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Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:29 am
by rjaguar3
Programming note: R5D6 might be up late tonight or early Saturday morning.

On we go.

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:42 am
by rjaguar3
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

2: Bill Clinton received a Rhodes scholarship to study at this university.

4: I'll volunteer that Neyland Stadium hosts college football games in this Tennessee city.

6: There are two historically black colleges and universities in D.C.: the University of the District of Columbia and this one named for a Civil War general.

8: This women's college did not fully integrate with Harvard University until 1999.

10: In 1966, four women from this state's Agnes Scott College defeated four men from Princeton University on the General Electric College Bowl.

THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY

3: Mozart's Die Zauberflöte is better known in English under this title.

6: This composer of Peter and the Wolf turned the Tolstoy tome War and Peace into an epic opera.

9: In "Nessun dorma", an aria from this Puccini opera, Calaf proclaims that he will win the title princess.

12: The Guardian calls the Henry Purcell opera titled for these two characters from Virgil a "lone English operatic success until the 20th century".

15: Max turns to magic bullets for help in a shooting contest in this German Romantic composer's Der Freischütz.

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:42 am
by rjaguar3
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:43 am
by rjaguar3
Answers:
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

2: Bill Clinton received a Rhodes scholarship to study at this university.
OXFORD

4: I'll volunteer that Neyland Stadium hosts college football games in this Tennessee city.
KNOXVILLE

6: There are two historically black colleges and universities in D.C.: the University of the District of Columbia and this one named for a Civil War general.
HOWARD (named for Oliver Otis Howard)

8: This women's college did not fully integrate with Harvard University until 1999.
RADCLIFFE

10: In 1966, four women from this state's Agnes Scott College defeated four men from Princeton University on the General Electric College Bowl.
GEORGIA

THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY

3: Mozart's Die Zauberflöte is better known in English under this title.
THE MAGIC FLUTE

6: This composer of Peter and the Wolf turned the Tolstoy tome War and Peace into an epic opera.
SERGEI PROKOFIEV

9: In "Nessun dorma", an aria from this Puccini opera, Calaf proclaims that he will win the title princess.
TURANDOT

12: The Guardian calls the Henry Purcell opera titled for these two characters from Virgil a "lone English operatic success until the 20th century".
DIDO AND AENEAS

15: Max turns to magic bullets for help in a shooting contest in this German Romantic composer's Der Freischütz.
CARL MARIA VON WEBER

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:49 am
by MarkBarrett
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2: Oxford
4: 
6: Howard
8: Radcliffe
10: 

3: The Magic Flute
6: Prokofiev
9: 
12: 
15:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:07 am
by newtrat
Spoiler
2: Oxford
4:
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3: The Magic Flute
6: Prokofiev
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:18 am
by immaf
Spoiler
2: Oxford
4: CLAM
6: Howard
8: Radcliffe
10: CLAM

3: The Magic Flute
6: CLAM
9: Norma
12: CLAM
15: CLAM

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:23 am
by Clue Jungry
Spoiler
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
2: Oxford
4: Knoxville
6: Howard
8: Radcliffe
10: Georgia

THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY
3: The Magic Flute
6: Prokofiev
9: Turandot
12: Dido and Aeneas
15: CLAM (Random guess would be Schubert)

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:34 am
by CellBlock
Spoiler
2: Oxford
4: Knoxville
6: Howard
8:
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3: The Magic Flute
6: Prokofiev
9:
12:
15:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:43 am
by LucarioSnooperVixey
Spoiler
2. Oxford
4. Knoxville
6. Howard
8. Radcliffe
10. Georgia

3. The Magic Flute
6. Sergei Prokofiev
9. Turandot
12. Dido and Aeneas
15. Carl Maria von Weber

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:48 am
by joepozz
Spoiler
2: Oxford
4: Knoxville
6: Howard
8: Radcliffe
10: Georgia

3: The Magic Flute
6: Prokofiev
9: Turandot
12: Dido & Aeneas
15: clam

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:53 am
by MtlMike
Spoiler
2: Oxford
4:
6: Georgetown
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3: Tin Flute
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:54 am
by quarterrican
Spoiler
2: Oxford
4:
6: Howard
8:
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3: The Magic Flute
6:
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12: Aeneas and Dido
15:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:56 am
by mrbungle
Spoiler
2: oxford
4: knoxville
6: howard
8: radcliffe
10: georgia

3: the magic flute
6: prokofiev
9: turandot
12: dido and aeneas
15:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:05 pm
by sarisson
Spoiler
2: Oxford
4: Nashville
6: Howard
8: Radcliffe
10:

3: The Magic Flute
6: Prokofiev
9: Tosca?
12: Dido and Aeneas
15:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:10 pm
by harrumph
Spoiler
2:Oxford
4:Nashville
6:Howard
8:Radcliffe
10:clam

3:The Magic Flute
6:Prokofiev
9:La Boheme
12:clam
15:clam

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:15 pm
by AFRET CMS
Spoiler
2: Oxford
4: Knoxville
6: Howard
8:
10:

3: The Magic Flute
6: Prokofiev
9:
12: Orpheus and Eurydice?
15:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:16 pm
by Volante
Spoiler
2: oxford
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6:
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3: magic flute
6: prokofiev
9: aida
12:
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:25 pm
by CoachP
Spoiler
2: Oxford
4: Knoxville
6: Howard
8: Radcliffe
10: clam

3: The Magic Flute
6: clam
9: La CLAM
12: clam
15: clam

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 5, Day 5

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:39 pm
by CheezeWhiz
Spoiler
2: Oxford
4: CLAM
6: CLAM
8: Vassar
10: New Jersey

3: The Magic Flute
6: Prokofiev
9: Turandot
12: Dido and Aeneas
15: CLAM