LJ Daily Quiz: 5 June 2006

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"So many puns... I hate you so very much." - angledge

Hee hee hee...

"Today is my birthday. I think I should get a mention just for that :)." - stevesbabygirl on 31 May 06

Happy Birthday! Mention over; make way for quiz now.


1. Benoit Lecomte was the first person to do what?

"Hehehehehehe -- you said BENOIT. BENOIT BALLLLS!" - ladylyonesse, leading the pack into the gutter

"His name makes me want donuts, and I don't know why. I don't even like donuts." - lyme

"When ever anyone says first person to...I say CLIMB EVEREST. I have to be right one of these times. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Unless it's broken and on military time. Then it's right once a day. Unless it's digital. Please tell me I'm not digital." - chrysoberyl, who is not digital, although sometimes she needs batteries to get started, if you know what I mean. And I think you do.

"First French man since Napoleon to accomplish something not related to wine sniffing." - shadowkeeper

"Eat an entire wheel of brie in one sitting." - buzz

"I don't know but Joan Benoit Samuelson was the first woman to win an Olympic marathon. +1 for theme appropriateness?" - drbear

(Survey says... XXX! -CV)

"By cunningly exploiting your weaknesses in the rules and wikicheating-" - benmiff

(Ah, gentle Ben, you have misinterpreted our example of using google as being a No Google rule, when in fact the rule is No Webcheating At All. And yes, wiki is really on the web. And yes, the -50 penalty still applies. Maybe even 50 pushups too. -CV)

"He swam across the Atlantic in 80 days!!!! Wait... I think I'm mixing up my stories. He wasn't by chance tied up by tiny tiny people was he?" - cortie

(You were doing great up until the tiny tiny people part. -CV)

"He was chased by a shark while swimming across an ocean." - wolffepsyche

"I've said it once, I'll say it again: what are we, fish? We didn't leave the water for nothing!" - ghwenhyffar

Correct Answer: Swim across the Atlantic Ocean



2. Name the song and the artist!
"You say black I say white
You say bark I say bite
You say shark I say hey man
Jaws was never my scene
And I don't like Star Wars."

"Someone sacreligious, obviously. Not like Star Wars indeed. Unless he's talking about the new ones." - kokopellinelli

"*Knock Knock* Who is it? Land Shark!" - akiyasan

"that doesn't even rhyme. and now i have the Beatles 'Hello, Goodbye' in my head. and also this other song from the 80's (?) that was like 'always the same, it's just a shame, that's all'" - slanciante

"My sister dedicated this song to me at her wedding because I didn't have my car and my date was a queen... I love that whore." - cortie

"I'd Have freddy Mercury's babies if he was alive...and Wasn't Gay...or have Aids....But otherwise, I'd totally Boink him. 'oh Freddy, I'll be your Fat-Bottomed Girl!'" - moodybear

"Freddie Mercury totally looks like Julie Andrews:
" - missfahrenheit

"apparently they tried to have naked ladies riding bikes and rented them...but then had to take all the seats cuz nobody wants naked on their bicycle seats." - piney61

"'Jazz' (the album this song is from) is their best. I used to have it on 8-Track and I played it until it broke." - krick

(I'm willing to bet that a third of our quizlings have never even seen an 8-track before. -CV)

Correct Answer: "Bicycle Race" by Queen



3. Richard Dawson, host of the long-running game show "Family Feud", played a more sinister game show host in which film?

"Hatfields vs. McCoys II: Family Feud XTreme (This Time It's Incestual)" - deltashade

"Please Spay and Neuter your Pets: The Darkside of Bob Barker" - animagiblender
"now I inexplicably have the theme to The Price is Right in my head. THANKS. LJDQ: MASTERS of Earworms!" - ladylyonesse

"The only film I can think of featuring game show hosts is Clerks. Or was in Chasing Amy? Damn, all Jay and Silent Bob films are just one big happy sweary blur to me now..." - azure_dragon

"Was it Japanese? I've seen some 'Takeshi's Castle', and my God it's evil." - puredeadthingy

(Not as evil as Most Extreme Elimination Challenge... -CV)

"Jeopary in Dawson's Creek?" - somtimespez

"You'll rue the day you crossed me, Trebek!" - cmzero

"Hogan's Heroes 2042: Electric Boogaloo" - krick

"Home Improvement? Or, wait, Richard Dawson isn't the dude who played Al, is he?" - colin_chaotic

"Eets naht a toomah!" - piney61

"For a movie called Running Man, Aahnold did remarkably little running. It was more like Fighting Man with Intermittent Crouching behind Burned Out Cars." - chrysoberyl

"My friends can't watch The Running Man with me. I keep yelling 'Run runner!' and 'You don't have to die! You can LIVE!' and 'THERE IS NO SANCTUARY'." - renee12321

(+1, Logan's Run. -CV)

"he holds the honor of being the only guy who ever got to top an Ahnold 1-liner!
Ahnold: 'I'll be back.'
Richard Dawson: 'Only in a rerun.'" - barbarienne

"it would have been a hell of a lot more entertaining with sharks." - wolffepsyche

Correct Answer: "The Running Man"

"Eventually, a movie may be made based on the book of the same title." - pope_guilty

(How novel that would be... -CV)



4. What vehicle can be found on the Greek one-cent (1/100 Euro) coins?

"The Greek have coins? I thought they were still trading sheep and their daughters for booty." - the_wanlorn

"Wait, so every European country can print it's own version of the Euro, or each country was responsible for one coin of the Euro? I is confuzzled." - naraht

(Much like in the USA, each state can print its own version of the quarter (and the nickel now, I believe). Each EU country uses Euros, but they can design their own ornamentation. -CV)

(Edit: Except those cheeky Brits. -CV)

"I feel pretty retarded not knowing this, being half Greek and all. As an American, though, I do partake in all the fine products of the Motherland. Like baclava, ouzo, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. OPA!" - decapod_10

(You like ouzo? Man, I wish I knew your mailing address... -CV)

"ποδήλατο?" - sadasi

(Nyet. -CV)

"Well, the Greeks created the Olympics, which goes with the theme, but I can't think of any Olympic sports that involve vehicles. But now I'm picturing someone getting a gold in Monster Truck. 'Three-time Olympian Rufus Mitchell will now attempt to crush a record-breaking 15 Camrys!' (He'll have his medals taken back when it's revealed he was doping on nitro.)" - cmzero

"Judging by the state of most Greek roads, most likely a goat. Or a tank. Or perhaps a goat in a tank." - m31andy

"A Panzer. Because all of Europe looks the same from the inside of a Panzer." - chrysoberyl

(+1 because, hee hee, Panzer. -CV)

"If it's not the quadriga, it should be the quadriga. I read a book about a lot of things that had quadrigas in them." - sskipstress

"A chariot of fire, I'd wager." - deltashade, shadowkeeper, jenny_1981
"the Greeks just loved their bowl of chariots in the morning." - kittycatness

"The General Papadopolous, driven by the Dukes of Athens." - drbear

"The Trojan Badger" - ramblinsuze

"An Imperial Star Destroyer." - uncut_diamond

(No, those guys were British. -CV)

"6000-SUX. I'd buy THAT for a Drachma!" - motown_deserter

(+1, Robocop. -CV)

"All of my limited Greek knowledge comes from watching Xena (so sad, but so true) so I’m going to have to say… Argo?" - smeddley

(-1 for getting all your knowledge from Xena. -CV)

"It looks like the Argo, and not the one that looks like a flying battleship and has a wave motion gun." - ghostrider65

(+1, Star Blazers/Space Battleship Yamato. -CV)

Correct Answer: Trireme

"the other coins show a Bireme and a Homoreme." - conglacio



5. AMD's K-7 processor and its many successors are more commonly known as what?

"You know, everytime I see the word 'success,' I have to recite 'double the c, double the s and you will have success' in my head." - weill

(Despite that, you have not achieved a correct answer for this question. So much for success. -CV)

"Are AMDs anything like WMDs? Acorns of Mass Destruction?" - profsparky

"K1-6." - silent_r_infork
(Comprehension dawns in 3... 2... 1...)
"IGNORE MY ANSWER TO NUMBER FIVE. I thought it read 'predecessors'. I fail at language comprehension." - silent_r_infork

"AMD K-7 sounds like a tank. Or some sort of HUGE rocket launcher. But rocket launchers aren't vehicles and that seems to be some sort of theme, so I'm gonna go with tank. Because tanks are cool and can blow your shit up." - dracothelizard

"" - barbarienne, illustrating the thoughts of a score of you. Unlike the dozen or so who said "AK-47".
"They sell processed puppies and I don't have one?!" - nirejseki

"It is horrifyingly, depressingly sad that this is the question that clued me in to the theme." - morganashkevron

"The official processor of Slashdot. They do so much Intel-bashing over there it's funny." - syrazemyla
"The IITS aka Intel Is Teh Suxx0rs" - danicia

"Athlon... short for decathalon. I think they just shortened it to make is stound more Star Trekkie..." - cortie

"In spite of the name, anything you can do with an Athlon bears no resemblance to exercise at all." = cmzero

Correct Answer: The Athlon series



6. What is the greatest sporting or physical achievement you have ever accomplished?

(30 of you consider it an achievement getting out of bed in the morning. I think we need to establish an LJDQ exercise routine. -AL&CV)

"Does birthing my daughter count?" - ladylyonesse

(Depends. Were you bench-pressing 200 lbs at the time? -CV)

"I once gave a girlfriend 16 orgasms in 24 hours (including sleeping time) using only my tongue and left hand." - uncut_diamond

"I've jogged for a mile without throwing up. I mean, I almost did, but I managed to stop myself. Go me." - kokopellinelli

(So was the accomplishment jogging the mile, or not throwing up? -CV)

"I finally beat this one guy from my high school at DDR!" - as_silver_seeps

(-1. No questions asked. -CV)

"band camp." - slanciante

(I bet you were a flutist. -CV)

(Edit: flAUtist. Which, adjectivally, implies that you were flautistic. -CV)

"One time I lost the remote. I had to keep getting up to change the channel." - renee12321, smeddley

"I got kicked by a hooker." - colin_chaotic

"I, uh, actually 'dated' *her*. Twice.
" - david_deacon

(You know, even if you're lying, I'll give you a +1 just for having the cajones to say that. Rock on. -CV)

"winning the 5th grade city trophy in the Elks Free Throw Contest." - i_calql8

(So, how far can you free-throw an elk? -CV)

"One time in High School gym class I was not 'picked last' to be on a team." - csflick

"Does this count as a 'Great Physical Achievement?'
" - avron

(Only if you're not being held by your ankles by the guy above you. -CV)

"I fell off a horse and didn't break my neck. The whiplash was gnarly and the bruises were spectacular (my leg was green and purple for weeks), but I fared better than Superman." - morganashkevron

"
Unfortunately, being this flexible also means I can dislocate my shoulder rolling over in bed. Do not ask about my jaw." - ghymoreid

"I can flap the two halfs of my rib cage independantly." - chrysoberyl

(Eeeeeewwww. -AL&CV)



This week's theme, for those of you who missed it, was a Triathlon. Swimming, biking, and running. It's quite a physical achievement, and our very own angledge is taking a stab at it this fall. On a more serious note, she's not doing it for fun, but rather as a fund raiser to support cancer curing research. The link leads to her fund-raising site, so if you are interested in pledging a bit, please feel free.

As for chaosvizier, his physical skills are hampered by all the pudding and gin he consumes, but once in a while he surprises even himself.

That's it for this quiz; go get some exercise, everyone. Yes, outdoors. Healthy. BUST A MOVE!

Rock on,

AL&CV