new potpourri trivia thread

[Farbio]

damn, that was the longest argument over a question i've ever seen and biggie, walter reed is correct on the yellow fever question....if its not, then all my micro classes are wrong

 

[thEnEuRoMancER]

I find Some1x's question interesting and retroactively pass him tha baton.

 

[3615buck]

So what's the question now ?

 

[BiggieN]

<< Which classical record was the first to sell one million copies? >>




that's the new current question.

 

[3615buck]

The four seasons - Antonio Vivaldi ???

 

[3615buck]

Beethoven's 5th symphony ?
Beethoven's 9th symphony ?
Mozart's &quot;Kleine nachtmusik&quot; ?
Mozart's &quot;Magic flute&quot; ?
Strauss' &quot;Blue Danube&quot; ?
Schubert's &quot;Trout&quot; ?
Wagner's &quot;Ride of the Valkyries&quot; ?

 

[S0me1X]

Sorry for not getting to you guys sooner: BUT the answer is:
Wait until the end of the day... if no one gets it by then.
I need to clarify a few issues about the questions:
First, for a single record to be a million seller, it must be a single recording of a single piece. In other words, one cannot just say, over a million copies of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony has been sold, because they are many, many recordings of that piece. I am specifically asking for one recording of one piece that was the first to sell a million.... Hint.... look here:
http://www.philclas.polygram.nl/class/pihome/basis.htm

 

[3615buck]

OK, another question then...

Hey, you had finally given the answer and you remove it... Cheater !

 

[thEnEuRoMancER]

Another question, S0me1x?

 

[3615buck]

If I remember good, it's Tchaikovski's 1st piano concerto.

 

[thereds]

I'm gonna need some pudding over here.

 

[S0me1X]

Tchaikovsky's 1st Concerto is Correct... by half.
Now who made the recording?
On the previously mentioned web page, you'll find a list of the pianists... look for the one who won the First International Tchaikovsky Competition.

 

[thEnEuRoMancER]

Andrei Gavrilov

 

[S0me1X]

another hint: he is an American pianist, and he shares the same first name as the Singer of &quot;Brown Eyed Girl&quot;

 

[S0me1X]

And the Answer is....
Van Cliburn's Recording of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto was the first million-selling classical record... I pass the baton to whomever asks the next question.

 

[Locutus of Board]

How many aH does the average person have?