LJ Daily Answers: 25 December 2006

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"I'm way too tired to figure out the theme of the week. But I have Irish Cream flavoured pudding. Try to beat that!" - honeyguide

Hmm, that does sound pretty tasty, now that you mention it.

"You made this LJDQ listening to 'GREENsleeves'? There's either some irony going on here, or you're red/green color-deaf." - bunnyfer

Irony? Us? We never!

"I'm so glad that I'm not one of those unfortunate red/green colorblind males... this time of year must really suck for them." - silk_knickers

That would be CV's dad. He's just in it for the chocolates anyway.

This quiz now upgraded with color. Wheee!



1. Johnny Carson learned many of his skills from which 50's era clown and comedian?

"i don't actually know who johnny carson is. is that some sort of cardinal sin?" - roscrea

(Yes, we're afraid it is. -AL&CV)

"Those red noses mean something, man." - bizzatch

"Pennywise. Never take a balloon from that man." - altoidsaddict, wiredwizard, shadowkeeper

"Why are so many people afraid of clowns? They even have an official phobia name - coulrophobia. I know a few people that suffer from it, but I’ve never understood it." - smeddley

"Stalin. Oh man, you should have seen his bit where he tried to see how many dissidents could fit into a very small clown car." - orchidee

"Red Green, who must have had a bitch of a time as a kid with a name like that." - etcet

(He was popular around Christmas, though. -CV)

"Red Buttons. (who I don't think had that many buttons. He might have had red hair or something, but who could tell on black and white television.)" - lorienwillow

"Red Skeletor" - pocketmouse

"Red Skelton, who really sounds like he should be a supervillain." - rikchik

(You, like squeegibo, might be thinking of The Red Skull, who is a supervillain. -CV)

"Good Night and God Bless." - teal_cuttlefish
"Red Skelton--God, I used to beg to be allowed to sit up as a kid and watch his TV variety show...it was brilliantly funny." - ginalin

(For those of you who don't realize it yet, teal_cuttlefish and ginalin are actually older than us. By a lot. ;-) CV)

"I remember hearing about him as a kid, then being disappointed that his name was deceptive in regards to both his color and state of decomposition." - filmbuff

Correct Answer: Red Skelton



2. What movie pitted Wolverines against Communists?

(First off, -1 to all X-Men answers. Waaaaaaay too easy. -AL&CV)

"Wasn't Patrick Swayze in this? Wasn't he in almost every cheeseball 80s movie?" - ginalin

(Yes, and yes. -CV)

"Dirty Dancing. 'Baby's taking to the mountains in the fall!'" - lafourchette

"Michigan State Saves Christmas 1954" - piney61
"Why would anyone think Michigan could beat the Communists? Why would anyone even want Michigan to win anything? They should have pitted the Buckeyes against Communists, then the job would be done!" - ooyoumasha

"Is this the one about the big hockey game that's not a Mighty Ducks movie?" - jrho

"Is this like that episode of Star Trek that had Klingons fighting Nazis?" - pocketmouse

(Even Klingons have to agree that Nazis are jerks. -CV)

"'Dances with Wolverines', known in Soviet Russia as 'Wolverines Dance with You'" - woap

"In cummunist Russia, [name] [verbs] you!!" - shadowkeeper

(You get a +1 for an outstanding typographical error. I'm imagining a socio-political system based entirely on pornography, and it is awesome. -CV)

"Because nothing is more dangerous than a pitted wolverine." - i_calql8

"Underworld. ooooh Kate Bekinsale in skintight leather. What were we talking about again? Wait, that wasn't commies, that was vampires. Oh fuck it, Kate's one hot beast." - solitaryfairy

(You're right about that, at least. Rawr... -CV)

"So that explains why the Russians have those furry hats in all the movies, we can see who won that fight!" - shadowed_guise

"I would like ... to feed your fingertips ... to the wolverines. I am afraid ... we are out ... of badgers. Would you accept ... a wolverine ... in its place?" - dorei

(No thank you... Mister Shatner. -CV)

"Kids with grenades. Kids with RPGs. And Wolverines. And Communists. I don't know about a movie, but it sure sounds like South Central Los Angeles to me." - n5iln

"The movie that scarred me for life! I kid you not, I’m 32 years old and the sound of helicopters still freaks me out. That, actually, ranks up there with one of the scariest movies of all time for me. Forget Hostel and Saw and all of that gory garbage. They’re nothing compared to the childhood memory of that movie!" - smeddley

"how can you not like a movie where 90% of your main characters are all dead at the end. Sadly Patrick Swayze survived...." - pheltzer

(No, I think Swayze bought it in the end as well. You see him sitting on the bench in the middle of enemy territory, cradling his dead brother Charlie Sheen after being shot. It's real sad. Totally. -CV)

Correct Answer: Red Dawn



3. According to UB40, what makes them feel so fine, and keeps them rocking all of the time? (It also gives them a whole heap of zing, which makes them do their own thing...)

"That is a Neil Diamond song first and foremost. UB-40 just reggae'd it out." - piney61, drbear

(Yeah, but come on. Neil Diamond, rocking all of the time? I think not. -CV)

"We haven't listened to UB40 in a while because now that we're getting older their name sounds like an accusation." - mark_laura

"Heap of zing?? Is that what they were singing? All this time, I had no idea. Thank you LJDQ!!!" - dorei
"I always misheard the 'whole heap of zing' to be 'holy pah-zing', it never made sense, but it's fun to think it." - shadowed_guise
"I'm glad you cleared that up, I could never figure out what a 'holy pazing' was supposed to be." - cmseward

"is this supposed to be dirty?" - shadowkeeper

(For you? Sure. -CV)

"No idea, but U-571 ran on diesel fuel." - david_deacon

"Hey, Mickie, you're so fine..." - thepikey

"Well, since they're musicians, the REAL answer is probably speed and hookers, regardless of what the song says." - neev
"Lines of coke off the tits of underage hookers. Screw coffee, that's -my- morning pick me up." - lots42

"Spiked eggnog, which, incidentally, is the only tolerable type of eggnog." - coolteamblt

"to keep ME rocking all the time, the clear answer is Red Bull and vodka. A little of that and I'll be full of zing, doing my thing, doing someone else's thing... Red Bull and vodka makes all things possible." - marasca

"I am NOT drinking any fucking merlot." - killtacular

(+1, Sideways. -CV)

(I can't believe you saw that movie. -AL)

"" - deza

Correct Answer: Red Red Wine

"not to be confused with red wine of other colours" - cscottd



4. What is the largest town in England (according to the UK Office for National Statistics)?

"Camelot! ('Tis a silly place.)" - thepikey

"Mega-City One" - i_calql8

(+1, Judge Dredd. -CV)

"I'm going to take you to...Funky Town..." - csflick

"Red...Herring?" - motown_deserter

(That's what you use to cut down the mightiest tree in a redwood forest. *rimshot* -CV)

(You are a horrible horrible person. -AL)

"Sussex, because it has sex in it. Charlie Chapman's friend says London, because it also has sex in it." - kokopellinelli

(Sex alone does not a big town make. It does make a fun town, though. -CV)

"Texas. Because there's probably an England in Texas, therefore there must be a Texas in England. And we all know that everything's bigger in Texas." - photosinensis

"Probably something that sounds fine to British folks but is horribly risque to Americans. 'Leaky Coxsackie' or 'NutsBerriesfondle'." - lots42

"I'll start the process of elimination and say it's NOT Bolton, even though that's the city where I'm most likely to acquire a replacement for my recently-deceased Norwegian blue, provided I can ever get there!" - n5iln

(Are you in Ipswitch again? -CV)

"In the Greenwich meantime, here's a bit of sobering trivia - today (12/20) is the 10th anniversary of the passing of Carl Sagan. A moment of silence for the billions and billions of clues that man had." - etcet

(CV and AL and a few other quizlings here went to Cornell University, where Carl Sagan taught and had a home. -AL&CV)

"I'd say Milton Keynes except it's not exactly a town -- more of an urban wasteland" - hugh_mannity

(I believe Milton Keynes is third on the list, if only for this thing:
-CV)

"reading. since i also own the pennsylvania, the b&o, and the short line, ljdq hereby owes me $200 for landing on my railroad." - faceless_wonder

Correct Answer: Reading



5. Marvel Comics character Arkady Rossovich is more commonly encountered using which moniker?

"I'm totally looking up the answer to this after I submit this. My nerd-ego has been seriously bruised." - neev

"Arkady? Rossovich? Moniker? Are those even words? I don't believe your lies." - dragonierzapp

"If I had a name like Arkady, I'd proably use a pseudonym, too, like 'Chuck.'" - dorei

"I read that as monkey. 'Using a MONKEY? For what?'" - puredeadthingy

"Moniker, is that one of those things you put in your eye to either make you look more wealthy, or sinister, or like a jeweler?" - csflick

"While I don't know the answer, you have no idea how much I want it to be Thor." - schizospider

(Green Lantern answers: 11. Bzzzzzt! First off, that's DC comics. Second off, the theme is RED. Third off, seriously, how ironic would it have been to give a Russian the Green Lantern Ring? His own people would have kicked his ass out of the country. -CV)

"Red Rover." - bizzatch

"Red Sonja." - cmseward

(That was an alternate choice for question #2. -CV)

"Red Square, the most boring superhero ever created." - david_deacon

"Red October. Splash warm water onto him and he transforms back from a nuclear wessel." - ntlespino

(+2, The Hunt For Red October AND Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. -CV)

"I can only think of two Russian heroes offhand: Colossus and Black Widow, neither of whom is named "Arkady". I remember Colossus because he's a veteran X-Man, back when I was following it second only to Spidey; I remember Black Widow because, well, fishnets, DUH." - cmzero

"Ω" - cscottd

Correct Answer: Omega Red

"why aren't fanfiction writers writing tentacle porn featuring this guy and if they are, where is it?" - ginalin



6. What gets you in the holiday mood (doesn't matter which holiday; doesn't matter which mood)?

"I'd really like to say that it is the joyful looks on childrens faces, the warm glow from people looking to display their love for their fellows and the feeling of belonging. I'd like to, but let's face it, it's the alcohol and not having to work." - shadowed_guise, echoing the sentiments of 19 other alcohol lovers

"Tequila. And kittens, in a pinch. But not with the tequila. A kitten is not a lime, not even if it's yellow and bites you with its little fangs. Although that particular lime may have been hallucinatory. God, I hope so." - maggiebloome

"My tree is decorated with lights and ornaments, the stockings are hung, the candles are in the menorah, the soltice candle's waiting to be lit, and there are plans for PIE! I'm also anxiously awaiting our Epiphany tradition: twelve desserts for the twelve days of Christmas. Mmmm." - lafourchette

"Can I make a bad joke about porn and dancing around the May Pole?" - pocketmouse

"The Victoria's Secret fashion show puts me in the mood, if you know what I mean and I think you do." - drbear

"When I was young, the smell of hollyberries made me feel festive. Now I want to celebrate in the scent of Halle Berry." - motown_deserter

"LJDQ gets me in the holiday mood for Tuesdays. However, I never could quite get the hang of Thursdays." - photosinensis

"Figgy pudding, hold the figgy." - renee12321

"DEFINITELY boobs." - lienne

"Tinsel. It's kind of a fetish." - wendynat

"Red Santa hats, communist-themed Parties, the drinking of blood, etc." - killtacular

"FRANK SINATRA ON VINYL! That, and spices!" - ooyoumasha

"Prezziesprezziesprezziesomgfairylightsandevergreentreesandsnowandcookiescookiescookiessquee!!" - bunnyfer

(No more sugar for you. You've had quite enough. -CV)

"It vibrates, it involves a lot of rapid hand movements, and the next day my arm's really sore. And it took four hours waiting outside Circuit City to get it." - altoidsaddict

"Watching 'A Christmas Story' for 24 hours on TV gets me in the Christmas mood. I love Ralphie." - INDIEMOM

(Full credit. Best movie ever. -CV)

"My mistletoe belt-buckle." - utforsker



And that's the way it is. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night. Thanks for playing our red-themed quiz, hope you all enjoyed and made merry, and had a fine holiday, or are continuing to have a fine holiday season, or something. It's a season for sharing, so go and share the quiz with others, that they may have some more merriment in their Monday. Spread the good word!

And yes, we'll still be here tomorrow, with a brand new quiz!

Rock On,

AL&CV