'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe

Filler, I know, but hey at least I'm posting the answers in a reasonable amount of time!

Anyway, it's time for the answers to round 10 of Name That Song! There were no comments on LiveJournal (which I was half-expecting), but I cross-posted the same quiz to Facebook and got some surprising results there. Turns out a few songs I thought were originals are actually covers!

( The answers! )

Let's see... there were a lot of mainstream songs in there, but my music player also threw up a few more random entries. Songs for Phillip is incredibly obscure (I'm not sure if it was ever sold outside of Horsham), and I wouldn't have thought many people will know the Sonic Adventure 2 soundtrack. And of course there's an Irish entry from Clannad in there to mix things up.

The high score over on Facebook was 10 tracks right (artist or album or title) - did anyone here do better?

It's November, which means it's once again time for NaBloPoMo! And time for NaNoWriMo, which one year I might actually attempt.

This year I'll open by finally posting the answers to a Name That Game I posted back in March. This one seems to have stumped everyone - either that, or the usual commenters missed the post or have drifted off to other blogs. Anyway, I'll end the suspense and reveal the source of all the quotes now...

1. Believe in your strengths... Believe...
   Happy Mask Salesman, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
   
2. Science Team believes the Metroids can be trained. After several cycles of trying, I believe Science Team has vapor for brains.
   Space Pirate computer, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
   
3. A true gentlemen leaves no puzzle unsolved.
   Hershel Layton, Professor Layton
   
4. Farewell, my shadow, you who stand at the end of the path I chose not to follow. I wanted my own world, so I don't regret my choice. I would make the same choice all over again. I will continue to choose this path!
   Lloyd, Tales of Symphonia
   
5. There's also a chance, if all goes well, that I might be able to get you back to the place that you came from.
   Atrus, Riven
   
6. Faker? I think you're the fake around here. You're comparing yourself to me? Ha. You're not even good enough to be my fake.
   I'll make you eat those words!
   Shadow and Sonic, Sonic Adventure 2
   
7. The Great Mizuti never lies nor tricks. Maybe only sometimes. Rarely. Once in a blue moon.
   Mizuti, Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
   
8. The wind fish in name only, for it is neither.
   Owl statue, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
   
9. Master, that synthetic life-form... There is a 99% chance that it was the pirate described by the captain. I can't help but admire the tenacity it has displayed in staying alive and functional all these years.
   Fi, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
   
10. Lightning brings the cactus pain.
    Now it all begins again.
    Gurdy, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
    
11. I am Blockhead! I guard this place so that all shall pass! Er, wait... I mean, none shall pass!
    Blockhead, Ōkami
    
12. Agents are... GO!
    Commander Kahn, Elite Beat Agents
    
13. Never give up. Trust your instincts!
    James McCloud, Starfox 64
    
14. Did you just do what I think you did!? God damnit girl, I just spilt my joe all over the keyboard!
    Mercury, Mirror's Edge
    
15. I'll be waiting for you-- every day, in front of Hachiko... till you come back.
    Shiki Misaki, The World Ends with You
    

Perhaps I'll stick with song lyrics for these quizzes?

And now for something completely different! I was randomly inspired to put together another guess-the-whatever, but before I can post that I really ought to post the answers for the last round.

So, without further ado, here are the answers for round 6 of Guess the Movie!

1. My history’s a little hazy Cassius, but shouldn’t the Barbarians lose the battle of Carthage?
   Commodus, Gladiator
   
2. You're not invulnerable. I can repair your body, but I can't protect your mind.
   Dr. Ouelet, Ghost in the Shell (2017)
   
3. Gondor calls for aid!
   And Rohan will answer.
   Aragorn and King Théoden, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
   Half-guessed by olego (right series, wrong film)
4. I feel lighter. Maybe I lost some weight. All that dilly dallying.
   Cloud, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
   
5. It's a trap!
   Admiral Ackbar, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
   Half-guessed by olego (right series, wrong film)
6. Well, get ready for a 800-foot statue of Pac-Man with Skeletor and Heather Locklear...
   Peter Quill, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
   
7. Out there is a new world! Out there... is our destiny!
   Clu, Tron Legacy
   
8. It's a very difficult job and the only way to get through it is we all work together as a team. And that means you do everything I say.
   Charlie Croker, The Italian Job
   
9. I can teach you to fight with the Green Destiny, but first you must learn to hold it in stillness.
   Li Mu Bai, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
   
10. Don't touch that! It's my lunch.
    Q, GoldenEye
    
11. Split my infinitives!
    Hook, Peter Pan
    
12. Do you think he plans it all out, or just makes it up as he goes along?
    Lieutenant Groves, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    
13. Asante sana Squash banana, Wiwi nugu Mi mi apana!
    Enough already! What's that supposed to mean, anyway?
    It means you're a baboon... and I'm not.
    Rafiki and Simba, The Lion King
    
14. You can call me anytime. I'll put you on hold, I like to watch the light blink.
    Tony Stark, Captain America: Civil War
    
15. What about harbour patrol, radar?
    If they have anything that can pick up our jet, they deserve to catch us.
    Wolverine and Cyclops, X-Men
    

Today's winner is... olego, with 1 point! Congrats!

You've had your bonus week and so it's time I posted the answers to round 3 of Guess the Book.

1. Three million cheers!
   Nancy Blackett, Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
   
2. I wish you could be happy.
   A perilous wish, but some good may come of it.
   Jane and the leader of the village women, Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
   
3. There's no use trying, one can't believe impossible things.
   I daresay you haven't had much practice. When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
   Alice and the Red Queen, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
   
4. Your storm, Thlayli-rah. Use it.
   El-ahrairah, Watership Down by Richard Adams
   
5. By your leave, Mother, I will stand. The watch is not done.
   Rand, The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
   
6. That's a sweet piece. You didn't snatch that off a street.
   No. I got it from the neck of the governor's mistress. In the governor's manor. In the governor's bed. With the governor sleeping next to her.
   Jean and Locke, Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
   
7. That actually worked? Interesting. My high priest didn't think the squirrel's brain would be capable of following such complicated Commands.
   Oh. I mean "Whoops. It completely misunderstood me. Stupid squirrel."
   Lightsong the Brave, Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
   
8. You have been told to mind you manners, Page Nealan. I will have an apology for your insolence.
   An apology for general insolence, your lordship, or some particular offense?
   Lord Wyldon and Neal, First Test by Tamora Pierce
   
9. And did the mouse squeak under your pillow, and the china dogs bark?
   Mrs. Oldknow, The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston
   
10. He’s wild, you know. Not like a tame lion.
    Mr. Beaver, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
    

And the winner is... well, there is no winner as apparently this quiz defeated everyone. Or perhaps audience participation is merely down on past years?

In other news, it's time for the answers to Guess the Movie! You've all had nearly a month now so I suppose I should put you out of your misery and give you the answers.

1. Dilly-dally, shilly-shally
   Tifa, Final Fantasy: Advent Children
   
2. I'm one with the Force, and the Force is with me
   Chirrut Îmwe, Rogue One
   
3. No growth without assistance. No action without reaction. No desire without restraint. Now give yourself up and find yourself again
   Li Mu Bai, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
   
4. But what about that shadowy place?
   That's beyond our borders. You must never go there
   Simba and Mufasa, The Lion King
   
5. Everything is awesome!
   The Lego Movie
   Guessed by elemnar
6. Oh, go on, then, eject me. See if I care
   M, Skyfall
   
7. We mustn't panic! We mustn't panic!
   Bunty, Chicken Run
   
8. That punk put a hole in my Versace
   Luther Stickell, Mission: Impossible II
   
9. You actually go outside in these things?
   Well, what would you prefer, yellow spandex?
   Wolverine and Cyclops, X-Men
   
10. Is this to be an empathy test? Capillary dilation of the so-called 'blush response', fluctuation of the pupil, involuntary dilation of the iris
    Eldon Tyrell, Blade Runner
    
11. Prayer post-its!
    Bruce, Bruce Almighty
    Guessed by elemnar
12. You always told me to stay off the freeway
    Trinity, The Matrix: Reloaded
    
13. Are you not entertained?
    Maximus, Gladiator
    Guessed by elemnar
14. As cunning as a fox what used to be a Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on, and now works for the UN at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning?
    Baldrick, Blackadder: Back and Forth
    
15. Look! I have one job on this lousy ship, it's stupid, but I'm gonna do it! Okay?
    Gwen DeMarco, Galaxy Quest
    Guessed by elemnar

And the winner is... elemnar, by default, with 4 points! Have a celebratory cup of tea!

I wonder... was this quiz harder than usual, or are Name That Whatevers just going out of fashion on LJ? Memes do seem to be a lot less common than they used to be...

Didn't I set a webcomic quiz once upon a time? It's long past time that I posted the answers, so here they are!

1. Can't sleep. Future will eat me.
   Kestrel, Queen of Wands penultimate strip
   
2. I'm with the Vorstellen Police, and before you do or say anything you might regret. I direct your attention to the badge and the gun.
   Ben, A Miracle of Science #365
   
3. Really, Hepzibah? Losing your hold on me over hair?
   Larina, Fey Winds #242
   
4. Daryl? With a grenade? Is there video? Please tell me somebody got some video.
   The Whiteboard #2008
   
5. It's... uh... I roll for Bluff!
   There aren't enough dice in the world.
   Qui-Gon and the GM, Darths and Droids #43
   
6. So I slipped out a window and bought myself a bottle of liquid boredom-killer.
   Out a window? We're on the fifth floor.
   You guys hired me for my talents. But you're surprised when I actually use them?
   Brody and Malik, Afterlife Blues #119
   
7. Intruders!
   Nope.
   False alarm!
   Haley, Order of the Stick #768
   
8. My choices also didn't include which nostril you want a fire extinguisher poked in, so I believe it would be best if we limited our options to the first two.
   Florence, Freefall #1881
   
9. Tower of Power!
   Space Pirates, Metroid: Third Derivative #430
   
10. Instead of office chair package contained bobcat. Would not buy again.
    xkcd #325
    Guessed by pleaseremove

And the winner is... pleaseremove, for being the only person to guess any webcomics! Does that mean no-one else is following these? Perhaps I should stick to Name that Song or Guess the Movie.

And now, the long-awaited answers for last year's Name that Game (seriously, I posted the original back in July! I'll have to start setting reminders for these things...)

1. You thought you could trick me with that fake emerald didn't you?
   So... how did you know it wasn't the real one?
   Because you just told me, fox-boy!
   Eggman and Tails, Sonic Adventure 2
   Guessed by elemnar
2. Do a barrel roll!
   Peppy Hare, Star Fox 64
   Guessed by crschmidt and elemnar
3. Oh, Igniculus, fly on by; the lowest of the low I do not spy.
   Oh Aurora, search the sky; because I don't see the highest of the high.
   Aurora and Igniculus, Child of Light
   Guessed by elemnar
4. It is something that grows over time... a true friendship. A feeling in the heart that becomes stronger over time... The passion of friendship will soon blossom into a righteous power and through it, you will know which way to go...
   Sheik, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
   Guessed by elemnar
5. Perhaps the ending has not yet been written.
   Atrus, Myst
6. Sine! Cosine! TANGENT!
   Sho Minamimoto, The World Ends with You
   Guessed by elemnar
7. Every puzzle has an answer.
   Professor Layton, Professor Layton and the Curious Village
   Guessed by elemnar
8. Throughout our living nightmare, as we battle with this unyielding darkness, we Chozo see a light. This light glows with promise, chasing the shadows cast by the Great Poison and purifying that which has grown toxic. It is strange, though - at times it looks to our eyes as if the light coalesces into the figure of a woman.
   Chozo Lore, Metroid Prime
   Guessed by elemnar
9. We can still dance in the dark!
   Raphael, Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure
10. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites.
    Karen of the Elite Four, Pokémon Gold & Silver
    Sort-of guessed by elemnar (have half a point for getting the right series)
11. Objection!
    Phoenix Wright, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
    Guessed by elemnar
12. I appreciate you!
    Beedle, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
    Guessed by elemnar
13. You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?
    Happy Mask Salesman, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
    Guessed by elemnar
14. Metroids are not pets. Metroids are not for target practice.
    Space Pirate computer, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
    Sort-of guessed by elemnar (have half a point for getting the right series)
15. Perhaps we could start with the memories of that caravanner there? I wonder how they taste?
    No, you will never touch them. Their memories burn too brightly for you!
    Raem and Lady Mio, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
    Guessed by elemnar

And, as always, the scoreboard:

crschmidt: 1 point
elemnar: 12 points

To be fair elemnar does have an unfair advantage, given that a lot of those games we both have played... so congratulations to you both, and feel free to carve up the Internet between yourselves as a joint prize!

Right, you've had your week and it's time for the results!

1. But, that armour is just for show...
   You should know by now, Dilaf. Nothing I do is just for show.
   Dilaf and Hrathen, Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
   Guessed by ladyofastolat
2. I need an election adjusted.
   How adjusted?
   As a cautious estimate? I need it rigged from top to bottom.
   Patience and Jean, The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
   Guessed by ariskari
3. What fate? Burn your hearts, what fate?
   To marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons!
   To die and live again, and live once more a part of what was!
   To give up half the light of the world to save the light of the world!
   Mat and the Aelfinn, The Wheel of Time: The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
   Guessed by rustica
4. But if I change back, it'll take me at least half the night to make a new Charter-skin. We'll miss dinner - and the midnight rounds.
   Some things are worth missing dinner for.
   Lirael and the Disreputable Dog, Lirael by Garth Nix
   Guessed by rustica
5. You were Will's age then, up on your mountain. And you saw me... riding.
   Riding on the wind.
   Merriman and John Rowlands, Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper
   Guessed by ladyofastolat
6. To know what would have happened, child? No. Nobody is ever told that. But anyone can find out what will happen.
   Aslan, The chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
   Guessed by ariskari
7. Barbecued billygoats!
   Nancy Blackett, Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
   Guessed by rustica
8. Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!
   The Red Queen, Through the Looking-glass by Lewis Carroll
   Sort-of guessed by ladyofastolat (you did get it right, I just fail at reading LJ comments)
9. You know, Lieutenant, I've seen the summary of the Board of Inquiry. The final paragraph specifically notes that you are not to be in command of any combat vessel until such time as you have demonstrated competence in relevant training exercises. Yet I find that your citation says you took command of the vessel Antberd's Axe which subsequently engaged enemy vessels in a hostile encounter. Your commander praises your initiative, when I would think he should condemn your blatant disregard of the findings of that Board of Inquiry. Do you have anything to say, Lieutenant?
   Well, sir, my recollection is that the Board said I should not command any R.S.S. combat vessels until further training... it didn't say anything about Bloodhorde ships.
   Admiral Foxworth and Lieutenant Suiza, Once a Hero by Elizabeth Moon
10. That sentry ship attack a few minutes ago. You were able to tell from that that those were Elomin ships?
    Learn about art, Captain. When you understand a species' art, you understand that species.
    Captain Pellaeon and Grand Admiral Thrawn, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn

And now to see who guessed the most:

ariskari: 2 points
ladyofastolat: 2.5 points 3 points (I fail at reading LJ comments)
rustica: 3 points

Well, the joint winners are ladyofastolat and rustica! Congratulations, you both win at the internet!

I posted a quiz several months ago now, didn't I? It's about time I posted some answers!

1. To infinity, and beyond!
   Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story
   Guessed by talismancer and pleaseremove
2. The latest thing from Q branch: it's called a radio.
   James Bond, Skyfall
   Guessed by pleaseremove
3. You didn't slay the dragon?
   It's on my todo list!
   Fiona and Shrek, Shrek
4. My own personal flurry!
   Olaf, Frozen
5. Hammer tech?
   Yeah.
   Tony Stark and Col. James Rhodes, Iron Man 2
   Guessed by pleaseremove
6. Unfortunately there's this dirty great sea monster in the way.
   I think they just add those on the maps for decoration.
   Is that a fact?
   The Pirate Captain and Charles Darwin, Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
7. Not my daughter you bitch!
   Molly Weasley, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2
8. Fly, you fools!
   Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
   Guessed by talismancer
9. You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!
   Charlie Croker, The Italian Job
   Guessed by talismancer and pleaseremove
10. The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? Motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then one day... I got in.
    Kevin Flynn, Tron Legacy
    Guessed by pleaseremove
11. better drowned than duffers if not duffers wont drown.
    Commander Walker, Swallows and Amazons
    Guessed by talismancer
12. It's a- it's a- it's a- it's a- it's a- it's a-
    No no no no no no. 'Cause if it was a bomb, the alarms would go off 'cause all these hotels have bomb detectors, right?
    Priest Vito Cornelius and DJ Ruby Rhod, The Fifth Element
    Guessed by pleaseremove
13. Standard-issue helmet and body armour. Yours, when you graduate.
    Standard-issue sidearm, with 20 interchangeable rounds and voice-activated round system. Yours, if you graduate.
    Lawmaster with rapid-firing cannons and a range of 500 kilometres. Yours... if you can ever get it to work.
    Judge Dredd, Judge Dredd
14. What's the situation?
    Two blokes and a fuck-load of cutlery!
    Nicholas Angel and DS Andy Wainwright, Hot Fuzz
    Guessed by pleaseremove
15. Call my name. Bastian, please! Save us!
    The Childlike Empress, The Neverending Story

And most importantly, the scoreboard!

pleaseremove: 7 points
talismancer: 4 points

Congratulations to pleaseremove, you win!

While it's tempting to save this lot until next years NaBloPoMo, to do so would be epic levels of cheating beyond what talismancer managed this year. Especially as not only is this a meme, but I actually wrote this post back on the 28th. So rather than let all that work go to waste here it is, the ninth round of Name that Song!

Do I really need to tell you the rules:
Step 1: Put your media player on random.
Step 2: Post the first few lines from the first 30 songs with lyrics that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Let everyone guess what song and artist/composer/work the lines come from.
Step 4: Bold the songs when someone guesses correctly. Wait a few days before posting the answers to give everyone a chance.
Using a search engine is, as is traditional, punished by snark.

( My music player worries me sometimes... )

I'll try to post the answers this year!