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  • Serial_Apologist
    Full Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 37683

    Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post
    I was disappointed Durham lost. Not just because they knew about classical music (unlike Paxo who can't pronounce Tannhäuser) but because they had a woman in the team and I was a student there umpteen years ago.
    That must make you an umpteen ager then, gurney!

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    • ardcarp
      Late member
      • Nov 2010
      • 11102

      I think Durham has a chance if they win twice more...according to UC's arcane system.

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26536

        Originally posted by Rolmill View Post
        Yes, that was very impressive - much quicker than me!
        Same here. It sometimes happens I can get a piece from just the first chord, but Kohn got that one before my ears had even registered the first chord
        "...the isle is full of noises,
        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26536

          I’m backing the winners this week (15/2) to get the title. Pretty dazzling and seemingly delightful people too.
          "...the isle is full of noises,
          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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          • Rolmill
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 634

            Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
            I’m backing the winners this week (15/2) to get the title. Pretty dazzling and seemingly delightful people too.
            Yes they were very good this week, but they have already lost twice, so not unbeatable. Their captain was very quick on the buzzer though!

            I think Warwick will be very hard to beat this year.

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            • LHC
              Full Member
              • Jan 2011
              • 1557

              Originally posted by Rolmill View Post
              Yes they were very good this week, but they have already lost twice, so not unbeatable. Their captain was very quick on the buzzer though!

              I think Warwick will be very hard to beat this year.
              I agree; Imperial have been quite inconsistent this year. When they've been good, and the starter questions have fallen well for them (and for their captain in particular), they appear all but unstoppable. But the two contests they lost were not at all close, and they were well beaten. They could still win, but they would need some luck to do so. I don't think they are as astonishing as last year's winning team.
              "I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
              Lady Bracknell The importance of Being Earnest

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26536

                Originally posted by LHC View Post
                I agree; Imperial have been quite inconsistent this year. When they've been good, and the starter questions have fallen well for them (and for their captain in particular), they appear all but unstoppable. But the two contests they lost were not at all close, and they were well beaten. They could still win, but they would need some luck to do so. I don't think they are as astonishing as last year's winning team.
                Very true, both (inc Rolmill). But I like their style! And their skipper knows his music!
                "...the isle is full of noises,
                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                • ardcarp
                  Late member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 11102

                  Do science students know more about the Arts than vice-versa?

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                  • Serial_Apologist
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 37683

                    Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
                    Do science students know more about the Arts than vice-versa?
                    I don't know, though I've often heard it said that mathematicians like the music of JS Bach more than do lovers of 19th century Romantic music because of what they see as its objectivity and logic.

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                    • Rolmill
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 634

                      Originally posted by LHC View Post
                      I agree; Imperial have been quite inconsistent this year. When they've been good, and the starter questions have fallen well for them (and for their captain in particular), they appear all but unstoppable. But the two contests they lost were not at all close, and they were well beaten. They could still win, but they would need some luck to do so. I don't think they are as astonishing as last year's winning team.
                      Yes, and the bigger defeat was to Warwick. I agree with NA though that they come across very well (inclusive, non-arrogant, seem to be enjoying themselves) and I would be pleased if they progress.

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                      • Rolmill
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 634

                        Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
                        Do science students know more about the Arts than vice-versa?
                        I suppose a science student is more likely to read Dickens or listen to Mozart than an arts student is to memorise the periodic table in his spare time.

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                        • ardcarp
                          Late member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 11102

                          Originally posted by Rolmill View Post
                          I suppose a science student is more likely to read Dickens or listen to Mozart than an arts student is to memorise the periodic table in his spare time.


                          One is reminded of C.P. Snow's The two Cultures.

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26536

                            Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
                            Same here. It sometimes happens I can get a piece from just the first chord, but Kohn got that one before my ears had even registered the first chord
                            A very good music round in Monday’s contest, again featuring Mr Kohn!
                            "...the isle is full of noises,
                            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                            • LHC
                              Full Member
                              • Jan 2011
                              • 1557

                              Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
                              A very good music round in Monday’s contest, again featuring Mr Kohn!
                              The speed with which he identified the Faure piece was quite astonishing; he certainly knows his music.
                              "I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
                              Lady Bracknell The importance of Being Earnest

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                              • cloughie
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2011
                                • 22120

                                Originally posted by LHC View Post
                                The speed with which he identified the Faure piece was quite astonishing; he certainly knows his music.
                                A pleasant change!

                                On this week’s Mastermind the Crimson King did well and his gk was good too.

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