LJ Daily Answers: 24 March 2014

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Shields up, Captain.


1. Hephaestus takes on a crafting job for Thetis in which W.H. Auden poem?

"Crafting? Is that his new code word for cheating on his wife?" - ntlespino

"I feel like a failure as a onetime English major, but to be fair, the professor who taught this class really kept hammering at the Courtly Erotic Tradition, so he kind of skimmed this one." - stgreyhounds

("English major" and "failure" frequently go hand in hand. Don't feel so bad. -CV)

"Thetis Needs a Wooden Pony" - jmthane

"Stop All The Cocks" - grapefruitzzz

(...please tell me you left the L out on purpose. -CV)

"Scrapbooks of the Gods" - mark_laura

"Ah, yes. My favorite. 'Diablo II - Act IV - Welcome to the Pandemonium Fortress' (weird name for a poem, though)" - cholma

(+1, Looking For Baal. -CV)

"I never really wanted to be *big*, and *strong* and lug heavy things about. No. Now I know, I want to be dainty and sensitive. They call me 'The Midget' down here. I love it. It's bliss." - therealchon

(Very impressive. +1, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. -CV)

"ἀσπιδηφόρος Ἀχιλλεioς" - drunken_hedghog

"Oh Pinterest, My Pinterest" - tinamachina

"Now adays, Hephaestus would totally be on Etsy. Can you imagine the regretsy posts?" - lbmango

Correct Answer: The Shield of Achilles

"Much better than The Banana Hammock of Hector." - OWEN TOWNES

(Everyone raise your hands if you just imagined Eric Bana in a Bananana Hammock. You're welcome. -CV)



2. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the band:
Can peace be found
On the carpet above ground?
Where sky is forever blue
So let it pass baby now
The slow inviting cloud
Which may take me from you

"Isn't all carpet above ground? Otherwise it gets all muddy. These lyrics make no sense. Still, this is LJDQ, and it's lyrics. So it must be Sting." - dorei

"Magic Carpet Ride; Steppenwolf. Although it seems a rather strange choice of song for Disney to put in 'Aladdin'..." - germankitty, jmthane and 8 other Aladdin fans
"I don't remember that song from 'Aladdin'. Maybe it's in the upcoming Broadway musical, 'Aladdin: Turn Off the Dark'." - tinamachina

"'We are way too stoned to be at Ikea' by pretty much every po-mo/emo band evar and have you tried their meatballs, dude?" - etcet

"'Let's Shag Outside' by All-Weather Carpeting" - alfvaen

(Heh heh, 'shag', I see what you did there. -CV)

"" - drunken_hedghog

"Oh the Humanity! by Herbert Morrison and the Hindenburgs" - wrestlingdog

"Gangnam Style." - cmzero

"It smells like the art teacher's office!" - thepikey

"'Me So Horny' by 2 Live Crew. Deep lyrics, man." - kenshardik

(Deeper than you think. -CV)

Correct Answer: "Shield" by Deep Purple



3. Mauna Loa, the Tamu Massif, and the appropriately named Skjaldbreiður are all examples of what?

"Muppets" - akiyasan

"Places Joe shouldn't visit." - n5iln

(+1, Joe vs. The Volcano. -CV)

"The sounds I make when I poop." - lots42

(Oh man, the last time I skjaldbreiðured I thought I gave myself an aneurysm. -CV)

"Volcanoes. I'm surprised not to see my future husband's asshole after hot wings on this list. (/1 bathroom woes)" - neumeindil

"Indigenous species of the alot:
" - 7tree_hugger

"Increasingly limber and more voracious opponents on the oil wrestling circuit in Teaneck, N.J., not that I would know anything about that." - therealchon

"Low real estate prices" - OWEN TOWNES

(Full credit. -CV)

"New challenges in making words sound filthy?" - dorei

(Hey baby, wanna put my Tamu Massif in your Skjaldbreiður? SO HAWT. -CV)

"Hammers of the Gods" - ntlespino

Correct Answer: Shield volcanoes



4. Paul Atreides uses Atomic weapons to damage what natural formation before the Battle of Arrakeen?

(Let's get all the Sting love out of the way right off the bat:
- germankitty, sskipstress, OWEN TOWNES, grapefruitzzz

"Baron Harkonnen's face is natural, right?" - cmzero

(More natural than Sting's underwear... -CV)

"The Syfy miniseries blew." - therealchon

(Oh come now, you could be talking about anything. -CV)

"I'll damage YOUR natural formation." - spotsofcolour

"I keep hearing Patrick Stewart shout 'ATOMICS!'." - lbmango

"I'm guessing it's some form of sand dune. How'd I do?" - mark_laura, miss_whiplash

(For a planet where about 99.99999% of the surface is dunes, somehow you got it wrong. -CV)

"The Cliffs of Insanity!" - kenshardik
"Mount Rushmore." - la_trombonista
"Uluru" - jmthane

"The 'Shield Wall' described as an inconveniently located geological formation in Paul's way..." - blindgeoff

(An allegory for Ukraine, an inconveniently located geographical formation in Putin's way... -CV)

"He really set up them the bomb, then?" - n5iln

(True. All their spice were belong to him. -CV)

"Hello, ladies. Look at your mentat, now back to me, now back at your mentat, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped using sapho juice and switched to Old Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re on Arrakis with the Kwisatz Haderach your mentat could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s a gom jabbar. Look again, the toxin is now melange. Anything is possible when your man can bridge space and time. I’m on a sandworm." - thepikey

(+1, Old Spice. Hurr hurr, spice. -CV)

Correct Answer: The Shield Wall



5. We all know what acronymically named organization is headed by Col. Nick Fury. List two of the three possible phrases for which the acronym stands.

"SHIELD Has Its Extremely Long Description." - lbmango

"Snakes Have Entered Into Luggage, Dammit" - cmzero
"Snakes Have Infiltrated Everything, Losers! Dammit. ESPECIALLY THIS MOTHERFUCKING HELICARRIER." - etcet

"Shit Happens In Every Lousy Dimension." - jmthane

"Shit, He Is Eating Lobster Dumplings" - la_trombonista

"Shit Heads in Epic Lol-worthy Disasters" - neumeindil

"Space Hookers In Elegant Lycra Diapers" - cholma

"Super Heroes Invent Epic Drunkenness" - sskipstress
"Slightly Hedonistic Imbibers of Ethanol Laden Drinks" - blindgeoff

(Those were Tony Stark's favorites. -CV)

"Super Heroine Is Every Lad's Dream
Super Heroin Is Every Lad's Dream" - mark_laura

"Should Have Insisted on Everybody Living Dies." - dorei

"Should Hawkeye Incinerate Everything, Let's Dance" - tinamachina

"Sweden Has Incredibly Elegant Line Dancers." - grapefruitzzz

"Sexy Hot Insertions of Extremely Long Dildoes. (now with somewhat NSFW hyperlink!)" - thepikey

"Some Healthy Italians Enjoy Licking Donuts" - spotsofcolour

"So Happy It's an Especially Lovely Day" - alfvaen

(Said no one in SHIELD, ever. -CV)

Correct Answer: 1) Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division.
2) Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate.
3) Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division. (Link courtesy of OWEN TOWNES and stgreyhounds

"The first two incarnations disbanded. There was some acronymony between the members." - n5iln



6. You are sworn to protect one person, place, or thing. What is it? How do you protect it? What is your weakness?

"One person, place or thing.... Hey! A noun is a person, place or thing! A noun's a special kind of word! It's any name you've ever heard! I find it quite interesting! A noun's a person, place or thing!" - kenshardik

(+1, Schoolhouse Rock. -CV)

"Does 'my junk' count as one thing or three? I protect it/them with this NSFW image." - mark_laura

"I protect sanity. My super power is that I have the ability to find the Simple Solutions to Easy Problems. My weakness is hard problems." - lbmango

"I really failed at protecting my virginity. My weakness was boobies." - therealchon

"I'm not telling the likes of you, chaosvizier; I know a shameless invitation to monologue when I hear one, and you won't trick me like I was some Myxlplyk wanna-be or Scooby-Doo villain." - etcet

"The Holy Tasty Chocolate - my weakness is peanut butter or almond butter. Sometimes they combine forces." - akiyasan

"The rum. Where is it all gone?" - ntlespino

"I wouldn't swear to protect anything, but if you try and get between me and my dinner, there's gonna be a throwdown." - spotsofcolour

"I have no weaknesses! I should kill the lot of you for even suggesting I have one!" - b_hulsmans

"" - drunken_hedghog

"I am sworn to defend my liquor cabinet against all enemies, sober or enibriated... I do this by sharing it with them so they are not tempted to steal." - blindgeoff

(You are a truly benevolent guardian, and I approve of your methods. -CV)



And there you have it. This week's theme was shields because we used swords years ago and never followed up. Or maybe I was looking at a shield. Or maybe I'm making all this up. Whatever. Shields it is!

Hopefully you are all enjoying the change in the seasons; you can practically taste the difference here! Why, three days of spring is like a whole new world full of icy painfulness and blustery winditude! If only there were something that could shield me from the cold, so that I could be shielded with a warm shield of warmth.

Thanks for playing and see you all tomorrow for more quizly goodness!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL