Answers to Short, fun quiz. Carmina Burana is 1) A Latin American singer who wore fruit on her head. 2) The theme tune from ‘The Omen’ 3) A Brazilian airline. 3) A hot and spicy Mexican dish 5) None of the above. 5) None of the above. It is, of course, a major work by Karl Orff based on songs written by medieval monks in low German and Latin - some of the words are a bit risqué! It has no connection with The Omen, the music for which was written by Jerry Goldsmith; you can win a lot of money betting on that one. ;) Toccata and Fugue in d minor was written by 1) J. S. Bach 2) Count Dracula 3) Nobody knows. 3) Nobody knows - strictly speaking. It has been usually attributed to J. S. Bach and probably was by him, but no autograph score exists. However, near contemporary copies exist with J. S. Bachs name on, so it is traditionally by - J. S. Bach. It has been argued that it must be by a pupil (or a pupil of a pupil) or by a contemporary (in those days, printing was very expensive, there was no copyright, and Bach was an enthusiastic copyist) so it might be School of J. S. Bach. But why does it matter? Well, heres where Count Dracula comes in. Toccata and Fugue in d minor is extraordinarily popular. Some academic Bach enthusiasts are very precious and hate it when they see this music being played as the accompaniment to horror films or hashed up with modern, electronic instruments. It would be easier for them if people would forget it, and its been done to death, so theyd just as soon it was buried as well. The Jeep got its name from 1) Its designation: ‘General Purpose’ 2) The weird animal in Popeye cartoons 3) It’s original production number (GP…) 4) Nobody knows 4) Nobody knows. It certainly is not 1) from the abbreviation for General Purpose. The suggestion that its from the original production number; GP12345 or whatever is plausible, but there is no evidence for that either. The most plausible is that it was adopted from the adorable creature called, Jeep in Popeye cartoons of the thirties and forties that could materialise anywhere - because the Jeep could negotiate any terrain almost magically. But even that is not known for certain. The abbreviation OMG for ‘Oh my God’ first came into use in 1) 1997 2) 1977 3) 1917 4) Nobody knows Either 3) or 4). The first recoded use of this abbreviation is 1917 and the recipient of this OMG was Winston Churchill. You can read about it here; theatlantic/technology/archive/2011/03/winston-churchill-was-the-recipient-of-the-first-omg/73054/ The tides are caused by 1) The Moon 2) The Sun 3) Both 4) God 3) Both - and its not a negligible effect, so it should be wider known that when the moon is in line with the sun (behind it) that the combined effect is about one and a half of that when it is the moon alone. Some people just ascribe this to God, one of whom seems to be Fox News pundit Bill OReilly who when interviewing Bill OReilly tried to argue as much, saying The tides go in, the tides go out and nobody knows why https://youtube/watch?v=2BCipg71LbI&feature=player_embedded#at=159 Apologies that I didnt post this on Sunday like I promised. No excuses. I forgot.
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:30:05 +0000
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