Showing posts with label Truman Capote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Truman Capote. Show all posts

Thursday, July 19, 2018

19 Jul 2018, Day 106

Question 1:
In November of 2011, on the soap "General Hospital", Dante puts an engagement ring on Lulu's finger as she is doing what kitchen chore? Answer: baking.


Start by looking with this search: November 2011 "General Hospital" Dante engagement Lulu. Hint: the answer is there, buried somewhere in the results on the first page. What is Lulu baking? Let me know in the comments.

Question 2:
The youngest child of Amasa Coleman Lee based a book character on which of her childhood friends? Answer: Truman Capote.


Please see Day 5 for the explanation.

Question 3:
Of the Maya ruins on Mexico's Caribbean coast, which is the most remote and best known for it's series of huge stucco masks? Answer: Kohunlich.


Place this in the search field: Mayan ruins stucco masks. You see many references to the ruins associated with the Temple of the Masks.

Friday, January 6, 2017

06 Jan, 2017: Day 83

Question 1:
Richard Petty Motorsports created a team for Michael Annett to compete in the 2012 Nationwide Championship, with what chain of truck stops sponsoring his car? Answer: Pilot Flying J.


Please see Day 9 for the explanation..

Question 2:
What was the name of the first literary character that Truman Capote modelled after his friend, Harper Lee? Answer: Idabel Thompkins.


Please see Day 75 for the explanation..

Question 3:
What was the English translation of the Arabic nickname that the oldest son of Saddam Hussein's gave himself? Answer: wolf.


The fastest way I found the answer was the most inelegent: type son of Saddam Hussein within the search field. Hint: Uday and Odai are the same person, but you want to look for the former if you want to answer this question.

Sunday, February 28, 2016

27 Feb, 2016: Day 75

Question 1:
One of the most important race tracks in North America, originally built in 1894, goes by what nickname in the horse racing industry? Answer: The Big A.


Several race tracks to chose from, historical to the present. Look for them by typing horse racing track 1894 nickname into the search field..

Question 2:
The main character in the Broadway production of "Jersey Boys" was the lead singer for a band that celebrated their first commercial release in what year? Answer: 1953.


Please see Day 6 for the explanation..

Question 3:
What was the name of the first literary character that Truman Capote modeled after his friend, Harper Lee? Answer: Idabel Thompkins.


This question is in relation to the one posted on Day 5. I think it's nice they immortalised each other in their work. Look up the answer by typing in the search field "Harper Lee" character "Truman Capote". You might have to do some digging beyond the page results.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

15 Dec, 2015: Day 5

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.


baroque cathedral and Christopher Wren. That will get St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. Replace the previous search with St. Paul Cathedral footbridge. Several articles on the Millennium Bridge.

Question 2:
What is the birth name of the man interviewed by the chairman and CEO of OWN in the debut episode of "Next Chapter?”  Answer: Steven Victor Tallarico.

OWN is the Oprah Winfrey Network, operated by Oprah Winfrey. Her television show was called Next Chapter. next chapter oprah debut is which you want to put in the search field. In oprah.com there is an article describing her show's premiere with Aerosmith's Steven Tyler. That was considered the wrong answer, though I double checked it using the Library of Congress. Under LC Name Authority File rules his stage name supersedes his legal one(like Mark Twain supersedes Samuel Clemens), but Google was being an asshole. I had asked for the first letters on this one, went to Wikipedia to answer the rest. 

Question 3:
The youngest child of Amasa Coleman Lee based a book character on which of her childhood friends? Answer: Truman Capote.


Amasa Coleman Lee was the father of author Harper Lee. harper lee mockingbird friend based and the fourth result from biography.com yields the name Truman Capote.