Answers : Quiz 14 - Food Etymologies

1. Blood Mary
The cocktail is supposedly named for either of two women :

a) Queen Mary I of England (pic 1) who succeeded in restoring England to Roman Catholicism but in doing so, had 300 heretics burned at the stake. This gave her the moniker 'Bloody Mary'.

b) Mary Pickford (pic 3), influential Canadian born Hollywood Actress who founded United Artists along with D W Griffith, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks. She was also one of the founding 36 of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which awards the Oscars.

The 2nd pic shows the ghost or witch from folklore, Bloody Mary who was believed to appear in the mirror when called three times.

2. Tandoor

The cuisine 'Tandoori' (pertaining to the Tandoor) gets its name from Tandoor, which is a cylindrical oven used in cooking and baking.

3. Dom Perignon

The préstige cuvée of Moet et Chandon (now under LVMH), the brand got its name from the 17th century monk of the same name. He made invaluable contributions to the quality of Champagne wine and over the years, the invention of sparkling Champagne has been attributed to him.

4. Marie / Maria Biscuit

Marie is actually a generic type of sweet biscuit made of wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil and vanilla flouring. It was created by the bakery Peek Freans in London in 1874 to commemorate the marriage of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia to the Duke of Edinburgh. Peek Freans had a controlling interest in Britannia Industries in the 19th century and Britannia have continued to use the name Marie.

5. Pizza Margherita

Rafael Esposito, considered to be the inventor of the modern pizza - the Margherita, named it in honour of Queen Margherita of Savoy, Queen of Italy between 1878 and 1900. He baked three different pizzas for the King and the Queen during their visit to Naples. Today it is one of the three official variants of the Neapolitan Pizza variety, the other two being Pizza Marinara and Pizza Margherita Extra.

Scores : Quiz 13 - Sculptures

Mahesh - 5
Vasanth - 6

Answers : Quiz 13 - Sculptures

1. Piccadilly Circus, London
It's a statue of Anteros, the Greek God of requited love and its presence was meant to symbolize the selfless philanthropic love of the Earl of Shaftesbury for the poor. It's often mistaken for Eros.

2. Shoah / Holocaust
Located at the foot of Mount Herzl on the mount of remembrance in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem Memorial is Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The origin of the name is from a Biblical verse: "And to them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name (Yad Vashem) that shall not be cut off."

3. The Thinker by Auguste Rodin
Placed in the Musée Rodin in Paris, this sculpture was originally meant to depict Dante in front of the gates of Hell. It has since come to represent the intellectual in repose.

4. Nike, the Greek Goddess of Strength, Speed and Victory

5. Pietà
Michelangelo's work found in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome is also the only one signed by him. It represents the Virgin Mary cradling a dead Jesus. Any representation of this (in any art form) is referred to as Pietà.

6. Karl Marx and Matthew Engels
Found in Szoborpark aka Statue Park in Budapest.

7. Reclining Figure by Henry Moore

Quiz 14 - Food Etymologies

Hi,

1. These three images give the possible origins of the name of which drink ?




2. What device does this illustration depict ?



3. Whose statue is shown in the picture ?




4. What was created to honour the occasion when these two personages got married ?

5. Which culinary invention was named after this person ?

Have fun !

Zed

Scores : Quiz 12 - Oscars

Venkatesh - 5
Gokul - 7
Saravanan - 5

Quiz 13 - Sculptures

Hi !

Oscars. Now Sculptures. It isn't the shape of things to come ! Noticed it only now. Anyways, it's 7 questions this time on famous statues and sculptures.

1. At which famous landmark would one see this winged archer ?


2. Of what is this sculpture intended to serve as a reminder?


3. Identify the sculpture and name the sculptor.

4. Which figure from Greek mythology does this sculpture depict ?

5. Identify the sculpture.

6. Who are the two comrades depicted in sculpture ?

7. Name the sculpture and the sculptor.

Have fun !

Zed

Answers : Quiz 12 - Oscars

1. Bob Hope
Hosted the Academy Awards 18 times from the 40s upto the 70s.

2. She was the first Indian to receive an Academy Award.
Bhanu Athaiya, Best Costume Design for 'Gandhi'

3. Louise Fletcher's acceptance speech for receiving the Academy Award for Best
Actress for 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' (1975) was in sign language as both her parents were deaf from birth. She thanked them for teaching her to dream and that this was a dream coming true in front of her eyes.

4. Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin won one competitive Oscar for Best Music Score for 'Limelight'. This photo is from the 1972 ceremony where he was given an honorary Oscar for 'his incalculable effect in making motion pictures, the art form of the 20th century'.

5. Laurence Olivier, for 'Hamlet' (1948). He's also the only actor to have won an Oscar for playing a Shakesperean character.

6. Hattie McDaniel was the first Afro-American to win an Oscar.
She won Best Supporting Actress for playing Mammy in 'Gone With The Wind' (1939).

7. Sylvester Stallone
The other person is Muhammad Ali. They jointly presented the award for Best Supporting Actress in 1977, the ceremony in which 'Rocky' was nominated in 10 categories (2 for Stallone - Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay) and won 3. They staged a mock fight during their act, among the memorable Oscar moments.

8. Sacheen Littlefeather , who was sent by Marlon Brando to read a long speech written by him as a mark of protest against the United States' treatment of native Indians. This was the ceremony in which he won Best Actor for 'The Godfather' but refused to collect it.

9. 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' (1975)
The other two are 'It Happened One Night' (1934) and 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991) . They are the only 3 films to win the top 5 Oscars - Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Picture and Best Screenplay.

10. Peter Finch (played Howard Beale in the 1976 film 'Network')
He was the first actor be awarded an Oscar posthumously. Heath Ledger, in 2009, became the second.