Well, with hats off to the Queen, I have to say I'm a little underwhelmed by the thunderous response from the teeming hoardes to my previous trivia quizzes. However, in all fairness among siblings, I offer part C of the series. Post your answers as a comment. Or even post a comment saying you don't know. Or even one saying you don't care.
1. Below, Lint Monkey is shown putting herself inside a bubble (ahem). After visiting this very interesting science museum, we walked down the street and toured Fort Napoleon. After a quick snack, we then walked down to the beach, where we stumbled across a very unexpected discovery. What did we discover?
a. The Loch Ness Monster having lunch with Bigfoot
b. Jimmy Hoffa
c. Abandoned German fortifications, pillboxes, and gun emplacements from WWII.
d. Dr. Livingstone, we presume
e. Some of Al Gore's hanging chads
2. Underneath Lint Monkey's feet is Mile Marker Zero (or to be more accurate, kilometer marker zero), in front of Notre Dame Cathedral on Ile de la Cite in Paris, France. Who first installed the marker in this spot?
a. Leo Tolstoy
b. Teddy Kennedy
c. King Solomon
d. Robin Hood
e. The Romans
3. Below is a photo of two very important ladies. The lady in the background was designed by Auguste Bertholde. The Lint Monkey saw a miniature version of this statue while she was riding on a boat on a famous river. Which river?
a. The Amazon
b. The Seine
c. The Nile
d. The Ganges
e. The Brahmaputra
4. Behind Lint Monkey is the ornate interior of Grand Central Station. This venerable landmark was featured in a recent Disney movie starring a hypochondriac giraffe, a neurotic lion, and a freedom-seeking zebra. The lemur sang a hit song, "I like to move it, move it." What is the name of the island after which the movie was named?
1. Below, Lint Monkey is shown putting herself inside a bubble (ahem). After visiting this very interesting science museum, we walked down the street and toured Fort Napoleon. After a quick snack, we then walked down to the beach, where we stumbled across a very unexpected discovery. What did we discover?
a. The Loch Ness Monster having lunch with Bigfoot
b. Jimmy Hoffa
c. Abandoned German fortifications, pillboxes, and gun emplacements from WWII.
d. Dr. Livingstone, we presume
e. Some of Al Gore's hanging chads
2. Underneath Lint Monkey's feet is Mile Marker Zero (or to be more accurate, kilometer marker zero), in front of Notre Dame Cathedral on Ile de la Cite in Paris, France. Who first installed the marker in this spot?
a. Leo Tolstoy
b. Teddy Kennedy
c. King Solomon
d. Robin Hood
e. The Romans
3. Below is a photo of two very important ladies. The lady in the background was designed by Auguste Bertholde. The Lint Monkey saw a miniature version of this statue while she was riding on a boat on a famous river. Which river?
a. The Amazon
b. The Seine
c. The Nile
d. The Ganges
e. The Brahmaputra
4. Behind Lint Monkey is the ornate interior of Grand Central Station. This venerable landmark was featured in a recent Disney movie starring a hypochondriac giraffe, a neurotic lion, and a freedom-seeking zebra. The lemur sang a hit song, "I like to move it, move it." What is the name of the island after which the movie was named?
a. Isla de Muerta
b. Ile de la Cite
c. Gilligan's
d. Galapagos
e. None of the above
5. Standing outside the University of Antwerp's student cafeteria is a cute little car designed by Mercedes. This car is supposed to be marketed in the U.S. soon, but because of highway safety additions and pollution control modifications, the cost will be more than double, and the mileage will be less than half, of what this car gets in Europe. What is the name of this model car?
a. "T"
b. "Smart car"
c. "De Gaulle"
d. "Volkswagen II"
e. "Deux cheveaux"
6. In the background through the windows of the canal boat is the Hotel Amstel. This hotel has hosted the Beatles, Mick Jagger, the Queen of England, and numerous U.S. presidents. The hotel is named after the river on which the boat is gliding. After getting off the boat, Lint Monkey and company toured the house where Anne Frank hid while writing her famous diary. What city is Lint Monkey in here?
7. Here is Lint Monkey standing in the valley below a medieval castle on the mountaintop overlooking the Rue de Vin in the Alsace-Lorraine. In the background you can see the yellowing autumn colors of the leaves of the plant which gives the Rue its name. What is bottled here?
5. Standing outside the University of Antwerp's student cafeteria is a cute little car designed by Mercedes. This car is supposed to be marketed in the U.S. soon, but because of highway safety additions and pollution control modifications, the cost will be more than double, and the mileage will be less than half, of what this car gets in Europe. What is the name of this model car?
a. "T"
b. "Smart car"
c. "De Gaulle"
d. "Volkswagen II"
e. "Deux cheveaux"
6. In the background through the windows of the canal boat is the Hotel Amstel. This hotel has hosted the Beatles, Mick Jagger, the Queen of England, and numerous U.S. presidents. The hotel is named after the river on which the boat is gliding. After getting off the boat, Lint Monkey and company toured the house where Anne Frank hid while writing her famous diary. What city is Lint Monkey in here?
7. Here is Lint Monkey standing in the valley below a medieval castle on the mountaintop overlooking the Rue de Vin in the Alsace-Lorraine. In the background you can see the yellowing autumn colors of the leaves of the plant which gives the Rue its name. What is bottled here?
a. Coca-Cola
b. Kentucky Bourbon
c. Puerto Rican rum
d. French wine
e. Dasani water
8. Below, Lint Monkey poses outside Schloss Lembeck in western Germany. While staying here, she and her mother spent a full day travelling to a nearby town to find an Internet cafe so she could do what?
a. Check the numbers on her South African lottery ticket
b. Sell her favorite sugar-glider on e-Bay
c. Register for classes at BYU
d. Order her dad a new Schnitzel to replace the one he spilled in his lap just before he broke the ceramic angel in the Schloss cafe.
e. Download a polka from the Lawrence Welk website
9. Admiral Bobcat is guiding the vessel to a safe harbor in the Belgian city of Oostende on the North Sea Coast. This city is the permanent home to a famous sailing ship, now a museum, named after a famous cartographer and mapmaker. Who was the mapmaker?
a. Columbus
b. Marriott
c. Magellan
d. Mercator
e. Replogle
10. In the far, far background below is a memorial to an infamous villian, from the perspective of Link Monkey's paternal ancestors. Inside the memorial building, in a capital city, sits a statue of that villian. The statue is constructed so that his two hands each make one letter of the deaf alphabet. What is the supposed-significance of those two letters?
11. Here is Lint Monkey again. This time she's many, many miles from the nearest road, way out in a national wilderness area. There be dragons here. Below are pictures, up close and personal. offering evidence. Pogo lived here. This famous swamp is named after an indian phrase which loosely translates to, "land of the trembling earth", because most of the trees actually grow on floating islands of peat, rather than on land. What is the name of this famous national wildlife refuge on the Georgia-Florida border?
8. Below, Lint Monkey poses outside Schloss Lembeck in western Germany. While staying here, she and her mother spent a full day travelling to a nearby town to find an Internet cafe so she could do what?
a. Check the numbers on her South African lottery ticket
b. Sell her favorite sugar-glider on e-Bay
c. Register for classes at BYU
d. Order her dad a new Schnitzel to replace the one he spilled in his lap just before he broke the ceramic angel in the Schloss cafe.
e. Download a polka from the Lawrence Welk website
9. Admiral Bobcat is guiding the vessel to a safe harbor in the Belgian city of Oostende on the North Sea Coast. This city is the permanent home to a famous sailing ship, now a museum, named after a famous cartographer and mapmaker. Who was the mapmaker?
a. Columbus
b. Marriott
c. Magellan
d. Mercator
e. Replogle
10. In the far, far background below is a memorial to an infamous villian, from the perspective of Link Monkey's paternal ancestors. Inside the memorial building, in a capital city, sits a statue of that villian. The statue is constructed so that his two hands each make one letter of the deaf alphabet. What is the supposed-significance of those two letters?
11. Here is Lint Monkey again. This time she's many, many miles from the nearest road, way out in a national wilderness area. There be dragons here. Below are pictures, up close and personal. offering evidence. Pogo lived here. This famous swamp is named after an indian phrase which loosely translates to, "land of the trembling earth", because most of the trees actually grow on floating islands of peat, rather than on land. What is the name of this famous national wildlife refuge on the Georgia-Florida border?
12. In the hills of Tennessee, Lint Monkey enjoyed a relaxing vacation, including horse riding, bumper boating, and canoeing, as shown below. From home base in Fairfield resort, the family took a day trip to Kentucky, when the transmission went out in her dad's Chrysler. The family was on their way to visit a tourist attraction called "Kentucky Down Under". At this park Lint Monkey got to see:
a. Van Gogh's self-portrait, and Whistler's mother
b. Kangaroos, boomerangs, stalactites, kukaburras and didgeridoo's
c. Cleopatra's mummy
d. Charlemagne's throne, along with his radius and ulna
e. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged
13. Below, Lint Monkey is standing in the middle of the very famous:
a. Heathrow Airport
b. Cheops Pyramid
c. Exit Glacier
d. Times Square
e. Great Wall of China
5 comments:
1. c?
2. d?
3. b
4. e
5. b
6. Amsterdam
7. d?
8. c
9. d?
10. They're his initials
11. Okefenokee
12. b
13. d
Congrats to Lint Monkey. She got 11 out of 12 right, for a score of 92%. Solid "A", all the way. For extra credit: which one did she miss?
Click on some of the pictures and see the bigger versions. In particular, the alligator, the swamp trail after the alligator, and the very last one containing all the colorful signs. Also, you can google "Schloss Lembeck" and click "I feel Lucky" and see more about where we stayed on one of our weekend trips.
Ah, good memories. You might want to check the answer to number 2
i think number two is e, but no, i didn't do as well as my sister... but i'm younger, so that's my excuse!
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