ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 13 June 2011

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1. What Shakespearean quote precedes the line “…wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king”?

"The more important question here is how did Shakespeare know about Elvis?" -

angelprojekt

"The hammer of the gods, will drive our ships to new lands, to fight the horde and sing and cry, Valhalla we are coming..." -

drunken_hedghog

"This is my Conscience Trapper Keeper" -

drbear

"What up Homies, we goin' t' Burger King" -

wiredwizard

"Grab him by the balls..." -

akiyasan

"The rhinestone bikini dancing-girl chorus line is the thing..." -

zihuatanejo

"I'll slip into something more comfortable..." -

sskipstress

"My bosom, heaving and ample, is the thing..." -

demon_666

"Tonight on 'To Catcheth A Predator...'" -

freezer818

"This ectoplasmic containment unit, equipped to hold over 1.21 gigawatts of transdimensional energy, is the thing..." -

alfvaen

"'The Acme Conscience Catcher 2000's the thing...' Or was that Wile E. Coyote's line?" -

squeegibo

"The plays the thing...and my thing is pretty cool, see the pix...William Wienner" -

nitasee

"'The Thing's the play...' - foreseeing the trend of superhero musicals" -

darthparadox

"It's well-known that Shakespeare rewrote and edited constantly. The original lines were: 'The play's The Thing / wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king / and then it'll be CLOBBERIN' TIME.'" -

barbarienne

"'Some ill-thought-out head games are the thing....'. Come ON, Hamlet. You want to use a PLAY to "catch" Claudius? Man up and just stab the fucker already." -

dslartoo,

killabee886

"it's much better in the original Klingon!" -

germankitty

(+1, Star Trek VI. -CV)

Correct Answer: "The play's the thing..."

"The line following is 'I'm SO gonna kick Jimminy Cricket's ASS.'" -

thepikey

2. What two words are displayed on the jacket of DC Comics hero Mr. Terrific?

"'Mister' and 'Terrific'" - waaaaaaaay too many of you

"...and modest!" -

drbear

"Mr. Plow" -

akiyasan

(+1, The Simpsons. -CV)

"Don't Panic" -

paradoxotaur,

kristinmachina

"Bite Me" -

wiredwizard

"Hello Nurse" -

nitasee

"Yso Srs?" -

etcet

"Badass Motherfucker" -

zihuatanejo

(+1, Pulp Fiction. -CV)

"Radiant and humble" -

profsparky

(+1, Charlotte's Web. -CV)

"Members Only" -

squeegibo

"SATISFACTION GUARANTEED" -

demon_666

"I'veGotA BigPenis" -

wrestlingdog

"T - I - double guh - errr! That spells Tigger!" -

jennielf

"'Pity' on the left, 'Foos' on the right" -

vayshti

(Mr. T is way more awesome than Mr. Terrific. -CV)

"Dunno about the jacket, but he has 'JUICY' across his butt" -

barbarienne

(Don't we all? -CV)

Correct Answer: "Play" and "Fair" (or maybe "Fair" and "Play")

"I think it would be hilarious if it said 'play doh' on it instead..." -

holmes221b

3. Fun with lyrics! Song and band, please:
“I tried to understand this
I thought that they were out of their minds
How could I be so foolish
To not see I was the one behind?”

"We haven't had a Sting song in a long time, so I'm going with the old stand-by!" -

lbmango and 5 others

"Tell me, when you give us these lyrics questions, do you actually listen to the songs yourselves? Or do you randomly just inflict the torture on your quizlings?" -

frequencyshift

(AL is much wiser in the ways of music than I, but even I know this song. -CV)

"Any gamer, any game, anywhere. I said it at least three times a week when I was first learning AD&D." -

n5iln

"'I Quit' by Sarah Palin and the Tea Baggers" -

kenshardik

"'Leapfrog witn Unicorns,' by OW, MY ASS" -

etcet

"'The Black Eyed Peas are Idiots' by Their Entire Fanbase" -

la_trombonista

"The bus is not waiting for YOU." -

7tree_hugger

"Wow, allergies must be making me super-wonky, I thought that last line said 'to not see I had only one behind.'" -

ionicaq

(To quote South Park, "This creature has only one ass. It's useless to me!" -CV)

"Why didn't anyone tell me that my ass was so big?" -

akiyasan

(+1, Spaceballs. -CV)

"I wrote that in eighth grade when I was cast in the school play about Noah's Ark. I was really excited until I found out I was the person in the back end of the horse, and well... angsty poetry ensued." -

angelprojekt

"Wild Cherry should have been an all-girl band" -

sskipstress

"'Play that Funky Music, Jedi' by the Max Rebo Band" -

domestik_fucker

"And how long will this be stuck in my head, I wonder. Thank you,

ljdq. Brb, gonna disco down and check out the contents of my refrigerator." -

profsparky

Correct Answer: "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry

4. What event has happened only 14 times in the last 100 years of major league baseball?

"I had to look up baseball in Wikipedia just to know how many innings are in a game, there's no way I'll know the right answer to this one." -

sskipstress

"salary decrease" -

david_deacon

"*insert Chicago Cubs joke of your choice here*" -

ladyiapetus,

frequencyshift,

la_trombonista

"Baseball is just ping-pong for people who can't keep it on the table." -

lisacharly

(You might be thinking of tennis there. -CV)

"Babe Ruth's ghost has hit a home room" -

sticky9fingers

(I'm keeping this because I love the typo. -CV)

"Making a basket from across the 50 yard line?" -

zihuatanejo

(...and it was a hat trick. -CV)

"A guy drops his kid to catch a foul ball. Yes, I thought it would have been many more times than that, too." -

demon_666

"A game was played without someone yelling 'There's no crying in baseball!' or 'Swing-batter-batter-swing-batter!'" -

paradoxotaur

"An entirely drug-free team took the field" -

rikchik,

fragbert,

many_from_one

"One example: I throw the ball to Who. Whoever it is drops the ball, the guy runs to second; Who picks up the ball, throws it to What; What throws it to Idontknow; Idontknow throws it back to Tomorrow. Triple play!" -

mandydax

(Full credit. Original here, courtesy of

germankitty. -CV)

"An unassisted triple play, which is something Chuck Norris has yet to accomplish." -

n5iln

(That's only because Chuck skipped single, double, and triple plays and went directly to the quadruple play. By himself. -CV)

Correct Answer: An unassisted triple play

5. What child's toy started out as a wallpaper cleaning agent in the 1930's?

"Silly Puty" - 22 of you. Similar, but not quite the same.

"Did it taste like snozzberries?" -

jkabley,

demon_666

"Shrinky Dinks. That's why you can remove old wallpaper with a heat gun." -

barbarienne

"Ah, the old days, when chemistry failures became children's playthings." -

rikchik

"I always wanted to try the 'fill Windex bottle with blue Gatorade and drink in front of people' but I'm terrified the last few remnants of Windex will kill me." -

lots42

"Sulfuric acid and turpentine. Hey, I dislike children, what can I say?" -

fragbert

"Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball." -

squeegibo

"a cleaning agent? I guess this explains why it was so tasty. Useful, delicious, AND nutritious!" -

dslartoo

"Slinkies somehow. Please don't ask me how." -

profsparky

"Less successful toys were Urinal Cake Table Hockey and Frosty the Asbestos Snowman." -

kristinmachina

"I didn't know they needed special agents for that sort of thing. Do they get a license to clean? Agent... 409?" -

angelprojekt

"Knowing the 30's, it probably contained either lead or opium. Or was used as a douche. The 30's were weird, right?" -

lisacharly

"All work and no play-d'oh makes Homer something something..." -

mandydax

(+1, The Simpsons. -CV)

"It still does multiple duty. Toy and snack. Don't believe me? Give some to a two-year-old. Or a cat." -

n5iln

Correct Answer: Play-Doh

6. If your life was a board/card/table game, what would its name be?

"charades" -

david_deacon

"Sorry." -

drbear, and probably every male in a relationship, ever
"Not Sorry" -

rikchik, the exception to the rule
"Clue? Sorry!" -

fragbert

"Hypospray: The Game" -

holmes221b

(No more syringes for you, missy. -CV)

"'How to Host a Star Trek Mystery'. Apparently you can buy me on Amazon from $9.97." -

vayshti

(

vayshti: Cheap AND geeky. Buy now! -CV)

"The Confused land of Candy and Glasses" -

jennielf

"Dodge THIS" -

raphsody606

"Super Karate Monkey Death Car" -

bayareajenn

(I have no idea what that is, but I want to play it. -CV)

"Risk. But not purple." -

7tree_hugger

"Right now it's like Jenga but with boxes. The joys of preparing to move." -

profsparky

"My life is already a very elaborate drinking game, whose rules become apparent over time" -

drunken_hedghog

"Tragic: The Gathering" -

freezer818

(That game was like that from the get-go. -CV)

"Clue. Not confessing to anything here, but I may have done it in the library. With a candlestick. *winks*" -

angelprojekt

"Antisociety! The game of not dealing with other people! Your goal is to avoid getting phonecalls from old acquaintances, roll as fast as you can away from community events like 'seeing your neighbor while you get the mail', and if you land on 'family reunion' you're penalized all your points." -

lisacharly

"Snakes and Ladders. Where every square has a snake's head, leading right back to the start, so no matter what I roll, I can't progress. Oh well. Guess I'll go to the zoo today. It's a lovely day. I'll probably sit and feed the ducks ... to the lions ..." -

sjl

"'I Dare You' from the Chaosvizier Corporation. It comes complete with a bottle of water and recording of Yankee Doodle" -

barbarienne

(In my defense, I was fully confident that you could handle the challenge of gargling the entirety of "Yankee Doodle" with a mouthful of water. I did not expect it to go so horribly horribly wrong. And by wrong I mean of course hysterical. -CV)

"Nerd Trivial Pursuit: Now With No Sports Questions & More Useless Fact Questions" -

killabee886

"Operation is pretty accurate to my life. If everyone's noses glowed red and buzzed, we'd have no need for call buttons. Actually, that would be really obnoxious, so never mind." -

kristinmachina

"'Slash the Camping Teens'. All you need is a group of teens (the dumber, the better), a camp site (preferably one with a lake) a machete and a hockey mask. Fun for all ages!" -

domestik_fucker

"Oh Christ, Um, Oh Dear Things Really Aren't Going How I Planned, Aw, Aw Nuts" -

many_from_one

And there you have it. The play's the thing, and the quiz is for playing, and foreplay is also for playing, sometimes with roleplay, or Playmates, but not with play-doh or Plato. It's playn for all to see.

Thanks to all for playing, and thanks again to

i_calql8 for providing this month's themes, and we'll see you all again tomorrow for more quizly goodness!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL