But since I finally received some of the "official" photos that were taken at my Big Birthday Bash, I thought this is a good way to show you two of the pictures and post the answers.
Here goes:
1. What is Meike's favourite colour? Yellow
2. What types of food are almost daily on Meike's menue? Bread, cheese, chocolate (muesli, fruit)
3. How old was Meike when she learned to read? Five (one year before starting school, from my sister; most German children learn to read at the age of six)
4. Where in England does Meike spend a holiday every year? Ripon, Yorkshire
5. What languages does Meike speak? German, English, Italian, French (not counting the Swabian and Sicilian dialects)
6. How many surnames has Meike had so far? Three
7. Meike's place of birth? Ludwigsburg
8. Meike's favourite holiday? Christmas
9. What profession did Meike originally learn? Library Assistant (Librarian)
10. What was the name of Meike's white cat? Mimi
11. How many years has Meike been living in her current flat? Almost 15 (moved in October 2003)
12. What year did Meike get her driving license? She does not have one!
13. Which Star Trek actor's birthday is also on the 22nd of March? William Shatner
14. Is Meike right or left-handed? Right, although I sometimes take notes with my left hand.
15. Meike's furthest trip went where? Florida, USA
16. How many years has Meike been coming to the pub quiz? 10
17. What weekday was the 22nd of March 1968? Friday
I am sure some of you knew many of these answers; others it would have been difficult, if not impossible, for you to know.
The first picture shows me next to Chris*, the publican, as we are getting ready for the quiz. He read out all the questions for me, just like he does every Tuesday night for the regular pub quiz. It was a lot of fun and I am now very much looking forward to going to the pub for another quiz night with my team next Tuesday.
* He kindly gave me his permission to show this picture.
All sounds to have been good fun.
ReplyDeleteIt was, and very much so, Pat!
DeleteSo happy you had this great party at the pub! A birthday party to remember!
ReplyDeleteLoved the quiz about yourself, I even knew some of the answers!
When did you go to Florida, what year was it? We might have walked right past each other! LOL!
Glad you enjoyed it, Kay - and I am not surprised you knew some of the answers :-)
DeleteMy Florida holiday was in 1999. We stayed mainly in the Tampa area but made a trip to Orlando and one to the Kennedy Space Centre, which I will never forget.
Oh! We just missed you! We were in Orlando in 2000! I might have asked you this before, I will probably do so again and it will all be fresh news to me! LOL!
DeleteThat trip was to Universal Studios and C. was only 10 years old! I am still wearing the same flip flops that I bought new that year! I tend to hang on to things if they are good. :-)
We went to Universal Studios, too - I loved the "Back to the Future" ride :-)
DeleteI really enjoyed this and feel I know you better now EXCEPT please tell how how to correctly pronounce your name Meike - thanks. Wow, you do speak several languages, excellent, I commend you for learning them, I know what hard work that can be.
ReplyDeleteDid you enjoy Florida? Many do but it's not high on my list!
The first part of my name, "Mei", is pronounced like "my". The last "e" is pronounced like the "e" in the word "best"; a sort of "flat" e, not an a or e as in email. So it is simply Meike, as in "My-ke" :-)
DeleteThe only language I found to be hard work was French; it is also the one I have forgotten the most, since I hardly ever use it.
Florida was great for a holiday, but I don't think I would want to live there.
Thanks dear, now I will know how to say your name correctly when/if we meet in person!
DeleteHopefully some day, some where - that would be so much fun!
Mary x
It would, wouldn't it! And with you travelling so often, you could always fit in a trip to Germany :-)
DeleteNice to see the answers. I should go back and look at the questions. I think I missed more than I originally thought I had, but I do know lots of facts about you from years of reading your blog.
ReplyDeleteNo need to go back to look at the questions, Kristi, they are all in this post, too :-)
DeleteYes, attentive long-term readers of my blog will know many of the answers.
Nice photos. I think I knew (or could have guessed) the answer to about half of these questions.
ReplyDeleteI thought you would, Monica, you've known me some years now.
DeleteI knew a few of these, but some were surprises...like the fact that you speak four languages! I'm so envious of that. I'm still plodding along with Spanish lessons but I fear I'll never be fluent. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to languages, DawnTreader (the comment above yours) beats me by far - she is fluent in... I don't know, 6, 7, 8 languages? She makes me envious!
DeleteOh no, Meike... I'd only count myself as fluent in three, really (Swedish, English, German). As in able to manage a conversation, not just read a simple text or recognize a few words or phrases in authentic spoken conext... :)
ReplyDeleteI believe you'd get by very well in Spanish and Turkish. And probably Danish and Norwegian are comparatively easy for you.
DeleteIn Spanish and French, I might perhaps be able to make myself basically understood in a limited tourist kind of situation. (Never had a chance to test it though.) From what I've seen on TV (films and TV-series and news etc) I could not keep up with a 'normal' spoken conversation, though. They speak way to fast for me.
DeleteWith Danish and Norwegian, it's a different situation, because we manage pretty ok by each speaking his/her own language. Learning a bit more about the differences helps the understanding, though. But if I went to Denmark or Norway, I would speak Swedish, and they'd keep to their language, and we'd try to work out the differences with some kind of mixed 'Scandinavian' (and perhaps throwing in English if needed!)
As for Turkish, to work out the grammar of one Turkish sentence in my head is still very much like solving a crossword puzzle. In a spoken conversation they would not only have time to move on to the next chapter but to start a whole new book in the meantime! I'm happy if I can pick up enough words/phrases to understand that it IS Turkish that I hear someone speak...
Oh, and while I've learned to understand written Dutch pretty well now, I don't think I'll ever learn to "speak" it. German kind of takes over in my head - and I think it's probably best to let it, or it might all just end up in an awful mess! ;)
DeleteI bet if you lived in my flat, you'd understand Turkish in no time - it is the most spoken language here :-)
DeleteI know what you mean about sticking to your own languages when you and a Danish or Norwegian person would meet. When I went to Majorca for a holiday some years ago, I got by well enough with Italian, and understood their Spanish (and their Mallorquin) sufficiently for everyday situations.
I'm impressed with all those languages! Your English seems absolutely perfect, idiomatic too. Of course you have links with England - but I'm still impressed!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jenny! I feel very much "at home" in the English language, it does not really make a difference to me whether I am speaking/reading/writing the one or the other. Sometimes I even dream in English. That has happened in Italian, too, but never in French.
DeleteIs it my imagination or is your hair longer at the moment?
ReplyDeleteIt is not your imagination, Graham. It is definitely long enough these days to be tied into a (meagre) ponytail.
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