LJ Daily Answers: 3 February 2014

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What is this madness? Quizzes two weeks in a row? Are we seeing the end of times?

Also, football schmootball. Let's get the Olympics in gear! Today's theme is brown, a color not found on the Olympic flag because it reminds folks of poop.


1. What famous firearms designer was born in Utah in 1855?

"Utahking to me? Utahking to me? I don't see anyone else around here..." - drunken_hedghog

"Remington. For all those shotgun weddings." - jmthane

"Utah -> Mormons -> Joseph Smith -> Smith & Wesson? LOGIC!" - alexmegami

(This is the perfectly logical train of thought, which is why it's wrong. -CV)

"Wesson of Smith and Wesson. That was before he went into the cooking oil business." - athousandsmiles

"Sam Winchester" - grapefruitzzz, germankitty

"Tony Stark's great-grandfather Jedidiah" - florahart

(He built it in Utah. With a box of scraps. -CV)

"Edna Mode" - kenshardik

(She only made the clothes that went with the guns. And they were fabulous, darling. -CV)

"Jebediah Aykayfortyseven" - freezer

"Burleigh & Stronginthearm" - broken_moons, OWEN TOWNES, sskipstress

"Yves Sant Revolver" - tinamachina

"Magnum Threefiftyseven" - alfvaen

"John Phaser" - lots42

"George and Charles Parker created this line of armaments." - thepikey

"I'm just wondering what Mormon-style guns would look like." - la_trombonista

(They look like regular guns, but with white shirts and a nice tie. They're really quite polite. -CV)

Correct Answer: John Browning



2. What university is the seventh-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States?

"Hogwarts" - athousandsmiles

(The six older ones are Cowwarts, Chickenwarts, Duckwarts, Goosewarts, Toadwarts, and of course Frogwarts. -CV)

"The College of William and MaryJane" - stagemanager

"As everyone outside the US knows, no higher learning goes on in the US. This is a trick question" - alexmegami, germankitty

"University of Maryland University College, which is, I shit you not, an actual, real institution." - islandofwords, frequencyshift

(I had to google this to confirm that, yes, it does indeed exist, in all its redundant glory. -CV)

"Miskatonic University. When it comes to the Deep Learning, of course, there _are_ no older" - alfvaen, cmzero

"Is that where I'll find the 7 brides for 7 brothers?" - akiyasan

(You might also find the Seven Samurai and the Magnificent Seven. -CV)

"Faber College - Vernon Wormer, Dean" - thepikey

(+1, Animal House. -CV)

"Hamburger University" - drunken_hedghog

"is being the seventh-oldest anything something to be proud of? that's like saying you're the seventh-oldest kid. no one cares." - cold_clarity

(Apparently, being the seventh son of a seventh son is some pretty hot shit in some circles... -CV)

"(Since I used to work there, I'm authorized to sing this...) *ahem* "High above Cayuga's waters, there's an awful smell..."" - n5iln

(No, it's not Cornell, and ballsy, mocking AL & CV's alma mater. I'll give you +1 for chutzpah. -CV)

"University of Phoenix" - OWEN TOWNES

"I could work until the day I keel over and never be able to afford a year of tuition. Let alone textbooks." - miladygrey

Correct Answer: Brown University

"Or as obnoxiously PC people insist on calling it, African American University" - whomajigi

"'What question combines esoteric trivia, banal pedantry, and just a hint of pretentiousness into an unanswerable morass?' - 'Question Two?' - 'Correct. FULL CREDIT.'" - etcet



3. Dankwarderode Castle can be found in which German city?

"I feel like this question is missing some umlauts or something" - frequencyshift

"Schnesservarglehodeßstrachenstrassebeiberßville" - stagemanager

(Your lack of umlauts is offset by the inclusion of ess-tset. Well done. -CV)

"Trick question! If it's in a German city, we probably leveled it in the 40s. (What? Too soon?)" - cmzero

"Paris (It's German, just not today... yet)." - OWEN TOWNES

"Not sure which city but I think it's level 19 on Wolfenstein" - lots42, thepikey

"Hurdy Gurdy, Bork Bork Bork. It has an excellent reputation for design but take your own food" - drunken_hedghog

"Spare Oom" - bending_sickle

"the name "Dankwarderode" sounds an Addams Family vacation home: 'It's dark. It's depressing. It's desolate. It's a dream.'" - nitasee

"'Dank Wardrobe Castle'? I guess Aslan wasn't housebroken" - etcet and eight other Narnians

(Have you ever TRIED to teach a lion to use the litterbox? It ain't pretty, brother. -CV)

"Dankwarderode? That's a pretty badass castle same. Someone should use it in their next D&D campaign." - alexmegami

"That is an awesome word. Dankwarderode. I just want to repeat it. Dankwarderode. It's located in Smelly Closet of Riders or StinkendenSchrankvonReitern." - sesmo

(If nothing else, ljdq will increase the number of German speakers in the world. -CV)

Correct Answer: Braunschweig



4. Eric Clapton had two guitars which he named; what were their names?

"'I knew a man with a wooden leg named Smith' - 'What was the name of his other leg?'" - sskipstress

"Layla" - 13 of you
"Lola" - 6 of you

"Fred and Ethel" - jmthane

"Thing One, Thing Two" - florahart, therealchon

"Sting and Anduril" - wrestlingdog

"Hookers & Blow" - alexmegami

"Taco & Belle" - akiyasan

"Itchy and Scratchy." - thepikey

"Huginn and Muninn" - cmzero

"Gin and Tonic" - athousandsmiles

"Brownie and Cupcake." - whomajigi

(Amazingly enough, you got the correct half correct. -CV)

Correct Answer: Brownie and Blackie



5. What musician, while teaching English and Spanish, released a CD entitled "Angels & Demons" (not the soundtrack to the movie)?

"Former New York Yankee centerfielder Bernie Williams" - seekingferret

"I have no witty answer for this, so instead know that I once had a hairdresser who turned out to be moonlighting as a Fado singer. He gave me a CD and everything." - bending_sickle

"Carlos Santana" - la_trombonista

"Tenacious D" - wolffepsyche

(And there shined a shiny demon. -CV)

"Probably a druid from Beacon Hills" - vorquellyn

(Just what we need, a Druish musician. -CV)

"Charo (kootchie kootchie!)" - kenshardik

"Edward James Olmost, from that Stand and Deliver movie" - islandofwords

"I was gonna say Sting, but then I worried that that might actually be the right answer, so I'm going with Ozzy Ozbourne" - athousandsmiles

(Sting hasn't been the right answer in almost a decade. The odds are in your favor. -CV)

"Was it Dan Brown? If so, it included turgid phrase and unbelievably bad pseudo-history" - sesmo
"OMG Dan Brown sucks as both a writer and a musician! Who knew?" - nitasee

(Believe me, I'm as surprised as you are. -CV)

"not the soundtrack to the movie--but the soundtrack to the book, perhaps. written and recorded by Dan Brown, in English, Spanish, and 2 other hidden languages. because that wordsmith is also a musicryptologist." - cold_clarity

Correct Answer: Dan Brown (yes, the same Dan Brown)



6. Cows: Good, Bad, Ugly, or Other?

"Tasty" - wolffepsyche, therealchon, sesmo, islandofwords, freezer, athousandsmiles, jmthane, kenshardik, OWEN TOWNES

"They are not cute, but still tasty. It's rather perplexing, and I shall investigate further at my local Five Guys tomorrow" - thepikey

"Stupid. Yet tasty. Like some of the people I've dated." - sagaciouslu

(Let's give a round of applause to Hannibal Lecter, folks! -CV)

"Ugly in their wild state. Good as hamburgers, steak, etc. I would kill for a steak right now." - miladygrey

"
If we're not supposed to eat them, why are they made of meat?" - n5iln

"Chee'burger, chee'burger, chee'burger" - tinamachina

"Good... Bad... I'm the guy with the (hamburger) bun. Groovy." - etcet

"I grew up on a dairy farm, cows are stupid, stubborn and profitable. Kind of like people I guess." - raphsody606

"Cows are freaky when they look at you
And they're freaky when they look at me, too
So, if you see a cow and he looks you in the eye
You say Gosh! Gee! Wow! I'm a lucky guy" - seekingferret

"This is a bull of a question. It mooves me to think that some poor heifer is being referred to as ugly. Really, are we all cattle to blithely answer such a question?" - frequencyshift

"It's a moo point" - grapefruitzzz

"They GOT Milk!" - mendeia

"Transported to a parallel dimension where there are beans, lots of beans, lots of beans, lots of beans." - bending_sickle

"Never piss off an animal that can sit on you and squash you like an insect." - akiyasan

(I say that to children ALL THE TIME. -CV)

"Ammunition, Fetchez la vache!" - wrestlingdog

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

"Downright lethal!" - germankitty

"COWS! I love cows. They have been my favorite animal for over 20 years now. I even love them when they are hard to spot. Plus even if you hate them, they provide delicious meat. If I ever met a cow I would hug it, squeeze it, milk it (if applicable) and try to eat it. In summation, Cows: Good." - whomajigi



And there you have it. Let us comprehend winter's awesome wintry winterfulness with the color brown, which is what the snow looks like after a few hours of sanding and slushing and cars and feet. For those of you who have never seen snow before, don't fret; it's not all it's cracked up to be.

Tune in next time for more quizly goodness!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

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