I'm not certain how much I can raise that; fairly certain 3.10 is La Boehme, and 3.7 looks like Othello, though I don't remember a suicide. (I would swear 12.1 is "George Bernard Shaw," but I could be wrong.) 14.10 seems worth a reasonable guess, but then we're already well past 100 questions.
There are a few others that should be easy to a well-educated Brit (i.e., people forced to read Famous British Authors), such as 2.8 or 7.3, and probably even 11.3.
But other than 18.6 being "the death of Neil Armstrong," would anyone other than a TLS editor bet they could accurately answer a couple dozen without looking them up?
I think 3 is all Verdi operas: 1. Rigoletto 2. Falstaff 3. ?? 4. ??? 5. Trovatore 6. ?? 7. Otello 8. ballo in maschera 9. Don carlo (I think) 10. Traviata
Not sure why, but I share Ken Houghton's sense that 12.1 is Shaw.
Here are my guesses. I'll be pleased if even half are correct:
1.5 Jared Diamond 2.6 Erszebet Bathory 2.8 Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist 3.2 Falstaff 3.7 Otello 3.10 La Bohème 4.7 Benedict Spinoza 4.9 Leeuwenhoek 7.8 Ashbourne 9.2 Hesiod (and Aeschylus, and many others!) 9.4 Plato 9.6 Socrates 9.8 Pigres, attr. Homer 13.6 Meissen Porcelain 13.10 Zsolnay 14.6 Your languid spleen 16.5 Erwin Schrödinger 18.6 The landing of Curiosity on Mars
No googling, but I did wiki "Zsolnay" to check the spelling.
Bleedin' 'ell. De'know almost nuffink in this entire quizionaire.
ReplyDeleteTell you what tho, my sons'n'dough'ers: t'row summa dese in witch yer reglar fav brain teasers, cor the fur'll be flyin'.
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ReplyDeleteI'm not certain how much I can raise that; fairly certain 3.10 is La Boehme, and 3.7 looks like Othello, though I don't remember a suicide. (I would swear 12.1 is "George Bernard Shaw," but I could be wrong.) 14.10 seems worth a reasonable guess, but then we're already well past 100 questions.
There are a few others that should be easy to a well-educated Brit (i.e., people forced to read Famous British Authors), such as 2.8 or 7.3, and probably even 11.3.
But other than 18.6 being "the death of Neil Armstrong," would anyone other than a TLS editor bet they could accurately answer a couple dozen without looking them up?
The answer to the one about Howe's patent infringement suit is Singer.
ReplyDeleteOther than that, without Googling, I'm stumped.
I think 3 is all Verdi operas:
ReplyDelete1. Rigoletto 2. Falstaff 3. ?? 4. ??? 5. Trovatore 6. ?? 7. Otello 8. ballo in maschera 9. Don carlo (I think) 10. Traviata
Not sure why, but I share Ken Houghton's sense that 12.1 is Shaw.
15.6 is St. Denis, I believe.
That's all I can figure off the top of my head.
Don't be modest, Anon. You've beat everyone.
ReplyDeleteI looked at the quiz. I'm gonna wait to see the published answers in the new year.
ReplyDeleteHere are my guesses. I'll be pleased if even half are correct:
ReplyDelete1.5 Jared Diamond
2.6 Erszebet Bathory
2.8 Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist
3.2 Falstaff
3.7 Otello
3.10 La Bohème
4.7 Benedict Spinoza
4.9 Leeuwenhoek
7.8 Ashbourne
9.2 Hesiod (and Aeschylus, and many others!)
9.4 Plato
9.6 Socrates
9.8 Pigres, attr. Homer
13.6 Meissen Porcelain
13.10 Zsolnay
14.6 Your languid spleen
16.5 Erwin Schrödinger
18.6 The landing of Curiosity on Mars
No googling, but I did wiki "Zsolnay" to check the spelling.
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