Did you ever wake up in the middle of the night and ask yourself -- who invented kitty litter? Or what about when you’re watching a movie and the actor tosses a stick of dynamite at the bad guys -- ever thought wow who invented that?
Well I bet now that I’ve planted the idea you will ~smiles~. You can thank me later.
For today’s Sunday trivia I thought it would be fun to find out who invented some of the things we use every day and some we don’t. Things from our childhood and some we wouldn’t want to live without.
Enjoy!
1. Airplane
2. Aspirin
3. Barbed Wire
4. Bread Slicer
5. Bubble Gum
6. Clue (one of the top 10 games of all times)
7. Coffee Pot (on my list of can’t live without)
8. Dynamite
9. Electric Battery
10. Elevator
11. Etch A Sketch
12. Frisbee
13. Graham Cracker
14. Hershey Bar (give that man a kiss)
15. Ivory Soap
16. Jigsaw Puzzle
17. Kitty Litter
18. Lava Lamp
19. Liquid Paper (I’m betting this was a frustrated secretary)
20. Matches
21. Mr. Potato Head
22. Potato Chips
23. Safety Pin
24. Slinky
25. Tinker Toy (on the top 10 toys of all times list)
26. Velcro
27. Yo-Yo
:)
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Idiom's Trivia - Answers
Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush
A Chip On Your Shoulder
Back Seat Driver
Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Close but no Cigar
Curiosity Killed The Cat
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket
Elvis has left the building
Everything But The Kitchen Sink
Finger lickin' good
From Rags To Riches
Go Down Like A Lead Balloon
Great Minds Think Alike
Haste Makes Waste
Hold Your Horses
Icing On The Cake
In The Heat Of The Moment
Keep your chin up
Knock On Wood
Last but not least
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Method To My Madness
Mum's the word
Not Playing With a Full Deck
On Pins And Needles
On The Same Page
Pig In A Poke
Practice Makes Perfect
Raining Cats and Dogs
Rome Was Not Built In One Day
Saved By The Bell
Sick As A Dog
The Ball Is In Your Court
The Whole Nine Yards
Variety Is The Spice Of Life
Water Under The Bridge
When It Rains, It Pours
You Are What You Eat
You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover
Zero Tolerance
;)
A Chip On Your Shoulder
Back Seat Driver
Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Close but no Cigar
Curiosity Killed The Cat
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket
Elvis has left the building
Everything But The Kitchen Sink
Finger lickin' good
From Rags To Riches
Go Down Like A Lead Balloon
Great Minds Think Alike
Haste Makes Waste
Hold Your Horses
Icing On The Cake
In The Heat Of The Moment
Keep your chin up
Knock On Wood
Last but not least
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Method To My Madness
Mum's the word
Not Playing With a Full Deck
On Pins And Needles
On The Same Page
Pig In A Poke
Practice Makes Perfect
Raining Cats and Dogs
Rome Was Not Built In One Day
Saved By The Bell
Sick As A Dog
The Ball Is In Your Court
The Whole Nine Yards
Variety Is The Spice Of Life
Water Under The Bridge
When It Rains, It Pours
You Are What You Eat
You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover
Zero Tolerance
;)
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Sunday Trivia - Idiom's
Do you know what an Idiom is?
I was sure my answer to that question was a resounding - Yep! Then, I read the definition - an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up.
Huh, what?
Okay to me an Idiom is a saying that makes little sense, has been used for generations, and no one knows it's origin.
So I thought it would be fun to see if you all can finish these Idiom’s. If I give you the beginning, can you supply the ending?
Have fun!!
1. Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The
2. A Chip On Your
3. Back Seat
4. Barking Up The Wrong
5. Close but no
6. Curiosity Killed The
7. Don't count your chickens before they
8. Don't Put All Your Eggs In One
9. Elvis has left the
10.Everything But The Kitchen
11.Finger lickin'
12. From Rags To
13. Go Down Like A Lead
14. Great Minds Think
15. Haste Makes
16. Hold Your
17. Icing On The
18. In The Heat Of The
19. Keep your chin
20. Knock On
21. Last but not
22. Let Sleeping Dogs
23. Method To My
24. Mum's the
25. Not Playing With a Full
26. On Pins And
27. On The Same
28. Pig In A
29. Practice Makes
30. Raining Cats and
31. Rome Was Not Built In One
32. Saved By The
33. Sick As A
34. The Ball Is In Your
35. The Whole Nine
36. Variety Is The Spice Of
37. Water Under The
38. When It Rains, It
39. You Are What You
40. You Can't Judge A Book By Its
41. Zero
;)
I was sure my answer to that question was a resounding - Yep! Then, I read the definition - an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up.
Huh, what?
Okay to me an Idiom is a saying that makes little sense, has been used for generations, and no one knows it's origin.
So I thought it would be fun to see if you all can finish these Idiom’s. If I give you the beginning, can you supply the ending?
Have fun!!
1. Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The
2. A Chip On Your
3. Back Seat
4. Barking Up The Wrong
5. Close but no
6. Curiosity Killed The
7. Don't count your chickens before they
8. Don't Put All Your Eggs In One
9. Elvis has left the
10.Everything But The Kitchen
11.Finger lickin'
12. From Rags To
13. Go Down Like A Lead
14. Great Minds Think
15. Haste Makes
16. Hold Your
17. Icing On The
18. In The Heat Of The
19. Keep your chin
20. Knock On
21. Last but not
22. Let Sleeping Dogs
23. Method To My
24. Mum's the
25. Not Playing With a Full
26. On Pins And
27. On The Same
28. Pig In A
29. Practice Makes
30. Raining Cats and
31. Rome Was Not Built In One
32. Saved By The
33. Sick As A
34. The Ball Is In Your
35. The Whole Nine
36. Variety Is The Spice Of
37. Water Under The
38. When It Rains, It
39. You Are What You
40. You Can't Judge A Book By Its
41. Zero
;)
Sunday Trivia - Name The Waterfall - Answers
1. Angel Falls - The world’s highest waterfalls and it falls from a height of 979 meters.
2. Iguazu Falls - The U-shaped cliff in the waterfall which is known as the Devil’s throat is the most striking feature of this waterfall.
3. Tugela Falls - The specialty of this waterfall is the presence of a series of five spectacular cascades.
4. Niagara Falls - One of the most powerful waterfalls in the world with about six million cubic meters of water flowing per minute.
5. Rhine Falls - One of the oldest waterfalls which were believed to have formed about seventeen thousand years ago.
6. Yosemite Falls - A combination of two plunge falls and a cascade falls.
7. Jog Falls - Its source is the Sharavathi River and it flows from a height of 253 meters.
8. Victoria Falls - The forest site near the waterfalls contains the most unique species of wildlife.
9. Murchison Falls - It's between Lake Victoria and Lake Albert.
10. Ouzoud Falls - Located about 150 kilometers from Marrakech in the High Atlas mountains.
11. Dettifoss Falls - Is the most powerful waterfall in Europe.
12. Gulfoss Falls - Within a few hours drive of Reykjavik.
13. Krimmler Falls - An amazing sight to see 20,000 m³/h of water see rushing 380 meters downwards.
14. Havasu Canyon Falls - The stunning turquoise water snakes down the narrow canyon with waterless desert on both sides.
15. Bridal Veil Falls - Almost 200 meters high and one of the most characteristic sights in Yosemite.
16. Kaieteur Falls - Located in the centre of Guyana's rainforest on the Potaro river.
2. Iguazu Falls - The U-shaped cliff in the waterfall which is known as the Devil’s throat is the most striking feature of this waterfall.
3. Tugela Falls - The specialty of this waterfall is the presence of a series of five spectacular cascades.
4. Niagara Falls - One of the most powerful waterfalls in the world with about six million cubic meters of water flowing per minute.
5. Rhine Falls - One of the oldest waterfalls which were believed to have formed about seventeen thousand years ago.
6. Yosemite Falls - A combination of two plunge falls and a cascade falls.
7. Jog Falls - Its source is the Sharavathi River and it flows from a height of 253 meters.
8. Victoria Falls - The forest site near the waterfalls contains the most unique species of wildlife.
9. Murchison Falls - It's between Lake Victoria and Lake Albert.
10. Ouzoud Falls - Located about 150 kilometers from Marrakech in the High Atlas mountains.
11. Dettifoss Falls - Is the most powerful waterfall in Europe.
12. Gulfoss Falls - Within a few hours drive of Reykjavik.
13. Krimmler Falls - An amazing sight to see 20,000 m³/h of water see rushing 380 meters downwards.
14. Havasu Canyon Falls - The stunning turquoise water snakes down the narrow canyon with waterless desert on both sides.
15. Bridal Veil Falls - Almost 200 meters high and one of the most characteristic sights in Yosemite.
16. Kaieteur Falls - Located in the centre of Guyana's rainforest on the Potaro river.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Inception
What is there to say about Inception?
How about - that is 2 hours and 28 minutes of my life I’ll never get back. And, trust me I want it back.
After watching Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island, I had high hopes this dream state, subconscious thrill ride would have twists and turns that kept me guessing.
No such luck!
The premise of the film is Dom Cobb (Leonardo) and his band of trusted accomplices are going to pull off the impossible: plant an idea. If only someone had had an idea. Any idea of how to make this movie so it had a cohesive story line instead of action scenes intermixed with talking, intermixed with some very low tech, unexplained dream inducing machine, and back to action scene.
It’s funny, after sitting in the theater for two hours and twenty-eight minutes; it took me less then five minutes to forget the names of every character in the movie. The only reason I know Leo’s characters name is because it was on the theaters movie listing. I remember there were five or maybe three hundred other men and I think two or three women in the movie, but really only a few of them lived so I didn’t bother to count.
In fairness I will say there were a couple of chuckle moments, however having admitted that I have to be honest and tell you I don’t think they were intended to be funny. The rating for this movie is PG-13 and I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone under 13. Not because it’s bloody or full of swearing - truth be told, I can’t remember much of the dialogue, but I’m pretty sure swearing was minimal. The reason little ones should stay at home is because there is nothing in this movie they will understand. Heck, I didn’t understand it and I’m a pretty smart cookie most of the time. Oh, and Connie and KK agree with me (yes about the movie and about me being a smart cookie, LOL).
So all in all, Inception needed a little more in the way of explanation mixed in with a whole lot more direction - both in storyline and actual directing. This movie was a fail for me.
1 Buttered Popcorn
:)
How about - that is 2 hours and 28 minutes of my life I’ll never get back. And, trust me I want it back.
After watching Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island, I had high hopes this dream state, subconscious thrill ride would have twists and turns that kept me guessing.
No such luck!
The premise of the film is Dom Cobb (Leonardo) and his band of trusted accomplices are going to pull off the impossible: plant an idea. If only someone had had an idea. Any idea of how to make this movie so it had a cohesive story line instead of action scenes intermixed with talking, intermixed with some very low tech, unexplained dream inducing machine, and back to action scene.
It’s funny, after sitting in the theater for two hours and twenty-eight minutes; it took me less then five minutes to forget the names of every character in the movie. The only reason I know Leo’s characters name is because it was on the theaters movie listing. I remember there were five or maybe three hundred other men and I think two or three women in the movie, but really only a few of them lived so I didn’t bother to count.
In fairness I will say there were a couple of chuckle moments, however having admitted that I have to be honest and tell you I don’t think they were intended to be funny. The rating for this movie is PG-13 and I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone under 13. Not because it’s bloody or full of swearing - truth be told, I can’t remember much of the dialogue, but I’m pretty sure swearing was minimal. The reason little ones should stay at home is because there is nothing in this movie they will understand. Heck, I didn’t understand it and I’m a pretty smart cookie most of the time. Oh, and Connie and KK agree with me (yes about the movie and about me being a smart cookie, LOL).
So all in all, Inception needed a little more in the way of explanation mixed in with a whole lot more direction - both in storyline and actual directing. This movie was a fail for me.
1 Buttered Popcorn
:)
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Sunday Trivia - Name The Waterfall
1. The world’s highest waterfalls and it falls from a height of 979 meters.
2. The U-shaped cliff in the waterfall which is known as the Devil’s throat is the most striking feature of this waterfall.
3. The specialty of this waterfall is the presence of a series of five spectacular cascades.
4. One of the most powerful waterfalls in the world with about six million cubic meters of water flowing per minute.
5. One of the oldest waterfalls which were believed to have formed about seventeen thousand years ago.
6. A combination of two plunge falls and a cascade falls.
7. Its source is the Sharavathi River and it flows from a height of 253 meters.
8. The forest site near the waterfalls contains the most unique species of wildlife.
9. It's between Lake Victoria and Lake Albert.
10. Located about 150 kilometers from Marrakech in the High Atlas mountains.
11. Is the most powerful waterfall in Europe.
12. Within a few hours drive of Reykjavik.
13. An amazing sight to see 20,000 m³/h of water see rushing 380 meters downwards.
14. The stunning turquoise water snakes down the narrow canyon with waterless desert on both sides.
15. Almost 200 meters high and one of the most characteristic sights in Yosemite.
16. Located in the centre of Guyana's rainforest on the Potaro river.
2. The U-shaped cliff in the waterfall which is known as the Devil’s throat is the most striking feature of this waterfall.
3. The specialty of this waterfall is the presence of a series of five spectacular cascades.
4. One of the most powerful waterfalls in the world with about six million cubic meters of water flowing per minute.
5. One of the oldest waterfalls which were believed to have formed about seventeen thousand years ago.
6. A combination of two plunge falls and a cascade falls.
7. Its source is the Sharavathi River and it flows from a height of 253 meters.
8. The forest site near the waterfalls contains the most unique species of wildlife.
9. It's between Lake Victoria and Lake Albert.
10. Located about 150 kilometers from Marrakech in the High Atlas mountains.
11. Is the most powerful waterfall in Europe.
12. Within a few hours drive of Reykjavik.
13. An amazing sight to see 20,000 m³/h of water see rushing 380 meters downwards.
14. The stunning turquoise water snakes down the narrow canyon with waterless desert on both sides.
15. Almost 200 meters high and one of the most characteristic sights in Yosemite.
16. Located in the centre of Guyana's rainforest on the Potaro river.
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