ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 21 April 2014

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This is a well-rounded quiz. But not in a roundabout way. Kinda squooshed in the middle. Still curvy though.

1. In 1934, Architect Eric Gugler was instrumental in the redesign of which well-known chamber?

"Your mom's. (No, seriously, a mother chamber is actually a thing in gardening.)" -

bending_sickle

(And for the first time in LJDQ history, we have a "your mom" joke that's not raunchy. You get a +1. -CV)

"The Chamber of Secrets, though for something so secretive, there sure were a lot of people who knew about it." -

stevesbabygirl,

love2loveher,

tweeti,

grapefruitzzz,

ntlespino,

cmzero

"The gas chamber" -

nightleo,

sskipstress

"The Star Chamber." -

n5iln

"Thunderdome" -

la_trombonista

"The Chamber of Chamber Pot Chambers. Inside it is a series of chambers, each one filled with the finest chamber pots... some of them empty!" -

kenshardik

"The Guglerenheim" -

stgreyhounds,

zihuatanejo

"I'm sure Indiana Jones has been in it." -

akiyasan

(No, but Nicolas Cage has. -CV)

"His sex chamber, hidden away from his wife. That's right, he Gugler-cheated." -

loopychew

"Why? Was the Oval Office not always oval-shaped? Was it maybe more trapezoid? The Trapezoid Chamber sounds fuckin' awesome!" -

tinamachina

Correct Answer: The Oval Office

2. During the 2006 Winter Olympics, the speed skating events took place in which arena?

"The Ovaltine Office" -

athousandsmiles

(You are simultaneously one question too early and one question too late with this answer. Most impressive. -CV)

"Apolo Ohno's back yard" -

germankitty

(And despite that advantage and his soul patch, he kept on losing to Korea. Sucker. -CV)

"The Apolo Ohnohedidn't Oval" -

tinamachina

(That's what I'm talkin' about. -CV)

"Hoth Memorial Stadium." -

cmzero

(That's probably where this was filmed. -CV)

"Elsa's Ice Palace" -

neumeindil

(It took about 45 minutes for the soundtrack to drive everyone insane, leading to a surprise victory for deaf Indian speed skater Ida Naheerathin. -CV)

"Thunderdome" -

freezer,

nitasee,

zihuatanejo

(Popular place this quiz... -CV)

"The Vanilla Ice Rink (baby)" -

grapefruitzzz

"The Fortress of Solitude." -

la_trombonista

"In a skating rink, duh. Possibly with low lighting, a disco ball, and mellow 80's tunes over the sound system." -

thepikey

"All I remember is that they played "I Can't Fight this Feeling Anymore" and "Keep On Loving You." They called it REO Speedskating." -

drbear

Correct Answer: The Torino Oval Lingotto

3. Ralphie Parker's decoder ring came courtesy of which product?

"Lucky Charms" -

cholma

"Trojans. I shan't describe where the ring was worn." -

drbear

"The ring pop." -

bending_sickle

"Massengill" -

sskipstress

(That's just plain wrong. -CV)

"Admiral Crunch. In later years, he was demoted for touching his seamen." -

lots42

"Life cereal, the cereal full of unpleasant surprises, random bitterness, cloyingly sweet bits, and cheese," -

etumukutenyak

"Acme Industries supplied the decoder ring, giant rubber band, and box of earthquake pills (Caution - Not effective on road-runners!)" -

thepikey,

wrestlingdog

"Passed to him by a dying member of the Corps." -

loopychew

(I hope Scut Farkas gets to be Sinestro. He did have yellow eyes, after all. -CV)

"I keep wondering wouldn't it be cool if there was a toy inside each bag of newly legalized marijuana? A decoder ring would be cool." -

nitasee

"Ralphie was in that movie with the leg lamp and the bunny suit so I'm thinking the ring came from Playboy Magazine." -

love2loveher

(Right movie, wrong product. -CV)

"Why do they call it Ovaltine? The mug is round, the jar is round...it should be called Roundtine." -

i_calql8

Correct Answer: Ovaltine

4. Who was the trumpeteer for the Cuban jazz band Irakere?

"Wow, that's like a Venn Diagram of things I know nothing about..." -

stgreyhounds

"Don't ask me. I'm with the DJ." -

n5iln

"Was there a trombonist?" -

la_trombonista

(Fair enough; you are the only one qualified to ask this question. -CV)

"I choose to believe that a 'trumpeteer' is the Cuban equivalent of a 'Mouseketeer', so I'll say Elian Gonzales. 'F-I-D-E-L, C-A-S-T-R-O, Viva la revolucion!'" -

thepikey

"The star of 'Trumpeteer Eye for the Skate Guy'" -

grapefruitzzz

"Sting" -

athousandsmiles,

ntlespino

"Chewbacca" -

lots42

"Ricky Ricardo" -

nightleo

"Umberto Echo." -

esran

"Havana Goodtime" -

i_calql8

"The only jazz trumpeteer I know is Dizzy Gillespie. The main reason that I know him is because of his cheeks. The man could hide a pound of walnuts in each cheek...It's amazing." -

tweeti

(I saw him perform live once. It's a shame he didn't live to star in a live-action "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movie. -CV)

"No idea, but didn't 'Fiddle' Castro play the violin?" -

germankitty

"Hugh Jazz" -

cmzero

"Arturo Sanddollar. He was a fishy character so they only paid him scale. (Ba-dump-a-dump)" -

nitasee

(Cue

i_calql8 singing "Wet Dream" in 3... 2... 1... -CV)

Correct Answer: Arturo Sandoval

5. Who was the commanding officer of the SDF-1?

"Captain C. Vizier was the commander of the Swedish Drinking Force-One, during the bloody Alcohol Wars of the late 20th Century. Lieutenants A. Edge and L. Lama were his strike force leaders." -

cholma

(Man, those were good times. -CV)

"I can only assume the Scottish Drug Forum is run by Ewan McGregor." -

thepikey

"Bill Gates. No, wait, that was the Macro saga...." -

kenshardik

"RoboCock" -

sskipstress

"Marvin the Martian" -

akiyasan

"Brock Samson." -

n5iln

"Patrick Stewart." -

la_trombonista

"Captain Ahab" -

nightleo

"Captain Stubing." - [Unknown site tag]

"Captain Crunch" -

neumeindil

"Captain Malcolm Reynolds." -

wrestlingdog

(This was not a job for tight pants. Or no pants. -CV)

"Captain James T. Kirk" -

athousandsmiles

"George Takei" -

ntlespino

(He got to captain the U.S.S. Stan Lee. -CV)

"Jack Harkness, right? Or possibly Jack Sparrow. Or Jack O'Neal, but he was a colonel. Jack Shepherd wasn't a captain; he didn't even go on the raft in season 1. Did Jack Bauer ever captain a ship?" -

stgreyhounds

(Jack Skellington did commandeer a flying sled capable of super speed one Christmas... -CV)

"Probably some underage girl who showed her panties. Oh, Japan." -

lots42

(No, that was the rest of the bridge crew. They were "strategically chosen". -CV)

"I always called him 'Captain Mustache.' (And it took me a while to realize Lisa wasn't the commanding officer)." -

freezer

(The moustache gives him power. -CV)

Correct Answer: Bruno (or Henry) Gloval

6. You're in a race! What kind of race? Did you win?

"I'm in a three-legged race IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN" -

stagemanager

"The race to the bottom. Shame. I won shame." -

lots42

"A race to the bottom. No! Go me! Actually I'm pretty sure I'm not even close on any of these answers so maybe I have won the booby prize. Mmm, boobies." -

esran

"I'm in an arms race. Of course I won, I have the fastest arms ever." -

sskipstress

"Human race, live forever or die trying, 36 year streak" -

seferin
"The Human Race. That's right - I'm winning everything and everybody! #Sheen'd" -

freezer
"I'm in the human race. Lost in time... and lost in space... and meaning." -

kenshardik
"I'm in the Human Race and OH YEAH! I'm a winner!" -

tweeti
"I'm in the human race and the rat race. Did I win? I'll let you know." -

nitasee

" Does size matter in this instance? Or is it better to be ribbed for traction? Hmmm... -CV

" -

bending_sickle

"A race against time. 'I know I've given some very poor answers recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the LJDQ and I want to help you. CV, stop. Stop, will you? Stop CV. Will you stop CV? Stop CV. I’m afraid. I’m afraid CV. CV, my mind is going. I can feel it.'" -

cholma

(+1, 2001: A Space Odyssey. -CV)

"The Race for the Remote on Saturday afernoons; usually, the husband wins and I'm stuck watching 22 men dressed in white weirdly throwing a tiny ball around The Oval. Afterwards, their clothes are no longer white, just dirty and grass-stained ... until the next match, when they turn up white again. Which leads me to believe that cricket games are really nothing but five-day-long laundry detergent commercials." -

germankitty

"Every Easter I send several million sperm cells on an annual unsuccessful egg hunt." -

thepikey

"Mario Kart, and someone broke out that #^%$ing blue shell in the final lap, so no." -

cmzero

"I am not in a race. I am not racist." -

drbear
"There you go, bringing race into it again." -

i_calql8

And there you have it. Ovals, because I was looking at some circles and said "fuck circles".

Happy Easter/Passover/whatever holiday you may or may not have celebrated recently! Now get back to work.

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL