6th enigma, second part (Y)

A major stimulus to improving the accuracy and reliability of clocks was the importance of precise time-keeping for navigation. The position of a ship at sea could be determined with reasonable accuracy if a navigator could refer to a clock that lost or gained less than about 10 seconds per day. This clock could not contain a pendulum, which would be virtually useless on a rocking ship. Many European governments offered a large prize for anyone that could determine longitude accurately. The reward was eventually claimed in 1761 by John Harrison, who dedicated his life to improving the accuracy of his clocks.His first clock (1713) is at the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers Collection in Guildhall (London).

By: K & S Associates (:

6th enigma: a clue

As I posted as a comment, MY inventor solved a TIME PROBLEM!!!

6th enigma

I'm sorry, K & S Associates, but there's something that you can complete again... My multimillionaire inventor is another person for another thing. I remember you that he won a competition. He spent almost all his life in demonstrating his machine was right...
Good luck & good readings.

Answer number 6 :)

I'm not the only person that knows the answer,Silvia knows it. For that reason we've worked together. The first part of your enigma is: We can change our timetable, in Prime Meridian( is the meridian at which longitude is defined to be 0°), it's obvious. The second part is Sandford Fleming. He linked the anti-meridian of Greenwich (now 180°). He suggested that standard time zones could be used locally, but they were subordinate to his single world time. For this reason, the navigator was easier. Finally, the last answer is the Cutty Sark. Not a long time back, clippers were known by the Cutty Sark, built at 1870, that was a business ship until 1922. Until 2007, the Cutty Sark was a floating museum, but on 20th May of 2007 it was burnt. Today, the police continues without finding the answer of this fire.

The Musical "We Will Rock You"

We Will Rock You is a musical based on the songs of Queen and named after their hit single of the same name. The musical was written by English comedian and author Ben Elton in collaboration with Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor.

The musical opened in the West End at the Dominion Theatre on May 14, 2002, with Tony Vincent, Hannah Jane Fox, Sharon D. Clarke and Kerry Ellis in principal roles. The musical was panned by critics, but was an audience favourite and is the longest-running musical at that venue. The story takes place in a tongue-in-cheek dystopian future where originality and individualism are shunned, and a lone "Dreamer" appears who can fulfill a prophecy that will enable the return of rock 'n roll.

A number of international productions have followed the original, and We Will Rock You has been seen in Australia, Las Vegas, Moscow, Spain, Japan, South Africa, Zürich, Vienna, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong. As of March 2009, productions are still active in London.

We think that it will be an exciting experience.

Enigma number 6

Now an enigma to dream about exotic adventures:

There's a magical place in London where you can change your timetable only by one step.

There we will see the solution for the biggest problem for navigators till 17th. Century. The winner will become multimillionaire...

Also there was the faster clipper in the word but unfortunately it ended up burnt.

Tell me about all that.

As you well know I really love you illustrate your answers with nice pictures.

See you

Have a nice St. George with books and roses.

Paolo Ucello

Congratulations again, Kevin.

But I don't understand why you have posted the last picture. I re-post my loved Ucello to see it better until we visit it in London.

23rd April, Saint George

Golden Legend tells the story of St. George.The relationship with the flag of England is that St. George is the patron of England (The Flag of England is the St George's Cross. The red cross appeared as an emblem of England during the Middle Ages and the Crusades and is one of the earliest known emblems representing England. It achieved status as the national flag of England during the sixteenth century.)Saint George became the patron saint of England in the thirteenth century, and the legend of Saint George slaying a dragon dates from the twelfth century. Paolo Uccello was an Italian painter who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art. . He painted Saint George and the Dragon, about 1470.
Oil on canvas;5.6 cm × 74.2 cm (21.9 in × 29.2 in)
(The picture refers to the story of St George from The Golden Legend, a popular collection of Saints’ lives written in the 13th century. It shows 2 episodes of the story. The first episode where the saint with his lance defeats a plague-bearing dragon that had been terrorizing a city. In the sky a storm is gathering. The eye of the storm lines up with Saint George’s lance, suggesting that divine intervention has helped him to victory.In the second episode on the left, the rescued princess brings the dragon to heal, using her blue belt as a leash. )

Congratulations, Kevin

I've forgotten to congratulate Kevin for his last answer.
Now it is absolutely correct.

Enigma number 5

Here you are my new enigma!
New topic, guys!
The Golden Legend, a popular collection of Saint's lives written in 13th. Century, tells us the hagiography of...........Who? Where that is related to the English flag? Easy, isn't it?
I like an odd picture (because is odd and naive) painted by a Renaissance Italian artist obsessed by the perspective. We can see it at The National Gallery... I would love very much you posted the picture with the basic information related to it.
Good luck and good search!

The 2nd part of the answer

Eva, I think I've found the second part of the enigma. I hope will be this.The musical more or less based on "Romeo&Juliet" is West Side Story(Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins)
Based upon
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

A musical based on Romeo&Juliet

Kevin again. Your answer was quite correct. The last question refers to a musical more or less inspired in Romeo & Juliet. Certainly, Rostropovitch composed the music for a ballet but it is not a musical. I wait expecting the second part of your answer.

You're the best!

Have a nice weekend!

See you on Monday.

4th enigma

Thanks, thanks... Yes, I know, I'm the best, jajajaja. Next week is the anniversary of two very important writers. The Spanish writer is Miguel de Cervantes(22nd April of 1616, but he was buried in 23rd April. For this reason, people think that is the date of his death). The English writer is William Shakespeare( 23rd April of 1564/24th April of 1564/3rd May of 1564). The most popular work of William Shakespeare is Romeo&Juliet. MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH is the director of the musical ballet"Romeo&Juliet"(script compiled by Sergei Radiov, Leonid Lavrovsky, Andrey Piotrovsky and Sergei Prokofiev, in version of Vladimir Vasiliev, based on the tragedy of William Shakespeare)

Enigma number 4

Kevin, you are the best! People, I'm very disappointed with you! It seems that the winner will be Kevin very easily. And the competition? The honour?The idea that the most important thing is to participate? Pupils, make up your minds to find the answer for the fourth enigma...

Again musicals... Next week people around the word celebrate with different activities the birth of two of the most important writers of all time, one Spanish and the other English. Who are they? (easy, isn't it?) The English one wrote a number of plays. 400 years later someone else wrote a musical more or less inspired in one of this plays, but translated to twenty century. What's the name? Who was the composer?

Good search!

3rd enigma: "My fair Lady"!

One more time, I've found the answer of your enigma. The musical is "My fair Lady"(George Cukor&Gene Allen). You've said you wanna know where Eliza sold flowers. Well, Eliza sold flowers in The Covent Garden of London. Here you are the picture. This history is based in the mythology, when Pygmalion fell in love with Galatea, a beautiful statue.

Third enigma

Again, you are the winner Kevin.
Wake up people! I expect other pupils imitating Sherlock Holmes...
Try to find out my third enigma.
It's about musicals, as well.
There's the lyric that sings Alfred, the father of Elizah. His morality is dubious but I like because he enjoys life. They speak cockney, a particular way of English...
My question is obvious... Which is the musical? And Where does Elizah sell flowers? (I would like to have a picture of this place).
And a bit more difficult (Yes, we can...) The story a adapt a myth. Which?. (clue: maybe you can ask Jordi Saura about that)
Good luck Sherlocks...

The Lord above gave man an arm of iron

So he could do his job and never shirk.
The Lord gave man an arm of iron-but
With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck,
Someone else'll do the blinkin' work! The three
With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of luck you'll never work!
The Lord above made liquor for temptation,
To see if man could turn away from sin.
The Lord above made liquor for temptation-but
With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck,
When temptation comes you'll give right in!
The three With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of luck you'll give right in.
Oh, you can walk the straight and narrow;
But with a little bit of luck You'll run amuck!
The gentle sex was made for man to marry,
To share his nest and see his food is cooked.
The gentle sex was made for man to marry-but
With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck,
You can have it all and not get hooked.
The three With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of luck you won't get hooked.
With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of bloomin' luck!
The Lord above made man to help is neighbor,
No matter where, on land, or sea, or foam.
The Lord above made man to help his neighbor-but
With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck,
When he comes around you won't be home!
With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of luck, You won't be home.
They're always throwin' goodness at you;
But with a little bit of luck A man can duck!
Oh, it's a crime for man to go philandrin
And fill his wife's poor heart with grief and doubt.
Oh, it's a crime for man to go philanderin'-but
With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck,
You can see the bloodhound don't find out!
The three With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of luck she won't find out!
With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of bloomin' luck!
He doesn't have a tuppence in his pocket.
The poorest bloke you'll ever hope to meet.
He doesn't have a tuppence in his pocket-but
With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck,
He'll be movin' up to easy street.
With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of luck, He's movin' up.
With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of bloomin luck!

Top 10 London Musicals

It seems that Kevin hit the nail on the head again. As Eva has introduced the topic of musicals, I recommend you a visit to London's official website. Here you find the list of the the brightest and best shows currently wowing audiences on London's stages. The top 10 is based on online ticket sales listed in order of popularity.

Write your comment and vote for the musical you want to watch!

The answer of your 2nd enigma!

Eva, I've found the answer of your 2nd enigma.
The musical is Sweeney Todd(composed by Stephen Sondheim). As I didn't know what city did you want, I tell you two cities: London and Barcelona.
In London we can find it on 117 Station Rd,Hampton, Middlesex, TW12 2AL, United Kingdom. It's not exactly in London, but it's near.
In Barcelona we can find it in Teatre Apolo,Paral·lel, 59,Sants-Montjuïc(Barcelona).

Second enigma

Congratulations Kevin, you've found the right answer. Let's go with the second enigma...
When I was young (er) I saved up to go see a musical that you can see today in BCN. It takes place in London at nineteen century... The first lyrics are:
I have sailed the word, beheld its wonders
From the Dardanelles
To the mountains of Peru,
But there's not place like London!
My question is
Which musical is it? And, In which street takes place? Situate it in a city map... Good search

The answer of the enigma!

Eva, I've found the answer of your enigma! The painting is The Rokeby Venus (also known as The Toilet of Venus, Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid, or La Venus del espejo). It was painted by Diego Velázquez on 1647–1651. This painting was painted on "Oil on canvas" and measures 122 cm × 177 cm. We can see this picture in National Gallery.

Time Out

Hi everybody! Are you enjoying your holidays?
Thanks for the effort you have made setting up this blog and editing the posts. Now, my first contribution.
Do you know what Time Out is? Time Out is the name of a magazine you can buy in different cities of the world. It provides information on the arts, culture and urban life. Of course, there is a Time Out London, where you can see everything that is going on in the city at this moment and everything that will be going on during the following months. Really interesting! And there is also a Time Out Barcelona. You can buy the magazine in Catalan. I found it in Abacus and guess what!!! Number 62, 27 March-2 April has got 13 pages devoted to London: Cheap London, 101 propostes al·lucinants per descobrir Londres amb pocs diners. I'm going to read it during the holidays and I'll tell you about it. You can try to find the magazine, it's only 1,95 euro. And I'm sure it will be worth reading it.

TOP 10 OF LONDON

These places are interesting to visit
when we are in London, England:



1. Buckingham Palace: It is the official residence of
the British monarch in London. It used for ceremonies
and visits of State. It was built in 1703 by
Duke Buckingham.

2. Westminster Palace: It is the palace where
the Parliament meets. In the palace there
are 1.100 rooms and 4,8 km of corridors.

3. Natural History Museum: It is one of the
three big museums located in Street Exhibition
Road. It has got more than 70 millions of species and
one big sitting room for a lot of different
skeletons of dinosaur.

4. Royal Opera House: It is a theatre of
spectacle of London. It is the headquarters of the
Royal Opera Company and the Royal Ballet of England. The first
theatre was burnt in 1856, the second theatre was
built in1809 and it was burnt in 1856. The third theatre
was built in 1857.

5. Windsor Castle: It is one of the principal
official residences of the British monarch. King
Edward III was born in the castle in 1.312.
The castle was built in 1.066.

6. Oxford Street: It is one big and famous
street in London. It has got more than 300 shops.
It takes up 2.000 metres.

7. National Gallery: It is the principal Art museum
of London. It was built in 1.824. There are
Italian art and Dutch art masterpieces.

8. Big Ben: It is one symbol of London.
It is the tallest bell tower. It was burnt in
1.834 and it was built in 1.858.

9. Tower Bridge: It is one drawbridge
that crosses the Thames river. It was
inaugurated in 1.870 for the people. In
1.884 it was built the bridge current.

10. Sherlock Holmes Museum: It is the
same house of Sherlock Holmes. It is in
Baker Street. There are figures of Sherlock Holmes
and Watson. In the museum you can buy things of
Sherlock Holmes.

Rain or sun?

Possibly the week that we go to London it could rain or not... this is in hands of a good weatherman!

The reports of this year say that spring and summer will be colder than previous years, because the rays of the sun are lower. This hasn't happened since almost 100 years ago.

Image: March 2009

Now, we can not ask ourselves if it will rain or it will be sunny, because it is too early to know it. But according to the former years, June is the clearest and less rainy of all the year. Because, the data oscillate between the 45 l/m2 and it rains a lot during a few minutes and immediately it is sunny.

Soon, I will tell you very better of the forecast!!!

LONDON:What to do, where to go, what to see

1-Eye of London

(In this picture is the fantastic Eye of London at night)


2-Big Ben

(In this picture is the huge Big Ben)


3-Buckingham Palace

(In this picture are the wonderful gardens of the Buckingham Palace)


4-Tower of London

(In this picture is the famous Tower of London)


5-Madame Tussauds

(In this picture the main entrance of the Wax Museum Madame Tussauds)


6-Stadiums: Stamford Bridge, Emirates Stadium, Tottenham Stadium.
(No photo)


7-River Thames

(In this picture is the great River Thames)


8-Parks of London

(In this picture is the lakes and gardens of London)


9-Shakespeare Theatre

(In this picture the stage of the Theatre of Shakespeare)


10-The Parliament

(In this picture parliament of the great London)

My role in Grease

Vanessa: My role is Sandy. I'm the main character.
She is new in the school. She is shy and good person. Everybody thinks she is a good girl.
She's fallen in love with Danny Sucko.
He is the popular boy of school. And finally she becomes a bad girl and obtains Danny Sucko.
I like my role but I worked so much in the script.
It was easy because I had done theatre before.

Lorena: My role is Chachary Gregory. My character is the whore.
She is ex-girlfriend to Danny Sucko. She dances in Montana High School.
She is egotist and bad person. She hasn't got friends but she only has a lot of boyfriends.
I'm not identified with my character but it has been funny to do it.
I like my role but the dance was difficult.

In the real life we are friends but in Grease we are rivals.
We are proud with our work. We tried a lot.
It is a unforgettable experience and we will remember it always.
We have liked to do it so much because it has been special.
We enjoyed so much and we hope we'll do more things like that.
Grease (L).

Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly, which is the most important shop's street. It also connects with the theatres from Shaftesbury Avenue and the Haymarket, Coventry Street (if you are going to Leicester Square) and Glasshouse Street. It is close to the important places to go shopping and entertainment, it is situated at the heart of West End and its important traffic makes Piccadilly Circus the most important tourist place. We would love to go to Piccadilly Circus because for us, if you are going to London, and you don't go to Piccadilly Circus, and you don't take any photography there: you haven't been in London. We hope that we go there, because we enjoy so much and... maybe you can buy something special! LONDONEXPERIENCE!

My role in Grease

Hello my name is Laura and my role in Grease is Rizzo. I love my character because she looks like me and she is a little stupid. We decided the clothes, In the first scene I wore a black outfit and a pink jacket, the other girls for the team Pink Ladies wore the same, in the second scene we are in a bedroom and we wore a sexy pyjamas, after I wore a red and black dress.
My character is the Rival of Sandy the main character but in the real life we are friends.
I don't really hard work to learn the script, My opinion of Rizzo is that she has an enormous heart but she's scared of show her feelings.

I love Grease and I love Rizzo!

My role in Grease

My name is Tamara and my role in Grease is Jan. I didn't like my role at the beginning because I think she is dumb and I didn't want to comb like her, but later I loved her because I got attached to her. The dialogue took me a lot of hard work but the choreography did it.

I liked the scene of the bedroom with the girls and I said

"clean, clean teeth, healthy, healthy teeth" . It was so funny we laughed a lot.

It has been funny to perform a situation that we have lived in the real life, in our house.

I liked to dance on the bed.

I am eating all the performance but really and I didn't eat.

My character is a little dumb and a little ugly but she is nice and I like her.

Biography of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was a dramatist, poet and English actor. We don't know when he was born, but we know the date of his christen, in 26th April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, and he died 23rd April 1616. He lived 52 years. William Shakespeare is the best writer in English language. He had eight brothers.His father was accused of illegal trade of wool. On 28th November 1582, when he was 18, he got married with Anne Hathaway, she was 26, because she was pregnant of three months. They had a first child called Susanna and after they had twins called Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet died when he was 11 years old. In 1592 Shakespeare was working in London at the company Lord Chamberlain's Men.

He wrote his epitaph:

Good friend for lesvs sake forbeare,
To digg dvst encloasen heare.
Blest be ye man yt spares thes stones,
And cvrst be he yt moves my bones


Shakespeare wrote:

Comedies:

*The Tempest
*The Merry Wives of Windsor

Historical plays:

*King John
*Richard II
*Henry IV, part 1
*Henry IV, part 2

Tragedies:

*Romeo and Juliet
*Julius Caesar
*Hamlet

Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens, before the private gardens of the palace Kensington, is one of the Royal Parks of London and is in the West Hyde Park.

In the Kensington Gardens we can find the statue of Peter Pan, the statue of Queen Victoria, the Prince Albert Memorial, the Diana Memorial Playground, the statue of Edward Jenner and more. I hope that we'll go to Kensington Gardens.

London Eye

London Eye

London Eye is the second world's largest Ferris wheel. London eye is next to river Thames.

To see the London Eye we can go by ship, tube , car, bus, rail and coach. The timetable is from10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily. The London Eye provides a lot of things to do, for example: river cruises and ferris wheel.

The price of London Eye is of £7,50 (people from 4 to 15 years old) and £15,50(people from 16 or more) and the price of river cruises are of £6 (people from 4 to 15 years old) and £12 (people from 16 or more).

I hope that we go to London Eye.

Top 10

When we go to London, we'll visit a lot of places:
London eye: In the London eye there is the biggest big wheel.
Soho: It's the place where the people go to for play, shopping, dance...
Trafalgar square: It's famous square. George IV built it in 1845. In the center of the square there is a column of Napoleon.
Chinatown: where Chinese people live.
Madame Tussaud: Is the famous wax museum. The best museum.
Big Ben: It's the bell of London.
We like to see a lot of places but we go shopping too.
London is a big city, where there are different things that we have never seen (the red buses, the telephone). We'll go to a lot of clothes shop. And we'll meet the people and practise English with them.

First enigma

As I wrote this is my first enigma:

When I was nineteen I travelled the whole night to visit a picture that normally is in London. It was the first time that it returned to Spain since it was sent to a rich English man. I queued during two hours... It was wonderful. I'm again very fond of it and I'm glad to visit it again with us.

Some of us demanded a clue, so, because I'm very fair, I post a big, big one.

To solve the enigma you have to answer the tittle, the painter and the place that we will visit to see it. Good luck!