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BrensBenz · 09-08-2015 11:44PM

Rubecula wrote: »

right in one Brens

OK, another ancient pop music question:

Can you name the person who:

engineered all of The Beatles EMI studio recordings until 1965;
engineered almost 100 Beatles songs in total;
produced the first, third and fourth albums for Pink Floyd;
played the drum part for Pink Floyd's "Remember a Day" (because their own drummer couldn't get it right!);
produced albums for Barclay James Harvest;
had a No. 2 hit in the UK in 1971;
had a No. 4 hit in the UK in 1972.

garancafan · 10-08-2015 12:29AM

garancafan wrote: »

OK. This should raise some welts..

Who are the protagonists in "the state of origin"?

The protagonists are the opponents in a team sport.

bonzodog2 · 10-08-2015 08:55AM

BrensBenz wrote: »

OK, another ancient pop music question:

Can you name the person who:
engineered all of The Beatles EMI studio recordings until 1965;

engineered almost 100 Beatles songs in total;

produced the first, third and fourth albums for Pink Floyd;

played the drum part for Pink Floyd's "Remember a Day" (because their own drummer couldn't get it right!);

produced albums for Barclay James Harvest;

had a No. 2 hit in the UK in 1971;

had a No. 4 hit in the UK in 1972.

Great question BB. Would it be Mr Alan Parsons ? (the #2/#4 hits in 71/72 don't seem right tho!)

BrensBenz · 10-08-2015 11:16AM

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Great question BB. Would it be Mr Alan Parsons ? (the #2/#4 hits in 71/72 don't seem right tho!)

No, not Alan Parsons. This person was a "humble" sound engineer during his time with the Beatles but, when promoted to producer, his involvement with The Beatles ended.

BrensBenz · 10-08-2015 11:22AM

BrensBenz wrote: »

Two hugely successful artists in the American music industry in the 20th century were born twins but their twins died at birth. Can you name both of these artists?

PS: There may be more than two so, if you name a third or fourth, you win.

No takers so far for this question! Would it help if I told you that, although both of them had a full complement of names, they are instantly recognisable by one of their names? Just to be clear, the "one-names" are different!

Samaris · 10-08-2015 01:08PM

BrensBenz wrote: »

No takers so far for this question! Would it help if I told you that, although both of them had a full complement of names, they are instantly recognisable by one of their names? Just to be clear, the "one-names" are different!

Drat, drat, I know this one. It was in a Cracked article some months ago. But names... >.>

looksee · 10-08-2015 01:15PM

I bet one of them was Elvis! I do have a very vague notion that there was a twin sister, but I could be imagining that!

Jellybaby1 · 10-08-2015 02:07PM

As usual, you got there before me. I thought Elvis had a twin brother who died at birth. Gawsh, can you imagine what the world would have been like with two Elvises. Twice the hunk, twice the fans, twice the excitement, and twice the problems too! Aw. Thinks......or was it a sister for the lads?

looksee · 10-08-2015 02:57PM

I checked it out JB you are right it was a brother, but there was a poem about Elvis's twin sister, which i must have heard about at some stage http://genius.com/Carol-ann-duffy-elviss-twin-sister-annotated.

I now also know (as a result of the googling) who the other one was so I will l leave that one for someone else. I would not have guessed anyway!

garancafan · 10-08-2015 04:54PM

garancafan wrote: »

Who are the protagonists in "the state of origin"?

The protagonists are Queensland and New South Wales in the game of Rugby League. They play an annual best of three.

The strange title of the competition arises from the fact that prior to 1982 the teams were composed of players plying their trade in the province in which they were playing. This was changed in 1982 to allow provinces to pick their players from their "state of origin".

BrensBenz · 10-08-2015 11:30PM

looksee wrote: »

I bet one of them was Elvis!

Yes, you're halfway there! The other artist was best known by just one of his names.

garancafan · 11-08-2015 12:39AM

"Cheapside" - a street in the City of London is of particular significance in the subject of Linguistics. What is the significance?

Rubecula · 11-08-2015 07:28PM

garancafan wrote: »

"Cheapside" - a street in the City of London is of particular significance in the subject of Linguistics. What is the significance?

Well it is a banking centre and used to be a market area/ street. Unless by linguistics you mean how did it get it's name...... I think the one in Liverpool was named after the word ceapan or kopan. But honestly this is just a guess from info I dimly remember from ancient schooldays in Liverpool.

garancafan · 12-08-2015 12:24AM

Rubecula wrote: »

Well it is a banking centre and used to be a market area/ street. Unless by linguistics you mean how did it get it's name......

Not so much "how did it get its name" rather to what did a particular building in Cheapside give its name to the definition of a linguistic and, indeed, demographic evolution?

Muff Richardson · 12-08-2015 12:34AM

garancafan wrote: »

Cheapside give its name to the definition of a linguistic and, indeed, demographic evolution?

I thought this was supposed to be the all new, revised and easier quiz. I haven't a f**kin clue what that supposed clarification even means

garancafan · 12-08-2015 01:13AM

There appears to be some letters missing in your contribution. Perhaps you could clarify.

looksee · 12-08-2015 07:34AM

Like a ghetto for example?

BrensBenz · 12-08-2015 10:58AM

BrensBenz wrote: »

Two hugely successful artists in the American music industry in the 20th century were born twins but their twins died at birth. Can you name both of these artists?

All's quiet on this question so I'll reveal that both Elvis and Liberace were twins but their twins died at birth.

BrensBenz wrote: »

Can you name the person who:
engineered all of The Beatles EMI studio recordings until 1965;

engineered almost 100 Beatles songs in total;

produced the first, third and fourth albums for Pink Floyd;

played the drum part for Pink Floyd's "Remember a Day" (because their own drummer couldn't get it right!);

produced albums for Barclay James Harvest;

had a No. 2 hit in the UK in 1971;

had a No. 4 hit in the UK in 1972.

Equal silence on this! The mystery engineer / producer / recording artist was Norman (Hurricane) Smith.

garancafan · 12-08-2015 11:55AM

The building in question is the church of St Mary-le-Bow. Anybody take it from there?

Samaris · 12-08-2015 01:05PM

garancafan wrote: »

"Cheapside" - a street in the City of London is of particular significance in the subject of Linguistics. What is the significance?

Given the mention of Mary-le-Bow, I'm going to go with the old thing of Cockneys being those born within the sound range of the Bow Bells (although they were destroyed during WW2). So the linguistic aspect would be the famous Cockney speech of the area?

garancafan · 12-08-2015 01:16PM

Well done - you've nailed it. The demographic aspect is, of course, the people themselves.

Over to you.

Samaris · 13-08-2015 01:02AM

What is (or was, in Victorian England) a "mutton shunter"?

looksee · 13-08-2015 08:14AM

Never heard of it, but I suppose it couldn't be one of those enormous sleeves called leg-o-mutton?

(or a sheep dog, come to think of it!)

OldGoat · 13-08-2015 08:22AM

Is it something to do with the manufacture of mutton cloth? I have visions of Victorian children brushing out cotton from beneath the industrial looms.

looksee · 13-08-2015 08:31AM

By a very convoluted thought process, a bath chair? (early wheelchair)

edit - looked it up, not in a million years etc.

OldGoat · 13-08-2015 08:50AM

looksee wrote: »

By a very convoluted thought process, a bath chair? (early wheelchair)

Had a genuine LOL at that. It's how I shall refer to myself in future when I relate stories of pushing my mum around in her wheelchair.

Samaris · 13-08-2015 01:11PM

looksee wrote: »

By a very convoluted thought process, a bath chair? (early wheelchair)

edit - looked it up, not in a million years etc.

I have to admit to utter fascination at how your thought process followed to there!

It refers to a person (or job, more accurately). I have only guesses as to how exactly it became attached to this job though.

Edit: Good guess, OldGoat, but nope, nothing to do with manufacturing cloth.

looksee · 13-08-2015 01:22PM

Samaris wrote: »

I have to admit to utter fascination at how your thought process followed to there!

It refers to a person (or job, more accurately). I have only guesses as to how exactly it became attached to this job though.

Edit: Good guess, OldGoat, but nope, nothing to do with manufacturing cloth.

Old Goat had no problem following my thought process...

Samaris · 13-08-2015 02:20PM

looksee wrote: »

Old Goat had no problem following my thought process...

Wait, I got it

garancafan · 13-08-2015 03:19PM

Samaris wrote: »

It refers to a person (or job, more accurately)...

Would this person be employed in an abattoir?

The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

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