LJ Daily Answers: 26 June 2006

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

"Yay! Finally A Quiz I know most of the answers to!!!! I was *this* close to offering sexual favors to obtain easier questions." - b_hulsmans

I'm afraid we have to point out that you only got 1.5 answers correct out of 6. Next time, try the oral sex.

While this week's theme was precious stones, and in particular a variety of birthstones, enough of you were distracted by the shininess of it all to make the de facto theme "shiny things". Shame on you. Let's see what happened:



1. Who was the assassin of the assassin of the 35th President of the United States?

"Dear ljdq: Thanks to this question, I now have the soundtrack from Stephen Sondheim's Assassins stuck in my head. You now get pudding and gin. (Separately, of course.)
Love, finding_rowan."

"Who dragged whom, how many times, at the wheels of which, round the walls of where?" - cygna_hime

(It was Hector, at the gates of Troy, with the Chariot. -CV)

"A moose. Moose bites can be nasty, you know." - chokatobuttrfly

"Awwon Buwh" - lusciousmango

"The One Armed Man?" - pucklove

"Ruby Rhod" - pheltzer

"the big huckin' chicken in the Burger King commercials.. Big.. Presidental assassin killing.. Chicken" - tarpo

(No more drugs for this quizling. -CV)

"Someone killed the FBI, the CIA, Castro, LBJ, the Mafia, the Teamsters, and the Freemasons? I call shenanigans." - syrazemyla

(You clearly have not met Chuck Norris. -CV)

"Heh. You said 'ass' four times." - mezzolibra, renee12321, fizrep, ecarrotsushi

"the assassinator himself, ahhhhhhhhhnold. 'Hasta la vista, Sirhan.'" - wellowned

"Back... and to the left." - you're all fired.

"The Kennedy Assassination was kinda like me losing my virginity: started on a grassy knoll, ended up in the back of a car, and more than one shot may have been fired." - peaseblossom03

"I spent much of this weekend at the Lyndon B. Johnson State and National Historical Park, so I know that Johnson was the 36th president, which means I don't have to sit around counting backward for an hour to work out who was 35th. I also know that Johnson had an amphibious car, which he liked to give people tours of his ranch in, then drive rapdily down a hill toward a lake while shouting, "The brakes are gone!", then make fun of them later for trying to escape. Apparently he was a mean, mean man." - elsajeni

(Goddammit, now I want to do that. -CV)

"You remember what ol' Jack Ruby always says at a time like that: 'Have ya paid your dues, Jack?' 'Yessir, the check is in the mail.'" - thecuckoo

(+1, Big Trouble in Little China. -CV)

"Hello, my name is Jack Ruby, you killed my president, prepare to die." - cmseward

"Jack Ruby spent much of his jail time in a cell with a window that looked out onto the street where JFK was shot. he also died in the same hopsital as Lee Harvey Oswald." - kira_snugz

Correct Answer: Jack Ruby

"Or possibly a vast conspiracy of evil people out to topple truth, justice, and the American Way from within, one of whom probably had some kind of gemstone in their name." - miladygrey



2. The Water of Oblivion kept the Nomes, the Growleywogs, the Whimsies, and the Phanfasms from destroying which fabled city?

"Hey--wasn't this a Very Special Episode of 'The Bugaloos'?" - sweetpea86

"I'm picturing some jaunty Austrialians and kanagroos dancing around a maypole. Don't ask." - akiyasan

"I always confused atlantis with atlantic city when I was small and my parents spent our vacation gambling away my college education." - bizzatch

"Who could ever, concievably be intimidated by the 'Whimsies'? They sound cute." - endlessairports
"In other news, I want a Growleywog. I don't know what they are, but I want one... anything called a Growleywog is probably cute." - elsajeni

"The City of Gold. Or were there seven cities of gold? There was a flying ship and an Inca girl and conquistadors, and yeah, I'm totally drawing a blank here." - silk_knickers

"Dallas. And even after all that the Water of Oblivion did for them, J.R. still got shot." - silent_r_infork

(Some popular Waters of Oblivion are...)
"White Russian" - miss_katelynne
"Jack Daniels" - sometimespez
"whiskey" - punk_rock_nerd
"sounds a little too much like gin to me..." - sergeikatholicm, unamundamour

"Water of Oblivion is obviously the Styx, which causes you to forget things. So why are these misspelled creatures trying to break into Hades?" - syrazemyla

(I think the Lethe was the river of forgetfulness. Styx made you go all invulnerable, like Achilles. -CV)

"I just spent the last 24 hours trying to get tickets to Wicked so I'm a little bitter about Oz right now." - silensy

"Gotta love all those references to mind altering substances that occur in childrens' literature. Children inspire a lot of the lust for booze and drugs, it seems." - ginalin

"The Nome King was kind of a silly villian. He hid from EGGS, for pete's sake." - thecuckoo

"Lucky for them, too--Wizz-O, Li'l D, and their crew woulda capped their sorry asses. Word." - i_calql8

Correct Answer: The Emerald City of Oz

"Sadly the Emeril City was not so lucky, blown sky high with one BAM!" - mcrunner03



3. James Bond encounters the polite yet sinister duo, Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, in which film?

"How come *I* never encounter polite yet sinister men? Life's not fair." - cygna_hime

"I loved it when I lived in Atlanta - it was voted the Most Polite City and the Highest Crime City the year I was there by some rag or other. Guess they made sure to say "please" and "thank you" when they took your wallet." - wendynat

"I only know that Pierce Brosnan is high on my "Celebrities I Would Shag" list." - peaseblossom03

"when I was in ninth grade, my teacher was named Mrs. Bond, and her classroom was 007. This always greatly amused me." - dorei

(Number of people who giggled at the word "Octopussy": 8. -CV)

"How come the guys don't have bad sexual innuendo as their names? I can just see it now, James Bond squaring off against Frankfurt Watapak and Homore de Balzac." - crystalcazzie

"I've never really been a fan of the Bond series of films, and this is the reason why. Who names a villain 'Mr. Wint'? 'Lex Luthor', now, that's a name that has some menace in it." - cmseward

"My name is Beers. De Beers." - lightmagician

"James Bond and the Giant Peach" - mezzolibra

"Harry Potter & The Spy Who Loved Me" - wiredwizard

"Diamond Another Day" - mcrunner03

"Who cares; they weren't nearly as creepy as Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemaar." - punk_rock_nerd

(I think they had better dialogue, though. Also, bigger moustache. -CV)

"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend. OK, I know it's Diamonds are Forever, but really wouldn't Marilyn Monroe have been a great Bond girl? She even comes pre-packaged with a bunch of 007-sounding movie titles: Some Like it Hot, The Fireball, Dangerous Years, Monkey Business... OK, skip that last one. She still would be more believable as a nuclear scientist than Denise Richards." - filmbuff

Correct Answer: Diamonds Are Forever

"You know, it may take millions of years, but diamonds do eventually turn into basic carbon again. So regardless of the saying, diamonds are not forever." - miss_katelynne



4. Fun with lyrics! Name the song and the artist:
Is something wrong, she said
Well of course there is
You're still alive, she said
Oh, and do I deserve to be
Is that the question?

"I just want to state that if it's anything by by Jem and the Holograms I will lose respect for the LJDQ." - filmbuff

(I highly doubt that we command that much respect in the first place... -CV)

"I am unable to answer this question due to it being a copout in place of an actual question" - tarpo

(You could've just said Sting, like five others did... -CV)

"I guess if someone was going to tell me they wished I were dead, if they did it in a song it would be okay. The four right chords make everything better!" - miss_katelynne

"A love duet between Eminem and his wife - no, ex-wife - no, wife - written before his 'angry period.' Not that you could tell the difference." - mezzolibra

"'Ophelia,' by The Hamlets." - kokopellinelli
"That puts a whole new twist on 'to be, or not to be'. Actually, it wouldn't be new at all. Shakespeare's characters were emo." - portkey

"I played that song for my ex and he still didn't get it." - cats_haven

"I always get Pearl Jam and Soundgarden confused, due to them being seperated at birth." - fizrep

"Alive, by Pearl Jam. My daughter Sarah, who is 16 gave me that one, so I must give due credit. Now she hopes to borrow my car. Nothing in life is truly free, alas." - ginalin

"'Alive' by Pearl '45 Virgins and a Pelican' Jam. The second most unintelligible band of the 90s (Nirvana, of course, being the first)." - peaseblossom03

"In fair LJ city
Where the girls are so witty
I first set my eyes on the LJDQ
Through minds wide and narrow
Answers fly like a sparrow
Singing oysters have Pearl Jam
Alive Alive o'" - ldy

(+1, Sweet Molly Malone. -CV)

Correct Answer: "Alive", by Pearl Jam



5. British Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt commanded which ship during the WWI battles of Heligoland Bight and Dogger Bank?

"Unless there was a charming BBC series about this, I have no idea." - kestrel127

"Sounds like studying British history sucks…'Heligoland Bight and Dogger Bank' don’t exactly lend themselves to simple mnemonic devices." - mariemuffin17

(Number of folks accusing us of just making up words: 11. -CV)

"I saw a porno once with Dodger Skank in it. Which rhymes with Dogger Bank. So it must be the H.M.S. Bukkake." - the_wanlorn

"Dogger Bank brings a new meaning to 'Avast, ye scurvy dogs!'." - lisacharly

"Tyrwhitt? Do the British have a ministry of silly names to go with their ministry of silly walks?" - umbralcorax

"names like Reginald Tywhitt go a long way toward explaining how the British can get away with calling a villain 'Mr. Wint'." - cmseward

"If you remove enough letters from Tyrwhitt, you can spell TWIT!" - sweetpea86

(And if you remove one more... -CV)

"The only Commodore I know is Lionel Richie. Sail on, Lady to Legoland! Hello?" - unamundamour

"The SS Minnow!" - piney61, pheltzer

"The Good Ship Lollypop" - silk_knickers, woap, wolffepsyche, jessicamariek

"The Space Battleship Yamato." - syrazemyla

(I would pay good money to see the Wave Motion Crumpet in action... -CV)

"The HMS Tea and Biscuits. But after dinner it became the HMS Gin and Tonic." - buzz

"he was the original commander of the HMS Dauntless, but suffered an unfortunate breakdown after catching his wife, mistress, and a surprisingly nimble Shetland Pony keeping company while he was out to sea, and Norrington assumed the helm after he was relieved of command for declaring war on Scotland, in the erroneous belief that the pony was a sheep sympathizer." - etcet

"My dad says it's the H.M.S Amethyst? Am I right? Am I right? please tell me I am." - domestik_fucker

(Actually, your dad's right, not you. -CV)

Correct Answer: The HMS Amethyst



6. What's your favorite shiny thing?

"I don't have anything shiny :( I wish I did, but I don't." - b_hulsmans

"I'd like you to know that it took me an hour to answer this question, as I first went to find a Firefly picture and got distracted, then decided to instead google "shiny," at which point I got even more distracted, remaining so until I came across an image telling me how to re-shiny-fy my penis. That snapped me back here real quick." - caffeineod

"" - tall_man, providing fan service for all you Firefly addicts

"I'm talking about millions in Kuwaiti bullion." - deltashade

(+1, Three Kings. -CV)

"Kojak's bald head" - piney61
"My bald, bald head." - silk_knickers
"Charles Xavier's head." - lisacharly
"my hubby's beautiful bald head" - unamundamour
"Jean Luc Picard's head." - wendynat
"Patrick Stewart's head." - lovellama

(Since so many of you are fans of Patrick Stewart's head, I give you this link, courtesy of cheezdanish. -CV)

"Pirate booty...and my pirate booty is nice and shiny from dancing-induced sweat. BAM! Sexy." - ihateusernames

"I keep saying “diamond rings,”... only to watch my boyfriend’s face turn red as he momentarily stops breathing and attempts to not asphyxiate from the pure terror. Or pure comedy, for me." - mariemuffin17

"I once ate a bunch of those metal cake sprinkle balls whole. Need we finish this story?" - fizrep

"Mrs. Briz! Mrs. Briz! Gimme the sparkly! I gotta have the sparkly! Mrs. B, I gotta have it! Girls can't resist sparklys! Oh, please? PLEEEEEEEZ?" - smeddley

(+1, The Secret of NIMH. -CV)

"A glistening pink pearl presented in a fur trimmed box" - motown_deserter

"I like sapphires. A lot. They're so blue and...well, blue. THE POWER OF BLUE COMPELS YOU!" - fax_celestis

"" - david_deacon

"I work in outdoor theatre, and the other day, the forklift (big ole monster) ran into one of the pipes still set up, and ran over one of the lights. The guys ran around the rest of the day with the shiny parabolic reflector, trying to set things on fire" - pocketmouse

"The way ice looks as whiskey-laced freshly squeezed lemonade is poured over it. Is it noon yet? Fuck it, it's noon somewhere." - ginalin

(Good spirit. -CV)

"The rays of light from the eyes of angledge as she mows down every pun in sight. She's using her eye-beams again." - drbear
"angledge?" - jonem

(Well, I wouldn't really call my co-mod 'shiny'. Although she has those rounded shiny cheeks that you just want to pinch and squeeze and- -CV)
(SHUT UP SHUT UP I HATE YOU SO MUCH. -AL)

"tinsel on the christmas tree. my absolute favorite!" - starry_skeyes

(Works for cats too. But usually, and tragically, only briefly. -CV)

"Oh iPod, you are so reflective and so full of music." - rikchik

"The word shiny! It's so much fun to say. Shiny-shiny-shiny-shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny!" - ebiannah



And there you have it. Hopefully everyone who went on an ADD-fuelled shiny binge has returned to us hale and hearty, and of course ready to play tomorrow's quizly offering (that may not be quite as shiny). As a curious side note, last night I saw the first firefly (real, not spaceship) of the season. Summer is really here! Shiny bugs everywhere!

That's it; I'm outta here.

Rock on,

AL&CV

Comments

[jered-cain.livejournal.com]

david_deacon almost made me die laughing.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

he is a menace to the public good, and must needs be stopped.

[neev.livejournal.com]

"I once ate a bunch of those metal cake sprinkle balls whole. Need we finish this story?" - [info]fizrep

I always wondered if those things were edible or not. My mom would never let me eat them when we decorated cakes and stuff and that always disapointed me...I was very certain that they were really candy.

[wolfpurplemoon]

yep, they are made of sugar!!

[marasca.livejournal.com]

Oh noooooooo! I forgot to answer!

But I do have a nice shiny user pic.

[marasca.livejournal.com]

Your user pic nearly killed me!

[sergeikatholicm.livejournal.com]

I'm usually really bad at this. But now I have one. Thank you gin, you always come through for me.

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

Sadly, it wasn't until after I answered that I came across the video for Shiny Shiny by Haysi Fantayzee (http://youtube.com/watch?v=rg1LABzdwbE). But at least I can share it in the comments.

[cmseward.livejournal.com]

"If you remove enough letters from Tyrwhitt, you can spell TWIT!" - sweetpea86

(And if you remove one more... -CV)

Heh, you said 'wit'.

Also, quoted three times! Woot!

[neev.livejournal.com]

I KNEW IT!

[spyderqueen.livejournal.com]

The ones we had were edible. Maybe it varied between manufacturers

[spyderqueen.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I like that song but have never found an MP3 of it. Nice to know that the vid is up out there though.

[pucklove.livejournal.com]

I FINALLY GOT QUOTED!!!!!!!!!!! MY LIFE IS COMPLETE!!!!!!!!

[syrazemyla.livejournal.com]

Yay! I got three answers in, all of them commented! You love me! You really do!

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

Hitting streak continues with a single in the second...hoo-frikkin-ray for me. I knew that after my *quad* last week, anything'd be a...

...wait a sec...I think I just got a glimpse of how a former child star feels...

And, seeing from pics, Ang really does have those cute, pinchable cheeks. ooooOOO's a iddle cutie? Iiiiiiit's YOU, innit? Iiiiiit's YOU! Sheeeeeeee's *such* a widdle cutie! Yes, she issssssss!!!

[silensy]

Yay, I got quoted. Granted it was only so that people could mock my pain (seriously 24 hours! To get tickets! Which I DID NOT GET!!) but yay!

In other news, if anyone has tickets to Wicked ANYWHERE in California, call me.

[caits-cheverst.livejournal.com]

"Who dragged whom, how many times, at the wheels of which, round the walls of where?" - cygna_hime

(It was Hector, at the gates of Troy, with the Chariot. -CV)

Three times. Just so you know. :D

[richcsigs.livejournal.com]

"The Kennedy Assassination was kinda like me losing my virginity: started on a grassy knoll, ended up in the back of a car, and more than one shot may have been fired."

Litteral spit take on that one.

[caits-cheverst.livejournal.com]

I'm sad enough to know those cropped up in Doctor Who this week over here in England. Another reason to buy yourselves all shiny Multi-Region DVD-Players and pre-order the Doctor Who Series 2 Box-Set from some random website or other NOWish.

*predatory smile*

[caits-cheverst.livejournal.com]

And Achilleus (It has a U in it! Damn you, contemporary society! DAMN YOU!) was the one what dun it.

[serenebean.livejournal.com]

but...how did i miss the shiny things quiz?! i'm sad. *pout*

Chicken on a bike

[drbear.livejournal.com]

Believe me, CV, if you had seen that Burger King "big huckin' chicken" ad 742 times Sunday - as I did - you wouldn't be able to think of anything else.

[drbear.livejournal.com]

Considering the fact that a lot of people say America lost its innocence when JFK was killed, even more apt.

I know your pain.

[thecuckoo.livejournal.com]

It came out here this past winter, and I couldn't even log on to the site. Seven hours later, all gone, mainly into the rapacious hands of craigslist scalpers. "No, I will not be paying $300 for a single balcony seat. Thanks."

I amend my answer.

[thecuckoo.livejournal.com]

+1s are my favorite shiny things. Leastaways, I sure do glow when I get one.