LJ Daily Answers: 27 July 2011

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the delay; LJ was messing up on the computer I was normally using, and I didn't have a chance to try another machine for a few days. My bad.

1. What was the stage name of professional wrestler Robert Remus?

"The Wolfman" - 17 of you, 5 of whom specifically mentioned Prof. Lupin

"Adoptive Son of a Bitch (That's right, I went for the Rome joke instead of the Harry Potter one. *high five*)" - marasca

"His tag team partner was Robert Romulus" - seekingferret

"Uncle Remus. His finisher was the 'Bedtime Story'." - kenshardik, rikchik, alfvaen

"Captain Caaaaaaaavemaaaaaan!!!!" - baader_meinhof

"The Joker would like this guy, right until he realised the slaughter is fake." - natt_barn
"The only thing that separates Slaughter and Laughter is the letter 's'" - vyseryn, cholma, i_calql8

"I find it a bit sad that more people probably know Sgt. Slaughter from G.I. Joe than from the WWF." - freezer818

(I am so guilty of this, you have no idea. -CV)

Correct Answer: Sergeant Slaughter



2. Who is the main character in the song "Space Oddity"?

"A one eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater" - drbear

"Particle Man" - akiyasan

"Major Asshole, sir!" - johnwwells

(+1, Spaceballs. -CV)

"Hmm, it was either Major Nelson or Major Healy. I forget. Definitely was not Doctor Bellows. (although he *was* odd)" - cholma

(+1, I Dream of Jeannie. -CV)

"Odd Thomas. The direction those books were going, it certainly seems likely." - frequencyshift

"I didn't see the movie, so I don't know whether it was Michael Jordan or Bugs Bunny." - mark_laura
"Now I've got Space Jam stuck in my head, thankyouverymuch." - sskipstress

"We know Major Tom's a junkie, strung out on heaven's high, hitting an all-time low." - kristinmachina

"Major Tom. And what kind of shirts DOES he wear, anyway?" - rikchik

"Major Tom's wife. Or she should be." - n5iln

"" - cold_clarity

"Personally, I always wanted to know more about the mysterious Ground Control." - mistyraven, esran

"the real unsung heros of that song are the protein pills." - marasca

Correct Answer: Major Tom



3. The Amiga and the VIC-20 were products of which corporation?

"Taco Bell" - yamx

"The Umbrella Corporation" - wiredwizard, frequencyshift
"Initech" - i_calql8
"Cyberdine" - seferin, mark_laura and several other Skynet fans

"I feel old, not because I remember those, but because HAL-9000 WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAPPENED TEN YEARS AGO." - etcet

(I'm sorry, Steve Jobs, I can't let you do that. -CV)

"Both of those sound like catchy names for vibrators! So i'm going to say Hustler." - conjure_lass

"is The Amiga a weapon?" - cold_clarity

"Commodore! Like Schmidlap!" - houseofknaus

(+1, Batman. -CV)

"is there anyone else aside from me who actually used a Commodore? The 128 was our very first computer -- 51/4" floppies! GEOS! FontMaster! Sim City! *fond sigh*" - germankitty

(You are not alone. -CV)

"Tru fact: my first computer was an Amiga 500, it kicked my brother's IBM's ass when it came to playing games. I actually had color and stuff." - b_hulsmans

"True story, there is a player named Commodore in the NHL, and fans are trying to get him to wear No. 64." - drbear

"I remember thinking my friends with Commodores were cool, while I just had an Apple. Brands can change a lot in 20 years." - rikchik

"They should have called it the Amoeba. Unlike the Amiga, an Amoeba is effectively immortal" - johnwwells

"Commodore also invested heavily in agriculture in the 1980s, and owned several farms that grew cattle feed. Hence their slogan, 'We are the Alfalfa and the Amiga'." - many_from_one

Correct Answer: Commodore Business Machines



4. What poem, written by Walt Whitman, was a metaphor for the death of Abraham Lincoln?

(holmes221b had a copy of the poem in her purse. O quizling, my quizling, the Weekly Geek is come! See her speeding on her way to aught but minus one. -CV)

"I sound my barbaric YAWP! across the rooftops of the world" - ifeedformula and a dozen other quizlings who are standing on their desks right now

(+1, Dead Poets' Society. -CV)

"Boring Play, Bang Bang" - domestik_fucker

"Penny Shots" - frequencyshift

"I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" - baader_meinhof

"Man With The Missing Skull Bits" - freezer818

(That was really a song for Kurt Cobain. -CV)

"Theater is dead" - seferin

(More like Theatergoers are dead. -CV)

"I sing the pistol electric." - herumtreiber

"I haven't seen American take head shot like that since Abraham Lincoln! - Dude! You are going to get us fired!" - vyseryn

(+1, South Park. -CV)

"'The day the stovepipe smoked no more' - best read to the tune of 'American Pie'." - demon_666

"It's really more of a limerick. I had no idea Lincoln was from Nantucket." - kenshardik, usmu, lots42
"There once was a President from Kentucky,
Who thought himself extremely lucky,
Till he went to the opera,
Got shot in the head, (arrgh!),
And now he's all buried and mucky." - 7tree_hugger

"O Captain, My Captain, you're headed for the DH once the Yanks trade for Jose Reyes." - kristinmachina

"Oh, Captain Crunch! My Captain Crunch! Breakfast time is near.
My stomach is growling, lack of sustenance I fear." - cholma

"O Captain! My Captain!" - germankitty

Correct Answer: "Oh Captain, My Captain"



5. What was the name of Bo and Luke Duke's car?

"They NAMED their CAR? Who DOES that? I mean, my mother does that, but she's the only person I know who does. I don't even know who Bo and Luke Duke are, but they're about as cool as my mother in my book." - yamx

"I think that knowing the answer to this one puts you at risk for grit addiction and Palin voting." - johnwwells

"I was originally going to say the Millennium Falcon, but then I realized that this is a different shitty actor." - conjure_lass

"If it doesn't start with 'Bat' and end in 'mobile' than I probably don't know the name of this car." - mistyraven

"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" - usmu

"Knight Industries One Thousand" - wiredwizard

"K.I.T.T." - germankitty

"The Mach 5." - cmzero

"Captain Morgan" - baader_meinhof

"Scrap-heap. After every episode, anyway. I'm pretty sure they kept Chrysler in business for a few years." - n5iln

"Daisy Duke, she was the one with the brightly lit headlights, right?" - demon_666

"I had a Dukes of Hazzard lunchbox when I was in kindergarten" - kristinmachina

"Gee, there weren't a whole lot of black folks on 'The Dukes of Hazzard', were there? Maybe it's because they drove around in a car called the General Lee with a big freakin' Confederate flag on it." - kenshardik

"" - esran

"Vehicle seized under O.C.G.A. § 16-16-2: 1969 Dodge Charger 440; Plate# CNH 320; VIN: XP29M9A100435; Registered owners: Bo Duke and Luke Duke, defendants" - mandydax

Correct Answer: The General Lee



6. It's time for war! Who/what would you like to declare war on? Why?

"War, what's it good for? Absolutely nothing!" - 12 of you

"War on apostrophe's.
You winced! I know you did!" - esran

"The jerks in Pod 6." - photosinensis

"War on plaque! They make holes in teeth!" - kenshardik

"Calories! Let's exile these buggers from delicious treats like chocolate and cake! Let them go live in Brussel sprouts, they don't bother me there." - yamx, germankitty

"" - i_calql8

(+1, Johnny Dangerously. -CV)

"I think we should all declare war on clothing. Sure, it would expose some hairy secrets, but ultimately I think we would all feel more free if we let it all hang out." - angelprojekt

"Heads: Texas. Tails: Florida." - freezer818

"Oh well hell, i've been declaring war on little old ladies and small children for years. See no point in stopping now!" - conjure_lass

(I'm proud to see you fighting the good fight. -CV)

"This War on Terror is gonna be great! Remember in the Sixties and Seventies when we had a War on Poverty and now no one's poor? And in the Eighties and Nineties we had a War on Drugs and now there are no more addicts? This is gonna be just like that!" - mark_laura



And there you have it. Military ranks and titles, just for fun and games. We probably could have had a special quiz for the quiz's birthday, but we just drank a bunch of gin instead and called it good enough.

Thanks for playing, everyone, and we'll see you all soon!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Comments

[germankitty]

Four.

Four

OMG, four?!?

*iz ded frum funneh*

Although, yamx? Ikinda like Brussels sprouts. Not as much as chocolate, true, but ... *hides*

Ah, finally a chance to fix my html ... stupid DDoS attacks!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Finally had a chance to read these messages. Cheeky Russians. Why they gotta be hating?

Brussels Sprouts are nasty. Bitter, nasty things. Almost worse than cauliflower and eggplant.

[germankitty]

Sorry to disagree, but I'm very much an equal-opportunity veg eater. Obviously I like some better than others, but in general I'll eat all veg, anytime. :)

[yamx]

I sort of like them, too, but I only eat them occasionally. And there have to be calories in *something,* or we'll starve. So if all the calories are in the stuff I'm okay with eating moderate amounts of, I can eat all the chocolate I want. It's a perfect plan!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Cheeky calories, always showing up where they're not expected.

[germankitty]

That's like that burger and fries having their calories halved if you have a diet coke to go with 'em, right? *grins*

[yamx]

Exactly! The acid in the diet coke dissolves the calories!

[germankitty]

I knew we were kindred spirits!

[yamx]

:)

[cholma.livejournal.com]

Three and a +1? Awwww, yeah!

* Walks off into the sunset whistling the theme to "I Dream of Jeanie"

[angelprojekt.livejournal.com]

Being one of those kids who missed I Dream of Jeannie the first time and discovered it through Nick at Night reruns; and being a general fan of the series, despite my husband's complaints that it is "just like Bewitched;" and occasionally humming the theme song while pondering my belly button or wishing I could do something in the blink of an eye...
I am totally at a loss for why, upon reading your comment, my mind's ear whistled the theme to "The Andy Griffith Show."

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Andy Griffith =/= I Dream of Jeannie. That's not even close. Your brain has gone to the Crazy Side.

[demon-666.livejournal.com]

2 quotes and 2 groupthinks! (Yes, wolfman and war song)
Since germankitty is confessing something, I will too. Mine is regarding computers.
I didn't own a computer (or live in the same house as one) until 2005. OK, people, I heard your gasps, it's really not that bad, a plus is that I escaped incorporating l33t speak into my vocabulary, so I am safe (just like even though I was born in the early 80s, I was wearing my sister's hand-me-downs from the 70s (she was 10 years older than me) so when I was old enough to choose my own clothes in the 90s, I totally escaped having to be photographed in the hideous fashion of the 80s. Unlike my sis, who has frizzy fringe boof hair in all the photos!! HAHAHAHAHA.)
Anyway, not having a computer wasn't by choice! The short story is that my mum was a killjoy and a miser with no sense of progress or educational encouragement. Then I moved out and saved up for one, using public computer and the such until then.

[angelprojekt.livejournal.com]

I, too, got stuck wearing my sister's hand-me-downs from the 70s. I was born in the later '80s and she was born in '74, and the fashion cycle really didn't work in my favor until peasant shirts came back around ca. 2000. She had exactly one dress in that style, and by some magic it fit me, and I rocked it.

On the other hand, I was playing on a Zenith and Apple 2 by age 4. So I guess we aren't twinkies.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

It's ok, computers are overrated. Except when they bring you funny quizzes. Then they're ok.

[herumtreiber.livejournal.com]

I thought Atari built them :(

I need to read Sun Tzu.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Sun Tzu will not help with computer questions. He was pretty smart, but not really up with all of the Internet's wacky shenanigans.

[herumtreiber.livejournal.com]

I bet he'd be pretty mean at WoW though.

[wiredwizard.livejournal.com]

1.5 =OUCH!= You're killin' me here... =sigh=

[angelprojekt.livejournal.com]

I find, in those cases, it's better to focus on what other people are saying and pretend you did splendidly but are being modest. ;)

[conjure-lass.livejournal.com]

WOO! Three!

And seriously, fuck those DDOS attacks. I don't even have enough computer geekery in me to understand what they are, but they can go straight to hell.

*huffs*

[holmes221b.livejournal.com]

Basically, it's like the Blue Screen of Death, except without the nice blue screen to tell you that you're totally screwed.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Seriously. All I want is to run a quiz here, is that so wrong?

[neumeindil.livejournal.com]

So does the fact that I knew the correct answer for #4 w/out cheating cancel out the fact that I also knew the correct answer for #5?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Nothing cancels out knowledge of #5. Your shame is public, like so many others.

[7tree-hugger.livejournal.com]

In my defence, that limerick was MUCH funnier in my head than when I re-read it just now.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

That means you need to start sniffing glue again.

[holmes221b.livejournal.com]

Well, at least somepony thinks I'm a geek...

...And I seriously need to take a break from my MLP/Star Trek fusion fanfic, if the first half of this comment is any indication...

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

There are no ponies in Star Trek. Except maybe "Generations", where Kirk is riding an iHorse in the Nexus. But that doesn't really count.

[holmes221b.livejournal.com]

[tinamachina.livejournal.com]

*taps LJ* Testing, testing, is this thing on?

Three quotes and a group-think? Awesome!
Evil Russian hackers? Not awesome. Jerks.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I hate being haxx0red on LJ. Come on, there are much more interesting things to hax, guys! LJ? Really? You can't go fuck up CNN's website? That would be fun. Much cooler, really.

[cold_clarity]

HOLLAAA.

two answers. and here I thought one of them wasn't even that funny.

make my week, guys.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Being back online made my week. Cheeky hax!

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

*tap tap*

...testing, one, two, three...

Flopping trip quotage and a third more! Life, outside of teaching, is good.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

3.3 is all right! So is being back up and running. Feh!