ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 13 December 2010

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Happy birthday,

majorsamfan!

Today's quiz was based on the color purple. That's right, we're reaching for some of those lesser colors now. -1 to anyone who asks for a fuscia quiz. You're fired.

1. What musically inclined cyclopean creature is capable of flight and feeds on certain human beings?

"you lost me at 'what'" -

b_hulsmans

"Man, Scott just got a LOT more awesome." -

lots42

(A flying, singing, flesh-eating Scott Summers would definitely be the best Cyclops ever. -CV)

"Eat, eat, eat...doesn't anyone just have sex anymore?" -

n5iln

"A not-very-subtle metaphor for 'penis'" -

blindgeoff

"Zombie Sammy Davis Jr!" -

thepikey

" Cry Havok! And let slip the purple people eaters of war!

" -

fizrep

(This pic is surprisingly accurate. He has one eye; Klingons have purple blood; Christopher Plummer sang in 'The Sound of Music'; and that bony forehead ridge is like a proto-horn. Full credit. -CV)

"I see what you did there. You're indicating that it eats purple people. Well, I am here to tell you, LJDQ, I have SEEN the movie. It was a purple monster that...didn't really eat people." -

timba

(I too thought as you did. But the lyrics specifically indicate that it consumes people who are purple. -CV)

"I misheard the lyric as "One-Armed" instead of "One-Horned", and thought it was about Def Leppard's drummer." -

darthparadox

"Ai ai! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh the one eyed one horned flying purple people eater R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!" -

squeegibo

(No, that's that other guy. -CV)

"Annnnnnd now I have the 'Short Shorts' song on a loop in my head. Curse you, LJDQ! *shakes tiny fist*" -

laughingacademy

"Flying Burtles Bees. Or at least that's my mouth comes out with trying to say a tongue twister." -

akiyasan

"Did you know that there was a movie of the One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater? Starring Neil Patrick Harris?" -

lisacharly,

limegreenjillo

Correct Answer: (A One-Eyed One-Horned Flying) Purple People Eater

2. Marvel Comics character Zebediah Killgrave is better known by which moniker?

"You're a comic book character whose born name is KILLGRAVE; why the fuck do you NEED to make up an alias? It can't possibly be more badass than that." -

etcet and 14 others

"Zeb's dead, Honey" -

squeegibo

(+1, Pulp Fiction. -CV)

"It's what Dr. Manhattan calls his wang" -

bad_latin

"If you had to wear an outfit like that, you'd be Thor too!" -

n5iln

"The Z-Meister" -

yamx

("Kizzizzlegrave" just didn't cut it. -CV)

"Nicolas Cage" -

jennielf

(No, he got to be Johnny Blaze. -CV)

"The Goddamn Iron Man? Tony Stark outsourced his suits." -

kristinmachina

"In brightest day, in blackest night,
No paisley shall escape my sight
Let those who wear leggings and tights,
Beware my style... Lavender Lantern's light!" -

blindgeoff

(Abin Sur is rolling in his grave. -CV)

"Purple Panther, he was like the Pink Panther but without the obsessive Frenchman" -

zihuatanejo

"The Purple People Punisher" -

johnwwells

"I'll fight Daredevil with the powers of my mind
Use Doc Doom's psycho prism to rule all mankind
Nate Grey will find me as a playboy in New York
Then I'll go into hiding when it predictably don't work
Whoa, whoa oh oh oh, whoa oh ooh oh oh oh
With purple skin, no morals within
Whoa, whoa oh oh oh, whoa oh ooh oh oh oh
I hijack S.H.I.E.L.D. and nearly get killed
Can't resist, can't resist, no can't resist my Purple Man
(He was spyin' like nobody)
Can't resist, can't resist, you can't resist my Purple Man
(He wears purple like nobody)
Puh puh puh Purple Man puh puh Purple Man
Puh puh puh Purple Man puh puh Purple Man..." -

lisacharly

(+5, musical genius. That becomes a +4 when you factor in the Geek of the Week Award of -1 for your extreme comic book knowledge. -CV)

Correct Answer: The Purple Man

"His daughter's the Purple Girl. And I'm wishing that I just made all of that up." -

holmes221b

3. Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for which novel?

"There's a Pultizer prize for Fiction? I thought Pultizers were only for journalism." -

sticky9fingers

(Basically, there's a Pulitzer Price for Anything That Has Been Written And Is Too Boring For Anyone To Have Actually Read. -CV)

"How to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Influence People" -

timba

"It's the Great Purple, Charlie Brown" -

utforsker

"It's probably a bad thing that I want to say the Bible, isn't it?" -

akiyasan

"Alice Walker... isn't that the chick who fell into a rabbit hole or something?" -

frequencyshift

"Walker, Texas Ranger wrote 'My Favorite Roundhouse Kicks v. 1-17'" -

thepikey

"To Kill a Purple Mockingbird" -

athousandsmiles

"Ghost? Made in America? Sister Act - Singing nuns, who can forget? I sure get that ol' Whoopi-vibe here." -

mayanas

(Your vibe is correct. -CV)

"Spoiler alert: Nobody in the book is actually coloured purple at any point. Talk about false advertising. Maybe they fixed that in the movie." -

alfvaen

"The one that got turned into a movie that made me turn around and bang my head into a wall when one of the students complained about the lack of white people." -

reticent_lass

"Does anything actually rhyme with purple?" -

n5iln
"The Color Light Urple" -

darthparadox

(+1, SNL Celebrity Jeopardy. -CV)

"The Color Oprah" - 7 of you

"I'd like to make fun of The Color Purple, except that it really was a good book (and I'm also afraid that if I mock it, Alice Walker will jump out of my closet and eat off my toes while I'm sleeping)." -

lisacharly

"I was sitting around the bar with my friends one day, including Craig, who's big, bald, and black. The discussion turned to Alice Walker, and I tried to say 'that Alice Walker book, The Color Purple.' Unfortunately (Freudian slip), I actually said 'that Alice Walker book, The Colored People.' Craig thought it was hilarious and laughed for two minutes. I tried to hide under the table. WHY THE HELL DID SHE NAME IT THAT? SHE WAS ASKING FOR TROUBLE!" -

david_deacon

(+1 for your personal shame. Craig can have +1 as well for not murdering you. -CV)

Correct Answer: "The Color Purple"

4. The movie "Graffiti Bridge" was the sequel to which 1984 film?

American Graffiti: 12.
1984: 5.

"Graffiti Tower? Graffiti Construction Zone? Graffiti Hey You Kids Get Offa My Lawn? Graffiti Doesn't Look Like a Word Anymore, But Capitalization is Awesome." -

timba

"The Red Hot Chili Peppers takes it under the bridge. Socks are optional." -

akiyasan

"Crayola Curb. The kids have grown up now and with their allowances they went and got themselves cans of spray-paint and totally laid it on the bridge." -

lanzaned

"'Graffiti River', which was much less interesting because the spray-paint just washed away. And, unfortunately, Morris Day failed to drown." -

alfvaen

"Bridge Over the River Kwai" -

jmthane

"Somewhere over the Rainbow Bridge" -

yamx

"Graffiti Cribbage" -

johnwwells

"A Shoulder to Krylon" -

i_calql8

"I only know of a cd by prince of that name..." -

b_hulsmans

(What an amazing coincidence! -CV)

"I’m from Oregon, so I know whereof I speak…ain’t no such thing as Purple Rain." -

majorsamfan

Correct Answer: "Purple Rain"

"Side effects of Purple Rain include hallucinations, painful urination, diarrhea, doves crying, and feelings of inadequacy. Purple Rain is not recommended for people wearing or thinking of wearing raspberry berets." -

cholma

5. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the singer:
******* all around
Don't know if I'm comin' up or down
Am I happy or in misery?
Whatever it is, that girl put a spell on me

"Is the ***** meant to edit some form of profanity? I'm trying to imagine what could possibly go there. 'Fucking all around'? 'Jizzing all around'? The list goes on." -

cold_clarity

(Actually, they're just there to hide the actual answer, "Purple haze all around". We're not afraid of a little profanity here. -CV)

"Dentist Gave Me Vicodin" -

lots42

"BURN THE WITCH! She turned me into a confused newt!" -

drunken_hedghog

"Patriots for Palin, The Zombie Shuffle" -

seferin

"'I'm on a (Love) Boat,' by Sting (featuring T-Pain)" -

etcet

"'I'm Totally Wasted,' by P. Diddy" -

la_trombonista

"Excuse me while I kiss this guy" - 5 of you

"LJDQ all in my brain
Lately all my answers are lame
Can't get quoted, don't know why
'Scuse me, while I eat some pie." -

chloma

"Sounds like 'Love In An Elevator', and we're all thankful for the asterisks." -

alfvaen

"The witch doctor, he told me what to do. He said that: Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla, bing bang. Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla, bing bang." -

squeegibo

(+1, just because that song is awesome. -CV)

"this song makes me wish i was alive in the hippie days" -

lilliephoenix

"I don't remember; the late sixties more or less passed in a purple (and pink, and yellow, and blue, and ...) haze for me. I grokked it, man!" -

germankitty

"We actually spend an entire lecture in my music class analyzing Hendrix's 'Wild Thing' performance where he humps the guitar. I believe the term 'technophallus' came up approximately forty-five times, and then we compared the gasoline he poured on it to ejaculate. Because I'm going to college on scholarship, I'd like to deeply, sincerely apologize to the American taxpayer for where their money is going." -

lisacharly

Correct Answer: Jimi Hendrix, "Purple Haze"

6. What's your favorite kind of footwear?

"What does footwear have to do with purple anyway? That threw me off for a bit." -

limegreenjillo,

b_hulsmans,

jennielf

(Yeah, that was me fucking around with you guys. My bad. -CV)

"I honestly prefer to be barefoot whenever possible. Comfy, natural, etc... and you get the most *amazed* looks for walking around Brooklyn that way." -

etcet
"None! I hate wearing shoes. That's the first thing to come off when I drink." -

timba
"None! I am a dirty hippie these days." -

squeegibo
"Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Of course, this annoys the neighbors to no end." -

n5iln
"Absolutely none...My feet prefer absolute nudity...they are complete exhibitionists....the shoes are the first things to come off as soon as footly possible, whatever the situation." -

tweeti
"NONE... Ah the sweeter times of walking barefoot in the park without having to watch where you put your feet and the only brown mounds you came across were those left by moles." -

lanzaned

"None, for as I once famously typoed, 'In ancient China, feet were very erotic to me.'" -

bad_latin

" I was going to just hyperlink to this picture to be kind to the arachnophobes, but... eh, fuck it. -CV

" -

laughingacademy

"Goat-skin anything. Goats are mean little fuckers with creepy eyes and the distended look of a python that's eaten a toddler, they deserve to be clothes." -

reticent_lass

"Blue Suede Shoes?" -

mayanas

"black st0mpy boots" -

utforsker

"Boots that were made for walking, cause one of these days..." -

ntlespino

"i got my flippy-floppy's!" -

lilliephoenix

"Crocs. Shut up, they put all other shoes I wore to shame." -

lots42,

holmes221b

"Tiddies" -

david_deacon

"Loose." -

drbear

(+1, Kevin Bacon – LL)

"Freudian Slippers" -

kristinmachina

"Ass-kicking boots. Cause I'm all out of bubblegum." -

darthparadox

(+1, They Live – LL)

"The supple skin of baby seals. PETA-friendly? No. But, oh, so soft ..." -

therealchon

"I like my heels like I like my men - if it's not six inches, I'm not interested." -

drunken_hedghog
"I wear 13 wides. My choices are limited to boots. And yes, the 'big feet' thing is true." -

mattwolf

(We'll leave the two of you alone now. – CV&AL&LL)

" If the shoe doesn't fit, you must acquit. -CV

" -

i_calql8

(Shoet to kill. -CV)

"Boot to Da Head." -

mistressjennfer

(Nah nah, give them a boot to the head! – LL&CV)

"Goo shoes glue you to the stair,
Goo shoes glue you everywhere -
I love goo shoes through and through;
Blue goo Seuss shoes, good for you!" -

johnwwells

And there you have it: all purple, all the time. Except for question six which was just there to throw you off. We're sneaky like that.

Thanks for playing, everyone; as we draw closer to the end of the year, you can rest easy knowing that there will be some kind of super-mega-huge special quiz over the holidays so that we can spend more time drinking and less time doing anything else. Look forward to it with great anticipation, for it will be delicious.

Rock on!

AL&CV&LL

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From:

germankitty

Phew. Scraped in with one about doing drugs -- which, for the record, I NEVER DID! (The late sixties ARE still a haze for me only because of the passage of time!)

From:

chaosvizier.livejournal.com

Well, you were just a wee lassie in those days. Drugs weren't available to little tykes like yourself. ;-)

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

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