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Offline sergeidave

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Famous Pianists Game
on: December 20, 2007, 09:11:20 AM
How fast can you recognize these Famous Pianists?
https://www.purposegames.com/game/2399

Offline slobone

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #1 on: December 20, 2007, 04:31:36 PM
I got 76% -- I kept getting Martha Argerich and Dame Myra Hess mixed up  :P

Offline ferret_dance

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #2 on: December 20, 2007, 07:06:18 PM
I got 100% @ 43.16

Offline mikey6

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #3 on: December 20, 2007, 10:16:44 PM
100% in 55.2
Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.
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Offline thalbergmad

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #4 on: December 20, 2007, 11:05:30 PM
120% in 0.0006
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Offline thalberg

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #5 on: December 21, 2007, 01:10:23 AM
I got a hundred percent in about a minute and a half.  I'm slow.

Offline aewanko

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #6 on: December 21, 2007, 05:02:49 AM
80% in 1:02.4

couldn't recognize brendel, hoffman, and cortot
Trying to return to playing the piano.

Offline jakev2.0

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #7 on: December 21, 2007, 05:38:55 AM

Offline arensky

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #8 on: December 22, 2007, 02:55:29 AM
I made one...LOL

https://www.purposegames.com/game/composers-quiz-quiz

Uh, you mean you MISSED one ?  :-\ I find it hard to believe you didn't recognize those photos...  ::)  ;)

I missed one, thought Saint-Saens was Cui  >:(

100% on the pianists in 1.21.
=  o        o  =
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"One never knows about another one, do one?" Fats Waller

Offline arensky

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #9 on: December 22, 2007, 03:01:50 AM
=  o        o  =
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"One never knows about another one, do one?" Fats Waller

Offline gymnopedist

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #10 on: December 22, 2007, 04:36:56 PM
100% in 25 secs and 100% in 23 secs, with pianists and composers respectively. And i cheated.
Belles journées, souris du temps,
vous rongez peu à peu ma vie.
Dieu! Je vais avoir vingt-huit ans...
Et mal vécus, à mon envie.

Offline quantum

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #11 on: December 23, 2007, 06:03:48 AM
100% in 52 sec.  Sl*w
Made a Liszt. Need new Handel's for Soler panel & Alkan foil. Will Faure Stein on the way to pick up Mendels' sohn. Josquin get Wolfgangs Schu with Clara. Gone Chopin, I'll be Bach

Offline gerryjay

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #12 on: January 17, 2008, 02:43:05 AM
 the second time the game called me stupid i broke the computer screen. now i need a new one.  ;D

Offline goldentone

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #13 on: January 17, 2008, 06:57:39 AM
84% in about 1:17  :P  :)
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Offline m

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #14 on: January 17, 2008, 07:25:17 AM
100% in 39sec. Was sluggish, as I am on a laptop with no internal mouse, though.

Offline point of grace

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Re: Famous Pianists Game
Reply #15 on: January 20, 2008, 12:47:53 AM
the second time the game called me stupid i broke the computer screen. now i need a new one.  ;D

lolll

i got 89% in 0.54.1
because i didnt know those 2 old ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(except for martha, of course)
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