Live Journal Daily Answers, 8 October 2004

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Just ignore what the stupid broken timestamp says; it's midnight & therefore Quiz-postin' time.


Holy cow.



We are totally amazed. Friday of last week, the ljdq community had 93 watchers. As of Answer-posting time this week, we have 184 watchers!! We had 71 Quizlings submit answers to the Quiz this week, totally blowing away the previous record of 34 respondents. When we started this little timewaster last July, we hoped to have 100 watchers by the end of 2004. Now, we could very well have four times that many. That's probably enough self-congratulating for now.

So this week's theme seemed obvious to most of you, especially considering it was an extension of last week's "old" theme:

"theme: I knew a new gnu." - jelymo
"*dances around, singing: 'Everything old is new again!'*" - trishalynn
"Are the next two week's themes going to be borrowed and blue?" - sskipstress, impulsezip

They were, but now you've ruined it for everyone.

"do I get extra allowances for being new & not American?" - fragglechick

Nope. We’re equally mean to Yanks, Brits, Aussies, Canucks, Frenchies, and anyone else we can think of. We took on The Netherlands this time around. We haven’t made much fun of the Germans yet, but really, it’s just a matter of time. Besides which, this week we estimate half our Quizlings are new, & about half are non-American. So sit down, button up, & let's see what this week's Answers have for us.

1. What was the first European name given to the settlement that eventually became New York City?

"First question and I'm already dumbfounded." - radiotrash

(Well, we asked six questions in total. Keep on trying. -AL)

”Holy shit, can you believe eight million people are going to fit in this place in two hundred years?” - nihilistbear

“Boston. A name which was, sadly, already taken. In revenge for being so thwarted, they have spent the centuries since fostering a baseball team which will eventually cause the people of Boston to rise up en masse and march on Manhattan with pitchforks and torches, where they will be met and destroyed.” - jmspencer

“First settlement was called 'Dude! They took beads for land! BEADS!! GO GET MORE TRINKETS!!!'” - ccaretta

(I'm glad they changed the name to New York, because otherwise I'd have to address envelopes like this:

chaosvizier c/o United Nations Headquarters
One United Nations Plaza
Dude! They took beads for land! BEADS!! GO GET MORE TRINKETS!!!, NY 10017

Which would be a pain in the ass. -AL)

"Shit damn mutherfucka, dis be da spot!" - deinemuse

(And deinemuse wins this week's LJDQ Gratuitous Profanity Award. Dat's my bitch! -CV)

"Well we Europeans are prone to naming things oddly, I mean what is the point of shoving a New before a town's name. I can just see a guy in a funny hat standing back and thinking 'New Amsterdam, wow how innovative am I!' Town namers need to take lessons from people who write fantasy novels; pick random letters, remove a vowel and add in an apostrophe. Syh'yl is clearly a far superior name" - cassielx

“New Hampsterdamn” - greenabsinthe

"New Amsterdam - I only know this cause of They Might Be Giants..." - naturalredhead

(You & everyfuckingbody else ... I should have learned my lesson about pop songs & history questions with my Bloody Sunday experience. -AL)

"(insert They Might Be Giants lyrics here)" - hannibalv, yueni, catgirlkuriko, jelymo, velvetangel, dougygyro, purple_roses, m31andy, krick, v827, hollychick, goat003, walkingshadow, marcyleecorgan, chrysoberyl, sargiegirl, ktnb, sasscat, _skye_, & drewbeartx

“New... something. Umm... New England? New Dehli? Shit, I don't know.” - rhiannon3j

(You need to listen to more They Might Be Giants. -CV)

"Thanks to They Might Be Giants, I know that 'even old New York was once New Amsterdam,' that 'everbody wants a rock to tie a piece of string around,' and that the correct spelling of sexy is S-E-X-X-Y (the best song ever for prancing around the apartment naked)." - sskipstress

(See, rhiannon3j? Look what they taught sskipstress. -CV)

“I bet this has something to do with those damned pesky Dutch.” - xgreenjudasx
"... the fucking dutch, every time!” - dougygyro

(The Netherlands takes its turn as the Country Quizzers Heap Abuse Upon. -AL)

"New Amsterdam. How awesome is this... first time playing and I know the first answer! At least, I *think* it's right. I'm gonna look like a big freakin moron if it's not." - geni91782

(Lucky for you ... -AL)

Correct Answer: New Amsterdam.

“As New Amsterdam, shouldn't it be even cooler and more progressive than Old Amsterdam? Maybe that's why they renamed it New York. York probably isn't an especially hopping town.” - marasca

2. Also known as a wildebeest, this animal is part of the antelope family. What is the name of the animal?

“Something that is not an antelope, but is in the family... thus an anteater?” - yueni

(yueni: Not a zoologist. -CV)

“Water buffalo! Thank you Disney.” - radiotrash
“Pumbaa? No, he was a warthog. And it's not the hyenas, right? Oh, I don't know. I don't think they were in the main cast of 'The Lion King', so there's no telling.” - v827
"No, no, a... Dammit! I can see them running over Simba's father but hell if I can remember what they're called! ARGH!" - marcyleecorgan

(Walt Disney Studios: Making better zoologists since 1950. -CV)

(I might agree with you if any of these answers were correct. Damned dirty Disney tools! -AL)

"Wildebeets are actually of the genus Beta. While not as sedentary or cultivatible as the common garden variety of beet, Beta procumbens, the wildebeet has a far higher protein to mass ratio and the aphrodisiacal affects on human females is not lost on certain Sub-Saharan native cultures. Warning to the Catholics among us: Do not eat of the Wildebeet, for it has been banned by the Holy See (as the 'root of all evil', see the 1987 Papal Bull regarding new guidelines for banned foods.)" - fizrep

(fizrep: Not a botanist. Not really. -AL)

“Wildebeest? Is that some kind of crazy giant bee thingie? *Oh I'm wild. I'm a makin' honey...I'm a liddddle beet crazee....bsssssssst! Hahahahaa! I sting you!*” - spiffington

“chaosvizier.” - deinemuse, ghostwriterxx

(Just for that, I’m going to scuff my hooves on the carpet. -CV)

(For you LJDQ n00bs, chaosvizier, deinemuse, & ghostwriterxx are all housemates. Now you know! -AL)

“Maurice” - altoidsaddict
“Zoot” - pisica
“Oscar” - kleenexwoman
"Bob" - seolta

(Methinks the question might have been misunderstood... -CV)

“I think the better question is, 'Will de beast or won't he?'” - silent_r_infork

“Michael Moore” - riverblue

(OK, you can have half credit. -CV)

“My sister. And, lemme tell ya ... it's a bitch grinding down her antlers every month.” - whiski_sour

“I have often been called a wildebeest. All this time I was part of the antelope family, and I didn't know.” - hollychick

(Say, aren't you whiski_sour's sister? -AL)

“gnu. such a strange word. my housemate pronounces the G, so it comes out guh-new. well, the "guh" isn't pronounced quite so heavily, so it's more like g'nu, and thus looking like the name of a Star Trek character.” - jelymo

"The party animal. Known to wander the plains in a constant state of drunkenness, these animals know how to get down. Of course, the other animals of the plains have to put up with the loud music, the peeing in inappropriate places, and the younger party animals puking in the corner cause they can't hold their liquor." - geni91782

“I feel sorry for those animals. It sounds like it was named by an AOL subscriber. "OMG teh w1lderbe3st OMGWTF!!1111!!"” - vanbrosia

“Wait, there really are wildebeests? Dude. I had no clue. I thought they were like the Bandersnatch; something someone on acid thought up.” - nihilistbear

“I'm going to be representin' for western PA this week: Get me a .308 so I can shoot me some gnu! Wooo! And use them incendiary rounds. Makes 'em easier to track when they're on fire! WOOO!” - b7cy

"What happened when Dad's sister got married without the approval of the family - antelope." - mercury32

((-5 for punning! -AL) -CV)

“If something has a name like 'wildebeast,' why does it need another? Especially if a quick typo turns it into a 'widdlebeast'?” - moocow1985

(Why'd they change it? I can't say. People just liked it better that way. -AL)

"G.N.U. is really a recursive acronym.... G.NU's N.ot U.nix!" - dougygyro

(I knew this question would reveal our Geek of the Week! Congratulations & -1. -AL)

Correct Answer: Gnu.

“Which is not the same as a gnute. I was turned into a gnute once. Do you know how hard it is to type with hooves?” - trishalynn

3. This 1999 album includes the singles "A Thousand Years" and "Desert Rose", and guest appearances by musicians such as Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, and Cheb Mami. Who is the main artist and what is the name of the album?

“For some reason, I want to say something mean about Stevie Wonder. Not because I dislike him, but because he'd never see it.” - silent_r_infork

(Picking on the blind, +1. -CV)

“Cat Stevens. It's why they won't let him back into the country.” - whiski_sour

“Celine Dion, 'The Best Of Meatloaf'” - warragul

(If ever there were two great tastes that tasted great together, these two would be furthest from them. -CV)

"Cheeky question. Cheeky question that kicked my butt. I now have Desert Rose stuck in my head, and am no closer to an actual answer." - chrysoberyl

"I dream of rain, AIIIIYEIEYEIIE-AIYYEYIYEIEYIEYIEEIE *bleeds from ears*" - pisica

“The artist informally known as Mr. 'Tantric Sex', Sting.” - greenabsinthe

“Here's another Sting joke: If Bea Arthur married Sting, she'd be Bea Sting.” - xgreenjudasx

(And if Sting married Bea Arthur, he'd be the man with the ugliest wife EVAR. -AL)

"Sting! The album? ... Sting Sings Songs! Dude, I don't know... but I really like alliteration." - geni91782

"Oh god, I'm so ashamed to know this. "Brand New Day" by Sting. I bought it for my mother, I swear." - ktnb

“Brand New Day by Stink. Sorry, Sting ... I keep making that mistake.” - dougygyro

Correct Answer: Sting, Brand New Day.

(Yes, we put this in here just to bait the legions of Sting-haters out there. AL&CV)

“Won him the title of 'Millenium Artist' and he spent all of New Year's night hopping from concert to concert. Couldn't turn on a single channel without seeing him.” - purple_roses

4. What novel by Aldous Huxley features orgy-porgies, free drugs, and a World State with the motto "Community, Identity, Stability"?

“The 9/11 Commission Report's recommendations for fighting terror” - silk_knickers

"'W', The Formative Years" - doomgirl

"The Biography of Bill Clinton." - jmspencer

“JFK's Nubile World Order” - d4b

“A New Book I Should Be Reading Because There Are Orgies In It?” - jelymo

“O brave new world, that has such people in it!” - pisica

(+1, Shakespeare’s The Tempest. -CV)

“I know that. It's on my bookshelf. Somewhere.” - verdandiweaves

“Sounds like that book in high school that I read, but can't remember the fucking name of. Thanks QM's. Thanks for reminding me how much I don't remember of high school.” - dancingsaracen

“It's not Brave New World... so I'm stumped.” - dougygyro

(Stumped by his own correctness. Most impressive. -AL)

“The whole 'Community, Identity, Stability' thing from 'Brave New World' always reminds me of this awesome After-School Special called 'The Wave.' This history teacher is trying to explain to his kids why the Germans went along with Hitler, so he tries an experiment. He tells them they're going to start this special youth movement, and he gets his kids to start doing this power-fist salute while chanting, 'Strength through community! Strength through discipline! Strength through action!' It works like magic mind control, and after a couple of weeks, the kids start beating the crap out of kids who aren't in their club. Then the teacher tells them that they have a national leader who will speak, and he brings them to an assembly and shows them a film of Hitler giving a speech. Then all the kids freak out and start crying when they realize they're evil little bastards. Which was completely awesome.” - b7cy

“C'mon, you have to love a book where 'mother' is the gravest insult.” - calankh

"My mother forced me to read this at age nine. Talk about traumatized." - marcyleecorgan

Correct Answer: Brave New World.

"also known as Amsterdam" - ccaretta

"...or possibly Disneyland.” - kleenexwoman

(Disneyland does have more drugs and orgies overall than Disneyworld and Eurodisney combined. Full credit. -CV)

“May all your dystopian futures have orgy-porgies.” - walkingshadow

(Amen. -CV&AL)

5. What was the name of the US government program instituted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to rebuild the economy during the Great Depression?

"I'm having flashbacks to high school history class. *flails*" - moocow1985

(You & drewbeartx both. -AL)

"That Government Program With The Money? Y'know, The One With The Stuff? And The Other Stuff?" - drewbeartx

“'The Second World War' – great for employment and great for the economy!” - m31andy

(Sounds like an early version of the current American administration's economic & foreign policies. -AL)

"Social security, welfare, government jobs . . . COMMUNISM omg." - walkingshadow

“Ass, Gas, or Grass: Nobody Rides For Free” - altoidsaddict

“Get Off Your Poor, Lazy Ass and Build Me a Dam, Bitch!!” - ccaretta

"At Least We're Not Nazis, Right?" - snowfox090

“Work You Bastards” - lots42

“oh hey, I know - UNICEF!” - jelymo

(Had you said GNUNICEF, that would have been worth an easy +2. Puns are funny. -CV)

(No they’re not. -AL)

“The nude eel.” - krick

"The New Deal. Another one I know! Thank you history-professor-who-I-really-don't-remember-cause-I-slept-through-your-entire-class! Thank you!" - geni91782

(... -slept-my-way-through- ... -AL)

"The New Deal, not to be confused with the Old Deal, also known as the Bum Wrap. Maybe there should be two M's in bum. 'Cause the way it's written there looks a lot like a high priced spa treatment involving seaweed." - chrysoberyl

"New Deal. It sounds like a car dealership." - thinksheknowsya

“The New Deal, a name that would never fly in this day and age, because it can't be turned into an acronym for the media to toss around.” - ktnb

Correct Answer: The New Deal.

"Which equals. The government will give you lots of money to get your sorry asses to work so that the government can start taxing your asses off and give a good reason for social security, which we can pilfer before we actually need, so that Generation X and Y and Z can go bankrupt paying for your meds when its time to take you out behind the shed and shoot you." -dancingsaracen

6. In your opinion, who is the new hotness?

“Me” - tons of ya

(As the great Richard Dawson often said, “Number one answer on the board!” - CV)

(Damn, we have a whole lot of hotness taking this quiz ... -AL)

“If I say me, I'll be like everyone else. If I say you guys, I'll be brown-nosing to get mentioned. So. I say... the new hotness is... Gilbert Mackelray! He's so new, and so hot, he doesn't even exist yet.” - goat003

"If AL&CV were to combine, Voltron-like, that would be the new notness." - impulsezip

(Now does he mean to imply that we are NOT hotness? Or is this just an incredible typo? And has Voltron been slighted somehow? -3, just to cover all bases. -CV)

"I Proclaim The New Hotness To Be Jason from Battle of the Planets" - seolta

(I Would Proclaim You To Be Our Geek Of The Week, But The GNU Geek Beat You Out. -CV)

“There is nothing new about Marton Csokas. He is the hot.” - yueni

(Celeborn? The Hot? I have nothing to say to you. -CV)

“I'll go with Will Smith, even though he's been around for a while. But I'd do him ...” - kittenbabe
“J is so the new hotness. Will Smith is a sexy, sexy rich man. End of story.” - greenabsinthe

“While I enjoy Will Smith as much as the next person, Orlando Bloom is the new-er hotness. Anyone who can hit an orc in the eye from that distance can ... er ... look, a pirate!” - calankh

“It's not Cameron Diaz, that's for sure. Alfred E. Neumann is not a good look for a woman.” - altoidsaddict

(I am in full agreement with you. -CV)

(Whatever!



-AL)

“Anyone in a kilt gets my vote.” - silent_r_infork

(Mine too! Damn, I miss Scotland. -AL)

“Josh Duhamel. *grins*” - velvetangel

(Let’s see what we have here...



Any takers? -CV)

“Mrs. O'Leary's cow” - miggy

“I'll go with Lindsey Lohan. She's hot and she likes to party! I don't ask for much.” - marasca

“Just about any famous man that comes from Australia, specifically, Eric Bana & Hugh Jackman.” - lolafae

(Fair enough.



-CV)

“Fire is the new hotness.” - rhiannon3j
“Cold is the new hotness.” - naturalredhead

(Place your bets, everyone ... -CV)

“Are you asking 'who would I drop the cock on'?... Probably marasca and her new haircut.” - krick

(You know, I considered removing this comment for a long time, thinking that it might give marasca the whim-whams to be so blatantly propositioned in a public forum like the LJDQ. But then, I remembered the time she underestimated my bra size on the old Daily Quiz. And the other time, when she called me "the Quicker Picker Upper" in reference to my dating life. And upon reflection, I decided to give krick a +1. -AL)

"Johnny Depp, no doubt about it. He's the old hotness too" - cassielx

“I prefer older hotness - they know what they're doing when you get them into interesting positions. New stuff looks good, but just doesn't have the experience where it counts.” - verdandiweaves

“Who was the old hotness??? What is a 'hotness'? Enquiring minds want to know.” - m31andy

"Since I'm old, all the new hotness is freaking jailbait so I'll stick with my permanent hotness ... Jon Bon Jovi." - doomgirl

“Okay, call me a sucker for a gothy guy (YO!), but the new hotness is soooooo Joaquin Phoenix. Alright, The Village aside which was hot in that repressed puritan way I gots two words: Depraved Emperor. Dude, when he's tonguing the air in Gladiator I was all like, Man, if there was any time I wanted to [content deleted by management], it would be here. Yeah baby, right here. You know how I like it.” - xgreenjudasx

(Not my type, but certainly appealing in his own deranged way:



-AL)

"Newt Gingrich?!? Now I know that can't be right..." - _skye_

(*recoils in horror* - Everyone)

"Kea-gnu Reeves? ugh" - teainthelibrary

(Of the two in this photo ...



... we'll take Trinity, kplzthx. -AL&CV)

"It is a tie between...

Edwards

Myself

Gary Oldman

Look it is like an Anna sandwich by some hotties! Oh! It makes me so giddy!" - deinemuse

"John Edwards. He is teh sex. Cheney is old and busted." - sargiegirl76

"John Howard, aussie Prime Minister. Why? He's sitting on one hell of a hot-seat right now. And he's totally beet-red over the 'lying rodent' thing." - vanbrosia

(I'm probably the only one that thinks political gossip from other countries is The Hot. -AL)

"the new hotness is Alyson Hannigan." - crostfingers

(Oh yeah:



Full credit. -CV)

(Willow's got my vote too:



Even if she isn't really a lesbian, at least she played one on TV. -AL)

"Karl Urban yuuuummmmy!" - ghostwriterxx

(+1 to CV for predicting your answer the moment I wrote this question.



-AL)

“Any other new person who could think of funny things to say. I've just been studying calculus, bitches. I have an excuse.” - _lucy_

(We welcome your studies, actually. Recent quizzes have proven mathematics to be a stumbling block of impressive proportions. -CV)

"Lava is pretty hot this year. Especially in Washington state. Just trying to be topical. Never mind." - beansidhe

Correct Answer: "Mount St. Helens." - purple_roses

Well! Grading this week's Quiz took more time than usual, but angledge is still unemployed, so she can take all the time she wants for stuff like this. In fact, next week chaosvizier is taking a break, so angledge will be moderating solo. Once again, welcome to all first-time players, & we will see you again on Monday!

Rock on,

Ang & Hans.

Comments

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(See, rhiannon3j? Look what they taught sskipstress. -CV)

... after reading that, I'm not really sure I want to listen to it now... I don't think my roomate would appreciate me dancing around naked... or the rest of the world, either.

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