Artist of the Week – Quiz #40

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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, The Beta Band, Talking Heads, Bee Gees, Megadeth, The Ramones, Guns n’ Roses, The Libertines, B.B. King, Beck, Coldplay, Madonna

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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 Madonna last week.

The results after 39 weeks:

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Ready for Quiz #40?

Sweet!

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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 #40
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points……………….. This American solo artist made a cameo (as himself) in the 1999 film, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, lending his first name to the list of slang terms used to describe Dr. Evil’s spacecraft in the ‘radar’ scene

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400 points………………..He has been impressively prolific, releasing 72 studio albums since his birth in Texas in 1933

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300 points…………………A pair of those studio records, his outlaw country album, Red Headed Stranger, and his pop standards collection, Stardust, ended up on the 1001 list

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200 points………………….He is an activist for a variety of causes, including (but not limited to) supporting farmers, encouraging the use of bio fuels, and the legalization of marijuana

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100 points………………..The artist is W__________ N_________

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Answer: ويلي نيلسون

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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