LJ Daily Answers: 16 October 2006

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Yes, no love for the Joss Whedon Firefly fans. Get over it.

1. The volcanically and seismically active subduction zone around the Pacific Ocean is commonly referred to as what?

"I'm wondering how many Johnny Cash jokes y'all are going to see on this one." - photosinensis

(57. More than a third of you. Whereas only 18 of you went for the hemorrhoids joke. -AL&CV)

"I read 'subduction' as 'seduction'. Oo, sexy fire?" - fallendebre, deltashade, xandervampsgirl, puredeadthingy, drbear, whiski_sour, plantingseeds, fyreflyblue

"Subduction zone? Is it just me or does that sound awfully like a nightclub? 'I'll have a Ring Of Fire, please..ooh, are you seismically active? Have you had an earthquake test lately? Look at the size of her upthrust!' Not that I would say anything like that." - etumukutenyak

"Now I have images of a cartoon volcano lounging around in a Hugh Hefner robe...and the song 'Love Shack' is playing...gah." - nirejseki

"Apparently subduction leads to orogeny. According to a geologist I know." - herdivineshadow

"the Ring of Musical Fruit." - altoidsaddict

"The Ring of the Nibelungingung." - heyorion

"" - cmzero
"One ring to burn them all, one ring to shake them,
One ring tsunamis all and 'round the ocean quakes them." - spatialrift47

"Holy Shit A Tsunami!" - pandorasjoy

"The Pacific Ring of Fire includes Mount St Helens (famous for explosions), and San Francisco (Famous for er... something)." - distractogirl

"Ring of Fire, one of the four rings necessary to create Captian Planet. (I don't count 'Heart' because Ma-Ti was useless. His MONKEY was more important than he was)." - renee12321

"The Ring of Fire. Also the term for the sensation experienced by a woman during childbirth when the baby's head is crowning. Coincidentally enough, 'volcanically and seismically active' also describes the mother's nether regions during birth. Trust me on this one." - chlaal

"Bloat: Nemo! Newcomer of orange and white! You have been summoned to the top of Mt. Wannahokaloogie to join with us, in the fraternal bonds... of tankhood.
Nemo: Huh?!
Peach: We want you in our club, kid.
Nemo: Oh, cool!
Bloat: If you can survive... the Ring... of... FIRE!!" - queeniexb and many other Finding Nemo fans

Correct Answer: The Ring of Fire



2. Which ballet, composed by Igor Stravinsky, tells the tale of the Prince Ivan and the ogre Kastchei?

"I AM A MAN. WE KNOW NOT BALLET. UNLESS BALLET IS CODE FOR FOOTBALL. RRR. MEAT. BEAR-LIFTING. MANLY." - deltashade, mcclintock, cmzero

"No internet has left me without my WoW fix, so now all I can imagine are the orcs from WoW doing ballet. I hate you LJDQ." - naraht

"Okay, when did the LJDQ go upmarket? Did I miss the memo? Next you'll be asking me what my favourite opera is." - jonem

(Trust us, we only LOOK classy. -AL&CV)

"it's pronounced 'eye-gore.'" - filmbuff, whiski_sour

(+1, Young Frankenstein. -CV)

"Isn't Stravinsky the name of a violin, too?" - jelymo

(You might be thinking of something else... -CV)

"not sure, but i bet it has a Kastchei tune!" - jenny_1981

"The Katschei In The Rye" - plantingseeds

"did Kastchei have layers? like a parfait?" - sometimespez

(He was more onion-like, as evidenced by Russia's interest in Onion Domes. -CV)

"The prince doesn't fall in love with the ogre at any point, right? Please say he doesn't. I don't think I can handle gay Shrek." - shadowkeeper

(I promise, there was no homoshreksuality in this ballet. Well, aside from the obvious. -CV)

"I bet that was a GREAT romance. The Ogre of the Notre Dame? Ivan and the Beast? I vote Disney makes a cartoon out of this." - dracothelizard

"Orges and helicopters? WTF? Oh, that's Stravinsky, not Sikorsky. Nevermind. I have no idea." - utforsker

"The Firebird. Not to be confused with the earthbird (ostrich), waterbird (penguin), or airbird (middle finger)." - chlaal

"In Soviet Russia, the bird fires YOU!" - woap, caffeineod

"I only know this from the new Fantasia. There's a giant lava bird, and an asbestos elk, and a little green blob chick that makes shit grow when she has a high enough self esteem." - cyrrus25

"Sadly enough, both the name and the score of the ballet always make me think about Grease." - amphelice

"The Firebird. Because Russians apparantly can't say 'Phoenix.'" - kittikattie

Correct Answer: Firebird



3. For what crime was Prometheus punished? Bonus if you know the punishment, and who freed him.

"He violated NCAA and Olympic recruiting policy by not retaining his amateur status, because both the endorsement deals from Nike, and because 'Amateurmetheus' didn't fit on his jersey... especially with those wings stuffed through it." - etcet

"the problem is that a lot of my Greek mythological 'knowledge' comes from Hercules and Xena." - dracothelizard

(You get an automatic -5 for this, regardless of the accuracy of your answers. You too, renee12321 and smeddley. -CV)

"Prometheus had to push the rock up the hill forever didn't he...?" - jenny_1981, rorylareina
"Wasn't he forced to push a wheel around?" - plantingseeds

"He stole some fire to help out us humans. Because we werent crafty enough to use some sticks." - ANONYMOUS

"He brought fire from the gods, smuggled it through customs by shoving it in his staff - though he was also the first stereotype 'mule' by sweating profusely and wearing dark glasses." - shadowed_guise

"So like mankind was all cold and sad and stuff and Prometheus was all like AWW and mankind was like ::PUPYPEYES:: and Prometheus was all like HAHA GODZ IM IN UR BASE STEALIN UR FIREZ and Zeus was like STAY ON ROCK NOW and this eagle went ZOMG LIVER YUM and Prometheus was all SUCKS SO BAD and then Heracles go ME STRONG YOU FREE and that's how Christmas came to be." - fizrep

(You were doing really well until the end there... -CV)

"He brought fire to mankind! With which they promptly started to perform burnt sacrifices to other gods, so I don't see what Zeus was so pissed-off about." - alma_alba

"Its a good thing he wasn't irish, because having your liver ripped out constantly would mean you can't keep getting dru... wait a minute. If the liver's gone, then the body won't metabolize the alcohol, then you STAY DRUNK. WOOHOO!" - umbralcorax

"Wasn't his punishment having his liver pecked out by the Firebird? That would definitely qualify as cruel and unusual." - chlaal

(That would have been ironically appropriate; alas, no. -CV)

"" - shuckiduck
"with the obligatory fava beans and a nice chianti" - darkeros, miss_katelynne, queeniexb
"except of course, in Chicago, no Prometheus Pate allowed there" - beccak1961

"I have no clue who rescued him, but I think it was a chick. Crazy bitches." - stevesbabygirl

"He was eventually saved by GreenPeace, who deplored this horrible treatment of eagles, when they sued Zeus for 3/4 of his share of Olympus. An appeal is in the works." - woap

"I always felt sorry for him. So he wanted man to have cooked meat, big deal!" - miladygrey

"Being a communist, spreading the valuable fire around to the peasants like it was free or something, thereby pissing off the ruling elite who were trying to hoard all its burny goodness for themselves. But really, he was more like the first EFF member. Fire, like software, can be stolen while leaving the original owners in possession of it. And, like information, fire wants to be free. Once you let it out of the bag (so to speak) there's no putting it back. The gods punished him with a perfect metaphor for modern-day communism. The people (Prometheus) are shackled to the land, an eagle (government) consumes an important segment of their output (a liver, or say, luxury autos) without returning anything to them/him, and then the people just produce that segment again, to be taken again, over and over. I forget which hero represents capitalism, so we'll just go with Bacchus." - mark_laura

Correct Answer: Stealing fire from the gods and giving it to man. Ethon (really big bird) ate his regenerating liver every day. Heracles set him free ages later.

"The real question is, what had the *eagle* done to have been forced to eat liver every single day? (On second thought, I suppose it was something ill-eagle.)" - blumsha



4. Name that film!
X: "He was quite fond of the drink. It was the drink that killed him."
Y: "He was an alcoholic?"
X: "No, he was hit by a Guinness truck."

(It is thoroughly beyond me how THREE people suggested "The Little Mermaid" as the answer. -CV)

"I am sorry there is no good drink made from flaming guiness to name a movie after..." - roguepuppet

(While setting the Guinness on fire is tricky, a Flaming Doctor Pepper is quite tasty with Guinness... -CV)

"Curious George and the St. Patrick's Day Visit to Ireland." - finding_rowan

"Guinness makes me feel like I've been hit by a truck." - sometimespez

"I have no idea, but when I got a fortune from a fortune cookie (big surprise there) and it said 'You will meet with great riches' my family teased me for weeks that I'd be hit by a Rolls-Royce." - nadat

"Grandpa got run over by a beer truck, walking out of Woody's Christmas Eve. Grandma got a job out at the brewery, I never knew she could drive that way." - shadowkeeper

"this might be 'Firestarter' and they're talking about Drew Barrymore, who is quite fond of the drink" - mark_laura

"i've seen fire, and i've seen beer
i've seen stormy nights when i got to hold you near
i seen flooded roads on which i've hit a dear
but i always thought that you'd bring me good cheer..." - songquake

(+1, not James Taylor. -CV)

"The Greatest Story Ever Told." - nekoama

(No, that was Jesus. I'll leave the Cross-dressing jokes to the audience. -CV)

(God, I hate you. -AL)

"Oh, Robin Williams, for this film I can forgive you even 'Patch Adams'." - jonem

"Crossdressing is the best wardrobe adjustment Robin Williams has ever had." - bizzatch
"There is nothing quite as disturbing as Robin Williams with tits aflame." - miss_katelynne
"Well... at least we didn't have to see his butt like in 'The Fisher King,' which while a vastly superior movie still had Robin Williams butt in it. Why do short, fat, hairy men always want to show their butts? Or worse go totally Harvey Keitel. *shudder* That image just ruined my day." - sitandwait

"You know, looking back, that movie is weird. I mean, I never noticed then, but if my dad dressed up as an old woman to be my nanny... I'd be a lot more freaked out than those kids were." - silverkiiri

Correct Answer: Mrs. Doubtfire

"I watch that movie every single time it airs. Mmm... Pierce Brosnan in a bathing suit." - alejandradd



5. What is the state insect of Pennsylvania?

"A state incest?" - kittikattie

(Only in certain counties. -CV)

"Steeler stink bugs" - beccak1961

"Rick Santorum" - etcet, david_deacon, droptheleash622, etumukutenyak, plantingseeds, dorei

"Beetle Bailey?" - ghostrider65

"The brucespringsteen beetle" - grapefruitzzz

(No, I think that's Jersey. -CV)

"I thought the Philly Phanatic was the state insect...but then again...what the hell IS the Philly Phanatic anyway?" - piney61

(It really doesn't look like anything at all. Not a bug. -CV)

"The Roadflare." - lovellama

"There was a moth in my dinner last night, all nice and covered in salad dressing. I got a free meal. It was good, I didn't eat it but I thought of CV all the same." - niroby

"I know snakes are not an insect, but I'm going to take a wild guess: Is it snakes?" - alehandradd

(And this week's gruyere Award for Logic Renunciation goes to... alejandradd! -CV)

"The box elder bug, whose bite can give you Rocky Mountain Spotted Balboa." - i_calql8

(This answer is relevant because, when AL lived in PA long long ago, the apartment she occupied was infested with Box Elder Bugs. They're pretty slow, though, so a popular sport would be giving them a bit of momentum and trajectory with a snip of the fingers and seeing how far they'd go. -CV)

"We once had stick insects in class. Nobody brought any privet in for them and Mr. C was very upset. Then the stick insects died once he brought some in. I shouldn't poke fun. He's dead now." - puredeadthingy

"" - cyrrus25

"" - filmbuff

"Did you know that if you accidentally smush them and get the gunk from their lights on your hands, your hands will glow in the dark." - rainbowjehan

"Interesting fact of the day: the stuff in a firefly that makes it glow is actually called luciferase. So 'Lord of the Flies' is only HALF right." - maggiebloome

Correct Answer: The firefly



6. If you could burninate any one thing, what would it be?

"I don't think that is a word." - _la_pistolera

(Definitely not. But reverbificating words is extra fun! -CV)

"Fuck burninating things; can't we just explodicate them?" - fireworkfiasco

(See? -CV)

"I'm actually sewing a trogdor. I have the little wingalings done. And the beefy arm. No joke." - shuckiduck

(+1 if you show us the finished product. -AL&CV)

"Today, AT&T must be burninated for cancelling my DSL order & not telling me till I called to find out why I still had no internet. They are keeping me from my LJDQ. For this, they must burn. inate." - naraht

"Farenheit 451 roxxors." - ntlespino

"There's a coworker of mine who is profoundly dumb. That'd be where I'd START." - queencallipygos

"Probably my ex-boyfriend. I can only imagine how many variations on this answer you are going to get." - clare_dragonfly

(Indeed, I was surprised at how many other people wanted to burninate your ex-boyfriend too. -CV)

"I would like to burninate... anyone who thinks is OK to be cruel to someone because they're weaker, or smaller, or nicer than them." - distractogirl

(Aww, that's sweet. -CV)
(I think she means you. -AL)
(....aww, poop. -CV)

"Currently it would be homework. Burninating your homework, however, is not a good idea. Except we're now studying Dante's Inferno, and burnination may well be extra credit." - altoidsaddict

"the biggest furry convention I could find." - fizrep

"How about... Rome! I've been meaning to take up the fiddle." - fyreflyblue

"The New York Yankees." - caffeineod

(One down, twenty-four to go. -CV)

"Every pine tree in the entire world. Those smell so good when they get burned, I bet everyone would be so happy and I would get an Award for having such a good idea." - livesinthewalls

(And the ljdq Award For Best-Smelling Idea this week goes to... livesinthewalls! -CV)

"I'm kinda scared of fire, ever since my friend Mel almost set my hair aflame in choir class. That bitch." - kokopellinelli

"Every copy of anything recorded by Celine Dion." - drbear

"An endless supply of marshmallows so I'd have infinite Smores, and I would be blissfully happy until my heart exploded." - cyrrus25, slanciante

"I'd go burninate a model airplane convention, just to hear people say 'Goodness gracious -- great balsa fire!'" - spatialrift47

(HAAAAAAAAATE! -AL)



And there's our Hot Topical Quiz for the week. Amazingly enough, we got through it without saying "You're fired" even once. Such remarkable self-restraint. Remarkable, I tell you.

Thanks again one and all for playing- you guys were on fire with this one. Welcome to several lurkers and newbies who took that brave step out of the frying pan and into the fire; we salute you. Tune in next time when our quiz theme cools off a touch.

Rock On!

AL&CV

Comments

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I don't consider the Fantasias "cartoons" as much as "classical music videos on acid".