Friday, October 8, 2021

OCTOBER QUIZ - ANSWERS TO YESTEREDAY'S QUESTIONS

Question: Who is this WWI Ambulance Driver?

Answer: The driver is Walt Disney.  A clue is perhaps the cartoon drawn on the side, though I could find no mention of it.  This photo was taken before Walt left Paris to return home.


When the United States entered the war in 1917, Walt Disney's older brothers enlisted but Walt, who was 16 years old at the time, was denied enlistment because of his age.  However, he was determined to join up and when a friend learned that the Red Cross Ambulance Corps accepted volunteers as young as 17, Walt used his artistic skills to alter the birth date on his passport application from 1901 to 1900.  He was accepted and reported for training at Camp Scott, a temporary encampment near the University of Chicago.  Yellow Cab Company mechanics taught recruits how to repair motors, assemble and disassemble vehicles, and drive over rough terrain.  

Because his departure to Europe was delayed while he recovered from influenza, Disney's unit sailed without him.  He then joined another company awaiting transport to France.  While that unit waited to be shipped out, the war ended with the armistice on November 11th, 1918.  Nevertheless, they shipped out 50 men the following day to aid in the occupation.  Disney was No. 50.
Because he hadn't left the United States until after the war ended, Walt never fulfilled his desire to be an official ambulance driver, and never experienced the danger and real horrors of war, but he did his duty and put in his fair share of driving.  Disney was first billeted in a chateau in St. Cyr.  Later he transferred to Evacuation Hospital No. 5 near Paris, where his duties included being a driver and mechanic for Red Cross supply trucks and providing taxi service for army officers.  

There is more to this very interesting story and you can read it at this link.


Question: Name the largest continent of the world?

Answer: Asia.

Asia ranks as the biggest continent and it occupies almost 29.1% of the Earth's landmass.  The continent extends for 176,139,445 square miles and is home to 4.1 billion people.  Some people regard Asia and Europe as being a single continent, thus making it the largest by far.

My information came from here.



How many bones are there in a human body?

Answer: 206 

Bones provide the structure for our bodies. The adult human skeleton is made up of 206 bones. These include the bones of the skull, spine (vertebrae), ribs, arms and legs. Bones are made of connective tissue reinforced with calcium and specialised bone cells. Most bones also contain bone marrow, where blood cells are made.

Bones work with muscles and joints to hold our body together and support freedom of movement. This is called the musculoskeletal system. The skeleton supports and shapes the body and protects delicate internal organs such as the brain, heart and lungs.

Bones contain most of our body’s calcium supply. The body is constantly building up and breaking down bone tissue as required. Healthy bone needs a balanced diet, regular weight-bearing exercise and the right levels of various hormones.

My information and more came from this link.



Which state in the U.S. is known as the Empire State?

Answer: New York State.

How did it get this name?  Signs commonly point to George Washington. Although other, unsubstantiated stories crediting Washington exist, the best documented source is a 1785 thank-you letter to the New York Common Council for bestowing upon him the Freedom of the City. In addition to praising New York's resilience in the war he describes the State of New York as "the Seat of the Empire."

My information came from here and even more information can be found here.



Who created Winnie the Pooh?

Answer: A.A. Milne.

Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear and Pooh, is a fictional teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English Illustrator E. H. Shepard

The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), and this was followed by The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Milne also included a poem about the bear in the children's verse book When We Were Very Young (1924) and many more in Now We Are Six (1927). All four volumes were illustrated by E. H. Shepard. 

The Pooh stories have been translated into many languages, including Alexander Lenard's Latin Translation, Winnie ill Pu, which was first published in 1958, and, in 1960, became the only Latin book ever to have been featured on The New York Times Best Seller list. 

In 1961, Walt Disney Productions licensed certain film and other rights of Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories from the estate of A. A. Milne and the licensing agent Stephen Slesinger, Inc., and adapted the Pooh stories, using the unhyphenated name "Winnie the Pooh", into a series of features that would eventually become one of its most successful franchises.

Christopher Milne had named his toy bear after Winnie, a Canadian black bear he often saw at London Zoo, and Pooh, a swan they had encountered while on holiday. 

A. A. Milne named the character Winnie-the-Pooh after a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, on whom the character Christopher Robin was based. 

This was Christopher in 1928

The rest of Christopher Milne's toys – Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Ro and Tigger were incorporated into Milne's stories.  Two more characters, Owl and Rabbit, were created by Milne's imagination, while Gopher was added to the Disney version. Christopher Robin's toy bear is on display at the Main Branch of the New York Public Library in New York City.

I could go on but more information can be found here.  It is a fascinating story.



How many days are there in a fortnight?

Answer: 14.

A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (2 weeks). The word derives from the Old English term fēowertyne niht, meaning "fourteen nights".  The word is rarely used in North America. I grew up using the term and hadn't thought of it in a long time until finding this for my monthly quiz.  The above snippet of information was found here.


I will be back next month with another quiz. I hope you found this interesting and fun.

Thanks for joining in, and have a great weekend.




46 comments:

  1. THREE!! I got THREE right this time! First time ever! I have broken my streak of one.

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  2. Loved it! So interesting and great fun indeed.
    Amalia
    xo

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  3. Love the story about Walt Disney!

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    1. Me too, thought that was so interesting and showed another side to the man :)

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  4. I too found it quite interesting, Denise. Enjoy your weekend as well!

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    1. Happy you found it interesting Martha Ellen, you enjoy your weekend also :)

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  5. I never would have guessed Walt Disney for that first one.

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  6. I would've never, in a million years, guessed Walt Disney.

    Great quiz, I enjoy them very much.

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    1. So glad you enjoyed Anni :) I was surprised too!

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  7. such an enjoyable read and I learned so many interesting things. Thanks.
    Funny- I was watching reruns of an old Quiz show called, "What's My Line" on Youtube and Walt Disney was the mystery guest. What an amazing life he lived.

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    1. You are very welcome Judee, glad you had fun. I remember What's My Line, how interesting and he certainly did.

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  8. I had a few answers correct. I am surprised at the Walt Disney answer.
    Take care, enjoy your weekend!

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    1. That's great Eileen, you enjoy your weekend also :)

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  9. i did recognize that i knew the last 2 answers but did not remember until i read it. very intersing about Disney.. never heard that before..

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    1. Thanks Sandra, I thought Disney might be a surprise, he certainly was to me :)

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  10. I had three correct, and so dumb...I knew who created Winnie-the-Pooh but my mind was blank. These questions are always fun.

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    1. That's great and most definitely not dumb Rose. So many things are on the tip of my tongue, just can't seem to bring them out :) So glad you had fun.

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  11. I was wrong about the ambulance driver. I was thinking Hemingway.

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    1. That's interesting William, Hemingway is whom I thought of also :)

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  12. I was also thinking Ernest Hemingway.

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    1. That makes three of us, William said that too :)

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    1. I'd be hopeless but I thank you for the vote of confidence Cloudia, and I do enjoy Jeopardy :)

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  14. Interesting to read Denise..we can and do always learn each day..

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    1. Happy you found it so Margaret, and we certainly do :)

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  15. Hello Denise,
    Yet another fascinating and interesting Quiz, Walt Disney was certainly an amazing gentleman. Only managed to get four correct, Could do better.
    Best wishes,
    John

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    1. Hello John, thanks so much for joining in. You did great! Best wishes to you also :)

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  16. Many thanks for this interesting and informative read.
    I especially liked reading about the bones in the body and Winnie the Pooh.

    Enjoy your weekend.

    All the best Jan

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    1. Happy you found it interesting Jan :) my best for an enjoyable weekend also.

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  17. This was really an interesting post, Denise. Thank you. I enjoyed learning about Walt Disney. What an amazingly determined person he was!

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    1. I am happy you found this interesting Kay. This was definitely a side of Walt Disney I did not know about before :)

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  18. love to read your brief histories... important and interesting.

    Have a wonderful weekend

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    1. Very happy you love reading them Tanza :) wishing you have a wonderful week ahead.

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  19. I had never heard of Walt's WWI experience. Thanks for sharing!

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  20. walt disney was quite a surprise. i feel like such a smarty pants to get 3 right, i usually get one, if i am lucky!! i hope you had a wonderful weekend!!

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    1. You are Debbie, you did great :) We had a great weekend thank you and hope yours was the same.

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  21. THat is very interesting about Walt Disney. I have never heard that before.

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    1. It was a surprise to me too when I first read it. Thanks Yogi :)

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