todays theme = additions, adaptations, repeats, and remakes!
notes: 8/10
1. She asks again and the answer changes
2. This was added around 200 years after the museum's opening
3. sequel
4. The Hawaiian diety Pele existed way before Pele (soccer player) existed. As they are the two most famous with the name, one could say the athlete is the sequel name bearer (the name is of no relation btw)
5. Same person made a HORRIBLE adaptation of Avatar
6. Lead in glass is -1400, glassmaking i think is about -2000, so lead glass is an adaptation
7. It was torn down and rebuilt elsewhere so it's a sequel of itself
8. Eyeglasses would be heavily adapted upon post invention, with things like bifocals, etc
9. Heat waves as a concept existed long before the song, the song is just an adaptation of the term to apply to a work of music
10. glassmakers didn't always exist there, someone made an addition of the first such facility
Fun nugget of trivia, for anyone interested in the fact that eyeglasses were invented that early:
In Shakespeare's King Lear, there is a reference to glasses. In Act 1, Scene 2, Gloucester famously says to Edmund (who is lying to him, "Come, if it be nothing, I shall not need spectacles". When I first heard that line, I was surprised that spectacles existed in Shakespeare's day!
Another hard one today, and another 7/10 for me, some very tricky questions here! Had no idea about the pop song, as is often the case, and also went for silicon instead of lead and China instead of Italy, where it seems I at least went with the majority in both cases 😅
Also, props to the very clever red herring that had people thinking of the wrong Pele!
Just noticed that even with 7/10 I'm currently 8th on my leaderboard; while I don't expect that to last all day, that's definitely a sign of a very hard quiz lmao
Now I understand what someone above meant by Brazil trap. Had no idea, why that supposedly was a "logical" answer. Did not get it until I read your comment ( I see now neodymium mentions another Pele as well but I initially just skimmed his comment, too much info at once ;) )
Ouch, 7/10. I feel good so many other people also tried silicon, but I feel bad that I know a lot about the island outside Venice famous for glass blowing but I never bothered learning its name.
9/10 missing only the director of Glass. My only pause was on island near Venice. The other 8 were instant answers for me. So unlike many other comments today this was an easy quiz
Pele's hair actually refers to the thin strands of volcanic glass formed during a volcanic eruption. Pele's tears are blob like solidified droplets of volcanic glass, sometimes found together with Pele's hair.
Seems like my percentile has been dropping over the last month or so. I wonder if there's been an influx of cheaters, maybe more trivia hobbyists have found DTC over time, or it's just me.
Didn't know the song and "A" was wrong.
The only Italian islands I knew were Capri and Lampedusa.
Happy to get a couple of the "difficult" ones right like lead and MNS.
todays theme = additions, adaptations, repeats, and remakes!
notes: 8/10
1. She asks again and the answer changes
2. This was added around 200 years after the museum's opening
3. sequel
4. The Hawaiian diety Pele existed way before Pele (soccer player) existed. As they are the two most famous with the name, one could say the athlete is the sequel name bearer (the name is of no relation btw)
5. Same person made a HORRIBLE adaptation of Avatar
6. Lead in glass is -1400, glassmaking i think is about -2000, so lead glass is an adaptation
7. It was torn down and rebuilt elsewhere so it's a sequel of itself
8. Eyeglasses would be heavily adapted upon post invention, with things like bifocals, etc
9. Heat waves as a concept existed long before the song, the song is just an adaptation of the term to apply to a work of music
10. glassmakers didn't always exist there, someone made an addition of the first such facility
maybe a majority older demographic taking this quiz?
jkjk i also listen to a lot of last century music (id say maybe 1/4 of my music is from the 1900s)
In Shakespeare's King Lear, there is a reference to glasses. In Act 1, Scene 2, Gloucester famously says to Edmund (who is lying to him, "Come, if it be nothing, I shall not need spectacles". When I first heard that line, I was surprised that spectacles existed in Shakespeare's day!
You got 7 of 10 correct
With time bonus, your score is 6,926
You beat or equaled 83% of test takers
Also, props to the very clever red herring that had people thinking of the wrong Pele!
I did know 4 though (no doubts), while 70% of the people got it wrong
And also knew it was not silicon for 6 which tricked most people.