Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly The 3 for 1 general quiz

1. 1582 ce & 46 bce?

2. That was the year the British Empire switched from the Julian to Gregorian calendar and "lost" several days in September.

3. The New Year used to begin on 25 March.

You got it, KK! The significance of those years is that they had more tham 400 days, in order to get the calendar back on track.

1. Who played lead guitar on the song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"?

2. John Lennon died on 8Dec80. What was his middle name?

3. Where did Richard Starkey meet his second wife?

1. Eric Clapton

2. Original middle name was Winston. Later legally changed to Ono.

3. While filming the movie "Caveman".

HWW, somehow I knew you'd get it.
Yerrup!

1. Who played rhythm guitar on Soft Machine's first single?

2. Whom did the Yardbirds first approach to replace Eric Clapton?

And, just for KK ...

3. In 1969, fans began scouring Beatles records for proof that Paul McCartney is dead. One of the clues was found in the voice heard at the end of "Strawberry Fields Forever," announcing "I buried Paul." According to Paul, whose voice is it and what is it really saying?

3. Wasn't it John saying "cranberry sauce"? I think that was the song that he led into with "sugarplum fairy" instead of "1,2,3,4", if memory serves.

I've always heard the same for #3...I don't know if that's what it was according to Paul or not (as HWW phrased it)

The answer to # 3 is correct. But ... what about 1 and 2?

A couple of hints:

1. ... was not a member of the group, but just happened to be in the studio at the time. This person is one of the most iconic guitarists of that era.

2. ... this person eventually did join the Yardbirds as bass guitarist.

Final clue: Both persons have the same formal first name.

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Jimmy Page
3. "Cranberry Sauce," said by John Lennon\

I guessed this based on your clues, as I'd otherwise have no idea about #1 or #2. Then I looked #2 up and confirmed that I'm right about that one. That makes #1 a fairly obvious guess, but I'll still wait for confirmation.

You guessed it correctly, Xben.

All right, let me think of some stuff...

1. What do Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Superboy, and Captain Marvel have in common (that to my knowledge, nobody else does)?

2. What was the first man-made object to exceed the speed of sound?

3. In the Book of Acts (in the Bible), what is the link between a man who lied to the Holy Spirit, a believer who prayed for Paul, and a high priest who accused Paul before Governor Felix?

1. They all won Pulitzer Prizes

2. um some sort of sled car?

3. They were all named Simon?

I meant to post this the other day; Xben has sort of made this less relevant, but here goes anyway.

We've had a lot of questions lately that have all been from a single genre; that's contrary to the point of this thread. A reminder:

Let's follow Xben's example and try to keep questions across a broad range of subjects. With a spate of rock-related threads, particiaption seemed to be dwindling.

Quislet,
#1. No. Has Jimmy Olsen ever won a Pulitzer Prize? This "category" has a couple of conditions to it, but like I said I'm pretty sure this is an exclusive list... Here's a hint: Although the fact that these are all comic book characters is relevant to a certain degree, the genre of this question is not "comic books."

#2. No...I'm pretty sure this would be an older invention than any sort of "sled car"

#3. None of them were named Simon. But you are on the right track...

I don't want to slow things down too much, so here are some hints...

As I said, #1 doesn't really have to do with comic books or anything that ever happened in a comic book. As far as I know, these are the only four comic book characters for whom a certain something is true, (although there are lots of non-comic book characters for whom this is also true.)

The answer to #2 is not a vehicle

I feel like I've already given a hint for #3 by saying that Quislet was on the right track.

Is 2 the plane flown by Chuck Yeager?

As soon as I posted that, I realized there are likely some unmanned rockets that preceeded Yeager's flight. Never mind...

Remember, #2 is *not* a vehicle. It's also not an unmanned version of a vehicle. I'm not sure what century this thing was invented, but it's probably a lot earlier than many of you may be thinking.

I know whips can break the sound barrier (hence the "cracking" sound), but I'm not sure if they were the first.

I'm assuming #3 has to do with them all having the same name, but I don't know what that would be.

Well, from what I understand, the whip is the right answer.

And your assumption about #3 is right, and in the absence of anyone actually getting that name I'd accept "they all have the same name" as correct.

Any thoughts on #1? Here's another big (I think) hint: this "certain something" that is true for each of these character happened for each of them in a different decade--the 50's (Lois), the 70's (Captain Marvel), the 80's (Superboy), and the 90's (Jimmy Olsen).

Okay, another hint for #1...the question has to do with television versions of comic book characters