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Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:51 am
by rob
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).
Violin
1. Joshua Bell
5. Nathan Milstein
6. David Oistrakh
brain too addled to do any more - yawn ZZZzzzzz.... (bed)
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:40 am
by Timtin
Rob - so far, so good.....
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:05 am
by Nogbert
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
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:44 am
by HullandHellandHalifax
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
regards
Brian
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:49 am
by HullandHellandHalifax
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
Brianus HullandhellandHalifaxius fecit
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:12 pm
by Timtin
Well done all, though not too taxing, I suspect.
There seem to be several Jewish names in the list,
although that wasn't intentional.
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:30 pm
by HullandHellandHalifax
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...
Brian
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:11 am
by Timtin
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).
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:12 am
by fredbucket
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...
Regards
Fred
Re: Musical puns, jokes, and teasers
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:24 am
by rob
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!