University Challenge

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

just watched. Tricky questions on forest-related music.

Indeed - but confusing Schönberg with Bax must be a first - and so confidently, too!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Yes I thought so too! At least they knew the Sibelius!

I should hope so, Bbm - seeing how TS included Tapiola in his discussion of "Scary Music" a few weeks ago on The Listening Service.

[Dave2002]

Indeed - but confusing Schönberg with Bax must be a first - and so confidently, too!

Nah - they were all easy enough - the hardest being the Dvořák cello piece which didn't sound quite as typical of the composer as some of his other works.

[Dave2002]

420 to an American means something rather different to a score in UC

Perhaps it was 420 at the Thursday Club.

[BBMmk2]

Nah - they were all easy enough - the hardest being the Dvořák cello piece which didn't sound quite as typical of the composer as some of his other works.

I thought the Tchaikovsky would have been tricky? I am glad they played Bax

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I thought the Tchaikovsky would have been tricky?

I got that one straightaway - but the team's apparent bewilderment undermined my self-confidence. (Some very higgerent post-graduates among all these Christmas specials so far. And the CFM presenter who couldn't identify either Rossini or Mendelssohn - even though, as Paxo declared, "They play this stuff all the time on CFM!" )

I am glad they played Bax

They didn't. An extract from Verklaerte Nacht was paid and TS confidently - to judge by his vigorous nodding to the team captain - declared it to be by Bax!

[BBMmk2]

I got that one straightaway - but the team's apparent bewilderment undermined my self-confidence. (Some very higgerent post-graduates among all these Christmas specials so far. And the CFM presenter who couldn't identify either Rossini or Mendelssohn - even though, as Paxo declared, "They play this stuff all the time on CFM!" )


They didn't. An extract from Verklaerte Nacht was paid and TS confidently - to judge by his vigorous nodding to the team captain - declared it to be by Bax!

many thanks Ferney. One has to be be on the ball!

[MrGongGong]

just watched. Tricky questions on forest-related music.

This has to be some of the best

http://www.and-oar.org/pop_and_47.html

[Lat-Literal]

I got that one straightaway - but the team's apparent bewilderment undermined my self-confidence. (Some very higgerent post-graduates among all these Christmas specials so far. And the CFM presenter who couldn't identify either Rossini or Mendelssohn - even though, as Paxo declared, "They play this stuff all the time on CFM!" )

Even I got three of those correct, much to my surprise.

The series has been running in parallel with Celebrity Mastermind.

I was especially interested to see how Pam Ayres fared given all the rumours and denials from her that she was once in British Intelligence.

She won.

(Perhaps we could have one thread for the other quizzes - I follow Pointless, Eggheads, Mastermind, RBQ, Brain of Britain and dip into others)

[cloughie]

Even I got three of those correct, much to my surprise.

The series has been running in parallel with Celebrity Mastermind.

I was especially interested to see how Pam Ayres fared given all the rumours and denials from her that she was once in British Intelligence.

She won.

(Perhaps we could have one thread for the other quizzes - I follow Pointless, Eggheads, Mastermind, RBQ, Brain of Britain and dip into others)

I saw the Celeb Mastermind when Philip Serrel won almost unopposed! It's worrying how so many under 45s seem to have zilch general knowledge. Perhaps we oldies were pumped full of useless facts from an early age and now clog up memory space at the expense of things we need to know to survive in C21st.

[Lat-Literal]

I saw the Celeb Mastermind when Philip Serrel won almost unopposed! It's worrying how so many under 45s seem to have zilch general knowledge. Perhaps we oldies were pumped full of useless facts from an early age and now clog up memory space at the expense of things we need to know to survive in C21st.

Yes, I saw that one too.

I don't know.

My assumption is that they all know much more because of the internet but frequently that turns out not to be the case.

A higher percentage of them might be more target motivated.

[Nick Armstrong]

I got that one straightaway - but the team's apparent bewilderment undermined my self-confidence. (Some very higgerent post-graduates among all these Christmas specials so far. And the CFM presenter who couldn't identify either Rossini or Mendelssohn - even though, as Paxo declared, "They play this stuff all the time on CFM!" )

Just caught up with a couple of these, had similar thoughts! (What was the Tchaikovsky again? Can't remember if I got it right!)

I found the Magnificats question in Friday's episode tough (other than the starter)...

Deliberately missed the one with Service (the black-list still holds in this house). Did his team make it through to the next round?

[MrGongGong]

Why do supposedly "educated" people not know of the existence of Wyndham Lewis ?

[cloughie]

Even I got three of those correct, much to my surprise.

The series has been running in parallel with Celebrity Mastermind.

I was especially interested to see how Pam Ayres fared given all the rumours and denials from her that she was once in British Intelligence.

She won.

(Perhaps we could have one thread for the other quizzes - I follow Pointless, Eggheads, Mastermind, RBQ, Brain of Britain and dip into others)

Did you see The Darkness on Celeb Pointless - knew nothing and singing was dreadful - I quite liked their Christmas No 1 before that - either his voice has deteriorated or it was tweeked in the studio for the original.

[BBMmk2]

Rather enjoying this series. Good that there was those selections of Magnificats. I was quite pleased I knew the Arvo Part, but he does have that rather individual style?