Stimulating September - WHO? It's quiz time!

Hello Everyone,

I hope you have all had a most enjoyable week. Maybe you learned something from last week's quiz - the answers are now available.

Now for this week's quiz:

1. Who in ancient Greece made a great discovery while taking a bath?
Archimedes


2.  Who 'tilted at windmills'?
Don Quixote


3.  Who crowns the Sovereign of Great Britain?
The Archbishop of Canterbury


4.  Who introduced the 'penny post' in Britain?
Sir Rowland Hill


5.  Who invented the first astronomical telescope?
Galileo

6.  Who first flew over the North Pole?
Commander Byrd


7.  Who are the patron saints of a)Russia  b) Italy?
a) St Nicholas   b)St Anthony


8.  Who founded the Jesuits?
Ignatius Loyola 

9.  Who was the last Viceroy of India?
Earl Mountbatten of Burma


10. Who is regarded as the greatest of Chinese philosopher's?
Confucius 


11.  WHO stands for what?
World Health Organisation


12.  Who gave us Love Me Tender  and Wooden Heart?
Elvis Presley


13.  Who would be a true cockney?
A person born within the sound of the bells of St Mary Le Bow Church, Cheapside, London. UK


14.  Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci


15.  Who was the sixteenth century German engraver famous for Praying Hands?
Albrecht Durer


16.  Who lives at 10, Downing Street, London?
The Prime Minister of England


17.  Who was the English outlaw, who robbed the rich to pay the poor?
Robin Hood


18.  Who in the thirteenth century invented gunpowder and spectacles?
Roger Bacon


19.  Who, in 1927, made the first solo non-stop Atlantic flight?
Charles Lindberg


20.  Who wrote Time & Tide, No Regrets, Stay in Touch, Look After Each Other, Sofia's Legacy? and Love You Forever.
Marilyn L Rice !!!!

Answers next week.

Lady M! (The smart arse who knows all the answers)

it's quiz time 4... What year?

Hello Everyone,

How did your proverbial skills cope last week?

All the following events are memorable but can you remember the year without the aid of Google?

1. Did John Glenn orbit the Earth? 1962


2. Was the Wall Street Crash?1929


3. Did Britain celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee?1977


4. Did Nelson Mandela become President of South Africa?1995


5. Did Howard Carter find the Tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt?1924


6. Did President Nixon resign over Watergate?1974


7. Did England win the World Cup?1966


8. Did the German invasion of Poland start World War II? 1939


9. Did Prohibition begin in the USA?1920


10. Did Queen Victoria die? 1901


11. Did the Titanic sink?1912


12. Was the Princess of Wales killed in a car crash in Paris?1997


13. Did the Falklands 'conflict' take place?1982


14. Was President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas?1963


15. Was the Abdication of Edward VIII? 1936


16. Did Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing conquer Everest?1953


17. Was the Russian Revolution?1917


18. Did Elvis Presley die?1977


19. Did Concorde make its maiden flight?1969


20. Did the Battle of Britain take place?1940


Answers, next week!

                                                      

Love to you all, Lady M xxxxx

Cinders you shall go to the Ball!

Well it is September and in just over three months time the tree will be decorated, the house looking festive, presents almost ready and cards adorning the home. Christmas is just round the corner! We are two thirds of the way through another year. Have you completed two thirds of the tasks you set yourself for 2015? If not don't panic just start a new list for 2016!

Thinking back to my New Year post I wrote it in purple, the colour of optimism, and wanted to make it the year to achieve dreams. The year when dreams come true. Well, I'm still waiting... how about you? But, I'm also still positive. I still like to make every moment count and try new things. I guess this year, so far, my 'first's' have been using my concessionary travel pass, travelling on the tram, visiting The New Library of Birmingham, visiting the Avebury Stone Circle, and  travelling on the Steam Train at Exbury Gardens.

Thinking ahead to the party season, if you were Cinders going to the Fancy Dress Ball, which of the following characters would you choose to be and why, or maybe you would like to add a character of your own?

William Shakespeare
Queen Victoria
David Livingstone
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
John Lennon
George Eliot
Winston Churchill
Margot Fonteyn
Charles Darwin
Amelia Earhart
Vincent van Gogh
Cleopatra
John F Kennedy
Florence Nightingale
Elvis Presley
Dusty Springfield
Oscar Wilde
Mae West
Christopher Columbus

Personally, I would choose Florence Nightingale or The Lady with the Lamp as she was known. I admire her tremendously for all that she did and achieved which was difficult for a woman in her day. I find her an inspirational and caring character.

Until next week, have fun, make every moment count and never give up on your dreams!

Lady M