The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

New Home

I've three more guesses in my head, so I'll go for the Teatro Regio in Parma.

IrishZeus

New Home wrote: »

I've three more guesses in my head, so I'll go for the Teatro Regio in Parma.

Nope, go again.

New Home

Ok, I'll let someone else guess before I have another go.

Rubecula

Teatro La Scala is said to be the largest but if you say not (you already have) then I really have no clue.

New Home

San Carlo in Naples?

IrishZeus

No and no. A clue: this opera house featured in The Godfather Part III. (Will give the answer this afternoon if no-one gets it)

NB for New Home: San Carlo is the oldest opera house in Italy

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Massimo.

New Home

Now, that would make perfect sense.

IrishZeus

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Massimo.

Correct. Teatro Massimo on the island of Sicily. Third largest in Europe.

(My recent travels were to meet some travel guide writers based in Italy. Expect more questions of this nature )

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What connects

The star of the 1960 film Two Women

Lord Nelson's most famous mistress

and

The racehorse that had its head cut off in The Godfather?

quickbeam

Hamilton.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

quickbeam wrote: »

Hamilton.

No.

eisenberg1

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

No.

A very wild guess....a shared birthday?

IrishZeus

The star of the 1960 film Two Women - Sophia Loren played a characted called Cesira

Lord Nelson's most famous mistress - No idea of this

and

The racehorse that had its head cut off in The Godfather? - Khartoum was its name I think

Can't help with the connection though...

eisenberg1

IrishZeus wrote: »

The star of the 1960 film Two Women - Sophia Loren played a characted called Cesira

Lord Nelson's most famous mistress - No idea of this

and

The racehorse that had its head cut off in The Godfather? - Khartoum was its name I think

Can't help with the connection though...

Lady Hamilton was the mistress, if that helps.

eisenberg1

^^
This has me going....the horse was Khartoum, a stud. But by any chance was it actually a mare that was used in the film?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

eisenberg1 wrote: »

^^
This has me going....the horse was Khartoum, a stud. But by any chance was it actually a mare that was used in the film?

I'm not seeing the connection. No.

IrishZeus

eisenberg1 wrote: »

^^
This has me going....the horse was Khartoum, a stud. But by any chance was it actually a mare that was used in the film?

No, the one in the film was a head that was borrowed from a dog food factory and "painted" brown to match the real horse. (shown in the movie)

IrishZeus

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

I'm not seeing the connection. No.

Is Italy a connection at all? Italian mafia for the horse, and Two Women was also Italian. I'm not sure how Lady Hamilton fits in...

(I'm guessing Italy also as it was my topic for the last question and may have led your thought process when picking a question! )

feargale

IrishZeus wrote: »

Is Italy a connection at all? Italian mafia for the horse, and Two Women was also Italian. I'm not sure how Lady Hamilton fits in...

(I'm guessing Italy also as it was my topic for the last question and may have led your thought process when picking a question! )

Didn't Nelson first meet Lady Hamilton in Naples? Last time I looked it was in Italy.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

IrishZeus wrote: »

Is Italy a connection at all? Italian mafia for the horse, and Two Women was also Italian. I'm not sure how Lady Hamilton fits in...

(I'm guessing Italy also as it was my topic for the last question and may have led your thought process when picking a question! )

Not Italy, no.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

You have all the pieces, now put them together.

quickbeam

All capitals of somewhere? I know Khartoum is so maybe the others are.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

quickbeam wrote: »

All capitals of somewhere? I know Khartoum is so maybe the others are.

That's it!
Khartoum, Sofia and Hamilton.

quickbeam

Ahh, of course. Good one. Give me a bit for another question.

quickbeam

Star brightness is measured in magnitudes where the lower the number, the brighter the star. Only four stars have a magnitude less then zero (five stars if you're pedantic and count our very own sun with a magnitude of -26.74). Below are two of the four, that are seen only from the Southern Hemisphere so may not be as well known to us at 53 degrees north. What are the missing stars that are visible to us?

_____ (-1.46)
Canopus (-0.74)
Alpha Centauri* (-0.27)
_____ (-0.05)


*Actually a tripple star system, though that's irrelevant to this question, and merely pointed out for interest.

Corkgirl18

quickbeam wrote: »

Star brightness is measured in magnitudes where the lower the number, the brighter the star. Only four stars have a magnitude less then zero (five stars if you're pedantic and count our very own sun with a magnitude of -26.74). Below are two of the four, that are seen only from the Southern Hemisphere so may not be as well known to us at 53 degrees north. What are the missing stars that are visible to us?

_____ (-1.46)
Canopus (-0.74)
Alpha Centauri* (-0.27)
_____ (-0.05)


*Actually a tripple star system, though that's irrelevant to this question, and merely pointed out for interest.

Pretty sure Sirius is the brightest. Totally clueless about the second one I'm afraid.

quickbeam

Correct on Sirius.

Rubecula

Arcturus is a nice star easily seen in the Northern Hemisphere by the way

OldGoat

Albedo. The last few posts give me this opportunity to use one of my favourite words. It rolls pleasantly in the mouth...allbedooo.
I'll shut up now.