LJ Daily Answers, 4 September 2006.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

So how did we pick a theme of seven for this week? Well, it's September! "Septem" is the Latin word for "seven", & clearly that makes "September" an appropriate name for the ninth month in our calendar.

1. In "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", what was the last name of the brothers?

"I'm going to go with Horny. I mean, having seven kids? That takes a lot of effort, should be rewarded with a name change" - enlight_bystand

"49 Brides?!?!? They must be Mormon, so I'm gonna guess these were Brigham's sons: 'Young'" - mark_laura

"The story is so close to the freakshow point, all it requires is Dueling Banjoes, a rusty chainsaw, piggy squeeling and a fridge full of some lost hitchhiker. Freakier, they all have biblical-ish names, which is up right there on the 'countryfolk psycho' awareness sheet." - shadowed_guise

"Dear god, will nobody think of the logistics come Christmastime? Think how many round robin newsletters you'd have to send within that family!" - jonem

"Geez, 7? It's a vagina, not a clown car." - lyme

"Dear Jesus, I know I am an athiest, but hear my prayer anyway. Please oh please don't let there be seven Wayans brothers." - fizrep

"I don't do musicals unless they involve sweet transvestites from transexual Transylvannia." - whiski_sour

"Seven brothers kidnap seven women, they spend a winter holed up in a small snowed-in cabin, and at the end of it the women all fall in love with the brothers? Tchyeah right. That's not love, that's Stockholm Syndrome. I could imagine a situation like that turning into the Donner party really fast." - peaseblossom03

"Pontapee, and they were named after alphabetical Bible characters, and at the end all the girls pretended they'd been raped and given birth to the love-children of Pontapees, because their fathers thought that marrying rapists was a GREAT IDEA" - elucreh

(Isn't classical literature fun? -AL)

"One scene I vividly remember is Julie Newmar (Catwoman) lolling on a bed in her drawers, wondering which one of the boys slept there. Rrrowr!" - lovellama

Correct Answer: Pontipee.

"No wonder they had to kidnap women to marry, who'd want to get stuck with a name that sounds like a brand name for urinal cakes?" - ginalin


2. In English football teams, which position is indicated by #7?

(The point of this question was to make American sports fans struggle. And it worked, boy howdy.)

"Right, English football is the same as..... ha! It's right field, not left field, since they run the bases backward!" - captainsblog
"Seventh base?" - anonymisty
"Either Who, What, or I Don't Know." - miladygrey

(Wrong sport. Third Base! -CV)

"I thought football was called 'rugby' over there." - mcrunner03

(I think most of the world would argue that "football" is called "soccer" over here. -AL)

"Beckham? No. That's how much I know about English football without cheating." - sphynxlike

"Dunno, but in my neck of the woods, Old No. 7 is none other than Mr. Jack Daniels." - hardly_angelic

"#7 is the traditional english number for the hooligan, due to 7 being the average price in pounds for a beer at a soccer match.. and, due to some improbable coincidence, the average number of rubber bullets and tazerings it takes to disperse a crowd of drunk hooligans" - tarpo

"The position that #6 used to fill before it went crazy and ran off with my acid-dropping Algebra 2 teacher." - kokopellinelli

"Let me look that up in the Kama Sutra for stuffy rowdy British with Bad Smiles book." - akiyasan

"Well, since it's a single number, I'll guess it's the singular position of goalkeeper. And now watch me be wrong, since logic and the LJDQ so rarely play well together." - thecuckoo

(Well, at least you called it right. -CV)

"Is English Football different from European Football? No, seriously...Is it?" - chrysoberyl

(Only in the numbering system. -CV)

"Like almost any other sport the player number indicates the player that has been given that number by his team. Back in the old days a number might have indicated a position, but these days modern tactics and substitutions make such designations meaningless." - yak_boy

(Mostly true, but technically the numbers have meaning. Whether the teams follow that meaning or not is a whole different story. -CV)

"Is that position within a team formation, or position within the Sunday Times Annual Rich List? Because I think in either case #7 is David Beckham." - jonem

"It doesn't matter because BECKHAM ISN'T ONE ANYMORE." - puredeadthingy

"" - swampdweller

"Look, here’s how it works. Someone kicks a ball into the net and everyone takes a shot of their favourite liquor. No one pays any attention to numbers unless it’s to call an ambulance after the first collapse." - ketaki

Correct Answer: Right wing.


3. Who are Alcyone, Asterope, Celaeno, Electra, Maia, Merope, and Taygete?

"The WWE ring girls for 2007. That or the names Tom Cruise has picked for his next seven kids. I'm not sure which would be more disturbing." - n5iln

"chicks who had to spell their name to absolutely everyone" - bloominglotus

"*checks spice rack* I have no clue." - renee12321

(....does the spice rack usually prove helpful in answering LJDQ questions? -AL)

"Subaru. Oh, I knew those field trips to the planetarium would come in handy someday." - sphynxlike

(Subaru is a sort-of correct answer. Half credit. -CV&AL)

"Those are street names in New Orleans" - david_deacon

(True! I had forgotten that. -AL)

"There's an Amerindian myth about Devil's Tower (in Wyoming) that has to do with the Pleaides being seven sisters too. In this case, chased by a giant bear and them being saved by this pillar of rock raising them to heaven. Small world, huh." - ginalin

"The seven brides for seven brothers! (Electra likes the one that looks like her dad.)" - kenshardik
"...if the seven brides for seven brothers were seven sisters, that would be pretty complicated, wouldn't it?" - scifantasy

(You would have a lot of very closely related cousins. -AL)

"Seven sisters who should have taken that Hollywood agent more seriously when he said 'I'm gonna make you all stars'." - yak_boy

"seven of our new 200+ planets" - halo4

"The cvrrent listings at the Athens Mvltiplex--and all chick-flicks, from the looks of things." - i_calql8

"Vacuum Cleaners. I have an Electra, and man it sucks." - dragonstar87

(Her dad said the same thing. -CV)

"I don't know, but if you form an acronomic anagram, you get...MEAT CAM. Which is actually kind of disgusting. Thanks so much for putting that image in there." - moondroplette

"Man, did you know that Merope's the dimmest start in the star cluster because she married Sisyphus? Talk about being screwed over. Your husband has to roll a boulder up a hill forever, and your family has basically told you you're their least favorite because you dared to love a mortal. Hahaha sucker!" - the_wanlorn

(Speaking of getting screwed...)

"...they are the seven sisters, daughters of Atlas, and total harem to the gods. Zues banged three, Posedion knocked up two, Ares got one (he was too busy with his unbridled displays of testosterone to screw), and Sisyphus got Orion's sloppy seconds." - fantom07

Correct Answer: the Pleiades.

"In Scotland, these are known as the Plaid Sisters. Pleiades be damned!" - pyllgrum


4. Seven seals are broken in the Book of Revelations. What comes out of the seventh seal?

"So this guy is up in the arctic messing around on his snowmobile and something starts to make a weird noise.. so he comes into town and takes it to the mechanic to get it looked at and so the mechanic looks at the snowmobile and looks at him and says.. Looks like you blew a seal.. and the guy shakes his head and says.. No, thats just frost on my beard" - tarpo

"Paris Hilton." - woap
"Chuck Norris." - jrho

"If Pat Robertson is to be believed, then OMG SINGLE MOTHERS SANTA CLAUS GAY PEOPLE AND ATHEISTS OH NOEZ!!!" - peaseblossom03

"A damn fine Beaujolais." - david_deacon
"Gin. When God decides to tie one on, the shit is officially deep. As a wise fellow once said, 'Gin makes a man mean.'" - etcet

"My dad says 'The Beast?' He's got a Masters in Divinity, so I'm going with him." - faded_lilac

(We're so sorry. -AL&CV)

"" - seldear

"Dogs and cats sleeping together." - saldw

(+1, Ghostbusters. -CV)

"Diablo, but only after you slay the Lord de Seis, the Grand Vizier of Chaos, and the Infector of Souls." - deltashade

(+1, Diablo 2. -CV)

"A very angry mother, ready to whup your ass for breaking all those seals and then trying to blame your little brother for it." - enchanteresse

"It was a man. I mean, it was a dragon-man. Or, maybe it was just a dragon." - swampdweller

(+1, StrongBad. -AL)

"Seven lords a leaping." - whiski_sour

(I believe it was seven swans a swimming. The lords leap later. -CV)

"'You blew a seal.'
'Look, just fix the damn thing, and leave my private life out of it.'" - aliaspiral

(+1, The Dr. Demento Show. -CV)

"I don't know but I bet someone has made a horror movie about it." - chlaal

(This one isn't really horror. This one is horror of a different variety. -CV)

"Well, it takes a couple of really firm whacks, but if you're lucky, CANDY!" - moondroplette
"I don't know, but if I'd been cracking seals all day and not getting any good prizes, I sure would be pretty pissed!" - local_sin
"Now I have a mental image of someone snapping baby seals in half like so many pretzel sticks. I am sad." - babybokal

Correct Answer: Silence.


5. Seven Mary Three might be described as alternative or post-grunge, but from what very non-grungy television show did they derive their name?

"What in THE hell are you talking about?!" - sweetpea86

"You lost me at 'post-grunge.' If it's later than Beethoven, I'm clueless." - chlaal

(You & CV both. I'm kind of surprised he wrote this question. -AL)

"Fun Fact: 7M3 was once described by a reviewer as the shortest (and least meaningful) distance between Pearl Jam and Everclear. I have no argument with that assessment." - etcet

"...I keep reading that as 'Sister Mary Three' and I am transported to Catholic School. And I'm pretty sure that there'd be no grunge in Sister Mary Elizabeth's class, thankyouVERYmuch." - timba

"The Flying Nun.. famous for the sequences of the Nun coming in for a landing.. Seven Mary Three you are cleaned for landing on runway 7-niner over" - tarpo

"Car Seven Mary Three, Where Are You?" - mark_laura

"Seven Marry Three, a show which centred around a bizarre polygamous relationship." - foodcourtdruid

"Star Trek. Because everything leads back to Star Trek eventually." - dragonstar87

(Congratulations, you're our Geek of the Week! -AL)

(Beam up this -1 to go with your new status. -CV)

"The 700 Club. It is a well known fact that Pat Robertson is fond of rock -- especially during certain special community events where he has the honor of casting the first one." - arckyosuke

"That show about primate policemen on motorcycles - CHimPS." - hardly_angelic

"The first time I heard the band name I said 'CHiPs! That's Ponches call sign! Ponch & Jon were Seven Mary Three and Seven Mary Four!' My husband stopped the car & said, 'You scare me. Maybe you should walk home.'" - hellziggy

"This is damned near the only thing worth a damn to come from that series CHiPs, besides, of coursee, Erik Estrada's advertisements for Tennessee Real Estate, Arkansas Real Estate, Wyoming Real Estate, ..." - southbucki

Correct Answer: CHiPs.


7. What kind of paradise would you want for your seventh heaven?

"There is no rule number six." - about 50% of you.

"I HAVE OCD WITH A LOT OF COUNTING COMPULSIONS AND NOW I HATE YOU." - elsajeni

(Now I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. -CV)

"I typed 7 without thinking about it, went back to change a different answer, came back and changed it to 6, and then realized it really is 7." - domtheknight

"I was going to ask why there weren't seven questions, but then I noticed that question six was labeled question seven. But that doesn't make it seven you know. Just like calling the 13th floor of a hotel floor 14 doesn't change the fact that there are only TWELVE floors under it." - chrysoberyl

(And that's why when you go on a flight you should whisper to the folks in row 14, "You guys are really in Row 13, you know. You're totally going to die first." -CV)

"I lived 15 minutes from the town of Paradise growing up and I am still convinced its named Paradise for the same reason the called Greenland greenland.. to sucker fools into going there." - tarpo

"I would like the clouds to be made of FlufferNutter, and all the men would be kilted." - sweetpea86

"Great. Now my brain is now stuck with Belinda Carlisle singing 'Heaven is a Place on Earth.'" - mcrunner03

(That is really not our fault at all. -AL&CV)

"a 'Live Journal Weekly Quiz' that came every day" - captainsblog and a few others

"The one where I'm standing on top of a pyramid in sort of sun-god robes with thousands of naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at me." - kenshardik

(You were doing great up until the pickles. -CV)

"a pet hedgehog and a pet snake are both things I can't have in this country that would be awesome. Um. Maybe not in the same place, though; I wouldn't want my Penis Envy getting prickles in his throat." - thechinesecurse

"Certainly none of this 'seven virgins' nonsense. Give me seven experienced chicks who know a bunch of very advanced, complicated and, above all, completely perverted sexual manoeuvres." - yak_boy

"I can't go into details here--my kids read this over my shoulder. Suffice it to say it involves bisexual horny beefcake cabana boys; massive amounts of gin and pudding; white sandy beaches; and never, ever dealing with some stinking-ass slob who thinks 'I pay your salary' is a valid motivator for a county employee." - deza

"I originally read that as 'what kind of pancake would you want for your seventh heaven?' And there is your answer. Pancakes. With butter and maple syrup and bacon. Mmm." - kestrel127

"" - lovellama

"I don't know which question this is an answer to, but I feel it needs to be published to a wider audience: http://www.babydestruction.com/" - marasca

(+1 for finding my idea of heaven. -CV)

"Paradise by the Dashboard Light." - sskipstress
"I want a place where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. Oh, won't you please take me home?" - aliaspiral

Correct Answer: "Y'know when you wake up early in the morning, when it's still really dark, it's raining outside, but you're warm and comfy and you just roll back over to sleep? Seventh heaven is like that, aaaaallll the time." - vanbrosia

Well, there you go. For those of us who live in the United States, it's possible that today contains a small slice of heaven - it's Labor Day, so almost all students & most workers have the day off. If you're like AL, & you're at work, well - at least you have the Daily Answers to help you with your procrastination.

Rock on,

AL&CV.

Comments

[ex-njyoder460.livejournal.com]

In before Irwin.

[n5iln.livejournal.com]

"The one where I'm standing on top of a pyramid in sort of sun-god robes with thousands of naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at me." - kenshardik

Maybe they won't, but I'll gladly give the +1, Real Genius.

And here I thought I was the only one who had that dream...

[deltashade.livejournal.com]

I haven't played Diablo in years and yet I'm getting quoted for it left and right. This is a perk.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

CV & I both looooove Diablo.

[babybokal.livejournal.com]

"I was going to ask why there weren't seven questions, but then I noticed that question six was labeled question seven. But that doesn't make it seven you know. Just like calling the 13th floor of a hotel floor 14 doesn't change the fact that there are only TWELVE floors under it." - [info]chrysoberyl

Mitch Hedburg say, "Come on, people on the 14th floor, you know what floor you're really on. You jump out the window, you will die earlier!"

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

LATE LATE LATE. I woke up at 8AM expecting to get some tasty LJDQ answers AND WHAT DID I GET?!

The correct answer to #7, actually. And I think I'm about to partake of the correct answer to number 7 again. *rolls over*

[shinga.livejournal.com]

"Geez, 7? It's a vagina, not a clown car." - [info]lyme

I totally have to find a way to use that in casual conversation, srsly.

[stagemanager.livejournal.com]

(Note to self: Play Diablo. Get quoted. Maybe.)

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

I think I forgot to play! On Thursday I thought I had answered, and I didn't!

Aww :(

[distractogirl.livejournal.com]

*sniffles* I wasn't funny this week. Everyone else was though! *giggles*

Oh well. Try again once I've done the hoovering tomorrow.

[shirenomad]

Now my brain is now stuck with Belinda Carlisle singing 'Heaven is a Place on Earth.'"

...DAMN YOU AND YOUR CONTAGIOUS MINDWORMS.

[lightmagician.livejournal.com]

I knew I'd heard that before.

[lightmagician.livejournal.com]

I realized this week that the reason I haven't been quoted lately is likely due to answering the quiz after Friday.

As an amusing sidenote, I was (lucky?) #7 the year I played rollerhockey.

I was also the worst player on the team (which was #1), and the only player to suffer a severe injury (I broke my arm). Yay 7!

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

"'You blew a seal.'
'Look, just fix the damn thing, and leave my private life out of it.'"


How good to be not alone in my Demented mind. Ever since the Steve Irwin news broke, I've had the previous line of that song in my head-

My Barracuda was in the shop, so I was in a rented Stingray, and it was overheating.

No, that is not a tasteless Steve Irwin joke. I'm way too late to the party for any of those.

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

Beat me to it. Go Popcorn movie!

[noelleleithe.livejournal.com]

Forget the cods, Gill, this guy's gonna need a sturgeon!

[crystalcazzie.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I forgot to play this week! Seven is my lucky number. Because I was born on the seventh. Of September. So that's doubly seven. Drat.

And yes, September is an appropriate name for the ninth month because originally July and August weren't in there so it was actually seventh.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

We read all the answers that get submitted, even late ones.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

September is an appropriate name for the ninth month because originally July and August weren't in there so it was actually seventh.

I know how September moved from seventh to ninth in the lineup, but I still submit that "Sevenmonth" is a dumb name for the ninth month.

[mcrunner03.livejournal.com]

Oh, baby, do you know what that's worth?

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Some architects have gotten sneaky, & they use the 13th floor of the building for stuff like the hot-water boilers, air circulating equipment, storage space, etc. So the normal users of the building have no reason to ever go to that floor, & the normal elevators don't stop there. You can only get to that floor on the service elevators.

SNEAKY.

[lightmagician.livejournal.com]

Oh, good to know. Still, though, I'll try to answer in a more timely manner in the future.

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

Ah, Kip Adotta's infamous 'Wet Dream'. I fully expect you guys to follow up with 'Life in the Slaw Lane' at the earliest opportunity.

"He poured the usual--a rusty snail, hold the grunion, shaken, not stirred...I slipped him a fin, on porpoise."

And my favorite pun, just before the big fight--"I could see the anchor in his eyes."

Oh, and I got a pity quote. I sucked, but thanks for the boost in ego.

[kenshardik]

Yes, I admit it, I totally had a crush on Jordan in that movie.

[ooyoumasha.livejournal.com]

So I clicked on this thinking, "why did you not do this weeks quiz?" But I went back there and clicked and saw that I had, in fact, done this week's quiz. And it seems I'd had a bit more than the seven drinks I claimed. I have resolved to remain sober for all future LJDQs, because those were some bad answers.