[d20] What don't you know? (free pdf books)

[interwyrm]

I'll review it too if you are still handing them out.

 

[Jolly Giant]

I wouldn't mind doing a review for you, but I'm just too busy finishing up some other writing. You know...

 

[kanithardm]

Hey thele, you accidently sent me two PDFs. thx for the second one though.

 

[TheLe]

[imager]http://www.thele.com/thelegames/images/html/quiz.gif[/imager] Time for a new What Don't You Know quiz! Prize is one (d20) PDF book of your choice from my library, which can be found HERE. Unorthodox Paladins cannot be selected as a prize.

PLEASE ONLY ANSWER ONE

In the book, The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy begins her jouney to the Emerald city on the yellow brick road.

1) What color are her shoes when she begins this journey?

2) What does the shoes and the yellow brick road represent?

PLEASE ONLY ANSWER ONE

2 prizes will be given out to whoever answer the first question and the last.

Edited: Anyone can enter this quiz.

`Le


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[CRGreathouse]

The shoes are ruby in the movie, but they're silver in the books. That was actually a big change for the symbolism of the story!

 

[Nifelhein]

Her shoes are silver.

edit: just a sec too late.

 

[TheLe]

The shoes are ruby in the movie, but they're silver in the books. That was actually a big change for the symbolism of the story!

We have our first winner! That's right, the shoes are silver in the book, which is a big deal since it walks on a yellow brick road.

In the movie, it was changed to ruby red to help show off technicolor.

Chooser yer prize, CRGreathouse, and email me your choice!

Now, for the rest of you, what did the silver/yellowbrickroad symbolize?

`Le

 

[derbacher]

The Yellow Brick Road symbolized the gold stamdard, and the silver slippers symbolized the silver standard of monetary value, a standard that the Populist party of the day wanted adopted. (Also known as bi-metalism.)

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

I've already won, and I don't want to take any more prizes, so I'll post in Spoiler form:

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According to academics (and maybe even the author!), The Wizard of Oz is an allegory about the change in US economics between the Gold Standard and the Silver Standard. Walking the yellow brick (gold) road in silver shoes was an appeal to a bimetallic standard. You can find more info here: http://home.earthlink.net/~jcorbally/eng218/rcross.html[/sblock]

 

[TheLe]

The Yellow Brick Road symbolized the gold stamdard, and the silver slippers symbolized the silver standard of monetary value, a standard that the Populist party of the day wanted adopted. (Also known as bi-metalism.)

That is correct. Good work! Choose a prize, and email me the selection, and I will fire it off to you!

As for everyone else, please do not post spoilers in the future. When you post a spoiler, anyone can view it and steal the answer.

If it takes 24 hours for someone to get the correct answer, than so be it.

The Wizard of Oz is filled with alot of politics actually. For example, the Wizard of Oz himself represents president McKinley at the time, while the tin man represents big industry.

`Le