did you save me some cronbo lunch?
Jo Elson said:its different we are stupid housemates an therefore aren't expected to get spelling right where as BOC Brother is.
Not yet maybe! :wink:Jo Elson said:its different we are stupid housemates an therefore aren't expected to get spelling right....
if you look a little more closely you will see that whatsharp was one of FOUR of us to get full marks!!!!!!Humphrey said:I see they had one housemate who scored full marks!! :shock:
Humphrey said:Maybe BOC brother can also be more accurate when setting quiz questions. In the Diary room forfeit quiz there are 2 errors and one poorly set question. Question 3 stated the lowest voice in a woodwind family was the Great Bass Recorder. Even the scantest research would have identified 3 lower pitched recorders; the contrabass in F, Sub-contrabass in C and Sub-Sub contrabass in F. In question 4, Schuberts Symphony No 9 ("The Great") was referred to as a classical symphony. More accurately Schuberts music falls in the Romantic period. In question 6 you ask for a garden bird. A valid answer would have been any garden bird but even if we take into account the link great, Great tit is not the only answer possible. How about the Great Black-backed Gull or the Great spotted woodpecker both regarded as British garden birds.
I think the person who set this quiz should fall on his/her sword and the Housemates should demand an apology or at least require a forfeit of BOC brother. I see they had one housemate who scored full marks!! :shock:
No more pedantic than me I suppose. I rechecked the quiz and the word Classical does appear with an upper case C. I therefore reiterate my original point presumably with your support (at least on this point). So I expect BOC brother will want to say something in his defence. It'll have to be good. :lol:lynchie said:[Pedantic]
Just a bit of defence on the classical point... I haven't checked the actual quiz so I'm going by what you said. If the word classical was used with a small c, it refers to a much wider genre of music, covering pretty much all orchestral music. Only when used with an upper case C does it refer to the specific Classical era.
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Humphrey said:Question 3 stated the lowest voice in a woodwind family was the Great Bass Recorder. Even the scantest research would have identified 3 lower pitched recorders; the contrabass in F, Sub-contrabass in C and Sub-Sub contrabass in F
Humphrey said:Question 3 stated the lowest voice in a woodwind family...
Curiosity_Kills said:Humphrey said:Question 3 stated the lowest voice in a woodwind family was the Great Bass Recorder. Even the scantest research would have identified 3 lower pitched recorders; the contrabass in F, Sub-contrabass in C and Sub-Sub contrabass in FHumphrey said:Question 3 stated the lowest voice in a woodwind family...
Surely, such instruments as the Contrabassoon, the Sub-Contrabass Saxophone and the Octobass Clarinet beat these recorders
Curiosity_Kills said:That quiz has confused me - I going to shut up now
as for the Sub-Contrabass Saxophone - i have a recording of a guy playing one!