Trivia

[cariad]

Thanks, Rob. Just re-watched Brazil a few months ago, and enjoyed every bit of it. Who knew Robert DeNiro could do dry wit.

Surprisingly, I choose to ask a biblical question:

The phrase 'the writing on the wall' comes from a memorable story in the Book of Daniel, in which a disembodied hand appears before a king and writes four words upon the wall. What were the four words, and what do they literally mean (not the lengthy interpretation from Daniel)?

[Mizar]

 
 Mene Mene tekel uparsin

 " The one putting Him to Death, is the one Concealing them!"

[cariad]

I had heard a more literal translation, that these were just the names of coins or weights, but there are probably numerous English translations. You got the trickier part, so go for it, Mizar.

[Mizar]

 When Abraham Lincoln was Shot in Fords Theater, He had some Currency on His Person. How Much?

[fc2821]

A five dollar confederate note.  No one know why he had it, a souvinier maybe.   Interesting hat it was a $5 bill, since he is on the US $5 bill now. 

So, what year did Lincoln appear on the US $5 bill?

[okarol]

1914

[Stoday]

1929. The question was about a $5 bill. The $5 bill is significantly smaller than a $5 bank note. $5 bills were first issued in 1929

[fc2821]

         I appologise, I hadn't been back for a while and figured someone would come up with the answer and you guys would move on. 

     And the answer is: 1914 The first $5 Federal Reserve Note was issued with a portrait of Lincoln on the obverse.  Which means okarol is the winner. This is the answer I was looking for.

     While stody is correct regarding the difference between a note and a bill, I was not thinking of that when I type "bill" in my question.  But if we split hairs and such, he would be 100% correct as that was the first year they issued "bills".  So maybe he is a winner too, techically.
   
     But the question the way I meant it to be, though poor choice of phrase, okarol is the winner.   
      I did not distinguish betweenthe terms "note" and "bill" when I was thinking about the question.  To me the terms were interchangable

   

[okarol]

I love having 2 winners!
But since I already have a trivia question ready I will go now!

Name the movie and the youngest girl to receive an Oscar nomination (she ironically losing the award to another child actress.)

[galvo]

Not too easy, okarol. In 1962, 10 year old Mary Badham was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "To Kill A Mockingbird", but the Oscar went to 16 year old Patty Duke for "The Miracle Worker".

[fc2821]

   The youngest actress to win a standard Oscar was Tatum O'Neal, who was 10 years old when she won the Best Supporting Actress award for "Paper Moon" in 1974.  But Galvo is correct the youngest atress to be niminated (which was the question) previous to Tatum O'Neal was Mary Badham. 
    And, I do not know why I felt compelled to throw this bit of info in here.   

[okarol]

You're right galvo!
Hey fc - good info, I didn't realize Tatum was that young in Paper Moon!

[galvo]

Which US President won office while running with the slogan  "Vote Yourself a Farm" and then was re-elected with the slogan "Don't Swap Horses in the Middle of the Stream"?

[cariad]

Which US President won office while running with the slogan  "Vote Yourself a Farm" and then was re-elected with the slogan "Don't Swap Horses in the Middle of the Stream"?

This sounds very much like the shrub but I don't know.

[galvo]

the shrub??

[cariad]

the shrub??

Guess this one did not make it out of the US. Shrub=a little Bush.

I googled it and so I already know I'm wrong, although he did apparently steal the changing horses line at some point in his presidency.

[galvo]

I should have picked up on that.

Come on you Americans. Where's your knowledge of your nation's history?

[cariad]

I should have picked up on that.

Nah, my husband did not even get it, and he lived here through that nightmare....

Come on you Americans. Where's your knowledge of your nation's history?

I agree! There are not many choices - we've only had 44 presidents, and fewer multiple-term ones - so start guessing!

[okarol]

Which US President won office while running with the slogan  "Vote Yourself a Farm" and then was re-elected with the slogan "Don't Swap Horses in the Middle of the Stream"?

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran for President with the campaign slogan "Vote Yourself a Farm", referring to the Republican party's promise to support legislation granting free homesteads to settlers of the Western frontier. Four years later, during the Civil War, his presidential campaign slogan was "Don't swap horses in midstream." It was also used by George W. Bush, with detractors parodying it as "Don't change horsemen in mid-apocalypse."

[cariad]

It was also used by George W. Bush, with detractors parodying it as "Don't change horsemen in mid-apocalypse."

I had not heard that one, but I LOVE IT!!! The one I heard was "Don't change streams mid-horses", a parody on his famous and frequent 'Bushisms'.

[galvo]

okarol triumphs. And will pose the next question.

[okarol]

What did William Shakespeare's do on his 52nd birthday: 23 April 1616?

[galvo]

Dropped dead!

[okarol]

Yup! You're up!

[galvo]

In 1789 George Washington took his oath as president on the balcony at Federal Hall. In what city did this occur?