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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#721 Post by emjay » Fri May 08, 2020 3:00 am

Hmm - no takers? The answer sort of follows on from the previous (and I only got exposed to this by long ago stumbling into the wrong lecture, too embarrassed to U-turn). Once you start classifying integer properties beyond the more commonly known odd, even, prime you get into perfect, abundant, colossally abundant, highly composite....

and for the 70, 836, 4030, ....... ?

They are tagged as "weird"

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#722 Post by fin » Fri May 08, 2020 3:31 am

At an open house in Pensacola where I met John Glenn, I also met another man who was also portrayed by Ed Harris. Any guesses who?
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#723 Post by Capetonian » Wed May 13, 2020 11:10 am

Jump starting this stalled thread, does anyone recognise this airline logo?

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#724 Post by Wodrick » Wed May 13, 2020 11:28 am

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#725 Post by Capetonian » Wed May 13, 2020 11:40 am

Well done, I was expecting Iran Air as the answer, superficially similar but quite different really.
The Iran Air logo is a mythical creature called the Homa, and the hotel I stayed in in THR was originally owned by Iran Air and was called the Homa, although before sanctions it had been an Intercontinental or similar. It was very good, old fashioned, but clean and welcoming and very comfortable.
There were even 'available ladies' in the lobby in the early evening, although I suspect that anything more than a chat might have had unpleasant consequences.

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#726 Post by Wodrick » Wed May 13, 2020 1:37 pm

As soon as I saw that logo two things instantly came to mind the Breguet Deux-Ponts and the Caravelle.

It's an age thing.

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#727 Post by Wodrick » Wed May 13, 2020 2:00 pm

What actor said, “If you had been a public figure since the time you were a toddler... maybe you too would value privacy above all else”?
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#728 Post by ian16th » Wed May 13, 2020 2:08 pm

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What actor said, “If you had been a public figure since the time you were a toddler... maybe you too would value privacy above all else”?
Micky Rooney?
Shirley Temple?
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#729 Post by Wodrick » Wed May 13, 2020 2:16 pm

Two good, wrong, guesses
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#730 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed May 13, 2020 2:47 pm

Megan Markle =))
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#731 Post by Capetonian » Wed May 13, 2020 4:48 pm

Someone whose desire for privacy did not let him or her foster very good relations with the press.

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#732 Post by Wodrick » Wed May 13, 2020 5:01 pm

Is that an answer in code ? if not it's a good clue.
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#733 Post by Capetonian » Wed May 13, 2020 5:06 pm

I'll let someone else figure that out.

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#734 Post by llondel » Wed May 13, 2020 10:24 pm

I looked up the answer and yes, it is a clue.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#735 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri May 15, 2020 2:49 pm

I was now guessing Greta Garbo. But have also looked up the answer and it officially comes under the bracket of: Trivia Questions Only Geniuses Will Get Right.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#736 Post by Wodrick » Fri May 15, 2020 2:51 pm

It's been long enuf - Jodie Foster
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#737 Post by fin » Fri May 15, 2020 2:55 pm

To answer my own question, Ed Harris portrayed John Glen in The Right Stuff, and Gene Kranz in Apollo 13. I was excited to meet them both minutes apart, but failed to ask them, and now I wish I had, how they felt about Harris' performance.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#738 Post by ian16th » Fri May 15, 2020 3:18 pm

I too looked up Jodie Foster and had an out burst of Who?

I recognised her as a minor actress, and was totaly ignorant of her childhood career.
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#739 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri May 15, 2020 3:50 pm

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#740 Post by Wodrick » Fri May 15, 2020 3:59 pm

I'll have a look
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