Monday, May 18, 2009

Monday Trivia

The answer to yesterday's question is:
Portugal.

Today's question is:
In the movie The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy wore ruby-colored slippers; however, in the original book, the slippers were a different color. What color were they?

12 comments:

  1. Silver. They changed it to red in the film to make it more visually outstanding.

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  2. Silver. Changed to red in the movie to highlight the advent of technicolor. And I still believe the silver color to be due to it's metaphorical part in an allegory designed to promote the free coinage of silver.

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  3. PeggyU7:14 PM

    I was going to say that, and then I thought I must be wrong. I guess it is good to go with a hunch after all.

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  4. PeggyU7:15 PM

    Ah, silver shoes of course! :) And they had buckles, too.

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  5. Frank Baum7:19 PM

    Silver.

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  6. They were silver slippers.

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  7. Steve, USMA '854:28 AM

    A guess from the back of my hazy memory says green for opal.

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  8. Anonymous4:58 AM

    Silver

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  9. Elaine C.9:46 AM

    Oo... I know this one!

    Silver!

    And I have a return challenge... How many Oz stories in the series are there?

    (Hopefully, it's not too late to post my answer - I didn't get a chance to read your blog yesterday, for much sadness.)

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  10. Anonymous2:21 PM

    Silver. They were changed to ruby for the movie because it showed off the technicolor better!

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  11. PeggyU9:33 PM

    Aren't there like 14 Oz books? I know there are a lot of them.

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