All Entries in the "Weeks 11-20" Category

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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 [...]

Quiz #20

We’ve made it folks….twenty whole weeks of quizzy fun. Thanks to readers that have been kind enough to write in and to say they’ve added some of the pieces to their collection after hearing them here. Miss Mussel’s cockles are duly warmed since that lofty ideal was the principal reason for starting The [...]

Quiz #19 Envelope Please

Five foot French windows overlooking the city centre are lovely except that when they were installed 150 years ago, there was no such thing as an air conditioner. Now that air conditioners are everywhere, there is no such thing as five foot French windows. Circle. Square.
Muggy summer in Southern Ontario started yesterday and [...]