Monthly Archives: October 2019
TRIVIA TRAIL: THE SCOTTISH POMPEII
Question: What stone age village is known as “The Scottish Pompeii”? Answer: Skara Brae. Visitor’s Guide To Skara Brae: The Scottish Pompeii
TRIVIA TRAIL: NEUSCHWANSTEIN GHOST
Question: Whose ghost is said to haunt Germany’s beautiful fairytale castle of Neuschwanstein? Answer: King Ludwig II’s. https://www.annmarieackermann.com/death-of-king-ludwig-ii-bavaria-murder/
TRIVIA TRAIL: TRICK-OR-TREATING
Question: In what year did the first known reference to ‘Trick-Or-Treating appear? Answer: 1927 in a Southern Alberta newspaper. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/albertans-invent-saying-trick-or-treat-1.3829669 https://www.history.com/news/halloween-trick-or-treating-origins https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/4609024/trick-or-treat-halloween-origins-2018/
HISTORIC 50th ANNIVERSARY: DISNEYLAND’S HAUNTED MANSION
I’ve been to Disneyland several times, and on one of my visits to the Haunted Mansion, a cockatoo (obviously someone’s lost pet) swooped down and took up residence on the arm of the guy in front of us. It was being harassed by the local crow population and must have thought he’d make a good […]
Time Travelling With Kids 