Missouri Classical Music News and Notes : Missouri Music Teachers Association

Every year King William's College on the Isle of Man gives its students a general knowledge quiz of legendary fiendish difficulty.

There are 180 questions. These (and perhaps more I haven't solved yet . . . ) deal with music, composers, operas, or other related matters. Can you figure any of them out?

2.3 Who is, or was the foundling, whose amorous adventures finally led him to Wisdom?

2.10 Who is, or was the composer who wrote an opera eponymously featuring one of the above (2.1-2.9), but made himself ineligible to appear here?

3.8 In which year did a seven-part wartime composition become incomplete.

7.9 Which ninth was for Victoire?

8.1 Who saw the light?

You may need to see the entire context to have a chance at solving some of them--the quiz comes in 18 "rounds" and each round has a theme that helps solve some of the more difficult in that round. For instance, Round 2 features people who all share the same last name; Round 8 features answers that all begin & end with the same letter.

posted by Brent Hugh at 12/23/2006
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