I'm sorry if there is a general trivia quiz thread out their but I couldn't find it. Anyway this will be slightly different how it works is that there will be three general knowledge questions posted and the first person to post all 3 correct answers in the same reply carries on the game. The only rules I have are that all 3 questions should be diffrent topics (Eg one science one pop music and one geography) If you know one or two of the answers and feel generous you can post them but it will be the first person who posts all 3 that gets the nod.
Posted by PolarBoy on :
Ok I'll start
1) What European country has the longest name with no repeated letters?
2) Who were queen Elizabeth the firsts parents?
3) Who wrote Kylie Minogue's song "Spinning around" for herself then decided she was too old to release it?
Posted by Semi Transparent Fellow on :
1) Switzerland 2) Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn 3) Paula Abdul
[ December 14, 2004, 04:02 PM: Message edited by: Semi Transparent Fellow ]
Posted by PolarBoy on :
wow no fooling you. thats 3 from 3 your turn.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
for Semi.
This looks like it will be a fun thread for us of the trivial minds.
Posted by DrakeB3004 on :
I'm sure Ken Jennings needs something to do now anyway...
Posted by Blacula on :
This is a great idea for a game!
Eagerly awaiting the next question... waiting... waiting... Posted by Semi Transparent Fellow on :
I'm sorry, I forgot about this thread. Now I have to think up 3 questions. Hmmmm.
1. Who was originally cast as the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz?
2. What was Elizabeth Bathory's beauty secret?
3. Name all the sons on "My Three Sons."
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
1. Buddy Ebsen lost the role after he became allergic to the paint or metal used in the costume.
2. She bathed in the blood young women, first peasants then those of noble blood.
3. Mike, Robbie and Chip. Ernie, Chip's friend, was later adopted.
Posted by Semi Transparent Fellow on :
Most excellent, Sparkles. Your turn.
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
1. Three of the cast of Gilligan's Island were played by different actors in the pilot. Name them.
2. What are Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics?
3. Who said, "The empires of the future are the empires of the mind"?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) The professor, Ginger, & Mr. Howell
2) 1: Never harm a human being either through action or inaction 2: Always obeya human being except when it would contradict the first law 3: Preserve yourself except when it contradicts the first two laws.
3. Heinlein?
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
Quis, you got two thirds of number one right, all of number two and struck out on number three.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
The professor, Ginger, and Mary Ann were played by different people.
The answer to #3 is Winston Churchill.
Outta here for the weekend - later.
[ December 17, 2004, 09:31 AM: Message edited by: lancesrealm ]
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
That's the rest of it lance but going by PolarBoy's rules the winner is the one to post all the answers correctly in the same post.
Posted by Reboot on :
I shouldn't do this, should I?
1) The professor, Ginger, and Mary Ann
2) 1: Never harm a human being either through action or inaction 2: Always obeya human being except when it would contradict the first law 3: Preserve yourself except when it contradicts the first two laws.
3. Winston Churchill.
PS - If Quis or lance want it, they can have it
[ December 17, 2004, 12:50 PM: Message edited by: Reboot ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Well lance said he was gone for the weekend so, I'll post some questions.
1) Was the Battle of New Orleans (in the War of 1812) a decisive battle or not & why?
2) In the Chronicles of Narnia, which of the main characters doesn't make it to the Real Narnia?
3) When does the term of the US Supreme Court begin? (you knew I had to throw in a legal question )
Posted by Blacula on :
Are we allowed to guess even if we don't know all the answers? If so -
1. No - because everyone died. (OK I had no idea for that one.)
2. Susan.
3. March. (OK I had no idea for that one either.)
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. No, because it was fought two week after the end of the war.
2. Susan.
3. October.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
EDE is correct (Although I was looking for the more specific first Monday in October for answer 3)
[ December 18, 2004, 05:47 PM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq. ]
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Who became famous after the publication of his 1905 paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies"?
2. Which U.S. President was known by the nickname "Little Hickory"?
3. Who originally recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"?
[ December 18, 2004, 06:19 PM: Message edited by: Eryk Davis Ester ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I'll say 1) Albert Einstien
2) James K Polk
3) Gene Autry
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
You're right, Quis!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
darn now I have to come up with 3 more questions.
1) What was Debra Winger's first acting role?
2) What does "E Pluribus Unum" mean?
3) What is the world's smallest country?
I was going to ask what are the elements of the tort of battery, but thought that wasn't really a general trivia question.
Posted by Blacula on :
Do people actually know the answers to these questions or are they looking them up? Some of them are so obscure!*
* Read - WAAAHHH... why am I so dumb?!?
P.S. Quislet - LOVE your new avatar!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Jeepers! I know two of them, and have no idea on the third!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Oh well, might as well post the ones I know:
2) One out of many
3) Vatican City
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Blacula: Do people actually know the answers to these questions or are they looking them up? Some of them are so obscure!*
* Read - WAAAHHH... why am I so dumb?!?
P.S. Quislet - LOVE your new avatar!
Well on EDE's last questions, I made a somewhat educated guess on Einstien (physics paper + early 20th century = ?) and can thank They Might Be Giants for James K Polk, our eleventh president, young Hickory, Napoleon of the South . And I did know Gene Autry.
Glad you like the new avatar. I have decided to change avatars whenever I reach another 1000 posts
[ December 18, 2004, 07:17 PM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq. ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Oh well, might as well post the ones I know:
2) One out of many
3) Vatican City
you are correct, but need the third (which I thought might be the easiest of the 3)
Posted by baycent54 on :
Um I hate to interrupt such an interesting topic - but just WHO is this General Three-In-One? Sounds like some obscure comic-book villain!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Former dictator of Cargg?
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
1) Slumber Party '57
2) One out of many
3) Vatican City
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Still need Debra Winger's first acting role
Posted by Blacula on :
OK I'll guess...
1. Wonder Woman
2. One out of many
3. Vatican City
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: Still need Debra Winger's first acting role
Actually my answer would be the right answer, IMO. Slumber Party '57 was released in January of 1976 while Winger's appearance on Wonder Woman wasn't until November of the same year. So she was running around naked on the big screen before her appearance as Wonder Girl.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I am basing my answer on the fact the the Wonder Woman episode used "Introducing" in the credits. My understanding was that only an actor's first role could use the word "Introducing". Did Slumber Party 57 have the words "Introducing"?
I would have to give the next questions to Blacula, unless you can convince him otherwise, Scott.
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
To my knowlege 'introducing' isn't always used on an actor's first appearance. It depends on the production company and actor's representation. And I haven't seen Slumber Party since I was a teen. I actually had to look up the release date on MGM's site to see if it was before or after WW (which I had totally forgotten about).
I'm fine with passing it on to Blacula as I've had a turn recently.
[ December 20, 2004, 06:48 AM: Message edited by: Lightning Lad ]
Posted by PolarBoy on :
Geeze I have created a monster I have known exactly one answer lol
Posted by Blacula on :
You take the question Scott. I can't think of anything and will be away from the computer for a few days anyway.
Posted by Blacula on :
OK Scott seems to be busy too and since I'm off to Manchester for a few days tomorrow I'll just ask a few easy questions so whoever gets them first just go ahead and ask the next question without waiting for confirmation -
Geography - Name one Commonwealth country.
History - Who shot Abraham Lincoln?
Pop Culture - Which TV show was 'about nothing'?
Posted by Blacula on :
OK I'm back from my holiday and still no one's answered this question.
Come on guys - its easy.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Canada
2. John Wilkes Booth
3. Seinfeld.
Too easy! I'm lucky no one's been around.
Posted by Blacula on :
Well done Kent! I thought this question would be a nice Christmas gift to everyone but you were the only one around to unwrap it. Enjoy!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Okay, folks:
1. Who immediately preceded George Washington as the chief executive officer of the USA?
2. What do Demi Moore, Richard Simmons, John Stamos, Richard Dean Anderson, Tia Carrere, Janine Turner and Ricky Martin all have in common (other than being celebrities)?
3. Provide the last word, and tell the significance of the phrase: "A man, a plan, a canal: _____"
Posted by lancesrealm on :
1. John Hanson
2. They all played on General Hospital before they were stars.
3. Panama. It's a palindome.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
two out of three, lance!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Number one was wrong. Hanson was among those who preceded GW, but they key word is "immediately."
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Well, it has to be...Arthur St. Clair then?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Another good guess!
St Clair finished up in 1787... there was another guy 'tween him and GW.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
?Is it Cyrus Griffin?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Awright! you got it!
Now, according to Polar Boy's rules, you gotta list all 3 correct answers in the same post before I can officially call you the winner.
After that, it's your turn!
Posted by lancesrealm on :
1. Cyrus Griffin
2. They all played on General Hospital before they were stars.
3. Panama. It's a palindome.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
OK, I guess I have the floor...
1. Who is the only person to ever win two Nobel prizes, unshared, in 2 different categories?
2. What do George Burns and Johnny Neun have in common?
3. What is the integral of sin(x)?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Goodness!
Guesses
1) Albert Einstein
2) I have no idea who Johnny Neun is, but I'll guess they both lived to be 100
3) Calculus was a lifetime ago. cos(x)?
Posted by lancesrealm on :
umm...zero for 3, Quis...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Lancesrealm,
want to give some hints or ask some other questions?
Posted by lancesrealm on :
ok, no one is trying, so...new questions...
1) I can think of only one actress who has starred with both John Wayne and John Cusack. Who was she?
2) What is the capital of Australia?
3) Ian Fleming, the creator of the James Bond mythos, also wrote a popular children's book that was made into a movie. What was it?
Posted by Bevis on :
OK, I have no idea about 1 but I shall give whoever does the other two:
2: Canberra (not Sydney or Melbourne)
3) Chitty-chitty-bang-bang
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Yes to both 2 and 3...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Maureen O'Hara ?
2) Canberra
3) I know I'll go "Oh Yeah!" when I hear the answer.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Quis, the answers to 2 and 3 have already been posted. Your answer to 1 was incorrect, though...
Posted by Bevis on :
(Well since I know I got the second two right I may as well make a wild stab in the dark over the first one )
Posted by lancesrealm on :
still no to number 1
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Think True Grit and Better Off Dead
Posted by Bevis on :
OK, so I've cheated and done a search but...
1) Kim Darby 2) Canberra 3) Chitty-chitty-bang-bang
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Yep - take it away Bevis...
Posted by Bevis on :
Ok.
1) Which Bette Davis film also featured Marilyn Monroe in a early featured role? 2) Which family currently holds the record for the most stars on the Hollywood walk of fame? 3) Who was the only UK Prime Minister ever to be assassinated?
Posted by Blacula on :
1. All About Eve
2. The Fondas
3. I'm not sure about this one but I do know that in the Shakespeare play about Richard III the Prime Minister gets assasinated. His name was Hastings.
Posted by Bevis on :
1 is right, the other two aren't.
But I should clarify just in case it's not clear, the person considered the first actual 'Prime Minister' is Sir Robert Walpole in 1721 even though the actual term Prime Minister wasn't used in law until 1905, before that it was 'First Lord Of The Treasury'. Anyways, that's all besides the point other than that any chief minister of the king (or queen) prior to 1721 aren't considered to have been the Prime Minister. OK, ramble much...
Oh, and with regards to 2 they're all direct family members but don't have all have the same surname.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Well, I'll guess for #2: Martin Sheen, CHarlie Sheen, Emilio Estervez, & Paula Abdul (ex-wife)
no idea for #3
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I'd guess the Barrymore clan for #2.
Posted by Bevis on :
EDE gets #2 (for the record they've seven now with Drew getting one in Februrary last year along with her father John D Barrymore, her great uncle Lionel Barrymore, her great aunt Ethel Barrymore, her grandparents John Barrymore and Dolores Costello and her great-grandfather Maurice Costello.)
Which only leaves #3, which shouldn't be too hard to track down on the net...
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Nope. Not hard to track down at all.
1. All About Eve 2. The Barrymore/Costello clan 3. Spencer Perceval
Posted by Bevis on :
ding ding, we have a winner.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Who were Leonard, Adolph, Julius, Milton, and Herbert?
2. What greeting did Alexander Graham Bell prefer to Edison's "Hello" when answering the telephone?
3. What famous poet wrote his dissertation on English idealist philosopher F. H. Bradley?
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: 1. Who were Leonard, Adolph, Julius, Milton, and Herbert?
2. What greeting did Alexander Graham Bell prefer to Edison's "Hello" when answering the telephone?
3. What famous poet wrote his dissertation on English idealist philosopher F. H. Bradley?
1. The Marx Brothers. Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo and Zeppo, respectively.
2. Ahoy!
3. T.S. Eliot? (this one is a guess)
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Three for three, Scott.
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
1. Who said, "Never to suffer would never to have been blessed."?
2. Who was the first U.S. president to have his picture taken?
3. Who never learned to play the guitar but will be forever known for his work with guitars?
[ January 13, 2005, 09:45 PM: Message edited by: Lightning Lad ]
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
All three guesses:
1. Edgar Allen Poe?
2. Ulysses S. Grant?
3. Adolph Rickenbacher?
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
One for three.
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Okay to give a hint EDE got the answer to #1 right. It was Edgar Allan Poe.
Any guess for the other two?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I'll give it another try:
1. Poe
2. Lincoln
3. Leo Fender
Posted by lancesrealm on :
1) Poe
2) James Polk
3) umm...James D'Aquisto?
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
EDE is now 2 for 3. Poe and Fender are correct. While Lincoln was the first President to be photographed at his inauguration he was not the first to be photographed. That president actually came much earlier.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1) Poe
2) Jackson
3) Fender
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
Very close. Only off by one Presidential term. I just won't say which way. Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1) Poe
2) John Quincy Adams
3) Fender.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
1) Poe
2) Polk
3) Fender
Posted by lancesrealm on :
no, wait....scratch that...
1) Poe
2) van Buren
3) Fender
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
Eryk got all three. It was JQA who was the first president to have his photo taken. I always found it interesting it wasn't until 10 presidents later that one was photographed at his inauguration.
Next trio to you Eryk.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1) Which two sitting U.S. Presidents received a Nobel Peace Prize?
2) Who "forgot more about the Indians than we will ever know"?
3) What derogatory English word is derived from the name of the great medieval theologian/philosopher John Duns Scotus?
Posted by lancesrealm on :
1) Jimmy Carter and Teddy Roosevelt? (not sure here...)
2) frontiersman Jim Bridger - it's from a Johnny Horton song
3) dunce
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
So close, lr! You got two and half right!
Posted by lancesrealm on :
1) Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt?
2) frontiersman Jim Bridger - it's from a Johnny Horton song
3) dunce
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
That's it. Jimmy Carter did win the Nobel Prize, but not until long after his Presidency was over.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
OK, here we go...
1) How many outs are typically in an inning of baseball?
2) What is the speed of light in a vacuum?
3) What is the speed of sound in a vacuum?
Posted by Bevis on :
No idea about 1, and I'd have to look up 2 but 3 is 0mph because sound doesn't travel in a vacuum (hence the whole 'In space no-one can hear you scream' thing).
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) 6 outs (3 for each side)
2) 186,000 mps ?
3) O mph as per Bevis
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Yep....I thought number 3 might throw someone, and I half expected someone to say 3 outs per inning. Shoulda known better...you're up, Quis...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Arnold was not the first big name actor to marry into the Kennedy clan. What other actor also married into the Kennedy clan?
2)How many birthdays does the average person have?
3)William the Conquerer was also known by what other name (not that you would say it to his face)?
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
1. Peter Lawford, of the Rat Pack
2. Um...all of them? Is this a trick question?
3. I think I know it (and I should too, being such a history buff)...but is it "William Moneybags"? I could have sworn he was known for being greedy when it came to money, as well as being very fat at the end of his life, so his body may have burst in it's coffin or something crazy like that.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
you have one correct.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
1) Peter Lawford
2) one
3) William the Bastard
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
there is no tricking Lancesrealm.
(for answer #2, you are only born once, the rest are anniversaries of your birthday)
Oh and he got the other two correct as well.
[ January 20, 2005, 12:35 PM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq. ]
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Well, it took a little research, but both kids were sleeping at the same time...
Anyway, I'll try these questions again...
1. Who is the only person to ever win two Nobel prizes, unshared, in 2 different categories?
2. What do George Burns and Johnny Neun have in common?
3. What is the integral of sin(x)?
Posted by PolarBoy on :
1. Marie Curie, Winston Churchill 2. They enjoy the company of prostitutes 3 cos(x)
Posted by lancesrealm on :
lol...no, no, and no...
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Ok, time for some hints...
1) The person in question has the same (somewhat unusual) name as one of the major Peanuts characters.
2) This is a baseball question
3) integral, not derivative...remember the negative sign and the constant
Posted by PolarBoy on :
1.Dita Van Tease (I loved her in snoopy) 2.They wear Baseball uniforms whilst enjoying prostitutes umm -cos{x}
Posted by lancesrealm on :
no, no, and yes, but you still need the constant
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Linus Pauling for #1?
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Yes!
Posted by PolarBoy on :
Im begining to think number two has nothing to do with prostitutes
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I dunno. I thought you were on to something.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
OK, time for bigger hints...
1) Linus Pauling is correct - he won it for chemistry and peace
2) This is a baseball question about how many outs those men made and what position they played
3) -cos(x) + C would be the correct answer
Posted by PolarBoy on :
Maths is hard
Lets all have a big bowl of strawberry icecream
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Ok, the anser to number 2 is they both made unassisted triple plays as first-basemen. Eryk, since you gave a correct answer, you're up...
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1) Who was Shreve McCannon's roommate at Harvard?
2) Richard Cox preached the innauguration of which English monarch?
3) What does Fechner's Law relate?
Posted by PolarBoy on :
1.Dita Von Tease 2. Elizabeth 2 the sequal 3. Prostitution
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
No, no, and no.
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
1) Who was Shreve McCannon's roommate at Harvard?
He was Quentin Compson's roommate in Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!. He was also in the Sound and the Fury but was called Shreve MacKenzie.
2) Richard Cox preached the innauguration of which English monarch?
He wrote an ode on the coronation of Anne Boleyn. Is that what you mean?
3) What does Fechner's Law relate?
I think Fechner's Law relates the physical intensity of a stimulus to the psychological intensity of the stimulus. He tried to relate the physical world to that of the psychological one.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Quentin Compson
2. Elizabeth I?
3. A light's subjective intensity to the viewer is directly proportional to the logarithm of the source's intensity.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Hmm... I'll give it to Kent.
Shreve was Quentin Compson's roommate (though as Scott mentioned, there is a discrepancy in the name between Faulkner's works).
Richard Cox, who just happens to be one of my ancestors, was John Knox's great rival among the Protestant refugees in Europe during Mary's reign, before returning to oversee Elizabeth's coronation. Legend has it that his sermon on the frailty of women didn't exactly go over well with the new queen...
Fechner's law relates the intensity of sensation to the amount of stimulus. It was the central law of psychophysics, a branch of psychology popular in the late 19th century which sought to quantify relationships between mental and physical phenomena.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Who originated the term "okay," and what did it originally mean?
2.The first television broadcast from one building to another took place where and when?
3. What works of literature are regarded as unusual for their time (800 years ago, give or take), using what we would consider modern prose style (as opposed to then-more-common verse), and including significant time describing of normal, mundane life (as opposed to the heroic or religious themes otherwise common at that time)?
Posted by lancesrealm on :
1) It was an abbreviation of oll korrect, a slang respelling of all correct. Followers of Martin van Buren seem to be responsible for making it popular. I have no idea who first is credited with saying it, although it must have been a Boston newspaper.
2) 1927, London to Glasgow
3) umm..the Canterbury Tales?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1) nope
2) close... London to Glasgow was by a cable signal. It was not a broadcast, and thus is not the correct answer.
3) no
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
1) Hmm. I think Lance got this one near correct. According to the Oxford English dictionary: an abbreviation of orl korrect, humorous form of all correct, popularized as a slogan during President Van Buren’s re-election campaign of 1840 in the US; his nickname Old Kinderhook (derived from his birthplace) provided the initials. And it was indeed used prior to VB by Boston newspapers to mark copy as corrected or "ok".
2) 1926. John Logie Baird made a broadcast from a BBC station at Savoy Hill, London to the General Post Office in St. Martin's-le-Grand.
3) Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron, written in the early 1530's. Predates the Canterbury Tales by about half a century.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Scott, there were several websites that gave the origin of 'ok' as I gave it. The site I got the explanation from told various myths about the origin, and quoted the guy who made this a research project. His findings have never been seriously challenged, as near as I can tell.
Oh, and the Decameron was written in the 1300s, not in the 1530s. It also puts me to sleep, FYI.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
!) Scott got the missing information right. "Old Kinderhook" meant you were part of his cronyistic club; you were "OK"
2) The broadcast Scott refers to took place in 1929, from what I could find. I'm looking for a date that precedes the '29 broadcast, but I'll note it came after Scott's 1926 -- And Baird was not a part of it.
3) nope. The works I'm referring to are earlier. 800 years ago is 12th/13th centuries. Hint: These collective works have no singular author (and many of its authors are unknown), and are considered a national treasure in the nation they were written about.
[ January 28, 2005, 07:18 PM: Message edited by: Kent Shakespeare ]
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by lancesrealm: Scott, there were several websites that gave the origin of 'ok' as I gave it. The site I got the explanation from told various myths about the origin, and quoted the guy who made this a research project. His findings have never been seriously challenged, as near as I can tell..
I did say you got it near correct. It was the Old Kinderhook that was the real difference I found.
quote:Originally posted by lancesrealm: Oh, and the Decameron was written in the 1300s, not in the 1530s. It also puts me to sleep, FYI.
That was just me being dyslexic. I meant to say 1330s, not 1530s.
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: 2) The broadcast Scott refers to took place in 1929, from what I could find. I'm looking for a date that precedes the '29 broadcast, but I'll note it came after Scott's 1926 -- And Baird was not a part of it.
Then the only one I can think of is the 1927 test conducted Bell Telephone and the U.S. Department of Commerce between Washington D.C. and New York City. But I thought that was carried over phone lines.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
It was by line - not a broadcast.
More hints:
2. A firm founded by Thomas Edison was involved.
3. The nation associated with these works boasts the oldest European-style parliament.
[ January 29, 2005, 08:10 PM: Message edited by: Kent Shakespeare ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
ooo I was going to say the tales of Robin Hood, but the last clue refers to Iceland.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Do the Icelandic Sagas have a name other than "the Icelandic Sagas"?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
You got #3, EDE! "The Sagas" or "the Icelandic Sagas" refer to the works as a whole, although individual tales -or sets of tales- each have individual names, too.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
another #2 hint: It took place 26 days before Baird's transatlantic broadcast.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
final hint: within months of the broadcast, the broadcast facility became the first TV station in the US, the first to be federally licensed with call letters, the first to air a dramatic program, and the first to do a live remote for news coverage - all in the same year.
Posted by PolarBoy on :
1.old Kinderhook 2.um was it in New york 26 days before bairds thing and was somebody sayinmg the alphabet (Thats the was grampa simpson tells it) 3. icelandic sagas :~
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Oh so close, but #2 continues to be the sticking point.
no alphabet (that I'm aware of, although a man did blow smoke rings and smoke a pipe). It was NOT in New York City but was somewhere else in New York State.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
OK
1) Old kinderhooks 2) Albany NY in 1926 3) the Icelandic sagas
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
closer and closer!
#2 is still about 15 miles and two years off.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
OK, then Schenectady in 1928
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Bingo! January, to be exact. List all three, as per the rules, and the next round's yours!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Old kinderhook 2) Albany, Januart 1928 3) The Icelandic Sagas
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) What was a Boston Marriage?
2) In June 1969, the patrons of the Stonewall bar fought the police when the bar was raided. This set off the Stonewall Riots, the watershed moment for the gay rights movement. Whose death, that preceded the riots, is considered (by some)as one of the factors in why the patrons fought back this time?
3) How big is a grey kangaroo when it is born?
Posted by Lad Boy on :
(1) two women living together in a home-maintaining relationship, not necessarily a sexual relationship.
(2) Judy Garland
(3)about an inch long
Posted by PolarBoy on :
They are bald and like a pink jelly bean I have seen a new born once but it was a red Kangaroo. (Not that this adds to anything just sharing)
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Quislet? Confirmation?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Lad Boy is correct.
Sorry it took so long to get back on this.
Posted by PolarBoy on :
um to get this moving I will ask some questions (Hope nobody minds)
1) What soap opera does Kylie Minogue sing the theme song to? 2)What god is in the fountain in Londons Picadilly circus? 3) What painting by a famous Norweigein artist was rescently stolen?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Is it that one she was in? Passions?
2) eros
3) the Scream by whatshisname (you did just ask for the painting name)
Posted by PolarBoy on :
1) she was never in it and it's not pasions 2) correct 3) Correct it's by Edvard Munch (Pronounched Monk) and It was stolen back in the 70's and recovered and got taken again in 2004 (Luckly he painted it about 6 times)
Posted by Reboot on :
1) Well, I only know of two Australian soaps, and since she was in Neighbours, I'll guess the other one (Home & Away). 2) eros 3) the Scream
(With these rules, you really shouldn't confirm any until they're all done )
Posted by Bevis on :
Lah lah, I know these ones.
1) Night And Day 2) Eros 3) The Scream (or more correctly, The Cry)
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Reboot: (With these rules, you really shouldn't confirm any until they're all done )
Well Polar boy said
quote:The only rules I have are that all 3 questions should be diffrent topics (Eg one science one pop music and one geography) If you know one or two of the answers and feel generous you can post them but it will be the first person who posts all 3 that gets the nod.
Nothing about whether the questioner can or cannot confirm answers that are only partially correct.
I would say that it would make the game more challenging to not confirm which answers are correct and which are not. Whether that is a good thing or bad depends on how well I know the answers Posted by Reboot on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:
quote:Originally posted by Reboot: (With these rules, you really shouldn't confirm any until they're all done )
Well Polar boy said
quote:The only rules I have are that all 3 questions should be diffrent topics (Eg one science one pop music and one geography) If you know one or two of the answers and feel generous you can post them but it will be the first person who posts all 3 that gets the nod.
Nothing about whether the questioner can or cannot confirm answers that are only partially correct.
I would say that it would make the game more challenging to not confirm which answers are correct and which are not. Whether that is a good thing or bad depends on how well I know the answers
Yeah - I know. I'm saying that, if you need ALL three answers, and someone could nick it with one answer after someone else has supplied two, you should keep it down to "2 out of 3 are right" without specifing WHICH two Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Reboot:
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:
quote:Originally posted by Reboot: (With these rules, you really shouldn't confirm any until they're all done )
Well Polar boy said
quote:The only rules I have are that all 3 questions should be diffrent topics (Eg one science one pop music and one geography) If you know one or two of the answers and feel generous you can post them but it will be the first person who posts all 3 that gets the nod.
Nothing about whether the questioner can or cannot confirm answers that are only partially correct.
I would say that it would make the game more challenging to not confirm which answers are correct and which are not. Whether that is a good thing or bad depends on how well I know the answers
Yeah - I know. I'm saying that, if you need ALL three answers, and someone could nick it with one answer after someone else has supplied two, you should keep it down to "2 out of 3 are right" without specifing WHICH two
This is just the lawyer in me continuing this.
True, but Polar Boy specifically stated that a person not knowing all the answers could generously supply some at their own expense (as it were). No obligations or rules were placed upon the questioner.
I would agree that the response of "2 are correct" or "1 is correct" without specifying which answers are indeed correct would be the preferred response. But those who choose to be more specific as to which questions were correct and which were wrong are free to continue to do so.
Posted by PolarBoy on :
quote:Originally posted by Bevis: Lah lah, I know these ones.
1) Night And Day 2) Eros 3) The Scream (or more correctly, The Cry)
This is 3 from 3 so beavis is up
Posted by Bevis on :
Oooh, righty-ho then...
1) (keeping with the Kylie theme) What was the first single released by Kylie Minogue?
2) Complete the following list: ***, ****, Laputa, Balinibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, Japan and the Land of the *** (all three parts of the answer to get it right).
3) What are the five regular Platonic solids?
Posted by lancesrealm on :
3) cube, dodecahedron, icosahedron, octahedron, and tetrahedron
2) Lillipt, Brobdingnag, and Houyhnhms
1) Loco-motion?
Posted by Bevis on :
Three for three lance *although techincally it's hexahderon but that's splitting hairs ever so slightly. ). You're up.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
ok, here we go...
1) How many genuine pyramids are there? By genuine, I meam, how many consist of solid core masonry?
2) In the Sherlock Holmes mythos, what is inconsistant about Dr. Wason's war wound?
3) What is the next number in the series: 947 953 967 971 977
Posted by Reboot on :
1) 10
2) It moves about - I certainly remember it being in his shoulder & leg at different times (Conan Doyle had a shocking memory for continuity)
3) 991
Posted by lancesrealm on :
close, reboot - two out of three...
Posted by PolarBoy on :
1)10 2)it moves about 3)981
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Polar Boy, also 2 for 3...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) 10
2) it moves about
3) 983
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Yup - go Quislet!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The pattern in the last one went: add 6, add 4, add 4, add 6. So I theorized the next steop would be to add 6, thus getting 983.
hmmm three questions:
1) who wrote this poem: Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live.
2) What is at latitude 16 degrees south and longitude 5 degrees 45' west, about 1700 miles from South Africa and who was its most famous resident?
3) What are the four Humors?
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Um, actually, Quislet, they were prime numbers. I was just looking for the next prime...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by lancesrealm: Um, actually, Quislet, they were prime numbers. I was just looking for the next prime...
hehehehe fancy that. Posted by lancesrealm on :
lol...good thing it doesn't matter how you got it... Posted by Bevis on :
erm... is 1 Dorothy Parker? It's someone like that but I can't quite place it.
2 is Robin Island (I think that's what it's called) and the most famous resident would be Nelson Mandela.
3... ooh, it's something like blood, dark bile, light bile and something else I think, but I'm not sure about that. I won't look it up though unless everyone gets stuck.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
One answer correct, one answer wrong, and one answer partially correct.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Dorothy Parker
2. St Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte 's final place of exile.
3. blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Kent has it.
Dorothy Parker was very cool. She was the one who said "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses". I also love the story of her and socialite Clare Booth Luce. They had a running feud and once they arrived at a restaurant at the same time. Mrs. Luce said "Age before beauty." To which Dorothy responded "And pearls before swine." and walked into the restaurant.
Posted by Bevis on :
Heh, the one that I thought I got wrong was right and the one I thought was right was wrong. I guess the mention of South Africa was what made me get it so very wrong, especially now that I actually look at how far away from SA the question specified it was. He he.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'll need a good night's sleep to think up some good questions.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1) Who were the Perfects, and what did they believe?
2) What took 18,500 people nine months to construct in 1942?
3) What 1989 feat resulted in the smallest written message in history?
Posted by PolarBoy on :
1) They were the tools at school whoes parents were friends with the teachers and they believed they were impoortant and people liked them but they were wrong. 2) the Berlin Wall 3) when scientices moved atoms around to spell I beleive IBM.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
That's one right so far.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
time for hints:
1) they were labelled as heretics, and a genocidal holy war was waged against them.
2) while planned since the 1930s, the Japanese were responsible for hastening it.
Posted by PolarBoy on :
1)the pilgrims and they beleived they were doing gods work 2} some dam 3) when scientices moved atoms around to spell I beleive IBM
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
A month later, a guess! I was actually about to revoke the whole package and start anew, but we'll give it one more week, I guess.
#3 is still correct; 1 and 2 are still wrong.
More hints: 1) Their stronghold was southern France
2) It was a joint US/Canadian effort
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: 1) Who were the Perfects, and what did they believe?
2) What took 18,500 people nine months to construct in 1942?
3) What 1989 feat resulted in the smallest written message in history?
1) The Hugonauts (sp?) 2) The trans-canadian highway 3) "IBM" being written by re-arranging atoms
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
good guess!
1) nope; a significant bit earlier than the Hugonauts.
2) you're in the right neighborhood, but think a little more internationally.
3) still correct.
Posted by PolarBoy on :
1) dont know 2) dont know #) was soooo long ago iv'e forgotten
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Okay. No one's getting these.
Barring any new smattering of guesses, I'll post new, easier questions on Sunday.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Okay, it's officially gone on too long; time for new questions. The old answers were:
1) The Cathars 2) The Alaskan Highway 3) the IBM atoms
The new questions:
1) Name every nation whose contiguous borders or contiguous occupation extended into another continent during the 20th century (Crossings of water bodies of less than 100 miles count as contiguous).
2) What film features Nazis named "Mach" and "Schnell"?
3) What event caused the near-extinction of the human race, reducing the global population to between 5,000 and 20,000 people?
Posted by Bevis on :
The only one that I know at all is that Turkey is artially in Europe and partially in Asia. Ooh, and Russia (or specifically the USSR) was part of both Europe and Asia. I think Russia may still be as well. Not sure if there are any others though.
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
1) Name every nation whose contiguous borders or contiguous occupation extended into another continent during the 20th century (Crossings of water bodies of less than 100 miles count as contiguous).
Turkey and Russia for sure. What about Germany? Seems like they claimed 'ownership' of land on more than one continent during the War.
2) What film features Nazis named "Mach" and "Schnell"?
Well the only one that comes to mind is Cheap Detective. A Peter Falk parody of classic detective movies. I remember a lot of play on German words and names and one of the characters was called Schnell.
3) What event caused the near-extinction of the human race, reducing the global population to between 5,000 and 20,000 people?
Would that be the Toba Near-Extinction Event? A super-volcano near Sumatra erupted there 70+ thousand years ago. Its kinda interesting since that is in the same region all the recent earthquake/volcanic activity is.
Posted by Bevis on :
Oooh, just had a thought about the first one. ISn't one of the islands in the far east part of Asia and part of Australasia/Oceania? I can't remember which one but I'm sure I recall seeing it in the big atlas we have at home.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Egypt occupies both Africa and Asia.
And if we're talking about the entire 20th Century, the Ottoman Empire counts as well. So does the Soviet Union.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Scott's got #2 and #3 right.
We've got a lot of good responses on #1: Turkey, Russia, USSR, Egypt, and the Ottoman Empire are all correct.
Germany doesn't fit the 'contiguous' definition, as far as I can tell - their Africa holdings weren't, and they didn't seem to reach Asian Russia or Kazakhstan.
Bevis is onto something with his last post, depending on which continent a certain archipelago is considered part of.
Plus, there are at least 2 more (off the top of my head - my 'offiicial' list is at home) no one's come close to yet.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Does Spain own both sides of the Straits of Gibraltor?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Oh, and I think Georgia and/or the Ukraine overlap Europe and Asia as well.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Actually, since the border between Europe and Asia is the Caucuses, all of the Caucasian Republics are possibilities.
And, depending on where the border between Central and South America starts, Panama is a candidate.
Posted by Bevis on :
New Guinea is half Asaia, half Oceania/Australasia.
Posted by Juan on :
Indonesia: partly in Asia, partly in Oceania (Papua New Guinea is entirely in Oceania. Mexico: partly in North America, partly in Central America (but not if you decide to consider Central America as part of North America, which is geographically acceptable, in my opinion). US: mostly in North America, but Hawaii is in Oceania Chile: mostly in South America, but Easter Island is in Oceania
Actually, I'm assuming that places with colonies don't count, right? No UK, France, etc. And what about Denmark (incl. Greenland)?
Lots of countries claim bits of Antarctica.
I don't consider Panama or any of the Transcaucasian countries (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) as correct answers: Panama is wholly in Central America (if one wants to be picky, the place where the isthmus becomes continent is probably way inside Colombia, not in Panama). And the accepted border between Europe and Asia is the top of the Caucasus. Under that definition, all three Transcaucasian republics are wholly in Asia.
[ April 18, 2005, 03:32 PM: Message edited by: Juan ]
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Spain still holds a couple cities on the northern Morocco coast, and used to hold even moreso. Either way, they're within the 100 mile water connection.
That was one of the two.
Juan veered extremely close to the second, but didn't quite spell it out definitively.
Georgia and/or the Ukraine -- No. Ukraine is entirely Euro; but while Georgia and the southern Caucuses have been increasingly grouped politically with Europe, they are geographically Asia. Juan is correct.
Central America isn't a continent, it's a region of geographical (if not political) North America, so Mexico is out.
Panama as an independent nation is entirely within North America, and has been since it gained independence.
Juan is correct about Indonesia; the divide between Asian and Oceanic continental groupings lies between islands, and well within my 100 mile restriction. This division is actually perhaps one of the least arbitrary; geology, fauna, flora and faults all draw a common and very clear boundary.
The 100 miles/contiguous restriction thus omits the US/Hawaii link (or even the one-time US/Phillipines link), just as it omits Greenland or similar colonies or territories, or even Nazi occupations of North Africa.
Argentina or Chile/Antarctica are ones that could count, if I'd chosen a wider margin than 100 miles. Ditto WWII situations like Italy/Libya and Japan/the Aleutian Islands.
So you're close, people. You've got to piece together the last one, and as per the rules of this contest, post all three answers in a complete set.
Posted by Juan on :
All right, I'll spell it out:
Colombia: A tiny bit of the Chocó region could be considered to be in Central America (i.e. in North America, as to our rules here). And in any case Panama became independent from Colombia in 1903. The islands of San Andrés and Providencia are also really, really close to the Nicaraguan mainland.
(I hope this is what you meant, otherwise I have no clue...)
Posted by PolarBoy on :
just as a point od I don't know what Oceania is a world region but technically a continent is a continus slab of land so Australia is a continent all on its own and many countries in the world eg New Zealand dont belong to a continent contentuies;
Posted by Bevis on :
They do, theoretically. It's the same way that Britain and Ireland are part of the European continent or Madagascar is part of Africa. They are seperate islands, but interms of the geographical continents rather than the land masses they are part of the continent. Possibly it's to do with contintental shelves, but I'm not sure about that.
Posted by Bevis on :
Although thinking about it that would make sense what with India being a sub-continent because it's a seperate continental shelf...
Posted by PolarBoy on :
well from my jhigh scjhool geography those places arent tecniacally part of the continents and maybe thats why the english refer to thing happening on the continent. At some point they decided every land mass over a certain size was a continent and matbe divisons were made on continental plates also apparently Greenland and IThe Artic didnt make the grade because there iasnt a gtreat deal of land under the ice.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
True, Australia is a continent, but it is also grouped as part of the Oceanic continental group, of which it (obviously) is the primary component.
Juan, Colombia is indeed the missing link... especially as it owned Panama for the first few years of the 20th C.
All the answers are out there; now it's just up to someone to follow the rules outlined on Page 1 of this thread and list them all together.
Posted by Reboot on :
while technically Reboot is missing Indonesia from his list, I say it's close enough. Let's move on already!
Go ahead, 'Boot.
Posted by Reboot on :
1) Who are the only three men to have won the Formula One World Championship on more than three occasions (As a bonus, how many times have each of the three won it )
And which two fictional detectives said these:
2) "Preposterous. In the midst of the most difficult and chaotic problems, I never missed a meal. A stomach too long empty thins the blood and disconcerts the brain."
3) "Because the faculties become refined when you starve them... you must admit that what your digestion gains in the way of blood supply is so much lost to the brain. I am a brain,... The rest of me is a mere appendix. Therefore, it is the brain I must consider."
Posted by dedman on :
1) Juan Fangio (4 or 5 wins) Michael Schumaker (7) Alan Prost (5 wins i think)
2) Sherlock Holmes?
3) ?
Posted by Reboot on :
A yes and a no. (FTR, the bonus nos are off )
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Reboot: 1) Who are the only three men to have won the Formula One World Championship on more than three occasions (As a bonus, how many times have each of the three won it )
And which two fictional detectives said these:
2) "Preposterous. In the midst of the most difficult and chaotic problems, I never missed a meal. A stomach too long empty thins the blood and disconcerts the brain."
3) "Because the faculties become refined when you starve them... you must admit that what your digestion gains in the way of blood supply is so much lost to the brain. I am a brain,... The rest of me is a mere appendix. Therefore, it is the brain I must consider."
I'll go with dedman's answer for 1) Juan Fangio Michael Schumaker Alan Prost
2) Hercule Poirot
3) Sherlock Holmes
Posted by Reboot on :
Two correct, one wrong.
Posted by Brainiac 5 on :
1. Fangio, Schumaker, and Prost
2. Dr. Watson
3. Sherlock Holmes
It sounds to me like 2 and 3 are talking to each other, but it's just a guess.
Posted by Reboot on :
quote:Originally posted by Brainiac 5: It sounds to me like 2 and 3 are talking to each other, but it's just a guess.
You'd be wrong.
A clue for #2, since clearly that's the one no-one's getting. The fictional detective in question is a naturalised US citizen.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Juan Fangio Michael Schumaker Alan Prost
2) Nero Wolfe?
3) Sherlock Holmes
Posted by Reboot on :
I'm tempted not to give it to you for your mangling of the F1 drivers' names [C'mon, you didn't even use commas, let alone spell them right]
Since no-one gave the right numbers, the answers are:
1) Michael Schumacher (7), Juan-Manuel Fangio (5), Alain Prost (4). 2) Nero Wolfe 3) Sherlock Holmes
Go now Quis
[ May 10, 2005, 10:16 AM: Message edited by: Reboot ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Don't blame me for the mis-spelling. I copied off of dedman's post.
Ok new questions:
1) Whom did Pocahontas marry?
2) In the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie, what was the deleted scene/number? For a bonus: What reference to this scene is still in the movie?
3) How many people have been to the moon?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Bueller? Bueller? anyone?
Posted by Judge Ded on :
lol...me? mis-spell? NEVER!!!! well quite often really........ I have no idea on any of your 3 questions Quis...does anyone else?
Posted by PolarBoy on :
1) captain John Smith 2) was it the vist to one of the whitch that was then mentioned 3) i will say 11
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Close on one answer. Nope on the others.
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
1) Whom did Pocahontas marry?
John Rolfe
2) In the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie, what was the deleted scene/number? For a bonus: What reference to this scene is still in the movie?
Would that be the jitterbug scene? Where the witch talks about sending an insect to take the fight out of the group?
3) How many people have been to the moon?
12 people have walked on the moon but 18 were sent with one being left in orbit. If you count Apollo 13 which didn't land but did do a 'fly by' of the moon that total would be 21.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Ding ding ding we have a winner. and he even got the bonus right too.
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
1) What was the very first business that J.W. Marriott opened?
2) Who has the record for the longest reign in early/modern European history (1400 onwards)?
3) What album was on the charts (Billboard Top 200) longer than any other and how long did it spend there?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1) No idea
2) Victoria?
3) Dark Side of the Moon, 750 weeks?
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
Nope, nope and close.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Lightning Lad: 1) What was the very first business that J.W. Marriott opened?
2) Who has the record for the longest reign in early/modern European history (1400 onwards)?
3) What album was on the charts (Billboard Top 200) longer than any other and how long did it spend there?
1) A brothel
2) Queen Beatrice of the Netherlands
3) Pink Floyd's the Wall (no idea how long)
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
Wrong on all three although I like the answer to number one.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Let's try:
1) A bar
2) The Sun King (Louis XIV, I believe?)
3) DSotM, 740 weeks
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
One is dead on, another is almost right and the third one is wrong.
You decided which. Posted by PolarBoy on :
1) Nightclub 2) The chap in monoco that just died 30 DSotM 740 weeks
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
Nope, nope and close.
Posted by PolarBoy on :
1) a shop 2) louie the xiv 30 dsotm 741 weeks
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
for LL
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
Sorry, spaced off again.
Getting closer. Lets just say that number one hasn't been hit yet but Polar Boy is real close to the actual name of the establishment.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
OK trying again:
1) a ship 2) Louis the XIV 3) Dark Side of the Moon 741 weeks
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: OK trying again:
1) a ship 2) Louis the XIV 3) Dark Side of the Moon 741 weeks
Actually decided to "cheat" and do some internet searching.
1) a root beer stand, later known as the Hot Shoppe
2)Louis the XIV (Queen Elizabeth only has to last another 20 years to beat him)
3) Dark Side of the Moon for 591 weeks
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
Good enough for me. I figured the first one would be real tricky for anyone who has never worked for Marriott but I couldn't come up with anything else.
I gladly pass it back to you Quis.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
These will be all Boston related
1) What is the name of the stadium where the Boston Red Sox play?
2) While visiting the Public Gardens in Boston, you can take a ride on a swan boat. What children's story features the swan boats & the Public Gardens?
3) Cheers is where everybody knows your name. What is the real name of the bar used for Cheers?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
No guesses even?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: These will be all Boston related
1) What is the name of the stadium where the Boston Red Sox play?
2) While visiting the Public Gardens in Boston, you can take a ride on a swan boat. What children's story features the swan boats & the Public Gardens?
3) Cheers is where everybody knows your name. What is the real name of the bar used for Cheers?
I think this thread is dead.
The answers to my questions are 1) Fenway Park 2) Make Way for Ducklings 3) The Bull & Finch
If anyone wants to ask three questions, go ahead.
Posted by PolarBoy on :
ok
1. How many studio albums of new material has Kylie Minogue released? 2. What is the collective noun for turkeys? 3. How many James Dean movies were released before his death?
all prety easy I would guess
Posted by legionadventureman on :
I can answer the first question if thats enough:
The actors were: Nancy McCarthy (Ginger) John Gabriel (Professor) Kit Smythe (Bunny)
Posted by Blacula on :
Which question are you answering legionadventureman?
As for Polar Boy's question -
1. 9 (I think).
2. The collective noun for turkeys is 'bale'.
3. James Dean made 3 films before his death - 'Giant', 'East of Eden' and 'Rebel Without a Cause'.
Posted by legionadventureman on :
Hey Blacula, i saw the forum as i was logging in and i must have hit the wrong page button - anyways, those answers concerning Gilligans Island were obviously from some long-ago post - sorry about the confusion, dude
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
quote:Originally posted by Blacula: Which question are you answering legionadventureman?
As for Polar Boy's question -
1. 9 (I think).
2. The collective noun for turkeys is 'bale'.
3. James Dean made 3 films before his death - 'Giant', 'East of Eden' and 'Rebel Without a Cause'.
Blacula, the last question was how many of the films were released, not made before his death.
Posted by Blacula on :
Ooohhhhhh. OK - 2 I think. ('Giant' being the posthumous release.)
Posted by PolarBoy on :
ok by my recogning we only have 1 right thus far
Posted by Blacula on :
Whoops - 'bale' is for turtles. The collective noun for turkeys is 'flock' (or 'brood' if they're immature).
Thus it's so far...
1. ? (I guess 9 is wrong) 2. flock or brood 3. 2
Posted by PolarBoy on :
ok I guess there are lots of collective noun lists floating about because by my reckoning the Kylie one is the only one right
Posted by PolarBoy on :
Ok the correct answers I have at least are 1. 9 Albums 2. A Rafter of Turkeys 3. Only 1 James Dean film was released before his death
Ok the first person who reads this can take next question.
Posted by Matthew E on :
I will, then. I've been looking for an opportunity to use the first question:
1. Complete this analogy: The sentence "Those men--they're going to kill Mr. Brande!" is to Legion of Super-Heroes comics as the sentence "We'll go out through the kitchen" is to... what?
2. What national leader had the longest time in office of any democratically elected leader of an English-speaking country?
3. The flightless cuckoo is a kind of bird. What's it better known as?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. no clue 2. Winston Churchill? 3. The Road Runner?
Posted by Matthew E on :
Yes to 3.
Posted by Bevis on :
Isn't 2) Maggie Thatcher? With Blair due to overtake her if he stays in office until the middle of next year. No idea about the first one though.
Posted by Matthew E on :
That is not the answer I have for 2). But I'll check it out and make sure.
ETA: I checked it out. Thatcher's not even close. The person who is the real answer was in office about twice as long as Thatcher.
A hint on the first question: What I have in mind is this. When Imra says, "Those men - they're going to kill Mr. Brande!" what that is is our heroes answering the call to adventure, and kicking off all the Legion of Super-Heroes stories as we know them.
The sentence, "We'll go out through the kitchen," fills the same role for a different group of heroes. This other group of heroes has appeared in comic books, but is much better known for their roles elsewhere in pop/geek culture, including (but not primarily) in prose fiction. That one sentence appears in the first novel based on the exploits of these heroes, and its significance is explicitly stated in one of the subsequent novels. This may sound elaborate, but the question has a one-word answer.
(I'd like to find more examples of this kind of sentence. But it's unlikely that any of them would be as perfect as these two.)
[ July 07, 2006, 09:47 AM: Message edited by: Matthew E ]
Posted by Bevis on :
Hmm. I assume we're talking about the leader of a country here (PM/president/chancellor etc) rather than jusr elected leader of a party? The US can be ruled out straight off what with the eight year maximum leadership. Most opf Africa, South America and Asia are out because of not having full democracies so I'm guessing it's probably going to be a West European country. Helmut Kohl was chancellor for 16 years or something and I have a feeling the Mitterand was President for 15 years or something. Maggie was PM for 11 years though so neither of Kohl nor Mitterand would be twice as long as that.
I'm missing someone really obvious aren't I? That's usually the way of these things.
I do know the answer to the first question though, but only since I Googled it so I won't post the answer yet in case someone else knows it.
Posted by Matthew E on :
For question two, that's right: it's not just a party leader; it's the full leader of a country. PM/President/whatever. But remember: English-speaking. And, yes, you're missing something. (For one thing, you're missing something about the U.S.'s term limits, not that that would help you get the answer.)
Oh, and let's not forget the rules of this particular game: the winner is the first one to post all three correct answers in the same post, even if someone else got a right answer first.
[ July 07, 2006, 11:21 AM: Message edited by: Matthew E ]
Posted by Bevis on :
D'oh. Fixed term US presidents weren't always in place were they, plus the whole president for life thing? Yeesh. I shoulda known that even though I'm not American. I also completely missed the English speaking bit. Right, might have to do some searching now...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
FDR served about 12.3 years, dying just into his 4th term; he was the longest US prez so he's out.
In Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King served as PM for at least 21 years, with seperate terms combined, I think.
Posted by Matthew E on :
Mackenzie King is correct. First person to post all three answers in the same post gets to ask next.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Dragonlance 2. Mackenzie King 3. The Road Runner
Posted by Matthew E on :
That's it. Go ahead.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. What celebrity was stripped of US citizenship 603 months ago?
2. What do the guillotine and the gatling gun have in common?
3. What were the very first French lands liberated during World War II?
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. 603 months ago puts us in the fall of '56... what was going on in '56 that had someone stripped of their citizenship? Maybe some anticommunist thing. Not the Hollywood Ten; that happened before, and I don't think they had their citizenship revoked. And a celebrity... wow. Wait - how about Grace Kelly? Maybe her marriage made her ineligible for U.S. citizenship. Although I would have thought that happened later than '56.
2. They were both named after their inventors? Guillotin and Gatling?
3. I'm going to guess French possessions in Africa, but I'm not sure how to get more specific than that. Morocco? Algeria?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Grace Kelly was married April 1956; becoming a monarch of another nation zaps US citizenship.
2. yes, but there's more to it than that; a lot of inventions are named for their inventors.
3. nope.
Posted by Xben on :
2. Were the inventors of both eventually killed by their inventions?
Posted by Xben on :
1. Grace Kelly 2. Inventors eventually killed by the inventions 3. Make that Syria
[ July 11, 2006, 03:08 PM: Message edited by: Xben ]
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. yes 2. nope 3. nope
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Hints:
2. the inventors had something in common 3. think Atlantic
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Grace Kelly 2) Both were doctors who invented devises that ended life. 3) French Guiana?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. yep 2. close enough; they also intended their inventions to be more humane. 3. nope, but you're in the right hemisphere.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
one more hint for #3: off-shore from North America
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Since Quis will be incommunicado for a bit, I'll step in:
1) Grace Kelly 2) Both were doctors who invented devices that ended life they to be more humane.
and 3) St. Pierre and Miquelon?
Posted by Matthew E on :
I don't think it can be St. Pierre and Miquelon; they were never taken by the Axis in the first place. Much like other French possessions, I'm sure.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Actually, RhL has it - although never Nazi-occupied, the St. P-M gov't was a de facto part of the surrendered Vichy gov't; deGaulle sailed in one day and declared it seized by the Free French, deposing the Vichy administrators and greeting gleeful residents; a symbolic liberation, perhaps, but a liberation nonetheless.
go, rockhopper!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. Which performer has played the same role on a single television series for the longest time?
2. Which US state capital city has served the longest as a capital?
3. Where would one find Miranda, Margaret and Rosalind?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Eric Braden 2. Boston 3. orbiting Uranus
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. Not even close; right genre, though. 2. Boston is a close second. It's not in one of the original colonies. 3. Correct! They are all moons of Uranus.
Posted by Bevis on :
1. May well be William Roach who has played Ken Barlow on Coronation Street for something like forty years now I think.
No idea about 2 though.
Posted by Bevis on :
Just checked, William Roach has been in Corrie for 45 years now (46 in December).
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. Nope. It's on a US show that has been on longer than that.
Posted by Bevis on :
Ah, as far as I'm aware there are only two soaps that are longer running than Corrie (or, well, three if you count The Archers but that's a radio soap and technically is the longest running soap in the world); The Guiding Light and As The World Turns.
Which would mean that Helen Wagner is probablt the longest serving actor in the same role.
Just checked. ATWT started 1956 and Helen Wagner said the first line and hasn't left since, which puts her just ahead of William Roach at 50 years in the same role. Jeez, you'd think she was bored of it by now wouldn't you?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. Helen Wagner has played Nancy Hughes on As the World Turns since Day One, 2 April 1956.
2.Still not Boston
3. Still moons of Uranus
Posted by Bevis on :
I thought Boston was right for 2 as well, but I've done some digging around becuase I was clueless as to what else it might be and I think the three answers should be:
1) Helen Wagner 2) Providence (founded 1636, state capital from 1776) 3) Moons of Uranus.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. Correct 2. Wrong (Boston is older by six years and there is one even older--not one of the 13 English colonies) 3. Correct
To repeat the questions on this page:
1. Which performer has played the same role on a single television series for the longest time?
2. Which US state capital city has served the longest as a capital?
3. Where would one find Miranda, Margaret and Rosalind?
Posted by Bevis on :
Hmm. I'm stumped then. Santa Fe is probably the oldest city that is also a state capital, but 'm fairly sure it only recently became the satte capital. Technically though Boston and Providence would both fit the answer because they've both been continuously the state capital for as long as the states have actually been states (as in since 1776). Before that they were all provinces.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
You've got it.
Santa Fe became the capital of Nuevo Mexico in 1610. It has only been a state capital since 1912 (when New Mexico became a state), but it has been a capital much longer.
To review: 1. Helen Wagner. 2. Santa Fe. 3. Moons of Uranus
Over to Bevis.
Posted by Bevis on :
OK, three linked questions here. Hopefully they're not going to be too tough since I'm off on my hols for three weeks on Sunday so hopefully they'll all be answered before then.
1) What is the smallest British city? 2) What is the second smallest British city? 3) What is the largest British city?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. St Davids, Wales 2. Ely 3. Greater London
Posted by Bevis on :
1) Yes (population of about 2000 only) 2) Nope 3) Nope. Plus Greater London is a conurbation and not technically a city.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. St Davids 2. Wells 3. Manchester
Posted by Bevis on :
Still only the first one right. Manchester city is actually quite small (about seventh I think, behind places like Sheffield and Bristol). Again, the Greater Manchester conurbation (including Salford which is a separate city and villages like Chorlton and Didsbury and such) is very large but the city itself isn't.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. St Davids 2. I've been resisting the obvious, but I'll try it: The City of London? 3. Since London and Manchester are both conurbations of several entities, let's try something outside of England. Glasgow, pehaps?
Posted by Bevis on :
Yes to 1, yes to 2. The City of London is literally just the Square Mile. In terms of area I think it's actually smaller than St David's, but it has a higher population (just). London, as in the conurbation, also includes serveal other cities like the City of Westminster which each have separate royal charters. In practice of course the whole thing gets called 'London' but technically it's not correct.
3, however, isn't Glasgow.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. St. David's 2. City of London 3. Birmingham
Posted by Bevis on :
That's the three I was looking for. Birmingham is actually the largest city as well as the second largest conurbation after London, although Greater Manchester also has a claim to being the second largest conurbation (depends on what you include in Greater Manchester).
You're up KK.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. Which country has the world's oldest standing army?
2. What was Woodrow Wilson's middle name?
3. What were the names of Scarlett O'Hara's children?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Switzerland?
2. Hmm... for some reason I'm thinking he didn't have a middle name. But that could mean I just don't know it.
3. No idea.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
EDE,
1. Good guess, but not quite.
2. He had a middle name.
3. This one's kinda hard.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. No idea, so I'll guess UK. 2. Woodrow 3. I remember Bonnie Blue. Was there another?
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. nope.
2. Yes! His first name was Thomas, which wasn't cool enuf. "Woodrow" turned out to be a real babe-magnet.
3. Bonnie Butler was one of four. Hint: They all had different last names.
Posted by Lance's realm on :
Are you going by the book, or the movie?
Posted by KryptonKid on :
The authorized books ("GWTW" & "Scarlett").
[ July 20, 2006, 02:47 PM: Message edited by: KryptonKid ]
Posted by KryptonKid on :
OK, hint: Scarlett's kid's last names were Hamilton, Kenndey, (Bonnie) Butler, & O'Hara
Posted by KryptonKid on :
Hint: The world's oldest standing army has only 90 men.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Lichtenstein 2. Woodrow 3. Bonnie Butler, John Hamilton, Rhett Kennedy, and Robert O'Hara.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. Hint: I believe it is the smallest country in the world, and yes, it is European.
3. Hint: Bonnie Butler, Hamilton is a boy, Kennedy a girl, O'Hara a girl.
If no one gets this by tomorrow, then I guess it goes to Rockhopper Lad since he got #2 first and part of #3. Is that square with the rules?
Posted by duck458 on :
1. Vatican City
Posted by KryptonKid on :
yup. 1. Vatican City
2. Woodrow
3. Wade Hamilton, Ella Kennedy, Bonnie Butler, Cat O'Hara.
Go duck458.
Posted by duck458 on :
No sorry, I saw the question and couldn't resist the urge to answer, sorry, carry on.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
Does that mean I ask again???
Posted by KryptonKid on :
Okey Dokey,
1. Who was the Baby Ruth candy bar named after?
2. Who espoused the virtues of "bopping" in 1984? (Of course, by that time I was already an old hand at it. )
3. What is the smallest bone in the human body?
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. It was almost certainly named after Babe Ruth, but to avoid having to cut him in on any of the proceeds, the candy bar makers came up with a lame story about how it was named after Grover Cleveland's daughter Ruth, who had died seventeen years before.
2. Are you thinking of Cyndi Lauper, with her song 'She Bop'?
3. I don't know what they're called, but the little ones inside the eardrum that rattle around and allow humans to perceive sound.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. Nope.
2. Yep.
3. You are on the right track...!
Posted by Matthew E on :
Then I'm looking forward to seeing what the real answer to 1. is.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
Yeah, OK, I was totally buying into the whole lame explination thing. You sound more confident than I am so its yours.
You got #3 generally. Spec., it is the stirrup.
Go Matthew!
Posted by Matthew E on :
I'll put something up later today.
Posted by Matthew E on :
And when I say 'later today', what I really mean is 'in a couple of days'.
1. What famous work of literature takes place in Sebastopol, California?
2. What's the historical significance of Frank Wills? (Not the baseball player.)
3. What's the historical significance of John Peters Humphrey?
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. All's Quiet on the Sebastopol Front.
2. He got a phone call from Forest Gump.
3. He wrote The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As with all UN documents, he used waaaay too many words.
Posted by Matthew E on :
1 is not quite close enough to correct; 2 might be correct but I don't remember the movie well enough to say; 3 is correct.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. There's Something About Sebastopol.
2. He gat a call from Gump when he was staying at the Watergate Hotel. He was the security guard on duty the night of the break-in of the Democratic HQ.
3. Also a good dancer.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
1. The Grapes of Wrath?
2. Gump notwithstanding, Wills was the security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in.
3. Universal Declaration on Human Rights
Posted by Matthew E on :
1 is incorrect; 2 and 3 are correct.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. The comic strip "Peanuts" (as evidenced by 5's surname "95472", the ZIP Code for Sebastopol) 2 & 3 see above
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. is correct. What's the ruling--does Rockhopper Lad get to ask, or are there sticklers present?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
If you prefer:
1. The comic strip "Peanuts" (as evidenced by 5's surname "95472", the ZIP Code for Sebastopol)
2. Wills was the security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in.
3. Universal Declaration on Human Rights
Posted by Matthew E on :
I think Monica Geller said it best when she said, "Rules help control the fun!"
Go ahead.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The rule is whoever gets all three correct gets the next question. It doesn't matter that someone else gave correct answers (but not all three) earlier.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I'll come up with something later today.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. Where are Dana, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott?
2. What city is due south of Detroit, Michigan?
3. What national anthem is named after a place where it was not written?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Maine?
2) Winsor, Ontario
3) Oh Canada?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. No.
2. Yes. Detroit is actually north of Canada!
3. No.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. Massachusetts
2. Winson, Ontario
3. Germany
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. Yes, specifically underneath (mostly) the Quabbin Reservoir. Those towns were destroyed to make the reservoir.
2. "Windsor", but yes.
3. I'm actually going for the title of the national anthem itself. You could make a case for Germany, because it uses the title "Das Lied der Deutschen" for its anthem, but the tune itself was composed in Austria by Haydn--in fact, the tune is also known as "Austria" (it is the primary tune for the hymn "Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken"); however, the words of "Das Lied" were written in Germany. The words and music of the anthem I had in mind were written in a place (note that I did not say country) that is not the place referenced in the title of the song.
[ August 02, 2006, 07:13 PM: Message edited by: Rockhopper Lad ]
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. MA
2. Windsor
3. La Marseillaise?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Oui. "La Marseillaise" was written in Strasbourg, even though the title references Marseille.
Back to you, KK.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
Cool. For some reason I thought that was going to be a wrong guess. Happily, I was wrong about being wrong.
1. If you pray for them they will reciprocate.
2. Was Ringo a mod or a rocker?
3. What is the oldest continuously inhabited city currently in existence?
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. I have no idea what this is getting at. 2. I think the Beatles were all rockers. 3. Cairo?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Saints? 2. rocker 3. Damascus
Posted by Lance's realm on :
The first part sounds like the words to a Russian dirge - I don't know its name, though.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. The dead 2. Rocker 3. Jericho
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. The dead - Right, Rockhopper Lad
2. No, no, no (Hint: He was asked this when the Beatles first landed in American in 1964. It was included in the film "Hard Day's Night".
3. Damascus - Right, Kent Shakespeare
So, I guess #2 for the gold?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) The dead as per Rockhopper
2) a mod seeing as the other answer was wrong
3) Damascus as per Kent
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. yes.
2. oddly, no. The Beatles could be somewhat creative in utilizing their choices. Yes, even Ringo...
3. yes.
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
1) The dead as per Rockhopper
2) Ringo split the difference, and said he was a "mocker".
3) Damascus as per Kent
Posted by KryptonKid on :
Correct as per Seth Gaterra.
Its yours.
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
1. What is the significance of Coober Pedy?
2. Elton John's cover version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was number 1 on the Billboard Top 40 charts, for two weeks. What position did the Beatles' original version take on the chart?
3. The ametrine would match which Legionnaire's costume?
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
1. The opal capitol of the world
2. It didn't; the Beatles never released "Lucy" as a single.
3. Kid Quantum
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
quote:Originally posted by He Who Wanders: 1. The opal capitol of the world
2. It didn't; the Beatles never released "Lucy" as a single.
3. Kid Quantum
1. Correct.
2. Correct
3. Partial credit; the costume has one of the main colors of the mineral.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. The opal capital of the world.
2. Didn't chart.
3. Triad.
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
KryptonKid has them! Your turn.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
Name three of the four "Commonwealth" states.
(With a nod to Eryk Davis Ester)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Massachusetts Virginia Kentucky
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, & Kentucky
Oops, I thought this was the name three thread. and besides Kent got the answer before me.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
Well, that's what I get for posting while I'm trying to babysit.
Kent go ahead. Maybe you can keep track of which thread we're on, cuz I can't (And they trust me with their kids?)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. when and where did "Superboy" and "Supergirl" make real-world public appearances?
2. The first reported siting of one of these came in 1811.
3. what was discovered on November 1, 1977?
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. Color me dense, but I'm not sure I understand the question.
2. Bigfoot, was my second notion and final answer. (The first thing to pop in my head was hot-air balloon.)
3. Chiron, "moon(?)" of Pluto. I remembered this right off, which begs the question : How much more space is being taken up in my head with useless information?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. real people making real-world public appearances as versions of these comic-book characters.
2. yep
3. yep, well, close enough. Chiron isn't a moon of Pluto, it has its own solar orbit.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
Kent Shakespeare:
"3. yep, well, close enough. Chiron isn't a moon of Pluto, it has its own solar orbit."
My brain must be outta date. Last I heard Pluto and Chiron orbited each other and Pluto's "planetary" status was in question. I read that two new "moons" have been discovered in their little family. Of course, scientists are always going to quibble over semantics.
Your clarification was very useful, thank you. I got it in my head that "superboy" and "supergirl" were not people. (Like they named the Lunar lander, etc.)
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
1. (Going out on a limb here) At the opening of the Superman museum in the '70s.
2. Bigfoot
3. Chiron (which KK has apparently confused with Charon)
[ August 08, 2006, 10:10 PM: Message edited by: He Who Wanders ]
Posted by KryptonKid on :
Thanks, HWW, for the info. It is mine to blush!
I hate to be the one to bring it up (no, really) but, spelling aside, I got #3 wrong.
[ August 08, 2006, 10:26 PM: Message edited by: KryptonKid ]
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
No, you didn't get it wrong, KK. The correct answer is Chiron. (Charon was discovered in 1978.)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
HWW,
1. nope - before that, but at a Superman-related event.
2. still correct after all these posts
3. Chiron is still right; just the Pluto part was off, and that's sorted out by now.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. The Grand Opening of "Superman: the Movie", 1978.
2. Rev. Sasquatch J. Bigfoot, Jr. (Only his Nana called him "Yeti")
3. Chiron, which I earlier spaced-out on.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. waaaaay before that
2. yep
3. yep
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. The funeral of George Reeves, 1959? Seems kinda tacky, I know, but I'm grasping at straws.
2. Bigfoot (STILL hasn't landed that Nike deal!)
3. Chiron (* insert something funny about space centaurs. I'm tapped out.)
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
1. The premiere of "It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman" Broadway musical in 1966 (which, admittedly, is also grasping at straws)
2. Bigfoot
3. Chiron
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. nope. waaay before that. (hint: these real-world versions were called by the names "Superboy" and "Supergirl;" they were not (nor could they be) modeled after the comic book versions.)
Posted by KryptonKid on :
OK, from now on I'm not going to announce my wild guesses as such, Impulse-apon-Avon; I'm going to look you straight (ahem)in the eye (figuratively speaking) and boldly state in no uncertain terms my answer, determined that you wouldn't, couldn't possibly call my bluff.
1. Superboy and Supergirl were part of National Comics contribution to the war effort, trying to promote World War II Bonds amongst the younger set.
2. Bigfoot, the hirsute hermit haunting hallowed hollows and half-hidden hamlets.
3. Chiron, one-time wooer of houri Wonder Woman.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. You're a lot closer; but the event I referred to was even before the US had entered the war.
2. yada
3. yada
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
one more hint: It was a one-day event that was part of a longer event; the longer one having been immortalized in the comics of the time (a 40+ year comic series launched from it), and its architecture was featured prominently in 80s and 90s DC series. It (the longer event) was also an important event in NBC television history.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. the 1939/1940 World's Fair in New York
2. Bigfoot
3. Chiron
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. That's the big event; unless someone else comes up with the specific smaller event-within-an-even by morning (say, 10 a.m. Eastern time), I'll say Quis' answer will be good enough.
2. yadda
3. yadda
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Would the smaller event be the opening of the world's fair?
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. demonstration of color tv
2. bigfoot
3. chiron
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
It's 10 a.m.; and Quis has the next question.
It was "Superman Day" at the World's Fair.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
OK three hopefully easy questions.
1) What is New Holland better known as now?
2) Where is the Holy See?
3) Who was "the King of the Wild Frontier"?
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. New York, I suppose. 2. Vatican City. 3. Davy Crockett.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Nope, Yup, Yup.
Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why'd they change it? I can't say. People just liked it better that waaaaay!
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. Indonesia?
2. Vatican City
3. Crockett
Posted by Xben on :
1. Australia 2. Vatican City 3. Davy Crockett
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Xben has it.
Posted by Xben on :
A bit of a cheap victory, but I'll take it
1. What, strictly speaking, is Big Ben?
2. What do the following American TV shows have in common which few, if any, other shows do? St. Elsewhere The Honeymooners The Streets of San Francisco Bosom Buddies
3. What's the significance of the two animals that are found on the Australian Coat of Arms: the kangaroo & the emu (aside from the fact that they are Australian animals and aren't found elsewhere in the world)?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Big Ben is the bell in the clocktower of House of Parliment, not the clocktower.
2) I have no idea. They have definitive last shows?
3) They are the only animals in a coat of arms that normally stand on two legs?
Posted by Bevis on :
1) Big Ben is the main bell in the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster (or the Parliament building as mor commonly known). I don't think teh tower itself has a name, which is why you can't possibly go to London and see Big Ben unless you go up into the top of the tower itself which I think you can only do with special permission. Oh, and there are actually words that go with the bongs that are played on the hour. Can't remember what they are though.
2) No idea. I don't think I've even heard of the second two.
3) Erm... ooh, I have no idea. I bet Chris would though since he loves Oz but he's gone out on the razzle tonight so I can't ask him.
Posted by Bevis on :
oooh, almost simultaneous post...
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Bevis,
The Honeymooners was from the 50s and starred Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, & Audrey Meadows. Jackie Gleason played a poor schlep bus driver and know-it-all named Ralph Kramden. Ralph dreams of moving on to a better life and so gets involved in get rich quick schemes. Audrey Meadows played Alice his smart, loving, & long suffering wife. (one of these days Alice, one of these days) Art Carney was Ralph's best friend and upstairs neighbor, Sewer worker Ed Norton.
The Streets of San Francisco (or as the Mad magazine verson called it - The Straights of San Francisco) was a typical 70's cop drama from producer Quinn Martin. It starred Karl Malden and Michael Douglas.
Oh wait, I think you mean you never heard of Bosom Buddies. That was a situation comedy from the 80s. It starred Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari as two single guys in New York City. The only apartment they could find was in an all women hotel, so they disguise themselves as women in order to live there.
[ August 17, 2006, 04:55 PM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq. ]
Posted by Bevis on :
Yeesh, I'm kind of glad I've never seen any of Bosom Buddies then. I'm not really a Tom Hanks fan...
Posted by Xben on :
Ok, #1 is correct (though the tower does have a name, I believe)
#2 - They may or may not have distinctive last shows, but they certainly are not the only shows to have this. There may be one or two other programs that have this distinction, but not many. Lots have shows have distinctive last episodes.
#3 - I don't know about Quis' idea about two legs, but the significance I'm looking for is why these two animals are on the Australian coat of arms as opposed to any other animals that could have been chosen.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. Bell, yadda, yadda.
2. They all contributed castmembers to "Nothing in Common."
3. Neither animal can walk backwords, indicating progress, never retreat.
Posted by Bevis on :
Oooh, if that is the right answer to 3 then it's a very cool reason.
I've never heard the clock tower being called anything (apart from Big Ben, which as we know is erroneous) but of course that doesn't mean it doesn't have a name and I would think it probably does other than just 'the clock tower' or something boring like that.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
st. stephen's tower
Posted by Bevis on :
See, I knew it'd be something other than the clock tower. You learn something new every day.
Posted by Xben on :
KrypyonKid has got #3 correct, as well as #1 as I said before. Sorry, but I have never heard of Nothing in Common before (if it's a relatively recent American show, than we perhaps wouldn't have it in Australia yet). The answer does have something to do with the shows' casts, though...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Late addendum to the New Holland question: New York City was Nieuw Amsterdam; New York State (along with New Jersey and part of Vermont) was Nieuw Nederland.
Posted by Matthew E on :
Oieuw.
Posted by Xben on :
OK, going to be out of touch soon, so another hint:
The connection between the TV shows has to do with a distinction common to one actor on each of those TV shows. Most of those actors were mentioned in Quis' description of the programs (only the one from St. Elsewhere was not referred to). All the actors are male. And as I said before, I can't think of any other TV shows that starred actors who also had this distinction (though there may be one or two). The distinction has nothing to do with the character they played on the TV show.
Posted by Bevis on :
1) The bell, yadda yadda 2) Did they all star lead actors who went on to be Oscar winners? Not sure about that because I'd think there must be other shows that have had that (Catherine Zeta Jones in Darlings Buds Of May for example). 3) Can't walk backwards.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Bevis, don't forget he said American TV shows, but you may be on the right track. Denzel Washington started out on St Elsewhere, Michael Douglas on Streets of SF, Tom Hanks on BB, and Art Carney on Honeymooners. And he never said these were the only actors/shows that meet the criteria.
So you're probably correct, but let's wait for Xben.
Posted by Bevis on :
Good point. I'm trying to think of other shows that starred peopel that went on to win Oscars and I can't think of many. George Clooney had a role in Roseanne and Russell Crowe had a bit part in Neighbours but neither were leads. It seems like an answer that would fit, but...
Posted by Xben on :
Basically, that's it. They are, as far as I know, the only people to win "Best Actor" (as opposed to supporting, or actress). Did George Clooney ever win? if so, ER would count
Posted by Bevis on :
I think he won Best Director but not Best Actor, so it wouldn't quite fit the answer you were looking for (in the same way that Zeta Jones won Best Supporting Actress).
Hmm, three more then...
I've not woken up yet this morning so I'll have a think and come back with some questions shortly...
Posted by Bevis on :
OK, three slightly related questions here:
1) Which are the only two countries to have taken part in every one of the official modern (summer) Olympic Games?
2) Traditionally there were twelve Olympian Gods. However only ten of them are recognised in every version of the twelve. Name all ten (and for a bonus point name at least four of the 'alternative' ones).
3) Only one of the major Hellenistic had the same name in Roman mythology. Which one?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
(Didn't see anything in the rules about if I should wait for Bevis' reply to Eryk's answers...sorry if thats taboo!)
Posted by Bevis on :
1) Eryk has right.
2) Eryk has nine of the ten, Cobie has eight. Cobie also mentioned the other two from the ten and three of the occasional ones. There's only one from the 'ocassional' list that no-one has listed and probably won't get because it's slightly obscure.
3) Still correct.
And Cobie there's nowt to say you have to wait for confirmation or anything before posting answers.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
And Eryk gets them. Hebe was indeed the one that I was thinking people wouldn't get and all four of the alternate ones are correct. The other four that are sometimes mentioned are Helios, Demeter, Hades and Persephone.
Your go Eryk.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
You know, at first I couldn't figure out why Hades wasn't actually one. But then I remembered...he doesn't live on Mount Olympus Posted by Bevis on :
Exactly. He was one of the major gods but had a very different role to play in their religion. He appears in virtually none of the myths (the exception being the birth of the lympians, the Persephone myth and to a lesser degree in the Orpheus myth) and so rarely got counted with the Olympians. Hestia retired her place (again basically because her role in religion was very different from the other gods) and generally was replaced by Dionysus. Demeter traditionally retired her role after the kidnapping of Persephone. Helios was considered one of the original Olympians and retired his rols in place of Apollo. It is quite interesting when you look at the way the Olympians changed as the religion developed. The older gods (Demeter, Hestia, Helios) were replaced by newer cults (Apollo, Artemis, Athena and especially Dionysus) and the 'important' gods changed accordingly.
I'm a bit of a mythology geek...
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Continuing on the same theme:
1) Who succeeded Hebe as cupbearer to the Gods?
2) What is distinctive about the celestial body named for this person?
3) Who coined the term "asteroid" and why?
Posted by Bevis on :
1) Ganymede
2) erm... not sure. I have a feeling it's a moon, but I'm not certain about that.
3) No clue.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. Ganymede
2. It is the only moon known to have its own magnetic field.
3. Galileo. Because they look like "little moving stars".
Wierd, I just today picked up yhe World Book Science Year 2006. The only article I read (so far) was an update of Jupiter. #3, of course is just an educated guess.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
KK has 1) and 2) right.
Asteroids weren't yet discovered in Galileo's time, however.
Posted by Liberty Monkey on :
Greetings Eryk Davis Ester!
1. Ganymede
2. It is the only moon known to have its own magnetic field.
3. Though I am not sure who discovered them, I believe I know why: in the final decades of the 1700's, a group of astronomers began looking for the 'missing planet'. This was because previously, Uranus was discovered by an astroner 'predicting' where it would be based on the 'Titius-Bode Law', a mathematical way to predict how the planets were ordered. Thus, the search for the 'missing planet' to fit between Uranus and the previous planets led many to begin finding asteriods.
Yes, even I, Liberty Monkey, took a graduate course on the history of science, of which I found to be of great value! The 'Titius-Bode Law' was of course later disproved by the discovery of Neptune, and no doubt, Eryk Davis Ester was inspired by today's news on Pluto for this question. Wordy as I am though, I could not tell you who discovered the asteroid without having to look it up!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I'm going to give it to the cute li'l monkey, even though it's not quite the answer I was looking for.
The term "asteroid" was coined by Sir William Herschell, most famous as the discoverer of Uranus, after fellow astronomers discovered four tiny "planets" in the place predicted by the Titus-Bode Law. Why did he come up with the term "asteroid"? Well, if he called them "asteroids" instead of planets, then he still got to be the only person (in recorded history, at least) who discovered a planet!
Posted by Liberty Monkey on :
Greetings!
1) Which Goddess did Ceaser and the Julii believe they directly decended from?
2) Brutus, most famous for 'betraying' Ceaser, was the decendent of a Roman most famous for what?
3) Shakespeare's line 'Et tu, Brute?' is considered by many to have actually been uttered by Ceaser, but is generally regarded by scholars as never having been said. What is the single most important piece of evidence that shows this line was never truly spoken?
Posted by Bevis on :
1) Venus/Aphrodite (through Aeneas)
2) Erm... no idea.
3) Isn't it gramattically incorrect or something? Or the form of Brutus' name is wrong. I'm fairly sure it's something like that.
Posted by Liberty Monkey on :
1) Correct - they always had this claim, but it wasn't until after Ceaser died that Augustus commissioned the 'Aeneiad' to be written, which shows how the Julii (including both Ceaser and Augustus himself) descended from Venus, the Trojans, and even the Carthaginians by proxy.
3) That's pretty much it! Its gramatically correct in the sense that its Shakespeare's attempt to have Ceaser say something in Greek with Latin influences, even though he's a full Roman patrician, so its essentially all screwed up. Most likely, after 40-50+ stabbings, he pretty much died untalkative.
Posted by Matthew E on :
quote:1) Correct - they always had this claim, but it wasn't until after Ceaser died that Augustus commissioned the 'Aeneiad' to be written, which shows how the Julii (including both Ceaser and Augustus himself) descended from Venus, the Trojans, and even the Carthaginians by proxy.
Similarly to how Shakespeare had Fleance escape in MacBeth, to provide an explanation for how King James could be the descendant of the legitimate king that MacBeth killed.
Posted by Bevis on :
Oooh, I think I just found out the answer to 2, but I did have to do it by looking it up. If'n someone else knows it though I shall hold off posting the answer for a bit.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Go for it Bevis.
Posted by Bevis on :
2) His ancestor supposedly killed the last King of Rome.
That kind of sounds like a story made up at a later date to put Brutus in a bad light, but it could still be true.
Posted by Liberty Monkey on :
You've got it! And actually, its quite true!
Brutus' ancestor was the Roman who led the revolt against the Kings of Rome and helped create the Republic. That Brutus (also known as Brutus, as Romans used their names) was often seen as 'the Father of the Republic'.
This, of course, helps explain Brutus' actions against Ceaser. He wasn't the conniving, cowardly traitor that he's often depicted as, but was actually trying to live up to the standards set by his great ancestor--by trying to preserve the Republic that his family helped found. All Romans knew this too, and Brutus must have felt immense pressure to do so by the other Roman patricians (who all could trace their own family lineage back to that ancient time as well).
You're up Bevis!
Posted by Bevis on :
Well I knew Brutus was actually seen as a bit of hero at the time and it's only subsequent versions of Roman hostiry that painted him as the bad guy but I didn't know he was actually leading from ancestral precedence. That's quite cool actually.
Hmm, three new questions. I'm quite liking this thing of linking the next three questions to the previous ones (although obviously I don't think we need to change the game to reflect that), so:
1) Which play by Shakespeare only exists in a partial form but is complete enough to be performed?
2) Why are there two drastically different versions of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus'?
3) What (apart from them both being playwrights) probably links Christopher Marlowe and Aphra Behn?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Too specific for me to answer
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
You are really calling for research, aren't you Bevis?
1. Not having much luck on this one... I'll guess that "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" might count since it was a collaboration between Shakespeare and (most likely) George Wilkins. It wasn't included in the First Folio (the first published collection of Shakespeare's plays), but was considered one of Shakespeare's plays later on.
2. The second (and longer) version of "Doctor Faustus" was published posthumously. Depending on the scholar in question, the posthumous version was either an expanded adaption of Marlowe's work by other playwrights, or the full version that had been trimmed down for its original performances.
3. They were spies (although there's not as much evidence for Marlowe's involvement in this business as for Aphra Behn). Or that both were accused of homosexuality (though Behn seemed more bisexual). Take your pick. Posted by Bevis on :
1) Is right. Pericles is sometimes attributed to Shakespeare and Wlikins (among others) but even if Shakespeare did write it all himself we've only got it in a partial form. There are scenes missing and such, although they've been reconstucted. There are a couple of bits of others plays that exist but tehy're no more than a few scenes or bits of dialogue and not enough to go on.
2) Not quite right. There's a reason why there was a second version, which, while published posthumously, was almost certainly rewritten by Marlowe himself because of legal issues. If no-one else gets it soon though I'll give it to you.
3) The spies thing was what I was looking for. Behn was definately a spy (she actually wrote under her code name for a while) and there's good evidence that Marlowe was but nothing absolute. There is the whole gay thing as well, but as you say Behn had affairs with both men and women so she was probably bisexual.
Incidentally, speaking of Behn, during the twenty years just after the Restoration in London (while there were onyl two theatres) there were more plays performed that were written by women than in the entire West end in the last fifty years. Restoration theatre was one of my favourite courses at uni...
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
I'm not having any luck thus far in finding out what reason you want for question 2. Most of the sources (besides Wikipedia) are just saying he wrote it; not any reason behind revisions.
Posted by Bevis on :
It's actually to do with legislation that came in just after it was written. Think about what was going on during that period (start of Elizabeth's reign) and you should be able to guess it.
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
Okay, then the answer should be that Marlowe had to change the religious persons/practices of the play. Since Queen Elizabeth had broken off England's ties with Catholicism in favor of Protestanism.
Posted by Bevis on :
Essentially, yes. There was legislation introduced to ban blasphemy in plays. Most of the final act and large parts of the other acts had to be rewritten to take out any direct mentions of god. There are some other parts that were probably changed posthumously by actors and such but the big changes are because the law changed.
So you're go Seth.
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
1. This person's first job was being a professional "drowner"... who was it?
2. Morgan Robertson wrote a book about an "unsinkable" ship called the Titan, that struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. Why didn't he go ahead and call his ship the Titanic?
3. What country was the first to have a national anthem?
Posted by Bevis on :
The only one I know is 2 and it's because he wrote it *before* Titanic even was built, let alone sunk.
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
Well you got that question right, Bevis. The novel (Futility) was written in 1898.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. WC Fields
2. Predated Titanic
3. Iceland?
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
First two answers are right, KryptonKid; the third is wrong.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. WC Fields
2. Predated Titanic
3. Switzerland?
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
Third answer's still wrong?
Posted by Xben on :
Wild guessing here...
1. WC Fields
2. Predated Titanic
3. Denmark?
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. WC Fields
2. Predated Titanic
3. Japan?
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Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
No-one's gotten question 3 yet. But "land" is in the country's name.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. WC Fields
2. Predated Titanic
3. England
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
No, it's not England, either.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. WC Fields
2. Predated Titanic
3. Ireland
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
Still not the right country.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. WC Fields
2. Predated Titanic
3. Netherlands
Posted by Seth Gaterra on :
And Rockhopper Lad finally gets question 3 right!
(Um, since each question was solved by a different person, who gets the next series? Kind of confused on that...)
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
According the the rules in the first post of this thread, whoever posts all three correct answers posts the next three questions.
Give me a bit. I'll think of something. Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Sorry to take so long.
1. How many adult regular/recurring characters in Bewitched were portrayed by more than one actor (you need not name the actors, but please name the characters).
2. What letter is missing from Washington DC's street grid?
3. Which US government agency received the first Univac computer in 1951?
Posted by Lance's realm on :
1) Both Tabitha and Darrin were played by different people.
2) J Street?
3) the Census bureau
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
2 and 3 are correct
Tabitha was actually played by several young performers, but she was not an adult in the original series.
Darrin is correct, but there are more.
[ September 09, 2006, 02:21 PM: Message edited by: Rockhopper Lad ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Well, I repeat the correct answers for questions 2 & 3
Besides Darrin, I know that different actress played Louise Tate, wife of Larry. I am not too sure about Mrs. Kravitz. I think at one point they had a different actress, but she played Abner's sister. It could be that a third actress came on and was Mrs. Kravitz again. (side note, whenever I hear Lenny Kravitz, I can't help think he might be related. ) I am not sure about Frank Stevens, Darrin's father.
Well that's all from memory. I'll look up the answers now.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
No need to look them up, Quis, those are the four:
Darrrin Stephens (Dick York and Dick Sargent) Gladys Kravitz (Alice Pearce and Sandra Gould) Louise Tate (Irene Vernon and Kasey Rogers) Frank Stephens (Roy Roberts and Robert F. Simon)
Off to the Quis-master.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
I was also right about a third actress playing Abner's sister. Mary Grace Canfield (who also played the carpenter Ralph Monroe on Green Acres) played Harriet Kravitz.
Hmm three general knowledge questions....
1) WC Fields didn't like kids and what US city?
2) What are the three primary colors and the three secondary colors?
3) A person who is intestate has done what?
Posted by Xben on :
1. Philadelphia
2. Primary- Red, Yellow, and Blue (unless you are talking about the three primary colors of light) Secondary - Purple, Orange, Green
3. Died without a will?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
correct correct and correct
Posted by Xben on :
1. What animated character described himself as an eminent physicist, a polyglot classicist, a prize-winning botanist, a hard-biting satirist, a talented pianist, and a good dentist too?
2. What literary character, who has appeared in multiple novels and short stories, has the middle names, "Death Bredon"?
3. What nation of the world has the lowest population density?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Mr. Peabody
2) no clue
3) Mongolia
Posted by Xben on :
#3 is correct, the other two are not.
Some hints: #1 - This character only ever appeared once, as far as I know, in a feature-length movie from the 60's
#2 - This literary character is an English detective, created in the 20th century
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. An animated character in a movie from the '60s... (which, by the way, is not the same as a character in an animated movie from the '60s)... I really don't know. That list of qualifications sounds like something from a musical. Is it Merlin from 'The Sword in the Stone'? I could believe that.
2. Lord Peter Wimsey. 3. Mongolia.
Posted by Xben on :
Two out of three correct, Matthew E. #2 is indeed Lord Peter Wimsey, one of my favourite literary detectives (along with GK Chesterton's Father Brown).
For #1, it's not Merlin. It is however, a character from a musical--although quite a different style musical than one usual associates with that word. The character is animated, and the movie is an animated movie as well.
A sort of obscure hint, the character has a nickname which comes from a famous song that's in the movie. The nickname sounds like a name that might show up in a superhero comic. And the song is genuinely famous...many of you would know it. In fact, there would be a lot of people on this board who would know many of this movie's songs. Probably, the songs are more famous than the movie itself.
Posted by Matthew E on :
I looked up the answer to #1 and, while the movie had occurred to me, I had (never having actually seen the movie) never heard of the character. Hard question.
Posted by Bevis on :
Yep, just looked it up too and would never have gotten it, although you are right about people knowing the songs more from the film than they know the film.
Posted by Xben on :
Well, this has been going on for a while now. I'm happy for one of you guys to post the three correct answers to keep things moving.
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Jeremy Hilary Boob, who gets the song 'Nowhere Man' sung about him in 'Yellow Submarine'. 2. Lord Peter Wimsey. 3. Mongolia.
I'll come up with some questions soon.
Posted by Matthew E on :
Okay, assuming that my answer to 1. was acceptable, and I think it was:
1. Who are Gala Brand and Vivienne Michel? As in, what pop culture category do they fit into... or almost fit into?
2. When Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad and Cosmic Boy first got Superboy to join the Legion, it's possible to argue that they weren't the only four Legionnaires, that the best way to make continuity work was for there to have been other Legionnaires, including Supergirl, already on the team, and for other Legion stories to have predated Superboy's joining. But there's another point in Legion history during which the Legion had exactly four members. Which four?
3. The movie 'Ghost', with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, made the Righteous Brothers' cover of the song 'Unchained Melody' famous again. But what's the name of the movie in which 'Unchained Melody' first appeared?
Posted by Xben on :
1. No idea, although somehow Vivienne Michel's name is vaguely familiar. Don't know if I'm just imagining it, though. At a wild guess, were they somehow almost pop music singers?
2. Dynamo Boy, Lightning Lord, Saturn Queen, Cosmic King
3. Love Story
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Nope. 2. Not the occasion I had in mind; can you elaborate? 3. Nope.
Posted by Xben on :
In Adventure #330, a villain pretending to be "Dynamo Boy" joins the Legion and manages to frame everyone else for breaking various aspects of the Legion code, expelling them. THen in #331, he inducts Lightning Lord and friends as members.
I was also wondering if you are referring to the Legion just brfore its dissolution during the 5 year gap, but I've got no memory who they might have been. At a guess, I'd say Polar Boy, Lamprey, Echo, and Kent Shakespeare.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
1. Both are characters from James Bond novels that were left out of the films made from the books ("The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker" -- both of which had little in common with the books, other than the titles).
2. This could refer to part of the Legion's origin story in SUPERBOY # 147, after Triplicate Girl joins but before Phantom Girl does. This seems too obvious ... but just in case, the four characters would be Cos, SG, LL, and Triplicate Girl.
3. "Unchained" (1955).
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. He Who Wanders is correct: they're Bond girls from the novels. (By the way, if anyone cares: the books are better than the movies.)
2. Xben is on the right track with his 5-year-gap theory, but has only one of the four correctly identified. (Someone's probably going to have to do a bit of research on this to figure it out.) The Dynamo Boy thing is interesting but I don't know if I'd say it really counts.
3. He Who Wanders is correct--that's why they call the song 'Unchained Melody'. I was so ticked off when I first found that out... what a boring way to name a song.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Bond girls
2. Polar Boy, Colossal Boy, Nightwind, Calamity King
3. Unchained.
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Correct. 2. Three out of four! 3. Correct.
Posted by Matthew E on :
Hints: for 2., the incorrect answer was Calamity King, and the missing fourth Legionnaire was a Legion member of relatively long standing, not a Sub or walk-on who joined during the Gap.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Bond girls from books who weren't in movies 2. Polar Boy, Colossal Boy, Nightwind, Invisible Kid (Jacques) 3. Unchained.
Posted by Matthew E on :
That's it. Go ahead. (And, by the way, I'd love to read a story about that version of the Legion having to face some kind of interstellar emergency.)
Posted by Xben on :
1. What is a holographic codicil?
2. In Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice", what is Mr. Darcy's first name?
3. In the Bible, who was the first of Jesus' twelve apostles to be martyred?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) a handwritten addition to a will.
2) Sebatian? I just heard his first name on a game show too.
3) I am thinking James the Lesser?
Posted by Xben on :
My that was quick! But not entirely correct.
1) Yes 2) No (and still no if you meant to write Sebastian) 3) No
Posted by Xben on :
Any other guesses?
Some hints...the answer to #2 is also the last name of another character in the book.
For #3, this person is actually the only one of the 12 apostles who is martyred as part of the scriptural narrative itself. Quislet, though he picked the wrong person, was in some ways close with his guess.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) a handwritten addition to a will.
2) Cornelius?
3) Peter?
Posted by Xben on :
Still only one correct, Quislet.
Posted by Xben on :
More hints, I guess: 2) Darcy's first name is the last name of another character in the book, his cousin in fact
3) Not sure what to say that wouldn't give it away, except to repeat again that in many ways Quislet was very close to his first guess, even though he guessed completely the wrong person
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
1. A handwritten addition to a will.
2. Fitzwilliam
3. James the Great
Posted by Xben on :
He Who Wanders, you are correct!
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
1. What are the Years of Confusion?
2. If you're researching a British historical figure who was born on September 5, 1752, you have good reason to suspect your source is inaccurate. Why?
3. How was it possible to be born in May and die in February of the same year?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. I'll guess that that was the period when Sweden was switching from the Julian to Gregorian calendar.
2. That was the year the British Empire switched from the Julian to Gregorian calendar and "lost" several days in September.
3. The New Year used to begin on 25 March.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Two and Three are correct. One is partly correct, but I'm looking for two specific years. Hint: They are several centuries apart.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Second hint: Think of who the Julian calendar was named after.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Final clue (if no one gets this it will go to Rockhopper Lad by default):
The two years are exactly 1,627 years apart. (Hint: There is no year 0 on the calendar.)
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. 1582 ce & 46 bce?
2. That was the year the British Empire switched from the Julian to Gregorian calendar and "lost" several days in September.
3. The New Year used to begin on 25 March.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
You got it, KK! The significance of those years is that they had more tham 400 days, in order to get the calendar back on track.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. Who played lead guitar on the song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"?
2. John Lennon died on 8Dec80. What was his middle name?
3. Where did Richard Starkey meet his second wife?
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
1. Eric Clapton
2. Original middle name was Winston. Later legally changed to Ono.
3. While filming the movie "Caveman".
Posted by KryptonKid on :
HWW, somehow I knew you'd get it. Yerrup!
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
1. Who played rhythm guitar on Soft Machine's first single?
2. Whom did the Yardbirds first approach to replace Eric Clapton?
And, just for KK ...
3. In 1969, fans began scouring Beatles records for proof that Paul McCartney is dead. One of the clues was found in the voice heard at the end of "Strawberry Fields Forever," announcing "I buried Paul." According to Paul, whose voice is it and what is it really saying?
Posted by KryptonKid on :
3. Wasn't it John saying "cranberry sauce"? I think that was the song that he led into with "sugarplum fairy" instead of "1,2,3,4", if memory serves.
Posted by Xben on :
I've always heard the same for #3...I don't know if that's what it was according to Paul or not (as HWW phrased it)
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
The answer to # 3 is correct. But ... what about 1 and 2?
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
A couple of hints:
1. ... was not a member of the group, but just happened to be in the studio at the time. This person is one of the most iconic guitarists of that era.
2. ... this person eventually did join the Yardbirds as bass guitarist.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Final clue: Both persons have the same formal first name.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Jimmy Page 3. "Cranberry Sauce," said by John Lennon\
I guessed this based on your clues, as I'd otherwise have no idea about #1 or #2. Then I looked #2 up and confirmed that I'm right about that one. That makes #1 a fairly obvious guess, but I'll still wait for confirmation.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
You guessed it correctly, Xben.
Posted by Xben on :
All right, let me think of some stuff...
Posted by Xben on :
1. What do Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Superboy, and Captain Marvel have in common (that to my knowledge, nobody else does)?
2. What was the first man-made object to exceed the speed of sound?
3. In the Book of Acts (in the Bible), what is the link between a man who lied to the Holy Spirit, a believer who prayed for Paul, and a high priest who accused Paul before Governor Felix?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. They all won Pulitzer Prizes
2. um some sort of sled car?
3. They were all named Simon?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I meant to post this the other day; Xben has sort of made this less relevant, but here goes anyway.
We've had a lot of questions lately that have all been from a single genre; that's contrary to the point of this thread. A reminder:
quote:Originally posted by PolarBoy: The only rules I have are that all 3 questions should be diffrent topics (Eg one science one pop music and one geography) If you know one or two of the answers and feel generous you can post them but it will be the first person who posts all 3 that gets the nod.
Let's follow Xben's example and try to keep questions across a broad range of subjects. With a spate of rock-related threads, particiaption seemed to be dwindling.
Posted by Xben on :
Quislet, #1. No. Has Jimmy Olsen ever won a Pulitzer Prize? This "category" has a couple of conditions to it, but like I said I'm pretty sure this is an exclusive list... Here's a hint: Although the fact that these are all comic book characters is relevant to a certain degree, the genre of this question is not "comic books."
#2. No...I'm pretty sure this would be an older invention than any sort of "sled car"
#3. None of them were named Simon. But you are on the right track...
Posted by Xben on :
I don't want to slow things down too much, so here are some hints...
As I said, #1 doesn't really have to do with comic books or anything that ever happened in a comic book. As far as I know, these are the only four comic book characters for whom a certain something is true, (although there are lots of non-comic book characters for whom this is also true.)
The answer to #2 is not a vehicle
I feel like I've already given a hint for #3 by saying that Quislet was on the right track.
Posted by Lance's realm on :
Is 2 the plane flown by Chuck Yeager?
Posted by Lance's realm on :
As soon as I posted that, I realized there are likely some unmanned rockets that preceeded Yeager's flight. Never mind...
Posted by Xben on :
Remember, #2 is *not* a vehicle. It's also not an unmanned version of a vehicle. I'm not sure what century this thing was invented, but it's probably a lot earlier than many of you may be thinking.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
I know whips can break the sound barrier (hence the "cracking" sound), but I'm not sure if they were the first.
I'm assuming #3 has to do with them all having the same name, but I don't know what that would be.
Posted by Xben on :
Well, from what I understand, the whip is the right answer.
And your assumption about #3 is right, and in the absence of anyone actually getting that name I'd accept "they all have the same name" as correct.
Any thoughts on #1? Here's another big (I think) hint: this "certain something" that is true for each of these character happened for each of them in a different decade--the 50's (Lois), the 70's (Captain Marvel), the 80's (Superboy), and the 90's (Jimmy Olsen).
Posted by Xben on :
Okay, another hint for #1...the question has to do with television versions of comic book characters
Posted by Xben on :
Another hint for #1...this question has to do with the actors who portrayed each of these characters on live action television. I think if you knew or found out who played each character in the decade that I mentioned, this would be pretty obvious
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
1. Each character was played by two different actors during the course of their respective series.
2. The whip.
3. They all have the same name.
Posted by Xben on :
That's right...Phyllis Coates and Noel Neill for Lois Lane, Jackson Bostwick & John Davey (I think?) for Captain Marvel, John Haynes-Newton & Gerard Christopher for Superboy, and Michael Landes and Justin Whalin for Jimmy Olsen...
My specific thing was that as far as I know (I could have missed someone), they are the only comic book characters who were played regularly on a live action TV series by more than one actor, with no particular explanation for their recasting (no internal reason for a new actor to play the part, unlike the recasting of Lex Luthor on Superboy). Various actors playing the same villain on the old Batman series didn't count because they weren't regular characters.
By the way, the three guys from the book of acts were all named Ananias.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
In deference to the rules of this game, only one of the following questions is related to music.
1. What do the years 1962, 1980, and 2001 have in common?
2. What do Eric Braeden and Hans Gudegast have in common?
3. Name four Legionnaires who were over the age of 18 when they joined the Legion during the Adventure run.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Clues:
1. This is the question that is related to music. The years are significant for one band in particular.
2. Both are German-American actors, but they also have something else in common.
3. One was a regular member. The other three were not. (Also, there is more than one way to interpret part of this question.)
[ October 27, 2006, 06:42 PM: Message edited by: He Who Wanders ]
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. Hm. I'll bite. I'm not sure of the years, but it looks like the Beatles. Are those the years that band members died? Stu in 1962, John in 1980, George in 2001?
2. They were both transvetites?
3. Polar Boy was after the Adventure run, so I'd say Mon-el was the regular member.
Posted by Xben on :
#3 would include Mon-El, but also I think Polar Boy (who was almost certainly over 18 when the Subs merged with the Legion in the Adult Legion Story, and also Mxyzptlk V and Luthor V, who join at the end of that story. Also, in an earlier Adventures era-tale, Lightning Lord, Saturn Queen, and Cosmic King all join the the Legion for a bit, albeit after all the regular members had been expelled.
I'm guessing KryptonKid is right about #1, and I happen to have discovered the answer to #2 when I was looking up Eric Braeden to remind myself of who he was. I'll post it later if nobody else gets it.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Numbers one and three are both correct. Still waiting on two ...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. The years that Beatles died
2. They are the same person - Gudegast is Braeden's real name.
3. Mon-El, Lightning Lord, Saturn Queen, and Cosmic King.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
You got it, Kent.
Gudegast was known by his real name when he starred in "The Rat Patrol" in the 1960s. Later, he was "forced" to change his name to Braeden in order to play the lead in a film. It proved to be a wise choice, as he worked consistently afterwards, including on "The Young and the Restless."
Posted by Xben on :
Which group of four Legionairres were you originally thinking of, HWW?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. What four cities have the highest numbers of Canadians living there?
2. In killing 1,000 to 1,600 people in a single day, an airborne "Legion" inspired a world-famous anti-war mural. Name the legion, the artist and the mural.
3. What turns 100 on Friday?
Posted by Xben on :
1. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver...and Seattle? 2. I guessed Picasso & Guernica before I looked it up. Discovered the name of the Legion, but I never would have known that otherwise. 3. The traffic light? Just guessing here
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
quote:Originally posted by Xben: Which group of four Legionairres were you originally thinking of, HWW?
Mon-El and the LSV. I had forgotten about the Adult Legionnaires, but they certainly qualify.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Xben:
1. 3/4 correct 2. 2 out of three... but you didn't name the legion. 3. nope.
Posted by Xben on :
Long time and no guesses...
1. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Chicago 2. Condor Legion, Picasso, Guernica 3. SOS as an international distress signal
Some of these I cheated on, others I knew (as seen before), and others I am just guessing
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
you are sooooo close.
1. 3 out of 4... still one wrong! 2. spot-on 3. U got it.
Posted by Xben on :
Maybe there's not the "trick" to this that I assumed there would be...
1. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Ottawa 2. Condor Legion, Picasso, Guernica 3. SOS as an international distress signal
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. you've named 1,2,3again, this time with #5... still missing #4! 2. still good 3. still right.
I'm trying to think of a hint that won't give it away completely... I guess I'll just say it part of the city lies alongside an ocean.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Boston 2. Condor Legion, Picasso, Guernica 3. SOS as an international distress signal
According to something I looked up, Ottawa is the 4th biggest city in Canada. If that's right, it has to be out of the USA. If I'm wrong about that, maybe you could give a hint on that, Kent.
Anyway, Boston is another guess.
Posted by Xben on :
Or maybe it's Los Angeles?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
LA it is!
Since this has dragged on long enough (and you've been the only serious guesser), I won't be a stickler about reposting all the correct answers.
Go ahead, Xben!
Posted by Xben on :
1. Who or what is Salvation Jane? 2. What is the name of Anastasia & Drizella Tremaine's more famous sister? 3. What famous nursery rhyme originally referred (apparently) to the destruction of a cannon?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. The typical Salvation Army worker?
2. Cinderella?
3. Hickory Dickory Dock?
Posted by Xben on :
1. No 2. Yes, according to the Disney movie 3. No
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. The name of a weed.
2. Ella's sibling tormentors.
3. Little Jack Horner?
Posted by Xben on :
1. Understated by correct 2. The question is who is their sister, not who are they, so as Quislet said the answer is simply Cinderella 3. not correct
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. A weed 2. Cinderella 3. Pop! goes the weasel?
OK I did some research and I know that Pop goes the weasel is incorrect. I'll give a couple more people a crack at this one before I go with my researched answer.
[ November 17, 2006, 11:29 AM: Message edited by: Quislet, Esq. ]
Posted by Matthew E on :
Okay, I'll say:
1. A weed 2. Cinderella 3. Humpty Dumpty
Posted by Xben on :
Matthew E has it--Humpty Dumpty it is! I don't remember the full details, but it was a canon during a war in England between royalists and republicans, hence the "all the king's horses and all the king's men" reference.
Salvation Jane by the way is a beautiful but somewhat poisonous and prolific flower that grows in Australia, especially South Australia. After I found out about it I always thought it could also be the name of a creepy Batman villain.
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Name the three major-league North American sports teams named after bears. (I think there are only three.)
2. What musician was born Otha Ellas Bates and later changed his name to Ellas McDaniel?
3. A cuckoo is a bird. There's a species of cuckoo that can't fly and is therefore called the flightless cuckoo. What's it better known as?
Hint: there's a vague connection between questions 2 and 3.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Boston Bruins - hockey; Chicago Bears - Football; Chicago Cubs - baseball
2) Muddy Waters?
3) roadrunner?
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. No. 2. No. 3. Yes.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
What do you mean "no" to my answers for the first question? Those are three North American major-league sports teams named after bears.
Posted by Matthew E on :
I'll explain why not when someone gives the right answer. But those are not three North American major league sports teams named after bears.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
The name "Chicago Cubs" came from a batch of inexperienced players.
1) Boston Bruins - hockey; Chicago Bears - Football; Memphis Grizzles - basketball.
2)Bo Diddley.
3)roadrunner
Posted by Matthew E on :
Yes, yes, and yes.
As Kent said, the Cubs weren't named after bears; the word 'cub' at the time the team was named also meant something like 'eager young kid', and the Chicago ballclub had, or wanted the public to think it had, eager young players. This meaning lives on only in the phrase 'cub reporter'.
Posted by Xben on :
I don't know much about Bo Diddley. What's the connection between him and the roadrunner?
Posted by Matthew E on :
Bo Diddley had a song in the '50s called 'Road Runner'. (It's one of his better ones, which is saying something.) In the '60s, a garage band called the Gants covered it and put in 'meep meep' sounds to link it to the cartoon Road Runner.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. What European capital takes its name from a god of thunder?
2. What (specifically) do Run DMC, the Indigo Girls, Neil Young and Lenny Kravitz have in common?
3. Taking six trains (not counting cross-same-city connecting subways), what is the farthest place one can reach, if starting out from John O'Groats?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Tirana?
2. They've all covered Aerosmith songs?
3. Vladivostok?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. no. 2. no. Wrong band/artist, right theme. 3. no; further than that (but good guess).
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Oslo?
2) They all covered Aerosmith songs?
3) Tierra del Feugo?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. no, but you're closer geographically and ethnically than EDE. 2. still as incorrect as when EDE guessed it. 3. wrong continent.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Reykyavik 2. They all covered Youngbloods songs 3. Kuala Lumpur
All of these are complete guesses
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. nope, but geographically the closest guess yet. 2. nope. still on the right theme, and a closer era/genre. 3. Good guess! but slightly too far - there's a gap in service that makes KL unconnected.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
double post! Arrrgh!
[ November 23, 2006, 03:05 PM: Message edited by: Kent Shakespeare ]
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. Oslo 2. No earthly idea 3. Bangkok
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Oslo is still as wrong as when it was guessed last page. 2. you named the ocrrect planet, at least. 3. Closest guess yet. still a few hundred miles or so off.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Edinburgh?
2. Covered Bob Marley songs
3. Er... Yangon?
Posted by Xben on :
Is #1 Nuuk?
Posted by Xben on :
No wait, I just got it. #1 is Torshavn! I suspected this, but I didn't actually know the name of the city. When I tried to look it up, I misspelt Faroe Islands as Ferro Islands, and got completely the wrong information (as there is a Ferro Island near Europe, but it doesn't appear to have a captial city). Anyway, I'm fairly certain about that one.
Still no real idea about the others, but in case EDE is correct, I'll say
2. Covered Bob Marley Songs 3. Yangon
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Torshavn is it! Literally, "Thor's haven," or "Thor's port."
2. Not Marley... wrong genre. I will also point out at this point it isn't just a single artist, but also the same song. Genre-wise, Youngbloods was the guess closest to the era and genre of the original version, although the most famous version of the song was closer to Aerosmith (of the guesses so far).
3. Not Yangoon. Bangkok remains the geograpghically closest guess.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Incidentally, I think a case can be made for Tirana as well. According to at least one account, it's derived from "Tiras" or "Thiras", legendary founder of the Thracians, who was sometimes identified with Thor. Thorshavn is a much better answer, though.
1. Thorshavn 2. How about covering Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door"? 3. We've pretty much at the limits of my knowledge of Southeast Asian cities, here. I'll say... Saigon.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. yes! 2. right artist, wrong song! 3. Saigon it is! John O'Groats to Inverness, to London, to Paris, to Moscow, to Beijing, to Saigon!
almost there, folks!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. Thorshavn 2. All covered "Blowin' in the Wind"???? 3. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. actually, both you and EDE had an extra H... Torshaven, not Thorshavn 2. nope. HINT: the list of people who have covered this song is a lot more extensive than the four I listed. 3 yep.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
One final hint:
The somg inquestion was actually covered by at least three dozen artists, and one of the first of those covers (probably THE first), not Dylan's, remains the best-known.
Posted by Xben on :
Well, some internet research has yielded the answer for me. Should I just post it, or should we give it to EDE? He got both Saigon and Dylan in general...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
If that's what you believe, why don't you PM EDE, and offer it to him? the rules are pretty clear on the first to post all three correctly gets it.
Posted by Xben on :
That just feels too complicated
1. Torshaven 2. They all covered "All Along the Watchtower" 3. Saigon
Assuming I'm right (as I'm pretty sure I am), I'm happy to give it to EDE if he wants it. However, to keep things going, if he doesn't post some questions in 24 hours, I'll go ahead and post something.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
you are correct, of course.
Posted by Xben on :
OK, here are some questions...
1. What does the latest (in terms of internal continuity) leader of the Adventures-era LSH have in common with the champion of Borkia?
2. Put these countries in chronological order that they granted women the right to vote: Canada, Myanmar, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, USA
3.What do Stuart Sutcliffe, Philip Wilcher, and Milton Marx have in common?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. They were both named "Cosmic Man".
2. A Complete guess: New Zealand, Norway, Canada, USA, Switzerland, Myanamr
3. They were all the "fifth members" of a famous quartet? Stuart Sutcliffe was "the fifth Beatle" and Milton Marx was "Gummo", but I have no idea who Philip Wilcher was.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Yes
2. No--but close. You just need to reverse the positions of two countries
3. Yes! Bonus trivia points if anyone can tell me who Philip Wilcher is
Posted by Xben on :
OK, I'm going to give this to Eryk, as no one else has made any guesses and he's gotten so close with his answer.
The correct answer for #2 is New Zealand, Norway, Canada, USA, Myanmar, Switzerland.
And Philip Wilcher was, apparently, at one point, the "fifth Wiggle".
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Crap. I still need to come up with questions for this.
Posted by Vee on :
Well, what are you waiting for? Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Okay, here's an All-Philosophy edition:
1) What important element of the DC Universe was first introduced in Plato's Timaeus?
2) How many meditations make up Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy?
3) What name is shared by members of the philosophy department at the University of Walamaloo?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Time is circular?
2) 23?
3) Bruce?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1) Nope.
2) Not that many.
3) Yep.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) The Amazons?
2) 13?
3) I love that Monty Python sketch.
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Parallel worlds 2. Seven? 3. Oh, is *that* what that's from... Bruce, yes.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1) Quis is kinda close.
2) Matthew E is very close.
3) Yes, Bruce.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Atlantis 2. eight 3. Bruce
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Yes 2. No 3. Yes
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Atlantis 2) 6 3) Bruce
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Your question, Quis.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) In the cartoon "Rocky & Bullwinkle" what was Natasha's last name?
2) What was ironic about the Battle of New Orleans, fought in the War of 1812?
3) What is the capital of Austrailia?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. Fatale 2. It was fought in 1813. 3. Canberra.
Edit--and I looked it up. Let's just say I misremembered a song lyric.
[ December 13, 2006, 11:18 AM: Message edited by: Rockhopper Lad ]
Posted by Lance's realm on :
Wasn't the Battle of New Orleans fought after the war was over?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Fatale 2. Fought after the War had formally ended. 3. Canberra.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
EDE has it.
The ironic part was that the battle was fought after the peace treaty was signed. However, communications not being what they are today, that fact did not arrive in time to stop the battle.
Posted by Lance's realm on :
I would have posted all 3 correct answers, but then I would have had to come up with questions. Crashing comets! What a narrow escape!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Unfortunately, I wasn't so lucky!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Let's make this one an all-theology quiz:
1) What item of fruit did a youthful Saint Augustine steal with his hoodlum friends?
2) What is the central difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims?
3) What biblical story provides the central theme of Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling.
[ December 13, 2006, 03:36 PM: Message edited by: Eryk Davis Ester ]
Posted by Xben on :
1. apple 2. one ascribes authority only to Mohammed and the Qu'ran, while the other also gives the same authority to his descendants and to supplemental teachings 3. Daniel in the Lion's Den
These are all guesses, although some are more educated guesses than others
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Nope. 2. That's close enough. The main difference is over line of secession. The Sunni believe in elected leadership, whereas the Shia follow a line directly descended from the Prophet. 3. Nope. But it is a story about obedience to God and deliverance from death.
Posted by Lance's realm on :
1. Orange 2. What he said 3. The story of Abraham
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Nope. 2. Yep. 3. Yes. In particular the sacrifice of Isaac.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. pomegranate 2. elected vs hereditary leadership 3. the sacrifice of Isaac
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Hint: The fruit in question has a distinctive shape.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) a banana
2) the line of succession from Mohammed
3) The sacrifice of Isaac
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Still not right.
Posted by Xben on :
1. a pear 2. elected vs. hereditary leadership 3. the sacrifice of Isaac
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. a kiwi 2. elected vs. hereditary leadership 3. the sacrifice of Isaac
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Xben has it.
Posted by Xben on :
1. What do Dutch children leave out on the night on the night of December 4th, hoping that the historically based figure Sinterklaas will fill with candy and presents for them to open the next morning?
2. Who is the only character missing from this list: Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, and Obi-Wan Kenobi? (Hint/Clarification: This question could have been asked in 1984).
3. Who or what is a Devon Rex?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. I think they leave shoes, not stockings, hung up next to the chimneys. If memory serves, they leave offerings of carrots inside, for Sinterklaas' horses.
2. It sounds like all the characters that appeared all three movies of the original trilogy; otherwise Yoda, Lando, Boba Fett and the Emporer would count. I'll guess Wedge.
3. A relatively new breed of cat, created in 1960s Britain.
Posted by Xben on :
Correct, Kent! At least I assume all the extra details are correct. All I was looking for was Shoes, Wedge, and a Cat.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
[Interlude]
One small correction: The Feast of St. Nicholas (Sinterklaas) is 6 December. The Eve of St. Nicholas, when children in the Netherlands leave their shoes out to be filled is 5 December.
Continue with your regularly scheduled game.
[/Interlude]
Posted by PolarBoy on :
damm this thread is still going lol :}
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. What fictional TV community purportedly had historical visitors including Napoleon, Lenin and Kafka?
2. Once independent from its European colonial power, one Latin American nation was led by a man with an Irish surname, whose father had been an Irishman serving in another country's military. Name the country and the leader.
3. Where, specifically as possible, does one find Franklin D Roosevelt, George V and Charles deGaulle, in that order, one right after another?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. Fort Dodge (F-Troop)
2. Bolivia? O'Shaughanasey?
3. Nuremberg courthouse?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. not that I'm aware of. right continent, tho. 2. no. right continent, tho. 3. no. right continent, tho.
[ December 18, 2006, 03:36 PM: Message edited by: Kent Shakespeare ]
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Hootersville 2. Peru, O'Malley 3. Madame Tussaud's
Posted by Xben on :
1. Cicely, Alaska 2. Peru, O'Malley 3. Madame Tussaud's
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Xben has it! (the setting of Northern Exposure to the uninitiated) 2. still no correct answer, but you've gotten the first letter and apostrophe right. At least one of the guesses thus far (maybe both) border the country in question. 3. That's not the answer I'm looking for, nor can I find verification of it being coincidentally correct. Both guesses are primarily associated with countries that border (If one ignores water obstacles) the country of the location I have in mind.
[ December 19, 2006, 01:44 PM: Message edited by: Kent Shakespeare ]
Posted by Vee on :
1. Cicely, Alaska 2. Chile, Bernardo O'Higgins 3. Champs-Élysées, Paris (?)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. yes 2. that's it! 3. close enough; the answer I was actually looking for was for three Paris Metro stops in a row on the #1 line, but these three all happen to follow along the C-E as well, so you are correct.
Good job, Vee! Your spin!
Posted by Vee on :
1. Of what foods does the traditional Cuban Christmas Eve Dinner consist?
2. What University has a Scarlet Ibis as a mascot?
3. What do the letters OBX stand for?
Posted by Vee on :
Since I'm heading off for a week and won't be back until January 1st, I'll go ahead and give the answers to these questions so this thread isn't stuck until after I get back.
1. A traditional Cuban Christmas Eve Dinner consists of roast pork, black beans & rice, & yucca ( a spud similar to a potato or yam ) Yum!
2. Sebastian, the mascot of the University of Miami is a scarlett ibis.
3. "OBX" are call letters in aviation that represent the Outer Banks, the barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina. It's where I will be spending the holidays this year!
Up next is whomever wants to ask the next three questions! Posted by PolarBoy on :
1)Which disney animated feature was based on a novel by charles dickens? (if disney did a christmas carol thats not what I mean)
2) Which south park characters have had an episode about themselves which didnt feature the main characters(excluding cameos)
3)who is known as the Harlequin in Holland, the Black Knight in Denmark, the Devil in France, Nightmare in Finland, Nightwalker in Greece, The Shadow in Hungary, Nocturnal in Portigul and Night Prowler in Spain?
Posted by Xben on :
1. Oliver and Company 2. Don't know this show 3. Death?
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Oliver and Company 2. Timmy and... that other kid in the wheelchair, I forget his name 3. Batman?
Posted by PolarBoy on :
we have one right
[ December 26, 2006, 06:54 PM: Message edited by: PolarBoy ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Oliver & Company (and yes Disney did do Mickey's Christmas Carol with Mickey in the Bob Cratchit role)
2) Mr./Mrs. Garrison? Satan?
3) Dracula? or any vampire
Posted by PolarBoy on :
we still only have one right, a clue about number three the answer is a comic book character.
Posted by Xben on :
Is #3 the Joker?
Posted by PolarBoy on :
nope
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Oliver and Company 2. Kyle 3. Nightcrawler ?
Posted by PolarBoy on :
we have two right
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Reposting the questions:
1)Which disney animated feature was based on a novel by charles dickens? (if disney did a christmas carol thats not what I mean)
2) Which south park characters have had an episode about themselves which didnt feature the main characters(excluding cameos)
3)who is known as the Harlequin in Holland, the Black Knight in Denmark, the Devil in France, Nightmare in Finland, Nightwalker in Greece, The Shadow in Hungary, Nocturnal in Portigul and Night Prowler in Spain?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Oliver & Company
2) Butters?
3) Nightcrawler
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Oliver and Company 2. Chef 3. Nightcrawler ?
Posted by PolarBoy on :
quislet can have it
the correct answers are oliver and company Butters and Pip Nightcrawler
Posted by PolarBoy on :
oh and technically terrance and Phillip could have been an answer for number two as well
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
OK three general knowledge questions...
1) When was the area now known as the United States of America first settled?
2) Susan B Anthony once got arrested for doing what?
3) Why were British sailors called Limeys?
Posted by Xben on :
1. 1620 2. trying to vote 3. Because they were always eating limes in order to avoid scurvy
Guesses all, educated and otherwise
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
2 & 3 is correct.
1 is a bit of a trick question.
Posted by Vee on :
1. Assuming that your use of the word "settled" implies being settled by non-native peoples, then the area now known as the USA was first settled by in 1565 by Spain in St. Augustine (Florida). If you meant by those considered natives, then I would say about 10,000 years ago.
2. Attempting to vote in an election
3. Because they believed limes prevented scurvy
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Vee, it was your second answer to question 1 that is correct.
And as you got the other two also correct, you are up.
Posted by Vee on :
1. What action by King John of England brought about the First Barons' War?
2. When will the next millenium begin?
3. How many Federalists have been elected President & who were they?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Refusing to sign the Magna Carta.
2. By the common calendar, 12:00 a.m. on January 1, 3001. Although by the Coptic calendar, the new millenium begins either Saturday or a year from Saturday, if memory serves.
3. two - George Washington (2nd term; 1st time he had no affiliation) and John Adams.
Posted by Vee on :
Good job Kent! Just a minor correction on #1. He actually igned it then abrogated it as soon as the Barons had left town, claiming it was signed under duress and not valid.
You are up Mr. Shakespeare
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. What are the next three numbers in this sequence: 1,2,3,4,5,8,10,12,15,16,17,19...
2. What filmmaker's wife divorced him after she joined the Nazi Party?
3. In what US war (or rather "war") was a foreign-owned animal the only casualty?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) no clue
2) Otto Preminger?
3) Grenada?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. I'll wait for at least one guess before I give aclue.
2. no, but you're in the right ballpark.
3. nope, but right hemisphere.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. 22?
2. Cecil B. de Mille?
3. Panama?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. That is not one of the three. First hint: This is a very US-centric question.
2. nope.
3. no, but you're on a mainland nation, so that is a step in the right direction.
Posted by Vee on :
1. 21, 23, 25
2. Frank Capra
3. The Pig War of 1859 (aka The Northwestern Boundary Dispute)
Posted by Xben on :
1. 20, 21, 23 (this is a complete guess) 2. Fritz Lang (so is this) 3. The Pig War of 1859 aka The Northwestern Boundary Dispute (ripped off of Vee)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Both Vee and Xben have one correct guess each.
Hint: In the case of the subject at hand, the lowest of the three numbers I'm looking for in a way exceeds the other two combined.
2. Fritz Lang is correct, Xben!
3. Pig War it is. Good work, Vee! (The 'war' actually lasted about a dozen years)
Posted by Xben on :
Intriging clue on #1, Kent. Are the numbers denominators for something? Can't think of what it could refer to.
New guess 1. 23, 47, 100 2. Fritz Lang 3. Pig War!
Posted by Vee on :
1. 23, 27, 29 (another wild guess) 2. Fritz Lang (stolen from Xben ) 3. Pig War
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Xben guessed three numbers that do not fall anywhere in the sequence, while Vee has chosen three incorrect numbers, two of which are too high for the answers I am looking for, but do fit in the sequence beyond the 3 I am looking for.
Yet another hint: the first three numbers I originally listed are generally preceded by a single-letter prefix (the same letter for all three).
2. both still 3. correct
[ January 10, 2007, 12:29 PM: Message edited by: Kent Shakespeare ]
Posted by Xben on :
1. 21, 24, 26 2. Fritz Lang 3. Pig War
I still have no idea about the number sequence, but the hints you've given limit it down to only a few remaining combinations
Posted by Vee on :
1. 21, 22, 24 2. Fritz Lang 3. Pig War
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. 21,24,26 2. Fritz Lang 3. Pig War
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
all three of you have in common one wrong and one right. Xben and KK have a number that would have been correct if I asked for the next four, not the next 3. I've recently learned that one of Vee's will eventually be part of the sequence, but its not currently.
One last hint (since it's more about guessing numbers at this point than knowing the source), the previously mentioned letter is "H."
Posted by Vee on :
1. 20, 24, 25 (you've really got me stumped on this one! )
2. Fritz Lang
3. Pig War
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Vee has it!
These were numbers of interstate highways.
Posted by Vee on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: These were numbers of interstate highways.
I thought of that but wasn't sure since I'm more accustomed to seeing interstaes labeled "I-#"
Be back in a bit with the next question.
Posted by Vee on :
Okay here comes the next set of questions...put on your science fiction/fantasy literature caps!
1. Who is the author of "The Green Tower"?
2. Name the original Mentat of House Atreides?
3. Who is Prof Bernardo de la Paz?
Posted by KryptonKid on :
[ January 13, 2007, 08:30 AM: Message edited by: KryptonKid ]
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
quote:Originally posted by Vee:
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: [qb]These were numbers of interstate highways.
I thought of that but wasn't sure since I'm more accustomed to seeing interstaes labeled "I-#" [QB]
Yes, but I deliberately left them off to be less obvious. Besides, on the signs themselves (and on most maps), you just see the numbers, no "I."
Posted by Lance's realm on :
Hey, I actually know some of these...
Thufir Hawat was the Mentat, and the professor was one of the rebel leaders in Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress." I could no doubt google and find out the answer to the first part, but then I'd have to find some questions to ask.
Posted by Vee on :
Lance's realm is correct with both of his answers.
Posted by Vee on :
Here's a hint concerning Q1: The author has recently been signed to write a DCU series.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Would that be Richard Donner?
And Lance's realm's answers to questions 2 & 3
Posted by Vee on :
Nope, not Donner
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Are you thinking of Tad Williams? If so, the title is 'To Green Angel Tower' 2. Thufir Hawat 3. Rebel leader from 'The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress'
Posted by Matthew E on :
Bump.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Vee does seem to be around. I'll email him with your answers Matthew.
Posted by Matthew E on :
Well, if Vee isn't going to confirm or deny, I'll just ask some:
1. What classic 20th-century novel opens with the sentence, "The primroses were over."?
2. What rock-and-roller has had #1 hits in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s?
3. What three major-league baseball teams have gone more than fifty years since the last time they won the World Series?
Posted by Bevis on :
No idea about the first and last one but the second one is probably Cliff Richards (although I find it hard for me to think of him as a rock-and-roller even if that's how he started out).
Posted by Matthew E on :
Cliff Richard is correct.
Posted by Lance's realm on :
I know one of the answers to number 3 is the Cubs. The Giants might be another...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
reposting the questions:
quote:Originally posted by Matthew E: Well, if Vee isn't going to confirm or deny, I'll just ask some:
1. What classic 20th-century novel opens with the sentence, "The primroses were over."?
2. What rock-and-roller has had #1 hits in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s?
3. What three major-league baseball teams have gone more than fifty years since the last time they won the World Series?
Posted by Xben on :
1. The Great Gatsby 2. Cliff Richard 3. Cubs, Padres, Giants
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. No. 2. Yes. 3. No. I will note that there are many teams that, on the one hand, have never won the World Series, but on the other hand, haven't existed for fifty years in the first place. They don't count.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. Gone with the wind? 2. Cliff Richard 3. Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, & Dodgers?
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. No. Hint: novel takes place in England. 2. Yes. 3. No.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Matthew,
I just heard from Vee (his home computer is on the fritz) And you were correct in your answers.
Posted by Matthew E on :
Thanks.
Posted by Matthew E on :
Hints for 1 and 3:
1. The novel takes place in the hills, but its title suggests the bottom of the sea.
2. Xben had two out of three. The one he was missing is an American League team.
Posted by Xben on :
Is the other baseball team the Cleveland Indians? Replacing the Padres?
Posted by Matthew E on :
Yes.
Posted by Bevis on :
1) Watership Down? 2) Cliff Richards 3) Cleveland Indians, Cubs and Giants
Posted by Matthew E on :
Yes and yes and yes. Go ahead.
Posted by Bevis on :
Yay me!
Okily dokily...
1) Which is the only film in Oscar history to have been nominated in every category that it was eligible for?
2) Which soap had a short lived spin off that featured Mel Gibson amongst the cast?
3) Who was the first Head of State to send an e-mail?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Gone With the Wind?
2) East Enders?
3) John Major?
Posted by Bevis on :
Nope to all three m'fraid.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1) Wings? 2)General Hospital?
3) Ronald Reagan?
Posted by Bevis on :
Again nope to all three.
With regards to 1) I think the total nominations were thirteen. I'm not saying how many it won as yet though (although there is something fairly unique about a set of ones it won).
With 2 it's a soap that is no longer being made.
And with 3 the wording itself is a clue.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1) Titanic? 2) Dynasty? 3) Queen Elizabeth II?
Posted by Bevis on :
Nope to the first two but yes to the last one. She was actually one of the first people ever to send an e-mail. It was one of the fifty facts they released about her during her jubilee year.
The answer to one is an earlier film than Titanic. It won both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress (but the winner of the Best Actress Oscar didn't actually collect it).
The soap in question isn't a US soap.
Posted by Bevis on :
More clues time?
The film in question starred a famously married couple. It also wasn't the only Best Actress Oscar won by said actress.
The soap in question is an Australian one.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Cleopatra
2) Neighbors
3) Queen Elizabeth II (or as I like to call her "Betty")
Posted by Bevis on :
Nope, nope, yes.
But I suspect the reason for you giving the answer for 1 is the correct answer to the clue. And Neighbours does have a large number of actors in it that also appeared in the soap in question before they got parts in Neighbours.
Posted by Xben on :
1. The English Patient 2. Number 96 3. Queen Elizabeth II
Posted by Bevis on :
Nope (much earlier than that), nope (the one in question has a slightly different name in the Uk from in Australia), yep.
Posted by Xben on :
Is #1 All About Eve (which actually had 14 nominations)?
Posted by Bevis on :
Nope, later than that. The thing that was unique with it wasn't the number of nominations (thirteen in total) or even the number of wins (five, I think) it was the fact that it received a nomination in every category that it could. Quis is the closest so far because I suspect he's thinking of the correct married couple but not the correct film. They play a married couple in the film as well.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Who's Afriad of Virginia Wolf 2. Prisoner 3. Queen Elizabeth II
I'm pretty sure I'm right...some cheating, some educated guesses, some borrowed from others...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
The Prisoner counts as a soap?
Posted by Bevis on :
Not 'The Prisoner', but 'Prisoner' AKA 'Prisoner: Cell Block H' does. Ever so very not the same programme.
And XBen is indeed right with all three. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolfe I think is also the only film where every single actor with a credited part was nominated for an Oscar.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Aside from the resurrection of Jesus, which is the only miracle to be recorded in all four (canonical) gospel accounts of Jesus' ministry?
2. What literary character has been adapted onto screen more than any other?
3. A famous captain surnamed Munson died in a plane crash in 1979. What was his first name and in what context was he captain?
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Resurrection of Lazarus?
2. Sherlock Holmes?
3. Thurman Munson, captain of the New York Yankees.
Posted by Xben on :
Correct on #'s 2 & 3, but #1 is wrong. In fact, the resurrection of Lazarus is only described once, in the book of John
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Water into wine
2. Sherlock Holmes
3. Thurman Munson, Yankees captain
Posted by Xben on :
#1 is again a nope. You've chosen another miracle that is recorded only once, I'm pretty sure, and again I'm pretty sure it's in the Gospel of John.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Walking on water
2) Sherlock Holmes
3) Thurman Munson, Yankees Captain
Posted by Xben on :
Again, no, although that one does show up more than once. Here's a hint: it's a miracle that a large crowd witnessed.
Posted by Lance's realm on :
Was it the feeding of the five thousand?
Posted by Xben on :
Yessss...but remember the rules of the game...
Posted by Lance's realm on :
I know - but if I post all 3 I'll have to think of questions!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Feeding the 5,000
2) Sherlock Holmes
3) Thurman Munson, Yankees Captain
Now for 3 new questions.
1) Who are the most well known antagonists of Casper the Friendly Ghost?
2) What superstition was thought to have originated in World War I?
3) What are the three races of the Triple Crown in the United States?
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. The other three obnoxious ghosts - Stretch, Fatso and Stinky. 2. What superstition... good question. Hmm. Oh, do you mean the 'Kilroy Was Here' thing? 3. Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Preakness.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) Otherwise known as the Ghostly Trio
2) Kilroy was here was from WWII
3) Correct
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Stretch, Fatso and Stinky. 2. Throwing salt over your shoulder? 3. Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Preakness.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) correct 2) Not that I am aware of and definitely not the one I am thinking of. 3) correct
Posted by Vee on :
1. Stretch, Fatso and Stinky. 2. Lighting 3 cigarettes on one match 3. Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Preakness.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
That would be the correct answers for all three. Notice the pattern in my questions?
Posted by Vee on :
All three involved 3.
Back in a few with a new set of questions...
Posted by Vee on :
1. Name 3 former colonial powers in the Caribbean
2. List three indian tribes that inhabited the caribbean basin.
3. Who or what is "Hatuey"?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Denmark (had what is now the US Virgin Islands), France (all its colonies are now independent, I believe), Spain (ditto)
2. Arawak, Carrib, Taino
3. A Taino chief who fought the Spanish in the 16th century.
Posted by Vee on :
Excellent job Kent!
You are next...
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'll post something by this weekend.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Who made a transatlantic voyage in 60 B.C.E., and where did they arrive?
2. By around 1800, New York City had surpassed what other city as the most populous city to have ever existed within the boundaries of the United States?
3. What 11th century Anglo-Saxon scholar crippled himself by attempting to fly with artificial wings, and what did he see twice?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. The Egyptians arriving in the Yucatan
2. Philadelphia
3. The Venerable Bede and he saw Haley's comet twice.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Nope. That was way beforehand (arounf 1300 BCE if memory serves).
2. Good guess! But no! NYC did surpass Philadelphia in the late 1780s... but Philie never reached the #1 mark. HINT: I said, "ever existed... within the boundaries of," not necessarily immediately at that moment.
3. wrong guy, right comet.
Posted by Bevis on :
1. I would need to check on but I would guess it's either the Viking chappie (Erik the Red? Something like that) who landed in Newfoundland or I think I heard something recently about a Chinese explorer who went the other way and landed in Alaska I think.
That's all a bit vague isn't it?
2 is probably one of the Mayan or Aztec cities but I don't know which one.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. The Vikings were about 1,000 years later. The Chinese may have made one or more Pacific crossings, but not transatlantic until recent times. It's not vague, just hard. HINT that gives away at least 1/2 the answer: it was a west-to-east voyage, and records don't name the specific nation that made the trip. So now you just have to guess where they landed!
2. There were no actual Mayan or Aztec cities in what is now the US, but at least you're in the ballpark. This city did have a large pyramid of sorts, which may have been borrowed from its southern neighbors.
3. you didn't guess a #3, but I'll hint anyway: 1066.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
no takers?
Okay, I'll post a set of easier questions by Wednesday, if no one hazards a guess before then.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
the answers WERE: 1. Native Americans landed in Holland in 60 BCE. 2. Cahokia, a Native American city in what is now Illinois, that existed from roughly 800 to 1200 CE. 3. Eilmer of Malmesbury.
NEW, hopefully EASIER QUESTIONS:
1. Who was the victim of the first steam-engine railroad fatality?
2. What employer did Stanley Kubrick and movie critic Gene Shalit once have in common (not necessarily at the same time)?
3. What is the name for taking off from a back inside edge, and then landing on the back outside edge with the opposite foot, after one or more aerial rotations, in figure skating?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
N otakers?
I guess I'm still being too obscure.
I won't be around much the next few weeks, so here's some easy ones to re-start this thread (don't wait for me for confirmation unless it's really necessary):
1. What actor has played Superman and Blackhawk? 2. What are the three still-existing countries that currently or formerly own(ed)/control(led) mainland territory in between today's Costa Rica and Colombia? 3. What is the most widely read/published book that gives an incorrect value for Pi (the ratio between a circle's circumference and diameter)?
As for the previous set of answers, I have #1 written down, but not with me today. #2 was [b]Look[b] magazine, and #3 was A Salchow (pronounced "Sal-Cow"). Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. Kirk Alyn
2. Panama, Costa Rica, & Columbia?
3. Would that be any book seeing how Pi is a non-repeating, non-ending number?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Kirk Alyn 2. Panama, United States, Spain 3. The Bible (though it doesn't technically give the value, but it can be calculated on the basis of measurements it does give)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I forgot about Spain! Both of you have 1&2 correct, but only EDE has #3 right! While Quis has a case for his #3, the Bible is still the best-selling book (it says Pi = 3), so EDE's answer is better.
Go, EDE
Posted by Doctor One on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: Native Americans landed in Holland in 60 BCE
Really? I had no idea! Where do you have this from?
Posted by Xben on :
Where does the Bible say pi=3?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1 Kings 7:23.
"He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it."
Diameter = 10 cubits Circumference = 30 cubits
Therefore, the "biblical value" of pi = 3.
Assuming that the thing that what's being measured is a perfect circle, and that the measurements given are meant to be exact values.
There are all kinds of urban legends about state legislatures "changing the value of pi" in order to bring into accord with the Bible.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
New questions:
1) What well-known comedian once won a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest?
2) What well-known comedian once lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest?
3) What silent film comedian starred in an episode of The Twilight Zone?
Posted by Xben on :
1. Charlie Chaplin 2. Charlie Chaplin 3. Buster Keaton
Posted by Xben on :
A bit of research shows me that I've got one of those wrong. I'll wait a bit to see if someone else jumps in with the right answer before I post again
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. Lucielle Ball?
2. Charlie Chaplin
3. Buster Keaton
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Still one wrong.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Well I looked up the answer too, but given that no one else tried:
1) Bob Hope 2) Charlie Chaplin 3) Buster Keaton
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Your turn, Quis.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
new questions:
1) In the US system, who would be President if both the President & Vice President were killed or incapacitated?
2) Name all actresses who played the Angels from the TV version of Charlie's Angels.
3) What are the Sandwich Islands now know as?
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Speaker of the House. 2. Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Cheryl Ladd, Jaclyn Smith, Shelley Hack, Tanya Roberts. 3. Hawaii.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Those are correct
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. The new character in JSA, carrying on the 'Steel' legacy among the Heywood family, will have the superhero codename 'Citizen Steel'. (Or so rumour has it.) I like this name a lot, partly because it reminds me of a superhero character named Citizen Mercury, who appeared in a short story I once read. Here's the question: what writer (and he happens to be a well-known comic book writer) wrote that short story?
2. What actress played herself, as a regular, in a network sitcom that aired within the last decade or so?
3. True or false: 'La La' = 'Epp Opp Ork Ah-Ah'. Explain your answer.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. Kurt Busiek?
2. Jenny McCarthy?
3. True. Both mean "I love you"
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Nope. Someone from a while further back than Busiek.
2. Not who I was thinking of, but when I read it, I thought... maybe she did it too? But, no, she didn't.
3. Correct.
Posted by lizrdprnce on :
1. Denny O'Neal
2. Jennifer Grey, on a short-lived ABC show whose name I forget.
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Correct.
2. Correct. (The show was called 'It's Like, You Know'.)
Now whoever can be the first to post all three answers in the same post can go next.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Denny O'Neal 2. Jennifer Grey 3. True. Both mean, "I love you."
New Questions:
1. What's the most densely populated country in the world that is over 100,000 square kilometers in area?
2. Who wrote, "Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it."?
3. Who was the first comic superhero to wear a now-characteristic skintight outfit?
Posted by Xben on :
OK, I've been away from home for a whole month, and in that time, I've managed to stall three threads! So some hints:
1. This country is in Asia 2. This famous writer once appeared (perhaps thinly disguised, I'm not sure) as a semi-regular character in a highly reknowned comic series 3. This one isn't so hard, I don't think, so I'll let someone guess first
Posted by Bevis on :
I would guess Japan for 1, but I'm not sure if it's area is smaller than that. And 3 I would think is Superman. IIRC Submariner preceded Superman but didn't have the costume and Batman, Captain America and Captain Marvel were all slightly later.
No idea on 2 though.
Posted by Xben on :
None right, Bevis.
Japan is second based on the conditions I listed (though #31 overall. The country I'm talking about is #11 if you don't take area into account).
Superman is also not correct, at least if you count from when the character was first published (June 1938). Superman was apparently first created in 1932 or 1933? That would predate this character's publication.
I guess a hint for #2 is that the writer is English, and is famous fro writing mystery stories, although not exclusively so.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Let's try India.
2. Arthur Conan Doyle?
3. Doctor Occult
Posted by Xben on :
Nope Nope Nope.
India is right after Japan. Arthur Conan Doyle is certainly English and a detective writer, but not the right guy. This guy is a famous detective writer, but probably better known for his non-detective stuff than Doyle is.
Does Dr. Occult wear a skintight costume? The guy I'm thinking of does. I don't know how popular this character is in America right now, but he's very popular in Australia.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Dr. Occult is often cited as the first costumed "super-hero" because of a story in which he wore a colorful costume a year or so before Superman's debut. I'm not sure if it was "skintight", though.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
1. Singapore
2. I'm not sure if you mean 'comic' as in comic book, or in comedy series, so I'll take a guess. Grant Morrison?
3. The Phantom
Posted by Xben on :
1. Singapore is certainly more densely populated than the country I have in mind, but it is far less than 100,000 square kilometers (I think it's about 700), so no.
2. I meant he appeared in a reknowned comic book series. The answer isn't Grant Morrison. This author died in the 1930's. He was male, and he was known as an orthodox Christian.
3. Yes!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Um... Bangladesh?
2. G. K. Chesterton, maybe?
3. The Phantom!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Bangladesh sounds right.
2. Oscar Wilde? He appeared in Cerebus for a couple dozen issues.
3. The Phantom
Posted by Xben on :
Eryk Davis Ester is right! From what I read, Chesterton (aka "Gilbert") was a semi-regular in the Sandman.
Posted by Bevis on :
Damn, of course you're right about Gilbert being a take on Chesterton. I should have gotten that clue. D'oh.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Hmm... I'm shocked I got both of those right!
Now I have to think up questions!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. In the Jose Saramago novel The Stone Raft, the main characters are traveling across the Atlantic Ocean on what?
2. Boston Corbett is most famous for having killed what nineteenth-century figure?
3. Who invented the basic techniques of analytic geometry?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. A raft? A stone raft by chance?
2. John Wilkes Booth
3. Euclid?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
You've got 2 right.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Hints:
1) The "raft" in question carried about 50 million people.
3) Analytic Geometry was invented in the 17th century.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. Atlantis?
2. John Wilkes Booth
3. Pascal?
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1) Nope. Hmm... this is hard to give clues for. Let's see... there were two languages spoken on the "raft".
3) You've got the nationality right, at least.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Another hint:
1) If the events of this novel actually happened, Saramago himself would most likely be on the "raft".
3) _____ coordinate system.
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Brazil? 2. John Wilkes Booth 3. Rene Descartes
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Okay, so 2) and 3) are now correct.
And Matthew at least has Saramago speaking the right language. Put all the clues together, now.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Okay, so we're looking for somewhere where Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago is from, there's about 50 million people (actually closer to 55 million, I believe) there, there's two (major) languages spoken there, one of the languages is also spoken in Brazil, and it sails across the Atlantic Ocean in The Stone Raft.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. Portugal 2. John wilkes Booth 3. Rene Descartes
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Portugal is part of it.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1) The Iberian penisula 2) John Wilkes Booth 3) Rene Descartes
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
And we have a winner.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Phew!!!!!
1) What is the capital of Texas?
2) What is a monotreme?
3) In the Sherlock Holmes story "A Study in Scarlet" (the first story), where has Dr. Watson just returned from?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. Austin 2. An egg-laying mammal 3. India (?)
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
yes, yes, no.
hint: Holmes first displays his deductive ability by stating where Watson just came from and later explains his deductions to Watson.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
1. Austin 2. Egg-laying mammal 3. The theatre
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yes, Yes, no
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Austin 2. Egg-laying mammal 3. Paris?
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yes, yes, no.
Rockhopper Lad was close with India.
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Austin 2. Egg-laying mammal 3. Afghanistan. He was wounded at the battle of Maiwand, you guys! You have to know these things!
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Yes, Yes, Yes.
Your turn Matthew E
Posted by Matthew E on :
Oops. I'll post questions tomorrow.
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. What is Fastitocalon? 2. What two wars are commemorated in the phrase 'from the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli'? 3. What DC Comics villain shares his codename with a John Lennon hit song?
Posted by Novelty on :
1. Tolkien poem (middle earth related, of course) 2. Mexican-American war and the 2nd world war 3. Imagine?
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Yes. An answer describing what it was in the poem would also have been acceptable.
2. One of those is right. One of those is not right.
3. No.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. Tolkien poem (stealing Novelty's answer) 2. The Mexican/American war and the war with the Barbary Pirates 3. I'll guess Imagine also
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Still yes. 2. One of those is still right. One of those is almost right. 3. Still no.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
1. Tolkien poem. 2. Mexican-American War and the Second Barbary War. 3. Instant Karma.
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Yes. 2. One right, one wrong. 3. No.
Posted by Novelty on :
1. Tolkien poem 2. Mexican-American War and First Barbary War 3. Mind Games?
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. No. Hint: it's somewhat timely of me to mention the villain in question, as he's going to appear in one of the items on DC's latest list of solicits.
Posted by Novelty on :
Well, you mentioned he, so Woman is not the answer to 3 I'm still stumped.
Posted by Matthew E on :
That's a good hint, though. I guarantee you that there's someone around who can get the answer from that hint. (Possibly looking at a list of Lennon's greatest hits at the same time.)
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Hmmm... Merry X-Mas (War is Over) doesn't sound too plausible, so I think I'm out of John Lennon songs I can think of.
I still think "Instant Karma" would make a great codename, though. Posted by Matthew E on :
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I still think "Instant Karma" would make a great codename, though.
Xian Coy Minh... just add water!
Posted by Novelty on :
1. Tolkien poem 2. Mexican-American War and First Barbary War 3. Karma?
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. No.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Tolkien poem 2. Mexican-American War and First Barbary War 3. Cold Turkey (maybe a Zoo Crew baddie?)
Posted by Xben on :
1. Tolkien poem 2. Mexican-American War and First Barbary War 3. Cold Turkey (maybe a Zoo Crew baddie?)
Posted by Matthew E on :
Xben is one hundred percent correct.
Go ahead.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
Actually, 200%. (Because of the double post...)
[ October 03, 2007, 10:53 AM: Message edited by: KryptonKid ]
Posted by Matthew E on :
Bump.
Posted by KryptonKid on :
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Xben has not been here at all since May.
I say it's a free board - someone can ask a new set of questions.
Posted by Matthew E on :
1. Clyde Wynant was the character referred to in the title of what famous book?
2. Who were the six (named) bounty hunters Darth Vader sent after Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back?
3a. 'Sweet Home Alabama', by Lynyrd Skynyrd, was an answer song to what other two songs? 3b. 'Sweet Home Alabama' had an answer song of its own, of sorts. What was it?
Posted by Xben on :
Well, it's quite shocking to see that I basically killed this thread when I stopped posting on this board last year. I thought I'd give a go at reviving it, at least once.
So first, to answer Matthew E's questions (shamelessly admitting that I looked them all up) 1. The Thin Man 2. Boba Fett, Dengar, IG-88, Bossk, 4-LOM, Zuckuss 3a.Alabama and Southern Man by Neil Young 3b. Play it All Night Long by Warren Zevon
Then three new questions, which I think might be pretty easy to see if things get jump-started: 1. What country boasts the oldest national flag that is still in use?
2. Who is the second actor to play the Doctor (from Doctor Who) on television to have his name in the opening credits of an official (generally considered canon) Doctor Who television story?
3. What do Lightning Lad, Duo Damsel, Timber Wolf, and Wildfire have in common?
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
1. Denmark
2. Patrick Troughton
3. They all "died" in one version or another.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Denmark is correct 2. Patrick Troughton is not correct, unless you can show me otherwise. I don't know that he ever had his name in the opening credits of a Doctor Who story 3. Did Timber Wolf ever die? I guess they thought he did off-panel once. And come to think of it, all of the others have been believed to be dead but turned out not to be at one point or another (if you count silver age Lightning Lad). But that's not what I was thinking of. I guess there are a lot of things those four names could have in common, so I'll add a couple more that also share the link: Chameleon, Sir Prize, and Leviathan. By the way, I guess this only works if we discount the Adult Legion stories. Sorry, pretty weak link, it seems.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Denmark 2. David Tennant? I do recall that other than story authors, no one got opening credit mentions in the olden days. 3. All lost and regained their powers?
Posted by Xben on :
1. Yes 2. No, although you are beginning to think along the right lines 3. Again, not what I was thinking of. Because this connection is a bit "loose", I'll list every Legionairre that I can think of that qualifies: Lighting Lad, Polestar, Duo Damsel, Marvel Lad, Element Lad, Sir Prize, Light Lass, Miss Terious, Queen Projectra, Timber Wolf, Wildfire, Live Wire, Leviathan, Alchemist, Apparition, Gossamer, Triad, Inferno, Chameleon, Live Wire (again), Leviathan (again), Virus, Braniac 5.1, M'Onel, Ferro. There, that's a pretty big list, but it should make the connection pretty easy.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
1. Denmark
2. Would that have been Christopher Eccleston? Assuming that the one shot American movie counts as official canon.
3. All have other code names?
Posted by Xben on :
1. Yes
2. No. The American movie does generally count as official canon, and also during the original series, none of the actors had their names in the opening credits, but still Christopher Eccleston is not the second actor to play Doctor Who in canon to have his name in the opening credits of a canon Doctor Who television story
3. I'm going to call this one "close enough" because I'm decided I'm not thrilled with my question. The actual answer is that they were all the second code name the characters were shown to have (Lightning Boy, Triplicate Girl, Lone Wolf, and ERG-1) being the first ones.
Posted by Bevis on :
1) Denmark
2) Paul McGann (thinking being that Slyvester McCoy presumably also had an opening credit before McGann got his in the same credits)
3) Second code names.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Yes 2. No, but now you're a lot closer 3. Yes
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. Denmark
2. I'm going with a wild guess and saying David Tennant.
3. Second code names.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Yes 2. No (Someone already guessed Tennant actually) 3. Yes
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Denmark 2. Sylvester McCoy? 3. Second code names.
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
1. Denmark 2. Tom Baker 3. Second Code names
Posted by Xben on :
1. Yes 2. Sylvester McCoy - He was billed a few names after Paul McGann in the 1996 TV Movie, for playing the "Old Doctor" (or the seventh Doctor for all of us in the know.) 3. Yes
So, Kent Shakespeare, take it away!
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
cool! I'll post a new set hopefully tomorrow (Wednesday at the latest).
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. What influential socialist leader of the early 20th century was born in one English-speaking nation, but has statues dedicated to him in two other English-speaking nations (including the United States)?
2. What fictional character lost a series of lovers to bizarre fates (a falling satellite killed one) and believed a curse was the cause?
3. Besides being celebrities, what do the following people compose a complete set of? Joan Baez, Anne Hathaway, 50 Cent, Rob Reiner and Phoebe Cates Posted by Xben on :
1. Karl Marx (wild guess) 2. Maggie O'Connell (I think that was her name) from Northern Exposure 3. Can't imagine. Does it have to do with their parents?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. nope. 2. yep. 3. sort of, but not directly.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
time for hints:
1. nowadays he's more associated with the color green than with red. 2. solved... you don't need no steenkin hints! 3. any number of other celebrities (and millions of non-celebrities) could be used in place of any of these five... but each do fit exclusive slots. In other words, pro golfer Bill Britton could fill Joan Baez's slot, but not any of the others, while. Likewise, Jimmy Fallon is among the (probable) tens of millions who could fill in for Anne Hathaway. These two of the five slots probably represent the smallest and largest pool of possible representatives, but this is based upon an educated guess on my part.
Posted by Xben on :
1. I still don't know 2. Maggie O'Connell 3. I did some research just now. Are they a set of people born in all five boroughs in New York City?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. oh well. 2. still yes 3. Yes!
since (1) you got 2/3 of them, and (2) you're the only one guessing, I'll let you take it.
1. was James Connolly, by the way.
Go, Xben!
Posted by Xben on :
Okaaay, wasn't expecting to have to come up with questions, but here goes...
1. What nationality was P.L. Travers, the creator of Mary Poppins?
2. What links the following pieces of fiction a)Star Trek: The Next Generation b)Thriller c)The Goonies?
3. What city became known as the "City of Light" after astronaut John Glenn passed over it during his orbit in 1962?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Dutch? 2. the 1980s? 3. Perth, Australia?
Posted by Xben on :
1. No 2. Well, I suppose, but there is an even stronger link that may not be entirely exclusive to these three things, but is pretty close 3. Yes (also where I have lived for the last eleven years)
Posted by Xben on :
A little hint, which is that in Question #2, "Thriller" refers to the comic book by Robert Loren Fleming, not the Michael Jackson video or song. The link has to do with something about some of the characters.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Australian 2. each a character called Data? 3. Perth
Posted by Xben on :
Yes Yes and Yes, Kent. Very good.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. What disaster was thought to have wiped out 75% of the human race? 2. What film saw the on-set demise of one of its main actors and two children? 3. What is Onhwentsakaionne better known as?
Posted by Xben on :
1. Flu epidemic 2. Twilight Zone, the Movie 3. the Great Salt Lake
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. not that I'm aware of. wrong type of disaster. 2. yep 3. nope. Geography is the right field, though.
Posted by Arm Fall Off Boy on :
1. The Biblical flood. 2. Twilight Zone, the Movie 3. The Mississippi River
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Nope. Waaay before that, even. 2. yep. 3. Nope, but generally heading in the right geographical direction, but nowhere near far enough.
Posted by Xben on :
1. No idea what you could be thinking of. The ice age? 2. Twilight Zone, the Movie 3. Stonehenge
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Nope, but the event in question happened relatively early in the most recent era of glaciation. But to the best of my knowledge the event in question is not related to glaciation at all (if anything, it would have served as a temporary counter-force). 2. still yes 3. In the right ballpark, but far too specific.
Posted by Xben on :
So I'm just curious, Kent, what the answer to these were, especially to #1.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Last stab at guessing:
1. The Clovis Comet 2. Twilight Zone, the Movie 3. Wales
Posted by Xben on :
Kent - any info on the answers to these questions? Was the Clovis Comet what you were looking at?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
oops! missed the last guesses.
quote:Originally posted by He Who LSHes: Last stab at guessing:
1. The Clovis Comet 2. Twilight Zone, the Movie 3. Wales
1. nope, even further in the past 2. still yes 3. oh so close but not quite
Posted by Xben on :
1. The Toba Supereruption 2. Twilight Zone, the Movie 3. Ireland
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. YES! at long last! 2. yep. 3. nope; in the wrong direction from He's guess. (that should be enough for you to finally wrap this up)
Posted by Xben on :
1. The Toba Supereruption 2. Twilight Zone, the Movie 3. Scotland?
I heartily admit that my Toba Supereruption answer comes after a fair amount of internet research, but after two years, I guess that's okay.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1&2. yep 3. still so close! dancing around the edges, but not yet nailed.
Posted by Xben on :
1. The Toba Supereruption 2. Twilight Zone, the Movie And I guess I have no choice but to guess 3. England
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
yes! finally! It's the Mohawk name for England.
Go, Xben!
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
You really stumped us with that one, Kent! After doing some research, I thought "Onhwentsakaionne" was French!
And so the two-year mystery is finally solved!
[ January 30, 2011, 01:57 PM: Message edited by: He Who LSHes ]
Posted by Xben on :
1. What do Black, Potassium, and Strikeouts have in common?
2. What do David McCallum, Gerard Butler and Harvey Keitel have in common?
3. What do the defeat of the Legion of Super-Villains, the murder of a member of the Legion reserve, and a chemical explosion which killed two members of the LSH have in common?
Posted by Xben on :
Hmm, not sure if makes a difference, but I think the more accurate phrasing of my questions would be this:
1. What do Black, Potassium, and Strikeouts have in common?
2. What do David McCallum, Gerard Butler and Harvey Keitel have in common?
3. What do the defeat of the Legion of Super-Villains, the murder of an honorary member of the LSH, and a chemical explosion which killed two members of the LSH have in common?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. all refer to black ink in printing? 2. all working in some sort of court-related job prior to acting? 3. Universo was lurking in the background each time
Posted by Xben on :
No to each, at least to my knowledge. I can't think of the Universo connection? But though the Universo guess is wrong (or at least not what I had in mind) it is along the right idea.
Posted by Xben on :
OK, some small hints 1. Kent's guess is wrong but it still relates to part of the correct answer 2. The link has to do with a common roll 3. Again, Kent's answer is wrong but along the right lines as the correct answer. He was just thinking of the wrong Honorary Legionairre
Posted by Xben on :
More hints, as there have been very few guesses... 1. These three things (Black, Potassium, and Strikeouts) are from three completely separate and distinct fields or subjects 2. The common roll played by Harvey Keitel, David McCallum, and Gerard Butler is a very famous historical and literary figure 3. Two of the three items come from Adventure-era stories, the third one comes from a story in which the LSH appear, but is generally not considered to be a "LSH Story".
Posted by Xben on :
OK, we don't seem to really be getting anywhere here. Here are the questions and older and current hints.
1. What do Black, Potassium, and Strikeouts have in common? HINTS: - Black ink has something to do with it - The three items are from three completely separate and distinct fields or subjects - The three fields are the obvious ones: Printing, Chemistry, and Baseball
2. What do David McCallum, Gerard Butler and Harvey Keitel have in common? HINTS: - The link has to do with a common role - It's a very famous historical and literary figure - It's also a religious figure, of sorts
3. What do the defeat of the Legion of Super-Villains, the murder of an honorary member of the LSH, and a chemical explosion which killed two members of the LSH have in common? HINTS: - It's not that Universo was lurking in the background each time, but it's something along the lines of that - The honorary Legionnairre is not Rond Vidar - 2/3 of these items come from Adventure-era stories - The third one comes from a story in which the LSH apear, but is generally not considered to be a "LSH Story" - Rather, it'd be a Superman story
Posted by lancesrealm on :
The only one I know is the first one - they are all represented by the letter K.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Aha - a little research, and..they have all played Judas.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
The third...hmm..Luthor was involved?
Posted by Xben on :
Lance, your first two are correct.
Black is represented by the letter K in CMYK, referring to the four basic colors in printing graphics, strikeouts are K in baseball stats, and Potassium is K on the periodic chart.
David McCallum was Judas in The Greatest Story Ever Told, Harvey Keitel played him The Last Temptation of Christ,and Gerard Butler played him in Dracula 2000, of all things.
But the third is not correct. Luthor would be directly involved in one of them, at least, and tangentially connected to a second, but I am not aware that Luthor was ever involved in a chemical explosion which killed two Legionnaires. Again, you're on the right track - but the connection is a bit more than someone just being "involved" or "lurking in the background". And another hint - the connection, though quite clear once you get it, is not to do with a single character.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
I just can't get a handle on number 3, Xben. Any more hints?
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Maybe....a Legionnaire tried to kill someone in each story?
Posted by Xben on :
Not what I had in mind. What stories are you thinking of?
A couple more hints: - The murder of the honorary Legionnaire took place in the Superman story (whereas the other two events were in Adventure-era stories) - The answer involves a family dynasty, of sorts
Posted by lancesrealm on :
The Superman story I think you are referring to is the two-part "Whatever Happened to the Man of Steel," which is one of the best Superman stories ever told. The honorary Legionnaire is Pete Ross. If you are thinking of a different story, then I am even more clueless.
I have no idea which story features the deaths of 2 Legionnaires in a chemical explosion, though.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Aha - I think you are referring to the Mask Man story, which means - each story has Myxtptlk, or one of his descendents!
Posted by Xben on :
That's right! Three different members of the Mxyzptlk family turn out to be behind the three different events - the original in "Whatever Happened to the Man of Steel" (with the murder of Pete Ross), his evil descendant in the Masked Men story (with the chemical explosion that kills Saturn Girl and Braniac 5), and his good descendant in the Adult Legion story (where he helps good-Luthor descendant defeat the LSV.)
Now, technically you are supposed to post all three answers in the same post to win, but since no one else is trying, I think it's fair to say you got it, go ahead!
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Cool! New questions as soon as I think 'em up!
Posted by lancesrealm on :
OK, I have been reading a lot lately, so I guess we'll have a literary round...
1) In the novel "Les Miserables," what was exceptional about Jean Valjean?
2) In "To Kill a Mockingbird," what real person was the inspiration for the character of Dill?
3) I recently read two books back-to-back that had the same word in the title. (This was by happenstance, not design.) This is not a rare word by any means, but I suspect I could go months without using this word. What two books did I read?
Of course, hints will follow for question 3. In fact, here is the first (not terribly helpful) hint:
Both books that I read have been made into movies.
Posted by Xben on :
1. He was exceptionally strong 2. No idea, but I am intrigued to find out. Completely arbitrarily, I am going to guess J. Edgar Hoover. I am pretty confident that's wrong, but he just came to mind. 3. Hmm...another wild guess to get the ball rolling: LA Confidential by Curtis Hanson The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
1. I don't know so I'll repeat Xben's answer. He was exceptionally strong
2. Truman Capote, the childhood friend of Harper Lee the author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
3. Again, I don't know (and this really isn't a general knowledge question) So again, I will repeat Xben's answer. LA Confidential by Curtis Hanson The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene
Posted by lancesrealm on :
The first 2 are correct (strength and Truman Capote) so I'll give a hint for number 3:
One movie starred Jack Nicholson, and the other starred Liza Minelli.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Minelli - The Sterile Cuckoo
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Wow! Quislet, I truly believeed I was going to have to give another hint or 2, but you nailed it.
It was kind of funny - I recently read "The Sterile Cuckoo" and after I finished it, I started reading "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." I was halfway through the second book before I realized both books have the word "cuckoo" in them.
Both books are excellent, by the way!
You're up Quis!
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
1. What is the minimum age for a US senator?
2. What is the fast land animal?
3. John Ritter played a minister in what 2 series?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. 30
2. (fastest, I assume?) cheetah
3. Hooperman and 8 Simple Rules?
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
30 is correct as is cheeetah (yes I meant fastest)
Hooperman and 8 Simple Rules are series staring John Ritter, but he did not play a minister in them.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. 30
2. Cheetah
3. Hearts Afire and Hawaii Five-O?
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
No, not those series. In Hearts Afire he played an aide to a senator. He played 2 different characters on Hawaii 5-O. I don't think either of them were a minister.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. 30
2. Cheetah
3. Pray TV and Anything But Love?
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Nope, those are not the shows.
Hint time: John Ritter was not the star in either show. In one he was a reoccurring character. In the other he was there for one episode.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Further hint, both shows were on in the 70s
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. 30
2. Cheetah
3. Kojak and Mannix?
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Nope, not Kojak or Mannix (IMDB is your friend)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. 30
2. Cheetah
3. Family Law and Touched by an Angel?
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Well seeing how both those shows were from the 90s/00s and not the 70s (as per my hint) the answer is incorrect. (although he did play a priest in the Family Law episode. The listing for his 2 characters in Touched by an Angel does not indicate that the character is a minister)
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. 30
2. Cheetah
3. Family Law and The Waltons.
(I discovered The Waltons role early on. After my 2nd or 3rd guess. But didn't want to give it away to a casual interloper. I've essentially been using both guesses to figure out the 2nd one)
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
The Waltons is correct. Family Law is still incorrect because it wasn't on in the 70s. The Waltons was the reoccurring role. In the other he marries two of the characters.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Family Law is not incorrect; your original question does not specify 70s.
It was, "John Ritter played a minister in what 2 series?" See? No 70s.
As far as I'm concerned, I've met the criteria of your original questions. Just because I've named a series you did not think of, that's no reason to penalize my answers.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
But it was specified in the hint given before you guessed Family Law. Also in Family Law he played a priest "Father Andrews" and not a minister.
However, seeing as no one else is guessing, you can have the next question.
The other show was the Mary Tyler Moore Show. He married Ted & Georgette. And he wore a tennis outfit.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Priests are a type of minister, just as Cadillacs are a type of car.
And again, if you intended your hint to be a requirement rather than an aid, you should have included that stipulation in the question itself. Your hint worked for only 2 of the 3 correct answers to your original question, thus was problematic.
New Q soon.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
okay, then:
1. What nineteenth/twentieth century saint shares both a first and last name with a well known cartoonist? (the first names are identical except for a two-letter suffix; the surnames are identical)
2. What do Navojoa, Mexico and Banshanxiang, China have in common with Easter Island, a trait not shared by any other place on dry land?
3. What periodical boasted works by Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling and Arthur Conan Doyle, all in the same year?
Posted by Xben on :
1. Walter Kelly 2. I can't even think of a guess (which is obviously what my other two answers are) 3. Strand
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. nope. not even initials are correct. But the cartoonist in question, like Kelly, is deceased. 2. I'll wait for actual guesses before I offer hints 3. good guess! but as far as I'm aware, Wilde never was published in the Strand, let alone in the same year as the others. Hint: The periodical, like the Strand, was published in London, but also in another city outside the UK.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Johnny Hart 2. Er...I read something about Easter Island being located on top of three extinct volcanoes? Is that it? 3. I don't have another guess for this, unfortunately
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Not that I know of (and still no correct initials). Perhaps best known for animation, but also panel art. 2. nope. more geography than geology; maps will serve you better than description. 3. the year was 1890.
Posted by Xben on :
1. Tex Avery 2. Had a look at one map, nothing came to mind. I couldn't find Banshanxiang, China at all. 3. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. nope! correct initials, but in the wrong order. 2. Banshanxiang is along the Hunan/Guizhou provincial border. another hint: if not for the 'dry land' requirement, a fourth point could be added about 550km out to sea from Geraldton, Australia, in a mostly (but not perfectly) northwest direction. 3. Lippincott's is correct!
Posted by Xben on :
1. Alex Toth? 2. OK, so they're all located at about 27 degrees latitude and 109 degrees longitude - one way or the other? 3. Lippincott
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. Alex Toth/St. Alexis Toth... yes! 2. yes; one can actually get even more specific than that (in terms of coordinates), but that's the important part. 3. yes
nice to see one of my Qs getting done in less than 2 years! l
Go, Xben!
Posted by Xben on :
Well, overall, I think these questions will be a lot easier than Kent's!
1. What was the first toy to be advertised on TV? 2. According to the Bible, how old was Jesus when he prophesied over by Simeon and Anna? 3. In 1993, Steven Spielberg had two movies released - one was one of the most critically acclaimed movies of all time, one was (at that time) the most financially successful film of all time. What are the two movies?
Posted by Xben on :
Err, ok here are some hints:
1. What was the first toy to be advertised on TV? HINT: It's still popular today
2. According to the Bible, how old was Jesus when he prophesied over by Simeon and Anna? HINT: He was young
3. In 1993, Steven Spielberg had two movies released - one was one of the most critically acclaimed movies of all time, one was (at that time) the most financially successful film of all time. What are the two movies? HINT: The financial one had two sequels
Posted by lancesrealm on :
I did a little research to get you off the hook, Xben.
1) Mr. Potato head
2) 8 days old (He went to the temple to be circumsized)
3) Shindler's List and Jurassic Park
Posted by Xben on :
All correct. I guess I didn't consider them too difficult, at least to guess - but oh well nevermind.
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Sorry..off we go...
What radioactive element is extracted from carnotite and pitchblende?
What computer was introduced in 1984 Super Bowl ads?
What are you shopping for if you are sized up by a Brannock Device?
Posted by Reboot on :
1) Uranium 2) AppleMac 3) Shoes
Posted by lancesrealm on :
All correct Xben. I think. Been awhile since I looked those things up. Take it away...
Posted by Reboot on :
I'm not Xben, but since I was the one who answered...
1) In connection with UK politics, what do the letters MSP stand for? 2) In the original He-Man cartoon, what was the real name of the Sorceress? 3) Why was the Ferrari 456 given that numerical designation?
Posted by Reboot on :
Okay, clues... 1) P is for "Parliament" 2) Similar to, but not the same as, the name of a main character 3) Engine-related
Posted by Reboot on :
No-one's going to even try? Ah well, the answers were...
1) Member of the Scottish Parliament 2) Teela'Na 3) The displacement capacity of a single cylinder of the engine (one of the last Ferraris to be numbered such).
Anyone who wants to try reviving this, feel free.
Posted by Blaze on :
Thanks Reboot.
1. The Japanese call their country as?
2. The biggest island of the world is?
3. The place known as the roof of the world is?
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
1. Nippon/Nihon 2. Australia, if you consider it to be an island as well as a continent. If not, Greenland. 3. "High Asia", or the mountainous regions of inner Asia. Commonly applied to Himalayas and the Pamirs.
Posted by Blaze on :
Good work IB. Answers for questions 1 and 2 are correct.
As for number 3, I'm looking for a specific place.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Hmmm...
Lhasa?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Tibet is usually what i hear the term associated with.
Posted by Blaze on :
Tibet it is.
You're up Kent.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
No,i am not. By the rules, someone has to post all three answers, which i did not.
Asi may not be around much thenext few weeks, i will let someone else compile a proper list and take the next round.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Since I gave the other 2 answers, I'll take it. See you soon, Kent.
1) Which country has the most UNESCO World Heritage sites in the world?
2) The Philippines has four churches on the above list. In what art style are they?
3) Which South American nation does NOT have properties on the UNESCO list?
Posted by Blaze on :
1) Italy
2) Baroque
3) Guyana
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Very good, Blaze. Back to you!
Posted by Blaze on :
Thanks hon.
1. The city which was once called the "Forbidden City" was?
2. The lowest place on (land) Earth is?
3. The permanent secretariat of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) is located at?
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
1. Beijing?
2. Dead Sea shore
3. Kathmandu, Nepal
Posted by Blaze on :
Yup! Back to you hon.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
1) What is the current number of provinces in the Philippines? NCR is not counted.
2) Which European nation uses a patronymic naming convention?
3) Which African nation is known as the birthplace of voodoo?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
2 is Iceland. That's the only one i will take a stab at.
Posted by Blaze on :
1) 80
2) Scandinavia?
3) Benin?
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Kent got 2 right, while Blaze gets 1 and 3 right. SO, back to you, Blaze!
Posted by Blaze on :
1. What do you call a group of frogs?
2. Full stop to English people, what is it to Americans?
3. What do you call the traditional Japanese art of folding paper?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. An army 2. A period 3. Origami
Posted by Blaze on :
Very good, Rocky. Your turn!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. The Hebrew text of which book of the Bible contains no references to God? 2. Which classic soap opera used the Cincinnati skyline in its titles? 3. What is Winnie-the-Pooh's actual name?
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
1. Numbers? 2. General Hospital? 3. Winifred Bear?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
No, no and no.
Some hints:
The first one is a fairly short book.
The second is a series no longer running.
The third is not related to the "Winnie-the-Pooh" nickname.
They also all begin with the same letter of the alphabet (if you discount initial articles).
[ August 12, 2012, 04:59 PM: Message edited by: Rockhopper Lad ]
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Ecclesiastes? Edge of Night Edward?
Posted by lancesrealm on :
Let's see..I know some of this....
1) Esther?
2) Um..no idea...Guiding Light?
3) Sanders?
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
quote:Originally posted by lancesrealm: Let's see..I know some of this....
1) Esther?
2) Um..no idea...Guiding Light?
3) Sanders?
Psst... Lance, look at his last clue
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: 1. The Hebrew text of which book of the Bible contains no references to God? 2. Which classic soap opera used the Cincinnati skyline in its titles? 3. What is Winnie-the-Pooh's actual name?
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
1. Ecclesiasticus 2. The Edge of Night 3. Pooh Bear
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
All of the correct answers have been guessed, but not all by the same person.
quote:Originally posted by lancesrealm: 3) Sanders?
Pooh lived under the name of Sanders, that is, it was written over his door, but that was not his name.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Esther Edge of Night Edward
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
And Quis has it.
The Hebrew text of the Book of Esther makes no reference to God. There are additions to it, written in Greek, that appear in some versions of the Bible, that do, but they are considered to have been written much later.
The Edge of Night's titles featured the Cincinnati skyline from its premiere in 1956 till 1980, four years before its cancellation.
Pooh's actual name was Edward Bear.
Oh, Quis? Your turn.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
1) What year did the Boston Subway open (beating New York by 1 year! In your face New York!)?
2) Which fictional character's first story involved Mormons?
3) What rock type is shale?
Posted by Xben on :
1. 1905 2. Andrew "Ender" Wiggin 3. Sedimentary
Mostly guesses.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
1. 1903, as the first underground section in NY was 1904. 2. Andrew "Ender" Wiggin 3. Sedimentary.
Posted by Xben on :
Wow, if Kent is right, than my guess for number one was extraordinarily close.
Posted by Quislet, Esq on :
Hmmm apparently I was mistaken about when New York's subway opened. But not Boston's. So 1903 & 1905 are incorrect.
I never read the Ender series, so he is not the character I was thinking of. Also note that I said the first story involves Mormons, not that the character was Mormon.
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