The Password Code is Door Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison died of heart failure in a bathtub in Paris in 1971. He is buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery. Jim was an intelligent, well-read and bizarre individual and gained notoriety for his drinking, drug use and objectionable behavior; he spent some time in jail.

Morrison's love of reading and his perusals of existentialist literature made him a charismatic figure on stage and a great writer of poetry and lyrics.

After Morrison's death the remaining members of The Doors, an American rock band that played everything from psychedelic rock to blues, jazz and hard rock. continued playing as a trio until disbanding in 1973. They were: Ray Manzarek on keyboard, John Densmore on drums, and Robby Krieger on guitar.

The Doors released eight albums between 1967 - 1971, Only one of these failed to make the top ten Billboard list. They garnered 21 gold, 14 platinum and 5 multi-platinum album awards in the U.S. In 1993, The Doors were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Answer: Behind the Black Door

"Behind The Black Door" was written by the wife of former British prime minister, Gordon Brown, and was published by Mrs. Sarah Brown in 2012. It is a memoir of their time living at 10 Downing Street.

"Behind The Red Door" is an episode in the second season of the English drama "The Americans" that ran in 2003.

"Behind The Blue Door" was a novel written by David Fulmer (1924-2012), published in 2008. The book was nominated for the Shamus Award for best novel. Fulmer wrote several other books.

"Behind the Green Door" was a film of questionable taste made in 1972.

Answer: It opens

There are three characters in this existentialist play, first performed in 1954 in the UK. Jean-Paul Sartre was the author, and the short play presents three souls condemned to hell. They are escorted by a valet into a room and the door is closed. There is a man, Joseph, a woman, Estelle, and a lesbian, Ines.

The three interact and succeed in making one another miserable (thus the interpretation "Hell is other people"). They confess their crimes to one another, and Joseph repeatedly tries to open the door.

It does finally open, but he is afraid to leave the room (perhaps reasoning that the hell you know may be better than the one you don't know), and the others prefer to stay as well. They seem doomed to an afterlife of torment or boredom.

Answer: Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was the author, and the book pertains to his experimental use of mescaline (the version made from the Peyote cactus and the San Pedro cactus, as used by native Americans for traditional meditations) under controlled circumstances. He was given 4/10 of a gram and remained in company with his wife and friend Humphrey Osmond, a British researcher and psychiatrist. Huxley's trip lasted about eight hours and he seems to have felt that it was a good experience overall, allowing his subconscious to escape from the confines of his ego and experience a somewhat spiritual awakening and insight. He and many others concluded from the experiment that the drug was not habit-forming, and had no unpleasant side or after effects. The experiment came under heavy criticism as 'a shortcut' to enlightenment. The use of hallucinogens was criticised, and the consensus seemed to be that the effects of any such drug depended entirely on dose, the circumstances in which it was used and the person's state of mind and attitudes.

Huxley later shared his impressions with others such as Timothy Leary, but declined to make any public statement pro or con on his own experience.
The book "The Doors of Perception" is often published together with the 1793 poem "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" by William Blake.

Aldous Huxley died on November 22, 1963.

Answer: The king's daughter indicates the door on the right

The background: our hero is in love with the king's daughter, but he is of the lower classes, so the king will not allow their marriage. Instead he sets up this test in an arena with two doors. His daughter, the princess, inconspicuously indicates to her lover the door on the right and he immediately opens it. The last line of the story is, "And so I leave it to you. Which comes out of the opened door - the lady or the tiger?"

Further background: the king is a barbarian and his daughter is semi-barbaric. She and the hero have been lovers. She hates the lady chosen to be behind one door and hates the thought of her lover being married to her. But she also hates the alternative, her lover being torn apart and eaten by a hungry tiger. So the hero trusts his lady fair and opens the door she indicates.

The band 'They Might Be Giants' released a 2011 album called 'Join Us', which featured the same tale. Their last line on this is, "The hall remains, it still contains a pair of doors. Behind one door a muffled roar, behind the other a voice."

Which door would you open?

Answer: William H. Macy

This film was based on the life of Bill Porter, a door-to-door salesman who suffered from cerebral palsy. William H. Macy played Bill Porter; Kyra Sedgwick, Helen Mirren, Kathy Baker and Michael Shanks were also in the film.
Having been diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and informed that he was not employable, Bill went ahead and became a hard working employee despite enduring a lot of pain in walking almost ten miles every day to make his sales. At the time of the film's release on television, Porter was 69 years old and still working. He managed to support himself all along. The film won six Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award.

There was also a Japanese version of the same story in 2009.

There is a 1985 comedic film of the same name, but a completely different story.
This one features a con man 'selling vacuum cleaners'.

Answer: River Stay 'way From My Door

"I'll keep going my way, You keep going your way.
River stay 'way from my door!
I got me a cabin, You don't need my cabin,
River stay 'way from my door."

I doubt there's any deep interpretation to the lyrics, just a person watching the nearby river rising and hoping it doesn't get too close. The lyrics vary regionally.

Answer: At a cottage door

"At a cottage door one wintry morn,
As the snow lay on the ground,
Stood a youthful Irish soldier boy,
To the mountains he was bound.
His mother stood beside him saying
"You'll win my boy, don't fear,"
And with loving arms around his waist
She tied his bandolier.

Goodbye, God bless you, mother dear
I hope your heart won't pain,
But pray to God your soldier boy
You soon will see again.
For when I'm out in the firing line
'Twill be a source of joy
To know that you're the mother proud
Of an Irish soldier boy

When the fighting it was over
And the flag of truce was raised
The leaders ordered the fire to cease,
All Ireland stood amazed.
His comrades came to the cottage door
With a note from her pride and joy,
Containing the news in sad detail
Of her Irish soldier boy.

Good bye God bless you, mother dear
I'm dying a death so grand,
From wounds received in action
Trying to free my native land.
But I know we'll meet in heaven above,
In a land beyond the sky;
There you'll always be in company
Of your Irish soldier boy"

Many similar songs have been written and are still popular, about the 'troubles': "Wild Colonial Boy" and "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye" are just two.

Answer: I lift my lamp

On Liberty Island in New York harbor stands this giant emblem of welcome and freedom, for many the first great sign of promises and achievements to be fulfilled.

The poem, "The New Colossus", was written by Emma Lazarus:
"Give me your tired, your poor
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore
Send these, the homeless,
The tempest-tost to me
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."

The statue was a gift from the people of France to the U.S. and was shipped in 200 crates on the frigate 'Isere' and assembled atop a pedestal (built for that purpose in the U.S.) It stands 305 feet high, including the pedestal, and
faces east toward Europe.

In 1956 Bedloes Island was renamed Liberty Island. In 1965 nearby Ellis Island became a part of the national monument. Between 1984-86 the statue was given a complete restoration on time for its centennial celebration.

In the engineering of this massive statue, the exterior copper 'skin' moves independently around a skeleton of steel and iron pylon. Bartholdi designed the exterior and Eiffel the interior. There are heavy winds in the harbor at times, but the statue was built to survive all kinds of weather.

Answer: Dutch door

I found the Dutch door a wonderful way to enable people to stop by and chat without actually entering my office. What I worked on was confidential and I could prevent prying eyes from seeing it without being rude or getting too stifled in the room. The same concept works well for a stable door for a horse. He can get fresh air, look around, get fed, and is not in danger of running off.

A French door is usually made of glass panes, and affords a good view outside. Inside one may hang any type of blinds. I chose Roman shades because they came in colors I liked and were attractive when rolled down.

A louvre door has slats and is sometimes a nuisance to clean, but it looks cozy.

I have no idea what a baker's door is. Do you?