The E2MQ: Chick Flick Quiz

It saw the undoing of a giant apeman in a 1933 movie, but this building features prominently in three serious chick flicks.

Reference #1 comes in a 1939 romantic film starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer.

Again it takes center stage in a 1959 remake starring Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant which is considered the most romantic film of all time.

In 1993, Nora Ephron cast Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in the leading roles in the more-recent and very successful remake.

Then just a year later, husband and wife team, Annette Bening and Warren Beatty, starred in a flop remake that reverted to the original movie title.

And in 1999 even Bollywood gave this plot a try with their own version starring Manisha Koirala and Aamir Khan. This movie also flopped.

Easy questions: What’s the building, when was it built, and what are the six referenced movies?

Tougher question: This building’s exterior lighting system can produce color schemes marking various celebrations and recognitions. By our count, we’ve found over 15 lighting combinations and more than 30 different commemorations. We’ll give you one example: RED and GREEN for the Christmas holiday season. How many others can you describe?

(BTW, the color sequence should be upwards from street level.)

Two prizes this week:

1. The first person giving correct answers to all the EASY questions gets a prize, and

2. The first person giving at least 20 correct responses to the TOUGHER question also wins a prize.

Respond either by commenting below or email E2MQ@edisonet.org.

You Can't win without playing - E2MQ Answers

The intrepid Monday Morning Quiz-master, Dorian Adams of San Francisco, has done it again. He offered no fewer than 26 You Can't aphorisms, 25 excluding Col. Jessep's, "You Can't handle the truth."

Dorian also offered, You Can't...

...hurry love
...judge a book by its cover
...take it with you
...make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
...please everyone
...prove a negative
...break a broken heart
...fight city hall
...take the sky away from me
...go home again
...improve on god
...be neutral on a moving train
...do that on television
...keep a good man down
...lose what you never had
...manage what you don't measure
...outsmart crazy
...fix stupid
...outrun grace
...polish a turd
...polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter :-)
...rollerskate in a buffalo herd
...take a shower in a parakeet cage
...eat your cake and have it too
...win them all

Not included in his list are:

And definitely, You Can't be in...

And to these we offer a few old favorites...

You Can't...

...have it both ways

...get blood out of a stone

...make an omelette without breaking eggs

...make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

...run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

...shake hands with clenched fist

...tell which way the train went by looking at the track

...win arguments by interrupting speakers

...have a rainbow without rain

...pick up two melons with one hand

...fool all the people all of the time

...sip soup with a knife

...see the sky through a bamboo tube

...measure the sea with a shell

...cheat an honest man

...catch a cub without going into the tiger's den

There is one You Can't that you can't say, and that is...

"You can't teach an old dog new tricks."

To that we say, "Humbug," and direct your attention to

http://newfleas.blogspot.com/

Answer Sheet for the Quick Quiz

Well, the results were distinctly poor regarding last Saturday's E2Q.

Even after getting a hint, no one ventured a 50/50 guess.

The answer to "Which doesn't belong," is the huge BUG:

It was the only non-hoax and showed a Rhino Beetle (also shown above), a popular pet in parts of Asia. For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_beetle.

Sorry, piscatorial pals! The fish is a hoax, but what about that flying saucer?

In 1967 at the height of the cold war a massive UFO hoax was played out in the UK. A small armada of 6 flying saucers "landed" in Britain on the 4th of September 1967. It seems utterly extraordinary that anyone took this invasion seriously, but Ministry of Defence files recently released by National Archives confirm the extent of the UK government's concerns about a threat from outer space. This event and the stir that it caused is the subject of a book, How Big are Little Green Men? written by historian John Keeling from Essex England. Mr Keeling recounts, “At the time, we were in the middle of the Cold War, and there was real concern that the objects could be of Russian origin.”

The Chippenham saucer (shown above) was actually blown up by the British Army!

Now that's a hoax!

Thimblerig: Hint for the E2Q

Last Saturday you were offered a chance to answer, "Which doesn't belong and why?" It was a simple shell game opportunity with an outstanding chance to win. Nobody even tried!

Now we're giving you a chance at redemption. The following picture is one of the two that belongs. So, now you have an even chance to answer which of the other two pictures does not belong and why.

Please take a stab at it!

This week's E2MQ: "You can't"

Proverbs, those short pithy sayings, express some traditionally held truth. The tag cloud below shows many of the words used in English-language proverbs, with the size of each word indicating how often it occurs.

It's interesting to note that the two most common words, as presented above, are GOOD and NEVER. Some of the better know examples would be:

A change is as good as a rest.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Good fences make good neighbors.
Good things come to those who wait.
No news is good news.

and

A watched pot never boils.
Better to have loved and lost that to never have loved at all.
Better late than never.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.


But this week we address those proverbs beginning with or containing the words, "You can't...," as in, "You can't have it both ways," and, "You can't tell a book by its cover." Or how about the frightfully-famous "You Can't" from Nathan R. Jessep:




This week's challenge is to identify as many proverbs with "You can't" at the beginning or as an integral part of the saying. We've come up with over 15 examples. Can you do better?

The individual entrant providing the most comprehensive list by this week's contest close (see rules) will win!

What is Edisonet?

EDISONET'S MISSION and DISTINCTIVE APPROACH

Encouraged by a group of friends in the fall of 2010, I began an effort that, ideally, will someday help improve the lives of countless individuals. The concept is Edisonet, a learning-focused endeavor whose mission is to gather Working Wisdom, efficiently organize it, and distribute it to a broad range of users.

Working Wisdom is the collection of insights gained from lifetimes of success and failure. It is what individuals understand now that, had they known it, could have made a difference earlier in their lives. Certainly, one can live without Working Wisdom, but our lives are greatly enriched by having it.

To implement this mission Edisonet plans to offer a variety of interactive multimedia venues. This valuable wisdom is captured not only in print, but through concise, 2 to 3 minute, videos that can be freely viewed, downloaded, and shared.

Distinguishing Edisonet is the opportunity for users to benefit from direct connection with those experienced individuals featured in the Working Wisdom video modules.

Users gain targeted guidance from an array of experienced Edisonet Navigators who have agreed to share their lifetime of success and failure and thereby, improve users' chances for success.

E2MQ Rules of Engagement

The Edisonet Monday Morning Quiz (“E2MQ”) provides challenging fun at the start of every week. Each Monday a new contest will tax your weekend-addled brains, offer some small entertainment, and reward those on whom the fates look favorably with a prize of some not-insignificant value.

But more importantly, each week we shall enlighten the minds of our readers with some obscure fact, or encourage them to consider a profoundly-new perspective or share some enigmatic tidbit of working wisdom.

As with all contests, a set of rules must be followed to ensure fair play:

Edisonet Monday Morning Quiz ("E2MQ") Rules

1. Contests will be posted every Monday BEFORE 1200 EST (1700 GMT).
2. Contests close at 0001 EST (0501) the following Friday
3. To qualify answers must be received AFTER 1200 EST (1700 GMT) each Monday and BEFORE 0001 EST (0501 GMT) the following Friday.
4. Thus, a level playing field is created for respondents from various European, UK and US time zones.
5. Each week's winner (and maybe runners-up) will receive:
A. Extrinsic rewards - Book/DVD/CD/T-shirt/etc.
B. Intrinsic rewards - Recognition of their superior knowledge/skill/wisdom/intellect/etc.
6. Check your answers before submitting because contestants get only one chance per quiz!
7. Determinations by the Edisonet judge is firm and final.

7. Responses can be via comment on the Edisonet blog (www.wisdomsparks.blogspot.com) or email to E2MQ@edisonet.org
8. Answers will be given and winners announced as a blog post every Friday before 1200 EST.
9. Winners will need to provide mailing addresses if they expect to get a prize.
Alternatively, they can send their chauffeur to collect it, as desired.
Overconfident respondents may provide shipping address together with their responses, but nothing's guaranteed.
10. Should the question prove too challenging, HINTS may be provided every Wednesday.
11. E2MQs should offer challenging fun and interesting information to everyone who participates. Readers may actually learn how a carburetor works!

All one has to do is add a comment to the blog post or send an email to us at E2MQ@edisonet.org (not case sensitive).