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Posted: May 30 2006, 20:26 |
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| Quote (Ray @ May 30 2006, 05:03) | | Would be nice to see the Questions - we don't have a TV. |
I've transcribed the questions and answers below for your interest. I have an mpeg recording but no clue as to how to distribute it. Tried to edit this morning, but the sound is not working (it seems that most things on my computer work on alternate days).
Delighted to hear you are TV-free. Terrific medium, generally appalling standard of content.
And I'm still working on your cryptic Ommadawn reference from the "favourite melody" post. Not much to go on there, but that's what makes it interesting I guess.
The Einstein Factor transcript:
PB = Peter Berner (Host)
MS = Matthew Sorrell (MO Champion)
Where parts of the question are enclosed in brackets, this denotes Matthew’s response as the question is being asked.
PB: Occasional narrator of Tubular Bells was which former member of the Bonzo Dog (Doo Dah Band)?
MS: Vivian Stanshall
PB: Correct. Tracks on which album include Moonlight Shadow, In High (Places, Foreign Affair….)?
MS: Crises.
PB: Correct. Oldfield composed the music for which 1984 Oscar (winning film)?
MS: The Killing Fields.
PB: Correct. What were Oldfield’s two UK number one albums in 1974?
MS: Hergest Ridge and Tubular Bells.
PB: Correct. Comprising a 60 minute track of continuous (but classically…)?
MS: Amarok.
PB: Correct. Of the many instruments Oldfield plays on Tubular Bells, what is credited as guitar sounding like what?
MS: Bagpipes.
PB: Correct. Which Oldfield album was inspired by the Arthur C. Clarke novel of the same (name)?
MS: The Songs of Distant Earth.
PB: Which Oldfield track was recorded in several versions including BT’s Pure Luminescence Remix and the UltraViolet Mix Edit?
MS: <Looking for answer on ceiling> …er…Sentinel.
PB: Let There be Light. Released in 1982, live Punkadiddle is the B side of which single?
MS: <Pause for face-scrunching> Pass.
PB: Five Miles Out. Introducing the instruments at the end of the album’s first half, actor Alan Rickman as MC is credited on Tubular Bells 2 as a what?
MS: Wandering player.
PB: Strolling player. Recording the 1968 album Children of the Sun was which folk duo comprising Oldfield and his sister Sally.
MS: The Sallyangie.
PB: Correct. Which year saw the release of the compilation The Complete Mike Oldfield?
MS: 198..<searching, searching>...5.
PB: Correct. Oldfield played on which Kevin Ayers and the Whole World album with a one word title made up of several words?
MS: Whatevershebringswesing.
PB: Platinum part 4 includes an extract of….<BZZZZZ> the buzzer beat us…I’ll complete the question for anyone at home…. Platinum part 4 includes an extract of North Star by which (composer)?
MS: Philip Glass.
PB: Philip Glass is correct. Allright we have a bonus question to come…the Mike Oldfield song “Family Man” was a hit in 1983 when covered by pop duo Hall & Oates. True or False, Matthew? How do you want to play it?
MS: I think I’ll trust the Brains Trust on this one.
PB: <Incredulous guffaw>
The Brains Trust look at each other wondering what to do. Mention of Moonlight Shadow, “I don’t think he wrote the Hall & Oates one”. From Tim: “H&O were a different type of music and in fact I think he was better than anything they ever did.” Answer: FALSE.
MS: A great pity.
PB: A great pity, says Matthew very diplomatically. The answer we needed was TRUE, Matthew stays on 1000 points….
And the show continues without further reference.
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