[Fi...] Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 "Charon's obol" is payment sometimes in the form of a coin to Charon, a mythological ferryman to carry souls across the river from the living to the dead. From what movie is this line attributed: "“Dying's easy for men like you and me; it's living that's hard...”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 From the good people at Wikipedia... "Charon's obol" is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial. Greek and Latin literary sources specify the coin as an obol, and explain it as a payment or bribe for Charon, the ferryman who conveyed souls across the river that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead. Archaeological examples of these coins, of various denominations in practice, have been called "the most famous grave goods from antiquity." The custom is primarily associated with the ancient Greeks and Romans, though it is also found in the ancient Near East. In Western Europe, a similar usage of coins in burials occurs in regions inhabited by Celts of the Gallo-Roman, Hispano-Roman and Romano-British cultures, and among the Germanic peoples of late antiquity and the early Christian era, with sporadic examples into the early 20th century. Although archaeology shows that the myth reflects an actual custom, the placement of coins with the dead was neither pervasive nor confined to a single coin in the deceased's mouth. In many burials, inscribed metal-leaf tablets or Exonumia take the place of the coin, or gold-foil crosses during the early Christian period. The presence of coins or a coin-hoard in Germanic ship-burials suggests an analogous concept. The term "Charon's obol" as used by archaeologists sometimes can be understood as referring to a particular religious rite, but often serves as a kind of shorthand for coinage as grave goods presumed to further the deceased's passage into the afterlife. In Latin, Charon's obol sometimes is called a viaticum, or "sustenance for the journey"; the placement of the coin on the mouth has been explained also as a seal to protect the deceased's soul or to prevent it from returning. Contrary to popular etiology there is little evidence to connect the myth of Charon to the custom of placing a pair of coins on the eyes of the deceased... http://www.gandprecords.com/uploads/2/2/5/7/22579336/s453106317837396706_p55_i1_w500.jpeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 From what movie is this line attributed: "Dying's easy for men like you and me; it's living that's hard...”? Hint, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Fi...] Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 From what movie is this line attributed: "Dying's easy for men like you and me; it's living that's hard...”? Hint, please. A flick starring Clint Eastwood which takes place shortly after the Civil War, during the westward expansion of white settlers across Native American turf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Fi...] Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 The line from the movie "The Outlaw Jose Wales" is from the scene with Ten Bears, Comanche Chief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9EBYw5VN2E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ar...] Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Anybody seen Shook? Where did he go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Re, Mi, Do, Do, So (the second Do is an octave below the first) Where have you heard these five notes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ar...] Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 STAR WARS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 You're "close". Same year, same genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Answer: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Composer John Williams wrote over 300 permutations of the five-tone motif—used by scientists as a mathematical language to communicate with the alien mothership—and Steven Spielberg chose the one he liked best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 What do restaurants in Japan display in their windows to tantalize hungry passersby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ar...] Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Large Pepsi, Big Mac with cheese, and Fries. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Answer: The big chain restaurants don't need to show you what's on the menu, but smaller ones competing for attention will use realistic plastic replicas of their dishes to attract customers... http://www.richard-seaman.com/Travel/Japan/Misc/Food/Restaurants/PlasticFoodInJapaneseRestaurantWindow.jpg http://www.kulturologia.ru/files/u12645/plastic-food-japan-5.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Name the actresses who played the giant ape's "love interest" in the 1933, 1976, and 2005 versions of "King Kong". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ar...] Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Jessica Rabbit.......Betty Boop and...........Cruella De Vil. !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 It sure would be lonely here without you, arizona. Does anyone have a serious guess? Before I answer my own question? Again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Oh, very well... Name the actresses who played the giant ape's "love interest" in the 1933, 1976, and 2005 versions of "King Kong". Fay Wray width=500 height=632http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--naQafKKVtw/UXnwU6JWRzI/AAAAAAAAg1M/EQsCm0xVBIE/s1600/Jessica+Lang,+King+Kong++1976.jpg[/img] Jessica Lange (in her debut role) http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/31700000/Ann-Darrow-ann-darrow-31750380-2000-1130.jpg Naomi Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ar...] Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Yeh, I knew it was Fay something but all I could think of was Fay Fredericks. Shes a local newscaster here. How about Jessica, doesn't that count? [isn't Rabbit her middle name?] As for Naomi, well she's actually Betty's twin sister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 You've inspired the next question! Which actress provided the sultry voice of Jessica Rabbit? http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a1/ea/29/a1ea2904c18237d8f644fe4f29fe2356.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ar...] Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Ethel Merman!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 You might be suffering from "Mermania"... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a6mCf9vtXn0/T_sEJr-qFeI/AAAAAAAAII4/NbNZT3y3cnM/s1600/merman.jpg Answer: Kathleen Turner http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/galleries/x701/62808.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 How many ghosts are said to reside in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Answer: There are 999 "happy haunts" in the mansion. At the end of the tour you're asked if you'd like to stay and become the 1000th... http://data.whicdn.com/images/56510652/original.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Yo...] Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Some Star Wars trivia... The idea for Chewbacca, Han Solo's longtime friend and co-pilot, came to George Lucas when he looked over at his dog sitting up on the passenger seat of his car. It is said that his name is derived from собака (sobaka), the Russian word for dog. http://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/StarWars/wallpaper/Original-Trilogy-Millenium-Falcon/Original%20Trilogy%20-%20Millenium%20Falcon%2018.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ar...] Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 arf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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