tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148476882024-03-23T11:28:16.202-07:00Casa del ionescoEwan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.comBlogger418125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-14285228090097461962013-12-19T03:20:00.002-08:002013-12-19T06:22:27.541-08:00Answers to Ewan's Quiz No. 1<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Answers to Ewan's Quiz Number 1</b></div>
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<b>Who Am I?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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1) Maya Angelou<o:p></o:p></div>
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2) Aleister Crowley<o:p></o:p></div>
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3) Woody Harrelson<o:p></o:p></div>
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4) Samuel Beckett<o:p></o:p></div>
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5) Ambrose Bierce<o:p></o:p></div>
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6) Principal Seymour Skinner
(The Simpsons)<o:p></o:p></div>
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7) Shephard Fairey<o:p></o:p></div>
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8) Abel Ferrara<o:p></o:p></div>
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9) Charles Baudelaire<o:p></o:p></div>
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10) “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Siamese Twins<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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1) Woodrow Wilson Pickett<o:p></o:p></div>
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2) Henri Paul Verhoeven<o:p></o:p></div>
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3) David Emmanuel Radnitzky<o:p></o:p></div>
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4) George Eliot Ness<o:p></o:p></div>
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5) Tommy Lee Strasberg<o:p></o:p></div>
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6) Herbert Spencer Perceval<o:p></o:p></div>
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7) Tom Ford Kiernan<o:p></o:p></div>
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8) Roger Dean Morairty<o:p></o:p></div>
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9) Upton Sinclair Lewis<o:p></o:p></div>
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10) Millicent Martin Crane<o:p></o:p></div>
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11) Charles Taylor Hackford<o:p></o:p></div>
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12) Peter Andre Geim<o:p></o:p></div>
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13) Jason Alexander Hamilton<o:p></o:p></div>
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14) Wyclef Jean Baudrillard<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Hanging on the
Telephone Photo Round<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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1) Dial M for Murder<o:p></o:p></div>
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2) Midnight Run<o:p></o:p></div>
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3) Breakfast at Tiffany’s<o:p></o:p></div>
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4) Casablanca<o:p></o:p></div>
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5) Pillow Talk<o:p></o:p></div>
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6) Dr. Strangelove<o:p></o:p></div>
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7) Local Hero<o:p></o:p></div>
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8) American Gigolo<o:p></o:p></div>
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9) Marty<o:p></o:p></div>
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10) The Matrix<o:p></o:p></div>
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11) The Birds<o:p></o:p></div>
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12) It’s a Wonderful Life<o:p></o:p></div>
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13) The Godfather<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Transportation Blues<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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1) Tram<o:p></o:p></div>
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2) Casey Jones<o:p></o:p></div>
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3) Jackson Pollock<o:p></o:p></div>
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4) Togo<o:p></o:p></div>
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5) Sri Lanka<o:p></o:p></div>
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6) Sony Bono<o:p></o:p></div>
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7) T. E. Lawrence<o:p></o:p></div>
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8) Gloria Jones<o:p></o:p></div>
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9) Percy Bysshe Shelley<o:p></o:p></div>
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10) Albert Camus<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Going Out Together
and First Lines<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Going Out Together<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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1) C. S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley<o:p></o:p></div>
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Note: Anthony Burgess, author of <i>A Clockwork Orange</i>,
died on 22<sup>nd</sup> November 1993.<o:p></o:p></div>
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2) David Niven & Luis Buñuel<i> </i><o:p></o:p></div>
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3) Thomas Jefferson & John Adams<o:p></o:p></div>
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Note: President James Monroe died on 4<sup>th</sup> July
1831, so 3 of the first 5 Presidents of the United States died on 4<sup>th</sup>
July. A 4<sup>th</sup> President, Calvin Coolidge, was born on this date in
1872.<o:p></o:p></div>
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4) Michelangelo Antonioni & Ingmar Bergman<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>First Lines</b></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">1)</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;">Manhattan</i><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">
– Woody Allen</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">2) </span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;">Howl</i><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">
– Allen Ginsberg</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">3) </span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;">The
Communist Manifesto - </i><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Marx & Engels</span></div>
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<i style="text-indent: -18pt;">4) The
Lovesong of Alfred J. Prufrock</i><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> – T.S. Eliot</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">5) </span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;">The
Catcher in the Rye</i><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">– J.D. Salinger</span></div>
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<b>Bouquets of Barbed
Wire & Grand Theft Art<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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1) Beethoven<o:p></o:p></div>
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2) Arnold Schoenberg<o:p></o:p></div>
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3) Ayn Rand<o:p></o:p></div>
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4) Katherine Hepburn<o:p></o:p></div>
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5) Cleopatra<o:p></o:p></div>
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6) Leonardo da Vinci<o:p></o:p></div>
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7) Johannes Brahms<o:p></o:p></div>
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8) Amedeo Modigliani<o:p></o:p></div>
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9) Gustav Klimt<o:p></o:p></div>
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10) Daniel Libeskind<o:p></o:p></div>
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11) Paul Gauguin<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Cool Covers Music
Round<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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1)The Love Cats<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover by Paul Anka (2 points)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original by The Cure (1 point)<o:p></o:p></div>
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2) Common People<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover by William Shatner (2 points)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original by Pulp (1 point)<o:p></o:p></div>
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3) Frontin’ <o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover by Jamie Cullum (2 points)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original by Pharrell Williams (accept Pharrell) (1 point)<o:p></o:p></div>
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4) Hey Ya!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover by Will Young (1 point)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original by OutKast (2 points)<o:p></o:p></div>
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5) Take Me to the River<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover by Talking Heads (1 point)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original by Al Green (2 points)<o:p></o:p></div>
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6) (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover by Devo (2 points)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original by Rolling Stones (1 point)<o:p></o:p></div>
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7)Ticket to Ride<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover by Hüsker Dü (2 points)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original by The Beatles (1 point)<o:p></o:p></div>
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8) Mrs Robinson<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover by The Lemonheads (2 points)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original by Simon & Garfunkel (1 point)<o:p></o:p></div>
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9) She’s Not There<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover by Santana (1 point)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original by The Zombies (2 points)<o:p></o:p></div>
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10) Jump <o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover by Aztec Camera (2 points)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original by Van Halen (1 point)<o:p></o:p></div>
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11) Money<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover by Flying Lizards (1 point)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original by Barrett Strong (2 points)<o:p></o:p></div>
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12) Tiny Dancer <o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover by Ben Folds (2 points)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original by Elton John (1 point)<o:p></o:p></div>
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13) Thinking of You<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover by Paul Weller (1 point)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Original by Sister Sledge (2 points)<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>Namesakes and Elementary, My Dear Watson</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Namesakes</b></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">1)</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">First
Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Singles Champion.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">2)</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Albert
Einstein</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">3)</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Jon
Favreau</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">4)</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Chandler
Bing (Matthew Perry – </span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;">Friends</i><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">)</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">5)</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Michael
Douglas</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">6)</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Konigsberg
(Königsberg)</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">7)</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">George
Clinton</span></div>
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8) The Day of the Locust</div>
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<b>Elementary, my Dear
Watson<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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1) Phosphorus<o:p></o:p></div>
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2) Isaac Asimov<o:p></o:p></div>
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3) 1) Nigel Bruce 2) Martin Freeman 3) Jude Law 4) Lucy Liu<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Death and Taxis</b></div>
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1)<span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><b> </b>Andy
Kaufman</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span>2) <span style="text-indent: -18pt;">H.P.
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">3) Gene
Vincent</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">4) The
Guillotine</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">5) Upper
Slaughter</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">6) Bez
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">7) Margaret
Mitchell (the novel is </span><i style="text-indent: -18pt;">Gone with the Wind</i><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">)</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">8) Perfume</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">9) Académie
Française</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">10) Brian
Cox, Anthony Hopkins and Mads Mikkelsen</span></div>
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<b>Sage and Time<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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1) Warren Buffett<o:p></o:p></div>
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2) Thomas Carlyle<o:p></o:p></div>
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3) H.L. Mencken<o:p></o:p></div>
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4) Thomas Jefferson<o:p></o:p></div>
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5) Alan Coren<o:p></o:p></div>
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6)Foula<o:p></o:p></div>
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7) Mount Athos<o:p></o:p></div>
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8) 2001, A Space Odyssey<o:p></o:p></div>
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9) Christiaan Huuygens<o:p></o:p></div>
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10) a) <i>The Man in the High Castle</i> – Philip K. Dick b)
<i>The Plot Against America</i> – Philip Roth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>The Final Shootout<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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1) Aleksandr Pushkin<o:p></o:p></div>
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2) Gertrude Stein<o:p></o:p></div>
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3) Stendahl<o:p></o:p></div>
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4) Robert Schumann<o:p></o:p></div>
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5) Luther Blissett<o:p></o:p></div>
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6) Donna Tartt<o:p></o:p></div>
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7) Frederic Sanger<o:p></o:p></div>
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8) Frank Sinatra<o:p></o:p></div>
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9) Mark Rothko<o:p></o:p></div>
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10) Fred (Astaire) & Ginger (Rogers)<o:p></o:p></div>
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11) Michael Phelps (2012), Terry Wogan (1981)<o:p></o:p></div>
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12) Laura<o:p></o:p></div>
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13) Veep<o:p></o:p></div>
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14) Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Top Scorers</b>:</div>
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<b>1) Lorcan Duff</b> (Ireland) with a remarkable 214</div>
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2) <b>Kathryn Johnson</b> (England) 167</div>
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3) <b>David Stainer </b>(England) 159 - an excellent score considering David didn't submit answers for the Picture Round or the Music Round (which comprised 78 points of the total).</div>
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Winners of the various rounds were as follows:</div>
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<b>Who Am I?</b></div>
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David Stainer 14/20</div>
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<b>Siamese Twins</b></div>
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Lorcan Duff 24/28</div>
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<b>Hanging on the Telephone Picture Round</b> </div>
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Lorcan Duff 26/26 (full house!)</div>
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<b>Transportation Blues</b></div>
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Lorcan Duff 20/20 (another full house!)</div>
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<b>Going Out Together & First Lines</b></div>
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Kathryn Johnson 16/18</div>
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<b>Bouquets of Barbed Wire and Grand Theft Art</b></div>
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Kathryn Johnson 18/22</div>
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<b>Cool Covers Music Round</b></div>
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Lorcan Duff 29/52</div>
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(2nd Kirstie Holden 24/52)</div>
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<b>Namesakes and Elementary, My Dear Watson</b></div>
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Kathryn Johnson & Lorcan Duff (1=) 18/24</div>
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<b>Death and Taxis</b></div>
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David Stainer 19/21</div>
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<b>Sage & Time</b> </div>
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David Stainer 22/22 (full house!)</div>
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<b>The Final Shootout</b></div>
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Lorcan Duff 26/29</div>
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Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-74831146387292704922013-12-10T14:38:00.000-08:002013-12-19T03:27:01.863-08:00 Ewan's Quiz Number 1<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I set a team quiz for the afternoon of the British Open GP at the Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh on Sat 7th December 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am very happy to accept answers from those who didn't participate on the day. Email: frankiesumatra@hotmail.com. Closing date for entries midnight Wed 17th December 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two points per answer unless otherwise stated</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Round One</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Who Am I?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">1) Who Is She?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is an American poet. Her list of occupations includes night-club dancer and performer, cast member of the opera <span style="font-style: italic;">Porgy and Bess</span>, coordinator for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, author and journalist in Egypt and Ghana during the days of decolonization. She released several albums of Calypso music in the 1950s, including <span style="font-style: italic;">Miss Calypso</span> (pictured). In 1993. She recited her poem "<span style="font-style: italic;">On the Pulse of Morning</span>" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton, becoming the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A skilled mountaineer, he reached the summit of the Eiger and in 1897 made the first guideless ascent of the Mönch in the Bernese Alps. He later made unsuccessful attempts to reach the summits of Kangchenjunga and K2. In 1915, while working as a double agent for British intelligence services, he declared independence for Ireland in front of the Statue of Liberty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was a contract killer involved in organised crime. He was convicted of the 1979 assassination of federal judge John H. Wood, Jr., the first federal judge killed in the 20th century. In a television interview he claimed to have been involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He is the estranged father of which actor? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In typically laconic style, he wrote a play called <span style="font-style: italic;">Play</span> and his only screenplay was called <span style="font-style: italic;">Film</span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This devilishly acerbic American satirist went missing in Mexico in 1913 while travelling with Pancho Villa’s rebel troops during the Mexican Revolution. He coined the immortal line, “<span style="font-style: italic;">War is God’s way of teaching Americans </span><span style="font-style: italic;">geography.</span>”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was a former Green Beret and Vietnam veteran. He spent 18 months as a prisoner of war after being captured at The Battle of Khe Sanh. Which prominent senior educator was known as Armin Tamzarian before he changed his name?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is an American contemporary street artist and graphic designer who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign. He became widely known during the 2008 U.S. presidential election for his Barack Obama "Hope" poster. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is a notoriously uncompromising New York filmmaker. His movies include <span style="font-style: italic;">The Driller Killer</span> (1979), <span style="font-style: italic;">Ms.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> 45</span> (1981), <span style="font-style: italic;">King of New York</span> (1990), <span style="font-style: italic;">Bad </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Lieutenant</span> (1992) and <span style="font-style: italic;">The Funeral</span> (1996).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, <span style="font-style: italic;">Les </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Fleurs</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> du mal</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">The Flowers of Evil</span>), expresses the changing nature of beauty in Paris during Baron Haussmann’s renovations in the 19th century. He is credited with coining the term "modernity" (<span style="font-style: italic;">modernité</span>) to designate the fleeting, ephemeral experience of life in an urban metropolis, and the responsibility of art to capture that experience</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in three sports. She was an all-American basketball player. She won two gold medals and one silver medal for track and field in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. She took up golf in 1935 and won 17 straight women's amateur victories. By 1950, she had won every women’s golf title available including 3 US Opens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #898989;">In this round there are clues to the identity of 2 separate </span><span style="color: #898989;">individuals. The </span><span style="color: #898989;">surname of the first is the forename of the last. I’d like you to conjoin them for a </span><span style="color: #898989;">three </span><span style="color: #898989;">part answer worth </span><span style="color: #898989;">two points. </span><span style="color: #898989;">I need </span><span style="color: #898989; font-weight: bold;">all </span><span style="color: #898989; font-weight: bold;">three </span><span style="color: #898989;">names to secure </span><span style="color: #898989;">both points. There are no points for part answers. For </span><span style="color: #898989;">example: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #898989;">Q</span><span style="color: #898989;">) I’m looking for </span><span style="color: #898989;">the American singer-songwriter who </span><span style="color: #898989;">released the 1986 album </span><span style="color: #898989; font-style: italic;">Graceland</span><span style="color: #898989;"> </span><span style="color: #898989; font-weight: bold;">and</span><span style="color: #898989;"> the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">2) The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">driver of the car that crashed in Paris in 1997, killing Princess Diana, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">Dodi</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;"> Fayed & himself </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 0in;">and</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;"> the Dutch-born director of such cinematic classics as </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Robocop</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Basic Instinct</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">and my personal favourite, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Showgirls</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) The author of <span style="font-style: italic;">Daniel </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Deronda</span> & <span style="font-style: italic;">Silas </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Marner</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">and</span> the leader of the legendary team of law enforcement agents known as <span style="font-style: italic;">The </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Untouchables</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5) The former husband of Pamela Anderson, drummer of glam metal band Motley Crue <span style="font-weight: bold;">and</span> the so-called “father of method acting in America”, director of the legendary Actors Studio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7) The American fashion designer, former creative director of Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, who made his debut as a film director with an adaption of Christopher Isherwood’s novel “<span style="font-style: italic;">A Single Man</span>” <span style="font-weight: bold;">and</span> a Scottish comedian who starred in <span style="font-style: italic;">Chewin</span><span style="font-style: italic;">’ the Fat </span>and <span style="font-style: italic;">Still Game</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">9) The author of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">The Jungle (1906)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">, an expose of harsh conditions in the US meat-packing industry </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 0in;">and</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;"> the first American winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1930).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10) The English actress best known as the resident singer of topical songs on the satirical TV show <span style="font-style: italic;">That Was The Week That Was</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">and</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Frasier</span>’s father in the long-running Seattle-based sitcom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12) A singer-songwriter of questionable talent, former spouse of Katie Price <span style="font-weight: bold;">and</span> a Russian-born British physicist, joint winner of the 2010 Nobel prize in Physics for his work on graphene and the only man to have won both a Nobel and an IgNobel prize (the IgNobel was awarded in 2000 for his use of magnets to levitate a frog). </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6) He was one half of a famous duo, the epitaph on his tombstone reads “And the Beat Goes On.” Who was killed in a skiing accident at the appropriately named Heavenly Ski Resort in California in 1998?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">7) He lost the original manuscript of his highly-acclaimed memoir </span><i style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">Seven Pillars of Wisdom</i><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"> whilst changing trains at Reading Railway Station in 1919 and he survived a plane crash earlier the same year in which the pilot and co-pilot were killed. Who died in a motorcycle accident in Dorset in 1935?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">3) Two American Presidents died on the same day, July 4</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: super;">th</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;"> 1826, exactly 50 years after the ratification of a document both had been instrumental in drafting, the Declaration of Independence. Which two Presidents?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) A legendary Italian film director and a legendary Swedish film director died on the same day, 30th July 2007. Can you name the Italian, who directed <span style="font-style: italic;">L'Avventura</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span>and <span style="font-style: italic;">La </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Notte</span> amongst other notable movies, and the Swede, who directed <span style="font-style: italic;">Wild Strawberries</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">The Seventh Seal?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1)“<span style="font-style: italic;">Chapter </span><span style="font-style: italic;">One. He adored New York City. He idolized it out of all proportion</span>.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2)“<span style="font-style: italic;">I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical, naked</span>.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3)“<span style="font-style: italic;">A Spectre is haunting Europe, the spectre of Communism</span>.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4)<span style="font-style: italic;"> “Let </span><span style="font-style: italic;">us go then, you and I,<br />
When the evening is spread out against the sky<br />
Like a patient etherized upon a table</span><span style="font-style: italic;">.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5)<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>“<span style="font-style: italic;">If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth</span>.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Which composer, after sitting through the opening night of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Ferdinando Paër’s </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Achille</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">, allegedly congratulated the Italian composer afterwards with the words, “</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I like your opera, I think I will set it to music</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">”? It has been suggested that the second movement of the critic’s <i>Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major</i> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">bears more than a passing resemblance to the funeral march of </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Achille</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) Richard Strauss commented on the work of which Austrian composer, noted for his experiments in atonality and his development of the twelve-tone technique, with the following remark, “<i>He’d be better off shovelling snow than scribbling on manuscript paper</i>”?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) Dorothy Parker’s review of “<i>Atlas Shrugged</i>” was scathing, “<i>This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly, it should be thrown with great force</i>.” Who was the unfortunate author?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) Another target of Parker’s barbs was the actress she described with the following words, “<i>She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B</i>.” Which multi Academy Award-winning actress was she referring to?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5) T.S. Eliot once said that “<i>Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different</i>.” He was as good as his word in “<i>The Waste Land</i>”, where he borrowed liberally from Chaucer, Spenser and others. The line “<i>The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne</i>” is a variation of a line spoken by Enobarbus (“<i>The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne</i>”) describing which Shakespearean heroine?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6) <i>The Madonna of the Yarnwinder</i> (see picture) now hangs in the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh, but it was stolen in 2003 from Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries and Galloway. The painting, valued at between 45 and 50 million pounds, was recovered from a Glasgow law office in 2007. It was painted by which artist?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9) <span style="text-indent: 0in;">The </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">1899 painting </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Schubert at the Piano</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">(see picture) was </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">destroyed in 1945 when retreating Nazis incinerated </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Schloss</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Immendorf</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">, a castle in Lower Austria where this and other </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">works </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">by </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">the same </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">artist were taken for safe keeping during the war. Which artist?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11) <span style="text-indent: 0in;">“</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Art </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">is either plagiarism or revolution</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">” is a quote from which French artist? He spent his final years in French Polynesia. His painting “</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Three Tahitians</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">” is one of a </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">number of </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">his works available for viewing at the Scottish National Gallery.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The following songs are all cover versions. I am looking for the title of the song, the artist performing the cover version and the original artist. Points are as follows:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Namesakes and Elementary, My Dear Watson</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) The artist Spencer Gore became the first President of the Camden Town Group in 1911, his namesake Spencer Gore achieved which sporting first in 1877?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) The American comedian and director Albert Brooks changed his surname because he didn't want to be confused with which other famous Albert?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) The former Director of Speechwriting for President Obama shares both his forename and surname with the director of a popular series of movies featuring a Marvel comic book character. Which names?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) The namesake of the U.S. Navy Commodore instrumental in opening Japan up to the West in the mid-19th century played which character in a popular American sitcom?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5) Michael Keaton was born with a different surname but changed it because he didn't want to be confused with which other famous actor?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6) <span style="text-indent: 0in;">Woody </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Allen’s
real first name is Allen, but what is his surname? He shares it with the former
name of a once-German city that is now Russian. It is the birthplace of
Immanuel Kant and a walk around the city presented Swiss mathematician Leonhard
Euler with a difficult problem.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7) </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The vice-president of the United
States between 1805 and 1812, serving under Presidents Jefferson and Madison,
had the same name as a legendary funk musician. Which name?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8) </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Donald Sutherland played a
character called Homer Simpson in a 1975 John Schlesinger directed movie
adaption of a 1939 book by Nathanael West. The book was set in Hollywood during
the Great Depression. What was it called?</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Elementary, my Dear Watson</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) <span style="text-indent: 0in;">In </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">The
Hound of the Baskervilles</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">, Holmes concluded that the hound had
been made to look more terrifying by “A cunning preparation” of which element?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The atomic
number
of this element is 15.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) <span style="text-indent: 0in;">A </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">prominent
member of The Baker Street Irregulars, an organisation of Sherlock Holmes
enthusiasts founded in 1934, which science fiction writer wrote a treatise
called “</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Sherlock Holmes as Chemist</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">”,
which forms part of his 1983 book “ </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">The
Roving Mind</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">”?
His novella “</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">The Bicentennial Man</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">”
was awarded both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award of
1976.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) <span style="text-indent: 0in;">For one point each name the 4
actors who have played Doctor John Watson in 1) the </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">1939
- 1946 </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">film
series in which Basil Rathbone played Holmes, 2) BBC TV’s </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Sherlock</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">,</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">3)
Guy Ritchie’s 2009 film </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Sherlock Holmes</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
and the 2011 sequel </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Sherlock Holmes</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">:
</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">A Game of Shadows</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
and 4) The CBS series </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Elementary</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><b>Death and Taxis</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">1) Tony Clifton was the audience-abusing lounge singer alter ego of which American comedian? He was one of the stars of the TV series <i>Taxi</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) <span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">The </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Necronomicon</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">,
a fictional work attributed to the "Mad Arab" Abdul </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Alhazred</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
has subsequently cropped up in </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">The
Evil Dead</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
and </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Friday the 13</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: super;">th</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
movie franchises, but originally appeared in </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">The
Hound</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">,
a 1924 short story by which writer?</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) On April 16<sup>th</sup>,
1960 Eddie Cochran was killed in Chippenham, Wiltshire when the taxi he was travelling
in blew a tire and crashed into a lamppost. Which famous “rock n roller”, the
subject of a song by Ian Dury, survived the crash?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) What was first used in 1792 and last used in 1977?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">5) </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Which (rather ironically named)
village in the </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Cotswald</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
district of Gloucestershire became known as one of the so-called “Thankful
Villages” after none of its combatants were lost in World War I? It became a
“Doubly Thankful Village” after it once again lost no men in World War II.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">6) </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Stephen Fry is one of a few
celebrities known for driving a black cab privately, but which former </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Celebrity Big Brother</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
winner used much of his winnings from the show to customise his London black
cab, painting it purple, adding twenty speakers, eight amps, two DVD players,
fifteen TV screens and replacing the Taxi sign on the top with a tasteful logo
saying “Pimp”? He proudly exhibited his new creation on the MTV show </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Pimp My Ride UK</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">7) </span></span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who was struck and killed by a
speeding automobile driven by an off-duty taxi driver as she
crossed Peachtree Street at 13th Street in Atlanta with her husband, John
Marsh, while on her way to see a movie on the evening of August 11, 1949? The
city of her death figured prominently in her most famous novel.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8) <span style="text-indent: 0in;">Which novel about a serial killer,
written by Patrick </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Süskind</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">, was
adapted into a 2006 movie starring Ben </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Whishaw</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">,
Alan Rickman and Dustin Hoffman? One of Curt Cobain’s favourite books, this
book inspired songs by Nirvana, Air, </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Rammstein</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
and an album by Marilyn Manson.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">9) </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Michael Edwards became the first
British person inducted into a 40-strong group of “</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Immortals</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">” (“</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Immortels</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">”) in
2013. Which organisation conferred “immortality” upon the Professor of English
and Comparative Literature?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">10) </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Not counting </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Aaran</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
Thomas and Gaspard </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Ulliel</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">, who played Hannibal </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Lecter</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
in </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Hannibal Rising</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">,
can you name the other two actors who have played the character in </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">the
movies </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Manhunter</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Silence of the Lambs</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">,
</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Hannibal</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
& </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Red Dragon</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">and</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> the
actor who was </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Lecter</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> in the NBC TV series “</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Hannibal</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">”? 3
points in total.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Round 10</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><b>Sage and Time</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Which American business magnet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and one of the richest men in the world is known as <i>The Sage of Omaha</i>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) Which Scottish writer (1795-1881) originally from Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire, the man who labelled Economics "the dismal science", was known as <i>The Sage of Chelsea</i>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) Which American satirist and critic (1880 - 1956) is referred to as <i>The Sage of Baltimore</i>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4)</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Which </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">deceased
American </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">President
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">is
sometimes referred to </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">as <i>The Sage of Monticello</i>? Monticello was
his home </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">(and
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">5,000
acre </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">plantation)
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">near
Charlottesville, Virginia.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">5) </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Which English humourist, the father
of a well-known presenter of a popular TV quiz show, was known as </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">The Sage of </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Cricklewood</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">6) </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Which Scottish island, the location
for Michael Powell’s film “</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">The
Edge of the World</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">”, retained the Julian calendar when the
rest of Great Britain moved to the Gregorian in 1752?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">7) </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which Greek peninsula, which can only be
visited by male members of the Greek Orthodox Church aged 18 or over and is
exclusively inhabited by male monks and a few male workers, not only retains
the Julian calendar but uses Byzantine time, a method of timekeeping where the
new day starts at sunset?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8) <span style="text-indent: 0in;">In </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">which
classic film do the first </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">words, </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">“</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Here you are, Sir, Main Level D</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">”,
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">occur
21 minutes 35 seconds into the film?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although Galileo may well have had
the idea first, which Dutch scientist is credited with inventing the pendulum
clock?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10)<span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">The </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">two
novels </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">in
question imagine </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">alternative histories of the United
States in which </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Frankin</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> D.
Roosevelt’s Presidency was cut short. In the first, which won the Hugo Award in
1963, FDR was assassinated in 1933 and </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">America </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">was
subsequently defeated by the Axis Powers. Japan has annexed Hawaii, California,
Alaska, Oregon and parts of Nevada and Washington. The </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">rest
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">of
the USA is a Nazi puppet state. In the second </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">novel,
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">published
in 2004, FDR is defeated by Charles Lindbergh in the 1940 presidential </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">election.
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">These
two novelists share the same forename. One point for each author and the title
of each novel, there are 4 points available in total.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Round 11</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><b>The Final Shootout</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">1) Preoccupied with duelling, he
fought as many as 29 duels in his life, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">his death following </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">a
winter’s evening duel near St. Petersburg in 1823 was foreshadowed in his novel
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Eugene </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Onegin</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;"> in which</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">the protagonist fights a duel,
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that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and
even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to art,
usually when the art is particularly beautiful or a large amount of art is in a
single place, this syndrome is named after which French author?</span></span></div>
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Watford and AC Milan football player’s name was used as a </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">nom de plume</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
by a collective of Italian authors and became a shared pseudonym for a group of
cultural activists and media pranksters. The authorship of the best-selling
book “</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Q</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">”, amongst many other projects, was
rather incongruously attributed to which footballer?</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">who
died after an </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">explosion at a gunpowder store in Delft
later that year, inspired which writer’s 2013 work, her 3</span><span style="text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: super;">rd</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
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he is a double Nobel laureate, one of only two people to have won two Nobel
prizes in the same category (the other being John Bardeen, who won the Nobel
Prize in Physics twice). His discipline was chemistry and he won in 1958 </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">for
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">his
work </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">“on
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">the structure
of proteins, especially that of insulin." In 1980 he shared the
chemistry prize with Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert for his “contributions
concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids." Which
scientist?</span></span></div>
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influential examples of the so-called “New Journalism”, the American writer Gay
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Talese’s</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
much-lauded 1966 celebrity profile (declared “the best story Esquire ever
published” in the magazine’s 70</span><span style="text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: super;">th</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
anniversary issue in 2003) was entitled “X has a cold” Who had a cold?</span></span></div>
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murals for The Four Seasons restaurant in The Seagram Building in Manhattan in
1958, this abstract expressionist painter was sufficiently outraged by the
prospect of having his work exhibited there that he stated </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">his
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">intention
was to paint “</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">something that will ruin the
appetite of every son-of-a-bitch who ever eats in that room</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">.”
The painter completed the murals but refused to deliver them to the restaurant.
They now hang in galleries around the world including The Tate </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Modern
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a quote that has been attributed to Steve Martin </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">(amongst
others). </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Pritzker</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
Prize-winning architect Frank </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Gehry</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
combined dancing and architecture with his irreverent </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">Dancing House</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
in Prague (see picture). The house was originally to be named “X and Y”, but </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Gehry</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
decided against “</span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">importing Hollywood kitsch to
Prague</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">.”
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putt was estimated at 153 feet, made at the </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Dunhills</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
Links Championship at </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Kingsbarns</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> in
Fife in 2012. It broke the existing record of 99 feet, established at
Gleneagles in 1981. Neither putt was holed by a professional golfer. </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">For
one point each can </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">you name the celebrities who holed the
putts?</span></span></div>
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actress Julia-Louis-Dreyfus (see picture) plays Vice President Selina Meyer in </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 0in;">The Thick of It</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
creator Armando </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Iannucci’s</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> HBO
comedy series, which satirises the American political scene. What is the show
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standoffs” in movie history takes place in Quentin Tarantino’s <i>Reservoir Dogs</i>
between Nice Guy Eddie, Joe and Mr White, but perhaps the most iconic three-way
standoff between gun toting rivals came at the end of a 1966 Sergio Leone film,
involving characters called </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Tuco</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">,
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Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-22614667027793679182013-11-17T02:02:00.001-08:002013-11-17T02:02:19.504-08:00Frankie Sumatra's Christmas Cocktails<iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/120444870" width="100%"></iframe>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-31154480544571613942013-11-08T11:33:00.000-08:002013-11-08T11:33:56.116-08:00The Beat Generation 3: The Cool Scene - Frankie Sumatra<iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/119153107" width="100%"></iframe>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-20102042232462101152013-08-11T06:41:00.002-07:002013-08-11T06:41:26.056-07:00The Wolf of Wall Street - trailer<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/iszwuX1AK6A" width="560"></iframe>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-79497133066900215362013-06-07T04:52:00.001-07:002013-06-07T04:53:32.786-07:00Voodoo Grooves 1 <iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F95833649" width="100%"></iframe>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-40719145745604316702013-02-04T10:42:00.001-08:002013-02-04T10:48:18.153-08:00The Church of Vegas<iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F77607231&show_artwork=true" width="100%"></iframe>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-55996572633043615152012-12-30T07:56:00.001-08:002012-12-30T07:59:18.506-08:00The Art of Jazz - Monk (Thelonius Monk)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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via <a href="http://tsutpen.blogspot.co.uk/">If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger</a>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-32814083657793838842012-09-19T03:54:00.001-07:002012-09-19T05:52:36.744-07:00The Beat Generation² <iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F51496717&show_artwork=true" width="100%"></iframe><br />
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More Jazz-Hop for Beatniks, Hipsters and Hepcats.<br />
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Tracklist (vocal samples throughout from various sources - Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Nordine <i>et al</i>).<br />
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1) Effortless Elegance - Skeewiff <br />
2) Hip the the Jive (Hugo Kant remix) - Renegades of Jazz <br />
3) This is What it's All About - The Young Lovers <br />
4) Emotional Groove - Ray Clark Quintet <br />
5) Wobble Jazz (Vitamin D Re-edit) - Ksoze <br />
6) Xpressionism - Atfunk <br />
7) Solitaire (Jazzy Gentle remix) - Renegades of Jazz <br />
8) Exquis-it, Baby - Gare du Nord <br />
9) Black (Frankie Sumatra remix) - Ken Nordine <br />
10) Browns - Trus' Me <br />
11) Do You Like Jazz? - The Cool Balance feat. Kevin Yost <br />
12) Disciplne - Sonny Jones <br />
13) Back to Chicago - Lester Klark <br />
14) Black Cow (Frankie Sumatra mix) - Steely Dan <br />
15) Slipped Disc - Luke Vibert <br />
16) Peg - Steely Dan <br />
17) Eye Know - De La Soul <br />
18) Jazz Records - Boombap Cats <br />
19) The Jazz in You - Gloria Lynne <br />
20) Dutch Schultz - William S. Burroughs and the Disposable Heroes of HiphoprisyEwan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-59068000961005035392012-06-17T08:01:00.000-07:002012-06-17T08:07:08.592-07:00<div><object width="360" height="360"><param name="movie" value="//www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FFrankie_Sumatra%2Fits-your-voodoo-workin%2F&embed_uuid=2c554068-d3d5-4f42-b63a-81a508615107&stylecolor=&embed_type=widget_standard"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FFrankie_Sumatra%2Fits-your-voodoo-workin%2F&embed_uuid=2c554068-d3d5-4f42-b63a-81a508615107&stylecolor=&embed_type=widget_standard" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="opaque" 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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-69339990247278135072012-05-14T12:28:00.002-07:002012-05-14T12:28:29.472-07:00<div><object width="480" height="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FFrankie_Sumatra%2Fthe-beat-generation%2F&embed_uuid=dfb586c0-e7c9-4ece-ab9d-4286dfa4638a&stylecolor=&embed_type=widget_standard"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2FFrankie_Sumatra%2Fthe-beat-generation%2F&embed_uuid=dfb586c0-e7c9-4ece-ab9d-4286dfa4638a&stylecolor=&embed_type=widget_standard" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" 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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-75304580597455584012012-02-22T02:17:00.001-08:002012-02-22T02:20:00.857-08:00Infinite Space ~ The Architecture of John Lautner<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cvjtHWSLgls" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-82933889841021292872012-02-21T03:14:00.001-08:002012-02-21T03:17:19.610-08:00Vegas Mix 10: ain't nuthin' but a funkyjazzbossaswing thang<iframe height="166" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F37048130&show_artwork=true" frameborder="no" width="100%" scrolling="no"></iframe>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-46380786118847338792012-01-09T09:19:00.000-08:002012-01-09T09:29:48.403-08:00Art of the Gig: John Coltrane & His Group, Dusseldorf 1962<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6u7gBxzT0SuRW5ooErOFoICNKDsFdyVQFFHWXXM1d5NwR5QSRD5f8YVlOHqzJiScqj4HJ1XZqI-hzrOY5ohrwcU_PlB8knbKlYmyaeD6_6BHkFbkUptnvdyH94gP6o2Ui6qo0/s1600/coltranegig.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 230px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695685172785832354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6u7gBxzT0SuRW5ooErOFoICNKDsFdyVQFFHWXXM1d5NwR5QSRD5f8YVlOHqzJiScqj4HJ1XZqI-hzrOY5ohrwcU_PlB8knbKlYmyaeD6_6BHkFbkUptnvdyH94gP6o2Ui6qo0/s320/coltranegig.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />art by Gunther Keiser<br />via <a href="http://tsutpen.blogspot.com/">If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger</a>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-47195935329399152052011-12-28T12:14:00.000-08:002011-12-28T12:15:17.303-08:00Vegas Mix 9: It's Your Voodoo Workin'<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F31639421"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F31639421" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra/vegas-mix-9">Vegas Mix 9: It's Your Voodoo Workin'</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra">Frankie Sumatra</a></span>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-43157167145465430102011-12-28T12:11:00.000-08:002011-12-28T12:12:24.973-08:00Hey Ya<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ab8D1rvIRmY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-14351436908880071652011-12-19T08:56:00.001-08:002011-12-19T08:56:55.342-08:00The Beat Generation.<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F23369791"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F23369791" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra/the-beat-generation">The Beat Generation</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra">Frankie Sumatra</a></span>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-84682859569723624692011-12-19T08:55:00.000-08:002011-12-19T08:56:00.610-08:00Vegas Mix 8: ain't no school like the old school.<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18928276"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18928276" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra/vegas-mix-8-aint-no-school">Vegas Mix 8: ain't no school like the old school</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra">Frankie Sumatra</a></span>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-17208568781818099832011-12-19T08:52:00.000-08:002011-12-19T08:54:49.615-08:00Vegas Mix 7: It's a jazz, swing, funk, hip-hop, soul, latin, ragga, lounge, r&b, d&b thing.<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18534760"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18534760" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra/vegas-mix-7-its-a-jazz-swing">Vegas Mix 7: It's a jazz,swing,funk,hip-hop,soul,latin,ragga,lounge,r&b,d&b thing</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra">Frankie Sumatra</a></span>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-76429926048048654882011-12-19T08:51:00.000-08:002011-12-19T08:52:38.573-08:00The Devil's Music 3<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18004704"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18004704" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra/the-devils-music-3">The Devil's Music 3</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra">Frankie Sumatra</a></span>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-92139451485919248202011-06-17T03:04:00.000-07:002011-06-17T03:05:11.676-07:00The Devil's Music 2<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F17298714"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F17298714" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra/the-devils-music-2">The Devil's Music 2</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra">Frankie Sumatra</a></span>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-15151457936754835632011-06-17T03:03:00.000-07:002011-06-17T03:04:21.906-07:00Vegas Mix 6: Jivin' at The Darktown Strutters' Ball<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F17112748"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F17112748" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra/vegas-mix-6-darktown-strutters">Vegas Mix 6: Jivin' at the Darktown Strutters' Ball</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra">Frankie Sumatra</a></span>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-1849510918230337142011-06-17T03:02:00.000-07:002011-06-17T03:03:15.353-07:00Vegas Mix 5: The Devil's Music<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F16237488"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F16237488" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra/the-devils-music">Vegas Mix 5: The Devil's Music</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra">Frankie Sumatra</a></span>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-51436376701401213242011-06-17T03:01:00.000-07:002011-06-17T03:02:18.601-07:00Vegas Mix 4: Hip Tracks for Hepcats<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15858521"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15858521" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra/vegas">Vegas Mix4: Hip tracks for Hepcats</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra">Frankie Sumatra</a></span>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14847688.post-83845827977969551522011-06-17T02:59:00.000-07:002011-06-17T03:00:52.161-07:00Vegas Mix 3: From Bebop to Swing-Hop<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F14783580"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F14783580" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra/vegasmix-3-from-bebop-to-swing">Vegasmix 3: From Bebop to Swing-Hop</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/frankie-sumatra">Frankie Sumatra</a></span>Ewan Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.com0