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Three Kings | Answers

Here, in bold, are the answers to the questions I posted earlier.

April.

The flag shown above is from a country where voting began on 23 April 1993, in a UN-monitored referendum to make its independence official. The country is…
- Eritrea—Eritrea, located in the Horn of Africa on the Red Sea, gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a nearly 30-year war. It is a multi-ethnic nation with nine recognised ethnic groups, primarily Tigrinya and Tigre, and is one of the least developed countries globally. Eritrea is a unitary one-party presidential republic, and its capital and largest city is Asmara.
  
  Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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On this day in 1998, James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin who had killed Martin Luther King, Jr., died in prison in the United States. Where had he assassinated King?
- Memphis, Tennessee—Martin Luther King Jr., a leading civil rights figure, was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on 4 April 1968, leading to widespread riots. James Earl Ray, a career criminal, initially pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to 99 years in prison but later recanted, alleging a conspiracy. The King family also believes the assassination was part of a government conspiracy.
  
  Battle of Clontarf [1014] by Hugh Frazer, 1826.
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Today in 1014, the Battle of Clontarf took place, where the High King Brian Boru defeated Viking invaders but was killed in battle. Brian Boru was the king of…
- Ireland—The Battle of Clontarf, fought on 23 April 1014 near Dublin, was a significant conflict between Brian Boru’s Irish forces and a coalition of Leinster, Dublin, and Vikings. Despite heavy casualties on both sides, including the deaths of Brian, his son, and grandson, as well as the opposing leaders, the battle marked a turning point in the decline of Viking power in Ireland and solidified Brian’s legacy as a prominent figure in Irish history.
  
  Drink Coca-Cola 5¢”, an 1890s advertising poster.
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On this day in 1985, a company replaced its tried-and-tested product with a new version. However, in the face of public backlash, they were forced to revert to the original within months. What company?
- Coca-Cola—In April 1985, Coca-Cola introduced a new flavour, New Coke, to combat declining market share, following a formula developed through taste tests. Despite initial taste tests showing most consumers preferred New Coke over both the original Coke and Pepsi, the company faced significant public backlash due to nostalgia for the original taste. Consequently, Coca-Cola reverted to the original formula on 10 July 1985, marketing it as Coca-Cola Classic. New Coke continued to be available, was renamed Coke II in 1992, and was eventually discontinued in 2002.
  
  Ethelred the Unready, circa 968-1016. Illuminated manuscript, The Chronicle of Abindon, c.1220. MS Cott. Claude B.VI folio 87, verso, The British Library.
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On 23 April 1016, King Ethelred II of England passed away. What was his epithet?
- Ethelred the Unready—Ethelred II, known as Ethelred the Unready— was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016. His 37-year reign, the longest of any Anglo-Saxon English king, was marked by conflict with the Danes, including the St Brice’s Day massacre and the Danegeld tribute. As an ineffectual ruler, he failed to prevent Danish invasions, leading to distrust, disloyalty, and failed attempts to buy peace, ultimately resulting in his exile in 1013.

Three Kings

Here are a few questions related to today’s date, 23 April.

The flag shown above is from a country where voting began on 23 April 1993, in a UN-monitored referendum to make its independence official. The country is…
- Eritrea
- South Sudan
- Eswatini
On this day in 1998, James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin who had killed Martin Luther King, Jr., died in prison in the United States. Where had he assassinated King?
- Montgomery, Alabama
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Macon, Georgia
Today in 1014, the Battle of Clontarf took place, where the High King Brian Boru defeated Viking invaders but was killed in battle. Brian Boru was the king of…
- Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
On this day in 1985, a company replaced its tried-and-tested product with a new version. However, in the face of public backlash, they were forced to revert to the original within months. What company?
- Budweiser
- Coca-Cola
- McDonald’s
On 23 April 1016, King Ethelred II of England passed away. What was his epithet?
- Ethelred the Unready
- Ethelred the Unsteady
- Ethelred the Unwieldy

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

Day 111 | Answers

The answers to the questions posed earlier are in bold below.

Lupa Capitolina: she-wolf with Romulus and Remus.
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Where was traditionally founded on 21 April 753 BCE?
- Rome—Archaeological evidence indicates that Rome originated from hilltop villages during the Bronze or Iron Age, while Roman myth attributes its founding to Romulus in 753 BC, who, with his twin, Remus, was raised by a she-wolf. Roman historians connected Rome to Troy through a fictional lineage of kings, culminating in Romulus and Remus, who established Rome after a fratricidal conflict. This narrative, a typical Mediterranean folktale, was adapted to account for Rome’s beginnings and tradition holds that April 21st marked the day Romulus began building Rome, making it the city’s dies natalis—birthday.
  
  John W. Young on the Moon during Apollo 16 mission jumping about 42 Centimeters high. Charles M. Duke Jr. took this picture. The LM Orion is on the left. April 21, 1972.
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The Lunar Lander Orion landed on the Moon’s surface today in 1972. This, the tenth crewed US Apollo mission, was which of these?
- Apollo 16—the tenth crewed US Apollo mission, landed in the Descartes Highlands on the Moon. The crew, Commander John Young, Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke and Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly. Young and Duke spent 71 hours on the lunar surface, collecting samples and conducting moonwalks.
  
  Andrea McArdle, Reid Shelton and Sandy, 1977.
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The original Broadway production of Annie opened on this day in 1977. What is the musical based on?
- Comic strip—is a musical based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie. It premiered on Broadway in 1977, winning seven Tony Awards and spawning numerous productions worldwide.
  
  Brasilia. Image Wikipedia
What planned capital city, designed by a team including Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, was inaugurated today in 1960?
- Brasilia, Brazil—Brasília, Brazil’s federal capital, was founded in 1960 and is known for its modernist architecture and unique urban planning. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.
  
  The Surgeon’s Photo
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The Surgeon’s Photograph, published in the in the UK’s Daily Mail on 21 April 1934, is the most famous photo allegedly showing the…
- Loch Ness monster—The Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie, is a mythical creature said to inhabit Loch Ness in Scotland. Sightings of a large, long-necked creature have been reported since the 6th century, with the most famous account from 1933. Despite numerous alleged sightings and disputed evidence, the scientific community explains these as hoaxes, misidentifications, or wishful thinking.

Day 111

The post title Day 111: 21 April is the 111th day of 2025.

Day 111

All of these are questions based on today’s date, 21 April.

Commemorated annually on the 21 April by the festival of the Parilia, where was traditionally founded on this day in 753 BCE?
- Athens
- Paris
- Rome
The Lunar Lander Orion landed on the Moon’s surface today in 1972. This, the tenth crewed US Apollo mission, was which of these?
- Apollo 14
- Apollo 15
- Apollo 16
The original Broadway production of Annie opened on this day in 1977. What is the musical based on?
- Comic strip
- Novel
- German folk tale
What planned capital city, designed by a team including Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, was inaugurated today in 1960?
- Abuja, Nigeria
- Brasilia, Brazil
- Canberra, Australia
The Surgeon’s Photograph, published in the UK’s Daily Mail on 21 April 1934, is the most famous photo allegedly showing the…
- Bigfoot
- Loch Ness monster
- Yeti

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

An A to Z Cornucopia of Trivia. Part V

Some trivia related to the letters V to Z.

V) In which state is Naulakha, the home built for Rudyard Kipling in 1892-93?
- Veracruz, Mexico
- Vermont, US
- Virginia, US
(W) What are Caol Ila, Laphroaig and Rosebank?
- Water (spring water )—
- Wine
- Whisky
(X) Which of these words is omitted from this poem’s opening lines?
- Xagacía
- Xai-xai
- Xanadu
  
  In ___ did Kubla Khan
  A stately pleasure-dome decree:
  Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
  Through caverns measureless to man
  Down to a sunless sea.
(Y) Which former Soviet republic capital is located on the Hrazdan River?
- Yaounde
- Yaren
- Yerevan
(Z) What activity consisting of rolling downhill inside an orb, typically made of transparent plastic, pictured, is taking place here?
- Zooming
- Zorbing
- Zowing

An A to Z Cornucopia of Trivia. Part III | Answers

(K) Kazakhstan—The flag of Kazakhstan was adopted on 4 June 1992, replacing the Soviet-era flag. The flag was designed by Shaken Niyazbekov.
(L) Lake Huron—Manitoulin Island, the largest lake island in the world, is located in Lake Huron, Ontario. With an area of 2,766 sq km, it contains over 100 lakes, including Lake Manitou, Lake Kagawong and Lake Mindemoya.

Lady Macbeth, Sleepwalking scene, Macbeth. Wikipedia
(M) Macbeth—In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Lady Macbeth sleepwalks, rubbing her hands and recalling the deaths of King Duncan, Lady Macduff and Banquo. The Doctor, observing her guilt-ridden state, believes she needs divine help rather than medical treatment.
(N) Naughtiest—Enid Blyton’s Naughtiest Girl series, set at a progressive boarding school, was written in the 1940s and 1950s. Anne Digby later added to the series.

Poster for Hyde Park of Hudson Wikipedia
(O) Olivia Colman—is an English actress, is known for her roles in television series like Peep Show, Broadchurch and The Crown, as well as films like The Favourite, The Father and The Lost Daughter. She has received numerous awards, including an Academy Award, four BAFTAs, two Emmys and three Golden Globes. As well as playing Elizabeth II in The Crown she played her mother, Queen Elizabeth, who was King George VI’s consort and the future Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, in Hyde Park on Hudson.
(P) Putney Bridge—The Boat Race is an annual rowing competition between Cambridge and Oxford universities, held on the River Thames in London. The men’s race began in 1829 and the women’s race in 1927. Cambridge leads in both the men’s and women’s races, with 87 and 47 wins respectively.

Putney Bridge at Dusk as viewed from the south-west at the boat sheds along the Thames. Wikipedia

An A to Z Cornucopia of Trivia. Part III

Some trivia related to the letters K to P.

(K) The flag pictured above is the flag of…
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
(L) Manitoulin Island, the world’s largest island within a freshwater lake, is in…
- Lake Huron
- Lake Superior
- Lake Winnipeg
(M) The quote, “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!” is from Shakespeare’s…
- Hamlet
- Macbeth
- Othello
(N) The _ Girl in the School was the first in a series by Enid Blyton, the word missing from this title is …
- Nastiest
- Naughtiest
- Nicest
(O) This actress has played both Queen Elizabeth II and her mother, Queen Elizabeth. She is…
- Olivia Colman
- Olivia de Havilland
- Olivia Hussey
(P) The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, which is held in London annually, starts on the River Thames just downstream of…
- Ponders End
- Pratt’s Bottom
- Putney Bridge

An A to Z Cornucopia of Trivia. Part II | Answers

(F) Freesia—Freesia is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants native to eastern southern Africa. Cultivated hybrids of Freesia species are commonly known as “freesias” and grown as ornamental plants.
(G) Golden Cap—Golden Cap, a hill and cliff in Dorset, England, is the highest point near the south coast of Great Britain. It is owned by the National Trust and part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site.

H.G. Wells by George Charles Beresford, 1920. Wikipedia
(H) H.G. Wells—Half a Sixpence is a 1963 musical comedy based on H.G. Wells’s novel Kipps. The show, tailored for Tommy Steele, follows Arthur Kipps, an orphan who inherits a fortune and learns that money can’t buy happiness.
(I) Ireland—In May 1915, the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner, was sunk by the German submarine U-20, 11 miles (18 km) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. This tragic event resulted in the loss of 1,197 lives, including passengers, crew, and stowaways. The sinking significantly boosted American support for entering World War I.
(J) J. Alfred Prufrock—The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is T. S. Eliot’s first published poem, reflecting the title character’s thoughts in stream-of-consciousness style. Initially considered outlandish, it is now seen as a landmark in the shift from Romanticism to Modernism in poetry.
Regarding the wrong alternative answers: J. Bruce Ismay was the chairman of the White Star Line, the owners of the Titanic. He faced criticism and was branded a coward after surviving the sinking. J. Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the FBI. He served in that role in the predecessor organisation, the BOI, and the FBI for a total of 48 years.

RMS *Lusitania*. See #4 above. Wikipedia

An A to Z Cornucopia of Trivia. Part II

Some trivia related to the letters F to J.

(F) Named after a German botanist, what is a flowering plant of the iris family?
- Foxglove
- Freesia
- Fuchsia
(G) Which hill, on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, is the highest point on England’s south coast?
- Golden Cap
- Golden Law
- Golden Tor
(H) Half a Sixpence, the musical, was adapted from the 1905 novel Kipps. Who wrote this novel?(I)
- H.E. Bates
- H. Rider Haggard
- H.G. Wells
(I) In 1915, the RMS Lusitania was torpedoed 11 miles (18 km) off the coast of which country?
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Ivory Coast
(J) What T.S. Eliot character says, “I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;”?
- J. Alfred Prufrock
- J. Bruce Ismay
- J. Edgar Hoover

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

Odd One Out | Answers

The answers to my earlier post are shown in bold below.

Moon—The Moon, Earth’s satellite, is different from planets like Mercury and Mars. While the Moon orbits the Earth, Mercury and Mars, like Earth, orbit the Sun.

Lotus Cars logo. Wikipedia
Emira—it has a petrol engine and is not electric, unlike the Eletre and Emeya. Lotus Group is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and electric vehicles. It comprises Lotus Cars, Lotus Tech and Lotus Engineering. Currently majority-owned by Geely, Lotus has a history of Formula One racing and producing iconic cars like the Lotus Seven and Elise.

Sargasso Sea.
1891 Krummel Petermanns lores/Wikipedia
Sargasso—aka Sargasso Sea is a marine ecosystem whereas the others are both land-based. The Sargasso Sea, a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents, is distinguished by its brown Sargassum seaweed and calm blue water. The Gobi Desert, the sixth largest desert globally, is a vast cold desert and grassland area located in northern China and southern Mongolia. In contrast, the Atacama Desert in Chile is renowned as the driest nonpolar desert, characterised by its extreme aridity due to a temperature inversion, the rain shadow effect created by two mountain ranges, and the influence of the Humboldt ocean current.

Poster for the 1935 film A Night at the Opera. Wikipedia
A Kind of Magic—A Day at the Races, like Queen’s previous album, A Night at the Opera, takes its name from Marx Brothers films. On the other hand, although A Kind of Magic has a film connection, it is not to a film title; it takes its name from a Connor MacLeod quote from the film Highlander: “Hey, it’s a kind of magic!”

The Devil’s Alternative by Frederick Forsyth Wikipedia

Deception Point by Dan Brown Wikipedia

Digital Fortress by Dan Brown Wikipedia
The Devil’s Alternative—was written by British novelist Frederick Forsyth. Deception Point and Digital Fortress are two stand-alone novels by Dan Brown which, unlike The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons etc, do not feature Robert Langdon.
Botswana—Botswana is in Southern Africa while the others are in Asia—Brunei is in Southeast Asia and Bhutan in South Asia. They are all small countries and both Botswana and Bhutan are landlocked while Brunei has a coastline.