I'm afraid these days I am one of those much-despised lurkers on the forum, rather than a useful contributor, but I hope some of you may be able to come to my aid on a project with which I have lumbered myself.
My local Recorded Music Society (yes, they still exist) has chosen me as compère of this year’s annual Christmas Party, a jolly evening of food, wine, music and games. For the games part, I am devising a classical music quiz in the style of that early-evening televisual entertainment 'Pointless', which for those who prefer the honeyed tones of Mr.Rafferty or Ms.Klein I should explain is a game in which contestants have to choose one of a number of possible correct answers to a question that has previously been put to a panel of a hundred of their peers. The best such answer would be one that none of the panel thought of, the worst being one that is wrong.
My request is therefore for additional members of my panel. Ideally, I require a hundred people to answer each of eleven questions; with the kind assistance of my musical friends in the amateur choirs and orchestras of South London, I am most of the way there, but I still need a handful more. The questions are a mixture of the obvious and the difficult (enjoyment of the game is enhanced if no-one on the panel can answer some of the questions, after all). Some are text questions against the clock, some are audio questions, in which you have to identify a piece of music (or something about it), and there is also one picture question. Your answers are anonymous, so no risk of being outed as a clever-clogs, and you can choose to answer as few or as many of the questions as you like: no need to feel obliged to answer them all.
The questions appear on a website which, despite being tested in a variety of browsers, still seems not to work for a handful of people using Internet Explorer, so if you have problems, try using Chrome. Answers can be submitted up till Sunday 1st December, thus giving me a week until the party on 9th December to analyse the responses. On 10th December, I will post the answers for those who want to see them.
If you think you can spare a few minutes here and there, I'd be really grateful. The address of the website is:
David Coronel
Orpington Recorded Music Society
My local Recorded Music Society (yes, they still exist) has chosen me as compère of this year’s annual Christmas Party, a jolly evening of food, wine, music and games. For the games part, I am devising a classical music quiz in the style of that early-evening televisual entertainment 'Pointless', which for those who prefer the honeyed tones of Mr.Rafferty or Ms.Klein I should explain is a game in which contestants have to choose one of a number of possible correct answers to a question that has previously been put to a panel of a hundred of their peers. The best such answer would be one that none of the panel thought of, the worst being one that is wrong.
My request is therefore for additional members of my panel. Ideally, I require a hundred people to answer each of eleven questions; with the kind assistance of my musical friends in the amateur choirs and orchestras of South London, I am most of the way there, but I still need a handful more. The questions are a mixture of the obvious and the difficult (enjoyment of the game is enhanced if no-one on the panel can answer some of the questions, after all). Some are text questions against the clock, some are audio questions, in which you have to identify a piece of music (or something about it), and there is also one picture question. Your answers are anonymous, so no risk of being outed as a clever-clogs, and you can choose to answer as few or as many of the questions as you like: no need to feel obliged to answer them all.
The questions appear on a website which, despite being tested in a variety of browsers, still seems not to work for a handful of people using Internet Explorer, so if you have problems, try using Chrome. Answers can be submitted up till Sunday 1st December, thus giving me a week until the party on 9th December to analyse the responses. On 10th December, I will post the answers for those who want to see them.
If you think you can spare a few minutes here and there, I'd be really grateful. The address of the website is:
David Coronel
Orpington Recorded Music Society
) - and I want to know what Symphony 1 is as I like it but have never heard it before. 
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... nor was I dreaming of such a thing 
I just ran out of time for the last two quizzes, is all (I'll be **** at the opera one). 
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