TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, January 16, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Did everyone have a good weekend? Finally, we saw some snow in Chicago after the freakish 50 degree weather we experienced last week. Not that I'm particularly fond of snow, but it did not feel normal having spring like weather in January!

On Friday, the girls and I celebrated Janet's 30th birthday. It might be the last outing for a while since she is due to have her baby any day now! I was surprised that she wanted to venture out on Friday with it being so close to her due date, but I think she was ready to get out of the house for a bit. Plus I think she knows it won't be quite as easy to get away from her baby boy once he arrives!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen."

HINT: (1900-1991), Irish short story writer, elected Saoi of Aosdána in 1986.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) had originally
been titled Alice's Adventures Underground. The original
draft was published in 1886.

Author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson used the pen name "Lewis Carroll" when he published the book. The book is reportedly filled with allusions to his friends (and enemies).

Although Tweedledum, Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty and the Jabberwock are included in film versions called "Alice in Wonderland," these characters did not appear in the original Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; but rather, the sequel Through the Looking Glass.

The patient with "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome" suffers from distorted space, time and body image and has feelings and/or visual hallucinations that the entire body or part of it has been altered in shape and size.

The majority of patients with this syndrome have a family history of migraine headaches or has overt migraines themselves. Perhaps not coincidentally, Lewis Carroll suffered from severe migraines, also known as a Lilliputian hallucination."

In 1931, the book was banned in Hunan, China, because animals spoke using human language.


VIDEO CLIP
Merry Un-Birthday - Alice in Wonderland
Alice arrives at the home of the March Hare, who is celebrating his "unbirthday" with the Mad Hatter and the Dormouse. Alice decides to join in on the celebration, much to their delight.

Watch It Now: Merry Un-Birthday - Alice in Wonderland


*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
I am a key that cannot open a lock. I live in harmony with many others like me, both black and white. I make a solitary sound when you tickle me. What am I?

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen."

ANSWER: Sean O'Faolain

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