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November 26

First male to win a women’s sports title?

Hi, I was hoping someone could point me to where I might find the first male to win a women’s sports title? It can be any sport, it doesn’t matter, it’s just that I’m doing a school report and I want to find something inspirational. Degurumcqueen (talk) 04:09, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

@Degurumcqueen I assume you mean a Trans woman? If so, I don't appreciate the transphobia. Sandcat555 (talk) 04:42, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

If you mean transgender athletes a good place to start would be our article on Transgender people in sports. -- Euryalus (talk) 04:47, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Can someone please remove this bigotry? HiLo48 (talk) 02:32, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Seconded. I hate transphobia Sandcat555 (talk) 05:56, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Heinrich Ratjen won the women's high jump at the 1937 German Athletics Championships and the 1938 European Athletics Championships (as well as finishing 4th at the 1936 Summer Olympics). Clarityfiend (talk) 09:59, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Ratjen is/was intersex. Sandcat555 (talk) 05:56, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

The article says male or intersex. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:00, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

If you're sure you mean any sport, there was WWF Women's Champion Harvey Wippleman (dba "Hervina"). It wasn't inspirational, wasn't fair and wasn't pretty. But it happened. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:02, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Regarding the earliest circle of 5ths in Western Europe

My question needs a little bit of an introduction (apologies for that) but it finally arrives... Be patient.

The first time the circle of 5ths appears in Western Europe (it had already made its appearance in Russia some decades before) was in the theoretical works of Johann David Heinichen as a circle of major and minor keys. But there is something odd in the way Heinichen presents the circle of 5ths: he gives the major and minor keys interlaced (so his circle, which he doesn't call "circle of 5ths" but "musical circle", is in effect two circles of 5ths interlaced) and, most bizarrely, Heinichen puts the relative minor key *after* its relative major (in the direction of the sharps): ... F > d > C > a > G > e > ... If you want to interlace major and minor keys (or major and minor perfect chords which amounts to the same thing), a practice that was shortly thereafter abandoned, then logic would dictate that you put the relative minor *before* its relative major (in the direction of the sharps): ... d > F > a > C > e > G ... so that a lower root appears before a higher root. Also in this way every root is a 3rd apart and two adjacent chords in the "musical circle" always have two common tones, the 3rd and 5th of the 1st chord (the root and 3rd of the 2nd chord).

Now (finally) my question: Can anyone see *any* rationale to Heinichen's arrangement that I couldn't see?

178.51.16.158 (talk) 11:24, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

I can't speak for everyone else, but I couldn't think of a reason. It always appeared to me that in teaching the theory of Western harmony, an approach based on a progression of alternating major and minor thirds would be easier to understand and also more convenient to learn from, thus:

        A♭      E♭      B♭      F       C       G       D       A          
     /-----\ /-----\ /-----\ /-----\ /-----\ /-----\ /-----\ /-----\       
    A♭  C   E♭  G   B♭  D   F   A   C   E   G   B   D   F♯  A   C♯  E   G♯ 
         \-----/ \-----/ \-----/ \-----/ \-----/ \-----/ \-----/ \-----/   
            c       g       d       a       e       b       f♯      c♯     

The top line names major triads, the bottom line names minor triads, and the middle line gives the names of the individual notes of which the triads are comprised. In this chart, where the direction of the sharps is from left to right, a is between F and C, and not between C and G as in Heinichen's circle.  --Lambiam 22:00, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

This is without doubt the only sane arrangement in my opinion. In fact schemes like the Tonnetz are arranged according to this very principle because, well, there is no alternative. Incidentally if you take the Tonnetz and construct a dual "Akkordnetz" by making every face (triangle) of the Tonnetz a vertex you get an extended version of what you have drawn above. But to get back to trying to understand Heinichen's reasoning, is it true that some theorists in the 17th c. and/or 18 c. took the diatonic scale of D (white keys from D to D, or in other words the "dorian" scale) as the prototype of the minor mode (instead of the scale of A, so called "aeolian", which is what is done nowadays)? I seem to remember statements to that effect, maybe when discussing incomplete key signatures used for the minor mode at that time. If that is indeed the case (and I'm not certain it is) could it be that Heinichen's "musical circle" which is a circle of keys would have d minor before C major, a minor before G major, etc. simply because to him the relative minor of C major is actually d dorian, and so on? 178.51.16.158 (talk) 10:51, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

November 27

Statistics of the main film and television awards by genre

Are there any statistical sources regarding film and television awards such as the Oscars, Golden Globes and Emmys that highlight the distribution of nominations and winners based on narrative genre? In particular, I would need information regarding statistics on historical genre films and TV series. Sources regarding the general trend of historical cinema over the decades would also be good. Thank you Sira Aspera (talk) 18:25, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

I do not know of a source that does exactly what you want. The best that I can think of is to search Google for IMDB lists of winners and nominees in various categories. For example, you can search "IMDB list best picture nominees" (without the quotation marks). You can then click on a page. There will be a blue oval icon to the left of where the page says, "Sort by." This should call up a window that will break the list down by genre among other things. You will have to check to see if the list is accurate and up to date. FreeKresge (talk) 16:28, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

November 28

TV show with cold open that ends with cut off curse word

I saw this question today and while I can't find the answer, I do remember that it exists. A recent television show always started with a cold open that ended with a curse word being cut off as the title was shown. What is the name of the series? 68.187.174.155 (talk) 01:09, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Was it Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020–2021)? --Canley (talk) 03:26, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

TV Tropes mentions this as a running gag: The Cold Open for each episode ends with Zoey about to blurt out something like "What the..." and "Holy..." when the title appears, blocking over her mouth with the theme song.^[1]  --Lambiam 04:30, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

I finally had a chance to check it and yes, that is the show I remember seeing. Now, if I could just remember where I saw the original question... 68.187.174.155 (talk) 00:47, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Across a Crowded Room available to watch on DVD or available online to watch

I'm trying to find out if the 1978 TV play Across a Crowded Room produced by ITV Yorkshire has been released on DVD or available to watch online. The full movie is fully intact and has survived but I just don’t know where I can watch it. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 15:46, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

December 4

Kitty Clive 1956 (TV play) Critics Response

I'm looking to try and find what critics thought about the 1956 TV play Kitty Clive but struggling to find any newspaper articles about the TV play. So can any of you try and find out what critics thought about the TV play as well as a link so then I can include in a draft I'm making about the TV play/TV movie. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 00:07, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

The Kids International Show 1982 plot

can any of my guys try and find out what the plot is of the 1982 tv mini series The Kids International Show produced by the BBC. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 00:32, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Does this help? https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/07d22f93bc2f44158381f8934b9584c0 TrogWoolley (talk) 07:43, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Yes Matthew John Drummond (talk) 15:30, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

December 5

Strange Experiences (1955-1962) made by which company

Strange Experiences was a series that ran from 1955-1962 however on IMDB it's not been confirmed which company produced the series so can any of you guys try and find out which company produced the series. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 17:12, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

"Mysterious tales introduced by Peter Williams, and produced by Derick Williams, that were screened on ATV London from the very first week it was broadcasting."^[2] (ATV London was part of the ITV network.) Look up Derick Williams on IMDb: [3].  --Lambiam 03:54, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

That doesn't answer the question. It names the individual producer and the distribution company, but not the production company, which may or may not be the same as the production distribution company. (For example, for Star Trek during at least part of its original run, NBC was the distribution company, Gene Roddenberry was the executive producer and other people were also producers, but the production company was Desilu. The question asks for the company corresponding to the latter. In the IMDB it would be under "company credits", but as Matthew said, it isn't.) --142.112.149.206 (talk) 03:01, 7 December 2024 (UTC) (edited later)

But Derick Williams' IMDb entry says "Headed his own production company in the 1950's", which is suggestive.

The Series' entry has a link "See production info at IMDbPro": I am not signed up to IMDBPro, but is the querant and has he followed this up? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.211.243 (talk) 17:39, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

December 6

"The Boxer"

Starting ~0:36, that song features a raspy, low-pitched reed (?) instrument; what is it? Bassoon? The sources that I find only mention guitars and the piccolo trumpet (that's not it). -- 136.56.165.118 (talk) 19:01, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Our article mentions a bass harmonica, and judging from, e.g., this video I don't see any reason to doubt that. --Wrongfilter (talk) 19:18, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

That sounds like it; thanks! --136.56.165.118 (talk) 19:21, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Here is an interview with the fellow who played it on the record. --Wrongfilter (talk) 19:21, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks again! --136.56.165.118 (talk) 20:50, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

ITV 60 DVD episodes

I've been wanting to know what ITV episodes from which shows are on the ITV 60 DVD. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 19:59, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

This has a listing. Is that good enough? --Wrongfilter (talk) 20:19, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

December 9

A Jar of Cranberry Sauce; or, The Crime in Room 13

A Jar of Cranberry Sauce; or, The Crime in Room 13 may have been a silent film, but I cannot find any information about it or its plot. If anyone has any knowledge about this possibly non-existent film, I would be delighted to hear. Thank you in advance. Oleeveeya (talk) 13:00, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

It has an entry, with plot, in the IMDb, here, and a mention (in Polish) on Filmweb, here. Evidently one or more computer games have recently been based on it, or reports of it. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.211.243 (talk) 14:32, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Swiss TV listings magazines in the 1970s

Hello. What TV listings magazines existed in Switzerland in the 1970s? And are they archived anywhere online? List of magazines in Switzerland is no help, unfortunately. Thank you, --Viennese Waltz 15:30, 9 December 2024 (UTC)