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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

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Arabella Parker
Arabella Parker
Well-Connected

Oct-20-2005 09:16

I googled for

7. The banana split was invented in 1904 by pharmacist David Strickler in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.


LastTrain
LastTrain

Oct-20-2005 09:22

No, neither of those. Hint: a fruity gymnast might try one.

Lady Emerald Devon
Lady Emerald Devon
Nomad

Oct-20-2005 09:57

Banana Split!

LastTrain
LastTrain

Oct-20-2005 10:58

Yes! I see now Arabella got it before I posted that hint.

Good to see that pharmacist knew creative ways to keep himself busy on the job...like many of us. :-)

P. Rockwell
P. Rockwell
Well-Connected

Oct-22-2005 00:04

Ok my turn.

Famous composers and not so famous moments in music history (great knowlegde for those lame hobnob parties) :)
Who??
1. He was infatuated with a young woman. When he head she had a new boyfriend, he bought a gun, dressed up as a woman and took a train toward her. However, on route he found he could go through with his murderous plot and his this guy. So he tried to kill himself by jumping in the Mediterranean. Didn't work, they fished him out-dress and all.
2. Was not even known nationally to be a composer until someone found his works in the attic after he died . In fact, he was a insurance salesman by trade who invented the concept of estate planning.
3. Was accidentally shot dead by an American soldier just after World War II, when he stepped outside for a smoke (it can kill you fast sometimes too, eh?)
4. Heres an easy one: built a machine to strengthen the ring finger on his left hand-try it, its has the lesat range of motion. However, instead the machine paralyzed his finger ending his paino touring career.
5. His wife begged and begged him not to write it: Begged begged begged. "Bad luck" said she. "pish posh," said he. There daughter died right after the preimer of his "Songs on the Death of Children"
6. Famous for his music that was really for his friends and in turn they lovingly nicknamed him "Little Mushroom Head"
7. Was a sailor for the first 1/4th of his carrer and eventually a full Navial Officer, before even really getting into music.
8. Was on the black list of the Russian Government..the kind of list where you run and hide when the KGB walk down the street, because his music was declared Anti-Russian and he was offically declared an "Enemy of the People."
(cont...)

P. Rockwell
P. Rockwell
Well-Connected

Oct-22-2005 00:05

9. His Symphony #1 flopped so bad, he gave him a nervous breakdown and writer's block. He was only able to get over when he got help from a hyponotist. (Hint: ironic actually, in a modern movie, his Piano Concerto #3 gave that person a nervous breakdown too)
10. Was asked to orchestrate a version of "The Star Spangled Banner." The public was so outraged at is, Boston threw him in jail for it (for defiling the National Song-you know they should have done that to Rosanne Barr too). He's got the mug shot to prove it :)



Blueberry Hill
Blueberry Hill
Lucky Stiff

Oct-22-2005 12:12

I don't know a single answer! Although for #6 I'd guess Elgar, since his Enigma Variations were written for and about his friends.

LastTrain
LastTrain

Oct-24-2005 07:34

*(for defiling the National Song-you know they should have done that to Rosanne Barr too)*

Perhaps they also should have done that with Francis Scott Key. ;-)

P. Rockwell
P. Rockwell
Well-Connected

Oct-24-2005 21:08

ok my fault for doing it on....this

1. Hector Berlioz
2. Charles Ives
3. Anton Webern
4. Robert Schumann
5. Gustav Mahler
6. Franz Schubert
7. Nicholi Rimsky-Korsakov
8. Dmitri Shostakovich
9. Sergi Rachmaninoff (has anyone seen SHINE-it was the piano concerto "rock 3"
10. Igor Stravinsky


LadyBugg
LadyBugg

Oct-24-2005 21:20

definately in!

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