Rainbow Mixture Trivia

31. MOVIES: Judy Garland sang 'Over the Rainbow', but in which movie did it appear? (Follow the Yellow Brick Road and you'll find your answer.)

From Quiz Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain

Answer: The Wizard of Oz

'Over the Rainbow' is one of Judy Garland's most famous songs, covered by musicians from Israel Kamakawiwo'ole to Ariana Grande. The music was composed by Harold Arlen while driving past a drugstore on Sunset Boulevard, and the lyrics were written by EY Harburg. Dorothy sings it in 'The Wizard of Oz' after Auntie Em tells her to go somewhere where she won't get into trouble. It won the 1939 Academy Award for Best Original Song, and Garland continued to sing it for many years afterwards, as she loved the song's hopeful message.

From Quiz The Misplaced Colours Quiz: Vol.II

Answer: Blue Moon

"Blue Moon" was written by Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart in 1934. The song has been covered by many artists but the artists in the question are four who have charted with the song. In 1956, Elvis Presley's version reached number 55 on the Billboard Top 100 and number nine on the UK Singles Chart. In 1961, The Marcels' version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. In 1961, The Ventures' version reached number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1980, Showaddywaddy's version reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. Question submitted by shipyardbernie

From Quiz The Misplaced Colours Quiz

Answer: Formaggio verde (Italian)

It would seem that many languages take the colour 'blue' from the French 'bleus', but the Italians, being Italian, see things differently and call it green. Blue in Spanish is 'azul', and in German it's 'blau'. The arguably most famous 'formaggio verde' is Gorgonzola, which is named after the town in Lombardy where it originated. Personally, I think it is one of the wonders of the world. The German blue cheese Cambozola is a portmanteau name of the mighty Italian cheese and the French cheese Camembert. Question submitted by thula2

From Quiz Rainbow Six

Answer: Yellow

If a person is described as yellow bellied it means they are cowardly or easily scared. The origin of the phrase is vague but the colour yellow has traditionally been associated with treachery and cowardice. In Medieval paintings Judas Iscariot is often seen wearing a yellow jacket to emphasise his treacherous nature. The term "yellow belly" is also a nickname given to inhabitants of the county of Lincolnshire in England.

From Quiz Name Your Colour

Answer: Dik Browne

Dik Browne (1917-1989) was an American cartoonist who created the comic strips "Hägar the Horrible" and "Hi and Lois". Charlie Brown plays the lead role in the comic strip "Peanuts" created by Charles M. Schulz. Herbert C. Brown (1912-2004) was an American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979. Joe E. Brown (1891-1973) was an American actor and comedian. He was most popular in the 1930s and 1940s. One of his last movie roles was in the 1959 romantic comedy "Some Like It Hot" opposite Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.

From Quiz Rainy Day Colors

Answer: Red carnation

Communication using flowers is called floriography. While flowers and flower arrangements have been used to send messages for a very long time, interest in this type of communication increased during the Victorian Age. Arrangements were commonly used to send messages that people felt they could not say in person. It is pretty well known that a red rose is symbolic of romantic love. However a deep red carnation (or a bouquet of them) can also represent romantic love. A white rose indicated chastity and yellow roses represented friendship. White dittany and blue forget-me-nots can also represent romantic love -- thus, the flowers don't have to be red to indicate romantic feelings.

From Quiz All My Colours

Answer: White

Courtesy telephones are used to relay messages to a specific person, and can be found in airports, as well as hotel lobbies, stations and other places frequented by travellers. In the US, they are usually white. If you've seen the film 'Airplane!', you'll have noticed the frequent appearance of these telephones. Sir Garfield Sobers is a West Indian cricketer, with a reputation for being a great all-rounder, and white is the colour worn by cricket players. Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White is an English snooker player, nicknamed for his fast style of play. Ranked second in the mid 1980s, he has won several ranking and non-ranking finals, including the 1984 Masters and the 1987 and 1992 British Opens.

From Quiz Give Peach a Chance

Answer: Peach

The colour peach is a pastel shade of pink named after but lighter than the fruit. Peaches (Prunus ) are a fruit related to cherries, plums and almonds. Save for its fuzzy skin, it is identical to the nectarine. Dame Nellie Melba GBE, was an Australian prima donna operatic soprano who inspired French chef Auguste Escoffier to create the dessert 'Peach Melba' in her honour. A 'peaches and cream' complexion refers to flawless, unblemished pale skin with rosy cheeks. Much like the fictional Snow White. Bob Geldof KBE, is an Irish singer, songwriter, activist and charity worker. He fronted the band Boomtown Rats then went on to become founder of the 'Band Aid' group, 'Live Aid' and 'Live 8' fundraisers for Africa. His second daughter, Peaches Honeyblossom, was born in 1989. Spots, or more specifically, spot lights can be a reference to both Nellie Melba and Bob Geldof. While you can find spots on a complexion it wouldn't be flawless. And spots are a design, not a colour.

From Quiz Rainbow (ish)

Answer: Violet Carson

Ena Sharples was an archetypal northern battleaxe on "Coronation Street", superbly played by Carson. Her verbal battles with Elsie Tanner, played by Pat Phoenix are fondly remembered by a generation of "Corrie" fans. Carson was also a regular on religious show "Stars On Sunday" and sadly died on Boxing Day 1983, aged 85.

From Quiz Color Trios

Answer: white

White knuckles refer to a state of fear or tension. A white elephant is an item that no one really wants. "White trash" is a derogatory term used to describe uncouth Caucasians of low socioeconomic standing.

From Quiz Dyeing To See What the Answer Is

Answer: Red

"Red carpet" is the standard in celebrity luxury when arriving for a gala event, and it literally describes the surface they walk on entering the event. Red tape is the phrase often used to describe the bureaucratic hoops one needs to jump through to get a job done. And a red herring is a phrase used to describe something that distracts or leads away from the issue at hand.

From Quiz Chromatology

Answer: Cosmic Latte

The name "Cosmic Latte" was suggested by scientist Peter Drum and he came up with it while drinking a latte at Starbucks. "Cappuccino Cosmico" was the name that received the most votes at the poll but "Cosmic Latte" was chosen by the team. Johns Hopkins astronomers Karl Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry determined, after examining the color of more than 200,000 galaxies, that the color of the universe was a slightly beigeish white. Initially, they had calculated the spectral range of the colors wrongly and they thought the color of the universe was a greenish white which they had named "Cosmic Turquoise".

From Quiz Ten Shades of Colours

Answer: blue

Lapis lazuli is a stunning deep blue colour and has been prized for thousands of years. It was used in ancient cultures for jewellery and sculpture, and also in painting, where it was ground into powder to make the pigment called ultramarine. There are several precious artefacts made from examples of lapis lazuli work in museums around the world, which had their origins in many different cultures. The majority of the world's lapis lazuli comes from Afghanistan and there are further sources in Chile, Russia, USA and other countries. It is still fashionable in jewellery and other items today.

From Quiz Colours in Disguise

Answer: Brown berry

"As brown as a berry" is usually a description applied to someone who is very suntanned. It can of course also apply to animals or objects as well. Believe it or not, the term was being used way back in Chaucer's day. This tubby little poet Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) who gave us many early written works, including the famous "Canterbury Tales", is looked upon today as the father of English literature (1343-1400). Have you ever tried to read that work? It's woefully difficult. We had to study it at university. In one section of the work, "The Monk's Tale", with spelling intact, he describes the monk and his horse as follows: "He was a lord full fat and in good point; His eyen stepe and rolling in his head That stemed as a fornice of a led; His botes souple, his hors in gret estat, Now certainly he was a sayre prelat. He was not pale as a forpined gost; A fat swan loved he best of any rost; His palfrey was as broune as is a bery".

From Quiz Not-So-Common Colors in the Crayola Crayon Box

Answer: purple

Crayola introduced "purple mountain's majesty" in 1993. Perhaps the color name comes from "America the Beautiful" which states "Oh beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain. For purple mountain's majesty above thy fruited plains."

From Quiz Color My Word

Answer: Copper

Some countries call their police 'coppers' because they were the ones who captured the bad guys, orig. from Latin 'capere', and old French 'caper'. A copperhead can refer to a poisonous snake, or to a person in the northern states who was a southern sympathizer during the Civil War period. Copper is much more abundant in the earth than gold, and is a reddish metallic element that is ductile and malleable. It is one of the best conductors of electricity and heat. Some cookware is copper-plated on the bottom to allow foods to be cooked faster. Coins and pipes are also made from copper. It is also used in the arts and in jewelry.

From Quiz What Did I Put in My Washing Machine?

Answer: Green

The colour harlequin first appeared in 1923, and can be found between green and yellow on the colour wheel (but closer to green). The term also refers to a colour pattern, usually involving diamond shaped objects. Chartreuse has been mentioned in music a few times, including being the title of a 2012 ZZ Top song and the colour of the Volkswagen bus mentioned in C.W. McCall's song "Convoy". The colour mint represents a leaf from the herb mint.

From Quiz Roy G. Biv

Answer: In-Violet

Plum Crazy (also named In-violet) was used on Chrysler muscle cars beginning in the 1960s. It has been reintroduced by Dodge. Other paint colors (or perhaps just their names) said to have been rejected are Catch Me Copper, Gang Green and Frank Lloyd White.

From Quiz Somewhere On The Rainbow

Answer: Rajneesh Movement

The Rajneesh movement was led by Indian mystic Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (known as Osho after 1990) and was active from 1970 until 1985. It was a controversial 'religionless religion' due to the Bagwhan's negative attitude toward traditional values but it gained a worldwide membership with a particularly large base in Oregon, USA. The Bagwhan's secretary and second in command, Ma Anand Sheela, lived at the Oregon commune and made numerous attempts to influence a local election to ensure their continued existence in the county. Among other things she and her followers introduced salmonella into food at local restaurants to make people too ill to vote. This 1984 action was the first known act of bioterrorism within the United States. The legal ramifications and publicity led to the Bagwhan declaring that the Rajneeshee religion no longer existed; everything bearing its name was burned along with Sheela's robes. The movement then became the 'Osho International Foundation' and its followers were referred to as Oshites. The People's Temple was the cult run by Jim Jones in the 1970s that ended in a mass suicide in Guyana. Heaven's Gate was a doomsday cult led by Marshall Applewhite whose members committed suicide in 1997. The Unification Church's members are known as 'Moonies' after the South Korean founder Sun Myung Moon. This movement began in 1954 and is still active today.

From Quiz I See Your True Colors 2

Answer: Yellow

"Yellow Submarine" was a 1966 hit by The Beatles. The leader of the Tour de France cycling race wears a yellow jersey. Cowardice is traditionally associated with the color yellow. The popular video game character Pac-Man is yellow.

From Quiz A Mix of Colors

Answer: 1965

Due to a growing worldwide shortage of silver in the 1960s, the Coinage Act of 1965 was passed which authorized the removal of silver from the dime and the quarter, and the reduction in its content of the half-dollar. Through the year 1964, dimes, quarters and half-dollars were made with 90% silver. In 1965, dimes and quarters were "struck" with clad copper and half-dollars went from 90% to 40% silver until 1971 when the silver was completely eliminated. In other words, you thought your money was worth less, and it is! Of course, if you are a collector and willing to pay more, the US Mint continues to make yearly sets of "Silver Proof" coins.

From Quiz The Colorful World

Answer: Red

German pilot Manfried Von Richthofen was known as the "Red Baron" during World War One, and gained renown flying in a red plane. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a musical group from the 1980s. "The Red and the Black" was a novel by Stendhal written in 1830.

From Quiz What Colour is an Orange?

Answer: Blue

The origin of the use of the colour blue to describe off-colour content is unclear. Some feel it is related to the Puritanical laws prohibiting certain activities on the basis of religion (called blue laws, which most certainly would prohibit this type of film). Others say that strippers originally worked under a blue spotlight and that this is the reason that colour is used.

From Quiz Shaded by Colour

Answer: Grey

This shade of grey (almost green-grey) got its name from the leaves of the plant that grow in Australia. This name has only been used as a colour since 2001.

From Quiz Color My World

Answer: Scarlet

Will Scarlett was one of the merry men in "The Adventures of Robin Hood". Scarlett O'Hara had trouble hanging on to her men in the novel and movie "Gone with the Wind". Finally, Hester Prynne was charged with adultery in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" and had to wear the letter "A".

From Quiz Color Challenge

Answer: red

There are different kinds of lunar eclipses. Some kinds of lunar eclipses are penumbral eclipses, total penumbral eclipses, partial lunar eclipses, and total lunar eclipses. The moon appears red during a total lunar eclipse because the sun's light has to pass through Earth's atmosphere. On December 21, 2010, a total lunar eclipse will occur. (Wikipedia)

From Quiz Colour Your World

Answer: Bluenose

The Bluenose raced for 25 seasons, winning the prestigious International Fisherman's Trophy in 1921.

From Quiz Famous Colors

Answer: Brown

UPS' slogan is "What can Brown do for you?" UPS stands for United Parcel Service.

From Quiz Colours - the Alternative

Answer: tan

Tan is a sort of light brown, like some leather. It is also the process of preserving the skins to make the leather.

From Quiz T.V. Show your Colors

Answer: Greyish blue

Eeyore is the very depressed donkey on 'Winnie The Pooh'.

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