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  • Initially FIVES—Answers

    Here are the answers to the questions from my earlier post.

    Enable and Frankie Dettori at the 2018 Breeders’ Cup.
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    One

    In 2018, which jockey won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for the second year in a row riding Enable?

    Frankie Dettori

    Italian jockey Lanfranco ‘Frankie’ Dettori, based in England for over 35 years, achieved significant success, including riding all seven winners at Ascot on 28 September 1996. He was British flat racing Champion Jockey three times and rode 287 Group 1 race winners. After a long career with Godolphin Racing and Al Shaqab Racing, he announced his retirement from professional riding in 2023.

    Two

    What ‘I’ are animals that have no backbones?

    Answer: Invertebrates

    Invertebrates are animals that lack a backbone, or spine. They include arthropods (such as insects and spiders), molluscs (like snails and clams), annelids (e.g. earthworms), echinoderms (like starfish and sea urchins), flatworms, cnidarians (such as jellyfish and corals), and sponges.

    Virginia Woolf.
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    Three

    Which Hogarth Press co-founder published their third novel, Jacob’s Room, in 1922?

    Answer: Virginia Woolf

    Virginia Woolf’s third novel, Jacob’s Room, centres on the life of Jacob Flanders, presented through the impressions of other characters. The novel explores themes of emptiness and absence, portraying Jacob as a series of perceptions rather than a concrete reality.

    Four

    The writer of the song Always Look on the Bright Side of Life is described by Wikipedia as a ‘actor, comedian, songwriter, musician, screenwriter and playwright’. Who is he?

    Answer: Eric Idle

    Always Look on the Bright Side of Life is a comedy song by Eric Idle, featured in Monty Python’s Life of Brian. It became a popular singalong and reached No. 3 on the UK singles chart in 1991. In 2014, it was shown to be the most popular song choice for Britons to have played at their funerals.

    Scapa Flow during World War II, 1942.
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    Five

    The Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet was based at which anchorage in the Orkney Islands during the First World War?

    Answer: Scapa Flow

    Scapa Flow, a sheltered body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, has been significant for travel, trade and conflict throughout history. It served as the UK’s chief naval base during both World Wars before closing in 1956. On 21 June 1919, the interned Imperial German Navy’s High Seas Fleet was scuttled by its sailors in Scapa Flow with 52 of the 74 vessels sank.

    FIVES

    The post-title FIVES provided the initial letters F-I-V-E-S for each answer in order, with a prompt at number 2—What ‘I’—to hopefully help you on the road.

  • Initially FIVES

    Here are five random questions today, unrelated to the date, but with a clue in the title.

    Enable.
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    One

    In 2018, which jockey won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for the second year in a row riding Enable?

    Two

    What ‘I’ are animals that have no backbones?

    Three

    Which Hogarth Press co-founder published a third novel, Jacob’s Room, in 1922?

    Four

    The writer of the song Always Look on the Bright Side of Life is described by Wikipedia as an ‘actor, comedian, songwriter, musician, screenwriter and playwright’. Who is he?

    Five

    The Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet was based at which anchorage in the Orkney Islands during the First World War?

    Good luck! I’ll post the answers later today.

  • The Tide Is High—Answers

    Here are the answers to the questions I posted earlier.

    The Admiral Benbow in Penzance, reportedly an inspiration for Stevenson’s Inn.
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    One

    Which 1883 novel begins at an inn called the Admiral Benbow, and who wrote it?

    Answer: Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson

    The Admiral Benbow in Penzance is reportedly an inspiration for Stevenson’s Inn from Treasure Island, although the inn in the story was set in a rural location.

    Two

    Lady Jane Grey’s reign of only nine days came between what two other monarchs?

    Answer: Edward VI and Mary I

    Lady Jane Grey, known as the ‘Nine Days Queen’, was proclaimed Queen of England and Ireland in 1553 after Edward VI’s death. However, her reign was short-lived as Mary I was proclaimed queen just nine days later. Jane was later executed for treason in 1554.

    Three

    Of what ocean is the Bay of Fundy an arm?

    Answer: Atlantic Ocean

    The Bay of Fundy (French: Baie de Fundy) is a bay located between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and the US state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine and is renowned for its exceptionally high tidal range, making it the highest in the world.

    Cnidus Aphrodite.
    Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original of the 4th century.
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    Four

    Which ancient goddess of love is a 2010 album by Kylie Minogue named after?

    Answer: Aphrodite

    Aphrodite, the ancient Greek goddess of love, beauty and passion, was associated with various symbols and worshipped in several cult centres. Her origins can be traced back to the Phoenician goddess Astarte and the Sumerian goddess Inanna.

    Five

    What ‘A’, found in perfumes and food, is defined as follows?

    a waxy substance that originates as a secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale, found floating in tropical seas and used in perfume manufacture. — Oxford English Dictionary

    Answer: Ambergris

    Ambergris, used in perfumes like musk, has also been used as a flavouring agent in food and drink, including a favourite dish of King Charles II and in Turkish coffee and hot chocolate.

    ambergris /ˈambəɡriːs , ˈambəɡrɪs /
    ▸ noun [mass noun] a waxy substance that originates as a secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale, found floating in tropical seas and used in perfume manufacture.
    – ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ambre gris ‘grey amber’, as distinct from ambre jaune ‘yellow amber’ (the resin).
    — Oxford English Dictionary

    Mother and baby sperm whale.
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  • The Tide Is High

    Low and high tide.
    Image from Ocean Info.

    I have five random questions for you today. They’re unrelated to the date or each other.

    One

    Which 1883 novel begins at an inn called the Admiral Benbow, and who wrote it?

    Two

    Lady Jane Grey’s reign of only nine days came between what two other monarchs?

    Three

    Of what ocean is the Bay of Fundy an arm?

    Four

    Which ancient goddess of love is a 2010 album by Kylie Minogue named after?

    Five

    What ‘A’, found in perfumes and food, is defined as follows?

    a waxy substance that originates as a secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale, found floating in tropical seas and used in perfume manufacture.

    — Oxford English Dictionary

    Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

  • Ring of Fire—Answers

    Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica),
    Deception Island, South Shetland Islands.
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    One

    How old, in years, was Stevie Wonder when Little Stevie Wonder – The Twelve Year Old Genius topped the US album charts in 1963?

    • 11
    • 12
    • 13

    Answer: 13

    Stevie Wonder was  13 years 3 months old when his album Little Stevie Wonder – The Twelve Year Old Genius (1963) topped the US charts.
    — Guinness World Records

    Two

    What’s is a species of penguin?

    • Backstrap
    • Bootstrap
    • Chinstrap

    Answer: Chinstrap

    The chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) is a penguin species that inhabits various islands and shores in the Southern Pacific and the Antarctic Oceans. Its name stems from the narrow black band under its head, which makes it appear as if it were wearing a black helmet. Due to its loud, harsh call, other common names include ringed penguin, bearded penguin, and stonecracker penguin. — Wikipedia

    Three

    Johnny Cash’s family once blocked advertisers using Ring of Fire, what did they want to promote?

    • Pacific ring sea cruises
    • Haemorrhoid preparations
    • Propane gas products

    Answer: Haemorrhoid preparations

    …the 1963 classic “Ring of Fire”, was to be used in a commercial for a haemorrhoid ointment. The Cash family blocked the deal immediately. Johnny Cash’s daughter Rosanne, also a singer, explained that the family would never allow the song to be demeaned in this way. When she hears the lines “And it burns, burns, burns, that ring of fire” she is in no doubt that “it is about the transformative power of love. That is what it will always mean to us”.
    — The Independent

    Four

    Which city was the birthplace of former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir?

    • Kyiv, Ukraine
    • Ljubljana, Slovenia
    • Minsk, Belarus

    Answer: Kyiv, Ukraine

    Meir was born Golda Mabovitch on 3 May 1898 into a Jewish family in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. Her parents were Blume Neiditch (died 1951) and Moshe Yitzhak Mabovitch (died 1944), a carpenter. Meir wrote in her autobiography that her earliest memories were of Moshe boarding up the front door in response to rumours of an imminent pogrom. She was named after Blume’s paternal grandmother, Golde. She had two sisters, Sheyna (born 1889) and Tzipke (later known as Clara; born 1902), as well as five other siblings who died in infancy. — Wikipedia

    Five

    It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy Day is a song which was originally featured in what 1939 film?

    • Beauty and the Beast
    • Gulliver’s Travels
    • Sleeping Beauty

    Answer: Gulliver’s Travels

    “It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy Day” is a popular song with words by Sammy Timberg & Winston Sharples and music by Al J. Neiburg. It was featured in the animated feature film Gulliver’s Travels in 1939. It was a hit in the UK in 1940 during the Battle of Britain, having been played heavily on BBC radio. — Wikipedia

  • Ring of Fire

    One

    How old, in years, was Stevie Wonder when Little Stevie Wonder – The Twelve Year Old Genius topped the US album charts in 1963?

    • 11
    • 12
    • 13

    Two

    What’s is a species of penguin?

    • Backstrap
    • Bootstrap
    • Chinstrap

    Three

    Johnny Cash’s family once blocked advertisers using Ring of Fire, what did they want to promote?

    • Pacific ring sea cruises
    • Haemorrhoid preparations
    • Propane gas products

    Four

    Which city was the birthplace of former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir?

    • Kyiv, Ukraine
    • Ljubljana, Slovenia
    • Minsk, Belarus

    Five

    It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy Day is a song which was originally featured in what 1939 film?

    • Beauty and the Beast
    • Gulliver’s Travels
    • Sleeping Beauty

    Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

  • A Few Words—Answers

    Here are the answers to my earlier questions.

    Marlene Dietrich and Robert W. Service on the set of The Spoilers (1942)
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    One

    A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon;
    The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune;
    Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew,
    And watching his luck was his light-o’-love, the lady that’s known as Lou.
    — The Shooting of Dan McGrew by Robert W. Service

    The above quote opens a verse by a man known as the ‘Bard of the Yukon’ and the ‘The Canadian Kipling’. What was his name?

    Answer: Robert W. Service

    Robert William Service, born in Preston, Lancashire, England, was the third of ten children. He lived with his aunts and grandfather in Kilwinning, Scotland, where he composed his first verse at age six before moving to Glasgow with his parents. After an early career in banking in Scotland he travelled to Canada in his early twenties and eventually returned to banking in British Columbia and Yukon. It was during this time that he was inspired to write about the communities he lived in and people he mingled with which led to his best known works. He passed away in France on 11 September 1958 at the age of 84.

    Richard Ashcroft.
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    Two

    ‘Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony, that’s life
    Tryna make ends meet
    You’re a slave to money then you die
    I’ll take you down the only road I’ve ever been down
    You know the one that takes you to the places
    Where all the veins meet yeah

    The quote above is the first verse of a song co-written by Richard Ashcroft of The Verve who was born this day in 1971. What is the song?

    Answer: Bittersweet Symphony

    Bitter Sweet Symphony by the Verve, released in 1997, samples the Rolling Stones’ The Last Time. Legal issues led to the Verve relinquishing royalties, but in 2019, rights were returned to the Verve’s Richard Ashcroft.

    Lady Chatterley’s Lover, US unexpurgated edition 1959.
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    Three

    Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

    An author, born on 11 September 1885 in Nottinghamshire, England, wrote this as the first line of a controversial book published in 1928. What is the book and who is the author?

    Answer: Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence

    Lady Chatterley’s Lover, D. H. Lawrence’s final novel, was first published privately in 1928-29. Its explicit content and an obscenity trial in British courts in 1960 made it notorious.

    William Sydney Porter/O. Henry in his thirties.
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    Four

    One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it
    was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
    — The Gift of the Magi

    This opening paragraph is from The Gift of the Magi, which was written by William Sydney Porter, who was born on this day in 1862. An author and poet, he is best known for his short stories, which he wrote under a pseudonym consisting of an initial and second name. What is that pen name?

    Answer: O. Henry

    O. Henry’s stories are renowned for their observations, witty narration, and unexpected conclusions. The Gift of the Magi, quoted above, begins on Christmas Eve. Della realises she has hardly any money to buy her husband Jim a present. Determined, she cuts and sells her beloved long hair to buy a platinum fob chain for Jim’s watch. In turn, Jim sells his watch to buy Della combs. Despite the impracticality of their gifts, they realise the true value of their love.

    ‘Do you expect me to talk? / ‘No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.’
    Goldfinger, 1964.
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    Five

    Do you expect me to talk?”
    “No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.

    Th sample from Goldfinger (1964) features on a remixed version of the James Bond Theme for Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) by Richard Melville Hall. Hall, born on 11 September 1965, is known by his professional name.

    Answer: Moby

    Moby produced a remixed version of the James Bond theme for the film Tomorrow Never Dies. The remix, which charted at number eight on the UK Singles Chart, features dialogue samples from the Bond films GoldenEye—Pierce Brosnan saying “Bond, James Bond”—and Goldfinger.

  • A Few Words

    Today’s questions focus on individuals and words associated with them. These individuals were either born or passed away on September 11th.

    Marlene Dietrich and ___ on the set of The Spoilers (1942)
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    One

    A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon;
    The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune;
    Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew,
    And watching his luck was his light-o’-love, the lady that’s known as Lou.
    — The Shooting of Dan McGrew

    The above quote opens a verse by a man known as the ‘Bard of the Yukon’ and the ‘The Canadian Kipling’. What was his name?

    Two

    ‘Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony, that’s life
    Tryna make ends meet
    You’re a slave to money then you die
    I’ll take you down the only road I’ve ever been down
    You know the one that takes you to the places
    Where all the veins meet yeah

    The quote above is the first verse of a song co-written by Richard Ashcroft of The Verve who was born this day in 1971. What is the song?

    Three

    Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

    An author, born on 11 September 1885 in Nottinghamshire, England, wrote this as the first line of a controversial book published in 1928. What is the book and who is the author?

    Four

    One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it
    was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
    — The Gift of the Magi

    This opening paragraph is from The Gift of the Magi, which was written by William Sydney Porter, who was born on this day in 1862. An author and poet, he is best known for his short stories, which he wrote under a pseudonym consisting of an initial and second name. What is that pen name?

    Five

    Do you expect me to talk?”
    “No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.

    This sample from Goldfinger (1964) features on a remixed version of the James Bond Theme for Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) by Richard Melville Hall. Hall, born on 11 September 1965, is known by his professional name.

    Good luck! I’ll post the answers later today.

  • Historical Truths (or are they?)—Answers

    Here are the answers to the questions from my earlier post.

    Bayeux Tapestry – Scenes 55 & 56 – Duke William lifts his helmet to be recognized on the battlefield of Hastings.
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    One

    Is it true or false that William the Conqueror died of smallpox on 9 September 1092?

    Answer: True

    King William of England died on 9 September 1087 at Rouen, France, several weeks after being seriously injured at the Battle of Mantes. In July 1087, while fighting a counter-offensive against the French, the King fell against the pommel of his saddle, severely damaging his intestines.

    Two

    Is it true or false that Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time on 9 September 1960?

    Answer: False

    Presley’s first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show was on 9 September 1956. He made two further appearances over the next four months, but he didn’t appear on the show again after his third appearance.

    Mary, Queen of Scots.
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    Three

    Is it true that a Scottish monarch was crowned at the age of nine months on 9 September 1543? If so, who was the monarch?

    Answer: True. Mary, Queen of Scots

    Mary Stuart became queen at the tender age of six days old in December 1543 upon her father James V’s death. Crowned as Mary, Queen of Scots on 9 September 1543 in Stirling, she remained queen until her forced abdication on 24 July 1567.

    Four

    Is it true or false that on 9 September 1759, forty-seven nations adopted Sauchie Fraser’s proposal for a standard time and time zones?

    Answer: False

    On this date in 1885, twenty-five nations adopted Sanford Fleming’s  proposal for standard time and time zones. 

    Five

    Captain William Bligh FRS RN, born on 9 September 1754, is best known for being cast adrift from HMS Bounty. Is it true or false that between 1806 and 1808, he served as Governor of New South Wales?

    Answer: True

  • Historical Truths (or are they?)

    Here are some historical truths and falsehoods related to today, September 9th.

    Elvis Presley.
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    One

    Is it true or false that William the Conqueror died of smallpox on 9 September 1092?

    Two

    Is it true or false that Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time on 9 September 1960?

    Three

    Is it true or false that a Scottish monarch was crowned at the age of nine months on 9 September 1543? If so, who was the monarch?

    Four

    Is it true or false that on 9 September 1759, forty-seven nations adopted Sauchie Fraser’s proposal for a standard time and time zones?

    Five

    Captain William Bligh FRS RN, born on 9 September 1754, is best known for being cast adrift from HMS Bounty. Is it true or false that between 1806 and 1808, he served as Governor of New South Wales?

    Good luck! I’ll post the answers later today.