What's today?

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 2:55 am

Well done, Whozjama! It is indeed!
Victor Hugo wrote both "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Les Miserables" among many other notable works. That child is Cosette and she's featured on pretty much every modern Les Miserables logo.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:51 am

Awwww, shoulda checked the info on the author, I woulda got it. *facepaws*

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:13 pm

*Celebrates with orange soda

The Les Mis marketing department would be proud.
The only place that girl shows up is with Les Mis.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:46 pm

Yup. Next hint would have been a statue of the man himself.
Nice to see someone else who knows their musicals.

You get to pick the next challenge, Whozjama!

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:33 am

OH SNAP

Alrighty then, after skimming the rules a bit more thoroughly this time.

First hint. Edit: OMG it's too big, how do I even forum.

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:34 am

All right, a bit late, but second hint for March 3 =

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:41 pm

Okay, something more obvious.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:07 am

"Storm of the Century" in Quebec in March 1971 dumped 17-18 inches of snow in one day, a record not broken until 2012?

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 4:49 pm

Yes! You're correct, it comes easy if you know french.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:55 pm

Yay! Yeah, I do speak French so that was a bit of a giveaway.

Okay. What happened today, March 8, relating to this fellow?

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:25 am

Oooh, is that Ratty from Wind In The Willows? If so, I'm guessing it's either the date the story was first published, or the birthday of the original author.

One quick Google search should soon reveal which...one moment...

...yep, here we go. Kenneth Grahame, author of Wind In The Willows, born March 8th 1859.

Too easy.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:38 am

I should have known better than to try to stump a British person with Wind in the Willows.

Nailed it, Thom!

Fun fact: Ratty is actually a water vole and not a rat at all.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:01 pm

Yeah I know he's actually a water vole and not a water rat. I've watched my fair share of nature programs over the years. Rats CAN swim if they need to, though.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:44 am

Okay let's see if you can figure this one out.

What happened today, March 9th, in relation to this picture? ;

Might be a beet of an easy one, n'es pas?

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 4:06 am

Non? Okay, zen, let's try zis...

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:09 am

Napoleon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Josephine de Beuharnais?
Only thing combining France and women I can find for today.

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 3:46 pm

Correct.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:32 am

Yay!

What happened today, March 12, related to this picture?

Post by **Render** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:37 pm

Hmmm... aside from the founding of the Fulda monastery in 744 I found this:
1994 – The Church of England ordains its first female priests.

(and I'll pick the 1994 event...)

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:28 pm

Well, that was easy. Well done, Render!

Post by **Render** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:33 pm

Yeah!

So, today (13.03.) I'm looking for an OBJECT. Is this the first object we look for? Maybe...

This guy has something to do with it.

VEB152 · Post by **VEB152** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 5:20 pm

Hmh, let's try...
Are you looking for a little huge planed called Uranus, which was noticed by this person here in 1781?

Post by **Render** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 5:28 pm

Yes, Veb. That's true.
234 years ago, between 10 and 11 pm (just now...) Sir Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel dicovered planet mumber seven with his self build telescope from his garden in the English city Bath.

VEB152 · Post by **VEB152** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:55 pm

Urgh, sorry for keeping you all waiting. Should check forums more often >.<

Aaaanyways, today for me is March 20, and that means you have a person to guess!
Your clue is... *reaches in comic tophat for a picture* this:

It is an easy one, or should be.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:18 am

Soviet pianist Sviatoslav Richter was born in 1915?

VEB152 · Post by **VEB152** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:43 am

Grrrr. Out of all evemts, you had to pick the correct one xD

Carry on, and find something nice!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:40 am

Yay! Must have been birthday luck.

What happened today, March 22, relating to this person?

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 11:40 am

Tangled! Great movie!

Marcel Marceau, French actor and mime, born in 22nd March 1923?

Also, Happy belated birthday, Furrhan!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:00 pm

Well done, depskycyan!
The "father of mime" and I share a birthday!

And thanks for the birthday wishes!

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:27 am

It's not quite the 24th of March, but I'm only 1.5 hours away.

Here's a THING.

Guess an event! This one's a little tricky.

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:52 am

Hint hint!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:59 am

Pluto was officially named on March 24, 1930.

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:37 pm

Yep, ya got it. Your turn Hlaroo!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:52 am

Yaay!

What happened today, Mach 27th, related to this picture?

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:29 am

Why does difficulty ever-increase?

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:59 pm

Well we don't want it to be too easy, now, do we?

Martin Cooper, who publicly demonstrated the first ever publicized handheld mobile phone on April 4th 1973, built said phone just a few days earlier on March 27th?

This is just an educated shot in the dark...can't be his birthday coz that's way back in December...the demostration is a much closer date...it would make sense if he only just built the first working prototype. I can't seem to find any specific date of when he officially created the thing, though.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:02 pm

Sorry, Thom. That ain't it.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:02 am

Not sure if this will be helpful or not but here's a hint:

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:19 am

The first long-distance telephone line was established on March 27, 1884. I love history.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:27 am

Yes! Well done, GK!

The call was from New York to Boston.