - stgreyhounds

(Probably the Chunnel. -CV)

"Nostromo" - blindgeoff

(I think you've confused "Dracula" with "Alien". A common mistake. -CV)

"" - germankitty

"Thaht's no ship, thaht is my vife! Ahh ahh ahhh!" - spiralgirl1

"The SS Everybody On Board Died Mysteriously Oh Well Let's Unload This Long Box Anyway." - rikchik

"There should be a Dracula movie with John Wayne and Elvis in it. It would be 'The Duke & The King Vs. The Count'" - alfvaen

(And Queen Latifah can be the Bride of Dracula. -CV)

"It's the same one that pops up out of the lake by Hogwarts, innit? Like, the Durmstrang Underwater Express or something?" - florahart

"The 'Vlad Tepes'. The 'Erzebet Bathory' was in for repairs. And the 'Twilight' only sail under cover of the clouds." - alexiel_neesan

"In America it would be the DeYard, in Europe, the DeMeter." - tweeti

"I'm actually reading this novel right now! :D It was the Russian ship Demeter. That was a super-captain. He piloted the ship into port during a storm while he was dead! Take that, Captain Kirk!" - mandydax

(Death is no excuse to shirk your duty. -CV)

"Blood, exciting and new
Come aboard, we're expecting you
Blood, life's sweetest reward
Let it flow, it floats back to you

Blood will hurt evermore
It's an toothy smile on a friendly shore
Yes BLOOOOOD! It's BLOOOOOD! It's BLOOOOOD!
It's the Blood Boat, ah! It's the Blood Boat, ah!" - cmzero

(+1, The Love Boat. -CV)

Correct Answer: Demeter



5. What was the acronym for the particle accelerator in the German Electron Synchrotron lab in Hamburg?

"This is my BOOMSTICK!" - mattwolf

(This is one boomstick that I think we do not want to see go boom. -CV)

"Oh god oh god we're all gonna die?" - cjtremlett

"The Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. Where is the boom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom." - tweeti

"In Germany, they have the green light which means Ge-Go-O and the red light which means Ge-Stop-O." - ifeedformula

"Super Colliding Hellacious Nuclear Electronic Laser Light, or SCHNELL" - drbear

"SPECTRE" - wrestlingdog

"HARDON" - akiyasan

"CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN" - alfvaen

"U.R. M.O.M." - neumeindil, angelicmuse18

"E.B.E.H.--Eich Bien Ein Hamburger! Mmm...burgers." - kristinmachina

"Knowing the Germans and their love for piling words together until they form a verbal orgy, it's going to be something like Deutsches Partikel Fahrfernugen Fingerspitzengefuhl Akselerator Ihm Hamburg Ichbineinberliner Kwatsch" - b_hulsmans

"Ahem. I believe you mean the Deutches Elektronen-Sychrotron. With its accelerator Hadron Elektron Ring Anlage. Or DORIS. Or PETRA. And experiments ARGUS, ZEUS, HERMES, and OLYMPUS. Physicists should not be allowed to name things. It's my new rule. I'm looking at you, ATLAS." - ataralas

Correct Answer: HERA (Hadron-Elektron-Ringanlage)



6. If you were a deity, what would you be the god/goddess of?

"Fat chicks, because it's taken me half my life to embrace my curves. I am fatty, hear me..oh wait. Did you say chocolate cake and gin? *zoom*" - ifeedformula

(Truly a fickle goddess. Bring out the Ben & Jerry's! -CV)

"Public transit. The subways would bow before my iron fist; the buses would run on time." - ataralas

(I would gladly sacrifice a failed MTA employee on your altar. -CV)

"Orgasms. After all, who gets called to during that magical time? Of course, to be pious you'll all have to start screaming 'Oh Mattwolf!'" - mattwolf

"I'd be a goddess of major healing. Severed your toe? Poof, it grows back. Like salamanders, or Claire Bennett." - rosefox8

(Claire Bennett is a salamander? Boy, makeup does wonders for her... -CV)

"I would like to be patron deity of delicious foods. That way I could get delicious offerings!" - profsparky

"What do you mean, 'if'? Do I need to smote a quiz?" - uncut_diamond

"I'd be the goddess of graphing calculators, because apparently I know all about using them and fixing them when they don't work correctly." - holmes221b

"TRUTHINESS. And procrastination. And kittens. And lipgloss." - puredeadthingy

"My boss would say that I would be the god of stupidity...But I'd like to say that I'd be the god of...well, of something other than stupidity." - sticky9fingers

"bitchery and really great cakes" - kira_snugz

"Furry pornography" - lots42

"Putting things on top of other things." - n5iln

(So, like, the God of Lego? -CV)

"Goddess of Not Working While At Work. Also known as the Divine Procrastinator, the Sacred Goof-Off, and the Holy S#&% I’m Not Going To Be Done On Time! Then, later, the Goddess of I Can Haz New Job Pleaz?" - mendeia

"I'd be your mom's own, personal god." - photosinensis, mandydax

"The God of Thunder . . . and Rock and Roll. (please don't tell Gene Simmons)" - cholma

"I'd be the goddess of Thwarted Lesbian Desire -- because if I ain't getting any because -- just because." - etumukutenyak

"Goddess of Funneh. Then I'd have a six-for-six quotage on the LJDQ each week, and everybody else would worship at the Altar of My Wit." - germankitty

"I would be Goddess of Everything Cute and Fuzzy.....I would only eat chocolate and teddy bears would be my priests and priestesses." - tweeti

(Pope Teddy Ruxpin suddenly frightens me. -CV)

"Law. Then I'd be able to ace all my law school finals. 'The defendant wins, because cmzero commands it!' *hands in the exam and goes off for booze*" - cmzero



Such a godly theme of divine origin! Yes, the theme was Greek Gods/Goddesses, and I guess that's about it. Mmmm, godlicious.

Happy May Day to all; hope you celebrated appropriately, or at least did something fun, or had a tasty meal, or kicked someone in the nuts. Whatever. Gotta do what you gotta do, because sometimes a groin kick is the only answer.

See you all tomorrow for more quizly goodness! Remember to tell your friends! Get everyone to play! It's the internet!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Comments

[cjtremlett.livejournal.com]

Hee! Quoted three times! I am a successful old geek!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Old geeks are the best geeks! We're seasoned!

[ntlespino.livejournal.com]

"I admit to spending 15 minutes trying to write Poseidon upside-down." - majorsamfan


uopıǝsoԀ <-- like this?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

That looks pretty good. Nice touch with the Russian lettering there.

[david-deacon.livejournal.com]

"Not to be confused with Admiral Adama, who is currently played by 20 square meters of potholed pavement." - captainsblog

They buried Lorne Greene in the middle of a street?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the end zone in Giants' Stadium was already occupied.

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

Ok, first off? the good ship Lollipop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Good_Ship_Lollipop) was an airplane, goddamn it!!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Apparently it was a starship too. Riker fully recommended it.

[david-deacon.livejournal.com]

"Strangely enough, Poseidon has this line in it: 'The Andrea Doria stayed afloat 10 hours before she sank.')" - cholma

What's the difference between Jenna Jameson and the S.S. Poseidon?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Only 500 men went down on the Poseidon!

[angelicmuse18.livejournal.com]

I'm getting better at this! :D 2 combined quotes and I think I might've had my hand up for the Beiber thing. I can't remember.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Progress! It's bieberlicious!

[germankitty]

*high-fives self* YES! A Foursome!

*is two-thirds on the way to Goddesshood*

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

That's already past demigoddesshood! Two-thirds is over the top!

[ataralas.livejournal.com]

Question five was written to bring me out of Geek-of-the-Week retirement, wasn't it! Admit it!

And yes, I accept your MTA employee sacrifice.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Deep down I know that you would point out pretty much everything about the German Synchrotron and its projects and its detectors and anything else possible. And you fell for it, hook, line, and hadron.

[neumeindil.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo! 2 and a group think!

Also, cjtremlett gets fellow Firefly/Serenity fan love. (I hate doing laundry but I do love the Wash.;) )

And yes, that was Karl "Someone hand me a drool bucket" Urban. :D

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Oh god, who's flying this thing? Oh wait, it's me.

Good old Karl, always in the right place at the right time.

[wellowned.livejournal.com]

"Orgasms. After all, who gets called to during that magical time? Of course, to be pious you'll all have to start screaming 'Oh Mattwolf!'" - [info]mattwolf

hey, i'd start screaming mattwolf if it would mean i'm blessed with orgasms. me and my boyfriend have been working on that religiously and not quite gotten there. i could use a god on my side.

[mattwolf.livejournal.com]

Working on it religiously. Heh. For that wonderous pun alone I shall indeed bless thee. Let him read this: It's the little spot at the top. Aim for that.

You and My Will Be Done.

[mattwolf.livejournal.com]

Back up to my 3 a week average! Damn, I knew my Gene Hackman movie review was too long, but I went for it anyways.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Well, it is Gene Hackman. He is quite awesome.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I knew my god was too creepy.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

He is creepy like creepypasta! And yet quite badass. Go creepy god!

[sharnjilraedan.livejournal.com]

(Pope Teddy Ruxpin suddenly frightens me. -CV)

Well, he's not shy about the fact there's someone behind him, feeding him what to say. *thinks about the Teddy Ruxpin talking doll*

[mandydax.livejournal.com]

Archbishop Care Bear stares would rock, though.

[cholma.livejournal.com]

3! 3 Quotes! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

"The Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. Where is the boom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom." - tweeti

Since the mods won't do it, I give you a +1 for Marvin the Martian (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFaMc92cg8)!
"Oh dear. Now I will have to make more Martians." :D

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Oh well, back to the drawing board.

That's an easy one; everyone should be getting that reference without the commentary. In fact, if you don't recognize it, you should get a -1. FOR SHAME!

[vayshti.livejournal.com]

\o/

Officially my worst result ever! 0/6! Not even a group quote.

Looks like I'm back to lurking until my stock of Teh Funneh is replenished.

Nice work on the upside down letters, ntlespino - glad you achieved it, for otherwise I know I'd have tried, and wasted at least as much time as majorsamfan in the process.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Don't lurk! That's guaranteeing more 0/6 action! Play more to get more! More score! Score more! Roar for sore whore! Pore the lore at the shore! It's no chore! OR!

This nonsense brought to you by gin. It's what's for breakfast.

[pirho-maniac.livejournal.com]

It's Justin Bieber? All this time I thought it was Justin Beaver. And now my dreams are ruined. Or something.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I think your dreams are just fine. If slightly beavercentric.

[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

Quick question: how many quizlings thought that Richard Hatch from question 2 was the fat, naked, gay guy who won the first Survivor and not the guy who played Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica and Tom Zarek in the remake?

[tinamachina.livejournal.com]

I'll own up to being the former. I'm not as much of a geek as I like to be.

[tinamachina.livejournal.com]

One quote and a groupthink, not bad!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Success! May is off to a good start!

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Apparently I should start applying furry pornography to all my answers.

Wait, oh snap. What's the one webcomic about the cow-woman with tits bigger then her head who runs a farm?

NO, SERIOUSLY.

It had a boob chart. A CHART COMPARING THE BOOB SIZE OF THE CHARACTERS.

Oh my.

[mandydax.livejournal.com]

Ahem. Las Lindas. http://www.katbox.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1195&g2_imageViewsIndex=1

Dude, sometimes I hate my Google-fu skillz. I'll be in my bunk, being conflicted.

[shirenomad]

It was kind of scary how little I had to alter "Love Boat" to make it work.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Love and Blood are pretty much the same thing, after all.

[mandydax.livejournal.com]

Trips! Yay!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Captain Tripps! Boo!

[tweeti.livejournal.com]

drbear, I think it's time for a sexy party.....Four quotes is a new record for me!!!!!

BTW, there would be no Pope Teddy Ruxpin, CV, he gives me the creeps too!

[yayworthy.livejournal.com]

Halfsies :)