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Schroedinger's cat
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[Mastermind music plays]
Ladies, gentlemen and avatars, welcome to the first round of Mastermind on the ship.
The first round is the specialised subject round. 20 questions will be posted at ( or around ) a given time. The contestant will then have 24 hours from that point to provide answeres to all of the questions IN ORDER. This can be done in as many posts as required. The original questioner will then provide the answers/marks.
Our first contestant will be Alaric the Goth, who will be answering questions on British and Irish steam locomotives, set by Marvin the Martian, from around 12:00 on Monday, 6th September.
Our second contestant will be Wesleyswig, who will be answering questions on Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, set by Riggwelter but posted by me from around 12:00 on Tuesday 7th September.
Our third contestant will be Choris-ter, who will be answering questions on Church Coral music, 1550 - 1950, set by Vikki Pollard from around 12:00 on Wednesday 8th September.
Our Fourth contestant will be Papa Smurf, who will be answering questions on Novelty Number 1's of the 1980's and 1990's, set by Splosh when a time can be agreed.
Could all of the contestants please briefly introduce themselves, and explain why they have chosen their subject. Just to relax the audience.
And remember - it's just a game. It's called "Public Humiliation"
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat.:
Our third contestant will be Choris-ter, who will be answering questions on Church Coral music,
Coral music sounds fascinating!! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Unfortunately I don't know much about Coral music, but I do sing the other stuff quite a bit.
Urgent whisper: Pants! help me out here! ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
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Maybe its stuff you sing while floating around on a river in a round tub?
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Schroedinger's cat
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Yeah yeah - alright. Choral music. I was tired. OK.
And don't make me start deducting points from the audience, OK Pants?
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![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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Riggwelter
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat.:
Our second contestant will be Wesleyswig, who will be answering questions on Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, set by Riggwelter but posted by me from around 12:00 on Tuesday 7th September.
I thought it was the other way around...?
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[Edit for typo]
[ 05. September 2004, 18:26: Message edited by: Riggwelter ]
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Schroedinger's cat
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Riggwelter - sorry, my mistake. Maybe I should ask for this thread to be closed and start again ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Riggwelter
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat.:
Riggwelter - sorry, my mistake. Maybe I should ask for this thread to be closed and start again
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
Ah, it's the weekend, anything is forgiven at the weekend...
Anyway, I'm to introduce myself, right? Okay...
Well, my name is Rigg Welter, I'm from Drunken Haze (that's a small village in Sherryshire), and in a few weeks time I start training as a vicar.
I've been a fan of Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister since my mid-teens when I borrowed an audio cassette of the first few episodes from my local library. It started a love affair that will surely never end. I love the fact that most storylines are based on actual events, it's real "you couldn't make it up" territory.
Oh, and, back in 1995, I won the "Best 5% of the Web" award for the original (and, hey, still the best) YM/YPM fan website. I am ther uber-fan, and I intend to win ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Alaric the Goth
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Greetings!
My name is Alaric the Goth. I am from Sunderland and now live and work in the Kingdom of Elmet (that's Elfed for any Welsh folks in the audience). I have been interested in steam locomotives since my parents took me to see 'Flying Scotsman' go through my local station when I was 3. I have been interested in Dark Age barbarians since reading 'Lord of the Rings', when aged 16.
I like Riggwelter (the ale, rather than the contestant).
posted by Rw: quote:
I've been a fan of Yes,...since my mid teens
So have I. And Rush.
Please Mr S. Cat, can I have my questions an hour earlier, at 11a.m.?
Thankyou.
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Riggwelter
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Alaric:
I like Riggwelter (the ale, rather than the contestant).
Which is not to suggest any deep-seated hatred between us. Juicy though that would be for the tabloid Mastermind Correspondents.
quote:
Also posted by that crazy Goth:
Please Mr S. Cat, can I have my questions an hour earlier, at 11a.m.?
Wow, keen...
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Schroedinger's cat
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Alaric - I have contacted Marvin and asked him to post his questions as soon as he can.
Although he only had 4 on Friday, so he is really under pressure. Almost as much as you will be shortly .......
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Schroedinger's cat
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Due to unforseen circumstances, Alaric and Marvin will be exchanging roles for this game. Therefore Alaric has set some questions for Marvin, which will be posted here shortly.
And it has to get better from here on .... ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Marvin the Martian
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat.:
Although he only had 4 on Friday, so he is really under pressure.
Too much pressure sadly ![[Frown]](frown.gif) .
Sorry Alaric .
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Schroedinger's cat
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Sorry? You will be.....
The following questions have been set by Alaric for Marvin, on the subject of "UK Narrow Gauge Railways"
Marvin - you have 24 hours from the time of this post to provide your answers, in order please.
1. Which narrow gauge railway has been built on the trackbed of an ex-North Eastern Railway standard gauge branch line in Cumbria/Northumberland?
2. What are the names of the two former Corris Railway steam locos now on the Talyllyn Railway?
3. Which of the three surviving Vale of Rheidol steam locos was built by the original VoR Railway (rather than the GWR)?
4. What is the gauge of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway?
5. What is the name of the only surviving steam loco from the original Welsh Highland Railway?
6. Two sections (one in the UK!) of the former CDRJC are preserved. What does CDRJC stand for?
7. What is the name of the upland terminus of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway?
8. What is the name of the Ffestiniog Railway’s replica ‘Single Fairlie’?
9. What is the book called detailing the pioneering efforts to re-open the Talyllyn Railway?
10. ‘Caledonia’ is an 0-6-0T built for which former Isle of Man railway company?
11. Where would you find The Earl and The Countess?
12. What is the English name of ‘Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid’?
13. Which Hebridean island has a narrow gauge railway on it?
14. Which railway is home to a narrow gauge Baldwin 4-6-2, brought from South Africa?
15. Which Leeds company built the numerous 0-4-0STs used by Welsh slate quarries, and now on many narrow gauge preserved railways?
16. Which narrow gauge line has been built on the trackbed of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Clayton West branch?
17. What is the gauge of the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway in Kent?
18. Which Bedfordshire town is home to a 2’ gauge line that used to be used to carry sand?
19. Which locomotive builders built the standard Isle of Man Railways 2-4-0Ts?
20. Which narrow gauge line includes the name of a distillery in its title?
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Marvin the Martian
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1. Which narrow gauge railway has been built on the trackbed of an ex-North Eastern Railway standard gauge branch line in Cumbria/Northumberland?
The South Tynedale Railway
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2. What are the names of the two former Corris Railway steam locos now on the Talyllyn Railway?
Sir Hadyn and Edward Thomas
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3. Which of the three surviving Vale of Rheidol steam locos was built by the original VoR Railway (rather than the GWR)?
#9 Prince of Wales
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4. What is the gauge of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway?
15 inches
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5. What is the name of the only surviving steam loco from the original Welsh Highland Railway?
Russell
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Alaric the Goth
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All correct so far, Marvin (well it's Sir Haydn not 'Hadyn', but I'll let you off the typo!
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Marvin the Martian
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6. Two sections (one in the UK!) of the former CDRJC are preserved. What does CDRJC stand for?
County Donegal Railway Joint Company
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7. What is the name of the upland terminus of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway?
Dalegarth
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8. What is the name of the Ffestiniog Railway’s replica ‘Single Fairlie’?
Taliesin
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9. What is the book called detailing the pioneering efforts to re-open the Talyllyn Railway?
Pass
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10. ‘Caledonia’ is an 0-6-0T built for which former Isle of Man railway company?
Manx Northern Railway
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Marvin the Martian
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quote:
Originally posted by Alaric the Goth:
well it's Sir Haydn not 'Hadyn', but I'll let you off the typo!
I should think so too...
Remembers he has yet to set half of Alaric's questions. Grins. ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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Alaric the Goth
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6. Incorrect: County Donegal Railways Joint Committee
7. Correct
8. Correct
9. You passed: 'Railway Adventure' by LTC Rolt
10. Correct
8/10 so far, with 1 pass
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Marvin the Martian
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11. Where would you find The Earl and The Countess??
On the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway - they're locomotives.
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12. What is the English name of ‘Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid’??
Bala Lake Railway
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13. Which Hebridean island has a narrow gauge railway on it??
Mull
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14. Which railway is home to a narrow gauge Baldwin 4-6-2, brought from South Africa??
Brecon Mountain Railway
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15. Which Leeds company built the numerous 0-4-0STs used by Welsh slate quarries, and now on many narrow gauge preserved railways?
Hunslet
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Alaric the Goth
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Good performance! - all those five correct, total 13/15 with 1 pass.
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Marvin the Martian
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quote:
Originally posted by Alaric the Goth:
6. Incorrect: County Donegal Railways Joint Committee
DamnDamnDamnDamnDamnDamnDamn
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Marvin the Martian
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Right - time for the big finish ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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16. Which narrow gauge line has been built on the trackbed of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Clayton West branch?
Kirklees Light Railway
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17. What is the gauge of the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway in Kent?
2'6"
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18. Which Bedfordshire town is home to a 2’ gauge line that used to be used to carry sand?
Leyton Buzzard
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19. Which locomotive builders built the standard Isle of Man Railways 2-4-0Ts?
Beyer Peacock
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20. Which narrow gauge line includes the name of a distillery in its title?
Giants Causeway & Bushmills Railway
Mmmmmm... Bushmills :drool:
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Alaric the Goth
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All correct! (though isn't it Leighton, not Leyton!?)
Your final score for the specialist subject round is 18 out of 20 with one pass.
V. sound performance, and all in well under 2 hours!
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Marvin the Martian
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quote:
Originally posted by Alaric the Goth:
All correct! (though isn't it Leighton, not Leyton!?)
You know, I beieve it is. Oops.
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Your final score for the specialist subject round is 18 out of 20 with one pass.
V. sound performance, and all in well under 2 hours!
Thank you. Most of the time was spent trying to remember what the Kirklees Light Railway was called, the Irish ones (you sneaky devil, you ), and the one I passed (which I really should have got, since I've read most of it ). Those were the questions where you can picture me looking very worried on the famous chair...
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Schroedinger's cat
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Marvin - well done with 18/20 and 1 pass.
As to Leyton and Leighton, it is Leighton, but as the name I belive derives from a town on the river Lea - along with Luton and Leyton in East London - I think you can away with it. Future contestants may need to consider that spelling/typing may be penalised.
Tomorrow - the next contestant. I think it should be Riggwelter, but what do I know ....
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Riggwelter
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat.:
Tomorrow - the next contestant. I think it should be Riggwelter, but what do I know ....
Bring. It. On.
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Schroedinger's cat
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Riggwelter - 20 questions on Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister.
1)What is the full name of Jim Hacker’s special political advisor?
2) What department did Jim Hacker run?
3) How is a Government Press release described in “The Economy Drive”?
4)In “The Bishop’s Gambit” what should the Bench of Bishops have a fair balance of?
5) In the Foreign Office, what are the following titles referred to as?CMG,KCMG,GCMG
6)Why did James Hacker turn down the chance to be photographed with a donkey at City Farm?
7) In “Party Games” What is the first rule of politics?
8)It is said that “ The Times is read by the people who run the country & The Daily Mail is read by the wives of those who run the country.” How are Guardian and Sun readers described?
9)In “The Key”, who gains his cummupance.
10) Which actor played the part of Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister?
11) When did the first episode of Yes Minister originally air?
12) When did the last episode of Yes Prime Minister originally air?
13) What phrase implied that Sir Humphrey was wishing to put off an idea/document/act?
14) What did Jim Hacker’s Daughter threaten to do, to save a badger colony?
15) Which episode scored the highest ratings out of both Yes Minister & Yes Prime Minister on it’s initial showing?
16)What battle was Jim fighting when he was elevated to the position of Prime Minister
17)What is the constituency that Jim Hacker represents?
18)Which portfolio did Jim hold in the shadow cabinet?
19) What is the only economy drive that takes place in the episode of the same name?
20) Which Prime Minister was an avid fan of the show?
You have until 12:00 tomorrow to answer. Of course, the lightning pace set by the previous contestant may inspire you.
Wesleyswig or I will mark them, depending on who is around more.
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Riggwelter
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat.:
Riggwelter - 20 questions on Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister.
Cool, I get back from the pub and here they are...
1) Frank Wiesel (pronounced Why-sell)
2) Dept of Administrative Affairs
3) "Not delivered under oath"
4) Knaves and Queens
5) Call Me God, Kindly Call Me God, God Calls Me God
6) To avoid the caption "A meeting of the inner cabinet"
7) Every man for himself
8) Guardian readers think the country should be run by another country, and Sun
readers don't care who runs the country so long as she has big tits
9) Sir Humphrey
10) Derek Fowlds
11) 1980
12) 1988
13) He would describe it as "courageous"
14) Stage a nude protest
15) Party Games
16) The battle of the Eurosausage
17) Birmingham East
18) Environment
19) Proposal for the reduction in the number of tea ladies
20) Margaret Thatcher
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Wow! A mere 32 minutes. One would have to assume that he actually knew the majority of the answers without even having to Google!
Gremlin
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Riggwelter
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quote:
Originally posted by Gremlin:
Wow! A mere 32 minutes. One would have to assume that he actually knew the majority of the answers without even having to Google!
Let's wait and see how many I actually got right eh?
Although I reckon it was bout 15 mins once I'd got back to my computer...
Yes, I know I'm setting myself up to look really stupid...
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Schroedinger's cat
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Well done Riggwelter. If Wesleyswig doesn't get here before me, I will mark these when I get home.
Just to keep you in suspense for a bit longer.
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Marvin the Martian
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quote:
Originally posted by Gremlin:
Wow! A mere 32 minutes. One would have to assume that he actually knew the majority of the answers without even having to Google!
Gremlin
You sayin' I didn't? ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
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Schroedinger's cat
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These are the answers as supplied by Wesleyswig. Except for the one which I haven't had an answer for yet, so I will have to wait for Wesleyswig ....
1. Correct
2. Correct
3. Wrong - "It’s dishonest, it’s juggling with figures, it’s pulling wool over people’s eyes"
4. Wrong ( although I like your answer! ) "Those who believe in God and those who Don’t"
5. Correct
6. On the cover of Private Eye was specifically mentioned, but I will accept that.
7. Wrong. "Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
8. Wrong. The guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country
9. Correct
10. Correct
11. Correct
12. Correct
13. Wrong. "within the fullness of time"
14. Correct
15. Wesleyswig - what is the answer!!!!!!
16. Correct
17. Correct
18. Correct
19. Wrong. Jim Hacker creates a new department (Watch Dog Office) and before they had even employed anyone then the department was abolished.
20. Correct
I think that makes 13/20 and no passes. Well done. And still waiting for one more answer, so you could get 14!
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
quote:
Originally posted by Gremlin:
Wow! A mere 32 minutes. One would have to assume that he actually knew the majority of the answers without even having to Google!
Gremlin
You sayin' I didn't?
Yes
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Choral Music 1550 - 1950
1) This motet was scored for 40 individual voices, divided into eight choirs of five voices each. What was it called and who wrote it?
2) From what Greek word meaning ‘a band of singers and dancers’ are the words ‘chorus’ and ‘choir’ derived?
3) What is a counter-tenor?
4) What is the name for a concert opera which dramatises a story, often from the Bible, without the use of costumes or scenery?
5) The choral club ‘the Sons of Handel’ was formed in 1810 in which city?
6) This composer was one of the earliest musicians to write verse anthems exclusively for the English rite, which included ‘See, see, the Word is Incarnate’ and ‘This is the record of John’. Who is he?
7) Which Gothic architectural feature lent its name to church choirs in the eighteenth century?
8) Name three Harvest Anthems.
9) Born in 1765, one of Mozart’s favourite pupils, he became organist in St Paul’s Cathedral and is remembered for such works as: ‘Turn thy face from my sins’ and ‘Enter not into judgement’. Who is he?
10) To which piece of music does this scathing criticism by K.R. Long refer?
“Sparrow-Simpson’s appalling doggerel set to *******’s squalid music is a monument to the inane. It is frightening that such a piece should remain so popular since it proves that most people will accept whatever they hear in church quite uncritically; indeed, they regard criticism as a form of sacrilege.”
11) “Right, William, and so they be – miserable dumbledores!” said the whole choir with unanimity.
Which book (not Harry Potter) does this wonderful example of getting a whole choir to agree on something come from?
12) Midway between Hull and York lies a village with a Catholic chapel of great significance to the performance of choral music. What is the village, and what is the name of the chapel?
13) Which Christmas choral work, composed in 1942, was inspired by the composer’s discovery of ‘The English Galaxy of Shorter Poems’?
14) Which composer wrote the ‘Coronation Te Deum’, sung at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II?
15) Raymond Loughborough’s ‘The Farmer’s Lad’ is arranged for which four vocal parts?
16) Which composer, who died at the age of 36, became known as ‘the English Orpheus’?
17) Which allegedly prophetic work, which was begun on the day WWII broke out, contains the movement titled, ‘Chorus of the self-righteous: We cannot have them in our Empire’ ?
18) What is the name of the tune to which choirs sing, ‘This Joyful Eastertide’?
19) Sadly, it is not possible to find a question relating to girl choristers before 1950 – however, which ancient cathedral became the first English cathedral to establish a separate and independent foundation for girl choristers in 1991?
20) ‘A hymn for soprano, mixed chorus and organ. Written and first performed to mark the dedication of the Pilgrim's Pavement in the central nave of St John's Cathedral, New York.’ Give the title and composer of this piece.
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P.S. re Q 19 - the cathedral dates from well before 1950 so I thought I'd sneak it in in the interests of sexual equality...
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Vikki - thank you. Choris-ter - you have a reasonable time to answer these questions.
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Sorry if you've had a long wait, I've been out for a large part of the day.
Anyway, here are my attempts at the first ten:
1) 'Spem in Alium' by Thomas Tallis (I was given this for my 40th birthday )
2) choros
3) male alto
4) Oratorio
5) Dublin
6) Orlando Gibbons (one of my favourite church music composers)
7) not sure I understand the question, but I'm assuming you mean 'Chancel'
8) Well, we always sing 'Thou visitest the Earth' by Greene, every year. But the RSCM recommend, amongst others, 'Creator, Lord of Wonder' by Bertalot, and 'Look at the World' by Rutter.
9) Thomas Attwood. (We regularly sing 'Turn thy face from my sins', but not 'Enter not into Judgement')
10) This must be Stainer's Crucifixion - loved and hated by so many!
OK, enjoy these answers for starters. I'll post the rest once I've had chance to have a cup of tea!
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Wow Vikki! What questions!!
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I think she had some help from a West Gallery enthusiast, Pants OK, all the answers to all the questions are 'West Gallery' ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Now, to provide a bit of variety, here are my answers to the next few. Everytime I am lulled by a fairly easy question, along come a couple of real beasties (the answers to which only seem to appear in a dog-eared West Gallery Enthusiasts Guidebook )
11) Under the Greenwood Tree, by Thomas Hardy
12) I think it must be Everingham, St. Mary and St. Everilda (which seems to have a myriad of musical connections)
13) 'A Ceremony of Carols' by Benjamin Britten. Glorious words!
14) William Walton
15) AATB
16) Henry Purcell
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17) Tippett's 'A Child of our Time'
18) Vruechten (we sing this every Easter. Our choir is rather predictable.....)
19) Salisbury
20) 'The Pilgrim Pavement' by Ralph Vaughan Williams
PHEW! now I need another cup of tea! ![[Snore]](graemlins/snore.gif)
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Choris-ter - well done. Now we have to await Vikki to mark.
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Originally posted by Choris-ter:
I think she had some help from a West Gallery enthusiast, Pants OK, all the answers to all the questions are 'West Gallery'
Okay, shoot me, I'm ignorant, but before you do... what on earth is 'West Gallery'?
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Wondering why she didn't actually put 'West Gallery' as the answer to the one question it WAS the answer to...
Sadly I didn't have any help - not even from the person who offered... sigh... maybe if I have to set the General Knowledge..? (Good grief, I DON'T do I?? )
OK just off to mark them - looks like a very high scoring round to me.
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quote:
Originally posted by Choris-ter:
Sorry if you've had a long wait, I've been out for a large part of the day.
Anyway, here are my attempts at the first ten:
1) 'Spem in Alium' by Thomas Tallis (I was given this for my 40th birthday )
Correct
2) choros
Yup
3) male alto
Oh go on then (but don't say that to a counter-tenor if he's in a snotty mood!)
4) Oratorio
Yes
5) Dublin
Correct
6) Orlando Gibbons (one of my favourite church music composers)
Bril but no bonus point even though I agree
7) not sure I understand the question, but I'm assuming you mean 'Chancel'
No, funnily enough, I meant WEST BL***Y GALLERY!!!!!!
8) Well, we always sing 'Thou visitest the Earth' by Greene, every year. But the RSCM recommend, amongst others, 'Creator, Lord of Wonder' by Bertalot, and 'Look at the World' by Rutter.
Fair enough
9) Thomas Attwood. (We regularly sing 'Turn thy face from my sins', but not 'Enter not into Judgement')
That's the geezer!
10) This must be Stainer's Crucifixion - loved and hated by so many!
But of COURSE!!!!!! Marks so far - 9 out of a possible 10 (I STILL haven't worked out how to use quotes from more than one post in a post - please tell me someone!)
OK, enjoy these answers for starters. I'll post the rest once I've had chance to have a cup of tea!
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Originally posted by Choris-ter:
11) Under the Greenwood Tree, by Thomas Hardy
Yes
12) I think it must be Everingham, St. Mary and St. Everilda (which seems to have a myriad of musical connections)
Excellent guess!
13) 'A Ceremony of Carols' by Benjamin Britten. Glorious words!
Oh yeah lay them on me Baby... (I love these pieces)
14) William Walton
Uh-huh
15) AATB
Yes
16) Henry Purcell
Yes! 6 out of 6...
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Originally posted by Choris-ter:
17) Tippett's 'A Child of our Time'
Yes
18) Vruechten (we sing this every Easter. Our choir is rather predictable.....)
Correct
19) Salisbury
Yup
20) 'The Pilgrim Pavement' by Ralph Vaughan Williams
YEY!!!!!
PHEW! now I need another cup of tea!
And very well-deserved indeed! At the end of your specialist subject round you have scored a total of 19 points and NO PASSES!!!!! ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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Choris-ter well done indeed.
In a change to the scheduled line-up, I have now heard form Splosh, so I am looking to see if we will have 2 more contestants next week.
In the meantime, the general knowledge round is a free for all - anyone ( except the contestants ) can ask sets of questions. But we haven't got there yet. And I sometimes wonder if we ever will.
( I never realised how much work was involved in running a quiz like this! )
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