Who was the most prolific American composer (music of all types)? I can't find an accurate count of the compositions, but I've seen estimates from "over a thousand" to "thousands."
A good guess. I think Berlin may have had over a thousand compositions, but I believe the one I'm thinking of had over 1600. He was primarily known for his jazz works, but had many spiritual and other popular works, as well.
Yes. I once read it was the sulphur-bottom whale, and wondered why the blue whale was cited in some places, and that one in another. Same whale, different name.
Here are the digits 0-9 written in a specific order. Explain the order.
8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 3, 2, 0
George
I've been looking at the sequence for awhile and I'm not coming up with any pattern . Three pairs of numbers each add up to 13, I couldn't find it but I thought it might have something to do with the number 3. But what, I don't know? Difficult teaser George.
The Michael Jackson song "Beat It" features a really cool guitar solo that lasts about 30 seconds. It took the guitarist about 10 minutes to compose it. Who was he, and (bonus) how much was he paid?
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GeorgeStGeorge
No. (Misread it.) George
WordWolf
Raf clears the table! (Been practicing billiards lately?) A) 1605 was the last time- before JP1- that there were 3 different Popes in the same calendar year. It has to coincide with the concl
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Don't forget about me Raf, I'm so petty too. From "Wildflowers" to "The Last DJ".
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Who was the most prolific American composer (music of all types)? I can't find an accurate count of the compositions, but I've seen estimates from "over a thousand" to "thousands."
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Human without the bean
Paul McCartney? oops, he's not American, I'm kidding around. I'm not schooled in this type of genre but I'll guess 25x Grammy winner John Williams.
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GeorgeStGeorge
I doubt Williams has 100 songs to his credit.
This was a 20th-century musician, most famous for a particular genre but who wrote hundreds of other pieces.
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Raf
I'll take Irving Berlin for $600, Ken
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A good guess. I think Berlin may have had over a thousand compositions, but I believe the one I'm thinking of had over 1600. He was primarily known for his jazz works, but had many spiritual and other popular works, as well.
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GeorgeStGeorge
One might say he "outranks" Count Basie.
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I've got 2 guesses. I'm leading with "DUKE ELLINGTON."
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GeorgeStGeorge
And that would be the correct one. The director of one of the community bands I play in mentioned this about Ellington. What was your second choice?
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With outranking, I was thinking of a king, but my gut said Duke Ellington wrote more songs.
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GeorgeStGeorge
You're up, WW.
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Ok, here's a science question.
As far as is known to science at present, what is the largest animal to have EVER lived?
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GeorgeStGeorge
The blue whale?
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Yes. I once read it was the sulphur-bottom whale, and wondered why the blue whale was cited in some places, and that one in another. Same whale, different name.
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Here are the digits 0-9 written in a specific order. Explain the order.
8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 3, 2, 0
George
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I've been looking at the sequence for awhile and I'm not coming up with any pattern . Three pairs of numbers each add up to 13, I couldn't find it but I thought it might have something to do with the number 3. But what, I don't know? Difficult teaser George.
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Raf
When spelled out, it's the order their entries appear in a dictionary
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GeorgeStGeorge
Correct (assuming it's an English dictionary -- sorry, WW!).
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WordWolf
I prefer English dictionaries. I primarily think in English. (So, yeah, I saw that order in English also.)
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I'll have something later
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Ok, this should be easy enough:
The Michael Jackson song "Beat It" features a really cool guitar solo that lasts about 30 seconds. It took the guitarist about 10 minutes to compose it. Who was he, and (bonus) how much was he paid?
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GeorgeStGeorge
George Harrison, for free?
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No and yes
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Human without the bean
It's Eddie Van Halen, and he got paid nothing.
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Raf
Yes and yes
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