Thematic Eyes Trivia

1. Which actress became famous for her countless weddings, her passionate performances in movies and her incredible violet eyes?

From Quiz An Eye for an Eye

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011) was a British-American actress who began her career as a child. She acted in many films and received numerous awards including two Academy Awards as Best Actress, in 1960 and in 1966. Her eight marriages to seven different men, her tumultuous personal life and her career have always been intertwined. Her acting career went into decline and in the early 1980s she practically stopped acting. Elizabeth Taylor has always continued to receive media attention primarily for her activism on the AIDS issue. Many doubted the violet color of her eyes. According to ophthalmologist Dr. Norman Saffra, from the Maimonides Medical Center, NY, there are several gradations of blue and gray and violet may have been her typical pigmentation. The color depends on the amount of melanin and the eye's light absorption. After 1983 colored contact lenses were launched and now one can have any eye color one wants.

From Quiz A Pair of Blue Eyes

Answer: Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on December 12, 1915. He began his music career as a member of the Hoboken Four in 1935. In 1943, Frank Sinatra would embark on his solo career, during which he won 26 Grammy Awards. Frank's success in the music industry would pave the way for him to enter the film industry in Hollywood. Frank Sinatra won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the movie "From Here to Eternity" in 1954. Due to having blue eyes, Frank Sinatra was given the nickname "Ol' Blue Eyes". Frank Sinatra passed away on May 14, 1998 at the age of 82.

From Quiz An Eye for an Eye

Answer: Zora Hurston

American writer, anthropologist, folklorist Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was born in Alabama, and lived for some years in Eatonville, Florida, the first black incorporated municipality in the USA. She left her family to study anthropology. She wrote about 50 short stories, plays, essays and several novels; part of her work was published posthumously. Her second novel, considered the best of them, is "Their Eyes Were Watching God", published in 1937, which deals with racial segregation and the situation of women in American society. The main character of the book is Janie Crawford, a teenager who gradually tries to take control of her life but ends up recognizing that many things are uncontrollable and that people will only be spared if God takes care of them. The author and her work were forgotten for many years until 1975, when Alice Walker published the article "In Search of Zora Neale Hurston" in Ms. Magazine, which sparked public interest in Zora's work.

From Quiz A Pair of Blue Eyes

Answer: Albania

The Blue Eye is a natural spring located in southern Albania and is one of the nation's more popular tourist attractions. Its name in Albanian is Syri i Kaltër. The Blue Eye is a 50 m deep spring which that features bluish tinted water, which gives visitors a clear view into the bottom. The Blue Eye serves as the source of the Bistricë River, which empties into the Ionian Sea. Albania is one of the few predominantly Muslim nations in Europe, with over 50 percent of the population practicing that religion.

From Quiz A Pair of Blue Eyes

Answer: Thing

Thing (aka Ben Grimm), is a member of the Marvel superhero team, "The Fantastic Four", who made their comic book debut in 1961. Thing and his colleagues traveled into space where they were accidentally exposed to intense cosmic radiation. This radiation would cause each member to develop special abilities. In the case of Ben Grimm, it turned his skin into a thick stone which increased both his strength and endurance. Due to the character having blue eyes, he is sometimes referred to as the "Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed" Thing. Thing's signature catchphrase is, "It's clobberin' time!"

From Quiz An Eye for an Eye

Answer: Bluest

The first novel of the American writer Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (1931-2019), known as Toni Morrison is "The Bluest Eye", 1970. The novel set in 1941 in Lorain, Ohio, is about a young African-American girl named Pecola, who because of her very dark skin and the way she behaved herself was considered very ugly and avoided by everyone, it was as if she were invisible. Only two sisters were in contact with Pecola, one of them being the narrator of the story. Pecola spoke to them about her desire to have the bluest eyes possible so that she would look beautiful. The book has racial discrimination, incest, lack of respect for women and child abuse as its background. Toni Morrison wrote 11 novels and in partnership with her son Slade Morrison published 7 children's books. She received numerous awards for her work including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

From Quiz A Pair of Blue Eyes

Answer: Optimus Prime

Optimus Prime was the leader of the Autobots, the good guys in "The Transformers" franchise created by Hasbro. The character transformed into a red and blue tractor trailer. Optimus Prime made his debut in 1984 and became one of the franchise's most beloved characters, due to his paternalistic personality. When "The Transformers: The Movie" was released in 1986, the toy was being discontinued and Hasbro made the decision to kill off the character in the movie. This led to many children leaving the movie theater crying after witnessing Optimus Prime's death scene in the film. Optimus Prime would later be resurrected due to backlash the company later received from fans.

From Quiz An Eye for an Eye

Answer: William Prescott

Colonel William Prescott (1726-1795), born in Groton, Massachusetts, was a prestigious lawyer in Salem and Boston, a staunch anti-slavery advocate, and had an extensive military career. During the American Revolutionary War he served the Continental Army in the Massachusetts State Militia. During the Battle of Bunker Hill, which was fought on June 17, 1775, he commanded the patriotic forces and is known for having ordered his soldiers "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." It's not known for sure if this memorable phrase was coined by him or someone before him.

From Quiz A Pair of Blue Eyes

Answer: Australia

The Pacific blue-eye (Pseudomugil signifer) is a small fish species primarily found along the eastern coast of Australia. The Pacific blue-eye often grows between 2-4 cm in length and as its name suggests has bright blue rings around its eyes. The Pacific blue-eye fish are bred and sold as pets for personal aquariums and will often live between 2-4 years in captivity.

From Quiz An Eye for an Eye

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

In Leviticus 24:17-22 (in the third book of the Torah and in the Old Testament) it is written "And whoever causes an injury to their neighbor must be given the same kind of injury: a broken bone for a broken bone, an eye for an eye. The person must receive the same type of injury that he caused another person. But Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) did not agree with this. He said that "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind". He was of the opinion that violence begets violence and during his life he preached resistance through non-violent civil disobedience.

From Quiz A Pair of Blue Eyes

Answer: Thomas Hardy

"A Pair of Blue Eyes" was the third novel written by English author Thomas Hardy (1840-1928). It is a romance novel that centers around a woman named Elfride Swancourt who is caught in a love triangle between herself and two men. The novel was originally released as a series in the English periodical "Tinsley's Magazine". The series ran from September 1872 through July 1873. "A Pair of Blue Eyes" is said to be the origin of the term "cliffhanger" as one of the men was literally hanging from a cliff hoping to be saved by Elfride at the end of one of the parts published in the magazine.

From Quiz An Eye for an Eye

Answer: Macbeth

"Macbeth" is the third of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies. In this tale Macbeth followed the instructions of the witches and managed to become king. In "Macbeth" act IV scene I, the witches are concocting various things like: "Eye of newt, and toe of a frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog...". Although the text infers that animals were sacrificed to make the magic potion, in reality these terms in ancient times referred to plants, flowers, herbs. "Eye of newt" for example is the mustard seed and "toe of dog" is a buttercup.

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