2/13/08

Mad Lib: for Beginners

For those who couldn't get the expert Mad Lib, or for those who read this page top to bottom, here's one for your crushed egos, or your soon to be crushed egos.

Arrange the extracted adjectives into their appropriate positions. Then guess the piece and composer.

taut
animated
languid
frenetic

The Modigliani [ensemble] played [this piece] with _________ zest, and an underlying tension built up momentum to _________ climaxes, highlighting the _________ pizzicatos in the second movement and the _________ exchange of the main theme in the third.

For answer, click here.

Good luck!
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3 comments:

Sator Arepo said...

"The Modigliani [ensemble] played [this piece] with animated zest, and an underlying tension built up momentum to animated climaxes, highlighting the animated pizzicatos in the second movement and the animated exchange of the main theme in the third."

How'd I do? I cant get to the article in the Times.

Empiricus said...

That's odd. My link works.

Anyone else having problems w/my links?

Other than Jimmy Dean.

Aaron said...

"That's odd. My link works."

That's what he said!

Anywho...

The Modigliani [ensemble] played [this piece] with animated zest, and an underlying tension built up momentum to taut climaxes, highlighting the frenetic pizzicatos in the second movement and the languid exchange of the main theme in the third.

Um.. piece and composer...

George Gershwin, "Rhapsody in Blue"!

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Eh. 2 for 4. And not Gershwin at all. Drag.