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Messing around on the internet, wasting time as usual, and I came across this "Color Quiz". There are 64 questions. How many can you get right off, without googling or researching?
(I got 50.)


1. Who was the Great White Whale?
2. What are White Nights?
3. Where is the Great White Way?
4. What is a white elephant?
5. Who or what was the White Shadow?
6. Who was the White Witch?
7. Who were the White Russians?
8. What were the Wars of the Roses?
9. What is the Rosetta Stone?
10. Where is Red Square?
11. What is a red tide?
12. Where is the Red Sea?
13. Who is Scarlett O’Hara?
14. What is “A Study In Scarlet”?
15. What was the Scarlet Letter?
16. What is the Crimson Tide?
17. What were the Ruby Slippers?
18. What are pinking shears?
19. What is the House of Orange?
20. Where is the Yellow River?
21. Who was Ol’ Yeller?
22. Where is the Yellow Sea?
23. Where is Yellowknife?
24. What is yellow fever?
25. What is I Am Curious (Yellow)?
26. What was the Yellow Peril?
27. What was the golden calf?
28. Where is the Golden Gate?
29. Who is the Golden Bear?
30. Where is the Golden Horn?
31. What was the Golden Hind?
32. Who are the Golden Bears?
33. What was the Golden Fleece?
34. What is the Emerald Isle?
35. Where is the fictional Emerald City?
36. What real city is nicknamed the Emerald City?
37. Who is the Green Lantern?
38. Who is the Green Hornet?
39. Who is the Green Arrow?
40. What was Green Acres?
41. Who wrote the “Blue Danube”?
42. Who was Old Blue Eyes?
43. Who were the Blue Riders?
44. Who owned a Blue Ox?
45. What famous artist had a Blue Period?
46. Who wrote “Blue Skies”?
47. Who are the Blue Devils?
48. What was Purple Rain?
49. What was imperial purple?
50. Who wrote “Riders of the Purple Sage”?
51. Who were the Purple People Eaters?
52. What is Mood Indigo?
53. What was the Mauve Decade?
54. Who was the Brown Bomber?
55. When was the Bronze Age?
56. Who said, “Hi-yo, Silver!”?
57. What was the Silver Ghost?
58. Who was Gandalf the Grey?
59. What is mother-of-pearl?
60. Where are the Pearly Gates?
61. What is the Diamond Sutra?
62. What was the Black Death?
63. Where is the Black Sea?
64. Who was the Black Prince?

I can answer a few the answers are in bold

1. Who was the Great White Whale?
2. What are White Nights?
3. Where is the Great White Way?
4. What is a white elephant?
5. Who or what was the White Shadow?
6. Who was the White Witch? The villian in CS Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wadrobe'
7. Who were the White Russians?
8. What were the Wars of the Roses?
9. What is the Rosetta Stone? A stone found in Egypt that was writtne in Greek, Hieroglyps and Latin I think I can't really remember the last one I know the first two for certain. It allowed for the translation of the Heiroglyps
10. Where is Red Square? Moscow Russia
11. What is a red tide?
12. Where is the Red Sea? In between Asia and Africa. Moses parted it to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to freedom
13. Who is Scarlett O’Hara? The lead character in Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone With the Wind'
14. What is “A Study In Scarlet”?
15. What was the Scarlet Letter?
16. What is the Crimson Tide?
17. What were the Ruby Slippers? The slippers Dorothy wore in 'Thw Wizard of Oz'
18. What are pinking shears?
19. What is the House of Orange?
20. Where is the Yellow River? China
21. Who was Ol’ Yeller?
22. Where is the Yellow Sea?
23. Where is Yellowknife?
24. What is yellow fever?
25. What is I Am Curious (Yellow)?
26. What was the Yellow Peril?
27. What was the golden calf?
28. Where is the Golden Gate? If by that you mean the bridge then it's San Francisco
29. Who is the Golden Bear?
30. Where is the Golden Horn?
31. What was the Golden Hind?
32. Who are the Golden Bears?
33. What was the Golden Fleece? It was an Ancient Greek Legend that's all I know
34. What is the Emerald Isle? Ireland
35. Where is the fictional Emerald City?
36. What real city is nicknamed the Emerald City?
37. Who is the Green Lantern?
38. Who is the Green Hornet?
39. Who is the Green Arrow?
40. What was Green Acres?
41. Who wrote the “Blue Danube”? Johan Strauss II
42. Who was Old Blue Eyes? Sinatra
43. Who were the Blue Riders?
44. Who owned a Blue Ox?
45. What famous artist had a Blue Period?
46. Who wrote “Blue Skies”?
47. Who are the Blue Devils?
48. What was Purple Rain?
49. What was imperial purple?
50. Who wrote “Riders of the Purple Sage”?
51. Who were the Purple People Eaters?
52. What is Mood Indigo?
53. What was the Mauve Decade?
54. Who was the Brown Bomber? Joe Louis
55. When was the Bronze Age?
56. Who said, “Hi-yo, Silver!”?
57. What was the Silver Ghost?
58. Who was Gandalf the Grey?
59. What is mother-of-pearl?
60. Where are the Pearly Gates? The gates to Heaven
61. What is the Diamond Sutra?
62. What was the Black Death? The nickname given to the bubonic plague that swept through Europe during the middle ages
63. Where is the Black Sea? In Eastern Europe in the area called the Caucasus
64. Who was the Black Prince?

1. Who was the Great White Whale? Moby Dick
2. What are White Nights? In L.M. Montgomery books, they are the nights during which you can't sleep. But somehow I don't think that's the answer the quiz author was looking for.
3. Where is the Great White Way? Broadway, NYC
4. What is a white elephant? a very expensive, useless item
5. Who or what was the White Shadow?
6. Who was the White Witch? the villian in Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
7. Who were the White Russians? The royalists faction in the Russian Revolution. "What" would be a drink made with kahlua, vodka and milk.
8. What were the Wars of the Roses? 15th century English war between the Lancasters and the Yorks.
9. What is the Rosetta Stone? A stone tablet with certain Bible verses (can't recall which) written in four different languages.
10. Where is Red Square? A square in Moscow. I think the Kremlin might be there.
11. What is a red tide? Has something to do with dead fish rolling up on the beach, I think.
12. Where is the Red Sea? Somewhere between Eygpt and Israel.
13. Who is Scarlett O’Hara? The heroine of "Gone With The Wind".
14. What is “A Study In Scarlet”? An Edgar Allen Poe story. (ETA: On second thought, I think this is a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle.)
15. What was the Scarlet Letter? A mark of shame that Hester was forced to wear marking her adultery in the book of the same name.
16. What is the Crimson Tide? Alabama football team
17. What were the Ruby Slippers? Slippers taken from the Wicked Witch of the East and given to Dorothy by Glinda in "The Wizard of Oz."
18. What are pinking shears? Scissors that cut in a chevron pattern.
19. What is the House of Orange? A Dutch family that, in the person of William, conquered Ireland. 17th century, maybe?
20. Where is the Yellow River? China
21. Who was Ol’ Yeller? A dog who came to a tragic end.
22. Where is the Yellow Sea?
23. Where is Yellowknife?
24. What is yellow fever? Malaria.
25. What is I Am Curious (Yellow)?
26. What was the Yellow Peril?
27. What was the golden calf? A false idol
28. Where is the Golden Gate? San Francisco
29. Who is the Golden Bear?
30. Where is the Golden Horn?
31. What was the Golden Hind? I think this was Francis Drake's ship.
32. Who are the Golden Bears?
33. What was the Golden Fleece? Object of a search by Jason and the Argonauts
34. What is the Emerald Isle? Ireland
35. Where is the fictional Emerald City? Oz
36. What real city is nicknamed the Emerald City?
37. Who is the Green Lantern?
38. Who is the Green Hornet?
39. Who is the Green Arrow? Oliver Queen
40. What was Green Acres?
41. Who wrote the “Blue Danube”?
42. Who was Old Blue Eyes? Frank Sinatra
43. Who were the Blue Riders?
44. Who owned a Blue Ox?
45. What famous artist had a Blue Period?
46. Who wrote “Blue Skies”?
47. Who are the Blue Devils?
48. What was Purple Rain?
49. What was imperial purple?
50. Who wrote “Riders of the Purple Sage”?
51. Who were the Purple People Eaters?
52. What is Mood Indigo?
53. What was the Mauve Decade?
54. Who was the Brown Bomber?
55. When was the Bronze Age? When prehistoric humans began using tools
56. Who said, “Hi-yo, Silver!”?
57. What was the Silver Ghost?
58. Who was Gandalf the Grey? Good wizard in several Tolkien books
59. What is mother-of-pearl? a semi-precious stone
60. Where are the Pearly Gates? Heaven
61. What is the Diamond Sutra?
62. What was the Black Death? Plague
63. Where is the Black Sea? Russia?
64. Who was the Black Prince? Edward

Of the questions still not answered, here are the ones I knew:

25. What is I Am Curious (Yellow)? A (Swedish?) movie.
38. Who is the Green Hornet? A crime fighter. He had a sidekick named Kato.
40. What was Green Acres? A TV show starring Zsa Zsa Gabor (or was it Eva Gabor?)
44. Who owned a Blue Ox? Paul Bunyan. The ox’s name was Babe.
45. What famous artist had a Blue Period? Picasso.
47. Who are the Blue Devils? Duke University
48. What was Purple Rain? A song by Prince. Also the name of the LP.
51. Who were the Purple People Eaters? Imaginary one-eyed, one-horned flying purple people eaters mentioned in a song with the same name.
56. Who said, “Hi-yo, Silver!”? The Lone Ranger.

Delete. Answered some of the same as Vicki!

JD

1. Who was the Great White Whale? Moby Dick
2. What are White Nights?
3. Where is the Great White Way? Broadway, NYC
4. What is a white elephant? A joke gift, or a gift no one wants. Usually a Christmas party game
5. Who or what was the White Shadow?
6. Who was the White Witch? Empress Jadis, brought into Narnia by Digory Kirke, who tyranized Narnia for over 100 years
7. Who were the White Russians?
8. What were the Wars of the Roses? The war between the House of York and the House of Lancaster
9. What is the Rosetta Stone? A stone that helped the Egyptian and Babylonian? translation
10. Where is Red Square? Moscow
11. What is a red tide?
12. Where is the Red Sea? Middle east?
13. Who is Scarlett O’Hara? Heroine of Gone with the Wind
14. What is “A Study In Scarlet”?
15. What was the Scarlet Letter? [b]A, for adulterer
16. What is the Crimson Tide?
17. What were the Ruby Slippers? The shoes that helped Dorothy Gale get back to Kanses. (bonus point? Originally were silver in the books)
18. What are pinking shears? Sewing shears with a zig-zag blade
19. What is the House of Orange?
20. Where is the Yellow River? China
21. Who was Ol’ Yeller? A dog
22. Where is the Yellow Sea?
23. Where is Yellowknife?
24. What is yellow fever? An illness?
25. What is I Am Curious (Yellow)?
26. What was the Yellow Peril?
27. What was the golden calf? I'm fairly sure it was in the bible
28. Where is the Golden Gate? San Francisco
29. Who is the Golden Bear?
30. Where is the Golden Horn?
31. What was the Golden Hind?
32. Who are the Golden Bears?
33. What was the Golden Fleece? A fleece that Jason of the Argonauts was tasked to retrieve
34. What is the Emerald Isle? Ireland
35. Where is the fictional Emerald City? In the merry old land of Oz
36. What real city is nicknamed the Emerald City? Seattle, WA
37. Who is the Green Lantern? Which one? Hal Jordan is the one I can remember, even though I watched John (something or other) the most
38. Who is the Green Hornet? radio/tv character?
39. Who is the Green Arrow? Another DC superhero, a member of the Justice League
40. What was Green Acres? The place to be! A tv show
41. Who wrote the “Blue Danube”?
42. Who was Old Blue Eyes? Frank Sinatra
43. Who were the Blue Riders?
44. Who owned a Blue Ox? Paul Bunyon
45. What famous artist had a Blue Period? Picasso
46. Who wrote “Blue Skies”?
47. Who are the Blue Devils? Duke University
48. What was Purple Rain?
49. What was imperial purple? A shade of purple only monarchs would wear
50. Who wrote “Riders of the Purple Sage”?
51. Who were the Purple People Eaters? A one-eyed, one-horned alien that wanted to play music, not eat people
52. What is Mood Indigo?
53. What was the Mauve Decade?
54. Who was the Brown Bomber?
55. When was the Bronze Age? After the Stone Age
56. Who said, “Hi-yo, Silver!”? Lone Ranger
57. What was the Silver Ghost?
58. Who was Gandalf the Grey? The wizard who helped both Frodo and Bilbo Baggins on their quests
59. What is mother-of-pearl? The inside of an oyster shell
60. Where are the Pearly Gates? The entrance to Heaven
61. What is the Diamond Sutra?
62. What was the Black Death? the Bubonic Plague, which marks the Dark Ages
63. Where is the Black Sea? Northern Europe, around Scandanavia
64. Who was the Black Prince?

So where are the answers?

Without peeking at other peoples' answers, here's what I got:

1. Who was the Great White Whale? Moby Dick
2. What are White Nights?
3. Where is the Great White Way?
4. What is a white elephant? a traditional gift exchange-type-thing in which everyone brings an inexpensive gift but doesn't put a name on it, and the gifts are passed around in a sort of game. At the end of the game, everybody opens their gifts.
5. Who or what was the White Shadow?
6. Who was the White Witch?
7. Who were the White Russians?
8. What were the Wars of the Roses?
9. What is the Rosetta Stone? a tablet with the same message in three different ancient languages which helped in the translation of Egyptian heiroglyphs
10. Where is Red Square?
11. What is a red tide?
12. Where is the Red Sea? north of the dead sea, along the River Jordan
13. Who is Scarlett O’Hara? the heroine of Gone With the Wind
14. What is “A Study In Scarlet”?
15. What was the Scarlet Letter? a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in which an adulteress (Hester Prynne) was forced to wear a scarlet-colored letter "A" on her dress to shame her for her crime, and for not telling who the father of her illegitimate baby was
16. What is the Crimson Tide?
17. What were the Ruby Slippers? originally worn by the Wicked Witch, Dorothy was given them, and they later helped her to "get home" to Kansas in The Wizard of Oz
18. What are pinking shears? scissors which cut out funny squiggle patterns
19. What is the House of Orange?
20. Where is the Yellow River? China
21. Who was Ol’ Yeller? a dog
22. Where is the Yellow Sea?
23. Where is Yellowknife?
24. What is yellow fever?
25. What is I Am Curious (Yellow)?
26. What was the Yellow Peril?
27. What was the golden calf? an idol made in Biblical times by the Israelites while Moses was up on the mountain getting the ten commandments
28. Where is the Golden Gate? at the entrance to Heaven . . . or San Fransisco, if you're talking about the bridge
29. Who is the Golden Bear?
30. Where is the Golden Horn?
31. What was the Golden Hind?
32. Who are the Golden Bears?
33. What was the Golden Fleece? an object that Hercules had to retrieve in one of his three tests
34. What is the Emerald Isle? Ireland
35. Where is the fictional Emerald City? the land of Oz
36. What real city is nicknamed the Emerald City?
37. Who is the Green Lantern? a comic book superhero who could make things materialize out of a ring on his finger which had a green lantern design on it
38. Who is the Green Hornet?
39. Who is the Green Arrow? a comic book superhero somewhat like Robin Hood
40. What was Green Acres? a television show about a town called Green Acres
41. Who wrote the “Blue Danube”?
42. Who was Old Blue Eyes?
43. Who were the Blue Riders?
44. Who owned a Blue Ox? Paul Bunyan
45. What famous artist had a Blue Period?
46. Who wrote “Blue Skies”?
47. Who are the Blue Devils?
48. What was Purple Rain?
49. What was imperial purple?
50. Who wrote “Riders of the Purple Sage”?
51. Who were the Purple People Eaters?
52. What is Mood Indigo?
53. What was the Mauve Decade?
54. Who was the Brown Bomber?
55. When was the Bronze Age?
56. Who said, “Hi-yo, Silver!”? The Lone Ranger (and I'm pretty sure it's "Hi-ho, Silver!"
57. What was the Silver Ghost?
58. Who was Gandalf the Grey? a wizard in Lord of the Rings
59. What is mother-of-pearl?
60. Where are the Pearly Gates? at the entrance to Heaven
61. What is the Diamond Sutra?
62. What was the Black Death? Bubonic Plague
63. Where is the Black Sea?
64. Who was the Black Prince? Edward of England

My first time at the boards for a while, and I find a quiz. What fun! A few more of the missing answers:

23. Where is Yellowknife? I'm Canadian, I know this! Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories, one of Canada's three territories.

46. Who wrote “Blue Skies”? Irving Berlin

50. Who wrote “Riders of the Purple Sage”? Zane Grey

57. What was the Silver Ghost? It's a car - a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost

These are the ones I couldn't get:
5. Who or what was the White Shadow?
6. Who was the White Witch?
14. What is “A Study In Scarlet”?
43. Who were the Blue Riders?
46. Who wrote “Blue Skies”?
53. What was the Mauve Decade?
54. Who was the Brown Bomber?
61. What is the Diamond Sutra?


Artemis

The White Shadow was a TV show that was on when I was a kid. It was about a white NBA star that retired from the pros following an injury and who took a coaching job at a high school with mostly black and Hispanic students.

Oh, and "the Brown Bomber" was Joe Lewis a black boxer who was the heavyweight champ back in the 30/40's.

My first car was a brown mustang I used to call "Joe" after Lewis as it was tough as nails and could survive anything.

I keep reading and remembering things. Wasn't the "White Witch" a Marvel character in the X-Men comics? She was a telepath who was part of the Hellfire Club (a group of evil mutants) that later supposedly "reformed" and joined the X-Men where she became the love interest for Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops following the death of Jean Gray, The Phoenix.

I might be totally off base since geography isn't one of my strengths, but isn't the yellow sea the sea where the yellow river ends in? I'm sure the yellow sea is somewhere around China.

The Green Hornet was Bruce Lee. I'm 99% sure.

Edit: Nope, I was wrong. I checked and Bruce Lee played Kato in the show the Green Hornet. The Green Hornet was played by a number of actors over the years.

No, the name is a confusion of the White Queen (Emma Frost, who you described), and the Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff, daughter of Magneto)

Wow! People here know a lot.

I thought the "Rosetta Stone" question was a little bit of a cheat because it didn't refer to a color, rather to a place in Egypt - Rosetta, a port city on the Mediterranean coast.

I did check it on wikipedia: There were 3 languages on the stone - Classical Greek, and 2 types of Egyptian script - demotic and hieroglyphics. It was the same message in three different languages which was what finally allowed the linguists to understand/translate hieroglyphics.

Ah, I get you. You're absolutely right. I kept thinking "White Witch" sounded "off".

But now I have to wonder, who is the White Witch?

The White Witch is the villain of the Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:

Just to expand a little, the White Witch was the Empress Jadis of Charn (a dead world with an old red sun), brought accidentally to Narnia by Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer in The Magician's Nephew. A thousand years later, she ruled over Narnia in an endless winter that had lasted for 100 years, hence her nickname "The White Witch," in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.