LW, Howzit, my pics have numbers, perhaps you need a bigger screen (or dare I say it, new reading glasses 😉 )
Hello Soutie, Probably both, I can barely make out that they are human, but there are no numbers on mine.
No. 9 has to be Tchaikovsky.
OZ
LW, okay, I’ll let you off on the numbers, where’s the ‘T’ in Samuel L Clemens? Was he perhaps drinking a cup when you thought of him ? 😉
(By the way, I cheated, I know who 8 is, the surname begins with ‘T’ :))
LW, thanks for letting me stew, got it 😉
Sorry Soutie, I was off solving my missing numbers (if you switch views to “zoom text only” the numbers hide behind the slideshow arrows).
Sam was a man to MARK his words, a man with TWO names. He did not do much tea drinking if the stories are correct.
8. Tolstoy, I think, Soutie.
Oops, I meant 7.
2: Titian?
OZ
1. Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (or Tiberius I) (47BC-37), was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until AD 37. Tiberius was one of Rome’s greatest generals, whose campaigns in Pannonia, Illyricum, Rhaetia and Germania laid the foundations for the northern frontier. But he came to be remembered as a dark, reclusive, and sombre ruler who never really desired to be emperor; Pliny the Elder called him tristissimus hominum, “the gloomiest of men.” After the death of Tiberius’ son Julius Caesar Drusus in AD 23, the quality of his rule declined and ended in a terror. In AD 26, Tiberius exiled himself from Rome and left administration largely in the hands of his unscrupulous Praetorian Prefects Lucius Aelius Sejanus and Quintus Naevius Sutorius Macro. Caligula, Tiberius’ adopted grandson, succeeded the Emperor upon his death.
9. Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, started piano studies at five and soon showed remarkable gifts. He began to compose at age ten, and soon after was sent to the School of Jurisprudence where he remained for nine years. Tchaikovsky joined the faculty of the new Moscow Conservatory when it opened in September 1866 as a theory teacher. During his 11 years there, he composed his Piano Concerto no. 1 (1875), the ballet Swan Lake (1876), four operas, three symphonies, and many smaller works. Tchaikovsky was a very self-conscious man. Constantly doubting himself, he was often in states of depression and anxiety. There is also speculation that this had something to do with his undeclared homosexuality. Stylistically, his music maintains a Russian flair. But, unlike the “Russian Five,” Tchaikovsky’s style and tendencies fall more in line with the West, where he spent much of his later life composing.
Araminta
4. Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780) was the first and only female head of the Habsburg dynasty. She was Archduchess of Austria, and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia and ruler of other territories from 1740 until her death. She also became the Holy Roman Empress when her husband was elected Holy Roman Emperor. She was one of the so-called “enlightened monarchs” . She was one of the most powerful rulers of her time, ruling over much of central Europe. Her Imperial and Royal Highness Maria Theresa, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia was the eldest daughter of Charles VI, whose sole male heir died as an infant in 1716. In 1713 Charles issued the Pragmatic Sanction which guaranteed his daughter the right to succeed to the Austrian throne and inherit his united lands on his death. Initially, many European monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction when it was issued. However, soon after Maria Theresa assumed the throne upon Charles’ death on October 20, 1740, the War of Austrian Succession began. Maria Theresa was married to Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine. In the end, she had 16 children by him, with 11 daughters (all of whom had the first name “Marie”) and 5 sons surviving to adulthood. Her youngest daughter was Maria Antonia (better known under her French name Marie Antoinette) who was promised in marriage to Louis, heir apparent to the king of France, later King Louis XVI. After her husband’s death, she made her son Joseph II co-regent of her Austrian dominions, but she kept most of the power to herself, which led to tension between her and her son. It was not until her death that he could fully exercise his powers.
7. Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian novelist and philosopher, considered one of the world’s greatest writers. About 1876 the doubts that had beset Tolstoy since youth, fed by his puritan temperament in conflict with his sensuality, gathered force. The result of his painful self-examination was his conversion to the doctrine of Christian love and acceptance of the principle of non-resistance to evil. The steps in his conversion are set forth in his Confession (1879). For the rest of his life Tolstoy dedicated himself to the practice and propagation of his new faith, which he expounded in a series of works. Tolstoy preached nonviolence and a Rousseauistic simplicity of life. He was an anarchist to the extent that he considered wrong all organizations based on the premise of force, including both the government and the church. A Tolstoy cult grew up in Russia and abroad, and his estate became a place of pilgrimage. Because of his prestige the government did not interfere with his activities, although the Russian Church excommunicated him in 1901.
FEEG
2. Titian or Tiziano Vecellio (1488-1576) was born in a small alpine village of Pieve di Cadore, now not far from the Austrian border, where his family lived for many years. In about 1498, at the age of nine or ten, Titian and his elder brother Francesco were sent to Venice to start their training as painters in the workshop of the mosaic worker Sebastiano Zuccato. Soon Titian left his workshop and began studying painting in the workshops of Gentile Bellini and Giovanni Bellini. It is believed that his earliest surviving work, Pope Alexander VI Presenting Jacopo Pesaro to Saint Peter, was influenced by Giovanni Bellini. In 1507, Titian joined the workshop of Giorgione as his assistant and the three years (until Giorgione’s death in 1510), which he spent with this outstanding master, were a lasting influence on the young Titian to such a degree, that some works which are now thought to have been painted by Titian used to be attributed to Giorgione, and vice versa. In 1510 Titian received his first important commission to produce some frescoes in the Scuola del Santo in Padua dedicated the life of St. Anthony of Padua. Since that time Titian began to win independent commissions and to establish himself as a painter in Venice
5. Talleyrand
Ah, 3 may well be Tasman.
Araminta
3. Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603-1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644, in the service of the VOC (Dutch East India Company). His was the first European expedition to reach the islands of Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) and New Zealand. He also mapped substantial portions of other parts of Australia. His task was to investigate the country then known as New Holland, now known as Australia, of which the Dutch had already discovered the west coast, and to determine whether it was part of Terra Australis. It was hoped by the VOC that he would thus locate a new unexploited continent for trade. From the point of view of the VOC, Tasman’s explorations were a disappointment: He had neither found a promising area for trade nor a useful new shipping route. For over a century, until the era of James Cook, Tasmania and New Zealand were not visited again by Europeans. Australia was visited, but usually only by accident.
6. JMW Turner
JW
6. Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) , one of the finest landscape artists, whose work was exhibited when he was still a teenager. His entire life was devoted to his art. Unlike many artists of his era, he was successful throughout his career. Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in London, England, on April 23, 1775. By the age of 13 he was making drawings at home and exhibiting them in his father’s shop window for sale. Turner was 15 years old when he received a rare honour-one of his paintings was exhibited at the Royal Academy. By the time he was 18 he had his own studio. Before he was 20 print sellers were eagerly buying his drawings for reproduction. He quickly achieved a fine reputation and was elected an associate of the Royal Academy. In 1802, when he was only 27, Turner became a full member. He then began travelling widely in Europe. Turner left a large fortune that he hoped would be used to support what he called “decaying artists.” His collection of paintings was bequeathed to his country. At his request he was buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral. Although known for his oils, Turner is regarded as one of the founders of English watercolour landscape painting. Some of his most famous works are Calais Pier, Dido Building Carthage, Rain, Steam and Speed, Burial at Sea, and The Grand Canal, Venice.
Ya Dancer, my mother will be proud. I can now retire gracefully. Love Turner’s paintings. If we drop the Turner he shares my initials -JMW. I’ve a big fancy middle name. 🙂
Thanks for the info about Abel Tasman. I didn’t know the name and always thought the “discoverer” of Tasmania was ridiculed for “missing” Australia but now I know Abel was a capable fellow.
I love Turner’s paintings, too.
I’m delighted that you found the piece on Tasman useful. I do sometimes wonder whether my snippets of information are worth doing… 🙂
Oh yes, Boadicea. I do read them and please continue.
I just want to know about the beautiful 8. Hurry up please before I go to bed. 🙂
Boa
Of course, I can’t speak for my learned friends, for me though I find your facts interesting and a nice starter to investigate more on the subject. History is fascinating and there’s huge holes in my knowledge that needs plugged.
Even when I miss the quiz I check back to see the answers and mini-bio. Always nice to get one right and I still think Pele should have been in the P segment. 🙂
Boadicea – The whole point of doing this is to read your notes when one of us hits a target.
OZ
Hello Boa, LW got ‘8’ (comment 7 & 14) although he hasn’t actually typed Mark Twain!
😉
LW
8. Mark Twain, pseud. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), American author, b. Florida, Mo. As humorist, narrator, and social observer, Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. His novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a masterpiece of humour, characterization, and realism, has been called the first (and sometimes the best) modern American novel.
Many thanks Soutie – I missed that one!
Hello again Boa, just looked them up (heard of both of them ;))
Never read number 10’s books but was a huge fan of ‘his’ movies!
10. Tolkien
Janus
10. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was born on the 3rd January, 1892 at Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State. In 1920 Tolkien was appointed Reader in English Language at the University of Leeds which was the beginning of a distinguished academic career culminating with his election as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. Meanwhile Tolkien wrote for his children and told them the story of The Hobbit. It was his publisher, Stanley Unwin, who asked for a sequel to The Hobbit and gradually Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings, a huge story that took twelve years to complete and which was not published until Tolkien was approaching retirement. After retirement Tolkien and his wife lived near Oxford, but then moved to Bournemouth. Tolkien returned to Oxford after his wifes death in 1971. He died on 2 September 1973 leaving The Silmarillion to be edited for publication by his son, Christopher.
Soutie, you could have guessed! He was born in Bloemfontein…. 🙂
Ha ha, ja well 🙂
The other guy was born in Devon 😉
Come on Soutie – put us out of our misery!
Not another west country trollope surely?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
🙂 🙂 🙂
Yah, boo, middle name. Not fair, miss. 😉
Soutie
5. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), English lyrical poet, critic, and philosopher, whose Lyrical Ballads,(1798) written with William Wordsworth, started the English Romantic movement. Coleridge’s collection Poems On Various Subjects was published in 1796, and in 1797 Poems was published. In the same year he began the publication of a short-lived liberal political periodical The Watchman. He started a close friendship with Dorothy and William Wordsworth, one of the most fruitful creative relationships in English literature. From it resulted Lyrical Ballads, which opened with Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and ended with Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey”. These poems set a new style by using everyday language and fresh ways of looking at nature. Suffering from neuralgic and rheumatic pains, Coleridge had become addicted to opium. During the following years he lived in London, on the verge of suicide. He found a permanent shelter in Highgate in the household of Dr. James Gillman, and enjoyed an almost legendary reputation among the younger Romantics.
Perfectly Fair!!
Good, game, good game. Just as good as Arsenal’s 5 – 1 and Chelsea’s 2 -0!
I knew no-one this time.
Should’ve had Tin Tin and Top Cat then I may have stood a chance…..
I would have thought you would have got some of the literary people, Pseu!
Boadicea's Chariot 
1. Titus?
Naah! That there gotta be Tiberius Caesar.
OZ
Once again I’ve no idea, is No.6 Tom Sawyer? 😉
There’s one I should know, thinking cap on… … … …
Haven’t a clue. 😦
4. Maria Theresa?
No.4 – Marie Theresa of Austria???
OZ
Bloody ‘ard without numbers.
8 A young Samuel L. Clemens
10. T.E. Lawrence
B*gger! 🙂
OZ
LW, Howzit, my pics have numbers, perhaps you need a bigger screen (or dare I say it, new reading glasses 😉 )
Hello Soutie, Probably both, I can barely make out that they are human, but there are no numbers on mine.
No. 9 has to be Tchaikovsky.
OZ
LW, okay, I’ll let you off on the numbers, where’s the ‘T’ in Samuel L Clemens? Was he perhaps drinking a cup when you thought of him ? 😉
(By the way, I cheated, I know who 8 is, the surname begins with ‘T’ :))
LW, thanks for letting me stew, got it 😉
Sorry Soutie, I was off solving my missing numbers (if you switch views to “zoom text only” the numbers hide behind the slideshow arrows).
Sam was a man to MARK his words, a man with TWO names. He did not do much tea drinking if the stories are correct.
8. Tolstoy, I think, Soutie.
Oops, I meant 7.
2: Titian?
OZ
1. Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (or Tiberius I) (47BC-37), was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until AD 37. Tiberius was one of Rome’s greatest generals, whose campaigns in Pannonia, Illyricum, Rhaetia and Germania laid the foundations for the northern frontier. But he came to be remembered as a dark, reclusive, and sombre ruler who never really desired to be emperor; Pliny the Elder called him tristissimus hominum, “the gloomiest of men.” After the death of Tiberius’ son Julius Caesar Drusus in AD 23, the quality of his rule declined and ended in a terror. In AD 26, Tiberius exiled himself from Rome and left administration largely in the hands of his unscrupulous Praetorian Prefects Lucius Aelius Sejanus and Quintus Naevius Sutorius Macro. Caligula, Tiberius’ adopted grandson, succeeded the Emperor upon his death.
9. Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, started piano studies at five and soon showed remarkable gifts. He began to compose at age ten, and soon after was sent to the School of Jurisprudence where he remained for nine years. Tchaikovsky joined the faculty of the new Moscow Conservatory when it opened in September 1866 as a theory teacher. During his 11 years there, he composed his Piano Concerto no. 1 (1875), the ballet Swan Lake (1876), four operas, three symphonies, and many smaller works. Tchaikovsky was a very self-conscious man. Constantly doubting himself, he was often in states of depression and anxiety. There is also speculation that this had something to do with his undeclared homosexuality. Stylistically, his music maintains a Russian flair. But, unlike the “Russian Five,” Tchaikovsky’s style and tendencies fall more in line with the West, where he spent much of his later life composing.
Araminta
4. Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780) was the first and only female head of the Habsburg dynasty. She was Archduchess of Austria, and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia and ruler of other territories from 1740 until her death. She also became the Holy Roman Empress when her husband was elected Holy Roman Emperor. She was one of the so-called “enlightened monarchs” . She was one of the most powerful rulers of her time, ruling over much of central Europe. Her Imperial and Royal Highness Maria Theresa, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia was the eldest daughter of Charles VI, whose sole male heir died as an infant in 1716. In 1713 Charles issued the Pragmatic Sanction which guaranteed his daughter the right to succeed to the Austrian throne and inherit his united lands on his death. Initially, many European monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction when it was issued. However, soon after Maria Theresa assumed the throne upon Charles’ death on October 20, 1740, the War of Austrian Succession began. Maria Theresa was married to Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine. In the end, she had 16 children by him, with 11 daughters (all of whom had the first name “Marie”) and 5 sons surviving to adulthood. Her youngest daughter was Maria Antonia (better known under her French name Marie Antoinette) who was promised in marriage to Louis, heir apparent to the king of France, later King Louis XVI. After her husband’s death, she made her son Joseph II co-regent of her Austrian dominions, but she kept most of the power to herself, which led to tension between her and her son. It was not until her death that he could fully exercise his powers.
7. Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian novelist and philosopher, considered one of the world’s greatest writers. About 1876 the doubts that had beset Tolstoy since youth, fed by his puritan temperament in conflict with his sensuality, gathered force. The result of his painful self-examination was his conversion to the doctrine of Christian love and acceptance of the principle of non-resistance to evil. The steps in his conversion are set forth in his Confession (1879). For the rest of his life Tolstoy dedicated himself to the practice and propagation of his new faith, which he expounded in a series of works. Tolstoy preached nonviolence and a Rousseauistic simplicity of life. He was an anarchist to the extent that he considered wrong all organizations based on the premise of force, including both the government and the church. A Tolstoy cult grew up in Russia and abroad, and his estate became a place of pilgrimage. Because of his prestige the government did not interfere with his activities, although the Russian Church excommunicated him in 1901.
FEEG
2. Titian or Tiziano Vecellio (1488-1576) was born in a small alpine village of Pieve di Cadore, now not far from the Austrian border, where his family lived for many years. In about 1498, at the age of nine or ten, Titian and his elder brother Francesco were sent to Venice to start their training as painters in the workshop of the mosaic worker Sebastiano Zuccato. Soon Titian left his workshop and began studying painting in the workshops of Gentile Bellini and Giovanni Bellini. It is believed that his earliest surviving work, Pope Alexander VI Presenting Jacopo Pesaro to Saint Peter, was influenced by Giovanni Bellini. In 1507, Titian joined the workshop of Giorgione as his assistant and the three years (until Giorgione’s death in 1510), which he spent with this outstanding master, were a lasting influence on the young Titian to such a degree, that some works which are now thought to have been painted by Titian used to be attributed to Giorgione, and vice versa. In 1510 Titian received his first important commission to produce some frescoes in the Scuola del Santo in Padua dedicated the life of St. Anthony of Padua. Since that time Titian began to win independent commissions and to establish himself as a painter in Venice
5. Talleyrand
Ah, 3 may well be Tasman.
Araminta
3. Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603-1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644, in the service of the VOC (Dutch East India Company). His was the first European expedition to reach the islands of Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) and New Zealand. He also mapped substantial portions of other parts of Australia. His task was to investigate the country then known as New Holland, now known as Australia, of which the Dutch had already discovered the west coast, and to determine whether it was part of Terra Australis. It was hoped by the VOC that he would thus locate a new unexploited continent for trade. From the point of view of the VOC, Tasman’s explorations were a disappointment: He had neither found a promising area for trade nor a useful new shipping route. For over a century, until the era of James Cook, Tasmania and New Zealand were not visited again by Europeans. Australia was visited, but usually only by accident.
6. JMW Turner
JW
6. Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) , one of the finest landscape artists, whose work was exhibited when he was still a teenager. His entire life was devoted to his art. Unlike many artists of his era, he was successful throughout his career. Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in London, England, on April 23, 1775. By the age of 13 he was making drawings at home and exhibiting them in his father’s shop window for sale. Turner was 15 years old when he received a rare honour-one of his paintings was exhibited at the Royal Academy. By the time he was 18 he had his own studio. Before he was 20 print sellers were eagerly buying his drawings for reproduction. He quickly achieved a fine reputation and was elected an associate of the Royal Academy. In 1802, when he was only 27, Turner became a full member. He then began travelling widely in Europe. Turner left a large fortune that he hoped would be used to support what he called “decaying artists.” His collection of paintings was bequeathed to his country. At his request he was buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral. Although known for his oils, Turner is regarded as one of the founders of English watercolour landscape painting. Some of his most famous works are Calais Pier, Dido Building Carthage, Rain, Steam and Speed, Burial at Sea, and The Grand Canal, Venice.
Ya Dancer, my mother will be proud. I can now retire gracefully. Love Turner’s paintings. If we drop the Turner he shares my initials -JMW. I’ve a big fancy middle name. 🙂
Thanks for the info about Abel Tasman. I didn’t know the name and always thought the “discoverer” of Tasmania was ridiculed for “missing” Australia but now I know Abel was a capable fellow.
I love Turner’s paintings, too.
I’m delighted that you found the piece on Tasman useful. I do sometimes wonder whether my snippets of information are worth doing… 🙂
Oh yes, Boadicea. I do read them and please continue.
I just want to know about the beautiful 8. Hurry up please before I go to bed. 🙂
Boa
Of course, I can’t speak for my learned friends, for me though I find your facts interesting and a nice starter to investigate more on the subject. History is fascinating and there’s huge holes in my knowledge that needs plugged.
Even when I miss the quiz I check back to see the answers and mini-bio. Always nice to get one right and I still think Pele should have been in the P segment. 🙂
Boadicea – The whole point of doing this is to read your notes when one of us hits a target.
OZ
Hello Boa, LW got ‘8’ (comment 7 & 14) although he hasn’t actually typed Mark Twain!
😉
LW
8. Mark Twain, pseud. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), American author, b. Florida, Mo. As humorist, narrator, and social observer, Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. His novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a masterpiece of humour, characterization, and realism, has been called the first (and sometimes the best) modern American novel.
Many thanks Soutie – I missed that one!
Hello again Boa, just looked them up (heard of both of them ;))
Never read number 10’s books but was a huge fan of ‘his’ movies!
10. Tolkien
Janus
10. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was born on the 3rd January, 1892 at Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State. In 1920 Tolkien was appointed Reader in English Language at the University of Leeds which was the beginning of a distinguished academic career culminating with his election as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. Meanwhile Tolkien wrote for his children and told them the story of The Hobbit. It was his publisher, Stanley Unwin, who asked for a sequel to The Hobbit and gradually Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings, a huge story that took twelve years to complete and which was not published until Tolkien was approaching retirement. After retirement Tolkien and his wife lived near Oxford, but then moved to Bournemouth. Tolkien returned to Oxford after his wifes death in 1971. He died on 2 September 1973 leaving The Silmarillion to be edited for publication by his son, Christopher.
Soutie, you could have guessed! He was born in Bloemfontein…. 🙂
Ha ha, ja well 🙂
The other guy was born in Devon 😉
Come on Soutie – put us out of our misery!
Not another west country trollope surely?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
🙂 🙂 🙂
Yah, boo, middle name. Not fair, miss. 😉
Soutie
5. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), English lyrical poet, critic, and philosopher, whose Lyrical Ballads,(1798) written with William Wordsworth, started the English Romantic movement. Coleridge’s collection Poems On Various Subjects was published in 1796, and in 1797 Poems was published. In the same year he began the publication of a short-lived liberal political periodical The Watchman. He started a close friendship with Dorothy and William Wordsworth, one of the most fruitful creative relationships in English literature. From it resulted Lyrical Ballads, which opened with Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and ended with Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey”. These poems set a new style by using everyday language and fresh ways of looking at nature. Suffering from neuralgic and rheumatic pains, Coleridge had become addicted to opium. During the following years he lived in London, on the verge of suicide. He found a permanent shelter in Highgate in the household of Dr. James Gillman, and enjoyed an almost legendary reputation among the younger Romantics.
Perfectly Fair!!
Good, game, good game. Just as good as Arsenal’s 5 – 1 and Chelsea’s 2 -0!
I knew no-one this time.
Should’ve had Tin Tin and Top Cat then I may have stood a chance…..
I would have thought you would have got some of the literary people, Pseu!
I blame the parents and the schools……
Can’t wait for ‘U’. Er…I can think of er…….