Trivia

[Wattle]

No. 

(Hint... 1887 and  ) 

[tamara]

Frederick McCubbin 1855-1917

Moyes Bay, Beaumaris     

[Wattle]

I knew it would be an Aussie to get it.

http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/McCubbin_moyesbay.htm

    Hehee I stumped the Yanks      

Your up Tamara!!

[tamara]

Actually didn't have a clue , I just googled "beach artist 1887 australian"

ok I'll be back in a sec with a question looking for something ......................

[tamara]

Who did Australians recently say sorry to and why ?

[boxman55]

Was it Wattle, for making fun of our knowledge of art?  ....Boxman

[okarol]

Was it Wattle, for making fun of our knowledge of art?  ....Boxman

 

Aborigines were invited for the first time to give a traditional welcome Tuesday at the official opening of the Parliament session — symbolic recognition that the land on which the capital was built was taken from Aborigines without compensation.

The apology is directed at tens of thousands of Aborigines who were forcibly taken from their families as children under now-abandoned assimilation policies.

"We apologize for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians," the apology motion says.

"To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.

"And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry."

[tamara]

Okarol your up, here is our Prime Ministers motion that was tabled in parliament

Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

We reflect on their past mistreatment.

We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were Stolen Generations – this blemished chapter in our nation’s history.

The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia’s history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future.

We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.

We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country.

For the pain, suffering and hurt of these Stolen Generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry.

To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.

And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry.

We the Parliament of Australia respectfully request that this apology be received in the spirit in which it is offered as part of the healing of the nation.

For the future we take heart; resolving that this new page in the history of our great continent can now be written.

We today take this first step by acknowledging the past and laying claim to a future that embraces all Australians.

A future where this Parliament resolves that the injustices of the past must never, never happen again.

A future where we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to close the gap that lies between us in life expectancy, educational achievement and economic opportunity.

A future where we embrace the possibility of new solutions to enduring problems where old approaches have failed.

A future based on mutual respect, mutual resolve and mutual responsibility.

A future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with an equal stake in shaping the next chapter in the history of this great country, Australia.

[okarol]

The melody of the popular United States Civil War ballad "Aura Lee" by George R. Poulton and W.W. Fosdick was later used for what twentieth century hit song? Who sang it?

[Wattle]

  Love me Tender   Elvis   

[okarol]

Oooooh I love when you sing to me Wattle... 

you're up!

[Wattle]

 
Who is the only Australian artist ever to claim the Archibald, Sulman and Wynne art prizes - a unique treble?

[glitter]

Australian Artist Brett Whiteley

[Wattle]

   Yeah Glitter...

Your up!

[glitter]

who invented the marshmellow bits in 'lucky charms'?

[Wattle]

I had to look up "Luck Charms" first. I had no idea what it was!  We don't have it here.

Created in 1964, Lucky Charms was the first cereal to include marshmallow bits (”marbits” in industry jargon), invented by John Holohan in 1963.

Creator of Lucky Charms cereal killed in car crash

August 28, 2000

RICHFIELD, Minnesota (AP) -- The creator of Lucky Charms cereal and his wife were killed in a Minnesota traffic accident on their way to visit their comatose daughter, who died two days later.

John Holahan, 83, a former General Mills vice president, apparently ran a stop sign and steered into a truck's path on Wednesday, police said. His wife Rosalind, 84, died at the scene. He died four hours later.

Their daughter, Shannon Kilkenny, 51, lost her fight with liver cancer on Friday.
 
"That was pretty much my immediate family," John Holahan Jr. said Sunday. "This is a terrible tragedy for all of us."

The elder Holahans had been married for 60 years.

They might have taken some comfort in knowing they had died together, said the younger Holahan's wife, Midge Holahan. "I think that they also would be very happy to know that they died before their daughter did," she said.

For years, John Holahan shared the story of Lucky Charms -- toasted oat cereal with marshmallow bits -- with students in his hometown of Annandale as a lesson in creativity and marketing.

He recalled stumbling upon orange marshmallow peanuts while brainstorming in 1963, cutting them up and then sprinkling them over Cheerios.

"I knew we had a winner," he said.

[glitter]

yep- your up wattle! 

[Wattle]

    Who invented the "Ute"?

[okarol]

The 'Ute' - A vehicle with the cabin of a car and the rear of a small truck was designed by Lewis Brandt at the Ford Motor Company in Geelong, Victoria.1934 and called a 'Utility Vehicle'. The 'ute' has long been a favourite vehicle for farmers and tradesmen and is part of the Australian landscape.

I never heard that term before. Well, except when the judge in the movie "My Cousin Vinny" says "What's a ute??" LOL 

[Wattle]

   Karol you are up.

Don't you use the term "ute"? Do you have them in the States?

[okarol]

  Karol you are up.

Don't you use the term "ute"? Do you have them in the States?

They call them "pick-up trucks" here.

[okarol]

What 'first' is Anne Davis remembered for?

[okarol]

No guesses?

Hint:  and silk stockings....

[okarol]

OK time is up!

What 'first' is Anne Davis remembered for? First woman to be hanged in Australia.

Anne had been transported for the theft of 8 pairs of silk stockings. She was found guilty in 1789 of the theft of clothing belonging to another convict. She tried to plead pregnancy but this was disproved and she was hung on November 23. She was about 30 years old.

Ok here's another question:

How big was the largest single chicken egg ever laid?

[Wattle]

OK time is up!

What 'first' is Anne Davis remembered for? First woman to be hanged in Australia.

Anne had been transported for the theft of 8 pairs of silk stockings. She was found guilty in 1789 of the theft of clothing belonging to another convict. She tried to plead pregnancy but this was disproved and she was hung on November 23. She was about 30 years old.

I can only find that she was one of the first female convicts transported on the Lady Juliana. The Lady Juliana lay six months in the River Thames while the goals were emptied and the women placed on board. She finally sailed from Portsmouth England on the 29th July 1789 and arrived at Port Jackson on 3rd of June 1790. The Lady Juliana was the first female convict ship to sail to the Colony of NSW and the first sailing of any convict ship since the first fleet sailed in 1788.
When the ship was out to sea every man on board took a convict women for his wife. The number of female convicts on board the Lady Juliana varied, but it seems that 244-5 was the number that arrived in NSW. The voyage took twelve months less one day, calling into many ports. While in these ports it was an open ship, and was later to become known, as the 'Floating Brothel'. She died in NSW in 1854 (aged 81) and is buried in St Johns cemetry Parramatta NSW.