Artist of the Week – Quiz #11

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Artists of the week (so far): Brian Eno, U2, Stevie Wonder, Everything But The Girl, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, CSNY, Bob Marley, Miles Davis, Pavement

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My thanks to all who have participated in the “Artist of the Week” quizzes so far.

Congrats to all those who correctly identified Pavement last week.

Here are the results after 10 quizzes:

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Ready for Quiz #11?

Anybody out there?

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Quiz Rules/Format
(feel free to skip to the quiz if you know the rules already)

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.

Here goes!

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Artist of the Week #11
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points………………..Surely the bass player from the band on The Muppets was a tip of the hat to this British group, formed in 1965

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400 points………………..Have 4 albums on the 1001 list, including a 1979 double LP

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300 points…………………They’ve been helping young scientists learn about light refraction since 1973

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200 points………………….The band name is comprised of a colour and an eventual Nirvana song about a barber

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100 points………………..The band is P_____ F______

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Answer: لويد وردي
(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

I appreciate the wonderful world of translation. When I attempted a google translate of this band’s name to Arabic & then back to English, it returned as “Home Country.”

So I dropped the “F” in the translation above to make it more useful for this quiz – but maybe that bonus translation was a part of the reason they chose their name?!