Clocks that Never Really Were, 3rd Hour Quiz

Answer: Hickory Dickory Dock

Children's verse unattributable to any other source is often credited to Mother Goose, an unknown and fictitious author. Her name is a sort of shorthand for the oral tradition. The earliest recorded printed version of "Hickory Dickory Dock" is in "Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book" (London: 1744).

Answer: Labyrinth

Clocks are central to Henson's "Labyrinth" from the clock which strikes seven in the opening scene through the clock which counts down the time she has to prevent her little brother from being turned into a goblin. The faces of clocks appear in both the real world and the world of the Goblin King (David Bowie). The soundtrack includes a song entitled "Thirteen O'clock." In the end, Sarah wakes up in her own living room as the clock strikes midnight.

Answer: Grand Father's Clock

Work also wrote "Marching Through Georgia" the popularity of which equaled that of "Grand Father's Clock." Both the clock and the grandfather expired at ninety years: " It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born, and was always his treasure and pride; But it stopped short -- never to go again -- when the old man died." An interesting recording is this song was made in 1959 by Johnny Cash.

Answer: All of these have been suggested as possible meanings .

It is inarguable that F. Scott Fitzgerald used symbolism to express and reinforce the central messages of his works. This literary device is a favourite of teachers of literature who can write unendingly about the "true meaning" of such symbols. The mantle clock in Chapter 5 of "The Great Gatsby" is one of those symbols which has been worn thin by the inexhaustible attempts to derive its meaning.

Answer: Stop Watching the Clock

The "war effort" at home was important to the ultimate American victory in Europe and the Pacific. In a clear patriotic appeal, Monroe sang "Here we are, the ones at home, the least that we should do is let them know we'll do our part for the red, white and blue." This could be accomplished, the lyrics urged, when workers "stop watching the clock."

Answer: He wears a large clock around his neck.

The former member of the hip hop group Public Enemy is never seen without one of his 100 clocks hung from a cord around his neck. He has done this since 1987. About it, he says: "I always say, 'I'm clockin', I'm clockin'.' That means "I'm paying attention, so you can't get fast on me because I know what time it is."

Answer: the time before he joins his love in death

Set in Hardy's own parish church, the poem describes an old man who daily winds the church clock: "The rheumatic clock whose dilatory knock you can hear when praying at the day's decaying." The poet learns his secret when he hears him say: "So I wipe out one more, My Dear, of the sore sad days that still be like a drying Dead Sea between you and me!" Hardy is perhaps best known for his novels: "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1874), "The Mayor of Casterbridge" (1886), "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" (1891), and "Jude the Obscure" (1895).

Answer: Wild Strawberries

In the opening dream sequence of "Wild Strawberries" (1957), elderly Dr. Isak Borg prepares to receive an honourary degree. He looks at a public clock on a deserted Stockholm street and notes that it has no hands. He pulls out his own pocket watch and discovers that it, too, is without hands. A horse-drawn hearse approaches, the coffin falls out and he sees himself in it. The New York Times called the film's message "elusive."

Answer: The Big Clock

Kenneth Fearing wrote the novel "The Big Clock" in 1946 and Jonathan Latimer adapted it for the screen in 1948. The black-and- white film noir features a scene in which Milland hides out behind "the largest and most sophisticated clock ever built" in the building where he works. In addition to Milland and O'Sullivan, the film stars Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton; Harry Morgan has a small part as a thug. The motion picture was remade as "No Way Out" (1987) starring Kevin Costner; it is a much greater departure from the original novel.

Answer: Martin Scorsese

At one point in the film "Hugo" which is set in 1931, the youngster sneaks into a movie theatre where Harold Lloyd's "Safety Last!" (1923) is showing on the screen. The scene is the iconic one in which Lloyd is hanging from the hands of a giant clock atop a skyscraper. Later in the film, Hugo himself ends up hanging from the hands of a giant clock above the streets of Paris, imitating the classic scene. Scorsese won the Golden Globe for Best Director for this motion picture.