LJ Daily Answers: 24 February 2014

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

The music of the day should, of course, be Dragonforce.
Also, FUS RO DAH!


1. The years 1892, 1952, and 2012 all share what common feature?

"Dick Clark hosted New Year's Rockin' Eve" - kenshardik

(Full credit. -CV)

“They all end in 2" - sskipstress, kagomeshuko, sesmo, nitasee, neumeindil, whomajigi, disorderata, germankitty
“That are all in the sentence 'The years 1892, 1952, and 2012 all share what common feature?'" - seferin
“they're all leap years. But that seems like a too obvious answer for this quiz. Dammit, now I am not sure." - b_hulsmans

“The number one!" - primavera, taking us in a bold new direction

“THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS DIGITS" - cholma

(+1, ST:TNG. -CV)

“They're all in the past. Draggin' behind us, so to speak." - etcet

(You're four questions too early for this joke. Well-played. -CV)

“The years when Nick Cage saved the world from destruction." - akiyasan

"Thousands of nutters thought they would be the end of the world" - la_trombonista

“Years that I didn't have sex" - tarpo

“They're all times people have tried to tell us Doc Brown tried to go to in Back to the Future." - loopychew

Correct Answer: They were Chinese Years of the Water Dragon



2. Fun with lyrics! What's the next line in this song?
You can keep your fancy ales,
You can drink them by the flagon,
But the only brew for the brave and true
____________________________

“Is the mighty Mountain Dew." - seferin

“Iru-Bru. If it's nae Scottish, it's crap!" - tinamachina

“I'm guessing something with a dragon. Alternatively, the Chalice from the Palace." - lbmango, nitasee
"...Is the vessel with the pestle with the brew that is true!" - kenshardik, loopychew, nitasee
“...is in the flagon with the dragon!" - n5iln, nitasee

“Burma Shave" - etcet

“Is butter beer from the Alley Diagon" - sskipstress

"is Buck's 'Pussy Wagon!" - therealchon

("My name is Took, and I like to fook!" +1, Kill Bill. -CV)

“'Is brewed in Belgium' oh wait, it has to rhyme... 'Is brewed in Belgium on a wagon'." - b_hulsmans

(Full credit, because Belgian brew is pretty damn awesome. -CV)

“Is drunk by a college student with a strap on." - akiyasan

"Is a MOTHERFUCKING DRAGON. (TROGDOOOOOOOOR!)" - wrestlingdog

(You get a +1 because somehow you're the only person who mentioned Trogdor. -CV)

"Is brewed inside a dargon?" - primavera
"is the piss of a drunken dragon" - chesneycat

(When they say "This beer tastes like piss!", it's meant quite literally. -CV)

“You can keep your fancy ales,
You can drink a good un',
But the only brew for LJDQ
Is made of gin and puddin'!" - thepikey

Correct Answer: "Comes from the Green Dragon."

"because of course, of all the things for the screenwriters to get correct, it's the drinking song." - neumeindil



3. Who was the first woman to win a Nebula Award for Best Novella, and for which story?

"Ah, breaking the nerd glass ceiling" - nitasee

“I. M. Noddawomyn for the novella, 'The Day All The Stupid Jackass Menfolk Died From Not Listening To Their Wives'" - kenshardik

"Daenerys Targaryen-- My Three (Scaly) Sons" - neumeindil

“It is a well known fact women cannot write science fiction. Any woman who has won an award was actually Isaac Asimov in Drag.... drag...dragon... oh I know the answer to question 1..." - b_hulsmans
"The Nebula is for science fiction writers, and we ALL KNOW wimmens don't write sci-fi. Get on back in the kitchen and fix me a sammich" - thepikey

“V.C. Andrews, for Flowers in the Attic." - la_trombonista

“Lady Ada Lovelace for her novella - 'Stop Patronising Me, I Actually Am A Computer Genius'" - drunken_hedghog

"How to Train Your Dragonriders of Berk" - cholma

"It was a weyrd year" - n5iln

Correct Answer: Anne McCaffrey, "Dragonrider"



4. After Tommy James left the Shondells and went solo, what was his highest-charted single song?

“Free At Last" - vorquellyn

"Two Isn't the Loneliest Number" - kagomeshuko

“Something something something baby ooh yeah dragon" - miladygrey

“You ever think that the milqutoast motherfuckers who named all those Motown bands stayed in Detroit and started naming cars instead?" - etcet

“Live from Everest" - seferin

“Puff the Magic Dragon" - chesneycat, thepikey, sskipstress

"Doo Wop Sha-Bop-Bop Ramma-Lamma Ding-Dong Ooo Ooo Baby Baby Wop Do-Waaah" - kenshardik

“Men In Black. (Oh, wait, that's Tommy Lee Jones.)" - wrestlingdog, cold_clarity

"Tommy Can You Hear Me?" - sesmo

Correct Answer: "Draggin' the Line"

"how did you ever get that past angledge?" - germankitty, cholma

(She was busy playing Skyrim, because it lets her be the Dragonborn. -CV)



5. The Chinese Duanwu Festival is often referred to in English as what?

"Anything I put here will probably be culturally insensitive" - primavera, whomajigi

(You mean like these people? -CV)

"Half-off at the local Chinese restaurant" - la_trombonista
"Combo Number 6 with spring roll" - n5iln
"50% off General Tso's Chicken, to remember his brave charge" - seferin

"Black Friday" - cold_clarity

“Does it involve moon cakes? I like moon cakes" - lbmango

(Heh heh. ‘Moon’. – LL, still twelve.)

“JESUS CHRIST IT'S A DRAGON GET IN THE TEA" - etcet

"The largest creator of smog in Asia" - drbear

"Dragonball Z" - germankitty

(I thought about working this one into the quiz, but something about that show just doesn't jive with me. Plus, we'd get over nine thousand "OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAND!" jokes. -CV)

“the 'let's laugh at the quiant asian people with their ancient traditions and ....ooooh is that real silk? for 3 bucks? wow that is cheap! I'll take it!' festival" - b_hulsmans

“Lama Smacking" - therealchon

(O.o – LL)
(I bet if he said Lama Spanking, you'd change your tune. -CV)

Correct Answer: The Dragon Boat Festival



6. William Blake painted a series of watercolours that figured prominently in which Thomas Harris novel?

“The one about your French girls." - sskipstress

“'The Silence of the LANs' about a serial killer who goes after Linux system admins." - kenshardik

(It's actually a tragedy, once he realizes that there were only two, which didn't make him a very good serial killer, and so he goes to learn Linux himself and masters the system, and then commits suicide to achieve 'serial killer' status. -CV)

“Pocahontas: Can You Paint With All the Colors of The Water" - vorquellyn

"Happy Little Trees." - drbear

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Vermillion Psychopath" - drunken_hedghog

"It puts the lotion on the dragon or it gets the hose again" - cholma

“I have no idea who William Blake or Thomas Harris are. Oh, LJDQ, you make me feel so uneducated." - sesmo
"I only know William Blake as 'that dude that painted that dragon which was used in red dragon'" - b_hulsmans

"Ralph Fiennes is petting a tiger and why is that somehow hot" - miladygrey

"I bet they're best viewed and/or read with some fava beans and a bottle of Chianti" - germankitty

"Red Dragon, which eventually turned into Green Paycheck for MGM" - neumeindil

Correct Answer: Red Dragon

(I think everyone should be proud of me for not pointing out that Philip Seymour Hoffman's character died in this movie. -CV)
(I think we can stop being proud of you now. -AL&LL)



7. Venger was the antagonist on what 1980's animated series?

"Revenge of The Avengers" - alfvaen

“And yet, somehow, Venger is still a better name than Shredder, or Mon-Starr, or Looten Plunder. Oh, '80s." - miladygrey

(To be fair, Looten Plunder at least dressed with mad style. He was pimp before pimping was pimp. He had a frigging pimp cane with a frigging shrunken elephant head on it. -CV)

"Arsene Wenger is currently the antagonist of the entire Premier League. Damn the Arsenal!" - drunken_hedghog, grapefruitzzz

(I guess after a long career of evil sorcery, football seems like the next logical career move. -CV)

“I used up all my words with number 6." - songquake

"Dragon's Lair" - tinamachina

(I was trying to remember the name of that game. I remember there was a dragon in it, and it was Dirk the Daring, I think. -CV)

“Ghost Busters. They decided that Venkman sounded too German for a cartoon. " - sskipstress

"Was he the skeleton or the cat?" - vorquellyn

(Neither. -CV)

"STREETSHARKS" - cold_clarity

(Oh sweet Jebus, did anyone actually watch that show? -CV)

"Having no clue, I'm gonna guess it's the 'The Dukes' (animated Dukes of Hazzard), wherein Daisy Duke...uh...lost my train of thought..." - mark_laura

(Oh sweet Jebus, I forgot they even made an animated Dukes show. -CV)

"The Mr. T Show. 'I pity the fool who don't watch my cartoon!'" - therealchon

(Ok, I'm guilty, I did watch this one. Why was Mr. T hanging out with a bunch of gymnasts? WTF, T? -CV)

"Venger is pronounced Fänger in German, which means Catcher, so I'll say My Little Pony." - sesmo

“ah, Venger, he turned out to be the son of the dungeon master. You misbehave in his household and he sends 6 teenagers and a unigoat to kill you." - b_hulsmans

“I wasn't watching children's tv in the 80s, being all grown-up then, so I'm just going to have to guess DragonTales." - etumukutenyak

“Star Trek: The Animated Series. It's science fiction, thus they were able to predict V'ger by several years (but were slightly off on the decade)." - germankitty

(Finally! The last entry mentioned Star Trek. +1! – LL)

"Green Elf is about to die..." - n5iln

(You know, Gauntlet would make a great cartoon. It's simple, you've got the characters, and all they have to do is beat up bajillions of bad guys, much like any other cartoon. How did this never happen? -CV)

Correct Answer: Dungeons & Dragons



8. Transformation time! You have become a fantastic creature of your choice. What are you? Why?

"A smart, beautiful, successful businesswoman who is respected by her peers. Just to watch the media implode" - drunken_hedghog

"Me, only with more bosoms and less everywhere else." - whomajigi

“I wouldn't mind being a Time Lord. (Seriously, my house is bright fucking blue, and I hung the 'Police Box' sign on the front of it for Halloween, so it could be in costume even though I wasn't.)" - etcet

“my two-year-old *adores* Wenlock (to the extent that I've spent the last half hour googling images of it) and I wouldn't get any choice in the matter. (Which is a shame, because I'd much prefer a dragon.)" - chesneycat

“I am the Walrus. Goo, goo, g'joob." - sskipstress

(This became funnier after I saw this video this morning. -CV)

"A rokurokubi, so I'll never get a neck cramp again" - la_trombonista

“Are you saying I am not fantastic enough already? FOR SHAME!" - b_hulsmans
“I'm already a fantastic creature! Simply...fantastic!" - alfvaen

“I am a flying robot dinosaur dolphin with laser eyes and a cake detection sonar." - grapefruitzzz

"A werebuffalo would be cool" - n5iln

(Werebuffalo wings are the new delicacy. -CV)

"once we reach the singularity, we'll all just become constituents in the cybernetic superstructure known as Cyberqueen" - cold_clarity

(Cyber Freddie Mercury would be pretty badass. -CV)

“Grimace! Giant.. Purple. and I believe his body produces milkshakes somehow.. If that is not true then I would be a large monster that somehow produces milkshakes from its body…" - tarpo

(I suspect that your milkshake might not bring all the boys to your yard. -CV)

“I mean, who wouldn't want to be a raccoon with a machine gun?" - loopychew

(The Guardians of the Galaxy agree with you. -CV)

“Batman. Mostly so I can go around saying 'I'm Batman.'" - nitasee

“A seahorse, because they make the men gestate. OR a sea DRAGON, which also make the men gestate and look even cooler." - songquake

“A honey badger." - wrestlingdog

“Zlatorog! Because if you wound me, my blood grows flowers that heal me instantly!" - mark_laura

"A Golem. Because I'm Jewish and I beat the shit out of gentiles" - seekingferret

(I believe this article was written specifically for, or perhaps about, you. -CV)

“I'm Mothra. Because why the fuck not?" - primavera

(...fair enough. -CV)

“Unicorn. They live forever and have magical healing powers. Only downside is that they only hang out with virgins." - sesmo

"I'm an inauspicious lizard" - disorderata



And there you have it. Dragons for everyone! Because they're awesome. Does this mean that tomorrow's theme is dungeons? Are we really that predictable? Oh yeah, we are! Booyah!

Anyway, hope everyone is well, and happy Monday, and as always, we hope you enjoy the quiz, and if so, then go forth and share! Share it with everyone! We friggin' love sharing!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Comments

[b-hulsmans.livejournal.com]

7 quotes in one quiz! That must be a personal record! Yay, I win the gold medal in the winter olympic "get quoted the most in one quiz" event.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

However, Comrade Putin has instituted "Soviet Medal Tax" and claims 30% of your medal earnings. Now you only have 5 quotes.

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

Quoted on 6 questions. Too bad it was an 8-question quiz this week :)

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

A 75% on LJDQ is like an A+ anywhere else. Our curve is awesome.

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

I wonder how many walrus-style push-ups I can do in a row :)

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

You have to put big flippers on your hands for the full effect.

[germankitty]

What, five? FIVE? Including (what I thought was) my most boring answer* EVAR?

AND a +1? (Thank you, lovellama!)

*iz ded*

...

But I'll take 'em! *grabs quotege and runs*

(* Never in a million years would I have thought that "Dragonball Z" was worth a quote -- I only know that show because my Offspring used to watch it in the early '90s and was still young enough that I routinely checked over the programs he favored!)

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

I thought the Star Trek jokes would be thick on the ground, but you were the only one!

[germankitty]

Actually, CV awarded cholma a +1 for their ST:TNG reference, so I wasn't quite as alone. :)

But I was the only one to go REALLY old school. TOS Rules!

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

I meant for the V'ger jokes.

[germankitty]

Ah, right. :) Desperation seems to help sometimes.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I only pointed out DBZ because I had thought about it but then OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAND and that was it.

[cold_clarity]

3.5!

thanks for the bump in self-esteem. :D

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Fist bump! Groin bump! Bump in the night! We are full of bumps! Like toads!

[wrestlingdog.livejournal.com]

3 quotes and a +1. Not bad considering I felt woefully stupid and unfunny when writing my answers.

Can't believe I was the only one to reference this majesty.



(PS: I love the email notifications I get from LJDQ now. They make me feel so special.)

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Seriously, how there were not more Trogdor mentions is beyond me. THIS IS A TRAVESTY. I SAID CONSUMMATE V'S!

[cholma.livejournal.com]

Whoo! 4 and a +1! That's only 50%, but I'll take it. I have low standards.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

You're getting a 50% on a quiz that made fun of Philip Seymour Hoffman before his blood was cold. Standards are relative.

[grapefruitzzz.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how truly much I do not know.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I say this every time I drink. Amazingly, I know more shortly thereafter. It's a wonderfull life.

[grapefruitzzz.livejournal.com]

I definitely need to know more. Or is it drink more?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Yes. And Yes.

[alfvaen]

Took me to question 7 to be sure that I had done the quiz this week after all. Remember, kids, figuring out the theme too early never pays.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

It's true. Knowledge is not always power. Especially around here.

[kagomeshuko.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! One group quote and one quote!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

One plus one equals awesomeness! Happy Days!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Yes! Feel the love! Join the group! Be a part of the greater collective! Don't be a crusty juggler!

[neumeindil.livejournal.com]

Holy shit balls, 4?!?! That ties my old record I think. :D

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

A good start to the new year, then! Your course is clear: five or bust! Five or bust!

...that being said, we do like a good bust here, so really, any choice is a win.