ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 24 May 2010

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"Sorry, I TOTALLY SUCKED this week and had to Googlecheat every damned answer, even for #6! Totally unhoopy!" -

blindgeoff

That is unhoopy, but your raw honesty makes you a hoopier frood than you know.

1. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the original singer:
I'm goin' to Chicago; that's the last place my baby strayed...
I'm packin' up my bags, gonna leave this old town right away

"Why does this remind me of the South Park theme song?" -

jmthane

(It does have some lyrical similarities and could fit the rhythm if pressed... -CV)

"Pack your bags... we're going on a guilt trip!" -

wrestlingdog

(Oooh, those are my favorite! -CV)

"leavin' on a jet plane" - 6 of you

"I notice a lot of people stray in Chicago. Mostly politicians." -

cmzero

"'Gather No Kate Moss' by Sting" -

mandydax

(You'd think it would be by the Rolling Stones? -CV)

"Hilary Clinton, 'The Rodham Blues.'" -

drbear

"I once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die by Some Old Granny" -

kagomeshuko

"I'm afraid I'm legally obligated to report this singer to Child Protective Services for negligent parenting." -

delordra

"I need to question my babysitters to make sure they haven't been letting my babies (of which I have oh so many) stray off to Chicago. I saw that musical, which is surely based on real life, and that town does not seem nice at all. Not at all." -

mistyraven

(I think real life is even less nice than the musical makes it out to be. For one thing, there's no singing. -CV)

"The only group I know of that has a song about going to Chicago is the Blue's Brothers, and you didn't mention sun glasses or smokes so I doubt if that's the right song." -

iamraffiki

"I don't get it. Why would you go to the last place your baby strayed? Wouldn't you want to stay away? Unless it's actually the guy's child. In which case, did the baby crawl all the way to Chicago? By itself? Or did it go on a road trip with it's dog, singing and dancing on boxcars...." -

mistressjennfer

"Hitch Hike by Marvin Gaye. The follow-up single, 'Restaurants Ending the Universe' didn't receive as much acclaim." -

deza

Correct Answer: "Hitch Hike" by Marvin Gaye

"Hitchhiker by Marvin Ga--hey... you got a two-fer with that one!" -

theninth

2. In 1846, Lt. Harry Burnett Lumsden created which elite combat unit of the British Indian Army?

"The 'I'll sit in this sedan chair and you carry me around' unit." -

jmthane

(I was always preferential to the First Rickshaw Battalion, myself. -CV)

"The Burnettes, famous for their use of the precursor to the flamethrower." -

silmaril

(Their insignia was a small dragon burninating the countryside. -CV)

"The League Of Extrodinary Punjabi" -

freezer818

"The Elite Blue Rajas" -

spiralgirl1,

darthparadox

(+1, Mystery Men. -CV)

"The Kwik-E-Marchers. Their battle-cry: 'Thank you! Come again!'" -

broken_moons

"The Gandhi Division. Enemy casualties were low." -

david_deacon

"The Planeteers" -

many_from_one

"G.I.Joe! Duke is really old. Scarlett has spiders in her vagina." -

lots42

(Wow, that came out of left field. I guess I missed that episode. -CV)

"Voltron Force. Admit that steampunk Voltron would rock!" -

kristinmachina

(I fully admit that Jules Verne could have created Steampunk Voltron. "Allons-y, Corps de Voltron!" -CV)

"The A-Team. 'Blimey! I bloody well pitty the foolish chap.'" -

marasca

(They do love it when a gin and tonic come together. -CV)

"Boy Scouts, the scariest group of men in existence." -

deza

(Even scarier than the Catholic priesthood? -CV)

"In the movies from the 50s they always had British accents, so I'll guess 'The French Foreign Legion'." -

majorsamfan

(Your leap of logic there is truly astounding. You win the

gruyere Award for Logic Renunciation this week. -CV)

"The Girl Guides. You may laugh now, but when their crack team of cookie commandos enters your home, you won't be laughing any more." -

etumukutenyak

("Oh, they're just so cute and harmless in their uniforms and- OH FUCK I'M FAT WHAT THE FUCK? -CV)

"

holmes221b was just talking about that guy the other day for some odd reason...I don't remember what she said though, unfortunately (or should I say fortunately?). Tamil Tigers?" -

sticky9fingers
(13 minutes later...)
"Funny, I was just talking about this last week, while doing research for a Sherlock Holmes fanfic...Corps of Guides, which is kinda a weird name for a combat unit, in my opinion. Since the British Army was not yet co-ed at that time, there weren't any girl guides in that unit." -

holmes221b

"The Corpse of Guides. Zombies are good at that. Sure they're not too good about pointing out the interesting places and they don't really answer questions, but they walk slow enough that everyone can follow them." -

theninth,

tweeti

Correct Answer: The Corps of Guides

3. Mars, Inc. produces a brand of chocolate called Dove in the USA; how is it called in the United Kingdom?

"How is it called? On the telephone, probably. Or in a loud voice from the top step, leaning out of the doorway. 'Galaxy! It's time for supper! Get in here and wash your hands and face, young lady.'" -

theninth
"No matter how you call chocolate, it never comes. I think there needs to be a chocolate delivery service. The delivery men should be tall dark and handsome, for full effect." -

love2loveher

"I keep expecting to see Harrison Ford...Dang, now I don't know whether I'm drooling for him or the chocolate...Drat it,

ljdq" -

tweeti

"Dove but pronounced with a British accent." -

b_hulsmans

("Dove, wot wot" is, alas, not the correct answer. -CV)

"Dover. Its white chocolate is particularly yummy." -

kristinmachina

"Dived" -

reticent_lass,

alfvaen

"Pigeon" -

neumenindil,

spiralgirl1

"The British are much more honest. It's just called Forgiveness - because Lord knows that's why you buy it for your lady." -

falar

"Snickers! Get some NUTS!" -

many_from_one

" Curses, I'm half a spiral over. That's gonna be a helluva cab fare to get to that delicious candy. -CV

" -

cmzero

"My God! It's full of Mars!" -

n5iln

(+1, 2001: A Space Odyssey. -CV)

"It has a name? I devour it so quickly I generally eat the wrapper as well." -

puredeadthingy

"Seeing that it's Pentecost today (and hardly anybody, as usual, is aware of it, I'll suggest that Dove/Galaxy chocolate be adopted as a fitting event-specific candy (like chocolate bunnies and/or Santas). I mean, how else would you exemplify the Holy Spirit?!? And 'spreading the Word of ~~God~~ chocolate' sounds like a worthy cause to me that'd be sure to get lots of converts. Right? RIGHT?" -

germankitty

"I hope it's Galaxy. It makes me sick if I eat too much but, God, that stuff is the best chocolate in the world. Esp Galaxy Bubble... *drool*" -

gigglingpixie

(Bubble is pretty damn good, I must admit. -CV)

Correct Answer: Galaxy

4. In 1997, Major League Baseball, in honor of a famous player, made a league-wide retirement of a number. What was the number, and who was the player who was thus honored?

"ME LIKE HOCKEY!" -

wiredwizard

"Look, if it's not being played by X-Men or vampires, I don't know anybody involved in that ricockulous sport." -

reticent_lass

"#6. Just for the jokes about the Prisoner" -

akiyasan

"Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out." -

germankitty

"There's nothing in the rulebook that says an elephant can't pictch! Now PLAY BALL!" -

thepikey

(+2, really old Warner Brothers cartoons. -CV)

"666 Lou C. Fur" -

seferin
"No. 666 for 'Devil-Worshiping Danny' Damien, who oddly enough played for the Cardinals." -

drbear

"I stopped watching baseball about the time the credits rolled on 'A League of Their Own.' It wasn't a very long baseball-watching time in my life." -

love2loveher

(As long as you remember the point where there's no crying in baseball, I think you'll do just fine. -CV)

"All baseball questions have the answer Joe Di Maggio. Because he's the only player that ever existed, and I know this thanks to Simon and Garfunkel." -

silmaril

"You know who gets a raw deal in that whole thing? Larry Doby - who was the second black man in the majors. He played in the American League, so he didn't even get the benefit of Jackie Robinson blazing the trail. He put up with everything Robinson did (and then some because of anger over Robinson's presence) and got almost none of the credit because Robinson was first by six months." -

freezer818

(Second place is first loser. -CV)

"New York City honored Jackie by renaming the Interboro Parkway after him. The narrowest, windiest, most nerve-racking stretch of death that just happens to cut in between two large cemeteries. Hope that the walls along the highway don't collapse." -

kristinmachina

Correct Answer: #42, for Jackie Robinson

"Does any current ballplayer have the number 69? Because that'd be awesome." -

lots42
"#69, in honour of Bill S. Preston, Esq." -

jargon

5. What is the first track on Coldplay's album "Parachutes"?

"I swear that when I first read this question, the album title was 'Paradouches.'" -

mandydax

(According to nine other quizlings, Coldplay is two pair of douches. -CV)

"Who Took My Chute?" -

sticky9fingers

"Pull the cord!" -

jmthane,

seferin,

ntlespino

"'Oh Hell, It's Not Opening'. It's also the last track on the album." -

darthparadox

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THUD!" -

wiredwizard

"99 Luft Balloons" -

akiyasan

"Pair of Ladders." -

thepikey

"Yellow was always getting into Trouble for being late. So he called The Scientist to have him help fix his Clocks. But the man just yelled, "Don't Panic! There are Spies! In My Place!" and abruptly hung up on him. He said "Fuck it. You Only Live Twice!", packed his bags and moved to Amsterdam." -

angelicmuse18
"Don't Panic or Shiver because the Spies have Sparks of Yellow jealousy and will Trouble you about plagiarism. Grab that Parachute and fall at High Speed through respectability as you Never Change your modus operandi. Everything Is Not Lost; Life is For Living, but Be Careful Where You Stand - For You will be scrutinised from now on." -

vayshti

(You two might be the most hardcore Coldplay fans here today. Rock on. -CV)

Correct Answer: "Don't Panic"

6. If you could travel to any time and place in the universe (real or fictional), where/when would you go? Why?

"I want to serve on the Enterprise alongside Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Chekov, and Uhura." -

holmes221b

(I'm glad you don't want to serve on those other Enterprises. Kirk > everyone. -CV)

"I'd be on the Starship Enterprise. The first one. Not Kirk's. Give me a place on a ship with no prime directive and flaky technology. Sounds awesome. (Enterprise is such a maligned series. It deserves better.)" -

vayshti

(-1, Enterprise. ;-) -CV)

"I think I'd just like to go back to 2006 and tell scientists not to be douches, and let Pluto stay a planet.... I mean, none of the mnemonics work anymore, and I just feel so sorry for it..." -

mistressjennfer

"I want to go to the Phantom Tollbooth because I want to go taste the letter A!" -

kagomeshuko

(I bought a box of Alpha-Bits cereal. A tastes a lot like toasted oat cereal with sugar. -CV)

"I'd go back to stop the most horrible moment in history... The moment someone thought we needed a Alvin and the chipmunks movie" -

b_hulsmans

"Back to when I was younger and leave me a copy of the Grey's Sports Almanac. It worked in the movies." -

iamraffiki

"Alameda. It's where they keep the nuclear wessels." -

majorsamfan

(+1, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. -CV)

"I'd kind of like to go back to prehistoric times and step on a butterfly, just so I can see how it turns out." -

delordra

"I would travel to artist Peter Paul Rubens' Time....because I would have been considered a Goddess in the looks department....they really had a thing for the full figured woman back then..." -

tweeti,

deza

"I'm sure somewhere there's a planet where I can lie on a sandy beach and soak up warm sunshine and swim in the ocean and not be at risk for skin cancer or being accosted by anything icky in the water. And if that planet can serve me never-ending shrimp cocktail and drinks with umbrellas in them, I may never come home." -

sskipstress

(Shrimp? Did you say shrimp? I love shrimp! Shrimp scampi, shrimp cocktail, shrimp puffs, shrimp kabob, peanut butter and shrimp sandwiches, shrimp milkshake, shrimp wine, Count Shrimpula cereal, and for dessert a blueberry pie with some ice cream, brown sugar, and shrimp. -CV)

"I want to go to Funkytown." -

love2loveher

In celebration of

lovellama turning 42 last week, this quiz centered around HHGTTG references. Just because. Happy Last Week Birthday,

lovellama! Tune in next week when we do something completely different.

Celebrate the last week in May! This year is going by crazy fast... which means we're rapidly approaching our 300th quiz. Inconceivable! If only we had a dollar for every answer we ever received... mmmm, delicious cash. But lucky you, our services are free of charge! Play for free! You've got better odds than Vegas! And probably fewer hookers too.

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Current Music: not something by Coldplay

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From: (Anonymous)

Speaking of the end of May, next week is National Barbecue Week here in the UK. Unfortunately it's sunny outside right now, which means it'll be Autumn by then.

From:

chaosvizier.livejournal.com

The UK has a national BBQ week? OMGWTFBBQ! I'd think that any day the sun shone in the UK would be BBQ time. Probably adds up to a week over the course of the year...

From:

lovellama.livejournal.com

Well, we are of (some) English decent, even though we're mostly of ze German background in this haus... BBQ it is!!

From:

germankitty

Yay, double quotage! Thank you, Holy Spirit and Monty Python!

Appropriate icon is being appropriate!

Edited to add belated birthday wishes to lovellama. Rock on, lady!

Edited Date: 2010-05-24 01:56 pm (UTC)

From:

chaosvizier.livejournal.com

Poor Holy Spirit, you're probably the first person to give thanks to him in years. You just made his day.

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

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