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Started by Admiral Yi, July 22, 2009, 03:15:40 PM

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Admiral Yi

#2340
June 02, 2013, 01:02:34 PM
500 hour rule.

What is the origin of the word ostracize/ostracism?

Jaron

#2341
June 02, 2013, 01:04:42 PM
Ostriches
Winner of THE grumbler point.

Eddie Teach

#2342
June 02, 2013, 01:11:16 PM
Clay pots
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Admiral Yi

#2343
June 02, 2013, 01:12:13 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 02, 2013, 01:11:16 PM
Clay pots

Can you elaborate a little for the edification and amusement of the groundlings?

Eddie Teach

#2344
June 02, 2013, 01:18:15 PM
Athenians used clay shards to vote on who to exile from the city. Think it was dependant on color of the shard.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Admiral Yi

#2345
June 02, 2013, 01:20:38 PM
:thumbsup:

My source says you wrote the name on the shard and voted based on which pile you threw it in.

sbr

#2346
June 02, 2013, 01:22:21 PM
Did the Athenians call the shards ostriches?  Otherwise I still don't see the origin of the word.

Admiral Yi

#2347
June 02, 2013, 01:23:35 PM
They called them like ostrakateioea or something.

Eddie Teach

#2348
June 02, 2013, 01:26:36 PM
The "Mighty Handful" consisted of Mily Balakirev, Cesar Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Alexander Borodin, and what other composer?
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Viking

#2350
June 03, 2013, 04:10:54 PM
I looked it up... the last one is the only one I recognize... I suck...
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Eddie Teach

#2351
June 03, 2013, 05:08:06 PM
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Eddie Teach

#2352
June 03, 2013, 05:25:04 PM
Quote from: Viking on June 03, 2013, 04:10:54 PM
I looked it up... the last one is the only one I recognize... I suck...

Have you seen Fantasia? Mussorgsky composed Night on Bald Mountain(featured in the scene with the giant demon, before Handel's Ave Maria). Also Pictures at an Exhibition is pretty well known.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Eddie Teach

#2353
June 08, 2013, 02:17:28 AM
Answer was Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Open floor.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Maximus

#2354
August 29, 2013, 01:52:29 PM
An interesting factoid I picked up today: In what war and under what flag did Anders' Army fight? Hint: neither the war nor the flag is obscure. Bonus points: where was this army formed?
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