❗A MISTAKE! Award yourself 1 point if you answered Marilyn Monroe for the "Candle in the Wind" question. I was too loose in my interpretation of an interview Graham Norton had with Bernie Taupin (one of the authors of the song, along with Elton John), published on various news outlets on the 23rd October 2023. The original song was indeed about Marilyn Monroe, but in the interview he states he was inspired by Montgomery Clift. I phrased the question wrong, my most sincere, and humblest apologies.♥
No big deal, Sean, and no need for an apology. It's just a simple mistake on a for-fun quiz with no money on the line or anybody's reputation being damaged IRL. The whole idea is to learn about knowledge in a social setting. Nobody got hurt.
Question 24. According to Wikipedia Candle in the Wind: "It was originally written in 1973, in honour of Marilyn Monroe, who had died 11 years earlier.[1] "The original version, which is in the key of E major appeared on Elton John's 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and was released as a single in 1974. The lyrics of the song are a sympathetic portrayal of the life of Marilyn Monroe. The song's opening line "Goodbye, Norma Jean" refers to Monroe's real name, Norma Jeane (more commonly spelled Jean) Baker. Taupin was inspired to write the lyrics after hearing the phrase "candle in the wind" used by Clive Davis in tribute to Janis Joplin: "I just kept hearing this term [and] I thought, what a great way of describing someone’s life".[3] In the Eagle Vision Classic Albums documentary on the making of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Taupin said the song is about "the idea of fame or youth or somebody being cut short in the prime of their life. The song could have been about James Dean, it could have been about Montgomery Clift, it could have been about Jim Morrison ... how we glamorize death, how we immortalize people."
I posted a few links, but I think UA-cam frowns upon that, so here goes: I also thought it was Marilyn Monroe... but if you Google it, you will find news articles from October 2023 where Bernie Taupin, one of the authors of the song (along with Elton John) say that he originally planned for the song to be about the actor Montgomery Clift.
@@detormentis The question is "Who was the song Candle in the Wind originally WRITTEN about..." Not originally THOUGHT about. There is no original song about Montgomery Clift. The first words of Candle in the Wind are, "Goodbye, Norma Jean." (Marilyn Monroe)
@@detormentis No, that is incorrect. Bernie Taupin stated in an interview many years later that the song could have easily been about "any famous actor/singer/entertainer who was cut short in the prime of their life, including not only Montgomery Clift, but also James Dean, Jim Morrison, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf or Kurt Cobain" but he settled on Marilyn Monroe for the purposes of writing the song lyrics - which obviously couldn't contain plural names which would otherwise have ruined the sentimentality of the song by not focusing on just one individual as the subject. He settled on Marilyn Monroe because she was the most famous of the above listed individuals due to her renowned status worldwide as both an actress and affiliation with politics (singing happy birthday to President John F Kennedy in 1962 at Madison Square Garden in New York). So the correct answer to question #24 is Marilyn Monroe, and not Montgomery Clift.
A very brutal 40/50 this week, including the correction regarding "candle in the wind". For the bonus question the answer you are looking for is "rapeseed", but in reality the answer is "canola" seed. Canola is a modified variant of rape developed here in Canada. Technically they are not the same, though the differences are sufficiently minor that a lot of what is sold as rapeseed oil is in fact canola oil.
There is a significant difference. Rape seed oil goes rancid, canola does not. There is a simple difference between the plants, canola had the gene that causes rancidity switch off by the use of gene shears. Thus all Canoga oil has been gene modified from rape. Unfortunately a lot of stupid people, who say all gene modification is dangerous, happily consume Canola oil.
38/50. Just enough to get to Hawking level. Like many others, I missed a lot of the logos. I don't think most of them are famous enough to be recognizable to everyone, at least not to us Americans.
Thank you for the variety of interesting topics. I live in an underdeveloped part of the world, so the modern logos are my undoing. Only one I got was the Parker Pens.
Wow! Very nice Quiz :D My favourite is Q12 about the Krugerrand, I read up about it and it turns out that it accounted for more than 90% of the global gold coin market in the 80's! You learn something new everyday...
Question#24 The Song “Candle In The Wind” was ORIGINALLY written for Marilyn Monroe in 1973 11 years after her death by Elton John, it was used again after the death of Princess Diane. Not for Montgomery Clift.
Check the interview with Bernie Taupin, available on quite a few news site, where he states say that he originally planned for the song to be about the actor Montgomery Clift.
@@detormentis I think he has stated that it could be about anyone who died young, then gives a couple of examples, including James Dean and Montgomery Clift. These interviews all are recent (Song penned in 1973) and are intended to plug his autobiography. I submit that these "recollections" are post hoc elaborations. Here is what Elton John said in 1974. ua-cam.com/video/sxeVZiZ9t9E/v-deo.htmlm58s
Bonus: Rapeseed, managed to get 39/50, great quiz again, I am really gob smacked by Sean's breath of knowledge, I am learning so much each time I do these quizzes.
I scored 26 out of 50. Not bad and It feels good to have that cleverness equivalency. I feel the need to be a wide reader to gain more knowledge. Thanks for your video quiz.
Neptune is classified as an ice giant not a gas giant (even though it is made mostly from gas). Good quiz as usual. Pretty easy as usual for the multiple choice. Missed 2. But those gosh darn picture ones get me every time. Missed 4. Shit.
My Scores: All Things Science - 9/10 Luxuries - 7/10 Mixed Trivia - 7/10 Peanut Seed? Logos - 2/10 (Im stupid LOL) December - 7/10 Total: 32/50 (Another Fleming Award my gosh I am a dummy HAHAHA)
I was doing fine until that logo part. I had never even heard of most of the things the logo stood for. Unless you live in the correct area of the world you would fail this part of the quiz.
Nevermind Elton J, those logos got me. The worst performance on your quizzes to date. The only logo I knew was batman. I only got 36 correct, AND, I have a "genius" I.Q. according to I.Q. tests
I'm amazed at how worked up some folks get if they if they think Sean's has posted an incorrect answer. If you think your answer should have been correct then just count it as such and move on - this isn't a quiz show where thousands of dollars are on the line. And Sean, just more proof that no good deed goes unpunished...thanks for your time and effort.😊
@@detormentisThe mistake...oh well, but puh-leez Sean! No more logos. I'm almost as terrible with,"World Landmarks", but those are more fun and inspiring. 34/50
I'm amazed at how worked up you're getting over other people simply pointing out mistakes. If you don't like what others are stating, then simply don't read the comments - it's that simple. Stop acting like a Nazi next time and just let others have their say.
This is the worst I ever done. 😵💫 Only 28, and I have no clue what canola oil is made from. I dont use the stuff...😂 Great Quizes Sean! Thanks.. ✌️♥️🎼
Hello Sean! Whew!! What a challenging brain workout! I dropped 2 ranks this week, but I believe Canola oil is made from rapeseed. Thanks so much for all you do! Wishing you & everyone here a great weekend!😊💖💫✨
Some these are experience or chance exposure to world like Giorgio etc.on other hand we see Burger King etc everyday I didn't recognise any one except Parker pens after you said and Tommy Hilfiger before! I think I got "certificate of attendance " ha ha I had no idea about false gods questions.
with Marilyn Monroe added, I had 30/50. I do not know logos, though I did spot the British Air as being airplane-related! No points for that, though! Enjoy the brain-challenges, though science is not my field.
❗A MISTAKE! Award yourself 1 point if you answered Marilyn Monroe for the "Candle in the Wind" question. I was too loose in my interpretation of an interview Graham Norton had with Bernie Taupin (one of the authors of the song, along with Elton John), published on various news outlets on the 23rd October 2023. The original song was indeed about Marilyn Monroe, but in the interview he states he was inspired by Montgomery Clift. I phrased the question wrong, my most sincere, and humblest apologies.♥
Thank you, I was sure I got it right.
That's alright, Sean. We all make mistakes. I edited my score to include 1 point. Thx.😊
Thank you Sean We All make Mistake it's called being Human
Do you get half a point if you guessed Norma Jean?
No big deal, Sean, and no need for an apology. It's just a simple mistake on a for-fun quiz with no money on the line or anybody's reputation being damaged IRL. The whole idea is to learn about knowledge in a social setting. Nobody got hurt.
As a Norse woman, I can tell you Freya was married to Ôdr; who was also called Odin!
I love these quizzes. But the logos always kill me. Totally screws up my score.
Agree with you. Logos muck my scores up to but I have fun giving them all made up names 😆
I’m with you 😊
ditto! 1/10 on those for me, but still managed a good score with everything else, though definitely not my best.
Me too!
40/50 and those Logo ones were tough ( 5 wrong ) today. Thanks for the upload Sean 😮
Question 24. According to Wikipedia Candle in the Wind: "It was originally written in 1973, in honour of Marilyn Monroe, who had died 11 years earlier.[1]
"The original version, which is in the key of E major appeared on Elton John's 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and was released as a single in 1974. The lyrics of the song are a sympathetic portrayal of the life of Marilyn Monroe. The song's opening line "Goodbye, Norma Jean" refers to Monroe's real name, Norma Jeane (more commonly spelled Jean) Baker. Taupin was inspired to write the lyrics after hearing the phrase "candle in the wind" used by Clive Davis in tribute to Janis Joplin: "I just kept hearing this term [and] I thought, what a great way of describing someone’s life".[3]
In the Eagle Vision Classic Albums documentary on the making of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Taupin said the song is about "the idea of fame or youth or somebody being cut short in the prime of their life. The song could have been about James Dean, it could have been about Montgomery Clift, it could have been about Jim Morrison ... how we glamorize death, how we immortalize people."
I posted a few links, but I think UA-cam frowns upon that, so here goes: I also thought it was Marilyn Monroe... but if you Google it, you will find news articles from October 2023 where Bernie Taupin, one of the authors of the song (along with Elton John) say that he originally planned for the song to be about the actor Montgomery Clift.
@@detormentis The question is "Who was the song Candle in the Wind originally WRITTEN about..." Not originally THOUGHT about.
There is no original song about Montgomery Clift. The first words of Candle in the Wind are, "Goodbye, Norma Jean." (Marilyn Monroe)
@@detormentis No, that is incorrect. Bernie Taupin stated in an interview many years later that the song could have easily been about "any famous actor/singer/entertainer who was cut short in the prime of their life, including not only Montgomery Clift, but also James Dean, Jim Morrison, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf or Kurt Cobain" but he settled on Marilyn Monroe for the purposes of writing the song lyrics - which obviously couldn't contain plural names which would otherwise have ruined the sentimentality of the song by not focusing on just one individual as the subject. He settled on Marilyn Monroe because she was the most famous of the above listed individuals due to her renowned status worldwide as both an actress and affiliation with politics (singing happy birthday to President John F Kennedy in 1962 at Madison Square Garden in New York).
So the correct answer to question #24 is Marilyn Monroe, and not Montgomery Clift.
@@musicoldies83 Yes!
Companies obviously waste a lot of money on their logos!
Candle in the Wind, written by Sir Elton John, was for Marilyn Monroe, not Montgomery Clift. The name Norma Jean is actually mentioned in the song
Another good quiz and another bust for me on Logos…..only got 3 of 10. I’ll be EXTREMELY happy when you run out of them!😢
A very brutal 40/50 this week, including the correction regarding "candle in the wind". For the bonus question the answer you are looking for is "rapeseed", but in reality the answer is "canola" seed. Canola is a modified variant of rape developed here in Canada. Technically they are not the same, though the differences are sufficiently minor that a lot of what is sold as rapeseed oil is in fact canola oil.
There is a significant difference. Rape seed oil goes rancid, canola does not. There is a simple difference between the plants, canola had the gene that causes rancidity switch off by the use of gene shears.
Thus all Canoga oil has been gene modified from rape.
Unfortunately a lot of stupid people, who say all gene modification is dangerous, happily consume Canola oil.
New to your site and love it! Thank you!
Thanks Sean I wait every week for this quiz and enjoy doing it.
Glad you enjoy it, thank you for watching!
Merry Christmas Dale and Charlie
Only just recently started to follow your quiz and myself and the family have fun with your quiz nights x
Freya was Oden's wife. I'm Swedish and that's all I have ever heard.
Great quizz today Sean, thanks very much
Glad you enjoyed it!
NEW DETORMENTISSSSSSS🎉🎉🎉
38/50. Just enough to get to Hawking level. Like many others, I missed a lot of the logos. I don't think most of them are famous enough to be recognizable to everyone, at least not to us Americans.
I was doing great until the logos. Even after you gave the answers I still didn't recognize most of them!
Thank you for the variety of interesting topics. I live in an underdeveloped part of the world, so the modern logos are my undoing. Only one I got was the Parker Pens.
35/50 Thanks for your
eye-opening quizzes. I always learn something new. Bonus: Corn? 🤗
Proud to have failed so badly on the logos. Especially Rolex and Burger King. Ashamed to have spotted British Airways.
Tough one. Thanks.
Rapeseed is made into canola oil...
I missed many of the logos because they aren't familiar here in my state/country (Australia)... ty for the quizzes
That is a pity... I try to choose brands that I perceive to be international when I do LOGOS.
Thanks for watching, and correctly on the bonus!
Also, the Wright brother's first plane the "Wright Flyer" was referred to as the Kitty Hawk Flyer. So, I think both are correct.
Kitty Hawk was the town. I thunk.
Wow! Very nice Quiz :D My favourite is Q12 about the Krugerrand, I read up about it and it turns out that it accounted for more than 90% of the global gold coin market in the 80's! You learn something new everyday...
great quiz today, thank you
Thank you for watching!
The only logo i missed was the Batman logo.... jk LOL
Question#24 The Song “Candle In The Wind” was ORIGINALLY written for Marilyn Monroe in 1973 11 years after her death by Elton John, it was used again after the death of Princess Diane. Not for Montgomery Clift.
Check the pinned comment.
Candle in The Wind was writtten for Marilyn Monroe. The fist line is Goodbye Norma Jean.
7:24 Question 24. Elton John/Bernie Taupin wrote Candle in the Wind about Marilyn Munroe. I have heard Elton John stste this many times.
Check the interview with Bernie Taupin, available on quite a few news site, where he states say that he originally planned for the song to be about the actor Montgomery Clift.
@@detormentis I think he has stated that it could be about anyone who died young, then gives a couple of examples, including James Dean and Montgomery Clift. These interviews all are recent (Song penned in 1973) and are intended to plug his autobiography. I submit that these "recollections" are post hoc elaborations. Here is what Elton John said in 1974. ua-cam.com/video/sxeVZiZ9t9E/v-deo.htmlm58s
I was doing until the logos came up...i quit when that happened
Another challenging quiz. I look forward to them weekly. I believe conola oil comes from the rapseed. Have a great weekend everyone.
Correct!
Dankie
Bonus: Rapeseed, managed to get 39/50, great quiz again, I am really gob smacked by Sean's breath of knowledge, I am learning so much each time I do these quizzes.
35/50. Most of them I got wrong was in the Logo section.
Canola is derived from the rapeseed. Welcome to Manitoba we grow tons of it here.
Happy New Year 2024🎉🎉🎉🎉
36/50...logos got me 😅
Hello, Sean! My answer to the bonus question is rapeseed. My final score: 41/50. Terrible! Many thanks for this great quiz! 🙏🥰🦋
That is the right answer! And great score!
However, in Canada it is called canola. It hasn't been called Rapeseed since the 1970s
I scored 26 out of 50. Not bad and It feels good to have that cleverness equivalency. I feel the need to be a wide reader to gain more knowledge. Thanks for your video quiz.
Great quiz Sean. I dropped 8.
Fleming Award of Intelligence. Not good but the Logos were pretty much a bomb...and also the Trivia.😮
Sean
Can you explain to us how you got Montgomery instead on Marilyn?
John
Take a look at the cpinned omment, at the top in the comments section.
Neptune is classified as an ice giant not a gas giant (even though it is made mostly from gas). Good quiz as usual. Pretty easy as usual for the multiple choice. Missed 2. But those gosh darn picture ones get me every time. Missed 4. Shit.
Wrong. There are four planets in our solar system classified as gas giants: Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter.
40 right those damn logos
My Scores:
All Things Science - 9/10
Luxuries - 7/10
Mixed Trivia - 7/10
Peanut Seed?
Logos - 2/10 (Im stupid LOL)
December - 7/10
Total: 32/50 (Another Fleming Award my gosh I am a dummy HAHAHA)
Wasnt the Wright Flyer also known as Kitty Hawk?
I was doing fine until that logo part. I had never even heard of most of the things the logo stood for. Unless you live in the correct area of the world you would fail this part of the quiz.
Hey Sean! I'm getting smarter! Lol🤭 Dee, NY
38 correct the insignias killed me . And the bonus was corn
It was for marylin monroe candle in the wind
42/50 Those Logos did for me.
Wow, that logo category killed me. I only got 3 of them correct. Overall, I got a 34 out of 50. Oh well, better luck next time. :)
Me too, 34 not so hot.
18 right!
Cleverness it is.
Would have liked to know you, but I was just a kid was about Marriln Monroe.
Hello Sean, Candle in the Wind was originally written about Marilyn Monroe. Norma Jean was her real name.
Actually not... I also thought so, but Elton John confirmed it. Check it out!
Nevermind Elton J, those logos got me. The worst performance on your quizzes to date. The only logo I knew was batman. I only got 36 correct, AND, I have a "genius" I.Q. according to I.Q. tests
knowlege is not intelligence so don 't worry!
Question no 6 answer precipitation
A Merry Christmas to you
Thank you, and to you!
I'm amazed at how worked up some folks get if they if they think Sean's has posted an incorrect answer. If you think your answer should have been correct then just count it as such and move on - this isn't a quiz show where thousands of dollars are on the line. And Sean, just more proof that no good deed goes unpunished...thanks for your time and effort.😊
I admit I made a mistake, explained now in the post pinned in the comments. Thank you for your support!
Agree, amazed at how picky some folks are! 🎉🤣🇦🇺
@@detormentisThe mistake...oh well, but puh-leez Sean! No more logos. I'm almost as terrible with,"World Landmarks", but those are more fun and inspiring. 34/50
I'm amazed at how worked up you're getting over other people simply pointing out mistakes. If you don't like what others are stating, then simply don't read the comments - it's that simple. Stop acting like a Nazi next time and just let others have their say.
@@MsMusicbox6 And you're being picky about others being picky. Being a little bit of a hypocrite now, are we musicbox? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I clearly need to know more about logos. I only got 3 wrong until then. I only got 2 of the logo questions correct.
29/50 Captain Ken's Smokehouse Beans... Rating #6
This is the worst I ever done.
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Only 28, and I have no clue what canola oil is made from. I dont use the stuff...😂
Great Quizes Sean!
Thanks..
✌️♥️🎼
Hello Sean! Whew!! What a challenging brain workout! I dropped 2 ranks this week, but I believe Canola oil is made from rapeseed. Thanks so much for all you do! Wishing you & everyone here a great weekend!😊💖💫✨
You are correct on the bonus, thank you so much for watching!
Rapeseed is the historical term, but given its negative connotation, we in Canada call it Canola.
46 after correcting your mistake "Marilyn Monroe" which was my answer LOL. Great quiz! And I much appreciate your effort on all this. Thank you!
Question no 12 answer South Africa
42/50
34/50 Not sparking too good this time.
rapeseed and I missed 20....acored 30 correctly, but brands were my total downfall
Correct!
Question no 7 answer resistance
Very hard quiz today I only got 20/50 bonus question answer I think is Linseed
All
I miss was 4 questions like did real good on science . Got them all
40 correct
32 - one of my better scores!
Question no 2 answer quills
I got Edison award for brightness
Some these are experience or chance exposure to world like Giorgio etc.on other hand we see Burger King etc everyday I didn't recognise any one except Parker pens after you said and Tommy Hilfiger before! I think I got "certificate of attendance " ha ha I had no idea about false gods questions.
Olive
Question no 14 answer calvin klien
Question no 10 answer three
Question no 4 answer horticulture
Question no 45 answer Luxemburg
Question no 47 answer Larry holmen
Canola seeds
100% again... thanks but find something more challenging
0 country with man on moon I believe lol😅
Question no 3 answer neutrino
Great quiz, a good workout for my brain on this Friday afternoon. Answer to the bonus question: Canola oil is made from rapeseed!
Correct!
35/50 did not include the 'Candle In The Wind' question any way Sean, thanks for that.👍
Question no 5 answer Neptune
Linseed
with Marilyn Monroe added, I had 30/50. I do not know logos, though I did spot the British Air as being airplane-related! No points for that, though! Enjoy the brain-challenges, though science is not my field.
I got 17 out of 50 right. Need to brush up on brain cells and lay off of the egg nog.
Several questionable questions but 47/50 Bonus - sunflower?😊
Question no 21 answer gold
Question no 11 answer Daytona
47 questions correct
Question no 20 answer hilton
Question no 23 answer portcullis
Question no 44 answer lampreys
Question no 24 answer marlyn modroe