LJ Daily Answers: 17 February 2014

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I did say we were predictable, after all.

1. Members of the family Rajidae are commonly referred to as what?

"Ra-ra-ra-ma-ma/ ra-ra-oh-la-laa/ ra-ra-ra-ma-ma/ want your bad rajidaeee" - cold_clarity

(+1, Lady Gaga. -CV)

"Delicious" - lots42
"Appetizers" - therealchon

"Mom, Dad, and little Johnny" - raphsody606

"Killer snakes. It's gotta be killer snakes" - la_trombonista
"Indian King Snakes, obviously" - grapefruitzzz

(Why does it always have to be snakes? -CV)

"Slumdog Millionaires. It is Bollywood, right?" - germankitty

"Raji by day, stripper by night" - sskipstress

"Raja. Most Americans aren't familiar with the whole concept of being born into a leadership position, but in India where these creatures are common, people readily recognize these bottom-feeders." - mark_laura, primavera

Correct Answer: Skates



2. Marcel Grateau filed a U.S. patent in 1905 for what kind of device?

"Zamboni in the funnest word to say, don't you think?" - therealchon

"I want to say a grater. Help" - primavera, bending_sickle, lbmango
"The invisible box" - cmzero

(And combining them we get...)

"The Mime Grater" - alfvaen

"The Cheese Grateau. Somebody made the same thing, called it a Grater, and made brazilians" - drbear

"Mime repellent. How he died unknown is a mystery not adequately explained by historians" - etcet

"A personal massager. You know, a self-Grateau-fication device" - kenshardik

"The French Tickler" - thepikey

"The Illudium P-36 Explosive Space Modulator" - wrestlingdog

"did they have batteries in 1905? if so: the battery-powered vibrator. he stole the idea from Nikola Tesla" - cold_clarity

(Tesla's model did trigger orgasms in under five seconds, but also tended to explode violently, killing everything within a hundred foot radius. He insisted that everything was supposed to happen that way. -CV)

Correct Answer: Curling iron



3. The screenplays for the movies "Bound", "Speed Racer", and "Cloud Atlas" were all written by whom?

"Don't know, but once I know his name, I'm going to look him up on IMDB and make it a point to avoid his body of work." - stgreyhounds

"Some geek who's equally versed in bondage, drugged driving and overcast mythology. Erm, George Michael kinda fits two for three?" - germankitty

"Rowan Atkinson" - raphsody606

"Speed Race was written by a moron, and Cloud Atlas was written by a genius. The only person who I can think of who was both a moron and a genius is Mozart" - lbmango

"What's the screenwriter's equivalent of Alan Smithee?" - la_trombonista

"A million monkeys punching keys on typewriters" - akiyasan

"From the people who brought you lines like 'Whoa…'" - cmzero

"Downhill and Crosscountry Wachowski" - thepikey

Correct Answer: The Wachowski Brothers



4. The Pistole Parabellum 1908, and many other models following its design, are usually called what?

"Probably something only Americans have heard of, like that ice-cream last week. What's wrong with Wall's, I ask you?" - grapefruitzzz

(You're lucky this round. The Germans also know the answer. -CV)

"Something that explodes which is what Jaime and Adam want" - akiyasan

"The peepee gun" - seekingferret

"That sounds like a 'Saturday Night Special' made for Princess Peach" - freezer

"The Sex Pistolae" - cold_clarity

"Guns. Lots of guns." - etcet

(And, oddly enough, appropriate for question #3. -CV)

"Those little fake guns where you pull the trigger and a little flag that says 'Bang!' or 'Blam!' comes out. That's the technical term." - alfvaen

"Party Starters. Keep crowding me in the concession line and I'll get the party started." - n5iln

(That word, party... I do not think it means what you think it means. -CV)

"Pistole is german for pistol. But parabellum translates (loosely) to gleicherweise Krieg in German. So I'll go with Guns of War" - sesmo

(Well... like most guns, it was used in war. Yes. -CV)

Correct Answer: Lugers



5. Gordon Bombay and his mentor have the best names ever. What movie are we talking about, and why?

"Gordon Bombay's mentor is Geneva 'Beefeater' Tanqueray, but I never stay sober long enough into the movie to figure out what it's about." - thepikey

"'All Things Gin and Small'" - mark_laura

"I'm not sure what movie, but the why is Gin. Then again, when was the last time the why WASN'T gin?" - lbmango

"'Because gin' is pretty much the default state of affairs around here. So, if you'll excuse me, the, uh, affairs of state will need to defer to the... affairs of state. Hello boys, I missed you." - etcet

(+1, Blazing Saddles. -CV)

"IT AS COOL AS THE LEGO MOVIE NO I DON'T THINK SO." - grapefruitzzz

"I have to disagree. Norwegian Cross-country skier Magnus Moan has the best name ever." - stgreyhounds

"It's not Cool Runnings, but it should be, since SANKA COFFIE IS THE BEST NAME EVER" - songquake

(It would have been, but we used Cool Runnings the last time we had an Olympic themed quiz. -CV)

"I have no idea why you would be talking about the Mighty Ducks when you could be talking about Evgeni Plushenko skating to Sex Bomb" - sesmo

(Now if only he were skating Sex Bo-bomb. 'We're Sex Bo-bomb and we're here to get the gold medal for ice dancing and stuff!' -CV)

"Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead which is a real actual movie and I need to see this." - bending_sickle

(I thought it would be more like Black Sheep, but it was more like... little else I've ever seen. -CV)

"Thankyouverymuch Mr. Ducksworth. Quack quack quack quack quack Mr. Ducksworth. The Mighty Ducks! They're my team IRL too." - stevesbabygirl

"What organization, indeed?" - cmzero

Correct Answer: The Mighty Ducks, which is a hockey movie



6. You just won the silver medal. In what activity? Who beat you? Why/how?

"Procrasitnation" - a dozen of you

"I just won the silver medal in silver medaling. No one beat me! I got the silver medal!" - lbmango

"Professor Plum, in the library with the knife. No, wait..." - ladyiapetus

"Complaining. My stepmother. She just wants it more than I do" - primavera

"I wasn't beaten. I chose to get the silver medal. Anybody can win gold- they give out trophies for participating, these days. Getting silver shows you really earned it" - seekingferret

"I won the silver in walking on icy parking lots. My coworker beat me because I wore sneakers instead of boots and had to fight to regain my balance this morning" - sskipstress

"Faking Detachment. I was beaten by the Austrians, who are still successfully pretending they had nothing to do with WWII." - mark_laura

"Carl Sagan impersonation. My "Billions upon billions" soliloquy was flawless, but the winner had superior turtleneck." - etcet

"Who beat me? I don't think I know you well enough for you to ask me that, CV. Ang does, though, and can PM me if she really wants to know." - songquake

"Gin drinking. chaosvizier continues his winning streak thanks to his grueling training regime." - bending_sickle

"Toe Wrestling. That son-of-a-bitch 'Curly Toe' McGee. The toe curls in three directions. Need I say more?" - raphsody606

"Event: Getting a job. Gold Medalist: The guy who got the job. Reason: With my luck, for being the boss's nephew." - cmzero



And there you have it. With the Olympics in full swing, we're just targeting random sport-like things that may be relevant to the winter games and blah blah blah IT SAYS "SKI" AT THE END OF QUESTION #3, SEE?

And in other news, snow is white, unless it's brown or yellow.

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Comments

[etcet.livejournal.com]

4 and a +1... feeling pretty smug this morning, though that's severely mitigated by whatever the fuck I did to my back in the gym last night.

Kids, don't turn 40. It just gets ugly.

[thepikey.livejournal.com]

Well, it was better than the alternative.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Well, it was better than the alternative.

...if you turn ugly, you get a 40? That might not be so bad. Although better to give others the 40 to drink, to make you less ugly.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I know all too much about turning 40. And about turning ugly, although to be fair I think I did that before I turned 40. Curse you, Father Time!

[germankitty]

Two again, and a possible twelfth (if I could remember if I answered #6 with Procrastination). Oh, and I also was on the Mime trip on #2, but I suppose my attempt at a pun was too subtle for the mods fell kinda flat. Oh well, getting quotage at all is like medaling, right? Like with the Olympics, it's all about participation, not winning.

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...

I call bullshit on that last one.

small>Edited to fix spelling and stuff.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I go a bit fast and I skip a bit here and there. Sometimes I'm also not wearing my reading glasses and my thinking brains. And sometimes I'm just plain drunk. Choose whichever one you feel is most likely. Hint: It's the third.

[germankitty]

LOL.

Why am I not surprised? *toasts you with G&T*

[nitasee.livejournal.com]

Wachowski Brothers...except they are now the Wachowski brother and sister.

Just being utterly correct and all.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Agreed, there have been some changes in the team. I specifically targeted films where the credits read "The Wachowski Brothers". Up next: Wachowski 2: Gender Boogaloo!

[grapefruitzzz.livejournal.com]

I clearly win at this. And now crave a Mini Milk.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Does Mini Milk come from Midget Cows? Because if so, awesome.

[grapefruitzzz.livejournal.com]

I think it does. Especially the strawberry flavour.

[raphsody606.livejournal.com]

This makes my day.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Our job is to make every day! Except we can only do it once a week, so maybe save the quiz up for when you're having a crappy day, and then read it and be all "Wow! That made my day!"

[cold_clarity]

I'm so glad you guys are back; this makes my week every week.

also, considering I don't think I actually answered all the questions, I'll take my 3-quote-success WITH PRIDE.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Some is always better than none! And sometimes you just don't have all the answers or ideas; we say yay to anyone who tries! Go out there and do it! Sports like no one else!

[bellapalmera.livejournal.com]

Welp, I was way off on the theme. LMAO.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

But really, that rarely makes a difference for half the players. ;-)

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Shows up late to the party but cheers anyway. Also, don't tell me you actually watched Poultrygeist?! ...no, wait, actually please do tell. In detail.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I watched about a third of it, but it just turned me off. Somehow it wasn't funny; they tried too hard and came up with zip for me. Except maybe for the part with the guy exploding on the john. But that's about it.

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

There's just not enough gin in the world for some movies, I guess. And y'know, after Jurassic Park, simply exploding on the toilet just doesn't cut it anymore. (That and Terminator...I think The Sarah Connor Chronicles, where the urinal is actually a Melty Gooey Terminator Thingy. It does not end well.)

In other news, I finally watched The Blues Brothers and holy cameos, Batman! Also they must've gone through a gazillion cars making that film. A most excellent film indeed.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

There's just not enough gin in the world for some movies, I guess

Which is impressive, considering how much gin I do own. And pissing on a liquid metal terminator seems like it will end in tragedy.

And The Blues Brothers is a classic. A wonderful movie. Worth seeing over and over. Plus, Princess Leia!