Directors Great Achievements in Civilization Draft (1 Viewer)

[Brian Kissinger]

For my second pick, I'll take the mightiest of the mighty attractiveness enhancers: Beer/Alcohol.

 

[Dennis]

The day Michelangelo Buonarotti picked up a paint brush.

 

[Eric_E]

I'll choose man's ability to master the sea for my next selection. Creating vessels capable of withstanding the power of the ocean and learning to utilize the wind meant that man was no longer confined to his own continent, and the shape and characteristics of the earth were no longer mere speculation. For better or worse, the ability to travel thousands of miles to the most remote corners of the earth had profound impact on civilization.

 

[SteveGon]

Nice picks, guys - this is shaping up nicely!

The answer to the last trivia question was war.

Here's another:

What's folded over a tree branch in Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory?


Vickie is up.

On deck:

Simon
Brook
Me

 

[Eric_E]

Trivia answer = a clock.

 

[Dennis]

....and what time is it?

 

[Dheiner]

Yellow?

 

[SteveGon]

Trivia answer = a clock.

A pocket watch to be exact.


Here's another:

What aid to calculating was invented by William Oughtred in the 17th century?

 

[Dennis]

A pocket watch to be exact.

Oh, it's like that Steve?

 

[Evan Case]

The "counting on toes" method. Doubled the contemporary mathematician's numerical knowledge.

Evan

 

[Vickie_M]

Mastering the air, flying

 

[Dennis]

The "counting on toes" method. Doubled the contemporary mathematician's numerical knowledge.

What is a slide rule Steve.

 

[Simon_Lepine]

I'll take, Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise) by Claude Monet. It gave the name to one of the most important art movement of the 19th century, rejecting academic painting and paving the way for modern art.

 

[SteveGon]

Simon, great pick!

Dennis got the trivia question.

Here's another:

What organization's concern for political prisoners won it the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize?

Brook is up.

On deck:

Me
Evan
Eric

 

[Brook K]

Money, Money, Money, Money.....MONEY

cause bartering sucks!

 

[Dennis]

What is Amnesty International?

 

[SteveGon]

And Dennis gets the trivia question.

Here's another:

Whose pioneering work in laser theory in 1917 was scorned as useless?


It's my turn and I'll take:

air conditioning


Because excessive heat sucks.


Evan is up.

On deck:

Eric
Dennis
Brian

 

[Evan Case]

The collected works of one Thomas Edison.

Evan

 

[Eric_E]

I'll select irrigation as my next pick - learning to manipulate water and making agriculture possible in areas otherwise uninhabitable by man.

 

[SteveGon]

Dennis is up.

On deck:

Brian
Vickie
Simon