redtree_cultural'literacy_game_ redtree a well known u.s film director, also famous for his art collection was recently made aware that one of his purchased paintings, valued at 700,000k was previously stolen from a gallery in a st. louis, mo. suburb back in 1973. for three points, name the director, the artist, and the name of the painting.... 070304 ... tessa i believe the director was Spielberg. 070304 ... cocoon I too believe the director was Spielberg. As for the artist, clearly I should have been paying more attention when I was reading about it in the newspaper this morning because I've already forgotten! 070305 ... redtree in chicago one point for tessa and a halfer for cocoon which boosts tessa to 7.50 and cocoon 6.50... a clue about the artist and the stolen painting... usually known for his work of idyllic american life, this painting deals with foreign children...now worth 5.00 for both answers... 070305 ... cocoon R? Something with an R? Rockefeller? I know its somewhere in my head, I just cant find it. Blargh. *off to google* 070305 ... redtree in santa fe you're on the right path with the "R." it's not ROCKefeller, but nearly. 070306 ... birdmad Norman Rockwell, but i don't know the painting 070306 ... anonymous fan of St. Cyril PyCKNN... 070306 ... redtree in santa fe welcome back, southwestern bird. for answering half the question correctly, you receive 2.50, which puts you back into first place. 070307 ... redtree zozulja and for another clue to this mysterious painting which seems to be eluding all players... there is a bust of lenin in the painting. 070307 ... birdmad i didn't go out of my way to find it, but while offhandedly taking the entertainment quiz at MSNBC.com to kill a spare moment (instead of an annoying customer) i stumbled over the answer: Russian Schoolroom and i only scored 60 on the quiz zince i don't watch Lost or American Idol 070307 ... redtree excellent work, bird...another 2.50 gives you 22.00 total points. 070307 ... tessa Who said these words: "I am a Prophetess born into the world, and this conviction fills me with humility, with fear and trembling!" 1844 "So it is I fear. I am one of those great genius's who will merely run to grass; owing to my unfortunate physical temperament. Pray don't be angry with me..." "I do not believe that my father was (or ever could have been) such a poet as i shall be an Analyst" 1843 070307 ... zeke ada lovelace (byron), i think. 070308 ... redtree at la fonda loved this tessa. 070308 ... tessa The zeke has it! I pinched the quotes from a really interesting book by sadie plant, "zeros + ones: didital women + the new technoculture" thanks redtree! 070308 ... mcdougall For one point Ralph Waldo Emerson called me the American fruit, but I’m no more American as were America’s first settlers. A relative of the rose, I arose first in Asia. I’m a pomologist dentist, perhaps? What am I? 070308 ... birdmad the apple, perhaps? 070308 ... z pomegranate (actually) 070308 ... redtree about to eat at the coyote cafe tessa:how many points do we give zeke for his correct answer? it seemed rather difficult which his cultural literacy made look easy. 070308 ... tessa Does 2 points sound fair? 070308 ... mcdougall one to birdmad. apple it is. I'm currently reading The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan. 070309 ... redtree two points for zeke gives him 8.50 another one for bird gives him 23.00 new question: name the photographer that georgia o'keefe met in nyc and later married... 070309 ... zeke paul strand 070309 ... nom who were "america's first settlers"? 070309 ... nom sorry,...i'm not playing, just asking outloud 070309 ... redtree in santa fe paul strand is a good guess, but not correct. actually, the photogapher who married georgia o'keefe promoted strand's work in his gallery called 291. hence, a clue. zeke. your guess is worth a halfer. and nom...welcome. america's first settlers are debatable. some say the pilgrims at plymouth rock, massachusetts or the settlers at jamestown, virginia. 070310 ... redtree leaving for taos zeke now has 9.00 070310 ... nom redtree, what of earlier, 'first' nations, settlements,...? 070310 ... nom as far as 'european settlements', some might say st. augustine, florida 070310 ... nom anyway, "play on" people 070310 ... nom i just have issues with the terms 'america', 'first', and 'settlers',...sorry all) 070310 ... redtree nom...looks like you did some great research... 070311 ... point of clarification "Ralph Waldo Emerson called me the American fruit, but I’m no more American [than] were America’s first settlers." i think if you read the quote closely, it's implied that they weren't the first ones there (and it's a large part of the point of the quote). and historically speaking, the term "settlers" is commonly taken to mean the colonialists who came well after the natives had been there for thousands of years. i think neither mcdougall or emerson was being insensitive, intentionally or unintentionally. let's get back to the game. 070311 ... nom there weren't exactly any quotation marks in mcdougall's post,...and yes, i understand the term is commonly used (does that mean we can't question it?), and i wasn't saying anyone was being insensitive,...i was just expressing my confusion and problems with the oxymoronicnish use of 'first settlers'. if it had been something i'd said i might've questioned it, just as i question my questions, and my own anglo/eurocentricness) 070311 ... nom blah blah blah blah blah my inarticulateness. i really don't mean to spoil anyone's fun,...goodbye to this blathe from me.) 070311 ... delete this sentence "there weren't exactly any quotation marks".... cause it doesn't make sense,...) 070311 ... redtree we're trying to find out who georgia o'keefe's husband was and if you know you will be rewarded with three points... 070312 ... birdmad Alfred Stieglitz 070312 ... retree in taos right on, bird. your correct answer raises your first place total to 26.00. 070313 ... redtree back in santa fe for one point, name the film that features a young jack nicholson, dennis hopper, and peter fonda that contains scenes shot at the mandy hot springs in taos, new mexico...(which i recently dipped my feet in) 070314 ... birdmad too easy... Easy Rider 070314 ... birdmad For a total of 3 (one for the author and two for the song he "samples") - since the citation is (comparatively) somewhat obscure in relation to the author's large-scale commercial successes: In This Author's epic "Dark Tower" series, What Beatles song seems to pop up on several occasions? 070314 ... anasazi redtree ride on, easy bird....27.00 070315 ... contestant numbah 2 Author: Stephen King Beatles song: Hey Jude 070317 ... redtree "her stride is overlong for her five foot frame, a little slutty, a postmodern betty boop, reminiscent of so many of the characters she's created-the zaftig, sexually adventurous teenybopper in "the ice storm;" the manipulative jailbait trollop in "the opposite of sex;" woody allen's ripe embodiment of vagina dentata in "anything else;" and the writhing, damaged, sex-addicted white-trash antiheroine rae in "black snake moan." ~mike sager, esquire magazine for one point, name this actress... 070318 ... redtree and one point for each of the other films you can name that she has been in... 070318 ... smiley so cool.. ! thanks ! 070318 ... birdmad contestant numbah 2: you are correct for all the allotted points on my Dark Tower question yeah. 070319 ... birdmad Christina Ricci: Addams Family, Prozac Nation, Casper, Mermaids, Black Snake Moan, Monster 070319 ... bird whoops, skip the Black Snake Moan mention in my answer, i've got the monday morning attention span... 070319 ... redtree with three points, contestant numbah 2's total rises to 10.00 and with bird's latest correct answers, he accumulaes 6.00 more and soars ahead into the red sky with 33.00... 070319 ... birdmad feeling the wind of the wings of madness for a total of ten (2 per correct answer), since i'm delving deep into the obscurity file for this one This director's (A) 1995 independent film (B) is more of a philosophy treatise on the natures of good and evil than the horror film that it's cover and thematic imagery suggest. Name two actors (c,d) in this film and cite the alleged source of this quote: "As (e) said; 'It's not that we are sinners because we sin, but that we sin because we are sinners.' In other words- we're not evil for the evil that we do... We do evil, because we ARE evil" 070319 ... contestant numbah 2 A: Abel Ferrara B: The Addiction C: Lily Taylor D: Annabella Sciorra E: Casanova 070320 ... birdmad Contestant Numbah 2; I'll give you 8.75 for getting the vast majority of it Casanova is the name of Annabella Sciorra's character in the film, but the quote itself names modern Calvinist-oriented theologian R.C. Sproul 070320 ... bird Ahh, i'll throw in the quarter point since, like me, you're probably stuck with a VHS copy because i can't find a Region 1 DVD of that movie to save my life +.25 for a grand total of 9 070320 ... redtree congrats to contestant numbah 2...with 9.00 awarded points, your correct answers raise your total to 19.00. 070321 ... redtree time magazine recently listed this book as its number one literary success. a stunning memoir about a girl growing up in a small town with her cryptic, perfectionist dad and slowly realizing that a) she is gay and b) he is too. oh, and it's a comic book: the breathtakingly smart commentary duets with eloquent line drawings. forget genre and and sexual orientation: this is a masterpiece about two people who live in the same house but different worlds, and their mysterious debts to each other. for five points, name the book and the author. 070321 ... cocoon I havent got a clue but I think I may just have to read it once I find out what it is. 070321 ... thorn fun home by alison bechdel. i remember reading about it in time. i have yet to read it, but i very much want to. 070321 ... redtree well done thorn! five points for you which brings your total to 11.50. 070322 ... redtree i'll never forget the day when i was a senior in high school and i happened to be watching my favorite tv show and was so emotionally touched by the particular episode that i called my girl, now my wife, and she had also been watching...subsequently we chatted for hours and it fed the fire that fueled our relationship...anyway... for one point each...name as many characters of "little house on the prairie" that you can recollect.. 070322 ... mcdougall I never watched Little House on the Prairie. I do know that the show was based on the books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and that Laura Ingalls was a character. 070322 ... redtree one point for mcdougall which raises you to 19.00. i'll let this one sit a day longer because the potential for points is at least 10.00, and that's just the main characters... 070323 ... redtree "tsk, tsk," said charles, caroline, mary, grace, carrie, albert, mr. olsen, mrs. olsen, nellie, willie, mr. edwards, doc baker, almonzo, etc. (hey, that would have been 13.00!) 070324 ... redtree new question: julie taymor, the well known creator of "the lion king" on broadway and the films, "titus," and "frida" has a new musical set for a september 2007 release featuring 31 beatles songs in the soundtrack... for one point each... name the title, female and male leads, and for three points, a short description of what the film is about... (by the way, i heard julie taymor is fighting with the producer because he wants to cut 45 minutes off the final director's cut. thank god for dvds.) 070324 ... redtree a few clues...the name of the film is a beatles' song title that rufus wainwright expertly covers...the female lead also starred in the film "thirteen." 070325 ... birdmad is officially stumped (i LOVED "Titus" though) 070326 ... redtree whoa...i didn't think it was possible to stump the birdmeister-meisterbird...the julie taymor film is titled, "across the universe," and stars evan rachel wood and jim sturgess. it's about romance during the war protests in the 60's...and promises to be a visually stunning spectacle. a new one...fill in the blanks. one point for each correct answer... the rapper, (a)__________, has been denied a visa to enter (b)_____________ in connection with a european tour that scheduled him to perform with (c)____________. the government said it has the power to refuse entrance to individuals whose presence in the country would "not be conductive to the public good." the rapper was arrested in stockholm on suspicion of_________________. for five extra points, what is the rapper's real name? 070327 ... Birds N the Hood a...Snoop Dogg b...The UK c. sean "diddy" combs (ugh...he can NOT rap his way out of a paper bag... did somebody say "overrated") Snoop Dogg's given name is Calvin Broadus 070327 ... B 2 the I 2 the R 2 the D and he was arrested on suspicion of "minor drug offences" 070327 ... cocoon ... What Birdmad said. I guess we all saw the same article eh? 070327 ... bi-r-dizzle i'm a Snoop fan since Dre introduced him on the track from "Deep Cover" back in '90/'91 and so i'm always surprised when Snoop goes more than a few weeks between run-in's with the law though i have to admit, he's been phoning it in for years now 070327 ... redtree eight more pizzles for birdizzle gives him 41.00. next question... happy birthday elton john! how old is he? (1 point) where did he choose to celebrate it? ( 3 points) why there? (5 points) 070327 ... redtree oh, and a halfer for cocoon...7.00. 070327 ... cocoon Whee, points! Elton John celebrated it in New York? Im not sure about the others. 070328 ... redtree well done cocoon! three points for the correct location raises your total to 10.00...so how old is he and why did he celebrate it in nyc? clue: it has to do with the number... 070328 ... mcdougall His 60th performance at Madison square garden on his 60th birthday. Also starting in 1947, this comic was first published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press under the name Li'l Folks. In 1950 the name changed and the comic gained syndication. For 1 point what is the comic, and for another point how did the creator feel about the name change? 070328 ... redtree right on, mcdougall...6 points which brings your total to 25.00... 070328 ... thorn the comic is peanuts. i don't know the 2nd part. 070328 ... contestant numbah 2 Schulz hated the name change, but it was too close to L'il Abner, so for legal reasons had to be changed. 070329 ... redtree hey charlie brown, what's the verdict from the panel of judges? 070330 ... mcdouagll A point to thorn and one to contestant numbah 2. I didn’t know the name was changed for legal reasons. 070330 ... redtree 12.50 for thorn... 20.00 for contestant numbah 2 next question... gregor samsa is a shoegazer, slowcore, postrock band from virginia. for two points, what fictional character in literature did they base their name on? 070331 ... cocoon The main character from metamorphisis? 070331 ... redtree nice work cocoon...your correct answer concerning the main character in kafka's classic raises your total to 12.00. 070331 ... redtree list the winners of the 2006 youtube video awards... (fill in the blanks...each one worth 3 points) most creative:__________________________________ best commentary:______________________________ best series:_____________________________________ best music video:_______________________________ most inspirational:______________________________ most adorable:_________________________________ 070331 ... contestant numbah 2 OK Go's, Here It Goes Again" for most creative 070401 ... redtree contestant numbah 2, be you the original or the co-opter, your correct answer raises your total to 23.00. know any other ones? since we're at a new month let's make it more interesting and increase the value of each one to five points... 070402 ... redtree the rest of the youtube awards... commentary-hotness prevails series-ask a ninja music video-say it's possible comedy-smoosh short2 stranded inspirational-free hugs campaign adorable-kiwi 30 possible points...poof! gone... new question...for five points, name the longest running show in broadway history...and for ten points, list the current total of performances.... 070404 ... ! what a booorriiiinng question ! 070404 ... ummmm... it must be cats - right ? 070404 ... . i deserve a Yorkie bar too. 070404 ... birdmad Dropping a clue: right schmaltzy composer, wrong production 070404 ... birdmad blathes the red blather For five points each Chinese director A)____ has, in recent years changed direction in his films from comparatively quiet dramas to epic pieces in the "swordsman" or B)______** genre. Name 2 of his dramas from the late 80's and early 90's and name 3 of his more recent color-splashed epics **this answer is a Chinese word (that's a half-assed clue there) 070404 ... tessa This is just a guess, because i'm not sure if he could really be described as having changed direction. Ang Lee, from Taiwan directed films such as Sense and Sensibility and Eat Drink Man Woman in earlier days, and more recently Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (which belongs to said genre, who's name I don't know), Hulk and Brokeback Mountain (which don't belong to said genre). 070404 ... tessa and for the broadway old timer - my first guess would have been cats, but if not then maybe phantom? 070404 ... The Curse of the GrendelBirdmad Tessa, i'll give you ten for a damned good guess (and because Ang Lee does sort of fit that description as well), but i'm actually referring to another director who has yet to make an American film an actor and actress from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon have been in this director's "swordsman" epics but not at the same time (this hint is a little less subtle) 070404 ... birdmad i'll leave the Broadway verification to crOwl 070404 ... bird takes a day off Meanwhile, my Chinese cinema question remains open until Friday as i am off tomorrow and, as such will be largely unplugged i return 070404 ... bad grammar birdmad UNTIL i return, ahem... 070404 ... redtree tessa...with 1o points from bird and 5 for phantom, your total rises to 22.50. still remaining along with bird's question is the total number of performances of the phantom of the opera during its run on broadway. take a guess. the closest to the total will win the points... 070405 ... contestant numbah 2 My guess is 4800 performances. 070405 ... contestant numbah 2 I'm sorry, make that 6200. 070405 ... cocoon Would one of those colour splashed recent epics be Hero? And one of the actors Jet Lee(not sure about this one)? And Zhang Ziyi an actress? 070405 ... bird of blathing blathers possibly...but if i confirm or deny any portion of your guess, i run the risk of giving away the answer too directly It is currently 9:24 am where i am. at 6:00 PM i will either grant you the points for the correct portions of your answer if they happen to be so, or i will give the reveal ('nother hint here) 070406 ... cocoon Okay, fair enough. I just wish I could remember what the last movie was called. I know it came out fairly recently but my memory for names is so bad. 070406 ... redtree guesses for the total number of phantom shows will be accepted throughout the easter week-end. come on, you can do it. 070406 ... birdmad ditto here for the movies/director/actors question... it shall remain open 'til monday 070406 ... bird Meanwhile, last clue: The director in question left his wife not long after he began an affair with the actress who would be the leading lady in many of his films even after the end of their eight year relationship 070406 ... birdmad i'll take the points for the Phantom question (saw it on the news that same morning) 8000 performances as of the date of crOwl's question Meanwhile. coccoon gets 10 for naming Hero and Zhang Ziyi The director in question is Zhang Yimou whose critically acclaimed dramas from the late 80's/early 90's period include "Raise the Red Lantern" "Ju Dou" "Shanghai Triad" "To Live" and "Red Sorghum" The two actors specifically from Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" who have also worked with Zhang are Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat Zhang's recent interest in "swordsman" or "Wuxia" epics has resulted in the films "House of Flying Daggers" "Hero" and "The Curse of the Golden Flower" in which Chow Yun Fat co-stars with the woman for whom Zhang left his wife to conduct an 8-year relationship...Gong Li, who was also Zhang's leading lady in many of those earlier films 070409 ... redtree a flurry of points at the end of the third month of play...cocoon increases to 22.00, contestant numbah 2 gets 3 for his close attempt at the number of phantom performances and rises to 26.00...and congrats to birdmad who not only adds depth to the game, but remains in first place with an impressive 56.00... 070410 ... cocoon Aaargh. How could I forget House of Flying Daggers. 070410 ... . _redtree_cultural'literacy_game redtree_cultural'literacy_game 070412 what's it to you? who go blather from