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Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:42 pm
by HullandHellandHalifax
I hope that
3 is Bernstein (pretty sure)
4 is Lully (definitely)
6 is Goria (definitely)
I will have a look at the others later though hopefully Rob will have solved the others by then
regards
Brian
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:51 pm
by rob
HullandHellandHalifax wrote:...This of course could reflect ... on the intelligence level...
I think some people's minds just do not naturally work that way. Of course, like many things, it can be a learnt skill - a degree of intelligence is of course necessary, but is not the sole deteminant! I hope I am proof of that!
HullandHellandHalifax wrote:...though hopefully Rob will have solved the others by then...
No chance. Either they jump out at me, or they don't.
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:24 pm
by Timtin
Yep chaps, so far so good - but please remember the health warning.
Rob - that clue was one of the more cryptic ones, so don't worry about
not 'seeing' it immediately.
Brian - I prefer 'coffee' in my Prokofiev, and the slight doubt over
Bernstein (burns tine) had me doubting myself.
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:26 am
by Nogbert
A couple more:
1. Holbrooke
8. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:29 am
by Timtin
That just leaves Nos. 2, 5 and 10.
Think English, French and Austrian. (They could (in theory) have met each other during the years 1901 to 1911.)
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:02 am
by HullandHellandHalifax
Timtin wrote:That just leaves Nos. 2, 5 and 10.
Think English, French and Austrian. (They could (in theory) have met each other during the years 1901 to 1911.)
2 could be Finzi
5 is Debussy
regards
Brian
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:52 am
by rob
Timtin wrote:That just leaves Nos. 2, 5 and 10.
Think English, French and Austrian. (They could (in theory) have met each other during the years 1901 to 1911.)
10 is Gruber - there are several, but the maddest is Heinz Karl!
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:50 am
by HullandHellandHalifax
rob wrote:Timtin wrote:That just leaves Nos. 2, 5 and 10.
Think English, French and Austrian. (They could (in theory) have met each other during the years 1901 to 1911.)
10 is Gruber - there are several, but the maddest is Heinz Karl!
Well done Rob, we got em all now.
OK Timtim, the next set of mind-warping puzzles please
regards
Brian
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:29 am
by rob
I thought I'd have a go at making a Tim-type quiz.
Some are very easy, others not so.
All are (I think) of one nationality:
1 An associate of Jesus (7)
2 Breakfast (3)
3 Overcooked breakfast (7)
4 Stream NOT (8)
5 More maize than precious quip (8)
6 Copulates (5)
7 Wild dog (4)
8 Not a rural dweller (8)
9 Yaaaay! (4)
10 Tick (4)
11 Before the despatcher (6)
12 Karl? (4)
13 Sixty minutes (5)
And for those that are superstitious and have some linguistic ability:
14 Black and naked (6)
Brian cannot take part since I consulted him and suggested I go ahead.
This is my first ever attempt at this sort of thing.
Rob
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:26 pm
by Timtin
Aha! Looks like the pressure's on me now!
Anyway, just to tidy things up, everything was correct with the exception
of No.10, for which the intended answer was Mahler (marl her).
Thanks again to everyone who joined in.
In the new quiz, are all Austro-Hungarians perhaps?
5 Korngold
6 Fuchs
7 Wolf
13 Auer