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DM leads in with a lovely drive forward
1) Ta Phrom or Angkor Thom, Cambodia and the flick is Tomb Raider.
2) Petra, Jordan - The Treasury .....and the flick (well one of em anyway) is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3) Hatchepsuts Mortuary Temple, Luxor, Egypt....and bugger me if you also got the film right....the 1932 Universal classic version of The Mummy. (I thought that one would be difficult).
but then he trips over his shoelaces at the penalty spot and bangs it over the bar......
4) Nope.....wrong.,,,,, sort of right....but not really
Nice try tho bro..... 4 isnt what it seems and aint where you think it should be. Think laterally.....what does it look like, and so where would it be?
1) Ta Phrom or Angkor Thom, Cambodia and the flick is Tomb Raider.
2) Petra, Jordan - The Treasury .....and the flick (well one of em anyway) is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3) Hatchepsuts Mortuary Temple, Luxor, Egypt....and bugger me if you also got the film right....the 1932 Universal classic version of The Mummy. (I thought that one would be difficult).
but then he trips over his shoelaces at the penalty spot and bangs it over the bar......
4) Nope.....wrong.,,,,, sort of right....but not really
Nice try tho bro..... 4 isnt what it seems and aint where you think it should be. Think laterally.....what does it look like, and so where would it be?
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Re: History Challenge
No. 4
Of course it's the Parthenon, silly! I just failed to mention one tiny detail - i.e. it isn't the one in Athens, but...
The Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee, USA!
Not digitally remastered, as suggested by Pete, but physically rebuilt.
Used for the final scene of Robert Altman's film Nashville in 1975.
Of course it's the Parthenon, silly! I just failed to mention one tiny detail - i.e. it isn't the one in Athens, but...
The Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee, USA!
Not digitally remastered, as suggested by Pete, but physically rebuilt.
Used for the final scene of Robert Altman's film Nashville in 1975.
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Re: History Challenge
Odd one out:
Nashville: all the others involve archeologists, tombs, treasure hunters, museums, artifacts, etc.
Nashville: all the others are video games as well.
Nashville: it's the only musical.
or...
Tomb Raider: The only film with a leading lady.
or...
The Mummy, so good they made it twice.
The Mummy: all the others were distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Nashville: all the others involve archeologists, tombs, treasure hunters, museums, artifacts, etc.
Nashville: all the others are video games as well.
Nashville: it's the only musical.
or...
Tomb Raider: The only film with a leading lady.
or...
The Mummy, so good they made it twice.
The Mummy: all the others were distributed by Paramount Pictures.
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Re: History Challenge
SM, I cannot accept credit where it's not due (well, not this time) - this was a shot in the dark, and I was referring to the 90s remake.dtaai-maai wrote:Was the film for no. 3 The Mummy?
Thanks though!
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and we have the last one right
4) The New Parthenon, Nashviille USA and the flick is Nashvlle, altho Percy Jackson would also be right.
so...on to odd ones out....which site is the odd one out and why....there are several different ways of answering that one...one really obvious one should come to mind.....
4) The New Parthenon, Nashviille USA and the flick is Nashvlle, altho Percy Jackson would also be right.
so...on to odd ones out....which site is the odd one out and why....there are several different ways of answering that one...one really obvious one should come to mind.....
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Re: History Challenge
dtaai-maai wrote:Odd one out:
Nashville: all the others involve archeologists, tombs, treasure hunters, museums, artifacts, etc.
Nashville: all the others are video games as well.
Nashville: it's the only musical.
or...
Tomb Raider: The only film with a leading lady.
or...
The Mummy, so good they made it twice.
The Mummy: all the others were distributed by Paramount Pictures.
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Here's another to be going along with:
This gentleman managed to be a participant in two historic events seperated by nearly thirty years; who is he and which two events?
This gentleman managed to be a participant in two historic events seperated by nearly thirty years; who is he and which two events?
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Royal Navy officer - something during each World War? I shall ponder...
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A Royal Navy officer at one point but not during the events in question and only one of them was during a world War.dtaai-maai wrote:Royal Navy officer - something during each World War? I shall ponder...
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ok....well done DM ... here are the ones I was thinking of
1) 4 (The New Parthenon) is the odd one out = its a modern reconstruction only completed in the 1990s when the statue of Athena Partheon was finally added. The others, while subject to various degrees of preservation/reconstruction, are original.
2) 3 (Hatchepsuts Temple) is the odd one out = the 1932 The Mummy is the only black n white film
3) 2 (The Treasury at Petra) is the odd one out = the other sites have only been in one or two films whereas The Treasury has been in more than 10 major feature films.
4) 2 (The Treasury at Petra) is the odd one out = the other three are temples whereas the Treasury is actually a tomb for a king of Petra and three of his family.
1) 4 (The New Parthenon) is the odd one out = its a modern reconstruction only completed in the 1990s when the statue of Athena Partheon was finally added. The others, while subject to various degrees of preservation/reconstruction, are original.
2) 3 (Hatchepsuts Temple) is the odd one out = the 1932 The Mummy is the only black n white film
3) 2 (The Treasury at Petra) is the odd one out = the other sites have only been in one or two films whereas The Treasury has been in more than 10 major feature films.
4) 2 (The Treasury at Petra) is the odd one out = the other three are temples whereas the Treasury is actually a tomb for a king of Petra and three of his family.
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Well, I'm buggered..... simply can't identify the guy at the moment - makes things a tad difficult!!STEVE G wrote:Here's another to be going along with:
This gentleman managed to be a participant in two historic events seperated by nearly thirty years; who is he and which two events?
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Re: History Challenge
No, in both events he was involved in rescuing people.dtaai-maai wrote:An explorer? Mountaineer? A Captain Scott sort of chap?
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Got him! Hard work, but I eventually got round to the Titanic...
Charles H Lightoller, the most senior officer to survive the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
In 1940 he took his motor yacht to Dunkirk to rescue... well, for obvious reasons.
And he had quite a life in between by the sound of things: shipwrecked 4 times, involved in the Yukon gold rush, etc.
Charles H Lightoller, the most senior officer to survive the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
In 1940 he took his motor yacht to Dunkirk to rescue... well, for obvious reasons.
And he had quite a life in between by the sound of things: shipwrecked 4 times, involved in the Yukon gold rush, etc.
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