Showing posts with label Holly Golightly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holly Golightly. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

18 Jul 2018, Day 105

Question 1:
In the 219th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, what planet's borders were said to be recognizable from space? Answer: Earth.


Please see Day 61 for the explanation.

Question 2:
What is the name of the facility where Holly goes each week to visit Salvatore Tomato? Answer: Sing Sing.


Please see Day 31 for the explanation.

Question 3:
What is the last line of the poem in which the famous line about "Mistah Kurtz" is used as an epigraph? Answer: Not with a bang but a whimper.


Please see Day 85 for the explanation.

Friday, November 18, 2016

18 Nov, 2016: Day 81

Question 1:
What is the name of the facility where Holly goes each week to visit Salvatore Tomato? Answer: Sing Sing.


Please see Day 31 for the explanation.

Question 2:
Where had the man, who in 2008 set fire to South Korea's first National Treasure, set a fire in 2006, for which he was also arrested and charged? Answer: Changgyeong Palace.

First, find the what is South Korea’s first National Treasure. Enter in the search field South Korea National Treasure for the answer Namdaemun or Sungnyemun. Enter another search: Namdaemun or Sungnyemun with fire 2008 arsonist for the answer Chae Jong-gi. The final search is using the query Chae Jong-gi 2006.

Question 3:
The Oscar nominated movie released in 2011 that received a "fresh" rating of less than 50% on "Rotten Tomatoes", was based on a book by what author? Answer: Jonathan Safran Foer.


Please see Day 46 for the explanation.

Friday, February 12, 2016

12 Feb, 2016: Day 59

Question 1:
What is the name of the facility where Holly goes each week to visit Salvatore Tomato? Answer: Sing Sing.


Please see Day 31 for the explanation.

Question 2:
The longest tennis match in history was played over three days and included how many strokes by the American born player? Answer: 1094.


After spending a few hours understanding the game and trying to dig out statistics on this game I finally settled on using tennis strokes longest game -rally to start the search. On the resulting page is a number that will answer Goggle's question. Take 2198 strokes tennis and you will find details on one of the greatest tennis matches in living memory.

Question 3:
Ancient myth believed that beneath Mount Etna a mighty giant was buried. Who was believed to have hurled this giant from heaven? Answer: Jove.


Try using as your search term Mount Etna mythology then Enceladus mythology. Contained is the story of Enceladus, one of the race of Giants, who in the war against the Olympian Gods was the foe of Athena. The island of Sicily was created when she threw a mountain at him as he fled. According to Wikipedia it was Zeus(Jove) who directed Athena to carry out this act. I will have to consult an expert. Stay tuned.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

14 Jan, 2015: Day 31

Question 1:
The north end of what footbridge is very near the magnificent baroque cathedral that is famous for the dome added by restorer Christopher Wren? Answer: Millennium Bridge.


Please see Day 5 for the explanation.

Question 2:
What is the name of the facility where Holly goes each week to visit Salvatore Tomato? Answer: Sing Sing.


Type Holly Salvatore Tomato retrieving search results that reveal the three words to represent characters Holly Golightly and Salvatore Tomato from the novella and movie Breakfast at Tiffany's. Once you have the title it's relatively easy to find the plot: Ms. Golightly visits the mobster Tomato every week during his incarceration.

Question 3:
What mountain in Switzerland includes three types of glacial erosion, and resembles an ancient Egyptian structure with four specific sides? Answer: Matterhorn.


When I was a kid and the The Eiger Sanction was on television practically every week I heard the Matterhorn was THE challenge for Alpine climbers in Europe. Maybe has something to do with its unusually high body count(Mount Everest has over 250, but it's increasing due to popularity). Still, how to find. Use switzerland mountain four sides glacial erosion. No guarantee that it will work. That description sums up most of the mountains in the Swiss Alps.