Originally posted by LMcD
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They were annoying.
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I have to agree! They were annoying.
"...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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Well that was embarrassing....apart from their ignorance of introduced species of British birds, almost a clean sweep by the winning team, indeed the winning captain. Here at T. Towers we beat the other team out of sight - Mrs T got the Straits.... Clean sweep on the musical excerpts (hope Mr GG was listening
) - plus the Bach-Rammo-Strad question near the end. My favourite quote was Mr Leo asking "Is Xian still a thing?" 
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Mr Leo is quite a phenomenon. Not sure if he knows a little bit about an awful lot or an awful lot about an awful lot. If the latter, scary.
PS I answered 'Amati' to the violin question mainly because I thought Stradivarius was too obvious.
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How long before some institute fields a team comprised entirely of foreigners (splutter, splutter, choke, feebly waves tattered Union Jack).
(That Leo was, like, truly awesome, man)Comment
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Skating equally awkwardly around any hint of jingoism, it is rather amazing that such young people with non-British backgrounds can have assimilated the cultural baggage needed to field UC questions. The reality is, they were probably educated in British schools...possibly independent schools. Does anyone know?Comment
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Spoiler alert
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Here's what Kerry has to say in her blog (thanks again Mr GG) - the tweets at the end are excellent too. Mr Leo sounds an all-round good egg. And yes the other captain did rather lose it at the end. Worth repeating that the average age of the perfectly gender-balanced Teddy Hall team is 19.Comment
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Yes, Mr Leo was an all round good egg. Amazing chap. He’ll certa go very far indeed. The Cambridge Captain, Mr Gurr(?), seemed liked the quintessential English ecee tric. I mean the way he said goodbye!Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750Comment
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"Reality"? I can't think why a German family would send their son to an "independent" British school, ardy. The reality is probably more that he went to a German state school and sang in a mixed choir. (Mr Gurr, on the other hand, was clearly brought up in the "all male choir" tradition.)Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
Actually, Bresson and Pisharody were also excellent contestants (though obviously not as phenomenally quick or wide-ranging as Leo) - just a pity Leo deferred to Pisharody about DoG.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Mr Gurr, on the other hand, was clearly brought up in the "all male choir" tradition.
From the Blog:
(This isn't trivial pursuits.)HORRORS. The classical music round on symphonies, because I got NONE of them. I HATE MUSIC.Comment
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Monday night's contest was a real nail-biter!Comment
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It was a good 'un, wasn't it.Originally posted by LMcD View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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No sign of Kerry's blog for a week or three - perhaps she's taking a break, it's been my feeling that it's been a relatively lacklustre season so far, I'd be pushed to find anything to say about tonight's round. I dozed off in the middle and woke up just before the second picture round, Mrs T told me the music round was film music though it's possible she was asleep too and just made that up.Comment
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... so you missed the hen harrier / sparrow hawk / osprey round?
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No Richard. She was quite correct. And I agree that this series has been rather lack-lustre.Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostMoney can't buy you happiness............but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery - Spike MilliganComment
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No I did catch that one - I was drifting in and out....Originally posted by vinteuil View PostComment
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