LJ Daily Answers: 15 August 2005

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"What? No questions about voodoo? I am DISTRAUGHT at the implication that LJDQ is too PC to sieze this obvious opportunity to mock mercilessly and perpetuate stereotypes about unusual religions." - lilitou

Everyone go rent "The Serpent And The Rainbow". That should take care of our Haitian zombie dilemma.

"My last name starts with Z. Do I get extra points for that?" - permogod

Only if you happen to also be undead.

That's right, it's Monday, which means the living dead rise from their pseudo-eternal weekend slumbers and shuffle back to work and school. This quiz was all about zombies, because someone taunted us into having Zombie Week last week. And away we go!



1. What metal band has released albums titled "Make Them Die Slowly", "La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1", and "Astro Creep: 2000"?

"I don't know any metal band music. Why do they call it metal anyway? It's not like it's pieces of metal being banged together, right?" - apestaartje

(Sometimes it bears a remarkable resemblance to the sound, though... -CV)

"Am I the only one who hears Ari Fleischer intonating each title as though they were national policy directives?" - altoidsaddict

(Yes, it's only you. And it's very disturbing. -CV)

"I was thinking Metallica or Slipknot. It's their style (and I use the term loosely). However, considering the theme, I'll go for the Cranberries." - maggiebloome

(Fact of the day: The Cranberries do indeed have a song titled "Zombie". You may have half credit and jazz hands. -CV)

"Are there 1,999 other Astro Creeps?" - pride4u2

"'Astro Creep' is bringing up images of a pervy David Bowie doing Starman." - jonem

"I thought *I* was the only one who'd ever rented "The Sexorcist" from that little video store....." - wendynat

(Nope. alliterator and hthottie did it too. -CV)

"What is a sexorcisto, a Latino mystic who banishes all your hope of future sex? Doesn't sound so good. Check, please!" - perkyczarlet

"Michael Jackson. White enough, and decomposing enough to be considered a zombie." - benmiff

"These were on the Leprocaun in Space album. I think it was like #6." - mcclintock

(Normally you might be mocked for knowing about Leprechaun In Space, but since I laughed all the way through Leprechaun In Da Hood, I'm in no position to judge you. -CV)

"That group the Rob Zombie used to be in." - dv8dragonfly

"Rob Zombie? I don’t know metal. Or who Rob Zombie is, but it's a cool name. If I had a metal band I'd call it 'Batman Zombie'. 'Cause zombies are fucking metal." - zihuatanejo

(They're not the only ones. -CV)

"I dig Rob Zombie a lot more now that he is almost normal looking and making excellent films that seem to serve little purpose beyond showing off his hot wife's ass as much as possible." - sporkninja

Correct Answer: White Zombie



2. Grab a tumbler & mix up the following:
1 oz light rum
1 oz golden rum
1 oz dark rum
1 oz apricot brandy
1/2 oz 151-proof rum
1 oz pineapple juice
1 oz papaya juice
Dash of Grenadine or other syrup
What is this drink called?

"You just reminded me -- I'm allergic to pineapple. I always miss that off my list of allergies. LJDQ may have saved my life!" - tronella

"Calling My Ex at 3 a.m. and Telling Him Just Why We Broke Up." - jennnlee

"Yet another part of my plan to get you drunk enough to take advantage of me." - sskipstress

(Bartender, get us another one! -CV)

""The reason I have no eyebrows this morning" - meandstuff
"At least you'll have the 'Viva Los Lobos!' tattoo on your ass as a memento." - kenshardik

"An expensive trip the store, because I don't have four different kinds of rum on hand" - debvel

"With 5 1/2 oz of rum per glass, you just know someone's going to crack a Pirates of the Caribbean joke." - nike_victory
"I don't care, but can I lick it off of Capt. Jack Sparrow?" - snarkymarcy
"But why is the rum gone?" - chershey, cmzero, shadowkeeper, miss_katelynne, silent_sybil

"Wait a minute – no Gin? What the hell kind of cocktail do you call that?" - jonem

(You're my new best friend. -CV)

"zambini? No wait, ice rink equipment has nothing to do with zombies, or with August." - judith_s

"A dash of grenade? SWEET! That's my kinda drink! And no hangovers cuz we'd be dead!" - vanbrosia

(You know, reading IS fundamental. -CV)

"The resulting cocktail is known as a RUM-DMC, which doesn't give you much of a buzz at first but by morning does make you feel like you've been shot dead in a recording studio." - captainsblog

"I don't know how to spell the sound of my face hitting the bathroom floor." - undefined_ali

"I know this because I spent 10 years bartending/waiting tables. It's a horrid thing, but much better and safter than ordering a Flaming Dr. Pepper from Hell." - danicia

(For the record, I love Flaming Doctor Peppers. So did marasca, until about three months ago. -CV)

"I favor adding cherry brandy instead of grenadine. Grenadine dilutes the alcohol. Can't have that happening." - deza

"Common sense would suggest a zombie. But do you guys use common sense?" - asw909

(No, our sense is most uncommon. -CV)

Correct Answer: A Zombie



3. What is the name of the landlocked African country formerly known as Northern Rhodesia?

"Boy, are YOU stretching for themed answers today..." - cmzero

(You ain't seen nothing yet. Wait 'til Question 5. -AL)

"Landlocked...Just like Martha Stewart. Such a shame." - siinik

"I'm going to go with Egypt, because zombies are the undead, and mummies are also undead. Plus it means I get an excuse to daydream about Arnold Vosloo

Bald guys are hot. Especially evil ones who try to kill Brendan Fraser." - meandstuff

"Dunno. Can you see lions there?" - profsparky

(Nope, wrong country. -CV)

(You just couldn't resist linking to it, could you? -AL)

"It's some unprounoucable symbol now. Prince started a horrible trend." - whiski_sour

"Well, I was going to go with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, because of the Rhodesian Ridgeback, but then I remembered that the Rhodesian Ridgeback is - I think - a dragon out of Harry Potter, and the gorillas are known as silverbacks, so obviously that wouldn't have worked, and thus the answer is Zambia." - dragonstar87

(gruyere joins the mods in applauding the latest winner of the Award for Logic Renunciation. -AL)

"I have a strong suspicion that Zamibia isn't actually a country. But it should be." - silent_sybil

"Are you insinuating that Zambia is full of zombies? Or that they drink lots of zombies? Or that they listen to White Zombie? Or is that where zombies go to drink zombies and listen to White Zombie? That sounds like a pretty good party, except for the drinking zombies part. And the party goers wanting to eat my spicy brains." - feste

"Zambia. Oooh! My A-Level in Economics just proved itself useful. Take that, copper industry!" - jonem

"Zombabwe." - eridanusus
"Zombia, Land of the Zambies" - dougygyro

"Zambia. Which sounds like a zombie superheroine's name." - ashayne

"Zambia doesn't really have a lot to do with zombies, apart from 4 letters of the alphabet. Unless Zambia is some sort of secret Land of the Zombies. Somewhere warm and dry, where old zombies can retire to. Posh hotels, with nobody trying to cut off your head, fresh brains served on silver platters, that kind of thing?" - little_smaug

"Zambia. Which, although it probably doesn't have zombies, could have really cool ones if it did. Like zombie hyenas. What could be creepier than being slowly chased down by things that kept laughing at you? It'd be like being hunted by zombie clowns." - lazy_alex

(Oh man. Oh man. I hate clowns. I HATE zombies. The thought of zombie clowns is ... uh ... buh ... someone pour me a drink! -AL)

(Here, have a Zombie. -CV)

"Zambia. Which I only know even exists because I know the words to 'The Nations of the World' as sung by Yakko Warner of Animaniacs." - seraphic_slayer

"Please, don't be Zambia. Oh dear, it's Zambia. Wah! Mommy, LJDQ is traumatizing me with bad puns again! Make them stop!" - marag

Correct Answer: Zambia

"Good thing you didn't ask for southern Rhodesia cos then I would say the country pwned by that LIFE-LEECHING, JACKAL-HUMPING SON OF A MAN-WHORE THAT'S FUCKING UP THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY! (sorry, one of those days)" - sadasi

(That is far more passion regarding African politics than we've ever had from a Quizling before. Good show. -AL)

(And +1 for the phrase "life-leeching, jackal-humping son of a man-whore". -CV)



4. What 1968 film directed by George A. Romero is considered a classic of modern horror?

"I avoid all manner of horror - modern, Renaissance, art-deco, all of it." - hthottie
"Is modern horror like modern art? That'd be even worse." - perkyczarlet

"I'm still having 28 Days Later nightmares, TWO YEARS LATER." - lilacsigil

"Wasn't the the guy that played the Joker on Batman? Did he direct wearing Joker makeup? Because that would be scary." - jennnlee

(That was Cesar Romero, not George. -AL)

"I don't know, but to go off on a tangent me and a friend were looking at horror movies on IMDb the other day and we found this really cool Japanese one called Isola: Multiple Personality Girl. Doesn't that sound AWESOME? Apparently her 13th personality must be stopped. I'm not sure about the other 12. Maybe the 13th one is a zombie." - eridanusus

(If you can't find Japanese movies, go rent this one instead. -CV)

"They're coming to get you, angledge. They're coming. Look! There's one of them now! I'm getting out of here." - alliterator

(Crreeepy. -AL)

"Night of the Grateful Dead. I remember these barefoot, long-haired, pot-smoking, patchouli-wearing hippies attacking innocent victims, though they would stop on occasion and dance along to 'Stagger Lee' and 'Friend of the Devil.' (It's also the 10 year anniversary of Jerry's death today, though he was NOT attacked by zombies, as far as I know.)" - dark_goddess_

(Thanks, that explains all the extra pot smoke & patchouli scent in the air of San Francisco last Tuesday. -AL)

"Night of the Living Bread, the original title of the film, was determined not to sell as well. They said the public would never buy a film about yeast golems who rose up and revolted. So Romero changed the name, but kept the concept pretty much intact -- instead of yeast golems, he decided on vegetarian zombies, but again, the higher-ups shot him down. They said nobody would ever want to see a film about a bunch of emaciated people groaning 'Graaaaaains'." - deltashade

(-5 for the worst shaggy dog answer we've had in months. -AL)

"The first time I saw this movie was also, unfortunately, the first time I babysat by myself, at age 13, for an entire night alone in a strange apartment with two small kids for company. "Night of the Living Dead" will always commemorate the end of my babysitting career." - undefined_ali

"Night of the Living Dead -- it's also the first movie to have a character played by a black actor without the character being specified as black in the script. Hollywood integration in 1968!" - tall_man, a fact also noted by lazy_alex

(Romero insists that all he did was cast the best actor. -AL)

Correct Answer: Night of the Living Dead



5. In Arab folklore, a demon that feeds on the flesh the dead is called what?

"A wife." - astria_nova

"At least it's not the flesh of the living, that's what I always say." - < lj user = kokopellinelli>

"Damn it! Why couldn't my folklore or mythology classes cover this? Why?! It would have been a whole lot cooler than learning about the Greeks for the umpteenth time." - nike_victory

(The LJDQ: filling the gaps in your formal education. -AL)

(sporkninja, for not only breaking the NO WEB CHEATING rule by quoting the entire Wikipedia entry on ghouls, but then also attributing Wiki in your answer, you get a -50 & a sentence of one month as the Conductor of the LJDQ Gripes Chorus. Quizlings - got a gripe? Tell sporkninja. -CV&AL)

"Karl Rove?" - thepikey

(I'd believe it. -AL)

"Janet Reno." - shuyobob

(Let's even out the Democratic & Republican bashing a little bit. -CV)

"I knew that watching Adventures Beyond: Killer Chupacabra would come in handy one day..." - ferociousjeanne

(I'm pretty sure today is not that day. -CV)

"It's got to be something beginning with "al". Most Arabic words begin with "al" so I'm just going to take a wild guess and say... Al Pacino?" - alejandradd

"The males are called Ghuls, the females Ghulas, and the ground-up ones served with macaroni, red sauce, and cheese are Goulashes." - tall_man

"Inheritance lawyer." - sabine791110

"Personally, I favor the Lovecraftian idea that ghouls are people who willingly give up their humanity in order to gain immortality and immense knowledge." - deza

(Tell us, deza - was it worth it? -AL)

"I am going to go way out on a limb here and guess... zombie? No, this is probably the trick question, and it will turn out to be cacodemons." - feste

(+1, DOOM. -CV)

"I'm not up on Arab folklore, but it's got to be better than asian folklore, cause those folks have like flying heads with intestine tentacle monsters. That would scare the crap out of me if I was a kid, heck it scares me as an adult." - mcclintock

"In Folklore: 'Oh, what type of demon is that feeding on our friend there?' 'Are you sure it's a demon?' 'Well, I mean, a cannibal I think would at least cook it first.' *debate continues as friend gets eaten*
In Real Life: 'What type of demon is that feeding on our friend there?' 'Fuck if I know, run you idiot! That shit's not supposed to be real!' *running occurs as friend is eaten*" - bacskocky

Correct Answer: Ghul, or Ghoul

"This is a trick question!" - penprp

(Sharp as a tack, this one is. -CV)



6. Zombies - misunderstood ethnic group or menace to society? Discuss.

"I think they are sort of pan-ethnic group. Like hockey fans." - perkyczarlet

"Zombies are just pixels on a screen, man." - inkynightvixen

(You just keep telling yourself that. -CV)

"Undead, yes, Unperson, no" - charliesmum

(Discworld's sloganizing has its points... -CV)

"Everything is better with zombies. And pirates. And monkeys. And ninjas. One day, zombie-pirate-monkey-ninjas will rule the world." - whiski_sour

(A girl after my own heart. -CV)

"Me: *plays Typing Of The Dead*
Flatmate: Wow. Zombies make *everything* better.
Me: Everything? Are you sure?
Flatmate: Well... except ice cream." - tronella

"If they've got a good beat and I can dance to it… Live and let die, man." - lovellama

"stinky flesh shuffles
corpses rotting in the night
run away stupid!" - danicia

"Not more misunderstood than a shotgun blast to the head can fix. Mind you, few people are." - lazy_alex

"Who wants to live with those who eat brains? I mean, I love brains as much as the next girl, but that's just going too far." - rsinik

- ovariescanbefun

"All I know is I passed up the chance to have hot sweaty sex in a graveyard in high school because I was freaked out by the film "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" as a kid. So I'm a little biased. And bitter." - kenshardik

"if you're too damn stupid to run from a zombie, you deserve to be munched and removed from the gene pool." - halo4

"'Dad! You killed Zombie Flanders!' 'Oh, he was a zombie?'" - alejandradd

(+1, The Simpsons. -CV)

"Vegan Zombies- the curse that tears you apart. On the next Oprah." - captainsblog

Correct Answer: "Why can't they be both? Like the Jews." - ashayne



And thus endeth the Quiz Of The Living Dead. We're pleased to see that most of you still have your brrraaaaaaiiins intact. By popular request, our dose of undead goodness was a bit longer this time than last week's. Tune in tomorrow when we continue our ongoing quest to bring you the most fun this side of the afterlife!

Rock On!

AL&CV