Mathman (and others) -- see if you can solve this one!

[eltamina]

For unlimited amount of virtual junior mints

Here is a trivia for the prize of unlimited amount of virtual junior mints

<img src="http://oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-pages/junior-mints_small.jpg" style="border:0;"/>

Name the mystery composer

He was a priest with flaming red hair.

He taught violin at an orphange for girls

One of his piece of music is a faithful work horse for many skating programs.

 

[mathman444]

Re: I am claiming the nicest prize

Hey, who put the z right here next to the x on my keyboard to trick me into making a mistakw?

I am going to be pretty hoarse, cheering for Ye Bin Mok AND Carolina Kostner, along with my other favorites, Cohen, Volchkova, Arakawa, Bellemare, Currie, Poykio, Nakano, nelidina, Maniachenko and Kirk!

Mathman

 

[mathman444]

Re: Mathman (and others) -- see if you can solve this one!

Ptichka, well, I can see that I'm going to have to bring out the big guns here. Oh, have I got a problem for you, just wait and see!

In the mean time -- Ta da! You crushed my best efforts to pose a stumper. What skater shall we honor in your name, and when is his/her birthday?

Mathman

 

[Ptichka]

Re: I am claiming the nicest prize

Hey, Mathman, why did you ignore my attempt to solve your 2nd question???!!! Hmmm, I guess because it was wrong...

Anyway, my guess is Mersenne. Am I right?

 

[eltamina]

Re: I am claiming the nicest prize

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>I am going to be pretty hoarse, cheering for Ye Bin Mok AND Carolina Kostner, along with my other favorites, Cohen, Volchkova, Arakawa, Bellemare, Currie, Poykio, Nakano, nelidina, Maniachenko and Kirk![/quote]

<span style="color:red;font-size:large;"> Remember Standing ovation for Ye Bin and Carolina everytime they step on/ off the ice, and I want a report </span>

<strong>PS Ptichka, I think you and MM post at the same time. </strong>

<span style="color:green;font-size:medium;">Reposting a previous questions</span>

<span style="color:green;font-size:large;">Here is a trivia for the prize of unlimited amount of virtual junior mints</span>

<strong>Here is a trivia for the prize of unlimited amount of virtual junior mints</strong>

<img src="http://oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-pages/junior-mints_small.jpg" style="border:0;"/>

<strong>Name the mystery composer

He was a priest with flaming red hair.

He taught violin at an orphange for girls

One of his famous pieces of music is a faithful work horse for many skating programs.</strong>

 

[Ptichka]

Re: I am claiming the nicest prize

Yes! I won, I won, I won!!! :rollin:

Hmmm, whom would I like to honor... I'll choose Belbin & Agosto! Let's stick to Tanith's birthday, which is 7/11. If that's too soon, then Ben's BD is 1/15. Their address is:

Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto
c/o Detroit Skating Club
888 Denison Court
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302

:lol: :lol:

 

[Ladskater]

Re: Mathman (and others) -- see if you can solve this one!

Does Bob have any kids?

Math - yuk!


Ladskater

 

[mathman444]

Re: I am claiming the nicest prize

Ptichka -- 7/11 it is! I like your choice. I can hand deliver the gift to the DSC!

MM

 

[sk8cynic]

Re: I am claiming the nicest prize

Eltamina,

But of course it's "The Red Priest", Antonio Vivaldi!!!

 

[eltamina]

Congrats cyn, here is one more

Yes, the red priest, and the 4 seasons

How tasty are the junior mints?

For all the virtual Hershey's Kisses you can eat

<img src="http://www.hersheygifts.com/Content/ProdImages/4627_p.jpg" style="border:0;"/>

<span style="color:red;font-size:x-small;">When it comes to money, what do Beethoven and the Beatles have in common? </span>

<span style="color:blue;font-size:x-small;">Name a piece of music from each that has an unit of money in the title (same unit in both titles) , e.g. a shilling is a unit, a dime is a unit </span>

 

[sk8cynic]

Re: Congrats cyn, here is one more

I know the answer, but since I got the last one, I'll defer.

Elta, they're delicious (and so lo-cal, too!) :rollin:

 

[4dogknight]

Re: Is this the answer?

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>When it comes to money, what do Beethoven and the Beatles have in common?[/quote]

I know this one; at least I immediately knew the Beatles part, I had to dig for the Beethoven piece. (Course knowing the unit made the search easier)

The Beatles - Penny Lane
One of my favorites but then I do say the same thing no matter what Beatles song is playing.

Beethovan - Rage Over A Lost Penny, Rondo A Capriccio In G Major Op. 129
Not in my Beethoven top ten but I wouldn't turn it off either.

Am I right? Am I right? Huh! Huh! I'm so excited, this is the first answer to a question in the thread I knew. Now I don't feel like a dope.

4dk

 

[mathman444]

Re: Is this the answer?

Eltamina, I need your help to select a nice CD for Belbin and Agosto, courtesy of Ptichka. Something a little dancy? Do you have any suggestions?

Mathman

 

[eltamina]

Gold coins, golden goblet & cure for insomnia

4Dk, congrats, yes Penny Lane and Rage over a lost penny :lol:

BTW, folks thanks for participating. From time to time I will post a trivia question with a real prize ( a cd sent to your favorite skater for his/her birthday) so please stay tune.

Here is another one for you

Name the mystery composer, the instrumentalist, the count, and the piece of music.

Count ---------- suffered from insomnia. He asked our mystery composer to write some pieces of music for his favorite instrumentalist to play for him at night. Our mystery composer wrote the following -------- ---------- . It was one of the monumental pieces of music ever written. The instrumentalist was a child prodigy of 14 !!! Count ---------- was so impressed with the music, he gave our mystery composer a golden goblet filled with louis d'or coins.

<img src="http://membres.lycos.fr/henribonhomme/hpbimg/louisssssssssss.gif" style="border:0;"/>

I can't give you any golden goblet, or gold coins

<img src="http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/resources/image/medium/k139686.jpg" style="border:0;"/>

Answer this question for a virtual Hershey's gold tower

<img src="http://www.hersheygifts.com/Content/ProdImages/5154_f.jpg" style="border:0;"/>


<strong>PS Ptichka and Mathman, you should keep posting your math trivia here too. Of course limit that to my 5th grade size brain.</strong>

<span style="color:green;font-size:small;">PPS Folks please feel free to post your non skating trivia here, it is just for fun!!</span>

 

[eltamina]

Freddy and Mathman

<span style="color:red;font-size:x-small;"> Mathman, initially I thought of symphonie Fantastique. It is dramatic, and the second movement un bal is dancy. On second thought it is not a good piece of music for a fan to send to a skater. I am stump for now. But if you want to send good music w/o being dancy, I think Vaughan Williams Lark Ascending, Variation on a theme of Thomas Tallis, English Folk song sute etc are good. </span>

<span style="color:blue;font-size:small;">Yeoh Freddy, SERIOUS you need to give me Michelle Kwan's address, and finish her birthday poem. Her Bday is 7/7, I don't have much time. BTW, what is Shep's address, is that the best place to send the cds?</span>

 

[Freddy the Pig 2]

Re: Freddy and Mathman

Yes, I think it is best to write to MK at Mr. Goldberg's business address:

Proper Marketing Associates
39555 Orchard Hill Place
Novi, Michigan 48375
(24 465-1100

Oh, golly, about the poem. I think you will have to go without one this time. I have tried and tried. I can write a poem about anything else at the drop of a hat:

"On Love

"I love my pipe and my tobacky,
And I love you, I do, by cracky.

"I can't write purdy 'cuz I ain't a poet,
But I love you and don't I know it.

"If you ditched me I shore would pine,
So I hope you'll be my Valentine."

But when it comes to Michelle, I just get all tongue-tied and stutter-y. Here is all I have so far:

M' M' M'chelle
you're sw' sw' sw' swell.

See?

Sorry.

Freddy

 

[eltamina]

Re: Freddy and Mathman

Freddy

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Mr. Goldberg's business address[/quote]

Freddy you got the answer to another music trivia again. Goldberg is the answer.

The mystery composer was Bach, the prodigy was Goldberg, and the 30 variations / changes were named after this 14 y/o kid. The Goldberg variation.

Count Kaiserling's insomnia was cured by Bach's music, so he gave Bach a golden Goblet filled with gold coins.

Mathman

If you are still open to suggestion, take a look at the Italian folk dance the tarantella (spider dance). Many composers had written tarantella including Chopin, and Liszt.

www.streetswing.com/histm...tartla.htm

It is a very interesting dance, and it is considered to be bad luck to dance alone to tarantella. I think it will be good for Tanith and Ben.

I love the naxos cd
8.559036 GOTTSCHALK : A Night in the Tropics
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK
Celebre Tarantelle, Op. 67, No. 5
01. Celebre Tarantelle, Op. 67, No. 5 07:26

<strong>Celebre Tarantelle is cute, upbeat, quirky, and dancy.</strong> If you join www.naxos.com, you can listen to this cd on the net. I think it is worth the time and effort to check out this piece.

There is also a 2 cd Chandos set on the Strauss family waltz, polka etc. (listed at Berkshire) You can never go wrong with the Strauss family, their music bring so much joy to a lot of people. One of the waltz Vienna Blood was composed as a mood booster to Vienna after a stock market crash. LOL


Strauss Family, Roses from the South; Eljen a Magyar; 1,001 Nights; Furioso Polka; Egyptian March; Unter Donner und Blitz; Banditen Galopp; Wiener Blut; Saat und Ernte; Schleier und Krone; Perlen der Liebe; Morgenblatter; Tritsch-Tratsch; Kaiser March; Vienna Bonbons; Fata Morgana; Hunt; Annen Polka; Blue Danube; Ohne Sorgen; Cachucha + 7 Other Titles. (J.Strauss Orch./ Rothstein. Total time: 131'13')
| D/A code: D | Code: 7129 | BRO Code: 116170 | Label: CHANDOS

PS: a listening sample of Chopin's tarantella in A flat

www.columbia.edu/itc/musi...d5039.html

A listening sample to Liszt's tarantella, from Cedille records
/www.cedillerecords.org/037.html

 

[Freddy the Pig 2]

Re: Freddy and Mathman

Goldberg. I knew that! Yes. Goldberg.

So I get half a tower of Hershey's kisses because I knew the prodigy (Goldberg) and the song (Goldberg Variations). I didn't actually <em>say</em> Variations, but you knew what I meant.

Now here is another Goldberg trivia question: What Olympic gold medal winner was represented by Michelle Kwan's agent, Shep Goldberg?

Freddy