Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Joyeux Mercredi

Q:


Take the first name of a famous artist.  Move the last letter up 1 place in the alphabet and rearrange the result to get the last name of this artist.  Who is it?


A:


The title is in French a the picture is a fossilized "impression" of a fish narrowing the choices to French Impressionists.

Edgar Degas
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6 comments:

  1. LorenzoJanuary 12, 2011 at 11:12 PM

    Would have responded sooner but just got back from watching Black Swan.

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  2. Robin Thomas PoponneJanuary 13, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    RoRo
    Had to stop and catch my breath. Am I being picky to say move one letter forward rather than up or is the sense of direction part of the pointe?

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  3. Tommy BoyJanuary 14, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    RoRo, forward works just as well.

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  4. PaulJanuary 15, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    Just checking, Tommy, were you aware that looking at the picture "in a certain way" narrows the choice(s) QUITE a bit further?

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  5. Tommy BoyJanuary 17, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    Paul, 2D?

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  6. PaulJanuary 17, 2011 at 4:56 PM

    Tommy, more like 2.bp.....

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