LJ Daily Answers, 4 April 2005

[angledge.livejournal.com]

"Definite pattern here. Couldn't fit Tanqueray in anywhere could you?" - sweetjane_69

Only in our tummies - Tanqueray Ten is one of the finest gins out there. Yummy, yummy. Yes, this week's theme was the queen of clear liquors, GIN. Gin is the key ingredient in your moderators' favorite mixed drink, the gin & tonic. While it is true that angledge also has an (un)healthy appreciation for a fine Scotch, both she & chaosvizier have long, abusive relationships with gin, which have now been memorialized with a Quiz theme on gin, words that sound like gin, & brand names of gin.

"This quiz screwed up my morning. I was fine all yesterday because I remembered that the quiz wasn't going to be posted then, but today when I woke up and I couldn't remember what day it was and I was hoping it was suddenly Thursday, I saw this on my friend's page and was convinced it was Monday again. *sigh*" - weirdwriter

Then our work here is done. I mean, done except for giving you the answers ...

1. In the 1992 Disney movie "Aladdin", Robin Williams stars as the voice of which character, whose name comes from the same root as the Arabic word "junun", meaning "madness"?

"1992? You're shitting me, right? That movie came out, like, last week. Except 1992 was, like, thirteen years ago. OMG I AM OLD AND I'M ONLY NINETEEN WTF." - elsajeni

"I used to like that movie when I was a kid, and then I realized that the Genie was a hairy middle-aged man...Thank you LJDQ for once again making me mentally disturbed" - animagiblender

(Already with the drinking we go... -AL)

"I'd make an 'I Dream of Jeanie' reference here, but frankly the thought of Robin Williams in that red bikini top and harem pants is too frightening to contemplate." - meandstuff
"He played the Genie from the magic lamp, just like Barbara Eden on I dream of Genie, except Robin Williams did not wear that cute pink outfit. I now have a mental picture of Robin Williams in the I dream of Genie outfit and I wish I did not." - midnight_emily

(And again... -AL)

"Aladdin's genie may be funnier, but Barbara Eden's hotter:
" - sskipstress

"I'm supposed to crusade against how horrid and stereotypical that movie was because I'm half-Arab, but I really can't because its wrong in the most divine of ways. Sort of like incest and fatty foods." - duia

(I'm awarding duia a +1 for making me LOL with the title of her answer comment: "popping my LJDQ cherry". Way to get me in trouble at work! -AL)

"Did you know Alladin was the first metrosexual? I mean, look at the guy! He tried to impress the chick by having a total makeover. And you know he really wanted Jafar." - flawed_karma

"everyone else is going to be making Mork jokes." - princesskraehe

(Nope. Just you. -CV)

"Jar-Jar means madness? It's all coming together now..." - bummerfly

"I feel the discrimination of non-native English speakers here. What if we saw Aladding in another language? What if Robin Williams was nowhere near the Norwegian version? Oh, woe is me 'cause I've lost this time before I've properly begun." - norwegianne

"Jujubees. Wait, no, that's from a root word meaning 'edible plastic requiring a dentist's assistance to remove'." - spyderqueen

"I was tempted to go with something Jumanji related, but then I realized I'd have to admit I actually watched it." - jyuu_chan

"The jubjub bird, wacky sidekick to the Jabberwock and the frumious bandersnatch. I don't know about you, but anyone who tries to bander my snatch is gonna wish they were still back home gyring and gimbling in the wabe. Um, what was the question again?" - chlaal

"Genie comes from the word 'madness'? It suddenly becomes so clear why Robin Williams was given that role." - weirdwriter

"He was the voice of the Genie. And nowawadys, a character like that would never make it past the right-wing Christian family advocate groups. I mean, come on! He cross-dressed, made lewd jokes, and had inappropriate relations with a magic carpet! ...okay, so that last part is a stretch. But hey, the scary family people have come up with stranger things!" - greenabsinthe

"You gotta rub him the right waaaaaaay..." - thinksheknowsya

"Actually, his full name was Elwood P. Genie, but you never actually get there until the sequel, "The Blue Genies," about the time he and his brother busted out of their bottles to go hang out with Ray Charles." - ellenneithernor

"I'm going to have to rely, not on my mumble-thousand dollar education, but my years of playing AD&D, memorizing the source material, and guess 'djinn.'" - fragbert

"Djinn. Although, maybe he's an afrit..." - goldsquare

"The genie of the lamp. With PHENOMENAL COMIC POWAH, iiiitty bitty living space." - vanbrosia

(+1 for that superb typo. The quote is "cosmic powah", but in this case, Robin Williams' comic powah is equally apropos. -CV)

(I'm not sure it was a typo. -AL)

Correct Answer: Genie.

"Hairiest bastard I ever seen.. Get that genie a razor" - tarpo


2. Formerly a term for a "well-fed servant", which word came to stand for a yeoman of the British Monarch's Royal Guard?

"Yeoman? Is that like Yao Ming because he is cool and way tall." - midnight_emily

"Yoeman were the guys in Robin Hood's time, and they were poor serfs. However, some poached deer, and I have no idea where I was going with this. Damnit." - dubh_ceol

(Another train of thought derailed. -CV)

"British yeomen... out at sea... feeling randy... yeoman... randy... Yeoman Rand! Man, she was hot! Even with that woven beehive thing. I can understand why Charlie X would turn people into lizards or faceless people over her. Mmm, Rand...." - kenshardik

(I am totally confused. I will now pour a gin & tonic to aid my thinking. -AL)

"I see 'well-fed servant' and all I can think of are those jolly fat cooks from kids' movies and fairy tales. So now I want to go to London to see the procession of the Jolly Fat Cooks, armed with huge wooden spoons and marching to the tune of a cheery melody of clattering lids and whistling teakettles." - tabbyclaw

"I think 'yeoman' is a contraction of 'You! Old man!' or maybe 'Yeah, that old man'. Go on, say it aloud, with a rough Les Mis-esque British accent. It works. Speaking of which, why do they all have bad British accents in the Broadway Les Miserables, when they're supposed to be living in France, and have all these stupid French names? Did the French screw that up, too, and the Brits had to come in and fix it proper? Or did the Brits just take it and go ahead with it on their own, like how they stole the Parthenon? Friggin Brits." - jelymo

(The British stole the ... Parthenon? I must've missed that episode of Dangermouse. -CV)

"I'm gonna go with gingerbread-man, because well, quite obviously, it used to mean a man stuffed to the gills with gingerbread, and concerning the British Royal Guard, well, it's no secret that their people are a little... stiff... yeah." - sarcastro

"Gin Man. Like the Tin Man but made of Gin. I think I'd like to meet this Gin Man." - littlesteph

(Allow me to introduce you. littlesteph, meet chaosvizier! He's 33, works in New York City for the United Nations, & in his spare time teaches karate. He enjoys computer games, long walks through the mall, & protracted bouts of heavy drinking. -AL)

"Knight. I don't know, but I'm betting the English nicked that word from the French." - dracothelizard

(True. The original French word was k'niggit. -CV)

"There was an separate term for 'well-fed' servants? What, did everyone starve them or something?" - packbat

"'Yeoman' is a funny word. I always imagine some sort of mideval soldier meowing. Which is a random way of saying I have no clue." - bubosquared

"Which reminds me of that scary commmercial for Honeycomb cereal, where the kids try to irritate the impassive beefeater and he doesn't move until they dangle the Honeycomb in front of his face and then they all turn into those creepy, slathering, crack-eyed Tasmanian devil things. Ugh. Thank you for bring back a traumatizing childhood memory." - sennical

(We drink again, don't we? -CV)

(Here, have a G&T. -AL)

"'Beefeater,' also a term for a closet homosexual. But I like 'poofta' better. It just sounds so friendly." - linguafranca

"Okay, it's not the guys in the tall furry hats with the zombified expressions and clusters of demented tourists. I can't remember what they're called anyway. The other guys--the ones on the gin bottles in the poofy pants and incredibly silly hats--those are Beefeaters." - erisian_fields

"When I visited London I got my picture taken with Colonel Ginbottle himself." - dougygyro

(A brief analysis of that photo suggests that you also chained him to a pole in order to get him to pose with you. That's not very sporting. -CV)

"The Beefeater tour guides at the Tower of London are the funniest and least strait-laced group of uniformed, heavily-armed men I've ever encountered." - stephe

"Well, 'beefeaters' would be the only term that comes to mind, but that doesn't fit with the whole gin theme here, unless you have some very strange drinking habits." - amandathegreat

( - AL&CV)

"All through my childhood I thought they were called Bee-feeders. I just love the image of these stoic guys in big furry hats running around feeding bees. and how would they do that anyway? would they just put a couple hundred flowers in their furry hats and sit in a field all day? that's something I'd love to see." - ashfault76

Correct Answer: Beefeater.

"Or if they're vegetarians, Beeteater." - dragon_spirit
"Or their vegan counterparts, Leafeaters." - meandstuff



3. Eli Whitney pioneered the mass production of cotton through which invention, formally known as Patent No. 72X?

"I thought the mass production of cotton just involved, you know, growing a hell of a lot of it. You mean it took someone patenting the idea before we worked out how to do that? Says a lot about our average intelligence, doesn't it?" - obviousfakename

"Sweat-shops" - lots42

(I said Eli Whitney, not Kathy Lee Gifford. -CV)

"Evil Genius Project #17: exploit working class children in weaving factories and force all students to study the industrial revolution ad infinitum." - 3jane

"The gravity bong. Because what the historians never tell you is that 'cotton' is short for 'cotton mouth'." - tripoverthings

"This is the vibrating pod-shaker, right? That doubles as a therapy chair?" - kokopellinelli

"Patent No. 72X! Get it today! It slices, it dices, it pioneers the mass production of cotton!" - livehisjoy

"Patent 72 X? I think we have an adult store around here by that name." - sweetjane_69

"That must be one INCREDIBLE porn!" - trouble166

"EVERY history class I've EVER taken has covered this. How it fit into 'The History of Mid-Imperial China', I don't know. It's just one of those facts." - spyderqueen

"Before that was the Cotton Canasta, but that took too many people to play." - kenshardik

"The cotton genie. He grants you three wishes and knits you a sweater all at the same time!" - ninchica7

"However, the Silk Ale and Polyester Vodka were not nearly as well know or successful. Tis a shame." - profsparky

"The cotton gin, which was actually responsible for removing a remarkable number of fingers." - melster

"would have been even cooler if it had taken cotton and turned it into gin." - mariemuffin17

"I never figured out what it had to do with gin." - sesmo

"Last week was my boyfriend's and my 6-month anniversary, and we went to the Houston Livestock Show, and it was the best date ever. (You may not have realized this, but I am not a sophisticated sort of person.) One of the exhibits was an old man with a tiny cotton gin; he would feed in a handful of nasty cotton, and when it came out the other side, it looked exactly like cotton candy. It was terrific. Although not as terrific as the pig races. Nothing is as terrific as pig races." - elsajeni

"Cotton gin so simple an answer it must be correct, because that's what I'd do if I were running a quiz the week of April Fools' Day." - sasscat

(She's onto our wily schemes... -CV)

(Let's pour her a drink, to dull her wits! -AL)

Correct Answer: The Cotton Gin.

"What's with the X? Do patentes go through the entire alphabet on one number before they move on to the next? Or did Eli Whitney just want to sound hard-core and increase the appeal of his patent to the younger crowd?" - uncertaincolumn

(Good question. Let's see what hitferret has to say about that... -CV)

"Incidentally, did you know that the patent number has an X after the serial number because the Brits burned down the patent office during the War of 1812, destroying the records of the early patents, and that the patent office then started issuing patents anew from #1, and if someone brought in proof of their earlier patent it was assigned the same number followed by an X, to differentiate from the new series? Did you care?" - hitferret


4. The city of Mumbai was formerly known as what?

"I see where this is going. I see the pattern. You can't fool me! It was Tequila, right?" - fragbert

"Mumbai!"
"Mumbai!"
"Mumbai!"
"...It's only a model."
"Shhhh!" - sennical

(+1, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. -CV)

"Home of the Shankara Stone" - notpunk

(+1, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. -CV)

"It's not Geneva, but that's the first thought that comes to mind, so I'm writing it anyway. Especially since I don't actually know the answer. But it had the sound "gin" in it, so I should get some credit, right?" - weirdwriter

"I'm going to have to cancel my subscription to National Geographic. They clearly haven't taught me anything!" - sesmo

"There's also a city called Phuket; I don't know why THAT name wasn't changed, too." - linguafranca

"I'd say Gintala, but that sounds too pat. Of course, now I'm thinking about Kuala Lumpur, which always makes me think about the Istanbul/Constantinople song. Brilliant." - phoenixsansfyr

(You and ten others... -CV)

"I can't answer this question, because 'Mumbai' for some reason unlocked the part of my brain that held the memory to that Thumbthumping song, so I'm kind of busy frantically searching my iPod for a Bangles song to dislodge this earworm. I hate you all." - bubosquared

(If only you could see the grin on my face right now! I love it when a plan comes together! -AL)

"Mumbai makes me think of dancing. Feel the beat of the rhythm of the night. Forget about the worries on your mind.
*Dances*
*Shakes Ass*
I don’t know the answer so I am going to get back to my ass shaking." - midnight_emily

"Ginneapolis." - lizzyrose89

"Mumhello." - groaty

"Mmmmbop." - photograce

(-1, Hanson. -CV)

"Kthxbai" - vanbrosia

"G'n'quinine. (Named by alcoholic colonial governor.)" - 3jane

"Pabai. They later joined together to form Babybai." - akiyasan

"Mumbai? Wasn't that the guy in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'?" - djdysfunction

"Rhumbai, but then the people changed their favorite dance." - invalidcaracter

"Jumbai. For a number of years during the transition period, it was frequently referred to as Mumbai-Jumbai, for clarifying purposes. Since discussions about the city and its politics were frequently everything but clear, this term entered the English language with its present meaning but a streamlined pronunciation of 'mumbo-jumbo'." - zeborahnz

(+1, Linguistic bullshitting. -CV)

"" - hobik

(Full credit. -CV)

"Mumbai... isn't that related to Sapphire?" - theroach

(Getting warmer... -CV)

"A lot of people are silent about Mumbai because of the devastation which occured when the city's hay fields were bombed. The old name, appropriately, was Bombhai." - guxx

(Argh! -1, punning! -AL)

"It's funny that Queen Victoria's palace as Empress of India was in Bombay, but she never once visited there. She did, however take that fucking huge diamond and put it in her new crown." - dougygyro

"Bombay, but it was judged a threat to public security to have a name with the word BOMB in it. Might make incoming visitors nervous." - ellenneithernor

"Mumbai is what the Beefeaters and those guys in the furry hats called Bombay. Hooray for English mispronunciations of native cities." - erisian_fields

Correct Answer: Bombay.

"In an unrelated aside, Bombay Potatoes is an extremely nice dish." - jonem


5. Which evergreen berries are used as a diuretic, a food flavoring, and a key ingredient in gin?

"Wait...is that why I pee so much after drinking? The bastards!" - gaaak

"Gin is a horrible concoction and I have never met anyone who liked it, who wasn't being a pretentious prig. As one could be a prig without being pretentious." - danicia

(Hi there, we're CV and AL, and we're pretentious prigs. Here's your -50. -CV&AL)

"Chuck Berry? Chris Barrie? Halle Berry? Preferably the last, 'cause she deserves to be used in food after Catwoman." - dracothelizard

"St Patty's Day was a few weeks ago... I'd prefer to not have anything green in my drinks for a few months, at the very least. Except olives. Or perhaps a twist. Or even the berry of the Bombay tree. But no wedges of lime." - hitferret

"Smurfberries." - djdysfunction, temima

(No, although they did make a delicious breakfast cereal out of them. Mmmmm, good. -CV)

"Crunch-berry gin, now for the pirate drunkard in you! Arrrg matey, the Captain makes it happen." - mcclintock

"I know it doesn't start with G, nor are they used in gin, but Gosh I love cranberries. They're sort of a diuretic, they are yummy in lots of desserts and for salads and meats and drinks, and when my UTI flares up, a big glass of juice gets rid of it right quick." - genesisdesire

"Ginger? I have ginger in my refrigerator right now. No gin, though. Alas. Because now is a good time to get drunk." - delordra

"So are you saying that drinking gin will turn me different colors and give me the runs? LJDQ is my antidrug." - livehisjoy

"Diuretics should be a category on Jeopardy. 'I'll take 'Things That Make You Pee' for $200, Alec.'" - calankh

"I have just this week learned that vodka through a Brita filter will make cheap vodka much better. I wish I had known this through my college days." - prettypinkkitty

"'Master. We are hungry and have not eaten'
'What about those bushes over there?'
'A blessing! A blessing! He has made the bush fruitful by his word, it has brought forth...'" - grapefruitzzz
"'They brought forth juniper berries!'
'Of course they brought forth juniper berries; they're juniper bushes, what do you expect!?'" - welsh_branwen

(Thank you both for that reading from the book of Monty Python's Life of Brian. +1. -CV)

"You mean giniper berries, until the Romans came and changed the name to juniper berries?" - guxx

"Juniper. Which is why I hate gin anyway. If I liked the taste even a little bit, it's certainly cheaper to just give a juniper bush a blowjob." - sarcastro

"Juniper berries aren't green!" - dragon_spirit

"Juniper berries. That's why Gin and Tonics tend to taste like Christmas trees, hold the tinsel. Had I not been of a moonshining family, I might not have known that." - whiski_sour

"Mmmm, Juniper! God, I know way too much about gin. This, ladies and gentlemen, is what comes of dating a Brit for far too long. Do you know why tonic has quinine in it? It's because it's the only way the British gov't could guarantee that their military personnel stationed in India would take their anti-malarial meds during their 19th-century occupation of that country. The soldiers wouldn't take their pills, but damn if they were going to go without their gin and tonics in the jungle!" - ajmcoqui

(+1 for that fascinating fact. The LJDQ is all about the learnin'. -AL)

Correct Answer: Juniper

"Proving once more than man can get alcohol out of anything, if he really wants to." - rokeon


6. Which do you like best:

A. Gin and tonic.
B. Gin rummy.
C. Gingerbread
D. Ginseng.
E. Gingerbread houses.
F. Other.

Explain yourself. Convince us your answer is correct.

"I like gin and tonic better. My logic is as follows: gin is alcohol, which gets you drunk. Intoxication leads to hangovers, which are bad. Tonic is another name for medicine. Medicine makes you feel better. Gin and tonic in the same glass negate each other, therefore you can have as many as you want. Until you pass out on the library steps at four am. But that's a different train of logic right there." - ccaretta

"Gin and Tonic. Because it helps me cope with the rest of those references, which would bring to mind playing gin rummy with relatives, my cousin's dead cat Ginseng, and a sanctimonious friend who builds elaborate gingerbread houses every year and makes me feel inadequate in the domestic holiday scene. I have no beef(eater) with gingerbread though. Fine stuff." - technoinfidel

"Gin and Tonics. Tall, iced, drunken on the veranda while watching my unholy army of the dead destroy the normals." - stephe

"'Forget the cafe lattes, screw the raspberry iced teas. A Malibu & Coke for you, a G&T for me.' Damn, now I really have Barenaked Ladies in my head. And I want alcohol." - justapieceofme

(I have bare naked ladies in my head a lot. -CV)

(Mee too. Especially when I have a G&T in my hand. Now, if I could only reverse the positions of the two. -AL)

"You can create variations on Gin & Tonic just like Gingerbread houses! Why, there's almost an infinite variety! WHOAH! Revelation! Gin & Tonic is the physical incarnation of the Vulcan philosophy of IDIC!" - grayhawkfh

("Analysis, Spock?" - "It appears that we have found our Geek Of The Week, Captain." - "Scotty, beam down a -1 to my coordinates." -CV)

"I have to say that my favorite is Gin and Tonic. It is obviously superior to the others both in taste and in the ability to help one enter a state of drunken oblivion. When was the last time gingerbread helped you get over that assinine thing your boss did today? I didn't think so." - sweetjane_69

"Gin rummy all the way! Did you know that one of the predecessors to gin rummy was a game called "Whiskey Poker"? You've got three alcoholic beverages in one sentence!" - packbat

"Gin rummy, which I learned to play from his brothers at my uncle's wake. I really cleaned up that weekend. Which is what I think my uncle would have wanted. They were really devious gin players." - trishalynn

"When I wrote for the junior high school newspaper, we spent most of our actual class time sitting around playing gin rummy, since there's really only so much you can do with a newspaper that comes out once a month and has twenty 13-year-olds on staff. Now I proofread for the college newspaper, and the closest I can get is playing computer solitaire and writing epic LJ entries. Woe is me." - elsajeni

"Gingerbread & tonic. Yeah. Maybe a gingerbread ark floating on a tonic flood? Nah, it'd just get all soggy, crumble, and sink and then the gingerbread Noah would have to try to swim for it before he suffered the same fate. Oh, and the poor animal crackers! Oh! The carnage!" - erisian_fields

"Gingerbread, because it's a stomach settler after a large meal as well as construction material that can be put together with icing as mortar. And, I like to eat gingerbread men's limbs off first. So they cannot run away." - lrodell

"Gingerbread. In the form of gingerbread men, it is the only socially acceptable way to rip a man limb from limb. Well, gingerbread and Strech Armstrong. He's not as tasty, though." - ninchica7

"Gingerbread. It's a food, a roofing supply (in shingles), a floor covering, *and* you can build houses out of it. Plus, when you try to put it together into things, you can eat the paste because it's really just frosting. Gingerbread and construction with gingerbread are really just a consolation prize for all the unrepentant paste-eaters out there, as well as a source of amusment for repressed housewife-engineers." - aiglet

"Gingerbread. As explanation, I hereby offer a dance of the seven veils, with each veil made of gingerbread. ... See?" - 3jane

(Award of +1 pending video. -CV)

"I get drinks with ginseng added, and I feel like some Far Eastern tai-chi mystic who heals himself eating strange plants and the turds of exotic animals." - fragbert

"Ginseng! You can eat it, you can drink it, and it's a more powerful and more effective aphrodisiac than dark chocolate! Aphrodisiacs are far more fun than alcohol - you still get some, but not necessary with the uglies." - phoenixsansfyr

"Ginseng. Shredded and served alongside sushi. Because SUSHI IS THE FOOD OF THE GODS!" - cpip

(+1, speaking nothing but the absolute truth. -AL)

"Ginseng. I mean, it's a plant that gets up and walks around when you're asleep. How cool is that? ...Or is it the mandrake that does that? I can never keep the two straight..." - amzrigh

"Gingerbread houses redeem themselves by the presence of a great many other candylicious ingredients. Speaking of which, as Monday was the day after Easter, I hit CVS up for my first purchase of discount candy. Oh yeah." - gruyere

"Gin and tonic -- very much
Like rubbing alcohol.
Gin rummy is a game which sucks
(I never win at all!)
Ginseng may be the spice of gods
But I'd rather just be soused,
So I'll go home and save my lauds
For my little gingerbread house." - ellenneithernor

"A small Haiku:
'Gingerbread Houses
scent of danger and joy
Easy to eat kids'" - livehisjoy

"Gingerbread houses. Because even though by the time you complete a good one it's completely disgusting to eat, what with the stale cookie and vaguely edible icing-like goo holding it together, you can still put little Fisher Price or Lego people inside and stomp on it like Godzilla." - ospreydreams

"Gingerbread Houses. I mean, where else can you make something look nice and pretty outside, and inside you can make it depraved and sick and cool with a mini gingerbread brothel complete with screwing gingerbread people?" - flawed_karma

(You are hereby banned from the kitchen. -CV)

"" - raynala

"FUCKING VODKA. The word vodka is the Russian diminutive of the word voda, meaning water. Roughly translated, vodka means "little water", or water which is safe to give to babies and small children. Russians rule!! 'Nuff said." - dragon_spirit

"Not the gumdrop buttons!" - shannon_sue

(+1, Shrek. -CV)

"Ginny Weasley. Because you KNOW she's gonna grow up and have hot kinky lesbian sex with Hermione. That's why it's Option F, you see? F for femmesex." - eridanusus

"Ginny Weasley. Call me what you will for lusting after an underaged fictional character of my own sex, but I have a strange preoccupation with redheaded girls. It disturbs me because my mother is redheaded and I don't want my demise to involve gouging out my own eyes." - duia

(And this week's LJDQ Oedipus Rex Award goes to... duia! -CV)

"Ginger from 'Gilligan's Island'. What kind of movie star goes on a ferry ride with a bunch of idiots and the skipper? Plus she had awesome hair. Check it out:

Seriously, who wears their hair like that on a desert island? Did the Professor make curling tongs out of a vine and some twigs?" - meandstuff

"I like Mary-Ann better than Ginger." - echoalpha

(I'm with you on that one. Mary-Ann was hot. -CV)

"Ginger. I like the way it feels when you slice it open and put it on your nawty bits." - dorei

(And this week's LJDQ TMI Award goes to... dorei! -AL&CV)

"Gintiles. They're alcoholic Jews with huzzpha." - animagiblender

(That's some awful spelling of "chutzpah" you've got there. -AL)

"Is there anything wrong with combining these things? Like, I play Gin Rummy while eating Gingerbread (flavored with a touch of Ginseng for my memory, you know) that’s soaked in Gin but not much Tonic, while someone else makes a Gingerbread House out of the Gingerbread that I haven’t soaked in alcohol. Also, Gingerbread. Mmmmmm. And then I set it on fire." - kokopellinelli

"Hey -- you missed Guinness! If you ignore the 'u' -- which is after all the American way -- then it fits nicely." - sasscat

"Gin is for sissies. Guinness is the real drink." - photograce

"I'm going with (F) Other - Gin Blossoms on this one. Why? Because, underneath my hard-rockin' insurance geek exterior, I still like a good jangly pop song every now and again." - hiddenmuse

"You BASTARDS. Trying to make me choose between alcohol and cookies? And the same cookies can make houses! How DARE you! I'm glad I don't need ginseng at my young age, despite having bad short term memory. The stuff is kinda...gross. Thus, I chose other: the G-spot. God bless the man that understands where it is and how to treat it. He's welcome in my bed ANY day. So long as he doesn't mind a bed with a large soggy spot, due to that." - genesisdesire

"Ginormous titties." - sskipstress

"E- These houses are sooo good, for food, shelter, and the gingerbed is very comfy for any type of companionship. (Just keep clear of the oven.)" - sskipstress's mom

(We are not kidding. sskipstress' mom, who doesn't have an LJ account, played the quiz this week by leaving us an anonymous comment. THAT ROCKS! +5 to Mom. -AL&CV)

"A. Kills me because it's alcohol and I have diabetes.
B. Diabetes versus alcohol.
C. Diabetes versus sugar.
D. Don't know what the hell it is.
E. See point C.
F. Fuck it. I like boobs." - silent_r_infork

Correct Answer: Gin and Tonic. (Don't you dare argue with us about it, bitches.)

Well, I hope you all enjoyed our tour of the Wide World of Gin. If you are of age (in your local jurisdiction), you are hereby directed to celebrate the first week of the new Quiz by mixing yourself a #6. If you are not of legal drinking age, have some tonic water with lime juice & dream of the future. And don't forget that the immediate future includes a new quiz, posted tomorrow!

Rock on,

AL&CV.