Welcome, ‏to Wednesday October 26, 2010.   Maybe this is why they don’t teach music in high school any more. Following are actual answers from students on music tests…

– The principal singer of nineteenth century opera was called pre-Madonna.

– Gregorian chant has no music, just singers singing the same lines.

– Sherbet composed the Unfinished Symphony.

– All female parts were sung by castrati. We don’t know exactly what they sounded like because there are no known descendants.

– Young scholars have expressed their rapture for the Bronze Lullaby, the Taco Bell Cannon, Beethoven’s Erotica,
Tchaikovsky Cracknutter Suite, and Gershwin’s Rap City in Blue.

– Music sung by two people at the same time is called a duel; if they sing without music it is called Acapulco.

– A virtuoso is a musician with real high morals.

– Contralto is a low sort of music that only ladies sing.

– Probably the most marvelous fugue was the one between the Hatfields and the McCoys.

– I know what a sextet is but I’d rather not say.

– Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a great many musical compositions and had a large number of children. In between he
practiced on an old spinster which he kept up in his attic.

– Rock Monanoff was a famous post-romantic composer of piano concerti. 
      
Hey I’m just saying! Have a nice middle of the week Wednesday folks, and whatever you do, don’t forget to laff it up! Peace I am outta here!    

Q u o t e s  o f  t h e  d a y !  

“Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is
like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.”
– Christopher Hampton

“I can resist anything but temptation.”
– Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere’s Fan, 1892, Act I)

“It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a
reputation for subtlety.”
– Isaac Asimov  

“Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, and Sandra Bullock are going
to star in a new movie by ‘Sex and the City’ director Michael
Patrick King. Or, as girlfriends who were dragged to watch
‘Jackass 3D’ call it, ‘Payback.'” -Jimmy Fallon
 
“Everyone is on strike in France. In Paris, they called in
riot police. They’re no joke. They crack skulls with
baguettes and they unleash fire hoses filled with soft
cheese.” -Craig Ferguson
 
“A woman who is tired of the pressure to get married is
marrying herself. There’s just got to be someone for Jennifer
Aniston.” -David Letterman  

G u a r a n t e e d  t o  R o l l  Y o u r  E y e s 

I was traveling through Georgia last summer and stopped at a little backwoods country store. In the men’s room there was a handwritten sign above the malfunctioning potty which said, “Please Wiggel Handel”. Below that some wit had written, “If I do, will it wiggel Bach?”  

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Tuesday’s Movie Trivia of the day! ‘How much movie trivia can you answer? What movie is this quote from???? “Hey! You guys wanna buy a bar?”  

Answer: Running Scared! “Running Scared” (1986) stars Billy Crystal and the late Gregory Hines as Chicago cops who entertain the idea of retiring early. During a vacation in Florida, they actually buy a bar, intending to make its upkeep their new career. By the end of the film, though, they have clearly changed their minds about leaving the police department. This final line is spoken by Danny Costanzo (Crystal) to two other detectives. 

Wednesday’s Movie Trivia of the day!  What movie is this quote from???? A: “I think it’s gonna rain.” B: “It is raining.” A: “Yeah.”

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Tuesday’s Crazy Song Definitions, This quiz features popular songs from 2007, try and identify which song or which artist.” “I could be brown, I could be blue, I could be violet sky”    

ANSWER: Grace Kelly! “Grace Kelly” was released from Mika’s album “Life In Cartoon Motion” in early 2007. While instantly recognizable, the song made only a small impact on the charts in the United States, hitting number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 13 on Billboard’s Pop 100. In the United Kingdom, the song was an unmitigated smash, spending five weeks at number one and forty weeks on the chart. At the end of the year, it was named the third biggest selling single in the U.K. The song also reached number one in Ireland, Italy and Norway and the top ten in more than ten other countries. Mika has stated that the Freddie in the song refers to Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury. “Love Today” reached number 92 for Mika. Jim Jones took “We Fly High” to number five in 2007. Kermit the Frog reached number 25 in 1979 with “Rainbow Connection”.

Wednesday’s Crazy Song Definitions, This quiz features popular songs from 2007 try and identify which song or which artist.”  “He said, ‘Son, when you grow up , would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned'”
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Tuesday’s Quizzler is..  

In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!!
Starting letter: A  Clues:
1. sodium
2. one, some, every, or all
3. greenish blue
4. careful and shrewd
5. Grand ——

ANSWER: A
NA
ANY
CYAN
CANNY
CANYON

The Grand Canyon leaves all who experience it with a sense of wonder, magic and awe. From its dramatic 5000 foot deep, 277 miles long, and up to 18 mile wide gorge, to its diverse plateaus, towers and hills, the Grand Canyon is one of the world’s most stunning destinations. Rich with exceptional beauty, ancient geological history and modern universal amazement, the Grand Canyon attracts more than 5 million tourists each year.   

Wednesday’s Quizzler is… 

What saying is seen here?

Mary
Sue
Jane
LAW
Bob
Fred
Jim

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