LJ Daily Answers: 5 July 2011
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ljdqSorry about yesterday; it was a holiday, and I spent it snoozing and boozing and eating and goofing off and some other stuff. There were explosions too, somewhere. Now we're back on track. Hooah! The word of the day is "Ark". Or maybe "Arc". Why? I really have no idea. Just kinda popped up in the old synapses and voila, quiz theme!
1. In which 1986 Breakout-style arcade game does a player control a spaceship named "Vaus" against an enemy named "Doh"?
“Asteroids II: Electric Boogaloo" -
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wiredwizard“The enemy actually had a name? I'm destroying low-resolution shields, not looking for a fucking plot arc. (yes, you see what I did there)" -
etcet(Erm, no, I didn’t… - LL)
"We're going to have to blow the computer" -
n5iln(+1, Airplane 2. -CV)
"Space Invaders, where they took battle plans from the Revolutionary War as good strategy. Line up everyone and get shot, no wonder you won almost every time" -
killabee886"In 1986, my favorite arcade game was still Centipede. Trackball FTW!" -
sskipstress(Trackball was my worst enemy when it came to video games. -CV)
“Shaka, when the walls fell." -
alfvaen"Given the cigar-like shape of the ship, I would say Vaus Deferens" -
i_calql8(I'd be more worried about putting it in the Vausgina. -CV)
"Vaus is Lost (this joke is funnier if you speak German)" -
drbear(Schweinhund. -CV)
“all Doh's base are belong to Vaus." -
florahart's kid"Arcanoid: Of Pongworks and Reference Obscura. Good luck if you chose to be a science paddle and not a magic paddle..." -
johnwwells(That is a pretty damn obscure reference. Like, ten people played that game? Ever? -CV)
“'Araknoid', also known as 'GOD DAMMIT MY PADDLE WAS THERE, YOU FUCKING BASTARD MACHINE!'" -
kenshardik"
" - many_from_oneCorrect Answer: Arkanoid
2. Operation Barbarossa had, as its objective, the "A-A Line" connecting two Russian cities. What was the name of the northern city?
(Barbarossa, NOT Barbossa. That goes to 16 of you. -CV)
"I wanted to make a joke about a-line dresses, but figured fashion funnies would be lost on the mods. So instead I'll go for the classic: In comunist Russia, Barbarossa operates you!" -
marasca(Fashion is like our kryptonite. Well, maybe LL knows something. AL&CV are thoroughly useless here. -CV)
"Russianleadergrad" -
sskipstress"'Moose.' The other was 'Squirrel.'" -
captainsblog“Arkham (In Soviet Russia, Great Old Ones summon YOU)" -
seferin"Arkansas" -
many_from_one"Asgard" -
thepikey"AlmostAlaska. (I heard Sarah Palin can see Russia from her back porch.)" -
yamx"Alanisgrad, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it went back to its older name, St. Morrisburg" -
herumtreiber“This question is false. Nobody is in AA in Russia." -
drbear"But where has all the vodka gone?" -
kristinmachina"I read that as Operation Badass. Which would also work. Need more gin. And pudding" -
7tree_hugger"I have a friend in Minsk,
Who has a friend in Pinsk,
Whose friend in Omsk
Has friend in Tomsk
With friend in Akmolinsk.
His friend in Alexandrovsk
Has friend in Petropavlovsk,
Whose friend somehow
Is solving now
The problem in Dnepropetrovsk." -
germankitty, lbmango"Archelangelo, named after the second-least popular Soviet Ninja Turtle" -
johnwwells"It was either Archangel, or its sister city, Archdevil" -
alfvaen(Goddam archdevils, always teleporting across the battlefield and scything up your weak stacks. -CV)
"Архангельск" -
etumukutenyakCorrect Answer: Arkhangelsk
3. According to the Jatravartid people of Viltvodle Six, the universe was sneezed out of the nose of which being?
"Pinnochivartidle" -
herumtreiber"Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer" -
seekingferret"
chaosvizier" - sticky9fingers(Technically I have the biggest nose of the three of us. But man, that's just harsh. -CV)
"Alan Rickman" -
wiredwizard, wrestlingdog"Gerard Depardieu" -
vayshti(Now those guys have some serious schnozzes. -CV)
"K'Choolhu" -
i_calql8"The Black Beast of Arrgh" -
cmzero"We're living on some sort of giant celestial meatball. The blue stuff is some sort of cheese. And the meat has gone mouldy-green." -
demon_666"I was about to say, 'It's right on the tip of my tongue,' but then I realized what it sounded like, and I was all, 'Eeeeeeeew.'" -
sskipstress“After looking at this planet, that theory is just as good, if not better than any other. It explains the Jersey Shore kids career." -
killabee886"You should read 'Starship Titanic' by Terry Jones (it's based off of a storyline by Douglas Adams, and OMG, there's hilarious sex scenes in it!)." -
holmes221b(I believe it was also a computer game. Which may or may not have had sex scenes in it. -CV)
"I used to know this. About five Pan Galactic Gargleblasters ago." -
copperpixie“Oh God, I know the answer to this one. I'm such a freaking nerd!!!!!" -
mattwolf"they live in fear of 'The Coming of the Great White Handkerchief'" -
nitasee, jmthane, drbunsen, zihuatanejo"They also believe in coming in a white handkerchief. Most folks use tissues or tp..." -
thepikeyCorrect Answer: The Great Green Arkleseizure
4. Miskatonic University is located in which town?
"Sunnydale, California" -
mattwolf(All things considered, a pretty valid guess. -CV)
"The same creepy town in Maine where Stephen King
etumukutenyak“Regrettably, I am not up on my Lovecraft because I've wasted too much time playing World of WarCraft. For the Horde!" -
kenshardik“That one where people keep getting eaten by huge slimy things. You'd think they'd put up some signs. A big line going through a mass of tentacles. Or have a TV commercial with Elmo saying 'And if the ocean starts rising, run bitches!'." -
lots42“The same place where Whatsamatta U is located. The great white north!" -
akiyasan"Whiskey Tonic is a GREAT name for a university! Not dignified, but honest." -
yamx"Miskagin" -
drbear, captainsblog"Miskatumbler, mixed in with the Miskagin" -
sskipstress“I hear 'tonic', and reach for the Hendrick's. And a cucumber. There's your education." -
vayshti“Miskatonic, along with its sister college Miskagin, both reside in the town of Highball, not far from Inebriated State University." -
i_calql8Correct Answer: Arkham
5. Tiger moths belong to which family of class Insecta?
“Kill it, kill it with fire!" -
seferin“2 Man combat biplane" -
wiredwizard, 7tree_hugger, demon_666"the de Havilland family" -
etumukutenyak, vayshti, germankitty"The Woods Family" -
seekingferret"Damn, I knew I should've paid attention to the bug scene in that movie instead of the lock-up serial killer, the woman stuck in a pit and the guy that tucked his junk back!" -
killabee886(Thank you for that fascinating summary of "Silence of the Lambs". -CV)
“Theme fails at helpfulness, so I am simply picturing Archimedes being menaced in his bathtub by a giant moth with a tiger's head." -
etcet“I just recently learned the difference between moths and butterflies is that moths spin cocoons from silk, and butterflies just turn the caterpillar's outer exoskeleton into a chrysalis and metamorphose in there. It's like the difference between sewing yourself a shroud and just tanning your own skin from the inside. Isn't nature wonderful?" -
alfvaen"
marasca"I know it's not the Rolling Stones--they gather no moths" -
i_calql8(Keith Richards would totally shake the powdery scales off of moths he gathered and then snort the stuff. -CV)
“Teeaydubleguherr... or maybe that's tigger moths." -
cmzero“Tiger moth, tiger moth, Does whatever a tiger doth..." -
johnwwells"The Sheens" -
zihuatanejo"Lepidoptera, which literally translates to 'scaled wings.' The wings of butterflies and Moths are covered in thousands of tiny scales, which almost look like a powder if you get it on your hands, and also act as waterproofing. FINALLY, TEN YEARS OF WORKING IN A BUTTERFLY HOUSE COUNTS FOR SOMETHING ON THE LJDQ!" -
wrestlingdog(I think Lepidoptera is the order, but the family is further down the line... -CV)
Correct Answer: Arctiidae
6. What's the roundest thing in your life right now?
“My belly. :( " -
kenshardik, drbear, chloma, n5iln, kagomeshuko, ifeedformula“Mah beer belleh!" -
mattwolf“My arch nemesis, also known as my lower midsection." -
etcet”Pretty sure it's my ass right now." -
akiyasan“Alas, me... :-( " -
jmthane, germankitty“My cat: it's like a basketball with legs" -
zihuatanejo“Meowzebub the Demon Cat" -
wiredwizard“My lady humps." -
nitasee“The horizon. Which is the Sea. Curvature of the Earth baby! Can't get more round than that!" -
7tree_hugger, marasca "The Earth. Anybody who answers otherwise is writing from a Borg cube; kill them." -
johnwwells"my cup of coffee" -
herumtreiber“This burrito I'm eating, I know that technically it's cylindrical, but that shows you where my life is right now." -
killabee886“When a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face you get sprung!" -
thepikey(Baby got Quiz!! – LL)
"The footpath round my mulberry bush. (It used to be my weasel, but then it went pop.)" -
yamx“My girlfriend's --well. I'll go with this pie over here. No, on second thought, let's make this a watermelon. Look, a basketball!" -
etumukutenyak"My bank balance. 0 is a very round number." -
many_from_one, wrestlingdogAnd there you have it. The arc has come full circle. Hurr hurr. Marc my words, this wasn't an easy quiz to do. It harkened back to sunny days in a parc, watching a larc pick at the barc of a tree. You think that's bad? I haven't even tried to use that stupid "'How's your new zookeeper job?' - 'It's aardvark, but it pays well'" joke yet. All I have left to say is: 7-Zark-7. I bet no one knows who that is.
Rock on!
AL&CV&LL
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Date: 2011-07-05 02:08 pm (UTC)7-Zark-7 is the name of the liquor store Zaphod Beeblebrox opens in a small planet in the edge of the Milky Way. Kind of like a 7-11 but with Pangalactic Gargle Blasters.
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Date: 2011-07-05 02:11 pm (UTC)Why an elementary school ever WATCHED that movie is beyond me.
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Date: 2011-07-05 02:11 pm (UTC)That last paragraph reminds me of a poem me and a friend wrote in primary (elementary) school:
I went to the park
it was very dark
I met my friend Mark
and his pet aardvark
near Noah's Ark
we saw a shark
which ate a lark
which had just gone 'hark'
and my terrified doggy went bark
THE END
It impressed the teachers far less than we thought it would.
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Date: 2011-07-05 02:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-05 02:25 pm (UTC)(Erm, no, I didn’t… - LL)
I snuck the word "arc" into my answer. SUBTLE LIKE TRUCK, AM I.
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Date: 2011-07-05 02:28 pm (UTC)I'd buy booze from 7-Zark-7's. Especially if a hyperintelligent shade of blue is tending bar.
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Date: 2011-07-05 02:30 pm (UTC)There are a great many things wrong with this. I don't even know where to begin.
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Date: 2011-07-05 02:36 pm (UTC)Anywho, now that I think about it, the kids I encounter in the geek-shops (comics, video games) all claim to have seen every single r-rated movie ever and played all the violent video games ever.
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Date: 2011-07-05 02:45 pm (UTC)Just as long as Marvin doesn't sell, he's probably commiserating with the whiny fridge made by the Sirius Corporation.
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Date: 2011-07-05 02:57 pm (UTC)And now I must go and see what the movie summaries for the Jason movies are. How many times can one write 'And then all the interesting people were killed'.
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Date: 2011-07-05 02:58 pm (UTC)Ha ha!
O.o
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Date: 2011-07-05 02:58 pm (UTC)Thank you.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to empty a bottle of bleach into my brain.
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Date: 2011-07-05 03:09 pm (UTC)"Mmmm, you smell like peanut butter! We are friends now..." *swerve**crash**Swearing in 121 different languages*
Oh and thanks CV for putting me in even though I posted my answers at the VERY LAST minute!!! A thousand Miskatonics to you. Yes. I still think it's a brand of vodka.
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