nourishing obscurity

6 Responses to “Quiz at Nine – what’s in a name?”

1. Nigel Sedgwick, on November 22nd, 2009 at 21:53 Said:

   Should 2 not read Anna Mae Bullock?

   I got 1, 2, 3 and 5 right, but only by relying on Wikipedia. On 4, it was no use, and I failed to try harder: silly me, given that what I accepted had nothing to do with films or music.

   [Aside: I really should have played at yesterday’s maths: it looked such fun. But I’m not good enough at maths to do it instinctively (let alone be a real mathematician); I’m too old to do such complicated things with enough accuracy and reliably to be efficient; and yesterday I was too tired lazy to write a little computer program in Python to have done for me the accuracy, reliably and efficiency, though I did realise almost immediately that a programmed solution was the best way.

   Best regards

   
   
2. James Higham, on November 22nd, 2009 at 22:06 Said:

   Oops. Corrected. You’re always catching me out.

   People do seem to be enjoying these so more to come on subsequent days.

   
   
3. Andrew Scott, on November 22nd, 2009 at 23:26 Said:

   1. Citizen (sooo easy!)
   2. Ms. Bullock
   3. Mr. Konigsberg
   4. Mother of Jean from my primary 5 class actually, honest
   5. Nicolas Cage?

   Full marks please

   
   
4. James Higham, on November 22nd, 2009 at 23:30 Said:

   Er …

   
   
5. Andrew Scott, on November 22nd, 2009 at 23:44 Said:

   Does “Er…” mean you are wondering if I should be awarded a bonus point too?

   
   
6. MTG, on November 23rd, 2009 at 09:03 Said:

   With deference to Andrew’s general knowledge, film producers knew Nicolas Givusthepartoriteluncle by many names.