Reverent Entertainment http://reverent.org/ reverent updates Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:00:00 PST en-us Sounds like Faulkner http://ecclesiastes911.net/sounds_like_faulkner/ http://ecclesiastes911.net/sounds_like_faulkner/ Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:00:00 PST

Results of Machine translation or Faulkner quiz.

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The vote for the worst painting 2013 at the International Pavel Jerdanowitch Painting Contest has started.

]]> What really happened in Room 101? http://reverent.org/goldstein_on_room_101.html http://reverent.org/goldstein_on_room_101.html Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:30:00 PST

Forbidden knowledge directly from Goldstein.

]]> 2012 Jerdanowitch Contest Results http://reverent.org/painting_contest_results_2012.html http://reverent.org/painting_contest_results_2012.html Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:10:00 PST

Results of the 2012 International Pavel Jerdanowitch Painting Contest have been released

]]> Quiz: Michelangelo or Hitler's sculptor? http://reverent.org/michelangelo_or_hitlers_sculptor.html http://reverent.org/michelangelo_or_hitlers_sculptor.html Mon, 4 Jun 2012 13:40:00 PST

Can you tell Hitler's sculptor Arno Breker from Michelangelo?

]]> Vote for the worst painting 2012! http://reverent.org/bad_painting_contest.html http://reverent.org/bad_painting_contest.html Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:30:00 PST

The vote for the worst painting 2012 at the International Pavel Jerdanowitch Painting Contest has started.

]]> Fingerprints of fraud in British elections http://reverent.org/british_elections_also_rigged/ http://reverent.org/british_elections_also_rigged/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:35:00 PST

Had 2010 British elections been rigged?

]]> Monkeys get a silver in Abstract Art Olympics http://ecclesiastes911.net/abstract_art_olympics/ http://ecclesiastes911.net/abstract_art_olympics/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:45:00 PST

The difference between abstract artists and monkey artists is less than the difference between gold and silver medalists.

]]> Abstract art grandmasters score like class D amateurs http://ecclesiastes911.net/abstract_grandmasters/ http://ecclesiastes911.net/abstract_grandmasters/ Fri, 21 Nov 2011 22:00:00 PST

A competition of abstract artists with children and animals compared to chess game

]]> Berezovsky number http://reverent.org/berezovsky_number.html http://reverent.org/berezovsky_number.html Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:30:00 PST

A hidden criminal network revealed using scientific methods.

]]> 2011 Jerdanowitch Contest Results http://reverent.org/painting_contest_results_2011.html http://reverent.org/painting_contest_results_2011.html Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:00:00 PST

Results of the 2011 International Pavel Jerdanowitch Painting Contest have been released

]]> Quiz: A criminal, or not? http://reverent.org/criminal_or_not/ http://reverent.org/criminal_or_not/ Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:00:00 PST

Can you tell a criminal from a law-abiding citizen?

]]> The superstition of our age http://ecclesiastes911.net/mozart_and_salieri/ http://ecclesiastes911.net/mozart_and_salieri/ Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:00:00 PST

Ear-opening results of "Mozart or Salieri?" quiz

]]> Vote for the worst painting 2011! http://reverent.org/bad_painting_contest.html http://reverent.org/bad_painting_contest.html Fri, 1 Apr 2011 01:16:00 PST The vote for the worst painting 2011 at the International Pavel Jerdanowitch Painting Contest has started. Black is white: Experiments on Suggestion http://ecclesiastes911.net/suggestion/ http://ecclesiastes911.net/suggestion/ Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:00:00 PST

A film showing revealing psychological experiments. Translated by us from Russian.

]]> The video of Dr. Fox Lecture http://ecclesiastes911.net/doctor_fox.html http://ecclesiastes911.net/doctor_fox.html Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:00:00 PST

Forty years ago a group of researchers hired an actor to lecture on a subject he knew nothing. The attendees (PhDs and MDs) were asked to evaluate the speaker and he got high grades. I located the organizer of this lecture, Donald Naftulin, and got from him the video.

]]> 2010 Jerdanowitch Contest Results http://reverent.org/painting_contest_results_2010.html http://reverent.org/painting_contest_results_2010.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PST

Results of the 2010 International Pavel Jerdanowitch Painting Contest have been released

]]> Vote for the worst painting 2010! http://reverent.org/bad_painting_contest.html http://reverent.org/bad_painting_contest.html Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:16:00 PST The vote for the worst painting 2010 at the International Pavel Jerdanowitch Painting Contest has started. Quiz: Einstein or Hitler? http://reverent.org/einstein_or_hitler.html http://reverent.org/einstein_or_hitler.html Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:00:00 PST Some of these quotations belong to Albert Einstein, the other - to Adolf Hitler. Can you tell which is which? A new puzzle http://reverent.org/puzzle.html#gaijin http://reverent.org/puzzle.html#gaijin Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:00 PST

A new puzzle for you.

]]> Quiz: Bremen Artists http://reverent.org/bremen_artists.html http://reverent.org/bremen_artists.html Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:00:00 PST Some of the images displayed below are masterpieces of Abstract Art, created by great artists. The rest were painted by Bremen Artists (a dog, a cat, a pig, an elephant and an ape). Can you tell which is which? Take this quiz to find out. 2009 Jerdanowitch Contest Results http://reverent.org/painting_contest_results_2009.html http://reverent.org/painting_contest_results_2009.html Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:31:00 PST

Results of the 2009 International Pavel Jerdanowitch Painting Contest have been released

]]> Quiz: Vermeer or Meegeren? http://reverent.org/vermeer_or_meegeren.html http://reverent.org/vermeer_or_meegeren.html Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:00:00 PST Dutch artist Han van Meegeren was so belittled by art critics, that he could not exhibit any longer. He decided to avenge. He painted several pictures and passed them as newly discovered works of 17th century Dutch artist Jan Vermeer van Delft. The pictures were soon recognized as masterpieces and sold for equivalent of millions of dollars in today's money. Art ctritics could not tell the artist they ridiculed from a known genius. And what about you? Can you tell Vermeer from Meegeren? Take this quiz to find out. Vote for the worst painting 2009! http://reverent.org/bad_painting_contest.html http://reverent.org/bad_painting_contest.html Wed, 1 Apr 2009 02:33:00 PST The vote for the worst painting 2009 at the International Pavel Jerdanowitch Painting Contest has started. A new year present for the untalented http://ecclesiastes911.net/theory_of_aces.html http://ecclesiastes911.net/theory_of_aces.html Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:52:00 PST During the "Manhattan project" (the making of nuclear bomb), physicist Enrico Fermi asked General Leslie Groves, the head of the project, what is the definition of a "great" general. Groves replied that any general who had won five battles in a row might safely be called great. Fermi then asked how many generals are great. Groves said about three out of every hundred. Fermi conjectured that if the chance of winning one battle is 1/2 then the chance of winning five battles in a row is (1/2)5 = 1/32. So you are right, General, about three out of every hundred. Mathematical probability, not genius.

Balm for the untelanted, or unbridled truth?

]]> Puzzle: True marble, or not? http://reverent.org/puzzle.html#marble http://reverent.org/puzzle.html#marble Sat, 14 Nov 2008 23:35:00 PST

Is this true marble, or linoleum imitation?

]]> Reverent Font http://reverent.org/reverent_font.html http://reverent.org/reverent_font.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:14:00 PST

The title of our site is now written in unusual letters

]]> Authors Welcome http://reverent.org/authors_welcome.html http://reverent.org/authors_welcome.html Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:21:00 PST If you have interesting materials (quizzes, essays or something else) in spirit of our website we will consider them for publication. 2008 Pavel Jerdanowitch Painting Contest Results http://reverent.org/painting_contest_results_2008.html http://reverent.org/painting_contest_results_2008.html Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:09:00 PST

Results of the 2008 International Pavel Jerdanowitch Painting Contest have been released

]]> What does this picture mean? http://reverent.org/puzzle.html http://reverent.org/puzzle.html Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:51:00 PST

What does this mean?

]]> Vote for the worst painting 2008! http://reverent.org/bad_painting_contest.html http://reverent.org/bad_painting_contest.html Tue, 1 Apr 2008 06:07:00 PST The vote for the worst painting 2008 at the International Pavel Jerdanowitch Painting Contest has started. Let us be fair to Malevich http://reverent.org/let_us_be_fair_to_malevich.html http://reverent.org/let_us_be_fair_to_malevich.html Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:40:00 PST Sometimes I hear the objection that my test "True art, or fake?" has a flaw. You see, to evaluate the quality one needs to see not a small image on the monitor, but a big painting in a museum. Quiz: Donald Judd, or Cheap Furniture? http://reverent.org/donald_judd_or_cheap_furniture.html http://reverent.org/donald_judd_or_cheap_furniture.html Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST Some of the photos displayed below show exquisite furniture, created by the famous minimalist sculptor Donald Judd. These masterpieces of design are meant for furnishing apartments that also contain famous abstract paintings. The rest of the photos show ordinary cheap furniture. Can you tell which is which? Quiz: Poe-tical, or not? http://reverent.org/poe-tical_or_not.html http://reverent.org/poe-tical_or_not.html Thu, 5 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST In 1877 an unrecognized poet James Whitcomb Riley received another letter of rejection from an editor. He decided to avenge. Riley took one of his poems and passed it as if it was a newly discovered work of Edgar Allan Poe. This poem was, of course, published and soon recognized as a masterpiece. The editors could not tell the poet, whom they had rejected, from Poe. And what about you?