Trivia Advent Calendar

[L Verge]

(12-23-2015 06:23 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Wonderful - we have a clear winner tonight, three first places, and six winners altogether - to me every participant is a winner (as "dabeisein ist alles" - "it's the taking part that counts"!)

Laurie 9
Joe 9
Roger 9
Gene 8
Thomas 3
Rogerm 2

Kudos, Roger is correct - this was the Bushes' tree (and I took the liberty to make the color a bit more neutral):

"George and Barbara Bush invited their children and grandchildren to celebrate Christmas in the White House in 1990. The special theme for Christmas that year was the "Nutcracker Suite." There were nearly fifty trees in the White House, but the tree that featured the Nutcracker was special - it was decorated with 50 pairs of ballet slippers and 40 dancers along with assorted ornaments from the White House collection."
http://www.hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/...index.html
(Please click on Bush!)

Finally I'd like to learn which questions you liked/enjoyed the most. Please decide on two and let me know (if possible plus a brief "why") - thanks!

A merry Xmas to you and yours, and perhaps this wonderful, brilliantly presented pas des deux from the nutcracker, featuring the great Rudolf Nureyew as the Prince, will make an atmospherical beginning:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CWVU-eZx6ZE

What a wonderful way to end the contest - sharing first place with two of my best friends - and courtesy of a dear friend, Eva. If I had been smart enough to enlarge the photo, I would have seen the ballerinas and had another clue to search for. A very fitting ending, Eva, since I suspect that you have danced in the Nutcracker in earlier years.

P.S. I don't think I have ever told you that one of my daughter's ballet teachers had danced under Mikhail Baryschnikov after he came to America.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Thank you so much, Laurie!

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(12-23-2015 06:32 PM)L Verge Wrote:  P.S. I don't think I have ever told you that one of my daughter's ballet teachers had danced under Mikhail Baryschnikov after he came to America.

No - that's a-w-e-s-o-m-e!!!!!!

[Gene C]

Thanks Eva, a great job and lots of fun.

For Laurie, Joe & Roger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S_gLohI4XE

[J. Beckert]

The entire thread was wonderful, Eva, but if you want two favorites, mine would be the Jack Lincoln photo (because I've never seen it before) and The River Queen photo.

They were all tough and I joke about "cheating", but with the small snippets of pictures, it has to be done. Usually I won't answer a question unless I have an idea and then I allow myself one Google to confirm it.

Thank you so much for the fun, Eva and the three way tie was neat! You are very much loved by all your friends here.

[Eva Elisabeth]

PS: As for the favorite questions - mine probably were GWTW, because it's so well known, and the Lincoln wallet, because it is so essentially Lincoln and assassination, thus both were possible for everyone to get, and yet these challenged y'all quite much...

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(12-23-2015 07:01 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  The entire thread was wonderful, Eva, but if you want two favorites, mine would be the Jack Lincoln photo (because I've never seen it before) and The River Queen photo.

They were all tough and I joke about "cheating", but with the small snippets of pictures, it has to be done. Usually I won't answer a question unless I have an idea and then I allow myself one Google to confirm it.

Thank you so much for the fun, Eva and the three way tie was neat! You are very much loved by all your friends here.

Thank you so much, Joe - yes, Google was welcome this time as hopefully still a challenge (I've tried to make the questions "Google proof"!)
Thanks for sharing your favourites!

[RJNorton]

(12-23-2015 06:23 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Finally I'd like to learn which questions you liked/enjoyed the most. Please decide on two and let me know (if possible plus a brief "why") - thanks!

I liked them all, but I think my absolute favorite was Hannah Armstrong as my original guess was so ridiculous (far off!!!!) that I decided to delete it almost immediately. Right now I cannot decide on a second favorite other than to tell you I sure looked forward to guessing at your questions the past 24 days! Thank you again for doing this. Simply wonderful.

[Thomas Kearney]

I have noticed that some Advent Calendars include the 25th. Eve, would it be alright if I included a question for the 25th?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Thomas, no Advent calendar in Germany does as Xmas Eve is the main celebration and time of gift giving (although both the 25th+26th are public holidays). But, please, feel free to add #25, till y'all have to wait longer!

[Thomas Kearney]

Where is this, and what does this have to do with the assassination?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/86528312@N06/23319539873/

[Gene C]

Thomas the train and I don t know

[Thomas Kearney]

(12-24-2015 04:06 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Thomas the train and I don t know

Sorry Gene!

Hint 1: Bring him in Here!

Hint 2: Go and smell the roses

Hint 3: Under the Dome

[Eva Elisabeth]

The poinsettias remind me of your Mudd House photos - but I doubt it's period... you mentioned you display trains on Xmas, does it have to do therewith

[Thomas Kearney]

(12-24-2015 04:30 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  The poinsettias remind me of your Mudd House photos - but I doubt it's period... you mentioned you display trains on Xmas, does it have to do therewith

It does have to do with a train display Eva, but Where?

Hint 4: look closely at the building

[Eva Elisabeth]

Petersen House? (But they didn't cross a railway track when Lincoln was carried over...)

[Thomas Kearney]

(12-24-2015 04:31 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Petersen House? (But they didn't cross a railway track when Lincoln was carried over...)

You are correct, it is a miniature of the Petersen House at a train display at a DC Landmark, but which one would be covered with flowers?

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It is right across from the Capitol Reflecting pool

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I stumped Y'all. It's at the DC Botanic Garden. They have a really nice holiday setup.