tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post7561685200172158182..comments2024-01-08T14:21:37.465-08:00Comments on Infinite Art Tournament: Beethoven, Day One / The Stupidly Difficult Map QuizMichael5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-884417204200496482007-12-12T22:37:00.000-08:002007-12-12T22:37:00.000-08:00Wow. I really want a ticket to New Mbab!djibini.Wow. I really want a ticket to New Mbab!djibini.Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274259856710507938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-75609632716428140642007-12-11T00:50:00.000-08:002007-12-11T00:50:00.000-08:00Ooooh, I was ever so close on #6...I was going to ...Ooooh, I was ever so close on #6...I was going to guess Nepal..fingerstothebonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-61307975153875895332007-12-10T23:10:00.000-08:002007-12-10T23:10:00.000-08:00@Jessica: Good answer!@Rex: I'm with you. Sassy.@...<B><BR/>@Jessica: Good answer!<BR/><BR/>@Rex: I'm with you. Sassy.<BR/><BR/>@Karin: Cote D'Amadou made me think of you...<BR/><BR/>@Fingers: Very well. Here's the answers:<BR/><BR/>1. Sierra Leone<BR/>2. Cambodia<BR/>3. ("The Easy One") Uruguay<BR/>4. Belarus<BR/>5. Zimbabwe<BR/>6. Bhutan<BR/>7. Macedonia<BR/>8. Surinam<BR/>9. Lesotho<BR/><BR/></B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-61858023616208582422007-12-10T12:39:00.000-08:002007-12-10T12:39:00.000-08:00Hmmm...I thought I left a comment here, but maybe ...Hmmm...I thought I left a comment here, but maybe I was dreaming...I'm waiting anxiously to see the answers to this quiz.fingerstothebonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-10449685319785449192007-12-09T02:05:00.000-08:002007-12-09T02:05:00.000-08:00I see cartoon women with bad hair and big noses.Ch...I see cartoon women with bad hair and big noses.<BR/><BR/>Chance: I've been to Cote D'Amadou. It's pretty much as you say.Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678914679733770434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-42990972123493140412007-12-08T13:19:00.000-08:002007-12-08T13:19:00.000-08:00I've had Symph. 1 on loop all morning, but keep ha...I've had Symph. 1 on loop all morning, but keep having to remember to refresh when Symph. 3 starts up (why they're out of order, I don't know). I LOVE this Symphony, despite its atypicality. It's energetic and tuneful and kind of inspiring. But I like Haydn. This is far sassier than Haydn ever was, I think (at least as I've heard him). There are parts of the third movement that sound impertinent and off-kilter, like an amiable drunk in an argument.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-4209754885247709222007-12-08T12:14:00.000-08:002007-12-08T12:14:00.000-08:00I see... the Rorschach inkblot test. :-PI see... the Rorschach inkblot test. :-PJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205897640255486123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-55114880905426087422007-12-08T10:15:00.000-08:002007-12-08T10:15:00.000-08:00@mhwitt: First, well done for taking on this impos...@mhwitt: First, well done for taking on this impossible quiz. As I knew you would. With only one correct, you are probably not going to be happy with your score, but remember this exercise was conceived as a cruel joke. Also, your logic is sound on several of the answers you got wrong.<BR/><BR/>@becky: Interestingly, after setting myself up for the Haydn comparison, I'm surprised this morning by how robustly <I>Beethovenian</I> the First sounds. It really does have some impressive dissonances, harmonic surprises, and big contrasts, especially once the first movement gets rolling. My recording is an old one with George Szell & the Cleveland Orchesta, and I think they liked to put the capital R in Romanticism, so I might be listening to an especially aggressive version.<BR/><BR/>@Missy: VERY impressive. You have five right, and an additional two pretty damn close. Better than I would have thought likely for anyone without an atlas and a slow morning on their hands....?<BR/><BR/>@d: It was <I>supposed</I> to be funny....<BR/><BR/>@chance: Advance directly to the head of the class.Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-55332101988030789492007-12-08T08:58:00.000-08:002007-12-08T08:58:00.000-08:00Well, I'm not great at geography, but I'll give it...Well, I'm not great at geography, but I'll give it a shot. These are just guesses, mind you.<BR/><BR/>1. Ganglia<BR/>2. Maceretovia<BR/>3. Bakazistan<BR/>4. French Ganglia<BR/>5. East Tibor<BR/>6. Cote d'Amadou<BR/>7. Slobodonia<BR/>8. Mbab!djibini<BR/>9. New Mbab!djibiniChancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226145896576592193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-13494568431927730792007-12-08T07:45:00.000-08:002007-12-08T07:45:00.000-08:00i was rather unsuspecting, really. i thought i'd c...i was rather unsuspecting, really. i thought i'd come here on the off chance that you'd posted something new and funny to read, only to discover a sneaky, underhanded posting of a quiz. damn you. well, i refuse to take it. <BR/><BR/>(mostly because i don't feel like feeling stupid today.)dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06769697352301199658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-29661401419047826832007-12-08T07:15:00.000-08:002007-12-08T07:15:00.000-08:00Ooh, certainly I have better things to do. I'd ju...Ooh, certainly I have better things to do. I'd just rather not be doing them. And I was pretty good at geography last year...<BR/><BR/>1. Sierra Leone<BR/>2. Cambodia<BR/>3. Ecuador<BR/>4. Belarus<BR/>5. Zimbabwe (I'm pretty sure about this one)<BR/>6. Slovenia<BR/>7. Macedonia<BR/>8. French Guiana<BR/>9. CyprusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-1595527737713151802007-12-08T06:20:00.000-08:002007-12-08T06:20:00.000-08:00Ah, but Becky, at least you don't have to worry ab...Ah, but Becky, at least you don't have to worry about orchestration. No pressure. ...And you're not 29 yet.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08184277343263236877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-85403878659978703122007-12-08T01:32:00.000-08:002007-12-08T01:32:00.000-08:00yeah, i'll pass on the quiz today and stick to bee...yeah, i'll pass on the quiz today and stick to beethoven. <BR/><BR/>hadn't listened to the 1st symphony in a long time. i have a london philharmonic recording, conducted by one barry wordworth. nothing special in the recording, but it suffices. this symphony really does remind me of haydn. it's so nice and lucid. and wikipedia tells me that he wrote this when he was 29, the same age i am now. i'd better get cracking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788226514286019607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-5601320829534020662007-12-08T01:00:00.000-08:002007-12-08T01:00:00.000-08:00Zowie, a taker!Zowie, a taker!Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-57856375172150853672007-12-07T21:06:00.000-08:002007-12-07T21:06:00.000-08:00It seems that I am going to reply first. To bad I...It seems that I am going to reply first. To bad I'm going to get so many of them wrong!<BR/><BR/> 1. Ecuador<BR/> 2. Croatia<BR/> 3. Uruguay (the only one I feel certain of.)<BR/> 4. Slovenia<BR/> 5. Burundi (or Rwanda?)<BR/> 6. Andorra (oddly, I'm feeling pretty good about this one)<BR/> 7. Rwanda (or Burundi?)<BR/> 8. Benin<BR/> 9. Vatican City<BR/><BR/>It won't be easy to look up answers after I post this. I like that about this quiz.mhwitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692644684366966097noreply@blogger.com