Q1)30th May is the feast day of Joan of Arc. She’s the patron saint of France. And who else: prisoners, sword makers or butchers?
Q2)What’s the French version of her name?
Q3)She’s also the patron saint of martyrs. In other words, a person who’s died for their what: technological possessions, religious beliefs or philosophical ideas?
Q4)She’s traditionally depicted with what: a badger, a bonnet or sword?
Q5)Famously, Joan helped lift the Siege of where?
Q6)The Siege was during which war: the Six Day War, the One Hundred Years War or the War of the Roses?
Q7)Joan claimed to have received visions of which Archangel?
Q8)She was burnt to death after being tried in Rouen: and died on 30th May of which year: 1430, 1431 or 1432?
Q9)Which of Shakespeare’s plays does Joan appear in?
Q10)Finally? The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc was directed by Luc Besson. Who played Joan, in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc: Eva Green, Audrey Tautou or Milla Jovovich?
* Putting it simply? In any given story — a book, TV show or film — the protagonist is the hero of the story. The antagonist is his enemy. In any given Dr Who story with the Master, the Doctor’s the protagonist, the Master’s his antagonist.
† Which reminds me … when I was young, you could walk into Brentwood Library, the old one that’s now Clever Clogs Nursery: and pretty much guarantee there’d a whole rack of Louis L’Amour novels by the front desk!
‡ Are you with TalkTalk, Trevor? Only they were having issues, at the same time you had trouble getting through, here.
^ I can see what you mean about the broadband vs mobile deals, Olga. It’s similar in the UK, and I suspect, the US: there’s mobile deals that are a lot better than BT’s Basic offering. Still it’s the basic principle, I think: you should be able to get an ‘at home’ deal, especially as the public desktops in the library aren’t available.
As for Amazon … ? Blast! Why didn’t I think of that? I did know about the Windows screen recorder, but guessed it was there: that puts macOS and Windows ahead of Ubuntu and Android: had to download one for the Ubunutu laptop, Jude still hasn’t quite figured out the one on Mummy’s phone!
Live screencasting … ? I’ve never got the hang of it … but if you can sneak onto the Quizmasters Facebook page I’m on, I know a lot of the guys are using various shades of live streaming that may help: you’d possibly need to have a word with Dr Paul, the chap in charge.
Design wise … ? I got someone I knew to design the Jesters for me — the originals ar on the wall to my immediate right — and the beer glasses I got from various free places. If it’s any help, look up CC Search: it looks through stuff licensed under the various Creative Commons license.
I can safely say I look like a million dollars: I’m green and wrinkled. (Oh, feel free to use the Teaser videos, if you need to. My mouth movements may also help, especially as students would be able to see the questions in their written form. One doesn’t necessarily follow the other — sometimes I have to reword them, so they make more spoken/written sense — but I try and make sure they correspond.)
Now … about the electricity discount? Did you ever see Brazil?
ª Pleasure, as ever, Debbi! Oh, I’ve got a few five question sets coming up: that should make things easier on the hand. (How are you with westerns, by the way? The Antagonist would make a great title!)
Q1) Prisoners Q2) Jeanne d'Arc Q3) Religious beliefs Q4) A sword Q5) Orléans Q6) the One Hundred Years War Q7) Michael Q8) 1431 Q9) Henry VI part 1 Q10) Milla Jovovich Thanks for all the suggestions and hints. I know some people have managed to have a Webinar on Zoom and stream it to Facebook live at the same time, so I guess that would be a possibility, although it sounds a bit challenging at my level. I realised yesterday that you can add a sound file to a PowerPoint (I knew you could add a video, but hadn't thought about it) so that might help if I were to save it on GoogleDocs and send the link to people, although I'm not sure if it would work if I saved it as a PDF. I have to experiment further. Oh, yes, I know Brazil and it's impossible not to think about it often these days. By the way, I also love OMD.
Yes I am on TalkTalk and just after having problems with your site i lost the BBC and the Google search site but I could still use eBay and Amazon. Funny that.
1. prisoners 2. Jeanne d'Arc 3. religious beliefs 4. sword 5. Orléans 6. the One Hundred Years War (THAT is a long war!) 7. Michael 8. 1431 9. Henry VI, Part 1 (Part 1? Shakespeare under binge-watching, obviously) 10. Milla Jovovich
And I love a good Western movie, for sure. I'd probably enjoy reading them. I actually thought about writing a historical mystery in which Annie Oakley is the sleuth. Still think about it, now and then! :)
I made it through my presentation without physical injury! Yay!
Oh, I mentioned having a "reader in England" who I got to know just by blogging and, of course, my deep love for Doctor Who! :) See, that's marketing!
I still think of our happenstance meeting as an Internet miracle!
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I’d appreciate you* leaving your name — with a link to your website or social-media profile†, for preference — before you post a comment.
Should you choose to use a pseudonym/name, I’d appreciate it if that name were to be polite and inoffensive. I’d rather you kept it clean, and relatively grown up. Comments left with a pseudonym will be posted at my discretion: I really prefer a link.
Contentious, actionable or abusive posts left anonymously will not be posted. Nor will comments using offensive pseudonyms or language, or that are abusive of other commenters.
Thank you.
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Q1) Prisoners
ReplyDeleteQ2) Jeanne d'Arc
Q3) Religious beliefs
Q4) A sword
Q5) Orléans
Q6) the One Hundred Years War
Q7) Michael
Q8) 1431
Q9) Henry VI part 1
Q10) Milla Jovovich
Thanks for all the suggestions and hints. I know some people have managed to have a Webinar on Zoom and stream it to Facebook live at the same time, so I guess that would be a possibility, although it sounds a bit challenging at my level. I realised yesterday that you can add a sound file to a PowerPoint (I knew you could add a video, but hadn't thought about it) so that might help if I were to save it on GoogleDocs and send the link to people, although I'm not sure if it would work if I saved it as a PDF. I have to experiment further.
Oh, yes, I know Brazil and it's impossible not to think about it often these days.
By the way, I also love OMD.
Yes I am on TalkTalk and just after having problems with your site i lost the BBC and the Google search site but I could still use eBay and Amazon. Funny that.
ReplyDeleteThought that might be it, Trevor: I saw the news article after I’d checked Blogger on DownDetector.
ReplyDeleteBy the sound of it … ?
Jeff Bezos is possibly waving money at someone …
Ah, Jeff B is always waving his dosh about! :)
ReplyDelete1. prisoners
2. Jeanne d'Arc
3. religious beliefs
4. sword
5. Orléans
6. the One Hundred Years War (THAT is a long war!)
7. Michael
8. 1431
9. Henry VI, Part 1 (Part 1? Shakespeare under binge-watching, obviously)
10. Milla Jovovich
And I love a good Western movie, for sure. I'd probably enjoy reading them. I actually thought about writing a historical mystery in which Annie Oakley is the sleuth. Still think about it, now and then! :)
I made it through my presentation without physical injury! Yay!
Oh, I mentioned having a "reader in England" who I got to know just by blogging and, of course, my deep love for Doctor Who! :) See, that's marketing!
I still think of our happenstance meeting as an Internet miracle!