I would say the last sentence shows mockery the best: "Many a singer far better than this absurd fop had been driven amid execration and abuse from the platform." However, there might be others as well, such as: "The low note was a grunting, a rumble, the deep discordant growling of an ill-conditioned dog."
Answer:
This sentence:
While hundreds of new hair and beauty products enter the market every year: sometimes the oldest solutions are still the best.
Is incorrect.
Explanation:
The reasons this sentence is incorrect are two. First of all the colon is used incorrectly. Because it is used to provide specific information that falls into a category that is produced by the sentence before the colons. However, in our case we don't only receive an example of that category's elements. But an explanation. And explanations shouldn't be introduced by colons. They should be followed by them, making it very clear the following elements are part of the category presented.
Correct me if i am wrong, but i think the answer is A.