Artist of the Week – Quiz #29
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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, The Dictators, Judas Priest, Johnny Cash, Alice Cooper, Bob Dylan, Christina Aguilera, Jane’s Addiction, The Doors
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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 The Doors last week.
After a couple weeks without excel updates, here are the latest results:
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Ready for Quiz #29?
Admittedly, this is one of those artists that wasn’t really on my radar before the project.
But perhaps I was the only one who missed the boat when they were a going concern.
So will it be a week for heroes or zeros?
We’ll see!
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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 #29
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)
For:
500 points………………..Scene from the 2000 film High Fidelity:
Rob (John Cusack character): I will now sell five copies of “The Three EPs” by ______________.
Dick: Go for it.
[Rob plays the record]
Customer: Who is this?
Rob: ________________.
Customer: It’s good.
Rob: I know.
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400 points………………..Scottish group, formed in 1996, they have 2 albums on the 1001 list (the first listed-album from 2001 shares its name with a Charlie Sheen sequel from 1993)
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300 points…………………Their style has been described as ‘folktronica’ and their second album on the 1001 list, released in 2004, is named Heroes to Zeros
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200 points………………….They have a piece of obsolete videocassette technology in their group name
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100 points………………..The artist is The B___ B___
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Answer: فرقة بيتا
(Please post your points earned in the comments section)
Thanks for playing!
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Verbalize the Positive
I love obsolete videocassette technology & I hope to one day acquire a VCR that shares its name with this band!
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I am ashamed I missed the High Fidelity clue, but it’s been ages since I saw that film and I blanked when the pressure was on, so I had to scroll to the second clue. 400 for me. 😉
If 400 is shameful, life is alright Aaron!
500. I usually struggle with movie references, but knew that one.
Well done Aphoristical – I thought of you the other day when I read the word ‘aphoristic’ appear in an essay!
Wow. I got a big goose egg this week. I’m going to have to open my handy Arabic translator to find the answer.
It happens – I’m glad you’ve got the translator handy at least!
500! (Off my radar too, but I’ve watched High Fidelity a few too many times…)
Or just enough times! 😉
500.
Well done Amrita!
Championship Vinyl sold one to me too. Got ’em all. 500 big ones please Mr S!
You were one of the customers that he predicted would buy it!
Well played Bruce, 500 big ones deposited in your account 😀
Yep. Under-rated band.
Zilch, which sucks because I’ve actually seen them live when they opened for Radiohead.
I gather Radiohead were fans of these guys too!
500. The High Fidelity hint was excellent.
My thanks Danica – it’s always nice to be able to fit in a high fidelity clue!
100. Know of them, don’t know them so it took the initials to figure it out.
And I think for years, my knowledge of the band was limited to that high fidelity scene!
Oh dear. My brain didn’t really shift through the gears until the very last clue. 100 for me!
It shifted gears just in time!
Zero the Hero here Geoff!
Gah!
Haha, but you have my favourite ‘zero’ nicknames Deke!
Heheheh. Easy again 🙂 500.
Bragger!
I thought maybe it was Black N Blue!
Ha!
Three weeks in a row at 500, well played!
I love High Fidelity! With that said, big fat zero for me.
Oooft!
Have you seen Evil Dead II yet?
Ash vs Evil Dead? We’re watching it now!
LOL it’s a line from the movie. In regards to “I haven’t slept with him yet.” What does the word “yet” mean?
There should be points for loving High Fidelity though!
Zero 😦
A high five it is!
Haha. 500. I got this one after the first sentence. I love that scene! It’s a great tune too!
Ditto to both of the above JP!
500, a High Fidelity reference to a vinyl junkie is like writing the answer on a billboard.
haha, I like to reward vinyl junkies whenever possible!
500 for me. I’m on a roll right now!
Keep that momentum going!
500!
Nice!
Zero for me. I should have spent more time watching Hi Fidelity.
It’s time well spent!
I’d have got it at 300, if I hadn’t read your post about their Lp first (thus disqualifying me).
Had to Google it, didn’t have a clue a BIG 0 points for the week. Now I must check them out.
Not to worry – if the quiz led to checking them out, all is not lost!
500, High Fidelity is infinitely quotable to me.
As it should be – nice work Jay!