| Author | Message | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1665 Registered: 4-2006 |
Here's the place for Trivia. We will have to work out how to do it as we go along. OK movie buffs I have one for you. Ricky Nelson sang a song in a movie that was used in a previous movie starring the same leading actor as the movie Rickey was in. Name the two movies. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 825 Registered: 2-2006 |
I can name one of the movies. I'll have to think about the other one. Can the question be who was the lead actor? That one I know. Since I can't email, I'll wait to post the answer until I hear from the others. This is one of the issues we'll have to work out. Any ideas? Of course, one of the rules I think should be no Googling for the answers. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5039 Registered: 9-2006 |
Who's Ricky Nelson? | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5040 Registered: 9-2006 |
Was he at Trafalgar? | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5041 Registered: 9-2006 |
Here's a good one. It's a load of ship. Which battleship was unscathed at Pearl Harbour and was subsequently sunk by another navy? Also what makes this sinking unique? | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1253 Registered: 7-2009 |
"and thank's for the fish" ... ??? | ||
| paul forsdick (Pondpaul) Master Solitaire Player Username: Pondpaul Post Number: 632 Registered: 10-2003 |
it was the USS Phoenix and sold to the Arrgentines who changed its name to General Belgrano and was Sunk by the British in the Falkland Conflict 1982 I have not worked out the Uniqueness yet thou | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 826 Registered: 2-2006 |
Really Richard, you don't know who Ricky Nelson is? | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 827 Registered: 2-2006 |
SPOILER ALERT Mike, was one of the movies Rio Bravo? If not, then I'm stumped. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5043 Registered: 9-2006 |
Of course I do. Ricky and his older brother Horatio were in the British navy. Horatio married Frances Nisbitt, younger sister of Rab C. Nisbitt. Ricky lost both his legs at the Battle of Trafalgar and was afterwards known as Half Nelson. He had a short career in the movies. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 828 Registered: 2-2006 |
I don't know why I even bother asking you a question, Richard. You know I can't tell when you're serious or not. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1666 Registered: 4-2006 |
In this case he is serious. Seriously demented. But funny. (most of the time) Rio Bravo is indeed one of the movies. The other is Red River. One of the great westerns. And now to cut the cheese and get a really stinky answer. Liederkrantz. I had the the Leider part but could not remember the other half. Singing/Leider. Markus will understand. I guess Krantz is German for cheese. The only thing I can think of for Richard is. Where did the V sign come from. Meaning the holding of the index and middle finger up in a certain way to say "Up Yours". Paul will know it for sure. Although I am sure Richard has used it more. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5044 Registered: 9-2006 |
Apparently the V sign was used by English archers before a battle,holding up the two fingers that were used to loose their arrows. I was told that the French used to chop these off of prisinors so that they could no longer be archers. (A serious answer Kathy). | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5045 Registered: 9-2006 |
Oh, and the Pheonix/Belgrano remains the only ship ever to have been sunk by a nuclear submarine.  The Dwarfie Stane on Hoy. I've been inside it. It was hollowed out thousands of years ago as a tomb for someone important. They had no metal tools so it must have taken forever. | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1256 Registered: 7-2009 |
"Krantz is German for cheese." Cheese is in German Käse. The cheese's name is "Liederkranz". It is a softer version of the german cheese "Limburger", which smells and tastes very strongly. Some would say, as one week old socks. Liederkranz was the name of the choir. "Lieder" are songs and "Kranz" is wreath. The whole name stays for people who like to came together and sing together. Good appetite. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1668 Registered: 4-2006 |
Oops. Should not have added that T. Richard is correct about the fingers.Next time I go to Pearl Harbor I will have to find out where the Phoenix was and how the Japanese missed it. Of course they missed the oil reserves too because they decided not to make another air strike. Everyone got the "Jaws" answer. So it's your turn Kathy. Unless Richard has some obscure question. Perhaps Billy Connely's real name? | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 829 Registered: 2-2006 |
Give me tonight to think about it. Does anyone have a category they would like to have me choose from? And Richard, please not Scottish history. I'll give an easy one for now. The answer is: "Anne of Cleves". What is the question? | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 831 Registered: 2-2006 |
I've got one. Instead of like Jeopardy, I'll use the trivial pursuit mode. According to the AFI (American Film Institute), what are the three best movies ever made? | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5047 Registered: 9-2006 |
Forgive me, but I Googled Markus's "and thank's for the fish". 42. I'm surprised Paul didn't come back to him with that answer, but let's not start using that one again. It messed us up before. | ||
| Ken Millar (Tpa_ken) Master Solitaire Player Username: Tpa_ken Post Number: 1375 Registered: 2-2006 |
I'm going to go with: Citizen Kane The Godfather The Wizard of Oz How did I do, Kathy? | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1669 Registered: 4-2006 |
Insert Casablanca in there Ken. Pick the one you want to knock out. Although I think they made a mistake. Caddy Shack should have been #1. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 832 Registered: 2-2006 |
Mike is right, Ken. One of your answers is wrong and Casablanca is right. Does no one know who Anne of Cleves was? Hint: Richard should know. Think history. | ||
| Patricia Traynier (Trisha) Master Solitaire Player Username: Trisha Post Number: 164 Registered: 3-2007 |
I think Anne of Cleves was one of Henry XIII's wives. Not sure which one though. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5050 Registered: 9-2006 |
I knew who Anne of Cleves was Kathy, but the question could have been any one of dozens of things. I remember amongst other things that she was a German Protestant and that her marriage was never consummated. He called her his German mare because she was far from attractive. I learned a little rhyme at school about Henry VIII's wives. Divorced,beheaded,died. Divorced, beheaded ,survived. I'm sure there was another one telling the order of their names, but I can't remember it. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 835 Registered: 2-2006 |
Anne of Cleves was the fourth wife of Henry VIII and considered to be the most fortunate of his wives. I never heard that rhyme. It's a good one to remember the order. Now, it's someone else's turn. Give me a chance to take a guess. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 836 Registered: 2-2006 |
BTW, has anyone seen the series "The Tudors?" A lot of it is historically inaccurate but the acting is superb. I like the way they picked an actor who looked nothing like Henry VIII but who captured his essence. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5051 Registered: 9-2006 |
Curiosity got the better of me. I'm sure the one I knew was not this one but Google says........... All Boys Should Come Home Please. (Catherine of ARAGON, Anne BOLEYN, Jane SEYMOUR, Anne of CLEVES, Katherine HOWARD and Katherine PARR). | ||
| Patricia Traynier (Trisha) Master Solitaire Player Username: Trisha Post Number: 165 Registered: 3-2007 |
Anne of Cleves was known as "The Flanders Mare". | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 837 Registered: 2-2006 |
I think the reign of Henry VIII was so fascinating that I don't need a rhyme to remember the wives. It was unforgettable. If you ever look at pictures of the wives, Anne of Cleves doesn't come off as that bad looking. However, I did read that she didn't smell very good. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5052 Registered: 9-2006 |
I saw the Tudors Kathy. It was pretty good. Probably all historical films are inaccurate. The victors tend to write the history in the first instance. Then Hollywood etc gets to grips with it and distorts it further to enhance the story. Unfortunately people tend to remember the films and believe that they were accurate. History has been rewritten once again. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 838 Registered: 2-2006 |
The only inaccuracy that really bothered me was the plot about Henry's sister, Margaret. They really got that one wrong. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5053 Registered: 9-2006 |
You have to remember that the rich paid a lot of money to have their portraits done. The artists always enhanced their subjects and ignored facial blemishes etc to ensure that they got paid. What any of them would have actually looked like is anyone's guess. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1670 Registered: 4-2006 |
Well we could go through the names and atomic numbers of the elements. But I find all that boring. There are also the palnets. But remebering the fourth one fron the sun is pretty easy. It's also hard to find a question that our European friends will know (and vice-versa). But perhaps this one to start. Who shot who to start WWI. A note to anyone probably Thomas or Gregg. Is there a way to disquise words in this format. I mean make them invisable without hightlighting. It can be done in other programs. To make a answer box that can only be read by highlighting. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1671 Registered: 4-2006 |
BTW. There is also a rhyme for the British Monarchs. Paul probably knows it. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 844 Registered: 2-2006 |
Mike, re: "Who shot who to start WWI," was the one who was shot the Duke of Austria? Let me know if I'm at least in the ballpark. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1672 Registered: 4-2006 |
You are in the ballpark. Now get a hot dog. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1673 Registered: 4-2006 |
This is test. /white{The answer is Richard Mechen} | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1674 Registered: 4-2006 |
Well that didn't work. Help! | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1263 Registered: 7-2009 |
The same man should have shot another Austrian some years later. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5061 Registered: 9-2006 |
Yes Markus. That painter guy. From school history I remember that it was Archduke Ferdinand of Austria who was shot in the Balkans. A very nasty place to get shot. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1675 Registered: 4-2006 |
I shot an elephant once in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 845 Registered: 2-2006 |
Very funny, Richard. Wasn't the Duchess shot also? Was the same man who should have shot that other Austrian still alive years later? I take it that other Austrian was Hitler. I'm going to take a nap. Maybe the name of the man who shot the Duke will come to me. I thought, but I guess wrongly, that it was just some fanatic. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 846 Registered: 2-2006 |
BTW, Mike, I can't eat another hot dog. This Memorial Day weekend, I had hot dogs for two days, and then on Tuesday, the senior citizen center I eat lunch at had, you guessed it, hot dogs for lunch. I think I'll go get some peanuts instead. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1676 Registered: 4-2006 |
Make sure the elephants don't follow you home. Although that might not be a bad idea. they will work for peanuts. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 849 Registered: 2-2006 |
Okay, Groucho, I'll remember that. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 850 Registered: 2-2006 |
We still didn't come up with the name of the shooter. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 851 Registered: 2-2006 |
P.S. The reason your test didn't work is you had the wrong answer. Where are you Ken? It's your turn next. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1677 Registered: 4-2006 |
The test was actually me trying to get the script in messages hidden. You change the color of the letters to white. Then you have to highlight the text and the words will show up. The person who shot Archduke Ferdinand was Gavrilo Princip. There are many other well known assassins. Our friends across the big water may know one of ours. He shot President Lincoln. Your turn Ken. Either one. But please. Not one about the Tour de France. | ||
| Gregg Seelhoff (Seelhoff) Master Solitaire Player Username: Seelhoff Post Number: 472 Registered: 1-2003 |
>A note to anyone probably Thomas or Gregg. Is there a way to disquise words in this format. I mean make them invisable without hightlighting. It can be done in other programs. To make a answer box that can only be read by highlighting. Yes, sort of.  You can change the text color (to white) using the HTML tag <font color="#ffffff"> before the answer, and </font> after the answer. Here is a proof of concept: {Your answer here!} Likewise, the \white{whatever} should also work. [Another answer here!] The trick, of course, is making sure that you post on the white lines, since white will show up on the grey (excuse my British spelling ) lines. If there is a way to always use the background color, though, I do not know it. [hoping this is on a white line] | ||
| Gregg Seelhoff (Seelhoff) Master Solitaire Player Username: Seelhoff Post Number: 473 Registered: 1-2003 |
FWIW, the grey color is "#cccccc" on my system. Here is a test: ["Gray" is the American spelling.] | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1678 Registered: 4-2006 |
Thanks Gregg. It does work after all. Unfortunately. With the alternating white and grey it may turn out to be to much trouble. Answer below. It always pays to consult the expert | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1265 Registered: 7-2009 |
"Your turn Ken. Either one. But please. Not one about the Tour de France." Who is Fuentes? (Your welcome Ken!) Doping P.p.s.: I tried Greggs discription. | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1266 Registered: 7-2009 |
MIke, that's not fair. How can i cover an answer in white, when meanwhile another post a message while i am writing mine, thinking to use the white crypt and had to use grey. | ||
| Gregg Seelhoff (Seelhoff) Master Solitaire Player Username: Seelhoff Post Number: 475 Registered: 1-2003 |
>Unfortunately. With the alternating white and grey it may turn out to be to much trouble. There is one more problem: The email notifications strip all of the formatting, so the answers simply show up as plain text there. Now, I am really going to bed. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5065 Registered: 9-2006 |
This is becoming too much hassle! If my memory serves me correctly, weren't we moaning about Facebook not that long ago? | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5073 Registered: 9-2006 |
Which is the odd man out? A Spider Crab, An Oyster, A Cleaner Shrimp, A Hermit Crab, A Lobster, or a Japanese man who has been run over by a juggernaut? I'm too tired/inebriated to post the answer in grey font. I await your answers. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5074 Registered: 9-2006 |
Nothing to say | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 857 Registered: 2-2006 |
I'm going to guess oyster. I wish I was inebriated instead of just tired. Nap time. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1679 Registered: 4-2006 |
The Japanese man had just eaten all those crustaceans and the oyster so they were all flattened by the juggernaut. Quite a stew. Just don't bother with trying to hide the text. Switching to the grey font is too much. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 858 Registered: 2-2006 |
I guess I misunderstood the meaning of "odd man out." I was thinking more along the lines of "which doesn't belong here." | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5075 Registered: 9-2006 |
Yes Kathy, which of the things mentioned doesn't belong in the group, and why? | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1680 Registered: 4-2006 |
Well let's see. 6 living things and a battleship. Guess away. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5077 Registered: 9-2006 |
A battleship!!!!!!!!! What the heck kind of roads do you guys have? Are they kind of like Venice? | ||
| Patricia Traynier (Trisha) Master Solitaire Player Username: Trisha Post Number: 166 Registered: 3-2007 |
The Japanese man, because all the others can be eaten? | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5078 Registered: 9-2006 |
It's the oyster. It's a mollusc and all the rest are crustaceans. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 860 Registered: 2-2006 |
Yeah, I was right! | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1681 Registered: 4-2006 |
The Japanese are always after battleships and one finally got even. Rememeber I said the crusteceans and the OYSTER. And have you seen some of the cars that use our highways. They are as big as battleships. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 861 Registered: 2-2006 |
I'm confused. What's the right answer? I thought it couldn't be the Japanese man because that would be too easy. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1682 Registered: 4-2006 |
Unconfuse yourself. It was the Oyster. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 863 Registered: 2-2006 |
I saw a movie called Juggernaut, and it was about a ship, but not a battleship. It was a cruise ship, and there was a bomb aboard. Hey, here's a question then. Can you name any of the actors who starred in the movie? Hint: One of them is an Oscar winner for best actor, and his co-star won best actress for the same movie. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1683 Registered: 4-2006 |
Here is a list of some famous people. But it is their real name. Figure out what there more famous name is. Or in the case of one his last name. Write down your answers and then when I post the names just say how many you got. 1. Issur Danielovitch 2. Alfred Hill 3. Jane Penelope Frankenberg 4. Benjamin Kubelsky 5. Richard Starky 6. Marion Morrison 7. Prince Philip 8. Archibald Leech 9. Barry Humphries 10. Malcom John Taylor 11. Aurie Lucile Dupin Have fun. | ||
| Patricia Traynier (Trisha) Master Solitaire Player Username: Trisha Post Number: 167 Registered: 3-2007 |
It's a play on words,Kathy. The Japanese man was a crushed Asian. Mike,Richard Starkey is Ringo Starr Marion Morrison is John Wayne. Not sure about the others. | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1273 Registered: 7-2009 |
12. Carlo Pedersoli, 13. Mario Girotti | ||
| Patricia Traynier (Trisha) Master Solitaire Player Username: Trisha Post Number: 168 Registered: 3-2007 |
Sorry Mike, Just read your message again.I won't post any more answers. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 864 Registered: 2-2006 |
I think we might as well post them. Archibald Leach: Cary Grant Did no one see the film Juggernaut but me? It was made in the late 60's or early 70's, and a majority of the actors were British including the one I gave the clue about. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1684 Registered: 4-2006 |
Go ahead and post them. Here are the answers. 1. Kirk Douglas 2. Benny Hill 3. Jane Seymour 4. Jack Benny 5. Ringo Starr 6. John Wayne 7. Philip Mountbatten 8. Cary Grant 9. Dame Edna Everage 10. Malcom McDowell 11. George Sand | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1276 Registered: 7-2009 |
Mike, i miss my numbers 12. and 13 (Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 3:00 am) | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1685 Registered: 4-2006 |
Thanks Markus. I had no idea who they were. Mario Girotti I am familiar with. But not the other guy. | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1277 Registered: 7-2009 |
12. Bud Spencer, 13. Terence Hill | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1686 Registered: 4-2006 |
Like I said. #12 I wasn't familiar with at all. #13 I only knew by his adoptive name. And I always thought he was English. | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1280 Registered: 7-2009 |
It's interesting, that you knew only one, because it was a famous Duo. O.k., maybe not in overseas. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 870 Registered: 2-2006 |
This isn't a question, but remember this in case it ever comes up again. Today, June 4th, is National Donut Day. Krispy Kreme gives out free donuts, and Dunkin Donuts gives you a free donut with the purchase of a beverage. See all the interesting things we learn here. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 871 Registered: 2-2006 |
For anyone who saw the finale of the TV series "Lost,", in what State in the U.S. were the final key scenes and the gateway to Heaven filmed? If no one saw it, never mind. Clue: It wasn't Alaska. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1687 Registered: 4-2006 |
I never watched one episode of Lost. I know where the majority of it was filmed. But have no idea where the last scenes were done. | ||
| Ken Millar (Tpa_ken) Master Solitaire Player Username: Tpa_ken Post Number: 1378 Registered: 2-2006 |
Kathy, I love LOST!!! I assume the obvious answer is Hawaii, but that would be too easy, right? | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5087 Registered: 9-2006 |
See if this helps.  | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 872 Registered: 2-2006 |
Hawaii it is. Actually most of the final pivotal scenes were filmed at Sacred Heart Academy, an all-girls Catholic school in Honolulu, and the gateway to heaven was through the doors of the church associated with the school. I was never that much into Lost, but my sister liked it so much, she used to take notes after each episode, especially in the beginning. So, I'm going to give it another try in reruns. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 873 Registered: 2-2006 |
Richard, what is the name of the red flora in the background? Is there really a Lost, Scotland? | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5088 Registered: 9-2006 |
It's a weed called Rosebay Willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium). It's pretty enough but it spreads like wildfire and the white fluffy seeds can sometimes look like a flurry of snow. Yes there is a Lost fairly close to Ballater in Aberdeenshire. Billy Connolly has a house close to it. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 894 Registered: 2-2006 |
New trivia question. Which U.S. president gave the shortest inaugural speech in history and why? Shouldn't be that hard for the Americans or our overseas counterparts. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 895 Registered: 2-2006 |
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| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1691 Registered: 4-2006 |
I know. Answer below. George Washington | ||
| Ken Millar (Tpa_ken) Master Solitaire Player Username: Tpa_ken Post Number: 1383 Registered: 2-2006 |
Richard, I know I'm posting this in the wrong thread (because the World Cup is anything but trivial), but any predictions on the US-England match this Saturday? (Paul, do you want to weigh in on this matter?) | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5115 Registered: 9-2006 |
What you are really saying Ken is "Here is a rope you can hang yourself with Richard". Is there a subliminal message in your question anyway Ken, the lack of any punctuation in US-England? | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 900 Registered: 2-2006 |
I heard on the news that the U.S. was bidding to be the site for the next World Cup. Although a loyal US citizen who knows next to nothing about soccer, I would predict England. We're the land of football, although soccer is catching on. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 904 Registered: 2-2006 |
One last trivia question from me today. What happened on this day, June 6, 1944? I think everyone should know this. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5120 Registered: 9-2006 |
The first hair perm was made from a mixture of water and what else? cow's urine Because she's worth it? | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 905 Registered: 2-2006 |
Didn't anyone remember today is the anniversary of D-Day? | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1692 Registered: 4-2006 |
Hair perm. Another Scottish invention I suppose. having been to the D-Day landing beaches I am well aware what today is. In fact that was going to be one of my trivia questions. Name the D-Day landing beaches. But I have been busy all day. Watching two base/ball games. A basket/ball game. Which the Lakers lost. And a Hockey game. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 906 Registered: 2-2006 |
Mike, you were going to give the answer about the shortest inaugural address. One of the beaches was Normandy (or was that the country?). | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 907 Registered: 2-2006 |
P.S. Did the Cubs win today? Or is that a silly question? | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1693 Registered: 4-2006 |
My answer to the Inaugural Address was given. Just left click and drag across under where I said answer. Normandy is the area were thew landings occured. (one of the departments of France) But there were specified parts of ther beaches with code names there troops landed. The Americans got two and the British and their allies got the other two. Pont du Hoc was a special American assualt spot. I don't know what the Cubs did. But the Blackhawks won game 5 of the Stanley Cup. Series stands 3 Hawks 2 Philly. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 908 Registered: 2-2006 |
I found it. Well, at least there's some good news for Chicago sports fans. I should know the names of the beaches. I saw all the movies, The Longest Day, Saving Private Ryan, etc., but I don't remember them. But at least I remembered D-Day. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5121 Registered: 9-2006 |
I remembered all the D-Day beaches with the exception of the one starting with U. If I'd have thought about it longer I'd have got that one too. No Mike, Germany and France were the leaders in the hair perm race. What I'd like to know is how many things they tried before they found that cow's urine worked. Were there lots of straight haired volunteers having every imaginable substance smeared on their heads before they found that urine did the biz? Then would they have decided to see if other animals produced better stuff? And if urine worked, "what if we try.......?" Or am I now venturing into early hair colouration research? | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 909 Registered: 2-2006 |
Maybe someone was milking a cow, got some urine splashed on her, and take it from there. BTW, I don't actually remember D-Day. I'm not that old. I just remember it happened. I thought for sure one of the beaches was called Normandy Beach, but I guess I was wrong. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5122 Registered: 9-2006 |
All the beaches were in Normandy Kathy. They were called the Normandy Landings fgs. Generally regarded as a clue. I'm not old enough to remember the Boer War but I do have some knowledge of it. OK,OK,OK,OK, I'm not in the best of humours. I apologise. I'm just back from the pub. Prior to that I spent an hour at the dentist, spending enough to put a kid through college! I've had absolutely nothing to eat for hours, yet en route home half of a tooth fell out during a short sentence. I'd not be that bothered unduly but it was the tooth they "fixed" on my previous appointment. Prior to that appointment it was to "fix" the results of the previous appointment. With a little more practice and experience I could develop a complex. I could start to formulate the opinion that no beggar gives a shot what happens within the vast cavern of my gobhole as long as I pay up front. VOTE FOR MECHEN. Help me sort all these sods out. My campaign slogan would be "Compulsory euthanasia for politicians". This would obviously commence after I had retired and claimed my tax free lump sum and implemented my generous non-contributory Pension Plan. Let's hope I don't become cynical as a result. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1694 Registered: 4-2006 |
Actually there were five landing beaches on D-Day. I forgot one. Juno, Sword and Gold were the designated areas for the British. Omaha and Utah were for the Americans. The Americans got the tough landings. I was reasoned that the Brits had already been though enough loss of life. But the fighting inland was hard for everybody. Remeber too that landing with the British were the Canadians, the Scots, Poles and Free French. And many other's. I don't know how many Australian and New Zealanders were there. They were mostly in the Pacific. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 910 Registered: 2-2006 |
Now I remember Omaha Beach. The others, no. Cynical, Richard? I thought you already reached that point. I'm against euthanasia, but I may rethink my viewpoint with regards to politicians. In fact, I know I will. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5126 Registered: 9-2006 |
An interesting and emotive day. Some factual data.    | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1695 Registered: 4-2006 |
Well that covers the D-Day landings. And we know about the perm for the hair. (I have been re-reading Hurcule Poirot. Hence the sentance structure). Now we will try something really interesting. We know that sausages have been around a long time. But where were they officially put on a bun and called a Hot Dog? | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1300 Registered: 7-2009 |
All i say, it was a German when i remember right. The rest, you have to figure out yourself. | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1301 Registered: 7-2009 |
I forgot to mention, i know the rest of the story. | ||
| Ken Millar (Tpa_ken) Master Solitaire Player Username: Tpa_ken Post Number: 1385 Registered: 2-2006 |
Mike, Did I tell you that 3 years ago I did a bike tour of the WW II sites in France? I saw all the beaches. The HOLES (more like craters) in Pointe du Hoc after 65 years were quite amazing! | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1696 Registered: 4-2006 |
That would indeed be a great bike trip. I did it in a car. But there is so much history there I missed a lot. Markus. I am sure the Germans put sausages on a bun. But the actual name Hot Dog I will claim was originated here in the US. But the argument will go on for ages. | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1303 Registered: 7-2009 |
It was a german who had the idea to put a sausage in a bread in a park in USA (New York?). I know, that there are differences about the origin. (Maybe Dandy???) | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 912 Registered: 2-2006 |
What was Operation Neptune? Was that the call in Great Britain for anyone with a boat to join in the fighting, or am I thinking of something else? I remember reading the book "The Snow Goose", and the main character was a fisherman who went to help out in the war with just a lowly fishing boat. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1698 Registered: 4-2006 |
Operation Overlord was all of the planning that went to the D-Day. Operation Neptune was the actually landing plan. Yes it was German here in America who put the sausage in the bun and sold them at Coney Island. "Get Your Red Hot Dogs". | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 918 Registered: 2-2006 |
Why do you think they were called "dogs?" | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5131 Registered: 9-2006 |
Kathy, you are confusing Operation Overlord with Operation Dynamo. The latter was the evacuation of troops from the beaches at Dunkirk by practically every small boat from across the English Channel. The smallest of these volunteer 8oats was just 15 feet long. Boat is OK, but the plural is a banned word!!!! | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 919 Registered: 2-2006 |
Yes, now I remember from the book it was the evacuation of Dunkirk. BTW, nobody here at the forum probably ever read "The Snow Goose" by Paul Gallico. It is one of my favorite books and was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie starring Richard Harris and Jenny Augatur, an English actress. A real tear jerker, and of course there was the snow goose itself. I have tried for years to get a copy of the movie, but it is out of print and as far as I know there are only 16-mm copies of it. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5134 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Snow-Goose-Paul-Gallico/dp /0091893828 Several copies of the book available from the above company. They ship to USA. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5135 Registered: 9-2006 |
Entire film available FREE at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KopLElj9jRc It's in a few parts. Watch you see them in the correct order. They are listed at the rhs. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5136 Registered: 9-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7PXmbcbpKM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvmEpjICFl4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53_Rr3NOKOg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UwHUt2Ezmo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc0Bf9LS0TQ All your links in the correct order Kathy. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 920 Registered: 2-2006 |
Richard, I don't know how I could ever thank you enough for what you did for me. This has been a dream of mine since I first saw the film in 1971. I've waited all these years to see it again. I've been sad and crying all day (I don't know what for), but now I can truly say there's a happy ending to today. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5138 Registered: 9-2006 |
My pleasure Kathy. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1700 Registered: 4-2006 |
Never read the book. But remember the tv film. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 921 Registered: 2-2006 |
It is my favorite book, and I've read thousands of books but never one so touching. Unfortunately, I lost it too. Do you remember the first book/novel you ever read, Mike? Mine was "To Kill a Mockingbird". I was in either junior high or high school. It is another one of my favorites and a classic. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1702 Registered: 4-2006 |
I read the "Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire" when I was in fourth grade. After that it was the articles in Playboy. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5157 Registered: 9-2006 |
You are clearly a man of great taste Mike.  | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 928 Registered: 2-2006 |
You've got to give him credit, Richard. I barely made it through the first chapter, that is The Rise and Fall, not Playboy. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5160 Registered: 9-2006 |
It's probably as well the Roman Empire fell. On TV last night they calculated that over a million people died in Roman arenas. Huge numbers of animals too. The popular sport of that era. The pre-cursor of bullfighting. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5181 Registered: 9-2006 |
Here is a Trivia question that will probably baffle you. Which officers in the modern British army cannot speak a word of English? No, not a Ghurka. | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1329 Registered: 7-2009 |
When we made in English at school a big error, then our English teacher used to say, that is a big Wauwau (dicker Hund in German). Richard, that question is also a big wauwau. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5182 Registered: 9-2006 |
It's a serious question Markus. The officers in question have never spoken a single word of English. They have not been wounded, they are not mute and they are not under orders to say nothing. | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1330 Registered: 7-2009 |
I know, that there are dogs with grades in some armys, but it seems you didn't have meant animals. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5184 Registered: 9-2006 |
Officers don't have to be gentlemen. The rank of these officers is Major. They were present today at the "Trooping Of The Colour" for the Queen's "official" birthday. No dogs there. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1706 Registered: 4-2006 |
Good grief. The horses? Not some big drum I hope? | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5185 Registered: 9-2006 |
Well done Mike. The Drum Horses have the rank of Major and are issued with their own ration books. | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1332 Registered: 7-2009 |
So, my direction with the dogs hadn't been so bad. Of course are horses of an higher rank. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5190 Registered: 9-2006 |
You were very close Markus. Regimental mascots in the British army have been antelope, goat, ram, horse, pony and dog. As far as I know only the Drum Horses are officers though. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1709 Registered: 4-2006 |
There has to be joke in here someplace. A horse of a different colour or something. Perhaps pretaining to the Royal Family. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5196 Registered: 9-2006 |
We've had a few old goats on the throne. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1710 Registered: 4-2006 |
I like the use of the word "we". You are more attached than you think. I know. It was forced upon you. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5197 Registered: 9-2006 |
In this animal context it would be "we" as opposed to "ewe". The Royals always Goat a load of Doe, but our Nanny state handles them with Kid gloves. The tax payers pick up the Bill-eh? Germany are just about to kick off against Australia. Don't know who will win or what Wallaby the final score. Good luck Markus. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5198 Registered: 9-2006 |
Germany have scored already. I forecast at least 4-0. | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1340 Registered: 7-2009 |
How did you know? | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5200 Registered: 9-2006 |
A ghost told me. They played well. They could have scored a lot more. | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1342 Registered: 7-2009 |
I didn't see the whole game. Is anywhere a film with the red card Australia got? They didn't show it yesterday any more after the game. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5206 Registered: 9-2006 |
When we saw the foul on TV it looked like a VERY harsh sending off. The commentators all thought so. However when we saw it later from a different camera angle everyone agreed that the German player was lucky he didn't break a leg. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5207 Registered: 9-2006 |
Found a link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfNELmr5mEI | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5208 Registered: 9-2006 |
FIFA are blocking some of them. Here is an alternative if the above gets blocked. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jVPCAC1lA8&feature =related | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 949 Registered: 2-2006 |
Nothing to do with trivia or the World Cup, but if you want to see some fantastic pictures, click below. http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2010/06/inside-wav e-epic-photography-by-clark.html | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5212 Registered: 9-2006 |
I'm much too old to take photos like those. Sigh. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 951 Registered: 2-2006 |
I'm still trying to figure out how he did it. | ||
| Markus Reischl (Markus) Master Solitaire Player Username: Markus Post Number: 1348 Registered: 7-2009 |
The picture show, how he did it. Don't ask him, how often he had been under water to get one of those pictures. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 976 Registered: 2-2006 |
I hope you guys don't get tired of my pictures, but you have to check this out. http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline /2010/06/sometimes-a-photographer-goes-out-in-sear ch-of-a-good-photo--and-because-of-unforseen-circu mstances-comes-back-with-a-gre.html?utm_source=fee dburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+chica gotribune%2Ftheskyline+%28ChicagoTribune+-+Citysca pes%29 | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5223 Registered: 9-2006 |
It was in my morning newspaper too Kathy.Brilliant shot. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 977 Registered: 2-2006 |
I was in that storm, although not in Chicago. We had some brilliant displays of lightening in Indiana too. It was pretty scary. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5464 Registered: 9-2006 |
Check the link to see a very whacky Bavarian. http://www.metro.co.uk/news/349643-german-pop-star -marries-a-pineapple Markus is Bavarian. He's gone home for a while. You don't suppose.........? | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 1167 Registered: 2-2006 |
Sounds like Markus to me. Maybe one of his long lost relations? | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5465 Registered: 9-2006 |
The Bavarian guy was on our TV today. He sounded like an idiot but gets paid a lot. Markus is very clever and gets paid far less. Crazy! BTW, Mr.O. was on TV again too. He saif that "we" have stopped the oil flow, and that "we" were monitoring it. Silly me. Is that why he took all that cash from BP? Is he on the payroll?  | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 1169 Registered: 2-2006 |
I just hope Markus doesn't resemble him. I'm glad that I don't have TV right now. I got a chance to miss our President. I thought BP capped the oil spill. Is Obama taking credit for it? BTW, I'll be getting my TV back next week. As a news hound, I'll probably start watching again, so don't be surprised if I start complaining again. I can't wait until the elections! If we can get some of them out of there, maybe we'll have a chance in 2012. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5467 Registered: 9-2006 |
Markus is a scientist. He has a clinical brain. He's nothing like that fruit-cake. Mr.O.! When things go right it is him behind it. When things go badly someone else is to blame. Politicians! I wouldn't by a used car from any of them. | ||
| Kathy Quade (Kathyquade) Master Solitaire Player Username: Kathyquade Post Number: 1177 Registered: 2-2006 |
We haven't had a trivia question in a while. Try this one. What is a village without a church called? Clue: Shakespeare | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1784 Registered: 4-2006 |
A village without a church. Umm. Shakespeare. Ummmm. A Hamlet. Ummmmm. No that would be a village without a pig. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5473 Registered: 9-2006 |
It is a hamlet Mike. BTW, a piglet is not quite the same. | ||
| Mike Butler (Butler77) Master Solitaire Player Username: Butler77 Post Number: 1785 Registered: 4-2006 |
Ok. A village without a ham. But I guess to be correct it would be Hamless. | ||
| Richard Mechen (Richardscotland) Master Solitaire Player Username: Richardscotland Post Number: 5475 Registered: 9-2006 |
Very spare of ribs. |