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

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

DeNiro is in both but, as he's in GF 1, 2 and 4 as well, it's hardly that.


Edit; Have it! It's that piece of music. Classical or Opera - the name is beyond me though.

eisenberg1

It's specific to GF3 and Raging Bull.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

eisenberg1 wrote: »

It's specific to GF3 and Raging Bull.

Yes, see my edit above. I'm not sure it's enough but I'm certain it's the right area.

eisenberg1

On the ball Srameen. The Cavelleria Rusticana (intermezzo). Mascagni's opera is the one in GF3 and the same music is used in the famous slow motion fight scene in Raging Bull.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Likewise nothing prepared.

A quickie, as I just read it this morning.

Where did the word "cowboy" originate?

Steve

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Likewise nothing prepared.

A quickie, as I just read it this morning.

Where did the word "cowboy" originate?

At a guess, 'boy' originally meant 'servant' or 'hired help' in a junior sense. Cowboy would have originated as a junior position employed to tend cattle?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Steve wrote: »

At a guess, 'boy' originally meant 'servant' or 'hired help' in a junior sense. Cowboy would have originated as a junior position employed to tend cattle?

I meant geographically. Where, not how.

Steve

Ah, ok

looksee

Mexico?

looksee

The Victorians enthusiastically used the new dyes that were being developed, in clothing, wall papers and paint. One colour was particularly ill-advised, what was it, and why?

Pulsating Star

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Likewise nothing prepared.

A quickie, as I just read it this morning.

Where did the word "cowboy" originate?

Argentina?

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Likewise nothing prepared.

A quickie, as I just read it this morning.

Where did the word "cowboy" originate?

If by where you mean what country I would guess Ireland. Caill in the Irish language = ( I think ) a cow herd. Cailin = girl. Cailleach = old hag. Bo = cow. Buachaill = ( originally ) a boy cowherd, ultimately a boy, but literally a cow boy.

P.S. Certainly I've come across a few cowboys in Ireland.

feargale

looksee wrote: »

The Victorians enthusiastically used the new dyes that were being developed, in clothing, wall papers and paint. One colour was particularly ill-advised, what was it, and why?

Green. There was a suspicion about it. Bad luck or something. ( to do with Green Sleeves, maybe? I believe the mob used to sing that song at public executions. )

feargale

looksee wrote: »

How about you post another question eisenberg, and feargale, and I will post later, dashing out now. Are there any more questions hanging?

Not up to me as I didn't have the right answer. I was slightly chancing my arm re Tanzania. The 1964 Olympics closed on 24th October and the name change to Tanzania took place on 29th October. If their team flew home immediately after the Olympics I was technically incorrect. However, if they took a slow boat from China, stopping off there or in Hong Kong on the way home for a bit of lychee, then I was technically correct.

P.S. Ok, if you insist: What links the following ( and no others ):
1. Cimarron.
2. Dances With Wolves.
3. Unforgiven?

looksee

feargale wrote: »

Green. There was a suspicion about it. Bad luck or something. ( to do with Green Sleeves, maybe? I believe the mob used to sing that song at public executions. )

You are right that it was green, however the reason was much more specific - any ideas anyone?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

looksee wrote: »

Mexico?

That was my initial thought too but I was also wrong.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Pulsating Star wrote: »

Argentina?

No.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

If by where you mean what country I would guess Ireland. Caill in the Irish language = ( I think ) a cow herd. Cailin = girl. Cailleach = old hag. Bo = cow. Buachaill = ( originally ) a boy cowherd, ultimately a boy, but literally a cow boy.

P.S. Certainly I've come across a few cowboys in Ireland.

It was Ireland in around 1000ad.

But your etymology is not correct.

Ireland it is. The home of the cowboy.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Green dyes were arsenic based.

looksee

I have seen the answer to this (cowboy q.) at some stage, but the aul brain did not pay enough attention to remember it!

looksee

You have it Srameen!

Arsenic was used in the flock wallpapers (enthusiastically spreading 'flock dust' into the room), clothes and other products, giving the wearers/residents arsenic poisoning.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Besides being presidents of the US, what have John Kennedy, Gerald Ford, Ronald Regan, and George Bush (snr ) got in common?

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Ireland it is. The home of the cowboy.

I've already posted a question at 2835 which seems to be overlooked.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

Not up to me as I didn't have the right answer. I was slightly chancing my arm re Tanzania. The 1964 Olympics closed on 24th October and the name change to Tanzania took place on 29th October. If their team flew home immediately after the Olympics I was technically incorrect. However, if they took a slow boat from China, stopping off there or in Hong Kong on the way home for a bit of lychee, then I was technically correct.

P.S. Ok, if you insist: What links the following ( and no others ):
1. Cimarron.
2. Dances With Wolves.
3. Unforgiven?

All westerns that won Best Picture Oscars?

looksee

feargale wrote: »

What links the following ( and no others ):
1. Cimarron.
2. Dances With Wolves.
3. Unforgiven?

Question from feargale

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

All westerns that won Best Picture Oscars?

Correct. The only westerns to do so. The question mark at the end of your answer suggests to me that you refrain from some quality reading at the weekend.

feargale

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Besides being presidents of the US, what have John Kennedy, Gerald Ford, Ronald Regan, and George Bush (snr ) got in common?

All got honorary degrees from Yale?

P.S. I'd have given one or two of them an honorary Primary Cert!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

All got honorary degrees from Yale?

P.S. I'd have given one or two of them an honorary Primary Cert!

Nope.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Besides being presidents of the US, what have John Kennedy, Gerald Ford, Ronald Regan, and George Bush (snr ) got in common?

I'll add Abraham Lincoln to the list, if it helps.

looksee

Wild guess - they all got re-elected (my American history knowledge is minimal)