KEALOA #37 – MAJOR and MINOR

Words MAJOR and MINOR (True KEALOA)

Date 12/19/2023

Episode 422

Host Brian Cimmet

Players Ryan Hecht (6/10)

Description First suggested by Vega Subramaniam, most recently suggested by Katja Brinck. A special "audio" KEALOA in which Brian played clips of the music being clued.

Answer Alternation 67% (6 answer changes)

Guess Alternation Ryan Hecht: 56% (5 guess changes)

Answer Evenness 100% (MAJOR: 5, MINOR: 5)

Guess Evenness Ryan Hecht: 100% (MAJOR: 5, MINOR: 5)

Avg Clue Age 13 years, 6 months, 12 days

Brian Cimmet Brian Cimmet
Ryan Hecht Ryan Hecht

Clues

The crossword clues presented in this round with their answers and guess results.

# Day Puzzle Date Constructors Editor Clue # Clue Text Answer Ryan Hecht
1 Fri 3/25/2022 Evans Clinchy Will Shortz 48D Key of Beethoven's "Für Elise" MINOR ✓ MINOR
2 Thu 11/10/2016 Jonathan M. Kaye and Jeff Chen Will Shortz 11D Key of Pachelbel's Canon MAJOR ✗ MINOR
3 Fri 11/4/2011 Patrick Berry Will Shortz 1D Bach's "Mass in ___" MINOR ✓ MINOR
4 Fri 7/13/2018 Trenton Charlson Will Shortz 46D Key for "Spring" in Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" MAJOR ✓ MAJOR
5 Sun 12/14/2003 Elizabeth C. Gorski Will Shortz 99D Key of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 MINOR ✗ MAJOR
6 Mon 11/13/2023 Benjamin Fink Will Shortz 24D Key of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 MAJOR ✓ MAJOR
7 Sun 12/4/1994 Robert H. Wolfe Will Shortz 17D Key of Sibelius' Symphony No. 7 MAJOR ✗ MINOR
8 Sat 6/24/1995 Bob Klahn and Sharon Klahn Will Shortz 45D Key of Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" MAJOR ✓ MAJOR
9 Sun 9/3/2006 Lee Glickstein and Ben Tausig Will Shortz 63D Key of "The James Bond Theme" MINOR ✓ MINOR
10 Sun 2/14/2010 Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller Will Shortz 14D The saddest key, supposedly MINOR ✗ MAJOR
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