Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

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Timtin wrote:Below are 10 anagrams of famous people closely linked
with one particular instrument. What is the instrument,
and who is the odd man out?

1. Lush ale job (6,4),
2. Jet haze if cash (6,7),
3. Irk Liszt - refer (5,8),
4. Yum, he hid - ennui (6,7),
5. An ailments hint (6,8),
6. Hit, said Dvorak (5,8),
7. No picnic in a gaol (7,8),
8. Thank prim zeal (6,7),
9. Adroit art invasion (7,10),
10. Mix grave venom (5,8).
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1. Joshua Bell
5. Nathan Milstein
6. David Oistrakh
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Rob - so far, so good.....
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Hi Tim

I'm actually in the UK at present (conference in Cambridge next week), and enjoying the warmish summer, having come from a freezing Jo'burg.

To keep the ball rolling:

2. Jascha Heifetz
4. Yehudi Menuhin
8. Itzhak Perlman
10. Maxim Vengerov

Now over to Brian.

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Nogbert wrote:Hi Tim

I'm actually in the UK at present (conference in Cambridge next week), and enjoying the warmish summer, having come from a freezing Jo'burg.

To keep the ball rolling:

2. Jascha Heifetz
4. Yehudi Menuhin
8. Itzhak Perlman
10. Maxim Vengerov

Now over to Brian.

Jo
I haven't really got the time to look at this quiz at the moment but since Rob and Jo are tired from working too hard to complete it I will answer two of them.
3. Fritz Kreisler
7.Niccolo Paganini

who will answer No.9 I wonder
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OK Guys,
probably the most famous violin maker in history and therefore the odd man out as he was not a performer.
9. Antonio Stradivari

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Well done all, though not too taxing, I suspect.
There seem to be several Jewish names in the list,
although that wasn't intentional.
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Timtin wrote:Well done all, though not too taxing, I suspect.
There seem to be several Jewish names in the list,
although that wasn't intentional.
Dammit, Stradivarius's secret is now out, what next his secret formula for the varnish... take one pint of chamber lag, three pounds of mangelwurzel root etc...
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Here are 10 anagrams of famous people associated
with one particular instrument. What is the instrument,
and who is the odd one out?

1. Alas! Cap slob (5,6),
2. Free prior urine (6,8),
3. Orb hunger serenade (7,10),
4. Oh! Ran foray (4,6),
5. Am yo-yo (2-2,2),
6. Shaky as mimic (6,6),
7. Ran a darn rave (5,7),
8. Hit well, impale (7,6),
9. Scripts ravish Molotov (8,12),
10. Irate polluter (4,9).
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1 is Pablo Casals, and 5 is YoYo Ma, so I suspect we are dealing here with the violoncello. If you mean by 'odd one out' the person you have omitted from the list, then I can't seem to identify Jacqueline Du Pre anywhere...

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Timtin wrote:Here are 10 anagrams of famous people associated
with one particular instrument. What is the instrument,
and who is the odd one out?

1. Alas! Cap slob (5,6),
2. Free prior urine (6,8),
3. Orb hunger serenade (7,10),
4. Oh! Ran foray (4,6),
5. Am yo-yo (2-2,2),
6. Shaky as mimic (6,6),
7. Ran a darn rave (5,7),
8. Hit well, impale (7,6),
9. Scripts ravish Molotov (8,12),
10. Irate polluter (4,9).
9 is presumably Msitislav Rostropovich, but Tim, you can't count!
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