Og's quiz - again

[oggbashan]

I'm still writing questions for my pensioners' group next week.

Here are another set of questions for you to try (preferably without google!):

Composers
Who composed?
01. Messiah
02. Carmen
03. The Meistersingers
04. The Magic Flute
05. Fidelio
06. Dream of Gerontius
07. Faust
08. Elijah
09. Madam Butterfly
10. The Christmas Oratorio


Og

 

[Huckleman2000]

1. Handel
2. Bizet
3.
4. Mozart
5. Fellatio (sorry, I was probably still thinking of The Magic Flute)
6.
7. Mahler
8.
9. Puccini
10. Bethoven

 

[past_perfect]

1. Händel
2. Bizet
3. Wagner
4. Mozart
5. Beethoven
6.
7. Mahler
8. Mendelsson-Bartholdy
9. Puccini
10. Bach

 

[past_perfect]

Shit, I should have known number 6 - googled it now. And being influenced by the previous poster on one choice wasn't overly clever either.

 

[Huckleman2000]

Damn. I was going to say "Bach" for 10., but didn't because I don't know which Bach, if anyone challenged me.

 

[oggbashan]

More...

Some good attempts above but...

While we wait for a complete set of correct answers, here's the next set:

Painters
Who painted?

01. The Laughing Cavalier
02. The Blue Boy
03. Mona Lisa
04. The Boyhood of Raleigh
05. The Rake’s Progress
06. Guernica
07. The Sistine Chapel ceiling
08. The Birth of Venus
09. Rain, Steam and Speed
10. Sunflowers


Og

 

[past_perfect]

1. Hals
2. Gainsborough?
3. da Vinci
4.
5. Hogarth
6. Picasso
7. Michelangelo
8. Boticelli
9.
10. van Gogh

Am not that good with paintings.

 

[Huckleman2000]

1. Rembrandt
2. some very British-sounding name that I can't recall
3. DaVinci
4.
5. Homer (?)
6. Picasso
7. Michelangelo
8. Botticelli
9. Dali (?)
10. Van Gogh

 

[oggbashan]

Composer Answers

Composers
Who composed?
01. Messiah HANDEL
02. Carmen BIZET
03. The Meistersingers WAGNER
04. The Magic Flute MOZART
05. Fidelio BEETHOVEN
06. Dream of Gerontius ELGAR
07. Faust GOUNOD
08. Elijah MENDELSSOHN
09. Madam Butterfly PUCCINI
10. The Christmas Oratorio BACH

 

[past_perfect]

Composers
Who composed?
01. Messiah HANDEL
02. Carmen BIZET
03. The Meistersingers WAGNER
04. The Magic Flute MOZART
05. Fidelio BEETHOVEN
06. Dream of Gerontius ELGAR
07. Faust GOUNOD
08. Elijah MENDELSSOHN
09. Madam Butterfly PUCCINI
10. The Christmas Oratorio BACH

Yeah, Gounod never occurred to me, and Elgar I should have known... well, if that was a pensioner's quiz, I still have a few years to practice.

 

[ishtat]

Rain Steam & Speed is JMW Turner and I want it.

 

[ishtat]

Didn't notice first time that the Raleigh boyhood was un-answered . Millais ?? not sure.

 

[oggbashan]

Painters - the solution

Painters
Who painted?

01. The Laughing Cavalier FRANZ HALS
02. The Blue Boy GAINSBOROUGH
03. Mona Lisa LEONARDO DA VINCI
04. The Boyhood of Raleigh MILLAIS
05. The Rake’s Progress HOGARTH
06. Guernica PICASSO
07. The Sistine Chapel ceiling MICHELANGELO
08. The Birth of Venus BOTTICELLI
09. Rain, Steam and Speed TURNER
10. Sunflowers VAN GOGH