A good and free online fashion game

Do you like fashion?

And do you love watching fashion shows on TV?

Or perhaps you just want a bit of creative fun.

Here's a nice (and free) online game
called Fashion Designer
on www.agame.com

You'll be required to put together 3 outfits:
a) Casual,  b) Dressy, and c) Professional.

The game may not appear to be very hard,
at first glance, but you'll find that it's actually
not so easy to get the maximum of 5 stars
for each outfit.    Try it and see.

By the way, if the game takes some moments to load,
just be patient.

And, of course, at the beginning, when you'll have
to give your name, you can type a nickname
or initials.

Plus, www.agame.com has a huge variety of
free online games -- puzzle, action, sports,
adventure games and so on.

So do visit the site and take a look.

Meanwhile, the link below is for
the fashion game mentioned in this post:

http://www.agame.com/game/fashion-designer-2?

Enjoy!

♥

A knightly painting by John William Waterhouse

Here is a painting by John William Waterhouse.

What is the name of the painting?

a) Lancelot and Guinevere
b) La belle dame sans merci
c) Mélisande
d) Tristan and Iseult

NB.  The answer to the above trivia question can be found here:

click here -- it will take you to a Wikipedia site for the answer

and here's some information regarding the artist:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Waterhouse

Plus, take a look at this art blog:

http://gather-ye-rosebuds-while-ye-may.blogspot.sg

and here's a poem by John Keats
with regard to the above painting:

http://www.bartleby.com/126/55.html

Do you know the cats in this video?

Here's a lovely video about cats.

Some of the cats are famous -- very well known indeed.

Plus, the video contains a short quiz about these cats.

The answers to the trivia quiz questions are shown at the end of the video.

Here's the link to the above video on youtube, just in case!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40XfBHsTfSg

♥

Trivia question re. a cat in a poem

There's an ancient Irish poem written by a monk about his cat.

What is the name of the cat?

a)  Donndubhán
b)  Dúbhshláine
c)  Pangur Bán
d)  Corraidhín

NB.  The answer to the above cat and poetry trivia question can be found here:

click here - it will take you to a Wikipedia site which has the answer

The Wikipedia site also has links which will show you the translated poem.

It's a lovely, heartfelt poem which you should definitely read.

Scroll down the Wikipedia site until you come to
"External links", and then click on the word " translation".

There's a translation by Robin Flower,
and another one by W. H. Auden.
Why not read both?

And as for the meaning of the ancient Irish names in the answers above,
here's the link:

http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/ancient-irish

Food trivia question re. Sally Lunn

What is a "Sally Lunn"?

a) a type of pudding
b) a kind of bun
c) a meat pie named after a London cook
d) a vegetarian luncheon dish


NB.   The answer to the above food trivia question can be found here:

http://visitbath.co.uk/eating-and-drinking/sally-lunns-historic-eating-house-and-museum-p29431

and here:

http://www.sallylunns.co.uk

Trivia question re. the book Villette

Who wrote "Villette"?

a) Charles Dickens
b) Jane Austen
c) Guy de Maupassant
d) Charlotte Bronte


NB.  The answer to the above book trivia question can be found here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villette_(novel)

Yoohquote 1

Quotes for yooh!      ♥     :-)

Quotes with a difference, a unique twist, a lovely surprise.

For brain fitness, creativity, and above all, for fun -- enjoyment -- take a moment to complete the inspiring yoohquote below.

A yoohquote is a fill-in-the-blank quotation.

  

Think about the missing word in the quote.   Consider it from every side, every perspective, and gradually  come to a decision about which word would probably be the most suitable to fill in the blank.

Or...  you could just make a quick guess.

After all, it’s also a sort of game!

 By "making it your own" in this way, I hope that the beautiful quotation will remain in your mind, and in your heart, for always...

Now, let's start.    Please fill in the blank with a suitable word.    (One word only).

"In the midst of winter, I found there was,

 within me, an invincible __________."

-- Albert Camus

NB. The answer to yoohquote 1 can be found here:

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/508603-in-the-midst-of-winter-i-found-there-was-within

Street of dreams -- test your memory and concentration in this fun online free game

So you think you can focus like a laser beam?  :-)

And what about your memory?  Is it virtually eidetic?  :-)

Now you can test both your concentration and your memory
in a fun and free online game ♥ called "Street of dreams".

It's a game I play from time to time to give my brain a fast and fun workout.

Plus, the game is family friendly.   Like everything on this blog!

http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/streetofdreams.jsp

♥

How strong is your vocabulary? Merriam-Webster dictionary word quiz

How many English words do you know?

How wide is your vocabulary?

For example, what's the meaning of "infrangible"?

If you'd like to test or expand the list of words that you know,
and at the same time enjoy a quick brain/memory workout,
try "How strong is your vocabulary?"

It's a quiz on the Merriam-Webster dictionary site.

It won't take long -- just 10 multiple-choice questions
in each quiz, and there are a lot of quizzes to try.

Here's the link:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/quiz/index.htm

A good (and free !) online audio dictionary -- hear how to pronounce place names, and words re. science, medicine, culture, and many others

How do you pronounce Slough?

What about Albuquerque, Berkeley, Cholmondeley, Edinburgh, Montreux, Reading, Versailles, Zeebrugge?

Now you can find out how to pronounce quite a variety of place names, as well as medical, scientific, and cultural terms, and even a few surnames like Montaigne and Rousseau.

Quite a while ago, I came across a good online audio dictionary, and I'd like to share it here.

It's easy-to-use and free of charge.

The dictionary is called howjsay and here's the link to it:

http://www.howjsay.com

For some more notes regarding the dictionary, click below:

http://www.howjsay.com/notes.html

As for the dictionary's editor, he's a professional English educator with a lot of experience, and if you'd like some more information about him, click the link below:

http://www.fonetiks.org/eds/timbowyer.html

Here's how to use the dictionary:

-- type a word in the dictionary's search box
-- press Enter on your keyboard or click Submit on the dictionary's page
-- the word will appear in pink, and you will hear its pronunciation
-- to hear it again, either mouse over the pink word, or keep on clicking Submit
 (you can listen to the word as many times as you want)