Artist of the Week – Quiz #21

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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, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, Leonard Cohen, Marianne Faithfull, Cream, James Taylor, The Eagles, The B-52s, LL Cool J

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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 LL Cool J last week.

Here are the results after 20 quizzes:

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Ready for Quiz #21?

I’m not sure how many will know this group, but hopefully many points can still be distributed regardless!

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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 #21
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points………………..This American Punk Band from the 1970s shares a name with the plural form of a Sacha Baron Cohen movie from 2012 (and it’s neither Borat nor Brüno)

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400 points………………..Their debut album from 1975 features a specatacularly sequined jacket, emblazoned with the name “Handsome Dick Manitoba”

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300 points…………………The aforementioned album, the enthusiastically-named Go Girl Crazy!, is more than deserving of its spot on the 1001 list

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200 points………………….The band name is also a term used to describe a political leader that has absolute power

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100 points………………..The artist is The D___________s

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

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

I haven’t been this excited about an album in a long time.

It’s still too early to say of course, but their debut album may be a serious contender for favourite new-to-me album from the 1001 list!