"Give us this day our Daily Quiz..." Answers from the 06/16/99 DQ.
TERRY DIBBLE
REBECCA DICK
JOE ERCOLI
BRYAN HOBBS
ELISSA JACKSON
MELODIE JOHNSON
KATE KIRKPATRICK
NANCY REGO
TODD RIST
MARC THIBAULT
JAMES TOBIN
These folks win a beautiful new June brumble!!
1. What two things does Maverick leave on Charlie's pillow the morning
after they
engage in jiggification?
"A twenty and a DNA sample." - JP XENAKIS
"A Rose and a california potato chip." - PAUL GEORGE
"An apple and a paper airplane" - JENNIFER AHARI
"Tom knows how to do origami??? Is there anything that man can't do?" -
SUSY
CHINRATANA
(No, but close, Jennifer. And considering he was a student of hers, that
may have been more appropriate.)
Correct Answer: "A rose and a clever little note written on a paper
airplane, the contents of which make Charlie smile but we never get to
see." - ALEX RICKER
"A flower and a note that read 'Baby, welcome to Dumpsville. Population:
YOU!'" - MATT GEORGE
(OK, Matt, which Simpsons was that?)
"A single red rose, where he picked that one up at 6am remains a mystery
and a paper airplane." - STEPHEN STEWART
"A paper airplane note, and a rose, that he apparently must have stolen
from her garden." - GIANCARLO CORTI
(Note: It was a yellow rose, I believe. Yellow, of course, signifying
friendship. With friends like that, who needs hookers?)
2. For each of the following "Top Gun" quotes, name the character who
said it:
a. "The Defense Department regrets to inform you that your sons are dead
because they were stupid. Great balls of fire!"
"the Guy from the tower that spilled his coffee" - DAVE NACHISON
(No, Dave, but thanks for bringing this guy up. What was the dealio
there? Is he the same guy on the carrier as is in the tower at Miramar?
What, is he Mav's personal control tower guy? "Hey Bob, Mav's being
reassigned, be ready to go in 10 minutes." And if it's a different guy,
why does he yell "That's twice!" when Mav buzzes the tower at Miramar? So
many questions.)
Correct Answer: "Goose"
b. "That was some of the best flying I've seen. Right up to the point
where you got killed. You never, ever leave your wingman."
"Colonel Sanders" - GIANNA VASQUEZ
(Close, Gianna. What the Colonel said was, "You never, ever leave your
wing, man.")
(Note: He also puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes you
crave it fortnightly, SMARTASS!)
Correct Answer: " yee-haw! Jester's dead!" - GIANCARLO CORTI
(That was a fine yee-haw, son.)
c. "The enemy's dangerous, but right now you're worse than the enemy.
You're dangerous and foolish. You may not like the guys you fly with, and
they may not like you, but whose side are you on, anyway?"
Correct Answer: "Iceman"
"That's right Ice...man. I am dangerous." - JESSICA STAPP doing a
chilling and dead-on balls accurate Val Kilmer.
"Meee-owwwww! Lookin so much better in that movie than he does in
Tombstone, although his acting in that one was PHENOMENAL." - AMANDA SALTER
(Yeah, I'll admit he's pretty hunky, and while I've read that some
director's think he's one of the best actors around, he's also supposed to
be off-the-charts immature.)
(Also, I love the scene where he appears to be reading his lines off the
ceiling of the locker room when he's consoling Mav after Goose's death.)
d. "Goose is dead."
Correct Answer: "Viper"
(Someone mentioned that Maverick may also have said this to Charlie. I
have a vague recollection of this, so go ahead and give yourself full
credit.)
"The great Val Kilmer himself. You know he went to my high school.. didn't
look anything like he did in Top Gun." - KATE HIMOT
(Nah, he woulda looked strange in a flight suit in Geometry class.)
3. Susan Sarandon calls him "honey"; what did Mav and the boys call him?
"Sissy" - LEETO TLOU
(Pretty sure there was no one with that call sign, Leeto. For those of
you who may be wondering how Leeto pronounces his name, it's "Lee-ett-oh".)
(But his friends call him "Sissy".)
"I'm not going to make fun of the Quizmaster for putting in Susan Saradon
instead of Meg Ryan. Goose." - VICKIE ELLICKSON
(Perhaps not, but the QuizMaster *is* going to make fun of you for not
realizing that I was making a subtle reference to Tim Robbins.)
"Pokey" - JONATHAN COLAN
(+1, Bull Durham reference.)
"She spoke at my graduation from Rutgers and used the speech as an
opportunity to rant and rave about American sanctions against Haitians
with AIDS. GET YOUR LEFT-WING BLEEDING HEART OUT OF MY GRADUATION!!!" JP
XENAKIS
(Hey, Xenakis (pronounced "Xe-nak-is") don't you think it's just a pretty
cool thing that she took time out of her schedule to come to a Strayer
graduation?)
"I don't think they called him a damn thing since the only time we saw him
was on the carrier scene after Mav and Ice man heroicly defeated the
entire Russian airforce by themselves." - STEVE BOSWELL
(Although that is pretty much the only time we see his face, he was up
there with the rest of them, and we were able to read his helmet.)
Correct Answer: " Merlin aka tim robbins....this one was very tough.
nice job " - JIM GILKESON
(Hey, thanks, Jim.)
4. What kind of plane does Mav fly?
"Music is his airoplane." - JP XENAKIS
Correct Answer: "F-14 Tomcat"
"My boyfriend builds F-18's and can tell you waaaaaaay more than you
wanted to know about any plane, especially Navy planes. He's not here
though, to bore you with insignificant details." - ALAINA REEDE
(Eh, you did fine on your own, Alaina.)
(One question though. Is this a hobby of his, this building F-18's? Or
is it his job?)
5. What carrier do they fly from?
"Typhoid Mary. I mean wouldn't you?!" - JONATHAN COLAN
"MCI Worldcom" - TANYA VEVERKA
"USS Essess" - PAT GEORGE
"Oh damn, I just saw the end last night, damn damn damn...
I can't pull it up... Damn, damn, damn!!!!
I'm in a flat spin!! I can't pull up!
I flew right through his jetwash! Damn damn damn! " - BRIAN FOSTER
Correct Answer: "USS Enterprise"
(Note: If you are offended easily, or are my mother, please do not read
the following disturbing diatribe by ERIK TUININGA. I wouldn't have
printed it, but I am afraid of making him mad.)
"Top Gun 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. 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. 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" - ERIK TUININGA
6. In "Wargames", why does that rascal David purposely get kicked out of
class?
"Your wife?" - MIKE ROLFES
(OK, out, Mike. Get out.)
"He illegally buzzed the tower." - AMIE JUNE BRUMBLE
"I'm sorry, I only saw this film once. Out of respect to the 1980's I
will not give silly answers. Instead, for each answer I will contribute a
Top Gun quote of my own. 'Your ego is writing checks your body can't
cash.'" - STEVEN BEVIER
Correct Answer: "So he can go to the Principal's office to steal the
school computer's password. I believe the password was Pencil." - MELISSA
SINUNU
7. What's the name of the computer that is trying to launch the missiles?
"Don't you leave me Maverick!" - STEVEN BEVIER
Correct Answer: "NORAD calls it The Whopper (WOPR), David calls it Joshua,
but I like to call it The Love Machine." - JONATHAN COLAN
(Lots of you asked what WOPR stands for.)
"War
Operations
Planned
Response" - JOHN VAN HYFTE
8. What was the secret password that got them into the system?
"867-5309" - KYLA SANKEY
"tictactoe" - MEGAN MCGOVERN and ERIN CASEY
(No, but way to cheat. I happen to know you to sit by each other. Please
see me after class.)
(Note: Tic-Tac-Toe was the game they used to teach WOPR that nuclear war
is futile. Computer scientists have long noted that this is impossible.
Hungry Hungry Hippos is the only game that would work.)
"Whose butt did you kiss to get in here?"
"The list is long and distiguished."
"Yeah, so is my johnson." - STEVEN BEVIER
"XXXXXXXXXXX" - JENNIFER MATTHEW
(Ha! You have two first names! AH-HA-HA-HA-HA --er, wait a second.)
Correct Answer: "Joshua"
"Pencil for the school computer.....Joshua for the WOPR." - BRYAN HOBBS
(Good point. I didn't specify.)
"Pretty silly backdoor - I mean, I work for a bank where all anyone could
do is steal a few million dollars, and the first thing they tell is not to
use birthdays and family names for pass codes. I mean, this guy designed
the computer system which automated our nuclear defense system, and he
uses his dead son's name as the passcode to access all of it. What an
idiot." - SCOTT ELDRIDGE
(Oh, and Scott, even without that #5 stumper you still wouldn't have had a
perfect quiz, cuz you called Tim Robbins "Hollywood". But a fine, fine
showing regardless.)
"I was going to put my Internet password here but that would be really
stupid since it's my password for everything. How many people out there
really have different passwords for their ATM and internet access and
other password sites? I think you should do a survey, Dave." - WENDY
MILLER
(Nah, my ATM PIN was assigned to me by the bank. My system passwords are
all books of the Bible. (Except for Deuteronomy, of course. I mean, who
the hell wants to type that all the time?) And as for your survey idea,
well, I imagine people would look at those results and say "Huh" and then
move on with their lives. When I do a survey, I want it to have deep and
lasting social ramifications. Like the nose one the other day.)
(Oh, and Wendy, thanks for the heavy sexual content in your answers. They
are interesting to read, but since my little brother, Jeremy (16), reads
this I can't print most of 'em. Jeremy's a good kid, but you know that
scene in "Forest Gump" where Jenny takes off her bra for Forest? That'd
be Jeremy reading your answers.)
9. What city do David and Jennifer decide to nuke first?
"I've lost the edge." - STEVEN BEVIER
Correct Answer: "Las Vegas"
(Seattle was second.)
"And they get plane tickets to Paris" - PAUL GEORGE
(Correction, they have *reservations* to Paris. Every time I see that
seen, I wonder if the tickets are in the computer as having been paid for.
I mean, cuz if they just booked their own flight and still have to pay for
it all they really did was save some airline reservationist some work.)
10. Who does the computer think David is?
"What are you doing, Dave? This is highly irregular." - ANDREA NEWTON
"You are here because you are the top 1% of all naval aviators. The best
of the best.....We'll make you better." - STEVEN BEVIER
"Ferris Bueller." - JP XENAKIS
Correct Answer: "Professor Falken"
DQ FunFact: My little brother, MATT GEORGE, bitched and whined his way
through this quiz, thinking his answers were wrong (they were correct) and
begging to be a winner anyway. Indeed, he would have been. He was 9/9
coming into this last question. His answer? "Professor Falcon." Doh!
Back o' the line, bitchboy!
Rock on,
Dave
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