TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, December 10, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

This weekend, despite the jibes and mocking from, well, pretty much everyone I know, I saw Breaking Dawn: Part 2. For those of you unaware, this is the the final installment of The Twilight Saga films, which are based on the series of books written by Stephenie Meyer.

While I agree that the writing is cheesy, the actors can't act, and vampires don't really sparkle in the sunlight, I just can't get enough! I suppose it's the action, romance, and adventure that draw me in - that, and the two leading male characters who are rather easy on the eyes!

Enjoy!
Melissa


TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

HINT: Was an American human rights activist, stateswoman, journalist, educator, author, and diplomat.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Many scholars argue the word "vampire" is either from the Hungarian vampir or from the Turkish upior, upper, upyr meaning "witch." Other scholars argue the term derived from the Greek word "to drink" or from the Greek nosophoros meaning "plague carrier." It may also derive from the Serbian Bamiiup or the Serbo-Crotian pirati.

The Muppet vampire, Count von Count from Sesame Street, is based on actual vampire myth. One way to supposedly deter a vampire is to throw seeds (usually mustard) outside a door or place fishing net outside a window. Vampires are compelled to count the seeds or the holes in the net, delaying them until the sun comes up.

One of the most famous "true vampires" was Countess Elizabeth Bathory (1560-1614) who was accused of biting the flesh of girls while torturing them and bathing in their blood to retain her youthful beauty.

Vampire hysteria and corpse mutilations to "kill" suspected vampires were so pervasive in Europe during the mid-eighteenth century that some rulers created laws to prevent the unearthing of bodies. In some areas, mass hysteria led to public executions of people believed to be vampires.

Thresholds have historically held significant symbolic value, and a vampire cannot cross a threshold unless invited. The connection between threshold and vampires seems to be a concept of complicity or allowance. Once a commitment is made to allow evil, evil can re-enter at any time.

The legend that vampires must sleep in coffins probably arose from reports of gravediggers and morticians who described corpses suddenly sitting up in their graves or coffins. This eerie phenomenon could be caused by the decomposing process.


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE

QUOTE: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

ANSWER: Eleanor Roosevelt

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