All Entries in the "The Weekly Quiz" Category
Quiz #22 Coming Soon
Well, not soon as compared to tomorrow but soon as compared to the day we send a spaceship to Jupiter.
The OM Quiz is going on a summer hiatus. The blog will continue as normal and will hopefully include more essays and actual opinions “the state of things” rather than just links, cartoons et [...]
Quiz #21: Lost In The Post
1) The envelope containing the results for this week’s quiz was delayed by a rather spectacular but still plausible series of events involving a tiger, a pair of galoshes and three pieces of old Canadian cheddar.
2) Miss Mussel stayed up til 7am Sunday morning making a website and hasn’t really been able to string more [...]
Quiz #21 Clue Two
You know how sometimes you think you did something and then hours later you realize you only just imagined it?
Let’s just pretend these clues were posted at 9:30 to avoid a disconnect between reality and Miss Mussel’s imagination.
The final track has been added to the player. One person has written in with the answer [...]
Quiz #21 Clue One
Two more tracks on the player to help you on your way to becoming the champion of Quiz #21. As well, here is the first installment of clues:
1) The composer was born in 1947 and, for the first time ever on the OM Quiz, is still drawing breath.
2) He wrote a series of fanfares [...]
Quiz #21 Take Two
Due to yesterday’s blackout, the Quiz will be extended until Thursday at midnight.
Have a listen to the two tracks currently on the player and send those guesses in.
To help you along, Miss Mussel will say that if your cassock and surplice encased BFF lives in the UK, all the better.
Clues and more tracks tomorrow.
Quiz #21
Question: Why does the cat, having the entire apartment in which to find a bed, insist on laying right on top of the newsletter proofs Miss Mussel spent the weekend so carefully annotating?
Have a listen to this week’s mystery piece, as chosen by the winner of Quiz #17, Roger Miller, while you think it [...]
Oops…
In her hurry to get the quiz winner announced, Miss Mussel forgot to mention who the performers were. The recording, selected by Quiz #19 winner Michael Monroe, was a Naxos recording, which is available here should it not already be a part of your library.
Notice anything interesting about the personnel?
Here’s a hint: [...]
Quiz #20: Pencils Down. That Includes You At The Back As Well.
Another perfect summer day here in this corner of the universe. The temperature is a perfectly civilized 19 degrees which is making Miss Mussel’s heart nearly burst for joy. That special Southern Ontario brand of oppressive humidity and a jump of 10 degrees is coming at the weekend. Ugh.
Quite a few people wrote [...]
Quiz #20 Clue Two
Twelve hours remaining folks. All three movements are now on the player, so have a listen while you peruse the second batch of clues and then send your guesses to hello@theomniscientmussel.com. Or just listen and wait until tomorrow for the answer.
In keeping with the theme of this quiz so far, Miss Mussel is [...]
Quiz #20 Clue One
Good news on the A/C front: Miss Mussel scored a housesitting gig for the next three weeks. In exchange for doling out half a cup of cat food twice daily and changing a bit of litter, she gets to enjoy living in an artificial icebox. The temperature is meant to drop 10 degrees [...]
