Missing: Chanelle - Help Me Find Her! Quiz

Answer: Ernest Beaux

When Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was presented with small glass vials of scents that had been numbered 1-5 and 20-24, she chose the sample scent contained in the fifth vial; it was a perfume that had been developed by Moscow-born perfumer Ernest Beaux.

Coco Chanel had an almost superstitious fixation on the number five already, and this aroma captured her attention immediately.

Answer: Mississippi

The Old River Control Structure in Louisiana was built to prevent the Mississippi River from rerouting itself into the Atchafalaya River, which runs just to the west of the Mississippi.

This structure was finished in 1963, and was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It was constructed in a side channel of the Mississippi that is known as the "Old River", lying between the Mississippi's current channel and the Atchafalaya River, which was at one time another channel of the Mississippi River.

Answer: a building designed to hold skeletal remains

I'm still not sure WHICH of the answers that I invented is most distasteful, but I suppose you are looking into the building designed for skeletal remains. Don't look too hard, though. You might find a LOT of bones lying around inside!

In the old days (probably before television was even invented!), people weren't necessarily buried immediately upon death. Some folks just kind of laid around for a while--maybe three, four, or five years, because land on which to bury them was scarce. It may have been hard, rocky terrain, or maybe they just didn't have the owner's permission. Whatever the reasons, charnel houses became popular(?) as a place where old Uncle Macadamia could just decompose, losing his skin and waiting for mere bones to appear. At that point, the bones would be removed (or not) and taken away for easier burial.

(Glad I don't live on Charnel Street!)

Answer: an underwater tunnel that connects England to France

First conceived as an idea for travel in 1802, the Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) finally became a reality in 1994. Connecting France to the UK via an underwater tunnel had long been a dream of many people, while simultaneously being a nightmare of an idea for others. On the one hand, folks could envision quick access between the two nations. On the other, fears of potential security risks involving refugees from all over Europe and beyond caused politicians to resist the concept.

As it turned out, both sides were right. Many of the security risks have been minimized and rapid travel is available in a unique way that did not exist before.

The Japanese Seikan Tunnel provided the engineers of the Chunnel with a prototype for construction, as it was built first, and is actually a bit longer and deeper than the Chunnel itself.

Answer: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders

While all of the "wrong" choices given were merely figments of this author's imagination, the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders actually occurred in 1928. The film "Changeling" was based in part on those events.

It seems that in 1928, thirteen-year old Sanford Clark was removed from his home in Canada by his uncle and was taken to California, where Sanford was then subsequently beaten and sexually abused by him. Later, other young boys were treated the same, with some of them being murdered by the uncle, Gordon Stewart Northcott, and HIS mother, Sarah Louise Northcott. (Sanford himself was forced to participate in some of the gruesome activities involving the victims.) Gordon and his mother were later arrested and convicted of their crimes.

In the movie, one of the mothers of one of the victims, Christine Collins (played by actress Angelina Jolie), is reunited with her son Walter Collins, or so she is told by the police authorities. She begins to notice discrepancies, however, between the boy she has been "reunited" with and her real son. She confronts the authorities who claimed he was her son, and she is labeled as being "delusional" and is then locked away in a mental hospital!

Eventually, the truth comes out, and although her son Walter is said to have escaped the clutches of the killing duo of mother and son, she is only left with the hope of someday being reunited with him.

In reality, Walter Collins was indeed one of the victims whose body was mostly destroyed by fire, after the Northcotts attempted to destroy all evidence of their three victims by burning their bodies near the chicken coop where they had been held captive. They failed to get rid of all evidence, and while the police later found no complete bodies, they did find personal effects of three of the children reported missing, along with a blood-stained axe, as well as bones, hair and fingers that had been buried in lime near the chicken house at the Northcott ranch, and it was on this evidence that the Northcotts were convicted.

After Walter's mother, Christine Collins, was released from the mental hospital where she had been committed by police, she successfully sued the Los Angeles police department and its chief, Captain Jones. He was ordered to pay her $10,800, but he never paid a dime, and was later reinstated to his post.

As a result of this miscarriage of justice, the California State Legislature later made it illegal for the police to commit someone to a psychiatric facility without a warrant.

Answer: caterpillar

The French word chenille means "caterpillar". The unique way in which this fabric is constructed is with a double-weave technique which results by placing short lengths of yarn between two core yarns and then twisting the entire work together.

While the yarn originated in France in the 18th century, largely produced by hand, the mechanical manufacture of it boomed during the years of the Great Depression in, of all places, Dalton, Georgia. Soon, this northwest Georgia town became known as the "Tufted Bedspread Capital of the U.S.", and later, after tufting in the carpet industry caught on, it began billing itself as the "Carpet Capital of the World".

(I am a native of Rome, Georgia, about an hour south of Dalton.)

Answer: a Mexican costumed dancer

We can thank the Nahuatl (pronounced, na watl) language for this contribution. Originally a chinelo was a zineloquie in this Aztec-based language. In Morelos, Mexico, Chinelo dancers are a common sight during festivals. The similarity between these dancers and Mardi Gras participants is striking, and no wonder.

A blend of indigenous rituals and Catholic influences related to Carnival contribute greatly to the rites of the celebrants in both events. The chinelos are both masked and mocked during the celebrations in which they participate.

Answer: a hippopotamus with bad teeth

The French word "chanticleer" is literally translated into English as meaning to 'sing clear'.

There is a chanticleer (rooster) mentioned in fables about Reynard the Fox; a Chanticleer (singing ensemble) based in San Francisco, California, and a Chanticleer Botanical Garden in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Thankfully, no historical hippopotamus with bad teeth was called a chanticleer, but who knows? Maybe with those rotten teeth, his groaning calls of agony COULD be mistaken for 'clear singing'!

Answer: 400

Volumes have been written on this topic and I will not attempt to cover it extensively, but the worst fallout occurred in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. Much of the U.S.S.R. and Europe was affected by the high levels of radiation that permeated the atmosphere.

The efforts to contain the disaster, preventing it from becoming even worse, and the ensuing efforts to control the damage eventually required over 500,000 people.

Answer: Chanelle Hayes

In 2007, Chanelle Hayes was voted as the "Favourite Big Brother Housemate Ever" for her appearance on the wildly popular television reality series that ran on Britain's Channel Four.

Chanelle was born Chanelle Jade Sinclair in 1987. Sadly, her mother was murdered when she was an infant. Later adopted by Christine and Harry Hayes, she was given their surname.

Since leaving the program, she has been involved in her own cake bakery business, as well as being involved at times with media work.