Showing posts with label Salvador Dali. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salvador Dali. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

15 Aug, 2018: Day 121

Question 1:
What is the largest surviving Latin American language reaching from Columbia to Chile? Answer: Quechua.


Please see Day 68 for the explanation.

Question 2:
What musical made its world premiere in October 1986, at 57 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4QL? Answer: Phantom of the Opera.


Please see Day 66 for the explanation.

Question 3:
What was the name of the 8000-acre estate inherited by the art patron who commissioned "Lobster Telephone"? Answer: West Dean.


Please see Day 58 for the explanation.

Thursday, February 11, 2016

11 Feb, 2016: Day 58

Question 1:
What was the name of the 8000-acre estate inherited by the art patron who commissioned "Lobster Telephone"? Answer: West Dean.


this search chain starts with finding out more information about "Lobster Telephone". According to the search results it is an object created by the surrealist artist Salvador Dali for the poet Edward James. Looking up Edward James' biography, a pivotal moment in his life was the inheritance of West Dean House, a country estate located southeastern England.

Question 2:
What Chinese territory continued its common law system, even after it reverted to Chinese rule in 1997? Answer: Hong Kong.


Please see Day 13 for the explanation.

Question 3:
Because the core of the sun is so hot, what heavier element is created when hydrogen atoms fuse together in the sun’s core? Answer: helium nuclei.


Type within the search field hydrogen atoms fuse sun core. In the search results one would find that in nuclear fusion hydrogen atoms fuse to form helium nuclei.

Monday, December 14, 2015

14 Dec, 2015: Day 4

Question 1:
In 1972 the wrath of Hurricane Agnes resulted in the evacuation of a Pennsylvania town due to the rising water of what river? Answer: Susquehanna.

Hurricane Agnes Pennsylvania river gives many results, some on the first page describing the Susquehanna River rising near a record 41 feet.

Question 2:
What modern dance company was founded by the co-director of the musical that premiered January 5, 1964, at New York City's Sanctuary Theatre? Answer: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.


January 5, 1964 Sanctuary Theatre yields Jerico-Jim Crow. Replace previous search with Jerico-Jim Crow 1964 Sanctuary Theatre playbill. Click Images to see a scan of the playbill. One of the co-directors is the black choreographer Alvin Ailey. Having your settings set for Google Instant predictions helps, one space after Alvin Ailey coughs up a bunch of options, one of them being the dance company he founded.

Question 3:
What was the name of the pet that often traveled with the artist of "Tuna Fishing"? Answer: Babou.


"Tuna Fishing" artwork yields a Wikipedia entry on Salvador Dali's painting called Tuna Fishing. Replace the previous search with salvador dali pet name. A Telegraph news article on things I didn't know about Salvador Dali, including the name of his pet ocelot.