Bill Baldwin
2/15/2014 8:35:00 PM
Ray Hall <raymond.hall1@bigpond.com> wrote:
> Terry wrote:
>>
>> I got them all, but had trouble finding the correct spelling for
>> Evgeny, Falletta and Sargent.
>>
The quiz accepts last names only, so you actually didn't have to fiddle
with (Y)evgeny. I know, I know. NOW I tell you. It's Sporcle (and Jeopardy)
convention and we just figure everyone knows already. If you specified the
first name, the quiz was prepared to accept any combination of
Evgeny/Yevgeny with Mravinsky/Mravinski. You also could've typed
Mvravinskii and, unless you're a VERY fast typist, that would've worked. It
would've grabbed the Mravinski and declared you right before you had a
chance to type the final i.
I haven't seen the first name spelled Evgeni or Yevgeni, but I probably
should include those possibillities.
Similarly, the quiz would've taken any combination of JoAnn/JoAnne and
Falletta/Faletta/Falleta. (Capitalization, of course, wouldn't matter.)
> I failed to spell Sargent correctly. Sarjeant, Sargeant ... I gave up
> the ghost on this one. Silly name anyway. ;)
>
Ha! The only variant I thought to include was Sergeant. I suppose that
could be cruel to people thinking, "I don't know how it's spelled. All I
know is it ISN'T spelled like the military rank!"
Oh, the quiz also would've accepted "Flash Harry," of course.
> Also failed on the opry conductor. 23.5/25 ain't too bad.
>
I definitely couldn't have identified Bonynge on sight before making this
quiz. It was hard to even find a picture of him that met my requirements--
recognizable when resized to 480 pixels high and actually in the act of
conducting. Most Bonynge pics seemed to be publicity stills with him making
eye contact with the camera and looking like George Hamilton with a perm.
I was quite happy with the picture I eventually found. It included Joan
Sutherland, his wife, which I hoped would help some people.