LJ Daily Answers: 8 January 2007

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"You stole this week's theme from Sluggy Freelance, didn't you?!!?" - naraht

No way. We had this planned out long before those sharkjumpers started.

"I thought Christmas Questions were DONE! What the hell? I hate you & the evil Christmas thing that lasts two months." - judith_s

We're running this holiday into the ground, and you're all coming with us. Happy New Year!



1. Which 70's television family of musical bent was also given a space-age cartoon thanks to Joseph Barbera?

"I do not have an answer for that, unfortunately. But, on the plus side, 'Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah' is now stuck in my head." - domestik_fucker

"Haha... you say 'bent'" - allie_the_neko

"The Jetson's sings the Brady songs? Does Astro play the ugly one?" - akiyasan

"The Jetsons, though only Michael Jetson and Janet Jetson have any fame these days..." - conglacio

"The Herculoids with Gloop and Gleep on bongos." - mcclintock

"the Monkees? Everybody was putting Monkees in space." - pocketmouse

"Archie Bunker's. 'Those were the DAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYS!'" - etcet

"OSMONDS..... INNNNNNNNN...... SPAAAAAAAAACE!" - drbear

"Von Trapps in Space. The scene with the puppet tribbleherder (yodelayeeyodelayeeyodelay-hee-hoo) was a joy to watch." - pewter_alyssum

"Did you know, in the Brady Bunch Movie, there's a scene in which the Partridge Family Bus rolls by in the background? It's true!" - peaseblossom03

"The Partridge Family, live from a pear tree! Though with a family like that, it's no wonder Danny Bonaduce ended up so fucked up." - potassiumman

"No wonder aliens haven't contacted us yet, they must still be fleeing from recordings of 'I Think I Love You.'" - miladygrey

"Damn you QuizMaster! I cannot get that damned 'C'mon, Get Happy' out of my head now!" - southbucki

"The Cartridge Family. Every single one of them was high-caliber." - david_deacon

Correct Answer: The Partridge Family

"The Partridge family. In space. You're fucking with me, right?" - swampdweller

(No, we're really not fucking with you. -AL&CV)



2. What science-fiction author used to write under the pseudonym Eric Iverson?

"You are truly evil, ljdq making me have to sing this song verse by annoying verse, just so I know what the answers are..." - tweeti

(You and many others. Your collective suffering makes me warm and fuzzy inside. -CV)

"Sun Tzu? His take on space battles would have been awesome." - pewter_alyssum

(Invincibility depends on one's self; the enemy's vulnerability on his lack of deflector shield technology. -Sun Tzu Mark XXVI)

"I shouldn't have tried to answer this after playing trivial pursuit, because now all I can come up with is Lonesome Dove, which is not even a name, unless your parents are evil emo hippies." - pocketmouse

"I met a man going to Saint Ives, and that man had seven wives. Seven wives with seven sacks, seven sacks with seven cats. Man, sacks, cats, and wives, what the fuck are they doing in Saint Ives?" - woap

"It must have been a really bad name if you choose Eric Iverson." - shadowed_guise
"Eric Iverson? Wow. I've never heard a name scream 'nerd' before." - fax_celestis
"Iver Erickson. He really wasn't that creative." - drbear

"Allen Iverson. He's quite the Renassaince Man, I hear. Didn't know he was into Sci-Fi" - piney61
"You thought he was just good for tattoos and 30 pts per game. Didn't know he could write too, didja?" - thepikey

(Sorry, folks, The Answer is not the answer. -AL&CV)

"I should probably ask my girlfriend; she's making me read Ender's Game" - droptheleash622

"Turtledove, the master of alternative history. The Nazis win. You may not have any rights, but at least the military is fabulously dressed." - master_flea

Correct Answer: Harry Turtledove



3. Fun with food! Take one rooster, the older the better, and add red wine, bacon, garlic, onions, mushrooms, some herbs and butter. Mix them up and cook them a while. What do these ingredients combine to form?

"Voltron" - dirtynumbangel, potassiumman, naraht
"But not the cool, five-cat version of Voltron. No, this is the annoying, space-based, thirty-cars and several savory ingredients form of Voltron. Same giant sword, but a whole lot of extra flavor... and lameness." - etcet

(+1 to etcet for hacking on lameass vehicle Voltron. -CV)

(However, lion Voltron did get totally served that one time. -AL)

"Captain Planet" - clare_dragonfly, spatialrift47
"Geriatric Drunk Captain Planet!" - lyme

(-1 because I hate that damn hippie. -CV)

"Mmmm... you had me at bacon ...." - akiyasan
"Bacon is cruise-control for awesome. Mmm bacon indeed." - miscellanelle

"The Cock of the Wok" - mcclintock

"The French version of Rooster Cogburn, with Jerry Lewis in the title role." - fragbert

"" - conglacio

"I'm cuckoo for coq au vin!" - peaseblossom03

"That'd be Coq Au Vin... and if you're using rooster, it definitely cannot be a French Hen (unless you send it to Thailand for some "medical tourism" first)." - tall_man

"I've always been fond of the children's seafood version: Cocoa fin!" - irianamistifi

Correct Answer: Coq au vin

"otherwise known in French class as '*snicker* She said cock.'" - kokopellinelli, spelling out the gratuitous cock joke for twelve of you



4. The Superb Lyrebird of Australia is believed to produce what at a higher volume than any other bird?

"I wouldn't know, since they secretly replaced my Superb Lyrebird with new Folger's Crystals. Tastes the same as my old lyrebird but I can't hear a thing." - captainsblog

"CHAZWOZZERS! CHAZWOZZERS! CHAZWOZZERS!" - fragbert

(And the spiffington Award For Complete Gibberish this week goes to... fragbert! -CV)

"What is a Lyrebird? Does it have strings? Is the meat stringy?" - akiyasan

"Lyre! Lyre lyre lyre ly-rrrre! I'm not a vitch I'm your vife!" - peaseblossom03

(+1, The Princess Bride. -CV)

"Their lyres go up to 11, right?" - spatialrift47, maisontv

(+1, This Is Spinal Tap. -CV)

"Bootlegged sweatshop-standard Reebok trainers?" - shadowed_guise

(Australia, not China. -CV)

"It must be flatulence, because without fart jokes, life is just a little bit duller." - jtersesk

"Did you know that kangaroos can't fart, and that scientists are trying to figure out how so that they can do it to cows to stop them from polluting the planet?" - dracothelizard

(Poop-related answers: more than I expected. -CV)

"Baby Superb Lyrebirds." - jleedev

(Technically correct. +0.5. -CV)

"I would guess that it's some kind of screaming sound, since the Lyrebird appears to be high-strung." - i_calql8

"Calls, although they fell in the third quarter due to a poor economy and the advent of the caller ID; sales are predicted to rise next year as the birds find new ways to hack into your phone system." - cookie_pixie

Correct Answer: Bird calls



5. What item does Thomas Covenant wield in his struggles against Lord Foul?

"You know, about this time, drbear is wishing great harm on you for having to listen to this song over and over and over again..." - tweeti

"I'll go with a AK-47. It seems like the thing you'd want to be wielding." - ANONYMOUS
"An M16 rifle, while screaming 'I'll kill you, kaka-roach!'" - docrefa

(I'm not sure why "turkey baster" cropped up in 13 responses, but you're all way out there. -CV)

"" - potassiumman and many others

"" - cheezdanish

"A dagger of Ogre Slaying (+9 against ogres!)" - wiredwizard

(Lord Foul? Not an ogre. -CV)

"GL Power ring? Secret decoder ring? Cock ring? (Come on, help me think up two more...)" - pocketmouse

(Ok. Onion Ring, and Herring. -CV)

"The 12-gauge double-barreled Remington: S-Mart's top of the line." - swampdweller

(+1, Army of Darkness. -CV)

"Lord Foul? Well, we use scented candles when my brother-in-law visits." - antinomic

"That bell thing that lepers carry around. It has to have SOME use." - nirejseki

"Why must you ask a question about a fantasy book I didn't like and read! Why couldn't you have asked about Terry Goodkind, whom I also don't like, but at least I have read some of his great big stinking piles of garbage. STFU TERRY GOODKIND YOU ARE AN ARSE." - dracothelizard

"Little known fact: Lord Foul is the good guy. He just has an unfortunate last name." - syrazemyla

"Thomas Covenant was the most annoying emo protagonist until Anakin Skywalker sulked into existence." - miladygrey

"His wedding ring, made of white gold. Proving that marriage brings you problems you wouldn't have had if you hadn't gotten married in the first place!" - germankitty

Correct Answer: A white gold ring



6. Who was Maverick's partner in Top Gun?

"Damn this is a long quiz. I need a cigarette break." - whiski_sour

(This is a non-smoking quiz. Please step outside. Unless you're having one of *those* smokes, in which case, pony up. -AL&CV)

"Is that movie that Tom Cruises plays around in his underwear? Poor Suri.." - akiyasan

(I think that was Risky Business... -CV)

"What the hell is Top Gun?" - ANONYMOUS

(It's a good think you kept your name from us. -CV)

"why don't planes honk? geese honk, cars honk, why not planes?" - jenny_1981

(Because if a plane's in a position to honk at you, it's already waaaaay too late. -CV)

"His F-14. Much more important to his success to the jerk sitting in the back." - antinomic

"Goddamnit, now I have Great Ball of Fire stuck in my head." - elaran

"Poor Goose, splattered all over the windshield much like his namesake..." - maisontv

"I was 7 when that movie came out and I'm still in denial that Goose died. He moved to Chicago and became a doctor instead." - erica_w

"Even though it was never in the movie, I also know that his name was Nick Bradshaw. I've won bets with that piece of uselessness." - fragbert

"Goose, who was completely useless because he had a habit of trying to fly to warmer climates." - domestik_fucker

(And, in conclusion, a treatise on the movie "Top Gun" and the Homosexual Agenda, courtesy of Quentin Tarantino and confessionalbox...)

From the movie Sleep with Me (by the way Sid is played by Quentin Tarantino)

"Sid: You want subversion on a massive level. You know what one of the greatest fucking scripts ever written in the history of Hollywood is? Top Gun.
Duane: Oh, come on.
Sid: Top Gun is fucking great. What is Top Gun? You think it's a story about a bunch of fighter pilots.
Duane: It's about a bunch of guys waving their dicks around.
Sid: It is a story about a man's struggle with his own homosexuality. It is! That is what Top Gun is about, man. You've got Maverick, all right? He's on the edge, man. He's right on the fucking line, all right? And you've got Iceman, and all his crew. They're gay, they represent the gay man, all right? And they're saying, go, go the gay way, go the gay way. He could go both ways.
Duane: What about Kelly McGillis?
Sid: Kelly McGillis, she's heterosexuality. She's saying: no, no, no, no, no, no, go the normal way, play by the rules, go the normal way. They're saying no, go the gay way, be the gay way, go for the gay way, all right? That is what's going on throughout that whole movie... He goes to her house, all right? It looks like they're going to have sex, you know, they're just kind of sitting back, he's takin' a shower and everything. They don't have sex. He gets on the motorcycle, drives away. She's like, "What the fuck, what the fuck is going on here?" Next scene, next scene you see her, she's in the elevator, she is dressed like a guy. She's got the cap on, she's got the aviator glasses, she's wearing the same jacket that the Iceman wears. She is, okay, this is how I gotta get this guy, this guy's going towards the gay way, I gotta bring him back, I gotta bring him back from the gay way, so I'll do that through subterfuge, I'm gonna dress like a man. All right? That is how she approaches it. Okay, now let me just ask you - I'm gonna digress for two seconds here. I met this girl Amy here, she's like floating around here and everything. Now, she just got divorced, right? All right, but the REAL ending of the movie is when they fight the MIGs at the end, all right? Because he has passed over into the gay way. They are this gay fighting fucking force, all right? And they're beating the Russians, the gays are beating the Russians. And it's over, and they fucking land, and Iceman's been trying to get Maverick the entire time, and finally, he's got him, all right? And what is the last fucking line that they have together? They're all hugging and kissing and happy with each other, and Ice comes up to Maverick, and he says, 'Man, you can ride my tail, anytime!' And what does Maverick say? 'You can ride mine!' Swordfight! Swordfight! Fuckin' A, man!"

Correct Answer: Goose



7. What constellation includes the stars Albireo, Sadr, Azelfafage, and Ruchba?

"Wasn't that the law firm that defended Saddam Hussein? Its name has now been changed to Shot, Shot, Shot and Anonymous, LLP." - captainsblog

"Azelfafage. Azelfafage. Say it with me, it's fun! AZZZZZZ-EL-FAAAAAH-FARRRRRRGGGGGEHH." - shadowed_guise
"I'm going to name my daughter that." - judith_s
"It's the Little Rascals constellation. Azelfafage is the tall thin dorky one." - spatialrift47

"Well, 'Albireo' sounds like 'albino', 'Sadr' is the name of that Shiite cleric dude, and 'Ruchba' sounds like 'rutabaga'... no, I still have no ideas." - clare_dragonfly

"I forget the name exactly, but I think the Rihannsu are from around there." - pewter_alyssum

(Knowing the actual name of the Romulans is high-calibre Star Trek geekery. Geek of the Week Award and a -1 are being beamed to your coordinates. -CV)

"We Were Drunk And/Or Foreign When We Named These." - puredeadthingy

"I thought they named stars after Greek things. Or pronouncable things." - dracothelizard

"Daddy's Jewish Herb Garden." - neblinaclara

"They sound arabic, so I'm going to say The Southern Cross." - mcclintock

"The Average Dipper." - drbear

"" - swampdweller

"When you see the Northern Cross for the first time, You understand now why you came this way,
'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small, But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a coming day" - southbucki

(+1, CSN. -CV)

"" - irianamistifi

Correct Answer: Cygnus, the Swan



8. Which painting by Johannes Vermeer, sometimes inaccurately entitled Het Melkmeisje, was originally auctioned off for 175 guilders?

"What the fuck do I know about art?" - droptheleash622

(To be fair, probably not much more than I do. -CV)

"A DUTCH QUESTION A DUTCH QUESTION A QUESTION INVOLVING MY HOME COUNTRY AND YOU SPELLED EVERYTHING RIGHT YAY! Also, I have no idea what the answer is, but I am DAMN happy it got involved. *is being patriotic*" - dracothelizard

(Check that out, all you who think we're too Americanocentric. We found another country! Dutchland, represent! -CV)

"Guilders always makes me think of people who are in guilds, and then I wonder why people pay for stuff with people... Then I have ice cream and get over it" - allie_the_neko

"I could probably make a guilder out of origami. You can make anything out of origami if you get the right paper." - pewter_alyssum

"...how much is that in real money?" - thepikey

"The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink. Or, was it The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist?" - coolteamblt

"'Dogs Drinking from Pitcher.' Prices for his work did go up when he started including more crying clowns." - captainsblog

"Vermeer, you know how much I love watching you work, but I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, a painting to buy, and 175 more Guilders for a frame for it; I'm swamped." - schizospider, speaking for several others. Too easy, everyone!

"The girl with the pearl earrings? I noticed there was a movie about it, which proves that they're really running out of inspiration." - ANONYMOUS

(For all the "Girl With The Pearl Earrings" answers, I'm still surprised at the lack of Pearl Necklace commentary. Holidays make you slack off, I guess... -CV)

"Slash Melkmeisje?" - puredeadthingy, peaseblossom03
"Was Melkmiesje het? How did Vermeer know?" - judith_s

"The [Hot, Naughty] Milkmaid [of Amsterdam]" - motown_deserter

(Whose company you can also enjoy for a mere 175 guilders, and legally too! -CV)

Correct Answer: The Milkmaid



9. Fred Astaire made his film debut in which 1933 movie starring Clark Gable?

"Whoa, they had MOVIES back then!?" - docrefa

"Between our quests we sequin vests
And impersonate Clark Gable" - maisontv

(+1, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. -CV)

"did you know that Astaire's last dancing film had a song 'Woody's coming'?" - rhitsqueaky

"Gone with the Wind II, it went straight to radio." - mcclintock

"I'm betting there are dancing and big-ass ears involved." - i_calql8

(No, that was the Dumbo/Prince Charles musical number, "Ears Looking At You, Kid". -CV)

"It has something to do with a house. Because it has stairs and gables." - syrazemyla

"You know what's creepy? Clark Gable, Cary Grant and George Clooney all have the same initials, only switched. And they look like the same person!!!! How creepy is that?!
" - irianamistifi

"Jurassic Park 3: Dance, Dinosaurs, Dance! Ginger Rogers played the Velociraptor" - lots42

"Dance for Me, Bitches. In unrelated news, this is also the handiest way known to end a haiku if you're stuck for a third line." - etcet

"I was going to say Moby Dick, and that Fred played the whale, but then I realized that Clark Gable wasn't in Moby Dick, that was Gregory Peck, so then I gave up." - jtersesk

"Dancing Lady, which is a strange title for a movie with two of the best-known male dancers of their generation." - tall_man

Correct Answer: Dancing Lady



10. Name the poet and the poem!
Thy warmths from bud to bud
Accomplish that blind model in the seed,
And men have hopes, which race the restless blood,
That after many changes may succeed
Life which is Life indeed.

"Jerry Garcia, on one of his more lucid days." - dirtynumbangel

"If it's not Shel Silverstein, I don't care." - renee12321

"Gothic Poem Generator 220." - master_flea

"Prostetnic Jeltz of the Vogon Constructor Fleet" - wiredwizard

"" - ooyoumasha

"The only poem I remember includes the word 'Nantucket.'" - drbear

"WE HATE IAMBIC PENTAMETER!!!" - i_calql8

(+1, Moonlighting. -CV)

"There's a council estate near here where all the streets are named after english poets, which is quite an irony given the literacy of the people there, many of whom have trouble spelling the street names." - shadowed_guise

"I've always loved names that end in 'son.' I think we should go back to naming like that. Wouldn't you prefer to be called someone's-son, instead of 'Smith'?" - judith_s

(What, like Smithandwesson? -CV)

"Hey, I just realized ... Lord, Ten ... Ten Lords a Leapin ... " - dorei

(Hmm, didn't even notice that. Added bonus! -CV)

"In a stunning coincidence, 1933 also featured the movie debut of Humphrey Bogart, playing an English major who bounded onto the set and cried, 'Tennyson, anyone?'" - captainsblog

"I have four feet of snow in my yard. You are teasing me with this Progress of Spring crap!" - coolteamblt

"tennyson! it's called... oh crap. something about spring. er... the start of spring, the coming of spring, the *something* of spring. it starts with something about winter and flowers and then goes on forever (cos it's tennyson) and that's the end bit and WHAT IS IT CALLED?" - roscrea

Correct Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson, "The Progress of Spring"

(Yes, "Lord" Tennyson and "Spring" as a synonym of "Leap" are pretty fucking long reaches, even for me. Carry on. -CV)



11. Who freed the Cham from swarms of gnats, and eased the Nizam of vampyre bats?

"New Years resulution: I shall read and ponder cautiously, because skimming words like "Cham" and "Vampyre" give me horrific images of a Lucky Charms and Count Cocula lovechild." - bluefirekitsune

"Has someone been eating 'special' brownies again?" - b_hulsmans

"... No more D&D for you." - spatialrift47

"Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Nizam, Spam, Spam, Cham, Spam, and Spam" - etcet

"Sam I am, who does not like green eggs and ham." - mcclintock

"Van Helsing" - jmthane

"The Lords of the Dance" - ntlespino

"the stonecutters." - faceless_wonder

(+1, The Simpsons. -CV)

"Those are some of St Patrick's lesser-known miracles." - thepikey

"Damn pied piper, he had no pies. He must die! I'll make him a pie!" - woap

"Rowdy Roddy Piper?" - shadowed_guise, southbucki

"Gilderoy Lockhart" - wiredwizard

(He just said he did. Liar. -CV)

"The same man who tried to make sure that the residents of Hamelin didn't need to worry about being woken up at 4 AM on Christmas Day by a hyperexcitable 6 year old with a train fixation. Yeah, that was my Christmas, how was yours?" - tall_man
"The Pied Piper, who had the best fallback business plan ever. 'If you don't pay me, I'll repossess your children!'" - syrazemyla

(See? They always made him out to be a villain. Bogarting all the children and taking them to a faraway place doesn't really seem all THAT bad... -CV)

Correct Answer: The Pied Piper



12. What is the more common name for the vibration-sensitive tympanic membrane?

"I've had two beers and coffee with Bailey's today. Your words are too big." - miladygrey

"I know this is ljdq, but I don't think we should be talking about vibrators." - master_flea
"Hee hee... you said vibration." - PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY ELSE

"The Orgazmotron" - wiredwizard

(+1, Sleeper. -CV)

"The ideal entry point to your body for your shrunk down friends and ship. Quickly repaired by worms." - crystalcazzie

(+1, Fantastic Voyage. -CV)

"Vibration implies sounds, implies ear. In an orchestra, there's a percussion instrument called a timpani. It looks like a giant drum. Therefore, the correct answer is the eardrum. Yay for logic!" - docrefa

(Questionable logic, perhaps, but still logic. Fair enough. -CV)

"you never really want to stick anything smaller than your elbow in your ear...or anything smaller than 6 inches...well, never mind." - ginalin

(Thank you for that very important safety tip. -AL&CV)

"Come they told me, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum... me and my eardrum..." - canadianevil

"IIIIII DON'T WANNA WORK, I JUST WANNA EAR ON MY 'DRUM ALL DAY." - spatialrift47, marilyth

"Using the eardrum as a percussion instrument may result in cranial bleeding, headaches, and pink elephants." - woap

"" - faceless_wonder

Correct Answer: The eardrum



13. What did you get for Christmas (or other holiday) this year?

"Drunk." - dirtynumbangel, answering for many of you

"... nothing of import, beyond my family's continued health and happiness. What else do I need?" - tall_man

(Awww, that's sweet. -AL&CV)

"Money, jewlery, vibrating devices, and a kite. I feel I'm ready for the next sexual adventure." - akiyasan

"I woke up Christmas morning still reeking of gin from a party the night before. Bombay Sapphire and tonic for the Baby Jesus, barkeep!" - etcet

(And I think Jobu needs a refill. -AL)

"A dead body on Christmas Eve this year. Complete with police investigation, suspicion of suicide, greedy relatives and generally lots of excitement hassle. Srsly. (Long story!)" - germankitty

(Whoa. -CV&AL)

"A white-gold ring with three diamonds, offered to me at Stonehenge. *big huge grin*" - miladygrey

(Congratulations! Does your intended play the LJDQ? -AL&CV)

"I got nothing and liked it!" - squeegibo

(Old school. -AL)

"Funny story. I got my husband the new Sting CD as an early Christmas gift. Then, for my birthday on 12/22, a couple of friends got me the new Sting CD. Then, we got my sister-in-law the new Sting CD for her birthday on 12/23. Finally, for Christmas, same sister-in-law got my husband--you guessed it--the new Sting CD. It's become the fruitcake of the 21st century: the gift that keeps on appearing!" - peaseblossom03

(-1, comparing Sting to a fruitcake. -AL)

"Ironically, I got Audubon's guide to birds, so I could probably look up those partridges, turtledoves, french hens, calling birds, geese, and swans. Classification of lords, ladies, pipers, drummers, and rings will have to wait for future gifts." - rikchik

"My dad got me the fourth season of A-Team for my birthday. He specifically said it was for my birthday. Let us nevermind that my birthday isn't until January and it's possible my dad can't remember when I was born. I got A-Team, sucka." -whiski_sour

"My nana sent me a beige hoodie with little rainbows all over it. Seriously. The kind with each end capped in cutesy little clouds, with a teeny heart tucked under the curve. My brother, evil bastard, said I HAVE to wear it to school, OR ELSE. I am furious, but at least I'm magically delicious, too." - pewter_alyssum

(I have to ask: or else what? -AL)

"I got sick. Thank you SO much, December." - nirejseki

(So did I. I'm fighting a case of mutant death bronchitis right now. -AL)

"drbear got me a vibrator for Christmas this year....Really, it's a fuzzy puppy massager that vibrates when you put pressure on it." - tweeti

(Fuzzy puppy... vibrating massager... brain failing... -CV)

"I finally got a digital camera. That's right, at long last I have the power to steal men's souls with 5.0 megapixel quality." - spatialrift47

"once again i did not in any way shape or form get johnny depp, and i didn't just hint this year, i outright begged. but my boyfriend said no. dunno why, i said i'd kidnap alison hannigan for him..." - roscrea

"Fiiiiiiiiiive months of bills!" - dorei

"Neil Gaiman's 'Smoke and Mirrors,' in Hebrew. I'll probably need to practice for years before I can actually read it." - arib

(I got an autographed copy. In English. -AL)

(AL wins. -CV)

"On the twelfth day of Christmas LJ gave to me...
12 modems buzzing
11 spell checked entries
10 fingers typing
9 quizlings struggling
8 google yearnings
7 cups of eggnog
6 keys deleting
an answer I finally know
4 graphic add ons
3 friends a cheating
2 mods vacationing
and a 12 question quiz to peruse!" - csflick

"It took some work, but I finally got my wish:
" - captainsblog



And with that the holiday season comes to a close. 2006 is dead; long live 2007. As always, the mods are happy to have you all around, playing the quiz and bringing the funnies. Hopefully you've enjoyed the quizzes, and we hope to see you here throughout the new year. Welcome to all who are new here and have played for the first time; don't let it be the last! Resolve to play more! Start it up! And of course, tell all your friends about the fun you're having here. Oodles, really.

We've had a good vacation, thanks for asking; AL took off for the Great Red South, while CV headed up to the Great White North. She acquired pestilence and plague. I got sauced for four days straight. All in all, a fine conclusion to the year.

Again, Happy New Year to all, and let's bring it on.

Rock On,

AL&CV