LJ Daily Answers: 10 February 2014

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

That's right, we're celebrating winter's wintery winterfulness with a cold-themed quiz. We are nothing if not predictable. I bet tomorrow's quiz will be Olympic themed, because predictability.

1. DC comics character Leonard Snart usually goes by which moniker?

"Lewinsky" - miss_whiplash

“DO THE SNARTMAN" - etcet, primavera, cmzero
"Na na na na na na na na) SNART-MAAAAAN!" - kenshardik, cougarfang

“The Spleen." - therealchon

(His archenemy? Stick Man. – LL)

“This character was probably created before there was such a term as 'snarf'. Am I right?" - jmthane

"Snarf and the rest of the Thundercats are owned by DC now?" - la_trombonista

(But even they don't know what a somoflange is. -CV)

"Rorsnach" - alfvaen

"That's Herr Freeze to you, SIR. I say GOOD DAY." - brightlotusmoon

“Oh god, I'm supposed to know this one because I'm a big goony comic book fan. It's either Ambush Bug or Batman. Okay, no on the last part. You ever notice how the rich suave guys are never named Nerddexter Lumpy? It's always Thunderbox Grointhrust. Even Spider-Man has a genital name. Will Mortimer Sneed ever get the girl? No. But Muscles Penisexplosion will." - lots42

(::gasp!:: It is NOT Ambush Bug! And you call yourself a big goony comic book fan…. – LL)

“Snart...Isn't that when you sneeze so hard, you fart?" - wheatheart

“The Snarling Fart (coincidentally, also the name of my local English pub)" - mark_laura

“Captain Cold. He is the leader of the 'Low Temp Squad', alongside Mr. Freeze, Dr. Chilly, and The Polar Vortex." - aaronbsam

Correct Answer: Captain Cold

"Trying to make cultural mockery of Eskimos look hip... in the 80s." - neumeindil



2. Philip Seymour Hoffman played a reverend in which 2003 film?

“The Priest With Three Names." - drbear

"The Bishop Lebowski" - OWEN TOWNES

“" - cmzero

"Is that the one where Renee Zellweger wore a bonnet with flowers on it? Or am I thinking of Nathan Fillion again?" - lady_deirdre

"Capote II: The Reverending Story" - alfvaen

“I keep imagining him officiating the Princess Bride Wedding as Truman Capote. 'Wuv, tru wuv...'" - nitasee

"I have no idea, but if they didn't use 'I'm melting, I'm melting! All my beautiful evil! Oh, what a world... what a world.' as their marketing slogan, that was a horribly missed opportunity." - etcet

Correct Answer: Cold Mountain

"What? I thought this was Iron Mountain, and we were about to commence destroying evidence." - songquake



3. What ice cream chain opened its first store in Arizona in 1988?

"I can answer that, if you can tell me the opposite of baked alaska." - n5iln

(Chilled Hawaii, of course. -CV)

“The only ice cream company I know is Ben and Jerry's and I don't think these are the droids you are looking for." - b_hulsmans

“Aha! It's a Trick Question! You can't make chains out of ice cream!" - mark_laura

"Hurry Up Ice Cream LTD (known by some locals as DrippySippy)" - stagemanager

"Baskerville and Roberts (They have 32 flavors!)" - freezer

“Hah, I was born in 1988! Clearly this must be fate, and I shall acquire and eat a pint of Cold Stone Creamery ice cream as soon as I dig myself out of this damned East Coast snow." - cougarfang

"I love the fact that at Cold Stone Creamery, the sizes are 'Like It', 'Love It', 'Gotta Have It', 'Mine', 'Ours' and 'Everybody's'. Even though I order 'Everybody's' - but it's really JUST MINE!!!" - aaronbsam

"Formal store name is Kalten Stein Molkerei, which you have to admit sounds much classier in German. Especially Molkerei." - sesmo

(True dat. Molkerai sounds like some kind of avenging seraphim. -CV)

"Stone Cold Creamery. Best ice cream in morgue. Made with milk from dead cows" - nitasee

(songquake and I agree: Steve Austin is their number one fan. -CV)

Correct Answer: Cold Stone Creamery



4. In the opening scene of Hamlet, Bernardo tells Francisco to go to bed, to which Francisco replies, "For this relief much thanks: ____________ "

"Plop, plop, fizz, fizz!" - n5iln, OWEN TOWNES, grapefruitzzz, akiyasan
"R-O-L-A-I-D-S" - freezer, bellapalmera

"Hamlet in 30 seconds: 'Though this be madness, yet there is method in't; for this relief much thanks. Now get thee to a nunnery, for alas, poor Yorick, something's rotten in the state of Denmark. The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King!'" - germankitty

“My teddy awaits me anon." - kenshardik

“'Your Mother.' Or, since it was Billy Wigglestick, he probably fucked up the spelling and included an even more overt dick joke." - etcet

"...my lady there awaits with spanks." - jmthane
"I'll go take off my Spanx." - drbear

"...I've been holding it for HOURS" - thepikey

"And I bite my pillow at you, sir." - brightlotusmoon

"You know I'm too old for this shit." - songquake

"'tis a cold pint of bitter and I shall soon be sick to the stomach from twelve of them." - drunken_hedghog

Correct Answer: "...'tis bitter cold, and I am sick at heart."



5. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the band:
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

"Sting" - 6 of you
“Sting hasn't been the right answer all year, so...Phish!" - n5iln

“My hatred for Mr. Palthrow's band runs so deep that I won't even use its name to score a point on LJDQ! " - b_hulsmans

“I see you are still using the same odd definition of 'fun'." - jmthane

"'My Ability to Communicate With Fish Is Of No Use Here' by Aquaman" - cmzero

"'Cthulhu's Lament' by Metallica" - bending_sickle

“Tenth Doctor loves Coldplay, your argument is irrelevant" - tinamachina

“This fits aptly to the Master from Doctor Who" - akiyasan

“ah, I see you've found my song journal." - cold_clarity

Correct Answer: "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay



6. Do you like the cold or the heat better? Tell us all about it!

“I prefer the cold, because you can always put on more clothes, drink more gin, and set more things on fire, but you can only get so naked before you die of heat stroke and dehydration. Plus, hypothermia-induced hallucinations and madness, just before succumbing, sound better than plain old sweaty unconsciousness and cramps." - etcet

“Although I hate sweating, I prefer the heat because sexy people are wearing so much less. Rawr!" - kenshardik

“What's wrong with 'sunny and 75'?" - n5iln

"Winter is fired (new slogan for the Starks?)" - stgreyhounds

"I grew up in a tropical country so I have really good heat tolerance. This does not serve any useful purpose whatsoever now that I am living in New England." - cougarfang

(There are a lot of Kenyans working where I work. They are a bunch of sad sad pandas right now, and I may or may not make fun of them on an hourly basis. -CV)

“Heat. Anything that gives me a legal excuse to take my clothes off in public as far as possible HAS to be better than cold. It also makes my hot flashes much easier to bear." - germankitty

“Irrelevant. I'm complaining about the snow now. I'll be complaining about the humidity in 6 months." - tinamachina

"Heat. Bees are a small price to pay for stone fruit and swimming outside" - la_trombonista

“The Heat Miser's song is better, so I'm gonna go with that." - therealchon
“I'm Mister Heat-Miser! I'm Mister Sun! I've got no clue about the theme, and I forgot to pun! " - mark_laura
"Too far in either direction seems problematic." - thepikey

“I work for an energy company - cold. Pensioner-chilling and poverty-inducing cold (please tell me Irony means more than iron-like to LJDQ-ers) " - drunken_hedghog

(It does. It's like a barony, only with less Barium and more Iodine. -CV)

“Cold means harder nipples" - lots42

"Cold. I look good in a peacoat" - OWEN TOWNES

“Now I want to hear Glenn Frey singing 'The Cold Is On' and Peter Gabriel's 'The Rhythm of The Cold'. Which would probably be to the sound of chattering teeth." - alfvaen

“With a rebel yell, she cried 'Rain, rain, rain!'" - bending_sickle

(So hot then. As rain would be snow in the cold. – LL)

“You're asking this question NOW? When everyone in America is wanting global warming to maybe speed it up a little? I don't think you'll get an unbiased survey here!" - cmzero

“In warm countries you get wine, ice cream, and hammocks. In cold countries your toes turn black. Really, is there any contest?" - lady_deirdre



And there you have it. All cold, all the time, because coldness. Thank you all for playing, stay warm, stay safe, stay in school, and of course, tune in next time for more quizly goodness which may or may not be Olympic themed

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Comments

[germankitty]

A two-fer? Quite okay for having felt rather unfunny last week. At least my English Lit studies could be put to use for once!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

We're here solely for the purpose of making English Lit students feel like they've accomplished something. ;-)

[tinamachina.livejournal.com]

I am done with this snow officially!

Also, two quotes,yay!

Hindsight being 20/20, I might have answered #1 as IVY WINTEEEERRRRRRS! #dragrace

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

It's never too snowy! Unless, you know, it's really snowy. Which it might be. But not if you're in Sochi. Or Alaska.

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Yay, two quotes! And rain isn't necessarily a warm thing...just ask all those cities paralyzed by freezing rain. (But yes, give me all the tropical downpours and I'm a happy panda.)

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Freezing rain is my least favorite of all weathers. Cheeky ice masquerading as liquids! How dare you mock my ability to drive safely?

[mark-laura.livejournal.com]

Haha! Three (3) quotationary devices! Mwuhahaha! My nefarious plan to use the word 'nefarious' as often as is seemly is seeming to pay off!

And officially now: Welcome Back!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Thank you! We're back and bad and just as nefarious as before!

[lady-deirdre.livejournal.com]

Two quotes! Yay (^.^)

No witty comment this time. Need to warm up my toes first.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Better warm toes than black toes, I say. Stay warm! Stay toeful!

[drunken-hedghog.livejournal.com]

Ah, the funny was not as strong this week. Fear not! For I shall try harder/drunker/uncut next week.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

It's ok, there's always room for more funnies. Some weeks just don't give you the right materials. Some weeks you just suck monkey balls. Who knows?

Note: Stop sucking monkey balls.

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

I had a tab open with last week's quiz to answer most of the week. And I still forgot. Ooops.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Sometimes the most obvious of reminders fades to insignificance. No worries; we'll be back!

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Fry: Beholdeth, Titanius, I cast a freeze ray upon you!

Bender: Pfft. That's ridiculous. There's no such thing as a freeze ray. What, you mean a cone of coldness?

Fry:Yeah, that.

Bender: No! No! Fancy men are defenseless against cone of coldness! I'm freezing... Ahh... ahhhh!

Fry: Bender! Nooo! When will young people learn that Dungeons And Dragons won't make you cool?!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

D&D brings all the coolness. Even with Cone of Cold. But maybe not with Magic Missile.

[bellapalmera.livejournal.com]

I got a shared quote! I felt entirely unfunny as that was the only thing I was able to come up with for any of the questions, so thank you for posting it anyway :)

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

It's ok, sometimes you find the funny, sometimes the funny finds a beer and tells you to piss off.

[stagemanager.livejournal.com]

I brought the funny this week!


Is it sad that this makes me more excited than almost anything else to happen in my week?

[wheatheart.livejournal.com]

I lead a sad little life so things like this tend to make my day...especially when the only question I 'answered' got quoted! woo!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Even one quote is worth it. We're here to make you feel good! Except for those other days when we don't. Cheers, wot wot!

[cold_clarity]

considering I only answered three of the questions, I'll take my single-quote with many thanks.