It is very unfortunate to give Werner von Braun's initials as WV. The surname is "von Braun", "Braun" being the important, characteristic part. "Von" is just an indication that his family was of noble/knightly origin.
Yes this feels quite weird. I have never seen a name that has van or von as part of their name listed under v. Definitely not written like this in initals. Like said above it would be WvB.
Soon-Yi is not Mia Farrow's step-daughter, but her daughter-daughter (adopted). It'd be accurate to say that she was *Woody's* step-daughter but for the fact that he and Mia never legally tied the knot.
I'm sorry, but I guess I have a different definition of "tragic". Drowning in a bathtub after suffering a heart attack with cocaine, diphenhydramine, alprazolam, cyclobenzaprine and marijuana in your system, after YEARS of drug abuse, is not "tragic". It's inevitable.
A mother getting shot to death while laying her body over her children in an effort to protect them is "tragic". A toddler dying as the result of an inoperable brain tumor is "tragic". Someone who willfully throws their life away? Not so much.
There are many kinds of tragedies. There are tragedies that happen to people, and tragedies that people bring upon themselves. Hell, the classical definition of "tragedy" is explicitly about a person's own tragic flaws leading to their downfall. It's The Tragedy of Macbeth, not The Tragedy of Duncan.
I understand what you're saying, but I think it's tragic when anyone becomes addicted to drugs, regardless of the reason or outcome. The definition of tragic is causing extreme distress or sorrow, and I'm sure those who loved her thought her death was tragic.
good one until you understand the physics and chemistry behind how our brains works and figure out that there is nothing at all mystical or mysterious about it.
also, TM, whether or not one believes in free will can actually make a pretty huge difference in a lot of different ways. I know you're a smart guy so maybe you haven't taken time to ponder all of the implications. But everything from relationships, to how you interact with other people on a daily basis, to how you process trauma or feelings of guilt, to how we enact laws related to the criminal justice system can all be drastically different based on this belief.
Might be an idea to make WG's hint (ice-)hockey instead of hockey. For most quiz-participators outside of US and such hockey is the type you play on gras, not ice. Here (netherlands) it is played as well, but we litteraly call it icehockey.
This is a semantic question (and somewhat subjective), Hamlet was written as a play and intended to be performed not read. So couldn't it be argued that Shakespeare is not Hamlets author, but it's creator, director or playwrite.
(An author specifically describes the writer of a published work)
P.S. I know that you could argue Shakespeares works are later published, but since this was never his incentive he was payed by the preformances and not selling his work as text.
This is being super nitpicky but technically William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, named it after his father, also named William Penn. But he didn't name it after himself.
WB would be better, WvB best.
A mother getting shot to death while laying her body over her children in an effort to protect them is "tragic". A toddler dying as the result of an inoperable brain tumor is "tragic". Someone who willfully throws their life away? Not so much.
Thanks, though.
Need something else for WT.
It's Trump
its a crime that so few people got him zevon.
(An author specifically describes the writer of a published work)
P.S. I know that you could argue Shakespeares works are later published, but since this was never his incentive he was payed by the preformances and not selling his work as text.