Artist of the Week: New Series & Practice Quiz!

Awesome Artist of the Week logo by Sarca @ caughtmegaming

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A new year, yet another magnificent Sarca creation!

And speaking of community, inspired by many marvelous features on many other splendid sites (including, but most definitely not limited to, Aaron’s Sunday Services, Bruce’s Album Cover Quizzes, Mike’s Lego Quizzes….), in 2017, I’d like to host a weekly “Artist of the Week” Quiz.

To maximize the fun, an extensive list of the rules!

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Your Task: Name the mystery Artist, ideally with as few clues as possible.

Correctly guess the artist on the first clue? 500 points.

After scrolling down to the second clue? 400 points.

Still don’t know after the fifth clue? 0 points, but a crisp high-five for participating.

I’ll use google translate to put the correct answer at the bottom in Arabic (if you read Arabic, that’s fantastic, but no cheating by reading ahead!) and you can translate it back to the language of your choice to confirm your answer.

In the comments, please enter your POINTS earned (not the artist name) and I’ll keep track of the running totals in a spreadsheet.

In addition to eternal bragging rights, the winner at the end of the year may even get something as prestigious as a digital certificate.

Ready for the PRACTICE round before the competition begins tomorrow?

Here goes!

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Artist of the Week: PRACTICE Round
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points…………………Formed in Kingston, Ontario in 1983

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400 points………………..Released their 13th full length studio album, Man Machine Poem, in 2016

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300 points…………………11.7 Million Canadians watched this group’s August 20th concert last summer.

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200 points…………………The lead singer, Gord Downie, also released a solo project last year named The Secret Path.

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100 points………………..Their song, The Rules, was featured earlier in this post.

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Answer: الورك بشكل مأساوي
(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Practice Round = Over.

See you tomorrow for Round 1!

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Verbalize the Positive

I appreciate Fyfeopedia‘s artist profiles & album ratings. It’s fun to compare notes on artists that I’m quite familiar with (R.E.M.) and helpful to read about ideal starting points for newer-to-me artists (John Cale).