LJ Daily Answers: 4 December 2006

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

It's crazy time here! Everything's all wacked out and INSANE! Except for Soul Asylum, because we used them in a quiz a month ago. Sorry.



1. To what legal situation do the M'Naghten Rules apply?

(First off, let's have dracothelizard speak for nearly 80% of you:)

"To NAUGHTY situations!" - dracothelizard

"He's making a list, checking it twice, M'Naugten Rules to tell whether you're Naughty or Nice." - mercat

(+1, seasonality. Have a candy cane too. -AL)

"Slander and Libel resulting from Sunday morning talk shows... oh wait... that's the McLaughlin Rules." - pheltzer

"When people from fantasy novels sue their creators for extensive use of apostrophes in their names." - kokopellinelli

(On that day, I hope Robert Jordan is the first one hauled up before Justice. -AL)

(Robert Jordan, how we hate you. -CV)

"The M'Naghten Rules apply only when a group of moviegoers sue M. Night Shyamalan, under class action status, to get their money back after his latest cinematic scatfest drives them insane." - jo_chan

"The game of M'Naghtenply. (Dinna pass gough, dinna collict tew hunnerd poonds.)" - drbear

"Mornington Crescent, but only assuming you're playing 1886 Hampton Court (Summer) rules with no backcrossing on the Diagonals when in Nib." - lazy_alex

(::Quick User Profile check:: Yep, he's British. -AL)

(Then that means lazy_alex wins this week's spiffington Award for Total Gibberish! -CV)

"Determining if someone can plead insanity. 'Ah M'Naghten sane.' 'Oh, yes you are!'" - rikchik

"there is no insanity defense in Utah" - ghostrider65

(That's because it's taken for granted. -CV)

"I'm not sure if this is true or not, but when I was pregnant with my daughter, a guy I worked with at the time offered to send me to Germany when I was in my third trimester, to kill someone. He said that I could literally get away with murder there because they considered women to be found legally insane during pregnancy." - dorei

"It has to do with competency. The person has to be able to understand what's going on. Unfortunately, no such rules seem to exist for juries." - whiski_sour

Correct Answer: A plea for insanity



2. If you were wishing it were Sunday, as that was your fun day, then what kind of day is it really, eh?

"*frantically hums "Walk Like An Egyptian" to drive the earworms out*" - pewter_alyssum

"It must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays." - wiredwizard

(+1, HHGTTG. -CV)

"the only good thing about Monday's is getting the quiz results." - akiyasan

(Damn straight. -AL&CV)

"Prince very well might have been the only man Susanna Hoffs was taller than!" - wendynat

"If I were wishing it were Sunday, as it is my fun day, then clearly it's football season." - peaseblossom03

"Sunday is only as much fun as it is because of what Father Michael says to me in confession." - fireworkfiasco

(I'm not touching that one with a ten-foot mitre. -CV)

"What are you from Canada or something? Which reminds me of one of my favorite jokes: How did they name Canada? They pulled letters out of a hat. 'C, eh? N, eh? D, eh?'" - mercat
"My God, is it Canada Day again already? And me without my hockey beaver." - calankh

"I'm working between 60 and 65 hours a week these days, with 10 hours of commuting time provided no one decides to flip their cars over on the Massachusetts Turnpike. 'Manic' doesn't even begin to describe non-Sundays. 'Ed Norton in Fight Club' comes close, but with much less soap production." - schizospider

"I was going to say a Manic Monday (and thanks *eversomuch* for getting that stuck in my head), but it's Tuesday, so now I'm confused. *And* have the Bangles stuck in my head." - cmseward

"Why hasn't anyone written a song about Depressive Tuesday or Schizophrenic Saturday?" - jrho

Correct Answer: Manic Monday

"Personally, now that McNabb is out for the season, Sunday holds little interest for me." - umbralcorax



3. Jerry Carroll was the iconic face and voice for the advertisements for which fraud-ridden consumer electronics chain?

"fraud-ridden consumer electronics chain doesn't really narrow it down. That's like saying...
-warmblooded hair covered mammal." - naraht
-'Scumbag senator' or 'Ugly as shit Survivor contestant'." - lots42

"This is one of those 'you had to be in the US to stand a chance' questions, right?" - shadowed_guise

(In terms of chances of getting the actual correct answer, probably. But since when have we cared about correctness? -AL&CV)

"I keep confusing Jerry Carrol and Jimmy Kimmel. I know that one of them was on a sex question talk show and also on some show where big breasted models jumped up and down on trampolines." - chrysoberyl

"The answer has to do with Scrooge McDuck" - piney61

(It absolutely does not. -CV)

"Dewey, Screwem and Howe Electronics" - wiredwizard

"Max Headroom" - elbiesee

(Very nice. -CV)

"I hope whatever fraud there was caused explosions. I like explosions. And electronic stuff explodes, right?" - clare_dragonfly

"One does not simply walk into Wal-Mart. There is an evil there that does not sleep." - pewter_alyssum

"Radio Shack! Don't tell me they're not fraud-ridden. I was always suspicious of them, asking for my name and address before I could buy a fuckin' battery..." - jo_chan

"Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland, which had a character called the Mad Hatter. Any relation?" - gaaak

(Five of you included a picture. Amazingly, all five of you used the exact same picture:
-CV)

Correct Answer: Crazy Eddie



4. From which planet do the villainous aliens in L. Ron Hubbard's "Battlefield: Earth" originate?

(OK, let's get this one right out into the open. Blah blah Tom Cruise/Scientology joke blah blah. - 52378892 of you. -CV)

"XENU! It's like sci-fi porn chick's name. 'Oh, Xenu, breach my warp core!'" - lots42

(There's something really wrong with this answer. -CV)

"L. Ron Hubbard was behind Battlefield Earth?! Holy hand grenades, that's priceless. It also explains a lot. A whole lot." - piney61

"Jonnie Goodboy Tyler is the BEST name for a hero at any point." - canadianevil

"They flew out of Uranus." - woap

(The classics never get old. -CV)

"when's the last time someone told you that your anus is built on a funny tilt?" - mark_laura

"Urectum" - krick

(+1, Futurama. -CV)

"Pluto... that was before it was declared not a planet.. poor Pluto." - allie_the_neko

"Neverland Ranch." - kokopellinelli

"Planet Hollywood." - drbear

"The men came from mars, the women came from Venus." - a_l_p_h_a_b_e_t

"Oh, it's on the tip of my brain. It's something stupid and misspelled, like 'Inxane' or 'Qrazy'." - rikchik

(I think Inxane was a boy band. I used to play Qrazy in the arcade, though. -CV)

Correct Answer: Psychlo



5. What was the name of the first spacecraft to visit the surface of the moon?

(I'll admit it, part of the reason I wrote this question was to see how many people would use this picture:

Thank you, kenshardik and corax_onyx. -CV)

"Which moon? Endor? Yavin IV? Dxun? Nar Shadaa? You have to be more specific." - umbralcorax

(That's fair enough. -CV)

"You know, some people believe we have never actually visited the surface of the moon. So, by asking this question, you've alienated a crazy large small portion of the population. I hope you're happy." - miss_katelynne

"Neither of my parents know this. Sheesh, what are parents good for if they can't help you answer quizzes?" - blunder_buss

"I think I'll go with Apollo 13, because it exploded. Or... something." - clare_dragonfly

"Neil's n' Buzz's Hybrid Pimpmobile." - schizospider

"the first people to walk on the moon were Tintin and Professor Calculus." - realcdaae

(+1, Tintin. Most impressive. -CV)

"Chang E. She floated to the moon." - yueni

(While this is true, she did not use a vehicle. She just kinda floated her way there. -CV)

"Alice. 'Pow! To The Moon!'" - a_l_p_h_a_b_e_t

"S.S. Lollipop." - uncut_diamond

(It's a good ship. -CV)

"USS Defiant, cuz Sisko just can't leave time travel the fuck alone. Did you know, thanks to him, booze now costs money?!" - lots42
"The Vulcan Survey Ship T'Pau" - wiredwizard

"Xenu's ship. Just to pause, take a break, rest up, all that, before he dropped all of our brainwashed souls off on Earth." - ooyoumasha

(-1, Scientology. Forget what we said on Thanksgiving about loving everybody. -CV&AL)

"In communist Russia, moon lands on YOU." - unithien_rerith
"That's right, Yanks, the Russkis beat you to it!" - ghymoreid

(That's OK, we're over it now. -AL)

"Luna 1, I think. Though it did not so much as 'visit' rather it 'crashed'. You might as well say that the Titanic made a voyage to the sea bed, or that the Hindenburg warmed up a little." - conglacio

Correct Answer: "Luna 2, from the USSR" - ghostrider65



6. What drives you mad? Go on, vent a little.

"Do you want that list in order of vitriol, complexity, or just alphabetically?" - etcet

(Uhhhhh .... the last one? -AL&CV)

"I'm not mad so much as coocoo for cocoa puffs." - naraht

"Stupid people. Let's take warning labels off everything and let the problem work itself out." - woap

"It's the Christmas season. That's all I need. (See you at bahf_inghumbug.)" - drbear

"FINISH THE SERIES, ROBERT JORDAN!" - beckyh2112

(+1, Robert Jordan hate. -CV&AL)

"Transitive vs intransitive verbs" - yueni

(Obscure but nonetheless valid. -AL)

"When people don't listen to what I'm saying when I... hey! You're doing it right now!" - lazy_alex

"I don't get mad much anymore. I think I used it all up in the white hot flame of my adolescent hatred of my high school (Abington Heights HS in Clarks Summit, PA in case you were wondering). Really, it takes a lot to get me beyond a mild irritation at most things that should really make me nuts. I guess, mostly, I just feel dead inside." - corax_onyx

"Little punks that stole my car. I hope it died on them and they froze to death in our -30 degree winter. I hope they made little punk-cicles. I hope they said why oh why did I steal a car that needed engine repair as their empty heads filled with ice. I hope a wolf found the punk-cicles and peed on em before gnawing off a frozen femur. At least I'm still filled with hope..." - a_l_p_h_a_b_e_t

"The lack of pie in my house" - niroby

"God invented turn signals for a reason, people!" - calankh
"People who drive below the speed limit and then @#$%ING SPEED UP when you try to overtake. If you don't like being overtaken, DRIVE THE BLOODY SPEED LIMIT. *pantpant*" - blunder_buss

(WORD. -AL)

"Earwax. I cannot stand to see it in anyone's ears. I just want to say, 'That is a hole in your head and you're letting it get sticky! The hell is wrong with you?'" - pewter_alyssum

"When there's a quarter of a cup of milk left in one jug in the fridge, but the newer jug has already been opened and used. Drives me nuts." - peaseblossom03

Correct Answer: "These days? The question should be what *doesn't* drive me mad. ~twitch~ Just sign me up for an i-love-me jacket and have done." - dorei


Why insanity? Why not? It's the end of the year, things are going crazy, cats and dogs are living together, it is truly mass hysteria. Also... well, that's about it. Crazy just seemed like a good crazy idea. Tune in tomorrow when the theme is just "things that rhyme with insane". 'cause that's good and crazy too.

Yes, we're lying. It's okay.

Thanks again for playing, everybody! For those of you who are studious student types, good luck on your end-of-semester endeavors. For everyone else, good luck on whatever it is you do in December. Remember, in the spirit of the holidays, give the gift that keeps on giving and tell your friends to play the quiz. It's cheap and easy, just like some people we all know.

Rock on!

AL&CV

Comments

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

"FINISH THE SERIES, ROBERT JORDAN!" - beckyh2112

(+1, Robert Jordan hate. -CV&AL)

Lots of hate for a dying man.

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

Me too!!! I used that moon pic too!!!

Damn, guess I don't know how to send pics with my answers after all...

Still, I'm counting myself as quoted in spirit, if not in actual presence. And I'm going back to the drawing board...

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

On that day, I hope Robert Jordan is the first one hauled up before Justice

I suspect Anne McCaffery is much higher on the prosecution list.

[stagemanager.livejournal.com]

!!!

I forgot to do the Quiz again.

Can we have a daily reminder? After all, it IS LJDQ.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

That's okay, calgon. I said Alice was going to the moon, and even invoked orbital physics.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

Ahhh! Candy cane, +1, AND quoted twice! I think Christmas came early. =^n.n^=

[mercat.livejournal.com]

Oh, and by the way, I recognize that moon picture. Is it from... Ernie Kovacks or something?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I thought that might be what you were trying to do, but the picture didn't come out, so couldn't be sure.

You can have pseudo-retroactive cred for that. Now just get better at your picture-embedding HTML.

[schizospider.livejournal.com]

Between a long work week with holiday shopping/parties weekend, and a yet longer work week and more holiday parties weekend, lies getting quoted twice on the LJDQ. Made my morning. ^_^

[schizospider.livejournal.com]

La Voyage Dans La Lune (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000417/), 1902.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Competence and thought are overrated. Why aren't people judged for their awesome comedic prowess? LiveJuror Daily Quiz, unite!

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Did typing all those words give him a terminal case of Carpal Tunnel? Or was that from counting all the money?

[etcet.livejournal.com]

[img src="location.of.picture/woot.jpg"]

replace [ ] with < >

send large-denomination bills to etcet.

send gin and pudding to AL & CV

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

Y'know, aside from using it to tweak fonts, I have grown to really hate HTML. Like algebra, it's not something you really can learn from a book--you almost have to have someone standing over your shoulder 'splaining it to you.

And now I have a headache stressing over it. Rassafrassin' HTML...

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I think Christmas came early.

Only because we rubbed her the right way.

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

Gawd, don't let my spouse hear that...she lives and dies by the Dragonriders. Even made me haul the fam all the way to Pasadena for a book signing, with one baby and one on the way at the time, to see a rather surly McCaffery who informed us in no uncertain terms that she couldn't stand being in California.

I tried to read her stuff, but couldn't slog past the first 100 pages, be it Dragons or Ships Who Did Whatever, so I tend to agree with you.

*wondering where Piers Anthony would be in this line o' literary suspects

[lienne.livejournal.com]

You people are wrong. The theme here only looks like insanity. It's actually cake. Mmmm, delicious cake.

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

'Calgon' *snicker*

Ancient quizling secret, huh?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

If Mythbusters says the rocket chair can't get to the moon, then that's that. As soon as they conclusively prove that popping weird immortality pills also won't float you to the moon, then we'll sack this answer as well.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

There is no cake, only Zuul. Crazy looney Zuul.

[lienne.livejournal.com]

I object. Dana Barrett is not fluffy and delicious.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

We find the defendent Quilty, Your Honor.
Quilty?
Just a blanket statement, sir.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Maybe not fluffy.

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Amyloidosis.

[lienne.livejournal.com]

She doesn't look too delicious either. I bet her flesh is stringy and unappetizing. If I were a cannibal I'd turn up my nose at her.

Is the number of Scientology references up there accurate?