Which European capital cities lie north of Moscow?
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Moscow is at latitude 55° 45'N. The following European capital cities are further north: Riga, Latvia: Lat 56° 57'N Stockholm, Sweden: Lat 59° 22'N Tallinn, Estonia: Lat 59° 27'N Oslo, Norway: Lat 59° 55'N Helsinki, Finland: Lat 60° 11'N Reykjavik, Iceland: Lat 64° 8'N Note: Copenhagen, Denmark, 55° 41'N, falls just south. |
Pete Mitchell
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Complete the following sequence:
9.78 | 8.95 | 23.12 | 2.45 | 43.18 | 12.91 | 74.08 | 6.14 | 98.48 | ?:?.?
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3:26.00. The sequence represents the World Records in each of the individual events of the decathlon. 9.78 seconds 100 m Tim Montgomery, USA 8.95 metres Long Jump Mike Powell, USA 23.12 metres Shot put Randy Barnes, USA 2.45 metres High Jump Javier Sotomayor, Cuba 43.18 seconds 400 m Michael Johnson, USA 12.91 seconds 110 m Hurdles Colin Jackson, UK 74.08 metres Discus Jürgen Schult, East Germany 6.14 meters Pole Vault Sergei Bubka, Ukraine 98.48 metres Javelin Jan Zelezny, Czech Republic 3:26.00 minutes 1500 m Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco |
Venky
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Who links Mike Stivic to the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield?
Rob Reiner and Tony Blair are both Martians - Mark
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Anthony "Tony" Booth Explanation: Booth is the father-in-law to Tony Blair, current British Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Sedgefield since 1983. Booth was in the British sitcom "Till Death Us Do Part", on which the American show "All in the Family" was based. He played the boyfriend, Mike, on which the character Michael Stivic, played by Rob Reiner, was based. Other tidbits uncovered during the search: Josh Nevada provides an on-line list of Martians who have infiltrated Earth and are living among us. According to this list, found at http://www.geocities.com/martiansinfiltratedonearth/, both Rob Reiner and Tony Blair are actually Martians. Anthony Booth is the star and subject of the TV movie "When Pat Phoenix Met Tony Booth". Rob Reiner directed "When Harry Met Sally". |
Pete Mitchell
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Tony Blair's father-in-law, Tony Booth, played Mike in "Till Death Us Do Part". So I suppose strictly, the answer to "who links them" is Cherie Blair. |
Vicky
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What's the value of these pictures?
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Marilyn Monroe + David Carradine + Lord Voldemort = MMDCLV = 2655. |
Alan
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Which two of the world's harshest, driest places face west across a cold ocean that keeps its cloud and rain to itself?
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Atatcama Desert (On the West coast of South America) and Namib Desert (Namibia) |
Peter Smyth
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This was a poor question as many deserts fit that description to some degree although the Atacama and Namib (in that order) are the best examples for being the driest and harshest places on the planet yet so close to an ocean which is often shrouded in cloud. There are parts of the Atacama that have not received any rainfall in four centuries.
Who lives at the intersection of Croesus and Mammon?
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Mr. Burns (Full Name: Charles Montgomery Burns) in the TV show, "The Simpsons", whose mansion is located at the corner of Croesus and Mammon. Croesus was the last king of Lydia (560 - 546 BC) known for his great wealth. By extension, it means any rich man. Mammon, derived from the classical Hebrew word for personal wealth, came to be used as a name for a postulated god of greed (or personification of greed) in medieval literature. Evidently Burns got to name those streets himself. |
Venky
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Lexus, Gap, Nokia, Reebok, American Express, Guinness
Black and Decker, Toyota, Texaco, AT&T, Pizza Hut
Link these two lists with a cola and a newspaper.
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Pepsi, USA Today (products placed in "Minority Report" and "Back to the Future II") |
Kepano
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Lexus, Gap, Nokia, Reebok, American Express and Guinness featured as product placements (among many others) in the Spielberg movie "Minority Report". Black and Decker, Toyota, Texaco, AT&T and Pizza Hut (again among many others) featured in the movie "Back to the Future II". There were two other brands, which featured as product placements in both movies, Pepsi, the cola and USA Today, the newspaper. These two provide the link between the two lists. |
Venky
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What links an ancient sea, the daughters of Adam, a river through the dreaming spires and a Normandy beach?
Several players got part of the way there. The easist one is the river through the dreaming spires, dreaming spires refers to Oxford. The river through Oxford is known as the Thames or Isis (I'm not sure if this is a quantum effect or just some sort of double representation). Isis was the sister and bride of Osiris (and mother as well, the Egyptians liked to keep it in the family). Juno, one of the Normandy beaches involved in the D Day landings, was the sister and bride of Jupiter.
One of the great seas/oceans of the ancient Earth was named Tethys, a wide east-west trending ocean that separated Laurasia from Gondwanaland from Triassic to early Tertiary times. Tethys was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus. She was the bride of her brother, Oceanus.
And the daughters of Adam? Where did Cain find his wife? I think we can work it out.
All are mythological characters who married their brothers.
In my trusty dictionary between a Hindu handkerchief and a peculiarly Aussie term of endearment I find a brigand, an oatcake, a church notice, African farming people, an outer defensive position, a diminutive crustacean and a fabulous reptile.
Can you find five trades or occupations on these pages?
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banderillero, bandmaster, bandsman, banian, banjoist, banker, bantamweight, barber, bard, bargeman, baritone, barkeep, bartender, barker, barman, barmaid, barnstormer, barrister, baseman, bassist, basso Explanation: Hindi handkerchief: bandana brigand: bandit oatcake: bannock church notice: banns African farming people: Bantu outer defensive position: barbican diminuitive crustacean: barnacle fabulous reptile: basilisk Aussie term of endearment: bastard Trades or Occupations between "bandana" and "bastard" (I am assuming "bandit" is off-limits, since it's one of the listed clues) banderillero: One who implants the banderillas in a bullfight. bandmaster: One who conducts a musical band. bandsman: A musician in a band. banian: A Hindu merchant or trader. banjoist: One who plays the banjo. banker: An officer of a bank. Also, a Newfoundland
cod fisherman. bantamweight: A boxer in the weight class of 112 to 118 pounds. barber: One whose business is to cut hair. bard: A poet. bargeman: A crew member on a barge. baritone: A male singer with a higher range than a bass and lower than a tenor barkeep/bartender: One who owns or runs a bar. barker: An employee who stands before the entrance to a show and solicits customers with loud, colorful sales talk. barmaid/barman: One who serves drinks in a bar. barnstormer: A performer of stunt flying and parachute jumping barrister: A lawyer admitted to plead at the bar in the superior courts. baseman: A baseball player assigned to first, second, or third base. bassist: One who plays bass. basso: A bass singer, esp. in opera. |
Pete Mitchell
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Who painted this scene?
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Francisco de Goya (1814, The Shooting of May 3, 1808, Prado, Madrid) |
Kepano
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