redtree_cultural'literacy_game redtree what artist made time capsules of things he collected? 070110 ... native persimmon Andy Warhol I say 070110 ... redtree you're correct! you have one point in this year long game. the winner will receive a prize from crOwl. thanks for playing. 070110 ... redtree what's dave eggers' new book about? 070110 ... redtree first clue: sudan 070111 ... bird the genocide in darfur? 070111 ... redtree good try, literary bird. however, the book, though it mentions darfur deals intricately with an arrangement taking place in the united states of america. second clue: sudanese refugee 070111 ... redtree brrrronk...time's up. the correct answer is: a sudanese refugee's struggle to live in america as he deals with the turbulent memories of his past. (at least that's the gist...) next question: name the rock band that titled themselves after a character in a werner herzog film... 070112 ... chirp chirp would that Herzog film be a remake of an older Fritz Lang film like, uhh, maybe NOSFERATU!!! my second guess would be "Even Dwarves Started Small" ('cause i'm a goddamned goof lately) 070112 ... birdmad puts out fires with gasoline (as far as Kinski's go, Klaus is great, but thanks to repeated prepubescent viewings of Cat People, Nastassja will always be my favorite) 070112 ... redtree go bird-zog! kinski is correct! standings: native persimmon=1 birdmad =1 070112 ... redtree there is a current broadway play/musical based on the relationship between jackie kennedy's aunt and cousin while they lived together in a neglected mansion in east hampton that was based on a documentary made by the same people who made the rolling stones film "gimme shelter" in the 70's. name the musical... 070113 ... ever dumbening i just happened to have watched this very disturbing film, so if the musical is the same name as the film, then the correct trivial pusuit answer is... grey gardens. 070113 ... redtree congratulations, james. well done. thanks for playing and welcome to the game... i agree with you about the disturbing nature of the film. little edie said, "there's a fine line between the past and the present." more like a fine line between sanity and lunacy... current standings: ever dumbening : 1 birdmad : 1 native persimmon : 1 070113 ... redtree iwao takamoto, an animator for hanna-barbera who worked on the jetsons and the flintstones and was also the creator of scooby doo and his pals, shaggy, velma, daphne, and fred recently passed away. what did he name scooby doo after? 070114 ... eatingstars i didn't know the answer to any of these eatingstars : -5 070115 ... redtree time's up on scooby do...remember frank sinatra? he did some scat singing at the end of "strangers in the night," that went..."scooby, dooby do" and the rest is history... as for you, eating stars, thanks for trying and good luck on the next one... 070116 ... redtree what is unique about the artist robert rauschenberg? 070117 ... birdmad taking a wild stab at it his Grammy award for album design? 070117 ... bird (i should add "in the broader context to his biography") 070117 ... redtree rauschenberg is a collage artist, famous for his combining work, bringing off-handed, unusual things to his pieces like stuffed goats and crows. but unique to his resume is the fact that he is the1984 grammy award winner for art design of the talking heads', "speaking in tongues" record. rock it, bird, you take the lead with 2.... 070117 ... up on the scene like a bird machine coincidental reference. i was looking up some stuff on the talking_heads and Tom Tom Club right after James Brown passed away and i came across the reference to l'artiste in question so it was still fairly fresh in my mind 070117 ... redtree richard powers won the 2006 national book award for his novel, "the echo maker," which explores the powers of human intelligence. during what event in nature does it take place? 070118 ... contestant numbah 2 uh, i'm going to say marmot invasion, bob. or "ooh, i wish my cousin nat were here, he knows these things" 070118 ... redtree brrrrrrrrrrrrk...um, nice try. thanks for playing, but not even close... clue: not on the ground 070118 ... redtree time's up.... answer: bird migration 070119 ... contestant numbah 2 feeling snubbed "not even close"? come on, bird migration and marmot invasion not only rhyme, but also involve masses of animals in transit. i should at least get honorable mention or a close but no cigar. 070119 ... unhinged in the ground maybe? an earthquake? 070119 ... unhinged no, nevermind, i have nothing to say. 070119 ... geest en lichaam the panel, afer investigating what the marmot invasion was, has reevaluated your answer, contestant numbah 2, and feel your claims of being "snubbed" are valid. therefore, an apology is offered. to say you were "not even close" was a misjudgement and as compensation grant you not a cigar, but a half point. and unhinged...welcome to the game. thanks for playing and hope to hear from you again. next question: during the 2006 european film awards a lifetime achievement was given to the director who was basically prohibited from working in the u.s.a for having an affair with an underage girl. who is he? 070120 ... redtree whoops, sorry about the name (geest en lichaam, as in vier_seizoenen)...i've been having problems with the crumbling cave again. 070120 ... ever dumbening i think it's elia kazan, no? 070121 ... redtree elia kazan, perhaps best known for "a streetcar named desire" and "a cat on a hot tin roof," received two oscars for film direction ("gentleman's agreement" and "a cat on a hot tin roof.") however, he is also infamous for his association with the hollywood "red scare." he testified at the HUAC, named names, and subsequently was blacklisted. nevertheless, in 1999, he was given an honorary oscar for life achievement, although only three quarters of the audience applauded. thanks again for playing james... excellent guess, but not correct. here's a half point which gives you a total of 1.5 and slides you like tommy curren behind kelly slater into second place behind birdmad. and now a generous clue for the current, unanswered question: rosemary's baby 070121 ... redtree whoops, kazan's second oscar was for "on the waterfront." 070121 ... glassy head high barrels dumbening communist, pedophile, enemy of freedom, whatever. hehe. 070121 ... ol dirty birdmad what goes into 13 twice? Roman Polanski!!! 070122 ... redtree nice job, bird, you're correct and you take a commanding lead with 3 points. next question: during which war does the old american tv series M*A*S*H take place? 070122 ... encylopaedia birdmadica Korean War, but meant to serve as a metaphor for Vietnam... based on the Robert Altman film 070122 ... redtree funny, because i always thought it WAS the vietnam war...until i had the very question in the ny times crossword that kathy and i did together this sunday morning...go bird...pulling away with 4! 070122 ... from a timezone down under redtree, i wish to lodge a protest: new questions are posted and answered before i even get up in the morning. while drawing on a global culture, it does not cater to the global watch. 070122 ... birdmad hey, i missed a couple of questions over the weekends because i mostly rely on my office internet connection, but i do concede that the likelihood of a question being answered by someone in a timezone closer to yonder Tree is inordinately high (kinda like i wish i could be right about now) 070123 ... redtree to the player down under: thanks for your interest in the game. your protest is a legitimate one and i hope we can work something out. i'm not really sure how international time zones work with the gmt and all but i think you are about 10-13 hours ahead of me. so all i can really do is post the questions at different times of my day. what do you think? if you have a better idea let me know...i'm posting this one at 6:30 pm which probably sucks for you, but if i post when i go to sleep you should see it when you wake or soon after...hopefully. new question: bon scott once said anyone who tried to make a living out of music was just a "shirking laybout and probably a poofter to boot." however, he schemed his way to become lead singer of what world famous rock band? nevertheless, he is rumoured to have died of what? 070123 ... birdy deeds... i'll defer just to keep things interesting 070123 ... nice clue bird 070123 ... tessa redtree: Thanks, your solution sounds fair to me. now i just wish i knew the answer to this one to merit your concession... 070124 ... birdmad now i'm having fun trying to cook up another clue that doesn't give it away outright ain't too young to admit it and ain't too old to lie 070124 ... redtree time is up...the answer is AC/DC 070125 ... redtree bon scott is rumoured to have died an alcohol related death. fans make the pilgrimage to his grave and are known to spill jack daniels upon it. 070125 ... redtree a half point to bird for his mad clues...now continuing his pull away lead with 4.5. 070125 ... TNT bird oi! oi! 070125 ... redtree peter camenzid beneath the wheel gertrude rosshalde knulp demian siddhartha steppenwolf narcissus and goldmund journey to the east the glass bead game who wrote these books of fiction? 070126 ... thorn hermann hesse 070126 ... redtree i guess i had my initial "self-realization" experience in high school while exhausting the works of hesse. actually, a few of my friends were reading him at the same time and we used to have lengthy discussions on the soul-seeking characters and our experiential relations to them. "narcissus and goldmund" in particular is probably the one book that has pin-pricked me more than any other, waking me up to jungian psychology and exposing me to the dual nature we all possess. well done, thorn. high five! welcome to the game and i hope you continue to play. with one point you are tied for third place with native_persimmon. 070127 ... redtree in louis carrol's, "alice in wonderland" who is asleep at the tea party with the mad hatter, the march hare, and alice? 070128 ... sorry that would be lewis carroll 070128 ... ever dumbening cheshire cat? yeah, hesse for sure. demian gave me that same sort of awareness. and magister ludi led to long discussions with my long-discussion friend robert. lots of late nights in new orleans. 070128 ... redtree although the grinning feline makes sense, it's not the correct answer, however for your commendable stab you are granted a halfer which boosts your point total to 2.o and still in second place behind the mad birder who wears a 4.5 tag on his hat. here is a clue: the character's name contains a derivative of the french word for sleep. "frere jaques, frere jaques..." that's very cool you like hesse as well. i'm reading klingsor's last summer right now. 070128 ... thorn the dormouse? 070128 ... redtree well done thorn! poor thing got stuffed in the teapot after they woke him up...that's two points for you and ties you with ever dumbening for second place. new question: well known and appreciated for his contemplative and stirring film score work, this composer with a rich and varied ouevre can currently be heard in the movie, "notes on a scandal." who is he? 070129 ... birdmad d'oh haven't been to the flicks in a couple of months, so i'm one stumped monkey pass. 070129 ... ever dumbening clue stylie damn, my second guess was right on this composer question. i should've reasoned it out a bit. i guess my life is out of balance. hehe. 070129 ... redtree a clue for the composer question... smooth as _ _ _ _ _ . 070129 ... bird with that many clues, i only deserve a half point... Phillip Glass 070129 ... bird I'll pose a question of my own to add to the festivities: What are the thematic similarities of the following films. "The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith" "Walkabout" "The Tracker" and "Rabbit proof fence" 070129 ... tessa Australian Aborigines 070129 ... tessa (with help) the bush surviving in the bush tracking / walking / journeys / way finding racism / exploitation identity - black and/or white voices, giving voice, taking voice cultural imperialism good & bad 070129 ... redtree cheers to birdmad, not only for increasing his first place score with a half point, (as he correctly identified one of the world's greatest living composers, phillip glass,) to 5.o, but also for adding a film question of his own to the mix... and feeling the bird master wouldn't mind me acknowleging tessa's thoroughly correct answer to his question, high fives to her from both of us for getting on the board. congrats! 1.o for you tessa down under... next question: created by newspaper cartoonist, elzie crisler segar for the popeye comic strip in the 1930's, this intelligent, well-educated, but lazy and gluttonous character known for his underhanded scams was made famous by the immortal line, "i'll pay you tuesday for a hamburger today." who is he? 070130 ... mcdougall that would be J. Wellington Wimpy. makes me hungry just thinking about it. 070130 ... redtree you're so right. perhaps you are hungry for points as well. remember the winner of this red_world game, proclaimed on christmas day, will receive a gloriously, beautifulprize from crOwl. one point for you, mcdougall. you are tied with native_persimmon. welcome to the game. i was wondering where you were and hoping you would play... 070130 ... redtree i guess some our fellow skites in the u.k have eaten a good burger at a wimpy's because it is a chain of burger joints somewhere in england as a take on popeye's scheming friend. and maybe some skites in the states have seen him appear mysteriously in a burger king commercial back in the 9o's. wow! this game is rollling along.. ..here's the next question: what is the name of the artist who is well known for his drip painting style? 070130 ... thorn jackson pollock, i think. 070130 ... mcdougall Yeah it is, 'jack the dripper'. To him painting wasn't about the final work of art, it was about the creation of it. He would use buckets of house paint instead of the traditional oils or acrylics or tempera, which are known to last. Being a smoker and not worried about preservation, he would dispose of cigarette butts in his paint buckets. His canvases were enormous also, some reaching larger than 11 feet in length. There was a biography of him written in the late 80’s, 89 I think, by Steve Naifeh and Greg Smith. Their biography was turned into a movie. 070130 ... pete my culture is slightly different from yours. that's cool though, i'll just keeping looking for something i can answer with my cultural literary knowledge :) 070131 ... redtree excellent work, thorn...with another point you have a total of 3 and move into sole (soul) possession of second place, gaining fast upon and almost touching the outstretched wings of the mad bird flying towards the prize... and for you mcdougall, my new friend, a half point for your fascinating info on jackson pollock. thanks for your generous effort. you have 1.5 next question: in 1985, this film directed by joel coen, won the grand jury prize at sundance for its beguiling mixture of merciless violence and black comedy. best line: "give me a call whenever you want to cut off my head. i can always crawl around without it." name the title:- - - - - - - - - - - 070131 ... redtree welcome to the game, pete. email me...kzozula@yahoo.com i'd like to know about your culture. perhaps you have some ideas for questions... 070131 ... pete well my culture is less high brow than what is presented here is what i meant, cheers 070131 ... the mad lebirdski blood simple 070131 ... redtree cheers, pete. 070131 ... redtree hey mcdougall: there's also a recently made film with ed harris playing jackson pollock. it's a raw look at the artist and the alcoholic and how it destroyed him. well conceived and visually fascinating. 070131 ... redtree right on mad lebirdski. maintaining your comfortable first place lead, chalking up another correct answer for one pont which gives you a total of 5.5...brother thou art. 070131 ... mcdougall The film with Ed Harris was the one based off the biography I mentioned. 070131 ... redtree i loved the movie. (a_film_you_should_see.) especially the scenes dwelling on the early part of his career in nyc. 070201 ... redtree new question... who is the american composer, pianist, and conductor of the new york philharmonic who wrote the music for "west side story," "candide," and "on the town?" 070201 ... birdmad listening to REM "The other night I tripped a nice continental drift divide. Mountains sit in a line._____________ Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs. Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom!" for one point, i'm gonna say 'Who is Leonard Bernstein?' 070201 ... ever dumbening groveling trumpet player stylie since you're pretty generous with the points, i'd like a 1/4 point for having played a lot of that stuff in band when i was a younger man. :) 070201 ... redtree automatic for the birdmad...6.5 points and 2.25 for you james, definately deserving of something for all that abuse to your lips. 070202 ... redtree "the blackbirds are rough today like ingrown toenails." this line of poetry is from a poet, born in 1920, somtimes linked with the beats. his tombstone reads, "don't try." his wife of nine years, linda lee beighle, surmised its meaning to include, "just do." his fiction has been described by a critic as, "a detailed depiction of a certain taboo male fantasy: the uninhibited bachelor, slobby, anti-social, and utterly free." name the writer. 070202 ... mcdougall answering in the same form as birdmad... "Woke this morning and it seemed to me That every night turns out to be A little bit more like ________ And yeah, I know he's a pretty good read But God, who'd wanna be? God, who'd wanna be such an asshole?" i'm going with Bukowski. now, where did i put my modest mouse albums? 070202 ... birdmad another question from me to the rest of my esteemed fellow players: a full point for each correct piece if redtree doesn't mind: In 1985, 1)__________, a former member of the band 2)___________ staged a large benefit concert called 3)_______-_______. In 1983, this same singer portrayed the fictional frontman for real-life band 4)____________________ in the film interpretation of their classic 1979 double album 5)___________ 070202 ... redtree hey mcdougall! high five again! nice work. and you're funny too. i'm giving you a half point for the pollock film nudge and a whole point for the correct bulkowski. clever use of a song lyric adds another half point which gives you a thrilling 3.5... look at birdmad's question. if you answer all those right you'll be in first place... and bird...wow...you're really proving yourself to be the consumate gamesman. a true good sport. always challenging his competition and so amazingly generous. anyone who gets them all correct will either tie you or pass you... best wishes to all who attempt it and i will grant you the honor of grading it and issuing points. thanks for your artful additions to the game. 070202 ... bsc sorry. bukowski, not bulkowski. 070202 ... bird takes the weekend off I probably won't be online again until monday morning, so there will be plenty of time between any likely answers and their confirmation i figure there are some elements of my question which should prove fairly easy and some a bit more challenging 070202 ... thorn for bird: 1. bob geldof 2. the boomtown rats 3. live aid those are the only ones i know in there. 070202 ... ever dumbening and in honor of stacey, i'll say: pink floyd the wall (i wouldn't have come up with the boomtown rats part) 070202 ... redtree looking forward to magister bird's judgements on thorn and ever dumbening's attempts and also urging others to play... 070204 ... look mummy theres no birdmad up in the sky three points for thorn and two for e-to-the-dizzle 070205 ... redtree thorn...with three new points awarded for your correct answers, your total is 6.0 only a half point behind birdmad, who has trailed only once in the beginning. 070205 ... redtree and james...with your two points for scoring the two parter you have 4.5 which moves you into third place. 070205 ... redtree "from unread to in demand, thanks to utopia." "russian thinkers," a 1978 collection of essays on 19th century russian intellectuals by the philosopher isaiah berlin had all but disappeared from bookshoppes until recently. attempt to buy it now and you'll be placed on a three week waiting list. why? 070205 ... a western bird says "stop right there pardner" ouch tough one there... (hint hint) 070205 ... zeke tom stoppard's play "the coast of utopia" has a further reading list in it's playbill which lists the berlin book. 070205 ... redtree the list zeke is expertly referring to includes this book at the top. also listed are works by turgenev and sand. well done, zeke. welcome to the game! you enter it with one point. and giddy up, bird, a halfer for the hilariously brilliant clue. 7.0! 070206 ... redtree "i don't have prejudice against myself. my father was a white and my mother was black. them call me half -caste or whatever.me don't dip on nobody's side. me dip on god's side. the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white." this quote comes from a man who would have been 62 today if it wasn't for his death from cancer in 1981. on his death bed his last words to one of his 13 children was, "you can't buy life with money." his life meant many things to many people. visitors to his gravesite, among other things, leave pictures of themselves, soccer balls, and bibles. who was he? 070206 ... mcdougall Happy birthday to you Bob_Marley. 070206 ... redtree "i'm jammin'jammin'jamityjammin'jamjam...." (lights a bowl and passes it to mcdougall) well done, mon. one love...with a big point for rastafari and another for your important email question about *rclg*...your motivation raises your point total to 5.5. (hits the bowl, holds it, and passes it to birdmon, exhaling) 070207 ... birdmad frees his mind so that his ass may follow And, still hoilding the smoke, i put forth another one of my goofier questions. (the answer to which is also a question) In 1975, preceeding Parliament's Live Earth Tour, George Clinton alter-ego "The Lollipop Man" is presented with the question "Is there funk after death?" What soft-drink related non-sequitur of a question does the Long-Haired Sucker offer up in reply? 070207 ... zeke 7-up 070207 ... birdmad the full and correct question/answer is "Is Seven Up?" but after some debate, my other hydra-heads (grendel, chiidi, tonya, et al) say "7up" is an acceptable answer +1 for Zeke (feather covered, freaky and habit forming) 070207 ... redtree as the game roars into month two, the funkybird is awarded a halfer for his funkadelic question and boosts his total to 8.o, zeke rises to 2.o. next question. last saturday at a black-tie gala for 18oo people, the desert AIDS project of palm springs, calif. held a silent auction benefit. an acrylic abstract painting done by a monkey brought in three figures. who was the monkey? 070207 ... bird actually, the halfer puts me at 7.5 unless my points have begun to breed whilst nobody's lookin' 070207 ... mcdougall there was a chimpanzee named Congo who painted abstract works. one of his sold at an auction in london for 25thousand in 2005. history repeats itself. i'm going with Congo, not bad for a MONKEY. 070207 ... redtree hey bird...while compiling point totals for the one month standings, i found i actually cheated you out of a half point. so your total is accurate and remains... congo, the famous abstact painting monkey whose works hung in the home of picasso, was a regular visitor on "zootime" the bbc show wih desmond morris. in 1957, morris curated an exhibit in london of various chimp art, including several works by congo. morris was interested in exploring chimps' ability to create order and symmetry and in our human impulse toward creativity. congo died 4o years ago of TB. he had done over 400 works of art. nevertheless, mcdougall...although your guess is an excellent one and you receive a half point bringing your total to 6.0, congo is NOT the painting monkey of the question. the chimp we're looking for is still alive. actually he is the world's oldest living chimp at 74. here's a clue...he was johnny weissmuller's simian sidekick in the tarzan movies of the 1930's and 40's.... again, who is he? 070208 ... zeke chimpanzees are not monkeys, they are apes. apes and monkeys are primates, but are distinct groups. apes do not have tails, monkeys do. apes have more complex brains and more cognitive ability. apes have been shown to be able to interpret and use symbolic systems up to and including sign language. some apes have shown the ability to create, and use metaphor, and even to lie. and yes, apes have been observed to have the rudiments of an aesthetic sensibility. 070208 ... zeke oh, and the chimp was named cheetah. 070208 ... redtree SNAP! whoa, like bill nye the science guy getting caught with his pants down! thanks zeke for setting me straight on the primate classifications and your correct answer raises your point total to 3.0. 070208 ... zeke you are welcome. and thank you. 070208 ... redtree the following is a preface from a book that j.k.rowling, who recently finished the seventh and final harry potter volume, quoted in order to express her sadness, sense of achievement, and euphoria at the conclusion of her epic adventure... "it would concern the reader little, perhaps, to know how sorrowfully the pen is laid down at the close of a two years' imaginative task; or how the author feels as if he is dismissing some portion of himself into the shadowy world, when a crowd of the creatures of his brain are going from him for ever." ms. rowling adds, "to which i can only sigh, try 17 years." who is the original writer of the preface and in which book of his does it appear? 070208 ... redtree and zeke...the panel, after further consideration, has agreed to grant you another half point for your intelligent amendment to the game...3.50. well done. 070208 ... zeke thank you for the un earned half point. she was quoting dickens from david copperfield. 070208 ... redtree high five zeke...4.50...passing ever dumbening and slipping into fourth place. 070209 ... redtree in 1891, frank wedekind wrote a play, that became for its day, an expose of adolescent sex and teen suicide, full of the unheard, anguished cries of young people. a century later, steven sater, playwright-lyricist, suggested to a certain grammy nominated artist that they work togehter and turn the german play into an on-broadway musical. partly inspired by the inner-fantasy quality of bjork's songs in lars von trier's 2000 film, "dancer in the dark" the anti-musical, as the show is dubbed, has an inner-monologue effect that also features a magnetic, modern pop score with rock bones. it is currently receiving acclaim in its run at the eugene o'neill theatre in nyc. what is it called and who is the singer-songwriter that collaborated with sater? 070209 ... mcdougall Steven Sater joined forces with Duncan Sheik to create the music for Spring Awakening. Old story of teenage sexual anxiety revamped with 90s star’s rock music. It’s like how Baz Luhrmann’s take on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet had music by Radiohead in it, kinda. 070209 ... redtree one point for your correct answer and a half point for the added illumination on "spring awakening." well done, mcdougall...that raises you in the standings to 7.50, and into second place behind birdmad. supernatural thriller? comedy? ironic, coming-of- age movie? it's a bit of everything with some worm-hole babble, time jumping, innovative visuals, solid performances, plenty of intriguing material for theorizing, a stirring, meditative soundtrack, and oh yeah, a giant rabbit named frank. name the 2001 film... 070210 ... tessa Donnie Darko a_film_you_should_see 070210 ... redtree tessa! oh yeah! one point for the correct answer and a halfer for the link...that raises your total to 2.5...and i agree with you completely about judi dench. (shiver) 070210 ... tessa yay me! thanks quizmaster : ) 070210 ... redtree target with four faces... name the artist 070210 ... redtree clue... often described as a neo-dadaist as opposed to a pop artist, although his subject matter often includes images from popular culture. (he was a buddy of rauschenberg) he is alao famous for incorporating such media as wax-based paint and plaster relief. his work "white flag," inspired by a dream sold for 20 million. he once appeared on an episode of the simpsons as himself, visiting an exhibit of homer's after he accidently becomes an artist... now worth two points... 070211 ... bsc thst would be "also" not "alao" duh! 070211 ... native persimmon Jasper Johns I say from afar 070211 ... redtree what a supreme pleasure to hear of your return to the game.... thanks to your initial response the rclg revealed its origin. thank you again for starting it into motion. with your correct answer you are awarded two points and bring your total to 3.00. 070211 ... redtree next question: in the archiebook comics of the 60's and 70's, who were three of archie's friends? correct answer receives four points... 070211 ... ever dumbening i'll try betty, veronica, and jughead 070211 ... redtree congratulations, james...all three are correct. with four points added to your point total it gives you 8.25. we suddenly have a new first place leader! 070211 ... redtree "when my father had been dead a week i woke with his voice in my ear i sat up in bed and held my breath and stared at the pale closed door white apples and the taste of stone if he called again i would put on my coat and galoshes" who is the poet and what acclaimed title does he presently hold? (2 points) 070212 ... mcdougall Donald Hall, I think I heard him on NPR a while back, he was on the Prairie Home Companion. He's the current Poet Laureate. And in looking back to the episode from December 16th from New York, it wasn’t Donald hall it was the former Poet Laureate Billy Collins. Set me on the right track though. 070212 ... birdmad looks like i've got some catching up to do 070212 ... redtree high five, mcdougall, excellent work...the two points gives you a rousing 9.50 and springs you over ever dumbening for the first place lead. and bird...the game is on! 070212 ... redtree the police were rumored to reunite at the 2oo7 coachella valley music and arts festival in indio, california, but as of today it looks like it won't be happening. nevertheless, two other reunited bands will be playing...for two points, who are they? 070212 ... Jim E. Handtrucks I shall rise again! 070212 ... bird Rage against the Machine and Happy Mondays (Factory Records' last act) 070213 ... redtreecrOwl&mythical others two points for birdmad and it's back into first place with 10.00...and what's interesting about this particlar question is that i wasn't aware of the happy mondays reunion...which means there is still one more band reuniting for coachella and one point available for the correct answer. here be some clues for y'all... pyschocandy...darklands...automatic...honey's dead...stoned and dethroned...munki 070213 ... redtreecrOwl&mythical others two points for birdmad and it's back into first place with 10.00...and what's interesting about this particlar question is that i wasn't aware of the happy mondays reunion...which means there is still one more band reuniting for coachella and one point available for the correct answer. here be some clues for y'all... pyschocandy...darklands...automatic...honey's dead...stoned and dethroned...munki 070213 ... . sorry about that crazy double post with the weird name...trying to deal with more cave crashing... 070213 ... birdmad when my devotion fell into doubt, i felt the weight of this like an anchor upon me The Jesus and Mary Chain 070213 ... redtree high five, bird, with another point, 11.00, you resume a comfortable first place lead...whoo hoo! next question... in bristol, england a house went up for sale with a mural attached. since prospective buyers planned on removing it, the sellers dropped their real estate agent and went with an art gallery instead. the artist, known for his mischievious works on walls and buidings across london recently sold a painting of pensioners bowling with bombs at sotheby's for approximately 2ook. one of his murals featuring a girl clad in a frilly dress and wearing a gas mask was accidently washed off a building... who is the artist? 070214 ... pete [by less highbrow i mean more nerdy and geeky] 070214 ... mcdougall Banksy. I first hear of him on a BBC world news report last year when he was opening a show in LA. The focus of the story was on his show and how he painted a live elephant red and gold to match the wallpaper. The elephant is supposed to represent the problems that people are uncomfortable talking about, usually a metaphor, but Banksy makes it a reality. The report also showed other works he did, but feeling as though I only got a taste of the cake when I wanted a whole slice, I went to the library the next day to find out as much about him. He has a website with a bunch of articles about his work and also video of him anonymously hanging a work of art in a new York museum, along with others. He’s a very clever and talented man, I presume Banksy is a man. 070214 ... thorn Definitely Banksy. He is pretty cool, and I love his art. He is also famous/semi-famous for placing a cave painting style work of a caveman pushing a shopping cart in the British museum. I think it was up for a while before the museum people realized and took it down. 070214 ... redtree well done, mcdougall...1.50 for the correct answer and further info...that gives you a total of 11.00 which ties you for first place... and thorn...welcome back to the game, a halfer for your added insight into banksy. your total is 6.50. next question... for one point, what was the name of george jetson's robot housekeeper? 070215 ... birdmad totally pulling one out of his backside umm, i'm thinking it was a feminized take on the ubiquitous "Robbie the Robot" so i'm gonna say :"Ruby" 070215 ... zeke rosie. 070215 ... cocoon Damn. One of the few I actually know and beaten to it. Can I get a half point for remembering Astro very vividly? :D Cheeky I know, but I think this is a lovely idea and I thank you for starting this game. Its making me want to go out and (discover) learn about all these things I dont know. The things I miss when I'm away from Blather. 070215 ... redtree a halfer for your valiant attempt bird...inching ahead of mcdougall with 11.50, who so expertly guessed the super cool banksy. and zeke, welcome back brother. you nailed it. i remember watching rosie when i was a kid. i always hated it when they pulled her plug. 5.50... coccon...welcome to the game. i love you! that was such an eloquently phrased sentiment on rlcg. thank you. merci beaucoup darling. seriously, a half point for you and your beautiful sentiments. this game is blather...what blather is evolving to be...becoming what it is...i am so proud to be a part of such an exciting experiment. it's a world, really, where all these red souls gather to hang out. a cyber cafe to be sure, but the food, drink, and drug is for the soul and spirit only. lest skites unite in the flesh. what you said about "making you want to go out and learn..." you just don't know what that means to me. it's almost like a kiss on the cheek. a hug. we plant the seed in fertile soil. we water it. we watch it break ground. we continue to water. it grows. we care for it. it produces fruit. then seed. it's so good to have you return. i hope you continue playing. there is a new question everyday...and also something new...a surprise treasure. come dig for it. 070215 ... mcdougall i'm going out to get a shovel right now. 070215 ... redtree here's .o5, mcdougall, to help you find it...11.50 and tied again for first place. neck to neck. 070215 ... birdmad i'll put up another question just to mess with folks: In the modern era, the names "Calvin and Hobbes" conjure images of the comic strip boy and his toy(?) tiger. in what other hitorical/philosophical context are those names significant 070215 ... bird for two points 070215 ... tilt damn, I know the name Hobbes. ack. enlightenment scientist? philosopher? politician? (I never realised that had three i's) no, I give up. it'll bug the hell outta me. looking at wiki (don't worry, I won't spoil it for everyone else) 070215 ... tilt oops: I didn't read bird mentioning the P word when I wrote that. ah well. 070215 ... tilt PS: I take it that looking on the net for answers is against the rules? yes of course it is. wouldn't be any fun otherwise. 070215 ... redtree welcome to the game tilt! a half point for your honourable attempt at bird's difficult calvin and hobbes question. you enter rclg with 0.50. thank you also for your ethical integrity. we all love to play games. they imitate life and reveal character. another halfer for tilt, i say! cheers. tilt:1.oo 070216 ... cocoon Huh. Calvin & Hobbes makes me think of ancient Rome for some reason. Completely wrong I know, but I'm amused by the weird things my mind comes up with. And now, to investigate who they actually are... 070216 ... tessa heh I know the characters are supposed to be loosely based or related to Calvanist or Hobbsian philosophies or styles, but I don't really know anything else about the two men or their ideas specifically. Or how they relate to each other. you've got us stumped, birdmad! personally, i think calvin is really a figment of hobbs imagination. *follows everyone else off to wikipedia* 070216 ... zeke calvin was the source of the calvinist movement in protestantism. hobes was the philosopher who wrote leviathan. they are often cited together as opposites. 070216 ... birdmad a point to tessa for the effort and the full two to zeke for correctly identifying Reverend John Calvin and the philospher Thomas Hobbes and their relationship as philosphical/ideological counterpoints 070216 ... zeke thank you. 070216 ... tilt thanks for the half points, but I can only accept a quarter point for my Hobbsian effort; there was one point for Calvin and one for Hobbes, and I barely half-answered the Hobbes side, so only .25 for me. That'd put me at .75 excellent questions. 070216 ... zeke i'd like to pose one if no one objects. 070216 ... redtree proceed zeke...we look forward to your question... 070216 ... zeke for 2 points, name the film necron 99 is from and what was he re-named. for an additional point, who did he kill? 070216 ... zeke was he should be he was 070216 ... redtree scoring updates...tessa=3.50/zeke=6.50 070216 ... redtree hey zeke...looks like we need a clue...or two... 070217 ... zeke ok, maybe that was too obscure. the film was animated, released in 1976 and was made by a director who also made an animated film that was the first to be rated x. 070217 ... zeke and it involved fairies. 070217 ... contestant numbah 2 Wizards is the film and Necron 99's name is changed to Peace. He wants to kill Blackwolf. 070218 ... the real contestant numbah 2 hey, i claim shenanigans. who is co-opting my "contestant numbah 2" moniker? 070218 ... redtree reALLy? interesting turn of events, yet i like the term, "co-opting." let's wait for zeke to determine if the answers are correct and then determine how to proceed... 070218 ... mcdougall Going back a little, I used to have a shirt that had a picture of John Calvin next to a picture of Thomas Hobbes, and beneath the picture it read Calvin and Hobbes. 070219 ... zeke the respondent is correct about the name of the film and necron 99's renaming. 2 points for the respondent. as peace, he did indeed want to kill blackhawk, but ultimately avatar (the wizard) kills blackhawk (his brother the evil, warmongering, nazi propaganda weilding wizard). necron 99 assassinates the fairy country of montagar's president and father of ellinore who goes on to be an important character in the rest of the film. half a point for the respondent for naming an important character who does get killed. 070219 ... redtree hey zeke...thanks again for the question and the scoring. contestant numbah 2 (real and the co-opter), granted 2.50 points, now has 3.00.... next question.... the washington post calls rafe esquith, "the most interesting and influential classroom teacher in the country." sir ian mckellen says, "he is my only hero." newsday says, "esquith is a modern day thoreau, preaching the value of good work, honest self-reflection, and the courage to go one's way." what is the title of his ny times bestseller? 070219 ... redtree oh, don't we all wish we had teachers like this dude...because (clue) he teaches like... 070220 ... mcdougall i would not call him a hot head, but i would say his methods are blazing prosperus trails for his fifth graders. i'm buying this book for my brother the teacher right now. 070220 ... redtree the title of the book is, "teach like your hair is on fire," and mcdougall's innovative way to answer it is worth 1.50 giving him a total of 13.00, which moves him into first place... 070220 ... tessa May I venture a question? A well loved Australian actor and comedian played the downtrodden son in a classic TV show produced by the ABC from 1984 - 1994. Portraits of this person have been entered into the prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture, and won the Packing Room award in 1999 and the Peoples Choice award in 2006. The 2006 portrait depicted the actors two most well known comic characters and hinted at his personal battle with depression. On offer is a point for this person's name, half a point for the name of the TV show and another half for the name of co-star of the show. 070220 ... mcdougall ABC being the Australian Brodcasting Channel? 070221 ... tessa The Australian Broadcasting Corporation 070221 ... contestant numba 2 Garry McDonald is the actor's name. The tv show is Mother and Son. The co-star is Ruth Cracknell. 070221 ... redtree i'm clueless about australian telly... 070222 ... tessa all correct! check out the 2006 portrait here: http://www.thearchibaldprize.com.au/finalists/archibald There's also one of Cate Blanchette & family (who may be the only person there our poor non-australians will recognise). 070222 ... birdmad Name the song and artist from which this quote comes "When you are alone you are the cat you are the phone you are an . animal The words i'm singing now mean nothing more than "Meow" to an animal" 070222 ... redtree congrats to contestant numbah 2(real&co-opter) well done...two more points give you a total of 5.00. thanks for the question, tessa. it rocked the rclg. i often confuse australian actors with those from new zealand. how do aussies feel about kiwis? heavenly creatures:a_film_you_should_see. 070223 ... contestant numbah 2 "Don't let's start" by They Might Be Giants 070223 ... tessa my discussion of aussies & kiwis became too long, so i've moved it here: aussies_kiwis 070223 ... i might be birdmad DING! two more points for contestant numbah 2 070223 ... birdmad Ok, t his one is gonna be cruel: two part question Which 19th Century attorney and former President of the United States is rumoured to have, in his youth, participated in the early carnival version of this enduringly popular but culturally dubious sport 070223 ... redtree contestant numbah 2 is smoking hot, racking up two more and raising the point total to 7.00. go ahead, dude. and tessa...thanks for the interesting info on aussies_and_kiwis. all you do for this game is much appreciated... brother bird lighting up the joint... 070223 ... sorry it should be aussies_kiwis 070223 ... contestant numbah 2 originale wtf 070223 ... contestant numbah 2 (co-opter) What the fuck? What's wrong with co-opting? We could attain more points and if we win, we could possibly share the prize. 070224 ... redtree bird...drop some clues from your feathered wings...lest we fail to answer your dubious question... 070225 ... redtree bird...looks like you stumped the game... 0.5 points granted...i'm going to say teddy roosevelt, maybe just because i had a few teddy bears as a wee one. 11.50 for bird... 070226 ... redtree here's a poppin' fresh one... for three points...name the winner of this year's oscar for best picture... 070226 ... tessa The Departed (I am quickly losing respect for the Oscars) 070226 ... cocoon The Departed which was based on a Hong Kong (I think) movie Infernal Affairs which I hear is even better. 070226 ... tessa The original movie is part of a trilogy, and apparently the story is quite different. 070227 ... redtree congrats to tessa for the lightning speed response...and i agree with you. i saw "the departed." it was scorcese. but not best picture. "babel", for its message alone should have won. your correct answer moves you to 6.50 and cocoon....05 for vividly remembering astro and 1.00 for your attempt at being the first to answer...your total is 1.50 070227 ... birdmad Clue: part of the skills required of modern competitors in this particular sport is public speaking, and though it wasn't a requirement back in his day, this man later gave one of the definitive speeches in American history 070227 ... cocoon Yay, points! Hmm. Public speaking yet a culturally dubious sport. The only things that I can think of are debate (debating?) or spelling. 070227 ... mcdougall Abraham Lincoln was a damn good wrestler; best in his county when he was young, and once he boasted to be the second best wrestler in his fine state of Illinois. 070227 ... birdmad mcdougall gets the two points for Correctly naming Abraham Lincoln and (early) professional wrestling 070227 ... phil jsut winners and of the olympics. 070227 ... birdmad well i had to distinguish between legitimate modern amateur (collegiate/olympic) wrestling and the various iterations of "professional wrestling" which, in America , has its origins as a carnival sideshow attraction even if the sport was a legitimate competition at the time and not the weird melange of athletics and absurd melodrama that it is today 070227 ... redtree whoo hoo! mcdougall continues his first place lead with 15.00... next question... the 2oo7 pen/faulkner award for fiction was awarded this week with the top prize winner receiving $15k, the recepient also won in 1994 and 2oo1. for two points, who is the winner and what is the name of the book? 070227 ... redtree clues for y'all on this foggy, icy, late february morning... this author won previously for his novels... "the human stain" and "operation shylock" note: the point value increases absolutely and relatively to 5.oo. 070228 ... birdmad Ahh, one i know for the first time in a few questions... philip roth, Everyman 070228 ... redtree go, bird...the huge fiver puts you, at the end of the second month of play, back into first place @ 16.00... 070228 ... redtree sienna miller was recently in trouble with the city of pittsburgh, pa. while she was filming her recently released movie, "factory girl." she called the city a name that angered the locals. for one point, what was it? 070301 ... redtree oh, so you need a clue, huh? what rhymes with pitts? 070302 ... birdmad (pancetta centigrade) "Shits-burgh" quoth the lovely lady who portrayed Edie Sedgwick Bonus question in response: Said Factory Girl (the original, not the actress portraying her) had/has a cousin who is a successful performer and who is married to another performer who is successful enough to be the subject of a form of trivia game where he is the centerpiece for one each, name the cousin, name her husband and name the game which bears his name 070302 ... mcdougall Edie Sedgwick is the cousin of Kyra Sedgwick who's married to Kevin Bacon. What’s that, two degrees? I for one lived in South Carolina and was working with a girl who at the same time was working on the set of the latest Kevin bacon film Death Sentence. That’s two also. 070302 ... bird two pts for naming Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon I will let the panel judges decide if you get the pount for partially referring to the game or a half for providing the huge hint meanwhile, the weekend shall see me once again without internet access, so any questions posed by redtree over the weekend will have the advantage of not having my obsessive trivia nerd self scooping up all the points in the interim 070302 ... redtree well done bird on "shitsburgh." it caused quite a stir around these parts. she was even denied bar service one night when she was out on the town in the southside. she ended up apologizing publicly to the mayor. a little side note...while in nyc, we happened to see her reading the factory girl script in the lobby during the chelsea hotel scene filming... with another point bird rises to 17.00. as for mcdougall, the panel is beginning to understand his clever style of play and unanimously agree to bestow all three points on him which raises his total to 18.00 and barely inches him ahead of birdmad for first. 070302 ... redtree feelin' a bit cartoonish...and generous... for one point each... name as many characters in the flintstones as you can..."flintstones, meet the flintstones...have a yabba dabba do time..." 070303 ... cocoon Fred Barney Wilma Dino Helen? (Barney's wife?) And their kids.Whose names I cant remember. This is where I lose out for having a really good memory when it comes to faces, but can never remember names :P 070303 ... ever dumbening a little continuation: betty (not helen) pebbles bambam the great gazoo (loved the cynical, melancholic, biting wit) mr slate 070303 ... redtree well done cocoon... with .50 for your stab at bird's presidential question and 4.00 for the flintstones, your total increases to 6.00. with 5.00 james your total is now 13.25. 070304 ... redtree due to the massive kb and lengthy download time, the game has been moved to: redtree_cultural'literacy_game_ thanks again for your response. it is a pleasure to be a part of this fascinating experience. 070304 what's it to you? who go blather from