How great that you got your power back. An outage in this weather is no joke. We have -12F right now, but at least the wind has let up -- probably because it moved to your neighborhood.

Trivia-wise, I am clueless, both literally and figuratively. Will check back.

TM

Me too, I'll check back later for clues.

Annette

Power is back.

Next clue: most people in Europe, according to my source, can trace their ancestry back to this country.

Cynthia

Men from this country are the oldest of any in Europe when they marry with an average age of 32. According to WHO (2002), women here have the lowest rates of obesity in the EU. Couldn't resist the juxtaposition of those two facts. Haha.

Cynthia

In 2008, the World Audit listed this country as the most democratic and least corrupted country. It was second for freedom of the press.

It has probably the oldest uninterrupted European monarchy.

Boasts 14 Nobel laureates which, in a country with 5 million people, is the highest per capita ratio in the world.

Cynthia

I think I know this one do to a large population of these migrants settling in MN.

Sorry to hear that you started out the day without heat, Cynthia. Were your dogs keeping you warm during the night.?

Staying warm inside now, Bobbie. Watching "The Fellowship of the Ring" and totally love watching Aragorn's first appearance. So cool. Viggo Mortensen was perfectly cast.

The architect of the Sydney Opera House was from this country and was, in 2007, only the second person to have his work identified as a World Heritage Site while he was still alive.

Dyrehavsbakken is the world's oldest operating amusement park.

These are all facts, not fairy tales, my friends.

Cynthia

Wow, no shortage of clues now. Seems like things are pointing to something Scandinavian or Gremanic. 14 Nobel laureates!

TM

Aah, I have perhaps been to their gardens that aren't really gardens. Quite a tale. Nancy.

I'm narrowing it down :).

Annette

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtMPharrell Williams would fit in perfectly! Such happy people.

OK, I never think of Scandinavians as happy - lol.

Oh, but they are Nancy, but maybe not as effusive as Pharrell. :) -not so much today, though.

Also, some of these rankings (like the #2 in free speech) are old, but still close to what is the case now.

Cynthia

At some time in the distant past might there be have been something rotten there? Thinking out loud, is all.

TM

You are a prince of a guy, TM!

One last thought-I chose this country to honor it on a day when it is in mourning. I was amazed by everything I learned that I had never known before!

Oh my, in mourning - I have not even checked the news today.

Nancy.

I have a guess, probably wrong tho, will chime in later.

I'm going to go with Denmark.
Annette

I have not read or watched the news the last few days either. Will have to find out what happened.

Denmark is my answer as well.

A man whose name shows up in every general chemistry book is Neils Bohr. He was a Nobel laureate and a Dane so I'm going with Denmark too, though I don't remember the other 13.

TM

DenmarkCongratulations! I think you all arrived! Denmark is the country. There was an attack in Copenhagen that killed two and wounded five and is being talked about as echoing Paris and the Charlie Hebdo and grocery store shootings. In this case, he attacked a cafe hosting a free speech debate and a synagogue where a bat mitzvah was underway. Both places had high security or there might have been a much higher death toll. The gunman was killed after fleeing the scene. Same sort of profile: homegrown, criminal, became an ideologically motivated killer in prison. There has not been an awful lot of coverage, it seems, although it finally hit the front page above the fold of the Post today. So sad and so very disturbing. I will never understand the mindset of people who behave so barbarically.

Anyway, Denmark turns out to be much more impressive than I had imagined. I will link a page for you. I plan to check out some of the other countries as well. Okay, I do not get how these links work here niw. The link popped up in green at the beginning. Sigh. Let's see if I can copy stars for you. Not holding my breath.

Have a wonderful week. They are predicting 4-8 inches of snow for us and continued cold temps near 0* F. I will take the snow with possible school closing (who am I kidding? If we get more than 2 inches, we close. Ha).

Cynthia - that was interesting!! I am surprised, though if you tasted their ice cream it might not be such a shock!! Off today for Family Day and taking full advantage. It is very cold, so it is brilliantly sunny. The icicles on the eaves at my bedroom windows are starting to make me think of prison bars!!

Nancy - who is glad you furnace came back on and that you are warm!!

Thanks for the trivia question and info about Denmark. There are several hundred thousand Danish Americans in MN. Occasionally our paper will include a tidbit about Denmark.

Sad about the terrorist attack there on Saturday.

Loved the Happy video.

I hadn't seen anything about the terrorist attacks so couldn't connect the mourning clue, it's such a sad world we live in today. It was TM's clue that clinched it for me, thanks for another fun weekend guys,

Annette

Speaking of Danes, this will date me, but I always enjoyed Victor Borge. Very funny man. Thank you, Cynthia, for another trip into Trivia Land

TM

I love Victor Borge. Whenever clips of him show up on a show, we sit there giggling like idiots and it just escalates to the point if guffaws. Same goes for Jack Benny and Sid Caesar...so many of them just make us laugh uncontrollably.