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Post by Lux on Mar 14, 2008 6:40:19 GMT 12
Correct: Red, White & Blue with Yellow flowers.
hps - 1 pt
George - 1 pt.
kokonutwoman - 5 pts.
maire - 9 pts.
diana - 1 pt
Yollie - 19 pts.
Cookie - 20 pts.
Bossybitch - 11 pts.
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Post by Lux on Mar 14, 2008 6:44:05 GMT 12
Names and meanings:
The Meaning of Herbert?
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Post by yollie on Mar 15, 2008 9:50:10 GMT 12
Herbert means "Bright Army", of German origin.
According to my book of baby names.
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Post by Lux on Mar 15, 2008 10:00:02 GMT 12
Correct: Herbert means "Bright Army", of German origin.
hps - 1 pt
George - 1 pt.
kokonutwoman - 5 pts.
maire - 9 pts.
diana - 1 pt
Yollie - 21 pts.
Cookie - 20 pts.
Bossybitch - 11 pts.
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Post by Lux on Mar 15, 2008 10:07:39 GMT 12
Entertainment:
Hitchcock's Titles
Master of suspense, film director Alfred Hitchcock was fascinated with the power of the single-word film title, and used it 15 times. Can you name the movies?
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Post by hps on Mar 16, 2008 17:25:33 GMT 12
psycho, notorious, champagne, vertigo, blackmail, downhill, murder, suspician, rebecca, saboteur, lifeboat, spellbound, rope, marnie, topaz
definitely google
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Post by Lux on Mar 16, 2008 19:29:53 GMT 12
Correct: Psycho, Notorious, Champagne, Vertigo, Blackmail, Downhill, Murder, Suspicion, Rebbecca, Saboteur, Lifeboat, Spellbound, Rope, Marnie, Topaz
hps - 2 pts.
George - 1 pt.
kokonutwoman - 5 pts.
maire - 9 pts.
diana - 1 pt
Yollie - 21 pts.
Cookie - 20 pts.
Bossybitch - 11 pts.
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Post by Lux on Mar 16, 2008 19:37:01 GMT 12
Here at home:
As an infant Guide Rangi had a tapu placed on her, why?
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Post by bossybitch on Mar 17, 2008 22:30:14 GMT 12
Is that the one to do with Kapiti...hmmm I remember reading something in a book called Hero stories of Aotearoa I'll come back to ya . That's a story similar to Hinemoa.
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Post by bossybitch on Mar 17, 2008 22:37:06 GMT 12
Hmm that was interesting but I think it's a different story than the one you are after. It was to protect the child from the seas when they took off from the wars that were happening. The book is a good read and an account of some of our history.
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Post by Lux on Mar 18, 2008 6:47:58 GMT 12
I was reading something in a NZ radio archives book I'll type out later on after work.
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Post by bossybitch on Mar 18, 2008 15:27:17 GMT 12
Goggled I read that she was from Rotorua area. Apparently she was also responsible for being part of the foundation to the Maori Women's Welfare League.....She was the fourth child to Te Mango Ratema and Tuhipo Tene. Due to the loss of children a tapu was place upon her...it was never completed due to the tohunga's death. She was also separated from the other children until a later time. She was one of the most remarkable Guides whiuch included showing the Queen around Whakarewarewa(and it would have been all of that area before it was closed off to the public) A very good read.
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Post by Lux on Mar 18, 2008 15:33:48 GMT 12
Correct: Being the youngest of four children in which the other three died in infancy a tapu was placed on her but not lifted because the Tohunga who was to perform the ceremony died, Guide Rangi, was separated from other chidren until age 9. Though she didn't have any childhood friends because of the tapu, she had friends in nature.
Ka mau te wehi Bossy!
hps - 2 pts.
George - 1 pt.
kokonutwoman - 5 pts.
maire - 9 pts.
diana - 1 pt
Yollie - 21 pts.
Cookie - 20 pts.
Bossybitch - 12 pts.
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Post by Lux on Mar 18, 2008 19:36:13 GMT 12
South Pacific Stories:
Carving Up The Cross
Who wrote it?
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Post by yollie on Mar 22, 2008 23:15:49 GMT 12
thats a tough one, haven't been able to find anything!!
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Post by Lux on Mar 24, 2008 7:27:16 GMT 12
Answer:
Apirana Taylor
from 'Contemporary South Pacific Stories' edited by C. K. Stead.
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Post by Lux on Mar 24, 2008 7:29:46 GMT 12
Riddle:
What row of numbers comes next?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
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Post by damian on Mar 24, 2008 9:35:04 GMT 12
Can anyone have a go? I would pick 1111331122211
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Post by damian on Mar 24, 2008 9:35:46 GMT 12
Sorry if I was rude and butted in there.
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Post by Lux on Mar 24, 2008 9:42:51 GMT 12
Anyone can play the game Damian, so you are most welcome.  btw thats not the right answer. |
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Post by damian on Mar 24, 2008 9:46:32 GMT 12
I am hopeless at those number things, but I like general trivia.
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Post by Lux on Mar 24, 2008 9:48:37 GMT 12
I am too, I have the answer to the riddle but I still can't figure it. LOL.
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Post by damian on Mar 24, 2008 9:54:01 GMT 12
I can never work out those IQ things........some people have a natural bent, or are a "genius", but just because you can't work out the pattern for which number goes next, it doesn't mean you are dumb. A lot of the world's most successful people have been illiterate, and would have low IQ scores.
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Post by Lux on Mar 24, 2008 12:01:19 GMT 12
Heres the clue that will undo the riddle, each line describes the one before it.
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Post by maire on Mar 24, 2008 12:15:58 GMT 12
Lol I tried working it out like that Lux .. but only got more confused ;D
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