Artist of the Week II – Quiz #40

Amazing Artist of the Week Series logo by Sarca @ caughtmegaming

Artists of the Week (so far): Genesis, 50 Cent, Slayer, Whitney Houston, oasis, Paul Simon, Chicago, Fatboy Slim, Def Leppard, Beyoncé, Kraftwerk, Green Day, George Michael, Frank Sinatra, Anthrax, CCR, Bon Jovi, Annie Lennox, Marvin Gaye, Dolly Parton, The Killers, Lenny Kravitz, Radiohead, Little Richard, Björk, Ryan Adams, Elvis Presley, The Police, Iron Maiden, Kate Bush, Snoop Dogg, ZZ Top, Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Joel, Duke Ellington, Meat Loaf, Sheryl Crow, Boston, Queen

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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 Queen last week.

The results after 39 weeks (as of Monday morning – results submitted after that time will be added next week):

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Ready for Quiz #40?

Fabulous!

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Quiz Rules/Format
(Same as last year, 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………………..American artist, he was the lead singer/lead guitarist for The Crickets (whose album, The “Chirping” Crickets, is on the 1001 list)

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400 points………………..Born in 1936, he died in a plane crash in 1959, on “the day the music died”

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300 points……………….Perhaps due to the stylistic similarties of their chosen glasses frames, it’s true that he doesn’t look dissimilar to Rivers Cuomo (as Rivers would later acknowledge through song, oooo wee oooo! ♪)

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200 points………………The second from the right in the picture below (he also shares a first name with Will Ferrell’s character in Elf & a last name with a Christmas plant)

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100 points………………..The artist is:   B________ H________

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Answer: برعم هولي

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

That’ll be the Day is a terrific side 2 opener, another argument in favour of the LP format!