Trivia

[dwcrawford]

Wow... you are smart.

So Galvo and the rest:  I just read the original intent of the Trivia thread.  It was "to have fun looking up the ansers" so I will face the firing squad at noon for question googling.  lol  Or perhaps you could all just beat me with a wet noodle.

[kristina]

I am awfully sorry, Mizar, it is not a "Baguette",
but you have given it a very good try.

[YLGuy]

A man would throw a Diamond brand match on the BBQ to start it.
A diamond is a girl's best friend.

[kristina]

Sorry YLguy, you haven't got it quite yet.

It will be helpful if you consider the second part of this riddle:

They are different, but they are the same.

The answer lies in thinking about this part of the riddle.

[galvo]

Blowed if I can work it out, Kristina.

Mr C. - firing squad or wet noodles? Definitely the former.

[Mizar]

This is a Good One, Kristina, it has been Making Me Crazy, all Afternoon.

[Mizar]

I'm going out on a Limb, here.
Can both Questions, be Answered, with a Homonym?
A Word, that is Pronounced and Spelled, the Same, but has a Different Meaning?

[kristina]

I am very sorry about this riddle, I even thought a little bit of google may spin-up the answer...
But it looks to be proving overly difficult and I am sorry for this. The answer to the riddle, taking one step at a time is:
Men put CHARCOAL on the barbecue and a DIAMOND is a girls best friend.
As CHARCOAL and a DIAMOND are obviously different, as there is no sense in putting a diamond into a barbecue
and no girl would wear a piece of charcoal on her finger,
BUT, charcoal and diamonds are chemically identical, and charcoal can be converted by the action of heat.
(This is what they say, but I think the heat would be enormously colossal and possibly enormous pressure might be involved as well
because diamonds must have been subject to great heat and pressure in the formation of the earth-crust).

Don't think that you can throw a lot of charcoal on the barbecue and then shovel up vast quantities of diamonds.
If this was possible I would not be sitting here typing this, I would be on a yacht in the Mediterranean...

If I may suggest, if this is alright with you, Mizar got charcoal and diamond and I think
she should have the opportunity to put the next question, if that is OK with you all. What do you think?

Kind regards from Kristina.

[Mizar]

Thank You, Kristina.

Another Trivia Question, in the form of a Question.  -  Could You Hum, the " Anacreontic Song "  this, very Second?  I Bet You Could.  -   Because?

[dwcrawford]

The melody, thought not the words, has become The Star Spangled banns after some tweaking and new lyriccs by Francis Scott Key

[Mizar]

You are Correct, Mr. DW. 

[dwcrawford]

Tenor Richard Versalle completed only part of the opening scene of the 1996 Met Performance of The Makcropulos Case.   What common household item interupped his performance and why?

[kristina]

The common household item
which interrupted his performance
was a ladder.
He fell from it & that caused
him to suffer a fatal heart-attack.
Very sad.

[dwcrawford]

Damn, and I thought it was a hard question.   You're turn.

[kristina]

Thanks very much, Dan.

I know how you just love a riddle,
so here is another, it is a riddle from the Ancient Greeks:

Near Thebes there lived a very gruesome Sphinx
who gave this  riddle to every traveller who passed by.
Travellers unable to find the answer would not survive.
The riddle is as follows:
In the morning “it” has four legs,
at  midday two legs,
and in the evening three legs.
when it has most legs its movement is at its slowest.
Explain this riddle. Oedipus had the answer.
Do you have the answer as well?

[dwcrawford]

Man  -- a baby crawls on four lets, adults walk on two lets and old man might walk with a cane?

[kristina]

Well done, that was very quick and absolutely right.
Over to you, Dan...

[dwcrawford]

Ok, you were so fast with my last opera trivia (though  I’m sure it wasn’t trivial for Richard).  Why did opera singer Armand Castelmary refused to take curtain call at the end of  Act I of Martha and need a stand-in for the rest of the performance?

[kristina]

He suffered a fatal heart-attack.

Hello, Dan, could we please have a few more "livings" and leave the "deadens" alone for a while?
(I didn't feel so well today...)

[dwcrawford]

do it yourself.  I quit.  could we few had a few more obnoxiouly boring ones?  I'm tired.

[kristina]

Now, now, Dan...
Don't forget, we are all sitting in the same boat:
some in luxury cabins and others in a little shed.
Adding to this, some of us are more sensitive than others,
& I think it is a very good idea to be fair and civil to each other.
Wouldn't you agree? Thank you, Kristina.

Here is my question:

His name is Heinz Valk
& he is a cultural figure in his country.
He coined one of the most famous sentences used
in this country’s struggle for the restoration of independence.
(Against the evils of totalitarianism).
This sentence hardened the people’s determination
to stand up against the tanks and the machine-guns,
but no drop of blood was shed in this remarkable revolution.
What is the country’s name and what is the famous sentence?

[MandaMe1986]

"One day, we will win in any case!" and he was from the Soviet Union

[kristina]

Well done, Manda,

What you say is correct, but if we were splitting hairs,
you could have also said, he is from Estonia
a former "Satellite-State" of the Soviet Union,
but now independent again.

Don't you think what he instigated is very impressive?
Think of it: a revolution with no bloodshed whatsoever!
He most certainly was the right man
at the right place at the right time!

Over to you...

[kristina]

P.S. Mind you, sometimes I wonder
       WHY it went so easy...

       Over to you, Manda...

[kristina]

I have received a personal message from DW.Crawford & I do not comprehend what he means.
I have received other personal messages from him in the past, but now I am under the impression that DW.Crawford wishes to have some conflict.
I do not comprehend this. We are all struggling with kidney-failure, we are all unwell, so what is the point of starting a conflict with each other?
Here is the message I received:

"Actually Dear Kristina, I resent your telling me what questions to ask.  This is triva.  Your questions are not trivia, but rather mini essays.  Do as you want but just understand  that I truly resented your comment."