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FNGD STARTER
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:38 pm
by etaoin22
STARTER: FRIDAY FEB 13:
Associate the following characteristics in the correct order, as representing Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in Holst's "The Planets"
1 - Bringer of Old Age
2 - Bringer of Jollity
3 - THe Mystic
4 - The Magician
THere may be a delay,now
Re: FNGD STARTER
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:41 pm
by christie1111
Wow!
This was mentioned on the Bored this week and I didn't look it up. My bad.
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Re: FNGD STARTER
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:44 pm
by hermillion
etaoin22 wrote:STARTER: FRIDAY FEB 13:
Associate the following characteristics in the correct order, as representing Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in Holst's "The Planets"
1 - Bringer of Old Age
2 - Bringer of Jollity
3 - THe Mystic
4 - The Magician
THere may be a delay,now
WAG, all the way . . .
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Re: FNGD STARTER
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:45 pm
by etaoin22
I am hoping mellytu will be able to come for at least a question or two, so I will post 'em. Problem is, I have compleetely forgot what Q3 was supposed to be...
Re: FNGD STARTER
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:48 pm
by hermillion
etaoin22 wrote:Problem is, I have compleetely forgot what Q3 was supposed to be...
I love this! Christie, we can tell everybody that we both got Q3 right -- and nobody can prove otherwise!
Re: FNGD STARTER
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:50 pm
by christie1111
hermillion wrote:etaoin22 wrote:Problem is, I have compleetely forgot what Q3 was supposed to be...
I love this! Christie, we can tell everybody that we both got Q3 right -- and nobody can prove otherwise!
You are right!
Excellent plan!
Re: FNGD STARTER
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:53 pm
by etaoin22
çhristie has the bringer of jollity correct. Canadian trivia which no one would remember includes the fact that the little da-da-dah tune in Jupiter was the original CTV news theme back in 1961.
Re: FNGD STARTER
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:59 pm
by etaoin22
2- 1 - 4 - 3.
If I had used alphabetic order,it would be 1 - 2 - 3 - 4. (the identity permutaion, or transformation, i.e no change at all)
which of course BAM never used AFAIK for a FF question.
I have been trying to find the reference that failing to use the identity transformation was important to decoding Enigma, but I cant