Eva's new enigma

Hi!

I'm here again... My turn.

I don't change the subject. So, literature (and myths) again.

1. Where can we go if we are invited by a clever man who solves enigmas playing his violin? I need his address, for the taxi of course. (And who is our host?)


2. Who arrived in London in 1897 on board of the Demeter, in search of food and love?


3. (A bit more difficult) Who wrote a modern Bestseller that illustrates the problems about multiculturalism and the second generation of immigrants, taking place in Villesdeen, London?


4. And the last one; I'm really fond of a comic (I really love some draws) that tells the story (mixing the truth with the hypothetical) of the most famous killer over the word. Where did it happen? And, what's the book?

Your turn (I love solving and making enigmas)

Good luck!!

The answer to the enigma

Here you are:

• Real name and English name: The Historia Regum Britanniae English: The History of the Kings of Britain
• The person who wrote this book: Geoffrey of Monmouth
• It was written more or less in c.1136
• This book tells a pseudohistorical account of British history. It chronicles the lives of the kings of the Britons in a chronological narrative spanning a time of two thousand years, beginning with the Trojans of Homer's Iliad founding the British nation and continuing until the Anglo-Saxons assumed control of Britain around the 7th Century. It is one of the central pieces of the Matter of Prices.
  It has little value as history – when events described, such as Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain, can be corroborated from contemporary histories, Geoffrey's accounts can be seen to be wildly inaccurate – but is a valuable piece of medieval literature, which contains the earliest known version of the story of King Lear and his three daughters, and introduced non-Welsh-speakers to the legend of King Arthur.

(next day I'll post some pictures and a NEW ENIGMA)

Good luck

Eva, it's your turn

Eva, what did you think, that you would be the only person to write enigmas? If you thought this, you were so mistaken...!

Now, it's your turn. You have to answer my enigma.

My enigma is:

"It is a pseudohistorical account, it chronicles the lives of the kings of the Britons in a chronological narrative spanning a time of two thousand years. It has little value as history but is a valuable piece of medieval literature. It counts a beautiful history"

I want:

• The name of this book (Real name and English name)
• The person who wrote this book
• The year of this book
• And what tells this book

I wait very impatient for your answer...

K&S Associated come back!!

Once again Eva, we've found the answer of your enigma. We have waited 4 days and noone has answered, so they have to shut up! jajaja
We start with the Pelicans. We can see them in St Jame's Park. They’ve been there for a long time. Since the 1660s to be exact.
The first pelicans were presented to Charles II by the Russian ambassador. At the time, diarist John Evelyn was not impressed - he described them at the time as “between a stork and a swan”, which isn’t particularly accurate, and fails to describe their most unusual and noticeable attribute - the huge pouches under their beaks.
I haven’t been able to find out the names of all of the pelicans.
The pelicans may be relatively recent arrivals in the history of London - but they have become as much a part of the city as the ravens of the Tower. So perhaps it’s not surprising that there’s now a myth that if the pelicans ever leave St James’s Park, it will be the end of civilisation as we know it

The second part of your enigma is: London celebrates the 250th birthday of the Kew Gardens. Kew Gardens are extensive gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London, England. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution. There, we can see a lot of trees from the 5 continents in the Earth. (We can see the Alpine house, the Chokushi-Mon, the Compost heap, the Kew Palace, the Minka house, theMarianne North Gallery, museums, the Pagoda and more beautiful things). All spectacular, obviously. By: K&S Associated

Enigma number seven

The Century of Lights! With Harrison and his invention the English became the most powerful navy of the world. They dominated over the seas and with their power arrived at the most remote corners of the earth. There, they discovered wonderful things that collected carefully and brought to Britain... Nowadays, we can enjoy the most beautiful springs in London surrounded by part of these collections that, in a way, have arrived up to now.

• There are pelicans living in London! Where? Why?
• What celebrates its 250 birth? What can we see there? (I'm very fond of it; in my opinion it is one of the best places to walk in good company. A lovely place to share with someone special, mostly in spring).

I would like to see some beautiful pictures, as usual.

Good search!
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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.

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!