ljdq | LJ Daily Answers: 14 August 2006

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"I curse you LJDQ!!!! You are evil for you have stolen the attention of my husband even though I am standing all nekkid like right next to him!!!" -

jigawattica

If you're nekkid and he's not paying attention, we're the least of your problems.

"I'm seriously reconsidering my membership to this community as I swear to you, it's bad for my health. True story! My jaw is currently wired shut as a result maxillofacial/reconstructive surgery (say that five times fast!) and every time I read the answers on LJDQ I laugh so hard I'm afraid my mouth is going to burst open and that would be double-plus-ungood, comrades!" -

elfie_samurai

We are torn between wanting to keep all our quizlings intact and revelling in our collective schadenfreude. We'll get back to you on this.

1. Fun with music! Name the band and the song:
Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, are you trying to tempt me
Because I come from the land of plenty?

"Damm you LJDQ, I read question 1 and got all excited, 'Ohhh, the theme must be Australia! I'll be able to answer the questions for once, and they won't be about obscure baseball trivia!' ... and then I was disillusioned. I am boycotting pudding for a week in protest." -

rickybuchanan

(Number of quizlings who ate vegemite sammiches: 21. -CV)

"Seriously, what is Veggimite? I know I can’t be the only person wondering that. Somehow I’m picturing a guacamole-type spread, and, honestly, that doesn’t sound too good on a sandwich." -

smeddley

"Can't Catch Me by Osama & The Ben-Landins" -

firebrand618
"Hookah, by Sinbad and the Opiates." -

kokopellinelli

"It's Mumbai, you colonialist pigs!" -

ataralas

"CV, AL, I would like to thank you both for the earworm. I'm certain it will keep me company all afternoon at work." -

ladyiapetus, suffering with 11 others

(Always glad to oblige. -AL&CV)

"somehow this question got that one They Might Be Giants song about Istanbul and Constantinople stuck in my head... I hope you're happy." -

babybokal

(We're not sure how that happened... but still glad to oblige. -AL&CV)

"All I can think of is that damn, 'I come from the land down under,' song, and I'm pretty damn sure that's not it. So I'll take a wild stab and say 'House of the Rising Sun' ... (I have a feeling that I'm going to be docked points for this answer...)" -

soimpossible414

(You know what, everybody? Irony tastes DELICIOUS. -CV)

"Dangit, why is it that I never sing the correct lyrics to a song? First it's the Violent Femmes and 'Twizzler in the Sun.' Now I find out that they don't in fact come from the land of Dundee." -

sitandwait

"The only song in the history of the world to work the word 'chunder' in and MAKE IT SCAN. Poets in their own time, for reals." -

cheezdanish

"Tempting men in Bombay? Hitting on the tall, muscular guy from Brussels? Clearly, Men at Work was a cover for a gay prostitution ring." -

morganashkevron

"proof that even with a lazy eye you can have a hit single." -

kenshardik

"It is taking all my willpower not to jump on my desk and bellow out the next line." -

whomajigi

Correct Answer: Men At Work, "Down Under"

"I always get confused between them and Men in Hats, because men at work, often wear hats. I like hats." -

lbmango, who was not the only one. Not by a long shot.

2. What once-powerful labor union was saddled with the laughable nickname "the Wobblies"?

(Weeble jokes: beyond number. -CV)

"When I was four, I got my Weeble-Wobble to fall down and stay down. My illusions of the veracity of the television were shattered. True story." -

fizrep

"Watch it wobble, see it joggle..." -

dragon_within

"I'll tell you as soon as you tell me where they buried Hoffa." -

uncut_diamond

"aren't Wobblies what you get when your thighs expand with age?" -

ladylyonesse
"My thighs are pretty wobbly..." -

ecarrotsushi

"When I was little I had this duck, and it used to follow me around, and one day I accidently stepped on its foot and broke it. So we tied popsicle sticks around its leg to try and fix it, but it made it have an extra wobble as it grew up." -

msjladybug

"did you know that the Australian Labor party is spelt the American way rather than the English way?" - [Unknown site tag]
"I'm too busy crying for labor's lost u. You know, I bet if those crazy internet kids stopped saying 'u' all the damn time, there'd be enough to go around!" -

aynisha

"AFL-CIO, which stands for All Fat Liars - Check It Out, and called "Wobblies" because their many chins wobbled when they talked." -

jmthane

"that would be the Viagra Manufacturers Union. Apparently, when their negotiations went soft, the entire union caved in and they couldn't finish what they had started." -

mezzolibra

"Those little green guys from Fraggle Rock. Friggin' Fraggles constantly coming by and eating their hard work. Fraggles are jerks." -

seraphic_slayer

"They were little Geisha dolls with big heads that wobbled! And what was our net profit for the Wobbly-Headed Doll Caper?" -

kokopellinelli

(+1, Firefly. -CV)

"The National Union Of One-Legged Pirate Balancing Acts. Would you argue with a union of cutlass-wielding, hopping buccaneers?!" -

shadowed_guise

Correct Answer: International Workers of the World

3. What 1988 movie about a hard-working secretary in New York City starred Sigourney Weaver, Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith, Alec Baldwin, Olympia Dukakis, & Kevin Spacey, & featured a songtrack by Carly Simon?

"I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that it wasn't Tron." -

mistyraven

"I don't like Carly Simon much, but 'Let the River Run' I used to belt out with my mom in some scary teen living room karaoke whenever the movie came on. 80's GIRL POWER, ACTIVATE!" -

ladylyonesse

"In 1988, I was more interested in Jem than Carly Simon. I stand by this as a sign of my excellent taste. After all, is Carly Simon truly outrageous? I think not." -

silensy

"Sorry, having been at university during the late '80s, I didn't see too many movies, as to do so would have cut into the time I had for working on my minor in 'Drinking Heavily.'" -

wingedelf

"What I know about 80's movies starring Sigourney Weaver and not featuring aliens, ghosts, or ancient Sumerian evil hos: approximately squat. Next!" -

chaobell

(Someone needs to brush up on more good Sigourney Weaver movies. -CV)

"not to be confused with 9 to 5 starring Dolly Parton and her gigundo bazongas" -

piney61

(+1, using the word "bazongas". -CV)

"All that comes to mind is this one time my computer teacher saw my typing speed and recommended I become a secretary. Glass ceiling a little." -

yahalomay

"OH! OH! I KNOW THIS ONE! Wait, no, I'm thinking about the one about a hard-working waitress with Nicholas Cage. I like that one better. It's schmoopy." -

the_wanlorn

(-1, using the word "schmoopy". -CV)

"I only remember this movie cause it was on HBO once when I was probably 7 or 8 and I was all scandalized at the naked ladies." -

lyme

"That movie's about a secretary? Oh, geez, I didn't see it because I thought it was going to be full of debauchery and nudity as men paid for sexual favours. Then I went and saw what I thought was going to be a nice, wholesome film about life in the office. You know, that one with Maggie Gyllenhaal." -

yak_boy

(The confusion is understandable. -CV)

" And here we have a prostitute made entirely of pudding.

" -

wellowned

"The Secretary was a BANGIN' movie that made me go tingly in my nether regions." -

jazzminarino

"I think the title was Working Girl, and contrary to what the title implies there's not a single solitary stripper or prostitute in it. Although there are a some two or three bare boobies." -

moreteadk

(About 16 others lamented the low prostitution count in this film. -CV)

"Working Girl, or the last time Melanie Griffith could show up in public with normal-sized lips." -

harpie84

"Oh my god the 80s hair in that movie! It was on TV about a month ago and I cringed because I remember a time when that was cool." -

smeddley

"SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY. SO HARD FOR IT HONEY. SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY SO YOU BETTER GO AND TREAT HER RIGHT." -

cheezdanish

(No more coffee for you, young lady. -CV)

Correct Answer: Working Girl

4. What German band, founded in the early 70's, is regarded as a pioneer in the use of purely electronic instruments and synthesizers in their works?

"Have you tried Hershey’s new coconut cream kisses? They’re really good." -

pw0813

(Completely unrelated to anything here, but yes, I have, and yes, they are. -CV)

"Wait, lemme get this straight. Germans make MUSIC?" -

kittikattie
"That kinda explains why David Hasselhoff is so big over there. Their quality standard is kinda low." -

whiski_sour
"They must've been an angry band...it seems like you can say anything in German and come across as such a jerk. I mean even 'Kidnergarten' sounds so angry." -

piney61

"Now is the time on Schprockets vhen ve dahnce!" -

peaseblossom03,

lovellama,

bloominglotus,

kenshardik

"all I can think of is Rammstein, which makes me think of fearsome stomping Laibach kittens." -

babybokal

(For fearsome stomping Laibach kittens, click here. -CV)

"This week I'm so stumped on the theme that I resorted to Wikipedia to try to figure it out. Which is where I found that a guy named Ray Buttigieg was a pioneer of electronic music. I wonder what the kids at school called him." -

sskipstress

(Well, we do frown on webcheating, but at least you brought back a Fun Fact. -CV)

"The Umlauts" -

mcrunner03
"ElektronikMööse. (Hey, if it's German, it's got to have k's and umlauts!)" -

ataralas

"America spells cheesy 70s techo bands K-R-A-F-T-W-E-R-K" -

i_calql8
"Kraftwerk - weirdest mac & cheese I ever had!" -

wiredwizard

"Kraftwerks! Which I always get confused with those German mimes. You know the ones. They were on the Muppet Show a lot. Mummenschanz. That's them." -

cheezdanish

(And here I thought I was the only person who saw that episode of the Muppet Show. Also, I think they're Swiss. -CV)

"True story: Once I met this guy on the internet. Our first phone conversation lasted for three hours, and at some point during it he discovered that I had never heard any Kraftwerk, so he proceeded to sing a medly of their songs to me over the phone. Somehow I still thought it would be a good idea to go out with him. For our one (and only) date we went for Chinese food and then to a movie about Hitler. Note to the guys: Kraftwerk and Hitler are not the best strategies for winning the women." -

marasca

"Arts 'n' Kraftwerk" -

elfie_samurai

"I remember we'd get to school early and just sit in the band room (where the school stereo was located) and listen to 'Autobahn' until the school bell rang. Nothing to get you excited for school like monotonous syntho-pop." -

drbear

(Not to rain on your parade down memory lane or anything, but you just totally, totally dated yourself. -AL)

Correct Answer: Kraftwerk

"I assume they're currently in hiding from an angry, angry world." -

crystalcazzie

5. What company was founded in 1994 by David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Steven Spielberg?

"The company is SPECTRE, but you're forgetting Ernst Blofeld, CEO." -

thepikey

(+1, James Bond. -CV)

"Dreamwerks - I believe Spielberg played the Mogg synth" -

hawkorhandsaw

"Have you ever had a dream that actually made sense? I mean usually they start off pretty normal but then suddenly you're in a shopping center and you only have one shoe! As you look for your shoe, you see an ex-girlfriend of years ago. and then LOOK! A monkey!!!" -

lbmango

"I always confuse David Geffen with David Gest. Did you know that the ex-Mr Minelli owns the largest collection of Judy Garland memorabilia in the world? And he claims to be straight, too..." -

jonem

"The League of Extraordinarily Rich Gentlemen" -

peaseblossom03

"Gosh, that sort of seems like an unholy trio doesn't it? But they brought us Miguel and Tulio, Tulio and Miguel, mighty and powerful GODS!" -

silensy

(+1, The Road to El Dorado. -CV)

"Are they going by 'same as Pixar' these days or are they still 'vehemently denying any semblance to pixar?'" -

sitandwait

"DreamWorks SKG. I think they drew lots to figure out whose initial was first." -

jmthane

(Or reverse alphabetical order, just for kicks. -AL)

"Dreamworks SKG, which is pretty vain of them. Dreamworks would have been fine by itself, but nooooo, they had to add the SKG on there to make sure everyone knew it was them." -

badgerbabe

"The ADWN Co. (The After Disney What Next Company)aka MERC (The Michael Eisner Revenge Company) aka Dream Jerks" -

csflick

(You sure fit a lot of Hollywood gossip in one sentence there. -AL)

"

That would be Dreamworks for $200, Alex." -

chokatobuttrfly

"Dreamworks SKG, but honestly? What the hell is that kid in the moon fishing for? He's on the MOON, for chrissakes. I can't be the only one confused by this!" -

aynisha

(Far from it. Number one answer on the board for this question was "WTF is up with the fishing moon-child?" -AL)

Correct Answer: Dreamworks SKG

"A company that's not going to be hiring Mel Gibson any time soon." -

yak_boy

6. So, what do you do for a living?

"Answer the LJDQ" - 5

Number of respondents using the word "slave" to describe themselves - 12

"I have a better job than all of you. I test videogames. :3" -

thomas_small

" No, I never dated He-Man! Shut up!

" -

silensy

"My job is to retain my sanity while dealing with a couple of paranoid schizophrenics. Everything else I do is incidental." -

woap

"I teach, therefore I am (obscenely underpaid)." -

i_calql8

"I teach useful English to Japanese students. For example, this morning I attempted to explain to some high school girls what the word 'hangover' means." -

marasca

(Were you demonstrating? -AL)

"I'm what I like to call a 'domestic engineer'. The pay's pretty decent, plus I get to sleep with the boss." -

peaseblossom03

"Office manager for a construction company. Only female here, so yeah, I cuss like a sailor. ;)" -

badgerbabe

"At the moment I am unemployed, and I hope to remain so." -

csflick

(+1, honesty. -AL)
(+1, laziness. -CV)

" This is why ataralas is permanently disqualified from competing for the GoTW award.

" -

ataralas

"I think the technical term is 'spiralling into poverty'." -

yak_boy

"I renew maintenance contracts on electrical equipment. Which is exactly what I was thinking of doing when I decided to get a $90,000 degree in English." -

morganashkevron

"I'm a graphic design drone at a small-town newspaper. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I'd be creating fabulous advertising for used car lots. Remember kids, a fine arts degree is worth every penny!" -

futuristicplans

"Like most stiffs in this country, I let my bosses screw me, over and over, and not in the good way, just to get enough money to slowly go broke on." -

saldw

"I work at a cookie store, making doughs, baking cookies, serving customers, and of course liberally testing the products to make sure that they are safe for human consumption. *looks mournfully at expanding waistline*" -

soimpossible414

"Annoy people. No, seriously. I’m a civil engineer working for a public works department in an affluent city. I ruin people’s lives because we’re tearing up the roads in front of their houses and their maids won’t be able to make it in to clean that week. Seriously." -

smeddley

"I sell porn and sex toys. I get anything I want out of there free. Hell, I get paid to watch dirty movies for the sake of knowing my product. I LOVE MY JOB." -

jessicamariek

"I'm a professional slacker. People pay me to sit in their basements in my underpants, playing video games and eating cold pizza all day long. Granted, I love it so much I do it for free most of the time..." -

seraphic_slayer

"I build tiny, elaborate sculptures of famous politicians out of pin heads and spider silk. Unfortunately, since that falls somewhere 'jack' and 'shit' on the pay scale, I also work in an engraving shop, zapping bits of metal and plastic and glass and wood with a laser and occasionally setting them on fire." -

chaobell

"When the NHL season starts, I'm the guy that blows the goal horn for the Ottawa Senators when they score. I also track the out-of-town scores, scroll events & advertising, and run the on-ice logos for pregame. It's a great job, being paid to watch hockey. If only I could do it during the summer, too." -

csi_tokyo3

"I'm doing the survival job thing until my opera career takes off. Seriously." -

mezzolibra

"I am liberated from the shackles of corporate livelyhood. In other words, I'm eating a lot of Ramen Noodles." -

kenshardik

"I actually work for Her Majesty's Government, and if I told you anything further...it would prove to be a huge disappointment." -

shadowed_guise

And there you have it. I bet most of you are at work right now, reading this quiz instead of being productive cogs in your corporate machinery. If so, congratulations. Work is so overrated.

Welcome aboard, all you new players. Share and enjoy! And thanks all for playing once more. See you tomorrow for more quizzy goodness!

Rock on,

AL&CV

Current Mood: hokey-pokeying
Current Music: eeewwww, Carly Simon

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From:

marasca.livejournal.com

"I teach useful English to Japanese students. For example, this morning I attempted to explain to some high school girls what the word 'hangover' means." - marasca

(Were you demonstrating? -AL)

Actually, no. How out of character! There was an American student visiting and he came in with sunglasses on, so I was trying to convince the girls that he was hungover. The best part was that the girls believed me, and then he had to explain his way out of it.

From:

jacesan.livejournal.com

"I wear my sunglasses at night..."

Though named daily, it is weekly. Behold the first mystery.

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