Blooggle...!

"I never think of the future - it comes soon enough." ~ Albert Einstein

So when I logged in to Blogger yesterday to post the TQFS #13 answers, I was basically forced to create a New Blogger/Google account thingie...stuffy... I don't like the new format...and I noticed that Yasamin's comments on the blog are now from "Anonymous"... I held out as long as I could and never wanted to give into the Blogger Beta which is now the New SHIT...

"Babble babble bitch bitch
Rebel rebel party party
Sex sex sex and don't forget the violence

Blah blah blah
Got your lovey-dovey sad and lonely
Stick your stupid slogan in
And everybody sing along

Everything has been said before
Nothing left to say anymore
When it's all the same you can ask for it by name...

Are you motherfucker's ready for the new shit?
Stand up and admit tomorrow's never coming
This is the new shit
Stand up and admit..."
~ Marilyn Manson, "This is the New Shit"

Blogger blows...

TQFS #13 Answers

"When a cow laughs, does milk come out her nose?" ~ Author Unknown

Doug got the high score of this installment with 8 out of 10 correct...! Many thanks to mg (6 out of 10) and Yasamin (4 out of 10) for also playing...

1. The pulsating engine sound of the Star Destroyer is a manipulated recording of a:
A. Broken air conditioner

2. According to an interview with George Lucas, originally Luke was:
A. A girl
Re: Answer B (Green alien) - this is what Han Solo was originally supposed to be...

3. Originally, Luke Skywalker’s last name was:
C. Starkiller
I made up the name "Cloudhopper" and "Starscreamer" was a nod to Slipknot's DJ who jockeys on the side as DJ Starscream

4. “Vader” is Dutch for:
A. Father
Hmmm...a spoiler from the very beginning...right in front of our eyes!

5. Which of the three original Star Wars films had the longest production shoot?
B. Episode V
Principal photography lasted over 170 days...

6. Determined to keep the ending to “The Empire Strikes Back” a secret, what line did George Lucas have Darth Vader say to Luke on set instead of “I am your father”?
A. “Obi-Wan killed your father”

7. The Huttese language spoken by Jabba the Hut was inspired by:
B. The Incan language Quechua
...and then it was enhanced electronically. Lando's little co-pilot buddy's language was based on the Kenyan language of Haya

8. “Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi” was filmed under what working title to protect the secrecy of the production and keep costs down?
A. Teddy Bear’s Picnic
B. Blue Harvest
C. Planet Terror
Another reason for filming under the guise of the non-descript horror movie title, "Blue Harvest" was (partly to put off any snoopers and also) because the production found that if they mentioned they were working on the next Star Wars film, suppliers would automatically ramp up their prices, assuming that money was no object for Lucasfilm. I threw in the title "Teddy Bear's Picnic" because after all the Phantom Menaces, Siths, Empire Striking Back, and Jedis Returning, it all ends with a fucking teddy bear's picnic...

9. The slithery noises made when Jabba the Hutt moves were created by the sound man:
A. Running his hands through a cheese casserole

10. Qui-Gon Jinn's communicator is actually a redecorated what?
A. Sensor Excel Razor for Women

TQFS #13: The Return of the Squigi

"I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk." ~ John Marcellus Huston

How appropriate that the 13th installment of the quiz marks it's (not-so-triumphant) return. To make it somewhat easy (or somewhat more fun...or somewhat whatever) this whole quiz is all Star Wars-related trivia...

1. The pulsating engine sound of the Star Destroyer is a manipulated recording of a:
A. Broken air conditioner
B. Car timing belt
C. Electric chainsaw

2. According to an interview with George Lucas, originally Luke was:
A. A girl
B. An green alien with gills and no nose
C. A wookie

3. Originally, Luke Skywalker’s last name was:
A. Starscreamer
B. Cloudhopper
C. Starkiller

4. “Vader” is Dutch for:
A. Father
B. Betrayer
C. Evil

5. Which of the three original Star Wars films had the longest production shoot?
A. Episode IV
B. Episode V
C. Episode VI

6. Determined to keep the ending to “The Empire Strikes Back” a secret, what line did George Lucas have Darth Vader say to Luke on set instead of “I am your father”?
A. “Obi-Wan killed your father”
B. “Welcome to the afterlife”
C. “What does it matter?”

7. The Huttese language spoken by Jabba the Hut was inspired by:
A. The Mandarin Chinese dialect
B. The Incan language Quechua
C. The Kenyan language of Haya

8. “Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi” was filmed under what working title to protect the secrecy of the production and keep costs down?
A. Teddy Bear’s Picnic
B. Blue Harvest
C. Planet Terror

9. The slithery noises made when Jabba the Hutt moves were created by the sound man:
A. Running his hands through a cheese casserole
B. Stepping in a bucket full of pig intestines
C. Swishing Jell-O between his teeth

10. Qui-Gon Jinn's communicator is actually a redecorated what?
A. Sensor Excel Razor for Women
B. Toy Star Trek communicator
C. P-Touch brand Labelmaker

You Park Like an Asshole

"I have my own little world, but it's okay - they know me here." ~ Author Unknown

Sent to me by a coworker... I hope to have trivia up again today!...if not, tomorrow!

http://www.youparklikeanasshole.com/

Gnomesville Massacre

"Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe." ~ John Milton

Just a weird little story I thought I'd share...and I swear I DIDN'T DO IT!...someone else beat me to the punch:

Gnome, gnome on derange

Dir en Grey "Obscure"

"There is no I in TEAM but there is so a fucking ME!" ~ Stephen Gilchrist Glover

It's a fucking blog-o-rama on Bits & Pieces tonight (see posts below)! Here's a clip from Dir en Grey, which is a Japanese metal band that sounds like the bastard child resulting from an orgy with old-school Korn, modern metal, Marilyn Manson, and Rammstein. I first heard of this band when Jonathan Davis (from Korn) chose DeG to open the most recent Family Values tour...which led me to not rush out and check them out because Jon Davis's taste in music and musical direction has been mostly questionable these days...but I dig this band! I'm not really a fan of modern metal at all, but these guys are fucking WEIRD and it's nice to see Japs rockin' out as it gives me hope...hehehe...and for those who don't know, I'm half-Japanese which gives me every right to say Jap (or so I'm saying)...so HA...! And this video is awesome...when I watch it, I feel it's as if all the really weird shite in my brain was bukkake'd onto celluloid (then eaten and shat out)...ugghh...but at the same time I only wish I could come up with something as good...oh, and the unrated version of the video is WAY better (look it up on YouTube if interested)...

Speak of the Devil...

"Boredom slays more of existence than war..." ~ Norman Mailer

...and he comes running for a cookie...

...OK, that made no sense, but fuck it...

So I still feel like shit (see post below this one), but as I was doing my random internetting, the Yahoo home page at this particular point in time features the Yahoo! Answers question of the, uh, moment...and it has to deal with dreams (yup, speak of the devil!...and again, see post below this one)...here's the question that was posted by some random individual (everything is posted, unedited, word for word):

What do Dreams Mean?
In the past couple of nights I had these really weird deams. I mean really weird and upsetting. I just need to know If any of you out there believe as I do that dreams mean something. If so....then I would love to find someone to help me decipher the dreams I have had in the past couple of night.

Here's the response I contributed to the cause (at the time of my posting I was the 849th response or some shite like that):
I think if someone really knew the answer to this question they'd be a very rich individual... Perhaps everyone's 'reasons' for why they dream what they dream are different. Personally, I've always felt the majority of my dreams are like my brain doing spring cleaning...bringing up some of the most random moments, people, or whatever from my past and throwing them all together somehow. They never have anything to do with how I was feeling or what I was watching/listening to before going to sleep. Maybe it all has some deep, psychological meaning...or maybe it's just one's brain kinda having a fart... I guess you have to step back and look at what's going on in your life and what happened in your past that could possibly contribute to whatever dreams you are having if you want to find some meaning to it all...it's your dream so really only you know the answer. A psychologist, dream analyst, random schmo on the internet can give all the opinions they want on what it all means, but we all don't know you at all and it's possible you may be exaggerating the truth (which would hinder a proper 'analysis') or may not be comfortable giving all the details of your life (and understandably so) to help us understand why you're dreaming what you're dreaming, so really it all falls back on you.

So that's just how I feel. By no means am I saying I'm right...I actually think it would be fucking pompous for anyone to come out and say they have THE right answer... So as I was scanning through the hundreds of other posts (with a lot of Jung this, Freud that), I came across these other two posts that I found particularly interesting. Here's one from "Sheila A":
Dreams are your brain's way, of doing, --house keeping. In many ways, depending on the stress level at the time, the time of day or night, and what is occuring in your life during those times, your brain can only absorb so much. It takes in what is happening, but like a file cabinet, no matter what time of day/nite, when it's full, it's just,-full. No matter what you continue to stuff inside beyond it's capacity. And just like you, when you have time to climb in and take out what is not needed, and replace the empty space with what you have over time stuffed inside, your brain does the same thing, when you sleep. That's not to say that what you dream doesn't mean anything because dreams do matter. Ask yourself what you have been going thru, avoiding, holding back on, or releasing yourself to as of late. It's not rocket science, the brain is a miraculous part of your body, it's the secret chamber, that only you can unlock with total honesty, compassion and submission to what maybe inside. Like chasing the boggy-man back. Get back into the face of what you are afraid of. Rather than having some hypnotic suggestion posed to you under hypnosis, if you seek, you will find. If you don't you will be haunted until you deal with what you are denying, avoiding, or hiding from, no matter if it's emotional pain, confrontation, admition, etc. If you can stand to look in the mirror every day before work you can do this. One last note: not all consequences are bad. They are both, good and bad. If you are in denial or hiding from feelings that you are afraid to admit feel good, you are still hiding. Point is, is to keep your cards out on the table where you can see what you are doing, so you can play fair with not only others, but mostly yourself. You dig kiddo?

I dig, "Sheila A"! Now here's one from "Biblical View":
I canot guarentee anything unless the Lord shows me but God has given me tha gift of interpeting dreams and I would be glad to help if I can. The bible realy is a God revelaing himself in dreams and the Lord uses them to show things. Also Satan is real and he will speak in dreams also. The question of interpatation is whether it comes from Holy Spirit our familar spirits. A familar spirit is of Satans Kingdom and will seem correct but will in the end lead to error. Only God through Jesus by Holy Spirit can reveal a dream to someine in truth. There is no set science it is about relationship with the Lord.

So God gave BV "tha gift of interpreting dreams" but not the gift of being able to hit spell/grammar check...oh well, I guess God can only give so much to each individual...after all, there's a lot of people in the world and only so many gifts to go around...

Waking up from a weird dream...now I feel shitty...

"Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair." ~ C.C. Colton


I just woke up from a weird dream...it involved me giving Skum from Skumlove a ride home where we passed through an area about two miles away from my house...in reality, this area has a little business plaza with a laundromat, liquor store, Blockbuster, donut place, tailor, etc...but in the dream it was a library and there was a giant, violent police shootout going on...I can't even describe it other than that it all looked rather fucked up...when we cleared that area and proceeded with the goings home, Skum tried to put in a CD by some French songstress whose name I can't remember...then I woke up...

Now I feel dehydrated and nauseous and I've got a headache...not entirely sure why...but I got up and got a bottle of Gatorade and finished in it in a few seconds...now I'm posting shite because I fell asleep with the computer running and I'm not sure what to do at this moment...I'd play Warcraft but my brain is just kind of 'eh' right now...

Fully Operational Again Soon?

Currently listening to: "Empty Hands" by Bomb Child

Sorry I've only been doing random little posts here and there...just been dealing with A LOT of SHITE/depression/job hunting/drinking...at this particular moment I'm at work (just had my one year anniversary at this shithole yesterday) and emotionally I'm not sure if I'm going to cry or vomit...or both...I've been really sad for the past couple days for several reasons...haven't had the time/energy/ambition to do much....like type up new trivia...or check out the blogs of all you fine (read: twisted) folks who drop by here on a regular basis.

So yeah...that's what's going on...I'll try to crawl out of the bottle sometime soon...and Bomb Child is the shit if you dig kick ass rock n' roll: http://www.myspace.com/bombchild

Because a weird, pink-haired girl and three puppets just can't be wrong...

Currently listening to: "Loss from a Distance" by Buckethead



Oh, wait...it's not pink, it's lightish red...!

And oh yeah, "24" is THE SHIT!

Fuck Fuck Fuckity Fuck FUCK!!!

Currently listening to: "Stripped" by Rammstein (from the uber-special-ultra-deluxe edition of Volkerball)

I always get nervous around new people and in situations where I'm calling someone for the first time and shite like that...I got a message regarding a job interview and when I called back I blanked...I sounded like a retard applying for his first job ever and I even started to give the wrong phone number (I did correct myself, but still)...I'm not going to be surprised if they don't even call me back...it was a good opportunity, too...I've been fucking up a lot lately...FUCK!

Aaaaak! They're After Me...

Currently listening to: "Tent in Your Pants" by Peaches

I knew I should've eaten this bitch's face off before she had a chance to call in the cavalry...

Pooing Penguin

Currently listening to: "Fuck or Kill" by Peaches

Let's face it...you're day just ain't complete without a picture of a pooing penguin...that looks like it's humping another penguin

Heavy Clothes...

Currently listening to: "Conflict - The Argument Goes On..." by Mushroomhead

So I went to the doctor yesterday and when they weighed me the scale read that I'm 128 pounds... I had just weighed myself that morning and my scale read that I was 113 pounds...and I was only in my skivvies at the time... So that means that I was wearing about 15 pounds of apparel/accessories by the time I got to the doctor...all that included long-sleeve red shirt, black short-sleeved button-up overshirt, black cargo pants, black underwear, black socks, black shoes (Skechers work-boot type things that aren't really boots), wallet, cell phone, keys, knife (it's a box cutter I use for opening shite at work...but yeah, I had a knife on me going in to a doctor's office...haha!)...that is all...

I Am What I Drink...

Currently listening to: "Broken Skin" by Mortiis

You Are Whiskey

You're a tough drinker, and you take it like a man That means no girly drinks for you - even if you are a girl You prefer a cold, hard drink at the end of the day Every day, in fact. And make that a few.

What Alcoholic Drink Are You?

TQFS #12 Answers!!!

Currently listening to: "Your Gaulish War" by Eluveitie

Listed below are the LONG-AWAITED answers to TQFS #12! Sorry for the delay and my apologies in advance if my blogging and upcoming trivia is kinda sporadic in the near near future... Long story short, in a nutsack, I got REALLY screwed over at work and that was the huge bomb dropped on me last week. I didn't do anything wrong and I wasn't fired or anything...so I'm still employed, but I'm not happy...so I've been making lots of calls, sending lots of emails, and drinking lots of whisky in the past week... "Does he look like a bitch?!?!... ... ...then why are you trying to fuck him like one?"...oh, I love that Sam Jackson...

HDD got the high score on this installment with 5 out of 10 correct...

1. What is the state flower of New Mexico?
C. The Yucca

2. Out of all the toys released in 1994, the most popular were “Lion King” toys and what?
C. Power Rangers

3. The catfish has more taste buds than any other animal. How many taste buds does it have?
B. 27,000

4. How much did the bra Marilyn Monroe wore in “Some Like It Hot” sell for?
A. $14,000

5. In the Homestar Runner cartoon “The House that Gave Sucky Treats,” what/who did Strong Bad come dressed as?
C. Carmen Sandiego
"Where in the world is my candy?"

6. The three best-known Western names in China are Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and:
B. Elvis Presley
Those three names together sound like the start of a really bad joke...

7. Tegestology refers to what?
B. The collecting of beer coasters
Amazingly sad, ain't it?

8. A speleologist studies what?
A. Caves

9. About what percentage of the world is left-handed?
B. 10%
And supposedly 10% of the population is gay...coincidence??? Please don't hurt me, Yas (who is left-handed...not gay...)...

10. A magic potion/charm thought to arouse sexual love, especially toward a specific person, is known as:
B. A philter
Well, I guess the phallus and the aphrodisiac would help...

SWIPED from Yasamin

Currently listening to: "Baby, I Love You" by The Yayhoos

Click the above link to listen to my favorite song of the moment...

Many thanks to Yasamin for the zombie DEADication (I left a comment just now!) and for the following blog content:

1) Your favorite Ben and Jerry's ice cream?
I'm lactose intolerant...

2) Would you rather fall into a pit of non poisonous snakes or spiders?
Snakes...less of a chance of them crawling their way into any of my orifices...orifici? Hmmm...

3) Mustard or Ketchup?
MUSTARD! I love mustard...and catsup really doesn't taste like tomato in my opinion... Hehehe...ever seen that Maury Povich episode about phobias? Here's a link that has a woman with a fear of birds and then a woman who has a fear of mustard...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98RFlHQZsA8

4) Chicken or steak?
Steak...

5) Mexican, Chinese, or Italian?
Mexicans can be hot, but most of them are Catholics, which is OK, but if I were dating one I'd hate for her to drag me to church... Not too into Chinese chicks...I like Asians, but prefer the darker skinned islanders... Italians are great because of their accents...


6) New York, L.A., or Boston?
Never been to NY or Boston...and I'm a native Angeleno, so I'll say L.A.

7) Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson, Nick Cage, or Denzel Washington?
What a shitty list...Daniel Craig has the most gorgeous blue eyes...I'd go gay for him...Gerard Butler is (as a coworker of mine once said) a hunka hunka piece of man meat...Clive Owen is quite sexy...but good god, none of the above in the original question...

8) Kate Hudson, Zeta Jones, Nichole Kidman, or Beyonce?
Again, what a shitty list... I'm hot for Gina Torres (NEBULA THE PIRATE QUEEN from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)...gorgeous woman with a gorgeous voice...

9) Star Wars or Star Trek?
Never a Star Wars fan...and since I once worked for Viacom, I'll say Star Trek...

10)Alien or Predator?
AVP!!! I like the Predator...kick ass weapons and cool dreadlocks...

11)Have a job you hate with oodles of money or a job you love with little?
There's something to be said about happiness...

12)Will you pay ungodly amounts to see a movie you have been waiting to see in a theater?
What kind of a dumbshit question is this? There are very few movies that I'll drag my ass out of the house to see opening day...like The Devil's Rejects...or Land of the Dead, which I took a day off of work to go see the first possible showing in my area...but I can wait...I would never pay ungodly amounts of money to see anything...well, unless it were Gina Torres in a zombie porn...

13)In a zombie crisis will you?...a) grab a blunt instrament and run out to face the world. b) barricade yourself in with your roommates or whoever is there. c) call shea for advice. d) go to Walmart ...
I'll say: e)run to the aid of Yasamin
Just remember that you don't need to reload knives or blunt objects...that gun is only going to last you so long, but while you have it, AIM FOR THE HEAD! When the zombie apocalypse hits (and I'm crossing my fingers hoping to see the day it happens) I'll be out there slaying the undead masses...any excuse to kill people, living or otherwise, is good enough for me...

14)Do you believe or are you open to the idea of Bigfoot?
Fuck yeah, I've seen it, too! I used to watch monster truck racing all the time as a kid!

15)Do you believe in giant squids like in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea?
Fuck yeah...and I want to believe in whatever the fuck those things were in Deep Rising...love that flick...

16)Rather be attacked by an alligator or shark?
Alligator... Hopefully Betty White will be in the background cheering it on as it tries to eat me...that'd be a trip..."If you didn't like Lake Placid you're probably on fake acid!" ~ Cheri Oteri ...

17)Would you rather write a best seller or make a blockbuster?
Blockbuster...zombie blockbuster...NO FUCKING RUNNING ZOMBIES, though...

18)Mountains or beaches?
Beaches...I have a fear of heights...

19)Armageddon or Deep Impact?
Haven't seen either...but isn't Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact? If so, I vote Deep Impact...and I don't think I'll be losing any sleep if I never see Armageddon...

20)If you were to put in a cd right now what would it be?
Finntroll's "Nattfodd"

21)If you were to put in a movie right now what would it be?
"Dawn of the Dead"...the original..."When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth..."
Note to Yasamin: "28 Days Later" is not actually a zombie movie, but it was marketed as one...and I feel that that movie, as good as it was, is ruining the zombie genre with whole 'running zombie' deal... The creatures in "28 Days" were infected with a psychological rage virus, hence why they were called 'the infected' and not 'zombies'...Danny Boyle has even gone on record to say that they were not zombies... Running zombies (which I first saw in "Return of the Living Dead" YEARS AGO) make no sense anyways...atrophy and rigor mortis would prevent them from sprinting after their prey...

22)Who is your favorite character in Lord of the Rings?
Gandalf...because he smokes the halflings's 'weed'...

23)Bracelets, anklets, or necklaces?
Um, I do own a shark tooth necklace...but none of the other stuff...

25)Ben Stiller, Jim Carrey, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, or Owen Wilson?
What's with all the shitty lists?!?!...BRUCE CAMPBELL!!!

26)Would you go see a movie no matter how bad it looked just because you love the director or cast?
Depends...will there be alcohol involved?

27)If you were just hit by a truck and were lying out in that gutter and you had time to sing one song...just one song, with any band in the world, what song would it be and with what band behind you playing?
Since it was a truck, I'll say C.W. McCall's "Convoy"

28)Ever danced with the devil in the pale moon light?
Yeah...and I even used to fuck her, but then she ran off with some married Thai bastard...

29) Who is your favorite Batman villain?
CATWOMAN...Eartha Kitt was fuckin' hot...!

30) If you were just hit by a truck and you were laying out in that gutter and had time to pick one director...just one...to tell the story of your life, who would it be?
George Romero...because then I would rise from the dead after being hit by the truck...

Uggghhh...

Hey all, I'll try to post the trivia answers soon...hopefully sometime Thursday afternoon or evening...but I might take a few days off from the blog because I just got a huge bomb dropped on me and I'm not happy and I'm a bit of an alcoholic mess right now (and will probably remain in that state for a bit)...

...as soon as I crawl out of the bottle, I'll let you know...

Until then, here's a 'Behind the Scenes' still from 'happier' times when I was in the midst of taping my zombie apocalypse:

For All You MySpace Users...

Currently listening to: "Welcome to Bucketheadland" by Buckethead

NEW QUIZ BELOW THIS POST!!!

I just uploaded a whole helluvalotta still frames (in the PICS section) on my MySpace page from a short flick I did for a 'film' class back in the Fall of 2004. The project was supposed to involve a chase scene...I called mine "Dawn of the Ted" (starring my brother Doug)...the title is an obvious homage to George Romero, but has nothing to do with zombies...

I've added captions to each of the frames that essentially tell the whole story of the flick...sorry if some descriptions are lacking...MySpace only allows you to type so much for captions...

I think you have to be a MySpace member to view pics on someone's profile...so even if you don't want to be on MySpace, create a profile so you can view myself and members of my family make asses out of ourselves...

Click the link above (or click here) and enjoy!...and leave comments!

Trivia Quiz for Squiggle #12

Currently listening to "Invert the Virgin" by Goatwhore

1. What is the state flower of New Mexico?
A. The Orchid
B. The Rose
C. The Yucca

2. Out of all the toys released in 1994, the most popular were “Lion King” toys and what?
A. Tamagotchi
B. Beanie Babies
C. Power Rangers

3. The catfish has more taste buds than any other animal. How many taste buds does it have?
A. 17,000
B. 27,000
C. 37,000

4. How much did the bra Marilyn Monroe wore in “Some Like It Hot” sell for?
A. $14,000
B. $39,000
C. $55,000

5. In the Homestar Runner cartoon “The House that Gave Sucky Treats,” what/who did Strong Bad come dressed as?
A. Princess Leia
B. The Spanish Inquisition
C. Carmen Sandiego

6. The three best-known Western names in China are Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and:
A. Ronald McDonald
B. Elvis Presley
C. George Washington

7. Tegestology refers to what?
A. The study of the digestive tract
B. The collecting of beer coasters
C. The tracking of earthquakes that occur in deserts

8. A speleologist studies what?
A. Caves
B. Phonetics
C. Soap

9. About what percentage of the world is left-handed?
A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 20%

10. A magic potion/charm thought to arouse sexual love, especially toward a specific person, is known as:
A. An aphrodisiac
B. A philter
C. A phallus

TQFS #11 Answers!

Currently listening to: "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by LORDI

This quiz saw the highest scores so far...with Yasamin getting the highest TQFS total to date with 9 out 10 correct...! Tied for second were jen and HDD with 8 out 10...then Doug with 7 out of 10...followed by mg with 5 out 10, but I'm going to give her 6 out of 10 for her two improvised answers as I always appreciate creativity (hey, it's MY quiz, and I'll cry if I want to...no wait, that's not it...)...

1. Skippy is a young rabbit from what animated feature?
A. Robin Hood

2. After his hallucinations, where does Dumbo wake up the following morning?
A. On top of a tree
For argument's sake, did I ever say WHEN and WHERE he had the hallucinations? Hmmm?!?!?!?...I'm kinda sad no one guessed C...

3. In the Lion King, where does Mufasa and his family live?
C. Pride Rock

4. In the Little Mermaid when Ariel sees Prince Eric, what type of celebration was happening on the ship?
B. A birthday party

5. In which of these three Disney animated features will you find a cat named Lucifer?
A. Cinderella

6. Of these Disney princesses, which is the only one with brown eyes?
A. Snow White

7. In Sleeping Beauty, what is it that Prince Phillip tells his horse Samson he will not be receiving, after being dumped into the stream?
A. He will receive "No Carrots"

8. Where did Disney's Song of the South make its 1st premiere?
B. Atlanta,GA

9. In Aladdin, what does Jasmine steal from the Marketplace?
C. An apple

10. In Lady & the Tramp, by what name did Tony call the Tramp?
A. Butch

Trivia Quiz for Squiggle #11

Currently listening to: "Supermonstars (The Anthem of the Phantoms)" by LORDI

TQFS X answers listed below this post!

Based on a comment from Jen, today's quiz is all Disney-related...I figured that's sorta fair game for everybody...

1. Skippy is a young rabbit from what animated feature?
A. Robin Hood
B. Bambi
C. The Fox and the Hound

2. After his hallucinations, where does Dumbo wake up the following morning?
A. On top of a tree
B. In a big top tent
C. In a New Jersey hooker's apartment next to empty bottles of cheap liquor and a pile of dirty needles...

3. In the Lion King, where does Mufasa and his family live?
A. Flat Rock
B. Brag Rock
C. Pride Rock

4. In the Little Mermaid when Ariel sees Prince Eric, what type of celebration was happening on the ship?
A. A baby shower
B. A birthday party
C. An engagement party

5. In which of these three Disney animated features will you find a cat named Lucifer?
A. Cinderella
B. Fantasia
C. Robin Hood

6. Of these Disney princesses, which is the only one with brown eyes?
A. Snow White
B. Sleeping Beauty
C. Cinderella

7. In Sleeping Beauty, what is it that Prince Phillip tells his horse Samson he will not be receiving, after being dumped into the stream?
A. He will receive "No Carrots"
B. He will receive "No Apples"
C. He will receive "No Donkey Show"

8. Where did Disney's Song of the South make its 1st premiere?
A. Anaheim, CA
B. Atlanta,GA
C. Orlando, FL

9. In Aladdin, what does Jasmine steal from the Marketplace?
A. A necklace
B. A piece of bread
C. An apple

10. In Lady & the Tramp, by what name did Tony call the Tramp?
A. Butch
B. Max
C. Mongrel

TQFS X Answers!

Currently listening to: "Wake the Snake" by LORDI

So there was a three-way tie between Doug, mg, and the High Desert Diva, with 24 out of 50 each...Yasamin got 21 out of 50, and Jen got the answers right to all three questions she answered/commented on.

1. What was the last Disney animated feature to use hand-painted cels and analog camera and film work?
A. The Little Mermaid

2. The code title for Disney's "The Incredibles" (to protect the movie's secrecy) was what?
B. Tights
Answer A, "Sand Dogs," was actually the code title for Star Wars: Episode III

3. What fictitious brand of cigarettes make appearances in Quentin Tarantino's movies?
C. Red Apple

4. In the first Predator movie, the Predator's blood was made out of glow sticks and what?
A. KY Jelly

5. What was the body count in the first Predator movie?
C. 64
You should all know by know that, more often than not, "37" will be an incorrect answer...can anyone (I know Doug will get this) tell me what that number refers to?

6. In the German version of Die Hard, the terrorists are not from Germany. How are they referred to?
C. Just plain "Europeans"

7. What is the Hungarian title for Die Hard?
B. Give your life expensive
It actually wasn't hard to come up with the two fake answers...I guess that's due to the Asian in me...the sequels to the Hungarian versions of Die Hard are "Your life is more expensive", and the third part is "The life is always expensive"

8. In the movie Mean Girls, the movie Janice and Damian are watching on Halloween is:
B. Friday the 13th: Part 2

9. How many times does the word fuck (and its variations) appear in the movie Bad Santa?
A. 147

10. What is the estimated total monetary value spent on golf balls by golfers annually?
C. $800 million

11. In poker, what is the chance of drawing a flush?
B. 1 in 500


12. The first soccer World Cup was held in what country in 1930?
B. Uruguay


13. Which of these rock/metal bands covered Heaven 17's "Temptation" this year (2006)?
C. Cradle of Filth (from England)


14. How much does the International Space Station weigh?
A. 500 tons

15. What was the first American satellite in orbit?
A. Explorer I

16. What is a cluster of bananas called?
C. A hand
A hand consist of 10 to 20 bananas, each one referred to as fingers

17. Banana plants are the largest plants on earth without a woody stem. They are actually what?
A. Giant herbs
And they are of the same family as lilies, orchids, and palms

18. About how many eggs does a female mackerel lay at one time?
B. 500,000
That's a lotta fuckin kids...

19. How many times a second can a woodpecker peck?
B. 20
And that's a lotta peckin'...

20. What was the first cartoon character to have been made into a balloon for a parade?
B. Felix the Cat

21. About how long can human tapeworms grow up to?
B. 23m

22. On average, about how many chinchillas does it take to make a fur coat?
B. Anywhere between 60 to 100

23. How long does it take to boil an ostrich egg?
B. 40 minutes


24. What the Hell is poshintang?
A. Dog meat soup

25. Macaroni, Gentoo, and Chinstrap are types of what?
B. Penguins

26. What is the medical term for a natural gap between two teeth?
A. Diastema

27. What was the name of Sir Isaac Newton's pet Pomeranian?
B. Diamond

28. What is the real first name of actor Lon Chaney Sr.?
C. Alonzo

29. How many patents are attributed to Thomas Edison?
C. 1,093

30. What is Pat Benatar's maiden name?
B. Andrzejewski
Bryniarski is the last name of the guy who portrays Leatherface in the new Texas Chain Saw movies...Anatevka is from Fiddler on the Roof...

31. What is the first name of the TV character MacGyver (played by Richard Dean Anderson)?
A. Angus
Would've been cooler if he were Bob MacGyver...

32. What is the adjectival form for a mongoose?
C. herpestine
Hystricine = porcupine, equine = horse

33. What are the first and middle name of A.A. Milne?
B. Alan Alexander
To answer Yasamin's question, A.A. Milne created WINNIE THE POOH!

34. What is Princess Leia's adopted last name?
C. Organa

35. In Sue Grafton's alphabetical ongoing series of whodunits, "C is for_____":
C. Corpse

36. Geza is the middle name of which actor?
B. Ben Affleck

37. Bechuanaland is the former name of what nation?
B. Botswana

38. In Pac-Man, the four ghosts are Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and:
C. Clyde

39. What was the Bank of America known as when it was founded in San Francisco in 1904?
A. Bank of Italy

40. What did it say on the sign on the outer fence at the Addams Family residence in the TV sitcom?
A. Beware of The Thing
B. Weird is Relative
C. Abandon All Hope
"Weird is Relative" was the tag line for the first Addams Family movie and "Abandon All Hope" is from Dante's "Inferno"...when Dante passes through the Gate of Hell, the inscription on the gate reads: "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate" or "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."

41. What is the technical term for a palm reader?
A. Chiromancer
Zoroastrianism is the religious system founded by Zoroaster and set forth in the Avesta, teaching the worship of Ahura Mazda in the context of a universal struggle between the forces of light and of darkness. Thaumaturge is another word for magician

42. What does "zwitter" mean in German?
A. Hermaphrodite
You people obviously don't know your Rammstein...

43. What is the Australian equivalent to the Academy Award?
C. Lovely
And the Lovely goes to...hehehe...even though the following has nothing to do with the Aussie Oscars, this reminds me of Craig Ferguson's monologue from 11/27/06...so here 'tis...compliments of Doug...the 'significant' part starts around 2:20 in...

44. What is Kevin Spacey's real last name?
A. Fowler
Fowler, Kinsey, and Bunche are all names of buildings at UCLA, by the way

45. What is the raised part of a sundial that casts the shadow?
B. Gnomon
Definition of "glyptic" = of or pertaining to carving or engraving on gems or the like... "Gorelick" is Kenny G's last name

46. What was the original name of pop group New Kids on the Block?
B. Nynuk
Answer A, odium, means 'hatred' in Latin...here's the full English definition of the term: "intense hatred or dislike, esp. toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant."

47. The rock group Styx was once known as:
A. TW4

48. What is an amanita phalloides?
C. The world's deadliest mushroom

49. According to a Turkish proverb, coffee should be "black as hell,
strong as death, and _____":
C. as sweet as love

50. What was the name of Olive Oyl's boyfriend before Popeye?
A. Ham Gravy

Take Trivia Quiz #10 & No More Word Verification!!!

Currently listening to: "Girl from Ipanema" by Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto

So far only Yasamin has taken the quiz (well, jen gave a mighty effort, but didn't complete it)...I didn't expect anyone to do it over the holidays, but tomorrow I'll have a new quiz up, so I just wanted to remind you all to take it by noon tomorrow! It's a few posts down now, so here's a quick link to it:
Trivia Quiz for Squiggle X

AND, based on a comment made by mg on Doug's blog, I have turned off Word Verification...I will brave the possible spam...

But if you don't want to take the quiz or, in Yasamin's/Jen's case, you've taken it already, here's a lovely painting by John Martin of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah to keep you occupied so your journey to my blog today won't be a total waste: