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Posted: 7th July 2005 19:28
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I think I read this in the site history section awhile ago. The website was called World of Ruin.
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Posted: 7th July 2005 19:29
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Well, that lasted all of four minutes. You're up Laszlow.
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Posted: 7th July 2005 20:00
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If we're allowed to get a little obscure, I'll pull out a few (but not all) of the stops:
What Broadway show, founded by ex-members of the now-disbanded Star of Indiana, featured soloists Jeff Queen and Nick Angeles in their original cast? -------------------- |
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Posted: 14th July 2005 14:35
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I hate to double-post, but the requisite week is up and no one seems to know their Broadway productions or DCI groups... such a shame... Anyhow the answer is BLAST. BLAST is a broadway production which basically has drum corps antics on stage in I believe eight acts. Star of Indiana was an old DCI group that disbanded in 1992 and Jeff Queen and Nick Angeles are two of the world's premier snare players who were soloists in the first act of BLAST's original cast. Get a DVD or something, BLAST is freakin' awesome.
And now the new question, which I expect should be answered considerably sooner: What classic Mega Man enemy does Wily pilfer from the Robot Museum in Mega Man 7? -------------------- |
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Posted: 14th July 2005 15:00
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Guts Man, I believe.
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Posted: 14th July 2005 15:01
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Yeah, that's it. I knew it would go quickly. Up for grabs, then.
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Posted: 14th July 2005 17:15
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What was the Celtic god of the underworld? |
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Posted: 14th July 2005 20:51
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Hel, daughter of loki, i believe
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Posted: 14th July 2005 21:10
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OK, I'm not allowed to answer, but I'll explain why Malshun's wrong. You're thinking in Norse myth, not Celtic. He, the daughter of Loki and Angerboda, was indeed the governess of frozen Niflheim, one of the Norse underworlds, even if the dragon Nidhogg was Niflheim's most ancient resident. Muspelheim, the firey underworld, was ruled by the demon Surtur (or Surt) (keep in mind that there are I believe nine worlds in traditional Norse myth). So, in short, you're wrong because he wants Celtic and not Norse, and even if the question was about Norse it'd be a debatable answer.
Come on, people, the fact that no one's getting this is making the mythology buff in me insane. Edit sentence structure; Hades is Greek, Mike... And Silverfork, I always thought it was spelled Arawn too. Good job getting it. This post has been edited by laszlow on 16th July 2005 14:59 -------------------- |
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Posted: 15th July 2005 21:27
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Hades!!!! Lord of the Underworld!!! Although Celtic i'm not sure...
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Posted: 16th July 2005 00:20
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well, considering that i was the closest, does that mean i get it? at least i got the correct culture (anglo-saxon), no offense footbigmike :-P
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Posted: 16th July 2005 09:19
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Ok just so this will go faster the answer is not Hades (greek), Pluto (roman), or Hel (norse) and though you may consider it cheating just google it.
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Posted: 16th July 2005 10:31
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Wasn't there more than one, or do the names just vary?
Eh, never been much into Celtic mythology past knowing a miniscule amount. Since my computer's moving too slow to even consider Googling it, I'll just throw a wild guess out: Arawn? That's probably misspelled, and probably wrong.  -------------------- Words of Wisdom: If something can go wrong, it will. If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. - Murphy’s Law Boing! Zoom! - Mr. Saturn |
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Posted: 16th July 2005 11:02
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That is correct Arawan is one of the Celtic (Welsh to be more precise) gods of the underworld (or otherworld) so take it away SilverFork.
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Posted: 17th July 2005 15:37
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Ha. That was unexpected.
I might not be on for the next couple of days, so with that in mind I put my turn up for grabs. -------------------- Words of Wisdom: If something can go wrong, it will. If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. - Murphy’s Law Boing! Zoom! - Mr. Saturn |
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Posted: 17th July 2005 15:58
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Stolen! By me!
Which 6 colours are on the sides of a standard rubix cube? |
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Post #90361
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Posted: 17th July 2005 17:19
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First of all, it's called Rubik's cube, named for it's Hungarian (w00t!) inventor. Second, the one on my desk is red, green, blue, white, orange, and yellow.
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Post #90368
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Posted: 17th July 2005 17:28
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I know its rubik's, its just i always spell it with an x.
As for the answer, you are correct. Over to you. |
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Posted: 17th July 2005 17:43
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Mmkay. If my Blast question was too hard, I'll try something less obscure...
What is the claim to fame of Marion Davies, Herman Mankiewicz's (among other people's) ex-lover? -------------------- |
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Posted: 20th July 2005 07:41
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this is a guess, based off some random googling - she was one of the first "female-behind-the-camera-talents"
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Posted: 20th July 2005 10:20
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No, not quite. Here's a hint: she was a key inspiration for a name in Mankiewicz's most famous screenplay. Give me the movie and the name and you're gold.
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Posted: 20th July 2005 19:10
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uhh.....citizen kane was sort-of-based on her, if this one site is to be believed...
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Posted: 20th July 2005 19:36
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... No....
You got the movie right, but I need more. Charles Foster Kane was inspired by William Randolph Hearst. What part of Citizen Kane was inspired by Marion Davies? God, I hate spoonfeeding... I'm not accepting any answer from you, Malshun, because you've obviously done some research and I'm not giving any more hints. -------------------- |
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Posted: 21st July 2005 01:38
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Random guess based on the surplus of information:
Was Rosebud a reference to her? |
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Posted: 21st July 2005 01:58
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Yes. Rosebud was Orson Welles' nickname for her, and also the one part of Citizen Kane that anyone who's heard of the movie knows. Your turn MetroidMorphBall.
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Posted: 21st July 2005 02:23
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IIRC, Rosebud was a reference to one of her naughty parts.
 I heard about that awhile ago, but never would've remembered.In most of the Arthurian legends that pre-date Le Morte D'Arthur, for example the works of Chretien De Troyes, who is the most renowned of Arthur's knights? |
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Posted: 21st July 2005 03:27
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Im not sure about all this but ill guess Sir Lance?
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Posted: 21st July 2005 05:07
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"I'm not accepting any answer from you, Malshun, because you've obviously done some research and I'm not giving any more hints."
lol, geez, thats awfully rude of you, lazlow - i was looking around, had no clue what you were talking about - and obviously nobody else did either - i was trying to keep this tread alive, for one, because i love threads like this - testing for knowledge, etc, whatever - but hey, live and let live, so on and so forth - since someone already got the answer, lets move this train along  -------------------- -In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. -Douglas Adams Slow and steady wont win at the gold saucer -me |
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Posted: 21st July 2005 10:14
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Something is making me think Percival.
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Posted: 21st July 2005 13:46
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Not Lancelot, and not Perceval.
Lancelot would be correct for Le Morte D'Arthur and most of the stories that appear after it, but not before it. |
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