LJ Daily Answers: 19 September 2005

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"LH4FHQ9VEQOF2240MUCQPQ9HM3TQ35CONWEFUFE uoe5tbuoefh" - fizrep and lord_of_evil, attempting to create a good set of answers by banging randomly on the keyboard. Better luck next time, fellows.

"They say rainbows have nothing to hide, but have you ever seen one hanging out in the open? I don't think so. They slink around in the ill-lit, cloudy, post-storm weather and expect us to believe that they're 'visions' and 'illusions', as if to say, 'Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.' Uh-huh, I know better. Sneaky little devils. You think you see one, but the closer you get, the fuzzier they seem until *poof* you're standing in a misty field going, 'WTF, it was just here!'" - ajmcoqui

Two weeks and ten questions later... what has been wrought? First off, the theme wasn't just "Colors", but rather, as some of you gathered, the colors of the spectrum, plus black and white, the absence and sum of all colors. Now that we have the details out of the way, we can get down to business. The workload has settled for a moment; chaosvizier has taken care of the diplomatic nightmare that is the United Nations for the time being, and angledge is taking the final steps before going on assignment to save the Gulf Coast. As a result, we recruited chlaal to help out for our quiz, and she has provided ample assistance this time around. Many thanks, chlaal!

And here we go! Twice the length! Twice the crazy!



1. What was the name of the volunteers who followed Giuseppe Garibaldi during Italy’s Risorgimento during the 19th century?

(Babylon 5-ers: Represent. All 31 of you. -CV)

"In my AP European History class, the teacher would always have us play 'Hot or Not' with famous historical figures. Garibaldi was deemed 'not bad,' but what do the quizlings think?
" - soimpossible414

"Those crazy Italians. Even their Salvation Army's had a revolution." - maggiebloome

"The Italian People's Front, which eventually became the People's Front of Italy. Damn in-fighting." - dark_goddess_

(+1, Monty Python's Life of Brian. Sort of. -CV)

"Puce. I know that's not the answer, but I just like to say puce. It almost sounds naughty." - ladyisabella

"I think the theme this time is colors and I would assume those people are italian, so it's probably a combination of a color and either cheese or a monastery. although risorgimento sounds like a military action. Project Parmesan Ninja Monks?" - wolffepsyche

(Once again, the gruyere Award for Logic Renunciation is well-earned. Congratulations, wolffepsyche! -CV)

"Let's see. These volunteers followed him? One might say they were a roving band. Considering the theme, I'm going to say that they were the Red Rovers." - anna_sinistra

"Garibaldi --> Ghiradelli --> now I want some chocolate!" - hthottie

(-1 for making me want chocolate too. -C)

"The Garibaldi-ettes! Watch their fantastic can-can line!" - bnh
"The Garibaldinis. They dressed all in red, would form a line and do fan kicks behind him." - dragon_within
"The red shirts. But what most people don't know is that, on their free weekends, they moonlighted at a local dance club. Very very popular." - wendynat

(What IS it with you people and the dancing? -C)

"Well geez... since it's over a hundred years ago... I'd call them Red Skeletons by now." - pheltzer

"Red Shirts, which as ANY of us who have watched Star Trek know was just asking for trouble." - spyderqueen

Correct Answer: Camicie Rosse, or "Red Shirts"

"Not to be confused with the Red Skirts, the battalion of menstruating women." - calankh

(You just HAD to go there, didn't you? -AL)



2. What is both the name of a classic 1971 Stanley Kubrick film, and the nickname of the city of Glasgow’s subway system?

"Lolita. That's one sexy underage subway system. I'd never ride it, though--that would be illegal." - david_deacon

"The Shining. So named because every now and then, a mass murderer will hack open the doorway with an ax and leer." - aliaspiral

"Dr. Subway: Or how I learned to start worrying and hate the timetable." - active_apathy

"Full Metal Subway" - jacesan

"Soylent Orange" - krick

"Snakes on the train." - smittenrosebud

(No, Snakes On A Plane. -CV)

"Glaswegians scare me something awful. I speak too fast, and they speak too gruffly. Together, we could hold up a bank and then protest we were just asking where the nearest loo was." - puredeadthingy

"A mechanically operated device of gears and springs resembling a jacinthe coloured spherical citrus fruit." - seolta

"no subway system ever runs like clockwork." - lovellama

"The Glasgow subway system is called Clockwork Orange? Does it drive backwards on the streets, raping and murdering random Glaswegians to the dulcet tones of Mozart or Strauss? I'd never ride on that thing." - prettypinkkitty

(-1 for not knowing the difference between Mozart/Strauss and Beethoven. -C&CV)

"Chocolate Orange. Wack and unwrap!" - profsparky

(You gotta admit "wack and unwrap" does pretty much describe the plot of the film. -C)

"A Clockwork Orange is so much cooler than a Clockwork Potato. Yet potatoes are the edible power source of choice for running clocks. Go figure." - dorsey

"OOH! OOH! I know this! I was taking a programming class, and a friend of mine wrote a calculator and made it Dr. Strangelove themed, so I had to write an alarm clock and make it Clockwork Orange themed. *hangs head in geeky shame*" - ataralas

"They were thinking of upgrading to diesel or even electric, but the Great Clockwork Winders Union Debacle Protest of '87 kind of scotched that idea. So to speak." - sasscat

"That movie totally turned me off to using ballgags and giant penis sculptures during kinky sex. This makes me unhappy." - dark_goddess_

And the LJDQ Public Service Announcement of the Week:
"I often thought, in retrospect, that watching Clockwork Orange as a young impressionable 10 year old probably caused some of the warped sexual fantasies I have today. Parents: You really need to check those ratings." - dorei

Correct Answer: (A) Clockwork Orange

"A man who was citrus inclined,
Merged his juicy round fruit with some time.
A name must be had,
"Clockwork Orange!" he said,
"Much better than Timekeeper Lime." - ajmcoqui



3. What is the English name of the second-largest river in China?

"According to my freshman history class, it's 'There are rivers in China?'" - dreamoflight
"holy shit there are rivers in china?" - raspberryfixx

"Second-Largest-River-San." - peachiepie

(-1 for confusing China with Japan. -C)

"Insert random urine joke here." - richcsigs, lyme

(Oh, they did, they did. By the bucketful. -AL&C&CV)

"Recall that provincial China had no plumbing at the time the Brits first got there." - barbarienne

"Somthing imaginative and respectful of that intriguing and complex culture no doubt, something fanciful and full of respect..." - seolta
"There's not really any way I can attempt to be funny about this without also being horrifically racist, so I think I'll just let this one go." - lazy_alex
"Why's it always gotta be yellow? Can't we all just get along?" - dorsey

(+1 for cultural sensitivity. -C)

"The river in question is the Yerrow River." - halo4

(-1 for cultural insensitivity. -C)

"The Yellow River - which isn't yellow. Discuss." - elbiesee

"They called it Mellow Yellow (quite rightly)." - graciana

(-1 because that song creeps me out. -C)

"and now I have that thrice-damned song stuck in my head again. LJDQ: fucking with my head since late 2004!" - bubosquared

Correct Answer: The Yangtze, or Yellow River

"Yahtzee!" - keoieid, shannon_sue



4. Who is the DC Comics superhero that debuted in 1940, wielding a “power ring”?

(An automatic -1 goes out to anyone who referenced Captain Planet. Man, I hate that cartoon. -CV)

"Although a 'power ring' sounds like another name for a cock ring, and ow, now my brain is drawing connections between Captain Planet and porn, and I really didn't need that mental image..." - nolseygnu

"GoldDigger Girl, the girl with the power to wed and bed the most influential men in the world, then take them for all they've got." - kokopellinelli

"Coffee Mug Man, who wouldn't so much fight crime as leave big brown rings on it. He called it his 'power ring,' others called it a nuisance." - alliterator

(He may be related to this lesser-known hero... -CV)

"Amazing that I know this. Such is the power of LJ; a friend said something about it the other day and I have inexplicably retained the memory for this moment of need." - rachelkachel

(Since you didn't actually provide the answer, we'll have to take your word for it. I think this was not so much a moment of need as a moment of d'oh. -C)

(I think she's lying. -1 for inconclusivity! -CV)

LJDQ Fun Fact:
"Did you know that the American 'red-light district' started with red lanterns? Railroad brakemen would hang them by the door of the brothels they were visiting." - tall_man

(If so, then...)

"Does Green Lantern mark the no-fucking zone? Kinda like an anti-red-light-district." - sskipstress

"Ah, the Green Lantern. I can blame my ex for that one...You know, the one that inspired my battle cry of 'SPOON!'" - ankhet

(Wait a minute, you used to date the Tick? -AL)

"in fact, it was Green Arrow's apprentice Speedy, who had a ring hidden on a finger in his glove that held enough marijuana for him when he needed it most: in battle! Let us see what happens to Speedy after he uses his 'Power Ring.'
" - i_am_stillwater

"Helpless against the Yellow River. Call Aquaman instead!" - rikchik
"Green Lantern vs Big Bird should not come out with the muppet ahead." - thurdl01
"we could have a Green Lantern/Bananaman cage match. That would rock." - limegreen_sloth
"Actually, the Green Lantern and the Flash have something in common: They're the only two superheroes who could be defeated by a curb." - deltashade

"Now there's someone appropriate to the theme: even his weakness was a color. He can take down deities, but paint a knife yellow and he's toast." - cmzero

(Buttered toast, perhaps? -C)

(I KEEL YOU. -AL)

"That ring is the stupidest thing ever. You forget to charge it once and BOOM! Gravity takes hold and you're falling to your death thinking 'Why the HELL do my powers stem from a radio-active looking lantern from another dimension?'" - shadowkeeper

(In updating to the times, the new Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner, is no longer bound by the weakness to yellow that defied previous Green Lanterns. He is, however, still susceptible to women with big boobies. God bless comic books. -CV)

"Specifically a Hunter Green lantern." - graciana

(Until he met up with Queer Eye for the Superhero Guy. They gave him a stylish new lantern in Moss Sage. -AL)

Correct Answer: Alan Scott as The Green Lantern



5. In May 1997, what computer defeated then world champion Gary Kasparov in a six-match chess tournament?

"HAL-9000." - I'm sorry, quizlings, but I'm afraid we can't do that.

"Babe the Big Blue Computer!" - ankhet

"DEMOCRACY! In your face you commie bastard" - tarpo

"A Smurf, perhaps? Brainy Blue Smurf?" - hippiedancer

"Gameboy Color. Kasparov wasn't as smart as we thought." - lots42

"WOPR. Would you like to play a game?" - slickrickt

(Years ago, during the early ages of the Daily Quiz, the responses were "sorted" by a program named WOPR. Alas, WOPR is now the property of the fools that hosted the Daily Quiz back then. Rest in peace. -CV)

(Oh, and have a +1 for your Wargames reference. -AL)

"'White Elephant' might have been more appropriate, considering how useful a chess-playing computer is in a crisis." - bobjanova

(Unless it could checkmate a hurricane, I'm afraid you're right. -AL)

"I took this as a sign that people who play chess professionally are only second in the 'No Life' category to people who would waste all their time creating a giant freaking supercomputer whose only purpose is to play chess. Why would you waste CPU cycles on that? They couldn't do something cooler, like, I don't know, a computer that was created just to play Warcraft? That at least has graphics." - spyderqueen

(I'm going to cite the 80's classic "Battlechess" here, because I'm old. Hell, I'll cite "Archon" as well, because I'm really old. -CV)

"Deep Throat" - You pervs. Yes, you know who you all are.

(delacoeur asked for help from roommates on this one:
"What was the computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey?" - Amber
"Hank." - Ericka
"That's not a color." - Amber
"Nope." - Ericka
"We haven't used red. Just say red." - Josie
Conclusion: You need new roommates. -CV)

"I always imagined that if Deep Blue ever became self-aware, that it would suffer from Eeyore-like depression." - dorsey

"Fuck Kasparov vs Deep Blue, I'd pay good money to see Neuromancer and Wintermute play chess." - letitallgo

(A fine, solid, Geek of the Week-worthy Willian Gibson reference. -1 and mate in four for you. -AL&CV)

Correct Answer: Deep Blue



6. What is the name of the guitar-playing duo whose songs include “Closer to Fine” and “Galileo”?

"You guys are using that weird color palette. My art teachers warned me about people like you." - pocketmouse

'Peter, Paul, and Nobody" - david_deacon

"Simon and Garfunkel" - surprisingly many of you

"Wyld Stallynz!" - tarpo, mcclintock

(Always the correct answer. +1. -CV)

"Galileo! Galileo! Galileo Figaro, magnifico-o-o-o-o..." - letitallgo, evil_genius_man and quite a few others

"My name is Inigo Montoya... you killed my father... prepare to die." - pheltzer

(Close enough. +0.87. -CV)

"The Indigo Girls once hooked up with the Blue Man Group and finally wound up looking like their name suggested. However, since there are three members of the Blue Man Group and two in the Indigo Girls, one of the Blue Men got blue balls. Not that anyone could tell." - deltashade

(I'm willing to bet more that one Blue Man was Blue Balled that day... -CV)

"Apparently, liking their music makes you a lesbian. Who knew?" - soimpossible414

(Hey, I'm as shocked as you are. -CV)

"'I got this Indi-glo girls CD.' - 'Well, my mother's half lesbian on her father's side, so that makes me a quarter lesbian!'" - barbarienne

(+1, South Park. -CV)

"Are the Indigo Girls really lesbians, ljdq? I've been told that they are and that they aren't. And I mean real lesbians, not those fake sell-out Russian pop-stars TATU." - halo4

"The 'Almost completely out of the closet but not quite there yet' Indigo Girls" - southbucki

(Well, they haven't made out with each other on stage or anything, but I'm confident they're lesbians. Lyrics check:
"And it's alright if you hate that way,
hate me cause I'm different, hate me cause I'm gay" -AL)

"And then you had to bring up the L-J-D-Q,
over a couple of beers, the other night.
And now I'm serving time for bad quotes,
made by another in another L-J!
How long till the mods get it right?
Can any human beings ever reach those kinds of heights?
I call on the resting soul,
of Da-ave George,
king of bad puns, king of insight." - tzeentch

Correct Answer: The Indigo Girls

"What kind of colour is indigo, anyway? It's in the rainbow, but it's not a primary or even secondary colour. It must've had a really good agent..." - shannon_sue



7. What answer should go here to fit this Quiz’s theme?

"Sting and Harrison Ford caught together frolicking in the worlds biggest pudding after days of hard drinking." - active_apathy

"PORN. Porn makes everything better." - lots42
"OH EM GEE, it's massive!!!" - intangebility

"I see a quiz theme and I want to paint it Black" - pheline

"I'll take the Penis Mightier for $400" - tarpo

(That's "The Pen Is Mightier", Mr. Connery. But +1 for Saturday Night Live. -CV)

"There was that time I rode a cow. That was kinda trippy." - eridanusus

"Vanilla Ice" - uncut_diamond

"Octarine." - lustforlike, ccaretta, peachiepie

(+1, Terry Pratchett. -C)

"Purple Rain. Is that the video with the silhouette of the guy that makes me feel... inadequate?" - zihuatanejo

(Far be it from me to attempt to analyze your deep-seated issues, but I think you're thinking of the video to Madonna's "Justify My Love." -C)

"Rainbow Brite!" - _sphynx, miss_katelynne, lilacsigil

"'up above the streets and houses, rainbow climbing high everyone can see it smiling, over the sky... Paint the whole world with a Rainbow!!!' oh bother, George! i'm gonna have that stuck in my head for hours now! Geoffrey make him stop singing!" - seolta

"You are using a rainbow theme here...is there something that you want to tell everyone?" - southbucki

(Sure, what the heck.... WE LIKE GIRLS! WE LIKE BOYS! But we still hate those jerks in Pod Six. -C&AL)

"thevioletangel!" - thevioletangel

(Fair enough. Full credit. -CV)

"There's too much sax and violets on television." - dataangel

"Ultraviolet" - thepikey

(Survey says: Violet Beauregarde from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" with an overwhelming majority, with an extra shout-out to everyone who used the quote "Violet! You're turning violet, Violet!". +1 to captainsblog for accurately guessing the number of people who would use that quote. Violet Beaudelaire of "Lemony Snicket" fame and Violet Parr of "The Incredibles" are very distant runners-up. -CV)

"What, you couldn't come up with a question? Like, 'Who was the first female character to appear in the Peanuts comic strip?'" - richcsigs

(Nah, we were just feelin' lazy. But that's a pretty good question you got there. +1. -CV)

Correct Answer: Anything violet



8. What is the name of Harry Potter’s godfather’s brother?

(Number of quizlings trying to pretend like knowing the answer doesn't make them total geeks: 5
Number of quizlings embracing, or at least acknowledging, their geekitude: 12
Number of quizlings who mentioned initials and/or OMGSPOILERSWTFBBQ: 31 -AL&C&CV)

(ADVANCE NOTE: SIRIUSLY, THERE ARE HARRY POTTER SPOILERS FOLLOWING THIS WARNING. IT'S ALL BAD. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, CLICK HERE TO SKIP AHEAD TO QUESTION #9. YES, REALLY. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT DUMBLEDORE AND MCGONAGAL HAVING HOT SWEATY SLAPPING GERIATRIC SEX, SKIP AHEAD. YOU ARE HEREBY FAIRLY WARNED. ALSO, PLEASE BE KIND AND AVOID POSTING SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION. HAVE A HEART, GUYS. -CV)




























"This sounds like how all good redneck stories start. 'So there I was, with my mother's brother's uncle's sister's son's grandmother's third cousin twice removed...'" - ccaretta

"I'm not sure, but I understand he was Subotai's second cousin's sister's boyfriend." - wendynat

"Blaque - he spent some time in the hood, ya know?" - hthottie

(Fo' shizzle in da Hogwizzle. -CVizzle)

"I bet somewhere in fanfiction.net, he's made Snape pregnant." - lots42

"Ha! You thought you could fool me, by throwing in the 'brother' bit at the end, thinking my short attention span and I wouldn't notice it! And the answer is...OOOH! Ice cream truck!!" - peaseblossom03

"Gandalf the Grey? Man, wouldn't that improve those books. 'Expectoratum!' - 'Are you fucking shitting me? I kill balrogs, you little whiney brat, and I barely had to use my staff to do it! Don't make me call my hobbits, they'll get all medieval/fantasy on your ass.'" - zihuatanejo

"Is it me, or does no one in the Wizarding World have normal names? I mean, I remember mention of a Damocles Something-or-Other somewhere in book six--way to make your kid paranoid, people! And don't get me started on "Remus Lupin," whose parents need a smack upside the head. They expected the kid not to get bitten by a werewolf? Might as well have named him Wolfy McWolferson." - bubosquared

"Is he travelling on a broomstick going 20 miles an hour leaving London at 4AM while his uncles counsins sisters former roommate departs from Hogwarts by Griffin travelling 40 miles an hour at 5 pm how long will it take for a major character to get killed and for some jackass to post it on the internet?" - tarpo

"Find out next time on 'As the Hogwarts Turns!'" - medias_res

"Regulus: Harry, I am your mother’s husband’s best friend’s deceased brother!
Harry: And what does that make me?
Regulus: Absolutely nothing!" - evil_genius_man

(+1, Spaceballs. -CV)

"I know this guy who knows his girlfriend and she says she saw Voldemort pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious." - altoidsaddict

(+1, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. -C)

"Sirius Black. And evidently its suuuuch a tragedy when he dies. humph. Not like he's ASLAN, or something." - hippiedancer

"Malcolm X was Seriously Black." - ginalin

"I thought that Harry's godfather's brother was named Romulus or something and how does that...oh. Right. Romulus *Black* is Sirius' brother. Ha, very tricky, you almost got me, but my geekitude won out." - marag

(I wouldn't count all of your chickens there... -CV)

"Regulus 'Slightly Confused and a bit of a Death Eater, but an all-around Nice Guy Really' Black." - puredeadthingy

"Regulus Ahaha-Dark-Lord-I-Pwn-You-And-Your-Horcruxes Black, or RAB for short." - letitallgo

Correct Answer: Regulus Black



9. Nicknamed “The Minister of Defense”, which American football star was both an ordained preacher and the one-time holder of the NFL career sacks record?

"that's the game with the round stick thingy and the red-and-white ball, isn't it? have I just single-handedly alienated every sport fan in the US?" - active_apathy

"Pele'" - wiredwizard

(We definitely specified AMERICAN football here. -CV)

"Er... not sure. Perry... um.. .White? Is that a football player?" - zihuatanejo

(Superman fans everywhere cringe in horror right now. -CV)

"Colonel Mustard, in the football stadium, with Jimmy Hoffa's body!" - bastardsword

"And now you'll see my stock answer for any football questions I encounter on '90s Trivial Pursuit: Brett Favre." - kokopellinelli

"I wouldn't put it past Barry White to be responsible for the holding of record numbers of NFL career sacks." - sskipstress
"Do cheerleaders count as sacks or are they just the warm-up?" - lilacsigil

"Heh heh, he held a record for sacks." - mistyraven

(No, now you're thinking Wilt Chamberlain. That was basketball. -CV)

"The Reverend Jesse Jackson." - aliaspiral
"Wouldn't it be cool if Billy Graham tackled people at revivals? 'What? You don't accept Jesus?' *TACKLE INTO SUBMISSION* 'Do you accept yet? HUH?!'" - ccaretta
"Bless me, Oh Lord, for I have committed many sins today. I tackled many people, smacked many asses.. I'm not gay." - keoieid

"The idea of mixing religion and football amuses me greatly. 'And there’s the snap. Quarterback Satan has the ball. He throws a long pass and – IT’S CAUGHT BY JESUS! INTERCEPTION! He’s going, going and . . . TOUCHDOOOOOOOWN JESUS!'" - evil_genius_man

"Gandalf the White. Not many people in the Middle Earth league thought a wizard could play pro ball, but Coach Aragorn knew the kid was going places." - prettypinkkitty

"Donald Rumsfield. Oh, wait, you said 'career sacks', not 'career sucks'. My bad." - zanmistoffelees

(While Rumsfeld doesn't play football, he is a part-time poet. Sort of. Check out the existential poetry of Donald Rumsfeld - now also available as a book AND set to music! -AL)

"The only football player I can think of that fits the category is Danny White of the Dallas Cowboys." - miss_katelynne

(Half credit anyway for using logic and reason in your guess. We don't see much of that around here. -CV)

"Reggie White who played for the Green Bay Packers....2 colors in one question...tricksy you are." - sariah8

"it must be Reggie. Unless E.B. White lives a double life as an superstar lineman." - cmzero

Correct Answer: Reggie White



10. What is your favorite color?

"Blue! No, YELLOOOOooooooooow..." - soimpossible414, active_apathy, peaseblossom03, tall_man and quite a few others

(We lose more Quizlings that way... -CV)

(*nods sadly* -AL)

"Sparkles! Yeah, 'cos i'm, like, drunk and...doing an Internet quiz alone in my underwear..." - ashteth

"I don't have a favourite colour. I do have a least favourite colour though: Off-white. It's not white, but it's not anything else either. The poor thing must live in a permanent existentialist funk, but my sympathy for it doesn't stop me hating it for its indecision." - wingsister

"Black. Because it's DEATH and DESPAIR and DESTRUCTION and makes you look thinner." - puredeadthingy

"I'd say black, but then a whole bunch of posters would point out to me that black isn't a color it's the lack of color and blah blah blah. I don't want to go through that so I'll say Purple." - richcsigs

(Way to stand up for yourself. -AL)

"Take one look at my username and take a flippin' guess, Einstein." - violetangel

(No need to be aggro. -AL)

(Let's rename her violentangel. -CV)

"Naroon. Because I'm wearing a maroon shirt right now." - bnh

(Moments later....)

"10 = MAROON, not naroon. Oh, god." - bnh

"Beer!" - sweetpea86

(I don't remember that one in my Crayola 64-pack... -CV)

"My favorite colour is green. Green is the colour of trees and money and mucus and Kermit the frog and Godzilla and mint and veggie ramen noodle packs- the staff of life! I love green!" - erinlin

"Lately, I've been on a hot pink kick. For thirty years I hated pink things and now all the pink shit I avoided like plague when I was little is finding its way into my home." - chaobell

(Surely a cure can be found for this condition! -AL)

(Doubtful, considering I've been mailing pink stuff to chaobell's home every week for the past year now... -CV)

"Right now... it would be the deep sumptuous juicy red of my favourite Shiraz in candlelight." - seolta

"Infrared, what would we do without remote controls?" - pheltzer

"Sea foam green. (don't judge me!)" - lesamalie

"I hate to tie myself down to one color, you know. I want to keep my options open. It's not the colors, it's me. I'm just not ready for that kind of a commitment." - sitandwait

"Today, scarlet. As in, the scarlet letter, and the colour of the blood I'm going to spill if I ever manage to track down this guy my ex has apparently taken up with." - eridanusus

"Purple, green, and black. Yeah, I'm the Riddler gone goth. What of it?" - profsparky

"The colour of the sky over my old hometown on an autumn evening just before twilight, after a gentle rain as wispy clouds rolled by." - princesskraehe

(*sniff* That was... *sniff* so beautiful... -CV)

(You're not fooling anyone. -AL&C)

"Deep burgundy. Especially as a carpet colour - that way it covers the red wine stains." - limegreen_sloth

"I used to like burnt umber, but it lost it's appeal when it became a color you could choose for a Ford Escort. My favorite crayon sold out and I've never recovered." - ajmcoqui


Color us finished! Hopefully those of you who red all the answers enjoyed, and for those of you who blue through it looking for your names... take time to pink out some of the other answers that might bring a green to your face. Even though lilac the sense to stop this paragraph of punnery, hue can always close this window and pretend it was a pigment of your imagination. We'll be black soon with another quiz; you won't have to white too long for it this time.

Remember: Please keep your comments Harry Potter spoiler free. Make fun of whatever you want, but don't spoil the books. We will frown on you most severely.

Special thanks again to chlaal for helping us out; excellent job you did here. Hope you enjoyed!

Rock on,

AL&CV&C