Wednesday, February 20, 2008

More Trivia... really trivial, too

The unidentified fellow in the chair from the Guess Who on February 15 isn't the Old Man with the radio in his car. The shoes are too modern, and the laptop case in front of the chair hadn't even been invented when the old man was that age. But... the man in the photo is the son of the old man's sister. Is there a family resemblance, perhaps?

Okay, let's continue with the trivia. Here are some photos of Soldier Boy, with some fun questions to test your memory and knowledge. Add a comment with your answers, -- by question number.

Question 1: Who lives here? (Hint: It isn't the good-looking guy in the photo.)



Question 2: What molecule is represented in the silver structure in the photo below? And in the same photo, Question 3: In what city is this funny-looking restaurant located? (yes, it's really a restaurant!) (Hints: the molecule isn't Uranium, and the city isn't Boise.)


Question 4: What movie is the scene below from? (well, actually, in the movie, it was Tom who was kneeling. (Hint: The movie isn't "The Mummy".)


The next four questions all pertain to the single photo below.
To dispel the myth that multiple-choice questions are easier to answer than fill-in-the-blank questions:

Question 5: When the fountains in the photo below were being built, what other event was taking place a few thousand miles away?

a. Juan Ponce de Leon was busy discovering the state he named "land of the flowers", circa 1513 -- a state where the guy in this picture was later born.

b. Benjamin Fordham was busy running his first brewery, in Annapolis, circa 1675 -- Old Ben was the 7th-great grandfather of the handsome hunk this photo.

c. Another fellow by the name of Tommy was inciting his peers to violence by writing a one-page document containing language critical of his King, circa 1776. Tommy lived in the same state where the fellow in the photo below spent most of his life.

d. The Singewalds, scholarly German ancestors of the studly man in the photo below, immigrated (legally) from Saxony to the new world, circa 1845.

e. The Tunguska explosion in Siberia was recorded by seismographs and barometers around the world, circa 1908. The father of the manly stud in the photo below possesses a mysterious rock that may have originated from a similar event.


Question 6: In the "main house" behind these fountains, is a famous hallway. What is the name of the famous hallway? (Hint: It isn't Jeff Hallway, Tammy Hallway, or Robin or Forrest Hallway, either.)


Question 7: What piece of paper was signed in that hallway? (Hint: it wasn't a UPS proof of delivery receipt.)


Question 8: What did that piece of paper put a stop to? (Hint: it wasn't oil drilling in Alaska.)




Question 9: What's the name of the guy without clothes?

And Question 10: What is the name of the island on which this church sits? (Hint: It isn't Isla de Muerta.)
Bonus Question: to the right of Quasimodo in the photo above you can see a line of bricks stretching back almost to the door of the church. At the end of the bricks is something that dates from the time of the Romans. What is it? Be specific. (Hint: modern day versions of these are found on Interstate Highways today... one per state per highway.)

7 comments:

dubby said...

pffft! I've created a monster.

Old Man With a radio transmitter in his car said...

Hey, he isn't that bad looking! He's just making faces. Honest.

dubby said...

okay, number nine is David. Now you other bozos answer some of these.

Queen Karana said...

1. Buckingham Palace - home of the British sovereign. That would mean that it is the Queen of England's official residence, though as Queen, I imagine she can live wherever she wants.

2. Atomium

3. Brussels

4. This is the glass pyramid, in Louvre, Paris. I haven't seen the movie, but I'm thinking it's The Da Vinci Code. I *have* read the book. I suppose that the "Tom" that you are referring to is Tom Hanks?

5. OK, I'm thinking that this has got to be one of the fountains in the gardens of Versailles. The year though, I'm really struggling with. Let's go with choice B - 1675.

6. I believe you are referring to the Hall of Mirrors.

7. In 1918, the Versailles treaty was signed which ended World War One.

8. Oh, I already answered that one in Question 7. It stopped World War One.

9. David ... the famous Michelangelo statue.

10. That's the Cathedral of Notre Dame which sits on a small island in the middle of the River Seine which flows through Paris. Name of the island? Ile de la Cité.

BONUS: Good grief... I dunno if you made it worse by giving the highway clue, or if it really is a help. I've got to take the kids to dance class, so I'll see if I can come up with the answer later this evening.

Old Man With a radio transmitter in his car said...

The Queen reigns! Score: 9.75 out of 10! Number two, I was looking for an element name, but I'll give 3/4 credit for knowing the name of the structure. Way to go, a solid A+, even without the bonus question! If you did this closed-book, closed-notes, you get full credit for European Culture. Astounding. Smiley-face and two check marks with a plus symbol.

Queen Karana said...

Oh! I should've paid attention to the wording - I guess you were looking for Atom.

Can't get full credit because I was recognizing landmarks but couldn't always come up with the complete name (like the island). Maybe I should've stayed in AP European History after all! Now if only I could actually GO to Europe... maybe someday.

The bonus question still has me stumped... I'll keep trying.

Queen Karana said...

BONUS QUESTION:
KM ZERO OF FRANCE

It's essentially mile marker zero. And as you said, each state would have one for each Interstate highway.

Thank-you Google Earth and King Isepik! (Now I can go and do something productive... LOL!)