LJ Daily Answers: 13 November 2006

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

"I dont know the answers to any of these off the top of my head. I just really wanted to share that the pacific northwest has been in a big rainstorm for the last few days. No breaks in it until today. Mt St Helens got over 40 inches of rainfall! Plus, the Portland area had an earthquake. Its freakin Armegeddon out here! Tomorrow I expect to see locusts and toads. Noah? is that you?" - wheatheart

Eh, the Pacific Northwest is overrated anyway.

Onward, to water, as most of you realized would be the case, based on the pattern of the past few quizzes. Predictability? That's us all over.



1. Woodward, Bernstein and Deep Throat became prominent news items as a result of their investigation of events at which hotel?

"Every time I see Woodward and Bernstein I just wonder how many musicals they wrote together.. Not sure if the world is ready for songs about Deep Throat.. but then again.." - tarpo

"Bernstein had to be feeling lonely. He was the only one of the three without a penis reference in his name." - deltashade

"Okay, I know I'm being part of a crowd here, but that sounds like the title to bad lawyer porn. 'Oh! Yes! Your habeus corpus writ is so big!' 'Ha! Take that subpoena!' 'Yes! YES! AQUITTED!' ...okay, I think my brain broke just typing that. Ow." - nirejseki

(That's it. No more Law & Order for you. -CV)

"I can never get past the code name 'Deep Throat' without thinking about bad porn. I mean c'mon, couldn't these guys have picked a better name? Deep Throat sounds like someone you'd meet in a deserted parking lot - but not to trade government information. Bodily fluids? Yes. Government intel? Not quite." - diefbaby

"Oh! Oh! I so saw this episode! But it was a Russian base not a hotel and- Oh. Not SG-1?" - opaltiger

"Ooh, I know this one. It's something to do with spies. Er, spies in a hotel. And then Samuel L. Jackson shot them all. The end." - wadiekin

"The movie version with Kirsten Dunst and Will Ferrell is so much better than reality only because Nixon eats 'special' brownies. I think a lot of international affairs would go more smoothly if world leaders would pass to the left more often." - morganashkevron

"Counts 'Heartbreak Hotel' & 'Hotel California' references, divides by 'I am not a crook' and then adds the square root of 'Huh huh huh, they said 'Deep Throat's and arrives at The Watergate, which is actually a pretty nice joint. Not as much fun as hitting golf balls off the roof of the Kennedy Center into the Potomac, though." - etcet

"mmm, Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. mmm. And what is up with Redford's ability to have chemistry with every man he's in a movie with? Like, next to none of the women, but men? Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman..." - vampirespider

"Y'know, I am bloody tired of everyone appending -gate to the latest political scandal. Is it so wrong to try for a bit of originality? Ok, the 'Whitewatergate' one kinda made sense, but 'Nipplegate'? Come *on*, there was no gate anywhere near that." - cmseward

"The Watergate, commonly known as That Dam Hotel" - juicycat

((I wonder if this is the week where I get to - TL) DENIED - AL)

(Punnery is a harsh mistress. -CV)

"I going to say something about the Watergate hotel being in Dallas, but then I realised that I had got 'Deep Throat' mixed up with 'Debbie does Dallas'." - conglacio

"Watergate. Which, for some reason, I thought was the name of the fountain when I was little. I mean, who the hell would name a hotel 'Watergate'?" - met_amphetamine

"I was about to make a smug comment about Monica Lewinsky. Then a flash of light blinded mine eyes, and all was revealed unto me, and dumbstruck I cried 'FACEPALM'. For I had not, up until this moment, realised why the whole damn scandal was referred to as 'Watergate'." - maggiebloome

(Once again, we trigger higher learning. Our job here is done. -AL&CV&TL)

"Ah, the Watergate Hotel. Famous for bringing the expression 'deep throat' into public usage. Not the act itself, though. We need a scandal that encourages public oral sex." - woap

Correct Answer: Watergate



2. What is the more common term for a phreatic surface?

"I dunno. Personally, I'd ask Deep Throat." - ctakahara

"I'll take too many unusual letter combinations for $200, Alex." - ntlespino

"PH34|2 T3H SURFACE!!" - fizrep

"Learn to spell! I swear, kids these days, always putting ph in words like their acidity level is unacceptable. What's wrong with the good old letter f? I thought you LIKED f, it starts so many cool words like, you know, ****. But nooo, it's always phreakers and phat and phancy that, phred, phields phull oph phabulous phlowers! Back in my day we were PROUD of our letter f! WHERE IS YOUR SENSE OF PRIDE?" - maggiebloome
"I'm aphread I haven't got a phreakin' clue what you're rephreancing." - jelymo

"*skips the question, because she's too busy saying 'phreatic' out loud and giggling*" - shinga

"And suddenly, for some strange, inexplicable reason, Rick James sprang to mind....'super phreat! Super phreat! She's super phre-a-tic...'" - mezzolibra, schizospider

"'Phreatic' sounds like a combination of 'freaky' and 'reactive' ... a freaky, reactive surface? Like, uh, Richard Simmon's short shorts? I'm sure if they were capable of reacting, they'd be trying to get away." - edwardina

"Is that like hip hop slang for freaky or something? Maybe the gem-encrusted front surface of grills? God I'm so white." - morganashkevron

"Well, water, waterfall, water table, rain..something watery. For a moment there I thought it said 'phreatic service' and that might have been the Navy. Dam, aquifer, reservoir, stream, brook, creek, river -- one of these will be the answer -- bridge, precipitation, flood, tide, slug, bore, wave, tsunami..." - etumukutenyak

"It's pretty bad when you try to cheat at ljdq by googling, and STILL can't answer!" - wendynat

(Crime doesn't pay. -CV)

"Is it that part that hangs down...no, never mind." - user

(Uvula. -CV)

"Phreatic. Hmm. Clearly, this has something to do with attics. Oh, wait, I know; it's that one part of the attic roof/wall that has a hole in it and then it rains and everything gets wet." - opaltiger

"Being a Phillies fan?" - piney61

"Phreatic sounds like free, which means retail, which means a counter, which means glass. So it's glass." - jessicamariek

"A water table, I believe. You can't put much onto them; they're only for decoration." - caffeineod

"New from Nordstrom's: the Water Room collection. Featuring our new selection of water seating, water tables and ends, and water cabinets for your dining rooms. (Note: may not be available in desert climates.)" - buzz

Correct Answer: Water table



3. Hydrophobia (fear of water) is another name for which disease?

"It's not a disease! Water kills!" - ntlespino

"Bad hygiene. I swear, you won't drown in the damn shower. Try it out. The whore's bath just ain't working for ya." - whiski_sour

"I would be such a dick if I ever found out that someone I knew had that. "Hey, you know the human body is 98% water?" And then I would laugh evilly, twirl my moustache, and tie a random girl to the train tracks." - deltashade

"a cell membrane is made up of a double layer of phospholipids, and the phosphate part goes on the outside because it's hydrophillic and the lipid part goes on the inside because it's hydrophobic, and that's how the whole thing stays together." - wadiekin, sskipstress

(The two of you may split this week's Geek Of The Week Award. wadiekin can have the hydrophilic part, and sskipstress can have the hydrophobic part. You both get equal amounts of -1, though. -CV)

"rakøøn bites kan be pretti nasti" - swampdweller

"Wickedwitchitis" - marasca

"Natalie Wood-itis" - meepbitch

(And that proved your age bracket right there. -CV)

"Perhaps a disease where one of the symptoms is fear of water, or one where you end up so dry it's as though your body is afraid of water, and that's how it got that name. Am I even close here or should I shut up now?" - crystalcazzie

(Amazingly enough, logic has served you well. -CV)

"Rabies, which Old Yeller got, which caused him to get shot, which made people cry when they saw the movie, which made guys self-conscious about shedding tears at movies, which is in itself a sort of hydro-phobia. Wow...irony." - i_calql8

(A lot of you watched Old Yeller, apparently. -CV)

"Rabies, which is a really nasty and deadly disease. Cases of people surviving after showing symptoms: 1. Y'know, I think there's a Mastercard joke in there somewhere." - Nathaniel

"Rabies, with the diseasure of the brain, burninating glary eyes of fury and frothy mouth of sinister yappiness. All PE teachers must be tested Rabies Positive before given their first whistle." - shadowed_guise

"I just realized that rabies rhymes with babies. For some reason this is seriously phreaking me out right now." - chlaal

(I think I'd rather have a case of rabies. -CV)

Correct Answer: Rabies



4. More fun with lyrics! Name that song and the artists involved:
When you're weary,
Feeling small,
When tears are in your eyes
I will dry them all.

"Gary Oldman is the Antichrist!" - docrefa

(Thank you for that fascinating tidbit. -CV)

"this is some sappy ass song that chicks love, right?" - diefbaby

"If ALL of the RAINdrops were LEmon drops and GUM drops, OH what a RAIN that would BEEEE. I'd STAND outSIDE with my MOUTH open WIDE. AH ah ah AH ah ah AH ah ah AHHH. If ALL of the RAINdrops were LEmon drops and GUM drops, OH what a RAIN that would BEEEE." - jrho

(No more drugs for this one. -CV)

"" - canadianevil

"no matter what others may say, the LJDQ team have at least pretty good taste in music." - saldw

"I want to see someone Shatner this song up." - schizospider

"I can't believe the first version of this song that popped into my mind was the Clay Aiken one." - amphelice

(You are a sad, sad person. -CV)

"How did Simon & Garfunkel know how to predict Watergate?" - germankitty

(My money's on dope. Lots and lots of dope. -CV)

"Look, okay, Bridge Over Troubled Water is a good song. But it's overrated! Way overrated! A little more love for the other amazing songs on the album, like, say, Only Living Boy in New York." - vampirespider
"I prefer 'The 59th Street Bridge Song'--it still has that Simon-and-Garfunkly goodness, minus the angst, and there's even a bridge in the title." - i_calql8

(While I will admit that both are decent songs, but alas, neither one fits the theme of the week, so we gotta go with Bridge. -CV)

"Personally I think Hear'Say should be charged with crimes against humanity for covering Bridge Over Troubled Water." - crystalcazzie

Correct Answer: Simon and Garfunkel, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"



5. In 1783, George and William Penrose established a factory which later transformed into which world-renowned glassmaking company?

"Glass gets blown. I don't." - drbear

"GO TO HELL, GLASSBLOWING HARLOTS." - fizrep

"I'm going to take a stab and say it was called... Penrose." - lienne

(Excellent guess. Very logical and reasonable. Totally wrong. -CV)

"I wonder if they made Penrose colored glasses." - renee12321

"What? Weren't they in Dangermouse?" - wadiekin

(You mean Penfold. -CV)

"Spectrum 69, the greatest bong manufacturer after Manifest Glassworks." - droptheleash622

"King of Pane" - i_calql8

(+1 for combining Sting with a pun. Well-said. -CV)

(I hate both of you. -AL)

"I'll bet they'll be called in to the House of Representatives, since I hear they have a freshly broken glass ceiling." - umbralcorax

"I've been looking at every window I can find, trying to find a mark that would give me the answer." - syrazemyla
"I was going to cheat and use those. But all that's on the window is an 'I voted' sticker. I don't think that helps much." - thecolourclear

"There was no Transformer that changed into a glassmaking company.. Although if there was Tiffany Prime would be a FABULOUS name" - tarpo

"Waterford Down (this link is somewhat NSFW)... we were looking for a crystal rabbit to illustrate our answer, and this was the #1 result in google." - mark_laura

"Waterford. But it's crystal. Like sugar. Only not. Cause you can't make glassware from sugar, because it'd fall apart, because sugar is held together with hydrogen bonds, and they aren't strong." - sing1118

(And the ljdq Geek Of The Week Award goes to... sing1118! Free -1, made in fine crystal! -AL&CV)

"Waterfjord!" - woap

(No, that was the Pjënrøse brothers. -CV)

"I have the Waterford Barbie. She's really pretty." - wendynat

(Is she... made of crystal? -CV)

"Waterford: The Official Household Crystal Bludgeon of Stepford, Connecticut." - etcet

"I heard they were the drug dealers that created Waterford Crystal Meth." - hardly_angelic

Correct Answer: Waterford Crystal



6. What's your take on water sports? And for once, we insist that you keep it clean. Squeaky clean.

"I refuse to answer this question because of the limitations put on my free speech by the evil LJDQ Gods." - wendynat

"You ask about water sports and then tell us to keep it clean? Do you even KNOW US????" - miss_katelynne

"I used to drink water until I got a notice from the water company that said some of the water wells were radioactive. I moved." - dragonwaggin

"I'm Canadian, we love water sports. As long as the water is frozen first." - cmseward

"MARCO!!!" - 10 of you
"Why couldn't you have been like 'What do you think of water polo?'? Then I wouldn't be thinking of PEEING ON PEOPLE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY." - the_wanlorn
"I used to play water polo, but my horse drowned. *rimshot*" - hardly_angelic, ilgreven
"You know they play it with balls which happen to be colored yellow. Not that I'm trying to suggest anything by that." - buzz

"Mmmm....toned boys in tiny Speedos....oh! You said to keep it clean. Sorry." - mezzolibra

"Sychronized Swimming? Why the hell is that a sport? OOoh, he's waving a leg. Big deal." - lots42, mark_laura, wiredwizard

(Preaching to the choir, mates. Synchronized Shenanigans is what that shit is. -CV)

"I like whitewater rafting. Between me being used as a ramming plough to attack another boat and chaosvizier being forced to ride the rapids sans boat, the sport reached new heights of awesome." - fizrep

(We were pirates on the Hudson! Until Sarge tossed us overboard... -CV)

"I used to be in the Sea Scouts, so I pretty much hate canoeing, and sailing. Who wants to get wet and cold unnecessarily? Though its probably more fun if you don't live in the wet and cold UK..." - wolfpurplemoon

"They have to start making the waterbeds a little more springy for the trampoline competition. Really no bounce in those." - irianamistifi

"Does naked hot-tubbing count as a water sport?" - jelymo
"I lost my virginity on a waterbed, does that count? I showered afterward, so it was fairly clean. Ahem." - chlaal

(Yes for both of you. -CV)

"Last week was Lube Awareness week at my college. There were signs everywhere about how 'Wetter is better' and various Slip-n-slide jokes. Then they gave out free lube, flavored and unflavored. I'm at a very liberal college." - speckled_llama

"Water sports? Like de luge? Or when Hercules killed the Hydra? That was very sporting of him. Ooh, and if you look at some of those bodybuilders, they are dripped." - spatialrift47

(KEEL YOU HOR! -AL Three sporting water puns in one... most impressive. -CV)

"Unless it involves being propped up on a sunlounger in close proximity to the afore-mentioned body of water, drink in hand, I'm not that enthusiastic." - jonem

"I don't go swimming like I used to, because wearing a bathing suit requires shaving my horrible yeti legs so people don't run screaming. Also, I have to pee now." - lyme

(+1, use of the word "Yeti". -CV)

"The only swim meet I'll ever take part in involves roughly 300 million pieces of my genetic material competing for the gold." - thepikey

(Well, we did say keep it clean, but that was an impressive metaphor. -CV)



And that's it for our elemental series of quizzes. Tune in next time when we have to think up a new series of ideas. Probably over a glass or two of gin, because it makes all our quizmaking ideas so much better. Mmmm boy.

Thanks again to trishalynn for providing some support this week. Who knew that Novembers could be so out of control?

And for everyone writing a NaNo, good luck! CV's finally giving it a shot, after years of wussing out. You can do it! Push it real good!

Rock on,

AL&CV&TL

Comments

[missfahrenheit.livejournal.com]

I would be such a dick if I ever found out that someone I knew had that. "Hey, you know the human body is 98% water?" And then I would laugh evilly, twirl my moustache, and tie a random girl to the train tracks." - deltashade

Isn't the human body closer to 60% water? I'm sure 98%'s a lettuce....

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Well, all the funnier when you throw lettuce bombs at hydrophobes. "TOSS THIS SALAD, WATER HATERS!"

[drbear.livejournal.com]

I think today's quiz answers set a record for answers with strikethroughs.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

We like strikethrough.

I'm in your LJDQ answering yur questions

[tarpo.livejournal.com]

First quote to the first question.. sweet..

Which one of you bastards wants to touch me..


TOUCH ME DAMMIT!

Re: I'm in your LJDQ answering yur questions

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

NO TOUCHEE

[marasca.livejournal.com]

That Waterford Down link in question 5 ain't work safe. A warning maybe, mods?

I do recommend the rabbits, though. Pricey, but worth it. Mmm!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. Warning is now active. But come on! How unsafe for work could cute lil bunnies possibly be?

[n5iln.livejournal.com]

I was going to say #5 was "Waterfnord", but I don't think anyone would have noticed...at least, not consciously...

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Should have tried. You'd be surprised at what we don't notice.

[un-sedentary.livejournal.com]

"The only swim meet I'll ever take part in involves roughly 300 million pieces of my genetic material competing for the gold." - thepikey

This year for Halloween three guys at my school dressed up in matching swimming outfits, complete with goggles and swim-caps and all, with t-shirts that said "Fallopian Swim Team." I heard the principal wasn't to happy, given that two of them are on the student council.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Hahahahaha... nice costume idea. Very creative. Very professional.

[theniwokesoftly.livejournal.com]

Yay, I got the geek award!

[irianamistifi.livejournal.com]

ha. Great icon

[met-amphetamine.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

[corax-onyx.livejournal.com]

"I want to see someone Shatner this song up." - schizospider

At what point did "Shatner" become a verb? Does he know?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Hey, if the Smurfs can be their own grammatical constructs, then hey, why not Shatner?

[tzeentch.livejournal.com]

You gave out two GotW awards this week, to three different people!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

That's because we're mathematically AWESOME.

[diefbaby.livejournal.com]

Woo, quoted twice this week - huzzah! Now back to my NaNo...

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Yes. Back to writing. Writing is good. Write more! Write harder!

[amphelice.livejournal.com]

(You are a sad, sad person. -CV)

Yes, I am. But I wholly blame my parents and my Idols-loving sister.

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

After the nadir of my LJDQ career last week, I go all phoenix-y and such and flop trip quotes. And apparently chose the music. And sent Ang into a pun-induced head-splodey. Life (outside of teaching) is good.

For the record, just to show I am not out to torment our dear co-mod, I did mention redheads in Question #6 for her benefit. Mmmmmmmmmmmm...redheads...

By the way, hit a soft 18 against a dealer 10. Rookies often make the mistake of standing, but you should really hit.

Just 19 school days until finals. With high school freshmen. Pray for me.

phoning it in....

[angledge.livejournal.com]

I haven't even read so much as one answer in at least three weeks now. Work mocks me with unending field work.

But thanks for mentioning redheads. I do love 'em.

[morganashkevron.livejournal.com]

Sweet! After my months of funny-drought, I'm finally back and with 2 quotes! Is it poetic justice or just irony that the water theme fixed my drought?

[ntlespino.livejournal.com]

Must be the theme, same thing happened to me. Whoohoo!

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

"I wonder if they made Penrose colored glasses." - renee12321

And my first ever 'Pun I Wished I Had Thought Of' Award goes to...renee12321!

Excellent.

[paradoxotaur.livejournal.com]

Oh, why thank you! :)

[ladyiapetus]

"I used to play water polo, but my horse drowned. *rimshot*" - hardly_angelic, ilgreven

Well, you should have kept his head up! *shot*

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Duh, that's why I use sea horses. *ba-dum ching*

[deltashade.livejournal.com]

"And suddenly, for some strange, inexplicable reason, Rick James sprang to mind....'super phreat! Super phreat! She's super phre-a-tic...'" - mezzolibra, schizospider

I answered the same thing, and now I'm scared.

[schizospider.livejournal.com]

I'd say "Great minds think alike," but that answer put you both in my company, unfortunately.

[wolfpurplemoon]

Woo! First time being quoted! :D

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

And a Happy Monday to you! Now go forth and tell everyone you know how cool this place is. We love us some pimpin'.

[puredeadthingy.livejournal.com]

Awight, CHLOE COMIC.

[canadianevil.livejournal.com]

*takes a bow*

[ex-njyoder460.livejournal.com]

"rakøøn bites kan be pretti nasti" - swampdweller

Seriously, that needle they used on me was FUCK ME HUGE.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I've heard that rabies treatments are unpleasant in the extreme. That's why all animals should be shot, just to be sure. Babies too, because you never know. Friggin' treacherous babies.

[sullen-hearts.livejournal.com]

I just wasted 15 minutes of prime NaNoWriMo* time reading this+

* How phreaking hard is it to type that with all those ****s???

+ Totally not your fault, btw. I'm a natural procrastinator and I have 17 more days to procrastinate through yet!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

No more procrastination! Back to work! Nyah! Nyah!

(You think reading this is procrastination? Try preparing it, hehe...)

[margalite.livejournal.com]

"I'll bet they'll be called in to the House of Representatives, since I hear they have a freshly broken glass ceiling."

Word!

[deza.livejournal.com]

As a point of note, I used to be a competitive synchronized swimmer. :P

Guess I need to start answering the quiz more often to avoid those gratuitous potshots at the pastimes of my misspent youth...

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Come play with us!

Then again, we take potshots at everything. Today just happened to be your turn. ;-)

[jessalae.livejournal.com]

"If ALL of the RAINdrops were LEmon drops and GUM drops..." - jrho

I REMEMBER THAT SONG! I always used to sing it on the chairlift when I went skiing with my friend. That and "My Favorite Things." Good times, good times.

[angelchicken.livejournal.com]

3. Hydrophobia (fear of water) is another name for which disease?
Correct Answer: Rabies

Wait, what? Really? Does that mean everyone who's afraid of water is rabid? What happened to good old fashiond psychological phobias? I'm so confused!

[theniwokesoftly.livejournal.com]

Hydrophobia is actually a symptom in the later stages of rabies. It's often used interchangeably, because it used to refer to the disease as a whole. The person/animal suffering from rabies has difficulty swallowing and usually panics when they see water. They also can't make their thirst go away. ::used to work for a vet::