LJ Daily Answers: 23+1 June 2014

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." - n5iln

Why Turks and Turkeys? Why not?



1. Cockburn Town is the capital of what archipelago?

(Yes, I know: some jokes just write themselves. -CV)

"Is it good or bad that I know the proper pronunciation of Bruce Cockburn's name? Okay, okay, so he's Canadian, but still." - n5iln

"Thailand. At least, that's where I got cockburn." - zihuatanejo
"Cockburn and Bangkok must have fun parties together." - kagomeshuko

"The Not-Quite-Virgin Islands" - tinamachina

"It's the capital of Inyomama Archipelago." - etumukutenyak

"That would clearly be the Coitus Islands. Cockburn Town is on the largest island, the Isle of Wang, at the base of the volcanic Mount Pubis. Trailing the mountain are the Scrote Islands, and opposite Mount Pubis from the Isle of Wang are the the twin Labis Ring Islands. These islands are believed to be the result of a G-type meteor strike, leaving the Vulvic Bay in its place." - jargon

"In my college group of misfits, we had unique nicknames. One was named Archipelago, but we called him Arci for short. I have no idea how he got that name. My nickname? Goat Muncher. Because I put a cock leash on a stuffed goat beanie toy. And now the whole internet knows this random insight now, g'night everyone!" - akiyasan

Correct Answer: Turks and Caicos

"Huh huh huh, you said 'archipelago' huh huh" - lbmango



2. European politician Mustafa Kemal was eventually given which last name in 1934?

"Istanbul (not Constantinople)" - drbear

"European, must be French for Nutella" - akiyasan

"Disraeli, after his Italian-Jewish heritage." - alexmegami

"Idi, Idi, Idia Amin, the most amazing man there's ever been!" - n5iln

(+2 because wow, I can't believe someone else knows/remembers that one. -CV)

"Atta goy, Turk!" - nitasee, etumukutenyak, zihuatanejo

"Atatürk, meaning 'Father of the Turks'. If it meant 'Father of all turkeys' instead, it'd be Prime Minister Recep Erdogan." - germankitty

Correct Answer: Atatürk



3. What lake in Kenya has also been called Lake Rudolf, the Jade Sea, and Basso Narok?

"Lake Forgetnorway" - loopychew, freezer
"Do they have lions there?" - thepikey, therealchon, lbmango, alexmegami
"Of course they do." - tinmachina

"Emerson Palmer Lake." - alfvaen

"Rudolph had a red nose, not a green nose!!!" - kagomeshuko

(Maybe Kenyan reindeer have green noses. -CV)

"Deep Lake Nine." - jargon, germankitty

"They should stick with 'Basso Narok', it sounds like a dance trend." - grapefruitzzz

"Lake Titicaca" - zihuatanejo

Correct Answer: Lake Turkana



4. What confection does the White Witch offer to Edmund Pevensie when they first meet?

(People who dislike Turkish Delight: 11.
People who like Turkish Delight: alexmegami)

"Reverse cowgirl. *goes and looks up 'confection'* Oh! I was WAY off." - thepikey
"The cherry pop tart. The bubble gum by the bum. The honey pot. The pudding bowl. Seems the books were a bit more bawdy than I remember." - therealchon

(I clearly did not buy the right Narnia books... -CV)

"According to State vs. Jadis, she offered him a very sweet, snowy, and addictive substance that turned Edmund from an innocent schoolboy into a depraved, backstabbing madman." - loopychew, primavera

(...wow. Terrifyingly accurate. Well done. -CV)

"Isn't it some type of sticky candy made by trees or am I getting Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings mixed up again?" - kagomeshuko

"Herbalife" - drbear

"Aplets and Cotlets!" - lbmango

"Crunchy Frog." - alfvaen

(+1, Monty Python. -CV)

Correct Answer: Turkish Delight



5. What is the common name for Cathartes aura?

(Catheter comments: considerable. -CV)

"Learning the answer to this question will be... cathartic." - zihuatanejo

"You can tell me, maybe you brought with you some American Fly?" - n5iln

"That glow you get when you realize no-one's MAKING you watch reality shows." - primavera

(I think that's Cathartes oprah. -CV)

"The Philadelphia Eagle." - thepikey

"I thought we were an autonomous collective ..." - therealchon

(+1, Monty Python's Holy Grail. -CV)

"Foghorn Leghorn" - germankitty

"That feeling you get when you punch someone who richly deserves it, and it feels so good." - alfvaen

Correct Answer: Turkey Vulture



6. You can build your own house! Describe it! What makes it special?

"It's a very very very fine house, with two cats in the yard." - drbear
"It's our house in the middle of the street." - akiyasan

(+1, CSN and Madness, respectively. -CV)

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole and that meant comfort." - thepikey

(+1, The Hobbit. -CV)

"Somewhere, there is a full-sized ball pit" - tinamachina

"It's a reverse candy house that keeps kids away, covered in sugar free Haribo Gummy Bears and unicorn meat" - therealchon

"The special bits are the chicken legs holding up the house. Come see my new stoves! [evil laugh-er, sorry]" - etumukutenyak

(Baba Yaga called. She wants her schtick back. -CV)

"Well, there's certainly a temptation to go for a House of Holding, where every opening is a portal to a separate dimension from ours, allowing the building to have more internal volume than its external displacement. But can you imagine having to move?" - jargon

(Depends. Can you put a House of Holding into a Moving Truck of Holding? Or will the double holding cause a folding in the molding, leading to the madness of Golding and horrors untolding unfolding? -CV)

"It's more luxurious than Bill Gates' mansion, invisible and nobody but me knows it exists." - amelicalearns

(Coming soon from Steve Jobs' dessicated corpse: the iHouse, designed solely to mock Microsoft. -CV)

"The basement would be soundproof, ideal for Rock Band parties or sex dungeon orgies." - loopychew

"It is a huge and inexplicable concrete thing, like something out of 'Unhappy Hipsters', only by the sea and entirely covered in clutter, rubbish and shoes." - grapefruitzzz

"Integrated 3-axis automated zombie deterrent system. And the rose bushes. Nice roses bushes." - zihuatanejo

"It looks suspiciously like my local mall, circa 1990. It has an arcade, a movie theater and an A&W stand." - freezer

"Do I have to build it myself? if so, a tiny-house. If not, a Giant Tree House!" - lbmango

(Note to self: lbmango is either a Wookiee, an Ewok, or an Elf. -CV)

"It has bookshelves EVERYWHERE in EVERY room!!! Yep, even the kitchen and the bathroom. Books, books, books, books. . ." - kagomeshuko

"A walk-in liquor cabinet...oh, wait, that's called a bar. Yeah, one of those." - nitasee




And there you have it. All turks, all the time. Just because nothing says welcome to Summer like turkey goodness. Unless you're being welcomed to Winter. Hail solstice! Hail Ming!

Thanks for playing, hope you enjoyed, and we will see you all next time (which might be later today) for our next round of quizly goodness. Share and enjoy!

Rock On!

AL&CV&LL

Comments

[germankitty]

Hmmm, 2.5 and 1/11 of the group-Turkish-Delight-dislike ... not bad! (And after seeing drbear's and akiyasan's answers to #6, I can't believe I didn't think of going VERY old!school and saying, "it's in New Orleans, and called The Rising Sun". *facepalm*)

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, that would have been a good one. House of the Rising Sun!

Note: I was 3/11 of the Turkish Undelight. ;-)

[germankitty]

Yeah, well, unfortunately I didn't think of that until today. Hmph. Maybe next time, inspiration will strike sooner.

As for Turkish Delight, there's ONE variety full of pistachios that's actually quite nice, but the rest? *gag*

I also don't like Baklava and most other kinds of Turkish desserts; don't get me wrong, I'll kill for good chocolate or a tasty pudding, but in roughly a dozen vacations in the country, my first choice usually is either ice cream or fruit for dessert, NOT pastries. WAY too much honey, sugar, rose and orange water, IMO!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Sometimes inspirational hindsight is 20/20. Next time try ginspiration. ;-)

I do like Baklava, but most other Turkish/Middle Eastern pastries are not my thing. Chocolate, however, is always the right answer. Especially chocolate mousse. Mmmmmmmousse.

[drbear.livejournal.com]

When in doubt, take refuge in the classics.

[germankitty]

Mm-hmm. IF you happen to think of them. Alas, I didn't. *sigh*

[loopychew.livejournal.com]

I'm curious about primavera's answer to the Turkish Delight question, since you ran with my quote.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I think she just outright said "CRACK". ;-)

[akiyasan.livejournal.com]

Ha, nothing like a cock leash thrown in there for a quote age. Hee…

I think I tried Turkish Delight before. Didn't care for it.

[bellapalmera.livejournal.com]

Forgive me for not seeing the connection between the bonus question and the theme? Someone fill my dumb ass in plz.

[kagomeshuko.livejournal.com]

Yay! Four quotes. Oh, hindsight is 20/20 . . .

For #5 I should've asked, "An African or European swallow?"

[chezmax]

alexmegami is wrong! Yuck! :)