08-10-2023, 05:00 PM
My Spanish is rusty, but this is what I gather:
The contestant is shown the pictures, and asked to identify the individual (Wilfrid Voynich). The host pretends like he should recognize him right away, but he doesn't (which seems normal to me, even trivia buffs would not recognize Wilfrid Voynich from a single picture).
The first contestant then guesses "19th century, Russian literature". The host says that he's on the right path. I assume they define Russian rather broadly. ELV's book was very popular in Russia, so there is certainly a link. The host adds that the person (Voynich) is "muy importante", which I guess depends on one's point of view.
The contestant guesses that the library is Trinity College and we may be looking at the Book of Kells.
On to the next contestant, who asks whether the man in the picture is a music composer - no.
Now he recalls that there is a rare book library in the USA, at Yale. It starts with a B - Bercice? Anyway, the contestant continues, there is a manuscript there called "Voynich", and he starts explaining a bit about it, radiocarbon dating etc., and that we can't translate it, it's a treatise on various topics, with nude women etc, it's been in Italy. He seems to know much about the topic, but can't solve all the images.
The host is impressed: Muy bien! Muy bien!
The third contestant is asked if she can complete the clues, and she says "I wish I could". They are still looking for Andersen and the landscape image, which is where the round ends.
The contestant is shown the pictures, and asked to identify the individual (Wilfrid Voynich). The host pretends like he should recognize him right away, but he doesn't (which seems normal to me, even trivia buffs would not recognize Wilfrid Voynich from a single picture).
The first contestant then guesses "19th century, Russian literature". The host says that he's on the right path. I assume they define Russian rather broadly. ELV's book was very popular in Russia, so there is certainly a link. The host adds that the person (Voynich) is "muy importante", which I guess depends on one's point of view.
The contestant guesses that the library is Trinity College and we may be looking at the Book of Kells.
On to the next contestant, who asks whether the man in the picture is a music composer - no.
Now he recalls that there is a rare book library in the USA, at Yale. It starts with a B - Bercice? Anyway, the contestant continues, there is a manuscript there called "Voynich", and he starts explaining a bit about it, radiocarbon dating etc., and that we can't translate it, it's a treatise on various topics, with nude women etc, it's been in Italy. He seems to know much about the topic, but can't solve all the images.
The host is impressed: Muy bien! Muy bien!
The third contestant is asked if she can complete the clues, and she says "I wish I could". They are still looking for Andersen and the landscape image, which is where the round ends.