Monday, November 15, 2021

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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 15 12:13AM


> 1. Each astrological age is approximately 2,150 years long,
> on average. In which astrological age are we now, according
> to the lyrics of a 5th Dimension hit?
 
Aquarius
 
> 2. The Mayan tradition combined astronomy and astrology. The most
> famous Mayan astrological observatory still intact is the
> Caracol observatory in which ancient Mayan city?
 
Chichen Itza
 
> in astrology was this astrologer and astronomer whose work
> the "Tetrabiblos" laid the basis of the Western astrological
> tradition. Who?
 
Ptolemy
 
> court by Queen Catherine de Medici, and commissioned to draw up
> the horoscope of the royal children. Pleased with the results,
> she remained his patron until his death. Name him.
 
John Dee
 
> planet, or when the Earth is itself passed by a faster-moving
> inner body. In astrology, this backward movement is thought
> to be unlucky. What is it called?
 
retrograde
 
> Woman:
> You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting,
> With most admired disorder.
 
Macbeth
 
> You are the happier woman.
> Woman 1:
> Let's consult together against this greasy knight.
 
The Merry Wives of Windsor
 
> Bury it certain fathoms in the earth,
> And deeper than did ever plummet sound
> I'll drown my book.
 
The Tempest
 
> For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
> Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
> And whistles in his sound.
 
As You Like It
 
> But in ourselves that we are underlings.
> Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that "Caesar"?
> Why should that name be sounded more than yours?
 
Julius Caesar
 
> businesses belonging to a Toronto ethnic group whose nation of
> origin has maintained neutrality through the First World War.
> Which ethnicity?
 
Chinese
 
> against the Toronto police shooting of alleged crack dealer
> Raymond Lawrence, but takes its main impetus from a US court
> decision handed down 5 days previously. In what case?
 
Rodney King
 
> erupting into mayhem as a religious procession is attacked
> with stones and guns. Of which ethnicity are the marchers
> under attack?
 
Irish
 
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