Post by newey on Nov 11, 2010 23:11:38 GMT -5
OK, G-Nutz, it's that time of the year, time once again to test the mettle of all . . . The 2010 G-Nutz Trivia Quiz!
The rules are the same as posted last year. Ending date is December 7, 2010; the results, and correct answers, will be posted by me at that time.
Last year's winner, ashcatlt, will verify that I do eventually send out the merch to the winner. . . .
T H E 2 0 1 0 Q U I Z:
1) Answer the following questions about this schematic (3 points available):
a) What are the switches that are used?
b) How many different tones are available with this scheme?
c) Are any of the 2-pickup combination positions NOT hum-cancelling?
2) This bunch of British Invaders were uglier than the Beatles and Stones- and so didn't have the hordes of screaming teenyboppers. But who were they?
3) OK, last year some bass players felt the quiz was too guitar-centric. So here's a bit of bass tab for you to figure out. Of course, guitarists can play along, too- just imagine you're playing a bass guitar . . .
4) In the 1960's, this future rock frontman was a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, MA. His college roommate threatened to kick him out, allegedly for being "too weird". The roommate went on to become an Oscar-nominated filmmaker. Name both these famous roomates.
5) This is just the intro, but you still should be able to name that tune. (You'll need lots of sustain for the first bit)
6) This scheme uses a 4-pole 6-position rotary switch, plus some other components as well. What combinations does this scheme give for the 2 Humbuckers as shown?
7) In 1965, had you been in Italy, you could have bought this bass. What make and model is it?
8) You are walking, alone, up a beach. The waves crash, and run up the sand, cascading over your feet, and tickling your toes. As each receding wave undermines the sand from beneath your feet, you struggle for the merest moment to stay standing. The evening sun on your shoulders reminds you of the mid-day burn, first pinking and now reddening your upper back.
In the distance, there is an outcropping of rock, a scree to the shoreline. You spy an object propped up against the rocks, silhouetted by the lengthening shadows, shimmering in the distance. As you move closer, you recognize it as a guitar. You walk over to it and pick it up.
This is no piece of jetsam, but a lovingly cared-for instrument, an acoustic. Who could have left it here? Surely, the person will be back shortly . . .
You pick it up and give it a strum. You immediately realize it's tuned in a non-standard fashion. The 1st and 6th strings have both been tuned down from E to D, the 5th string is tuned down from A to G, and the 3rd string tuned down from G to F#. So, D-G-D-F#-B-D.
You still can't figure out who would have left such a nice instrument on the beach, but you now know, whoever it was, he or she was playing a particular style of music. What style?
9) Who's this well-known gentleman? (Hint: He had a musical instrument business in the LA area.)
10) The phrase "artistic license", also known as "poetic license", means the distortion or misrepresentation of fact in order to improve a work of art. One example of this comes from Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues", where the narrator relates his crime:
"I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch him die . . "
Why is this an example of artistic license?
(And, no, the answer isn't "because Johnny didn't really shoot anyone in Reno" . . .)
11) What do we have here?
12) Name the rock song that has made the Billboard Top Ten Singles charts 3 different times, in 3 different decades, by 3 different bands.
13) What do we have here? And, what does it do?
14) Read the following description:
What effect is described by the above paragraph?
15) With that short scale, this isn't a bass guitar. What type of guitar is it?
16) What do the following LPs and/or CDs all have in common?
a) Roger Waters "When The Wind Blows"
b) Lou Reed "Transformer"
c) Brian Eno "Eno Box 1: Instrumentals"
d) Queen "Hot Space"
e) N17 "Defy Everything"
f) Iggy Pop & The Stooges "Raw Power"
17) With regard to the following schematic (which is for a regular Stratocaster using only the stock components):
a) What pickup combinations are given in the 5 positions of the std. 5-way switch?
b) What is V2 used for?
c) Why might you want to swap the positions of your M and Br pickups with this scheme?
(One point for each correct answer.)
18) Why is this man smiling and pretending to play that guitar? And, where'd he get it?
19) In 1968, in London's West End, Cliff Clifford started a company that continues to this day. What is the name of the company?
20) OK, here's one more for all the bass players:
BONUS QUESTION:
For an extra point, name the smiling man in #18 above.
Just as last year, please, no posting of answers anywhere on the board until the Quiz ends on Dec. 7. PM me your answers, and please number the answers to correspond to the questions.
Have fun- if you can call it that!
MUAAHAHAHA!!! ;D ;D
The rules are the same as posted last year. Ending date is December 7, 2010; the results, and correct answers, will be posted by me at that time.
Last year's winner, ashcatlt, will verify that I do eventually send out the merch to the winner. . . .
T H E 2 0 1 0 Q U I Z:
1) Answer the following questions about this schematic (3 points available):
a) What are the switches that are used?
b) How many different tones are available with this scheme?
c) Are any of the 2-pickup combination positions NOT hum-cancelling?
2) This bunch of British Invaders were uglier than the Beatles and Stones- and so didn't have the hordes of screaming teenyboppers. But who were they?
3) OK, last year some bass players felt the quiz was too guitar-centric. So here's a bit of bass tab for you to figure out. Of course, guitarists can play along, too- just imagine you're playing a bass guitar . . .
4) In the 1960's, this future rock frontman was a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, MA. His college roommate threatened to kick him out, allegedly for being "too weird". The roommate went on to become an Oscar-nominated filmmaker. Name both these famous roomates.
5) This is just the intro, but you still should be able to name that tune. (You'll need lots of sustain for the first bit)
6) This scheme uses a 4-pole 6-position rotary switch, plus some other components as well. What combinations does this scheme give for the 2 Humbuckers as shown?
7) In 1965, had you been in Italy, you could have bought this bass. What make and model is it?
8) You are walking, alone, up a beach. The waves crash, and run up the sand, cascading over your feet, and tickling your toes. As each receding wave undermines the sand from beneath your feet, you struggle for the merest moment to stay standing. The evening sun on your shoulders reminds you of the mid-day burn, first pinking and now reddening your upper back.
In the distance, there is an outcropping of rock, a scree to the shoreline. You spy an object propped up against the rocks, silhouetted by the lengthening shadows, shimmering in the distance. As you move closer, you recognize it as a guitar. You walk over to it and pick it up.
This is no piece of jetsam, but a lovingly cared-for instrument, an acoustic. Who could have left it here? Surely, the person will be back shortly . . .
You pick it up and give it a strum. You immediately realize it's tuned in a non-standard fashion. The 1st and 6th strings have both been tuned down from E to D, the 5th string is tuned down from A to G, and the 3rd string tuned down from G to F#. So, D-G-D-F#-B-D.
You still can't figure out who would have left such a nice instrument on the beach, but you now know, whoever it was, he or she was playing a particular style of music. What style?
9) Who's this well-known gentleman? (Hint: He had a musical instrument business in the LA area.)
10) The phrase "artistic license", also known as "poetic license", means the distortion or misrepresentation of fact in order to improve a work of art. One example of this comes from Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues", where the narrator relates his crime:
"I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch him die . . "
Why is this an example of artistic license?
(And, no, the answer isn't "because Johnny didn't really shoot anyone in Reno" . . .)
11) What do we have here?
12) Name the rock song that has made the Billboard Top Ten Singles charts 3 different times, in 3 different decades, by 3 different bands.
13) What do we have here? And, what does it do?
14) Read the following description:
An audio effect produced by mixing two identical signals together, with one signal delayed by a small and gradually changing period, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds. This produces a swept comb filter effect: peaks and notches are produced in the resultant frequency spectrum, related to each other in a linear harmonic series. Varying the time delay causes these to sweep up and down the frequency spectrum.
What effect is described by the above paragraph?
15) With that short scale, this isn't a bass guitar. What type of guitar is it?
16) What do the following LPs and/or CDs all have in common?
a) Roger Waters "When The Wind Blows"
b) Lou Reed "Transformer"
c) Brian Eno "Eno Box 1: Instrumentals"
d) Queen "Hot Space"
e) N17 "Defy Everything"
f) Iggy Pop & The Stooges "Raw Power"
17) With regard to the following schematic (which is for a regular Stratocaster using only the stock components):
a) What pickup combinations are given in the 5 positions of the std. 5-way switch?
b) What is V2 used for?
c) Why might you want to swap the positions of your M and Br pickups with this scheme?
(One point for each correct answer.)
18) Why is this man smiling and pretending to play that guitar? And, where'd he get it?
19) In 1968, in London's West End, Cliff Clifford started a company that continues to this day. What is the name of the company?
20) OK, here's one more for all the bass players:
BONUS QUESTION:
For an extra point, name the smiling man in #18 above.
Just as last year, please, no posting of answers anywhere on the board until the Quiz ends on Dec. 7. PM me your answers, and please number the answers to correspond to the questions.
Have fun- if you can call it that!
MUAAHAHAHA!!! ;D ;D