Artist of the Week II – Quiz #49

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, Buddy Holly, Outkast, Motörhead, Rod Stewart, k.d. Lang, The White Stripes, Ray Charles, Aerosmith, The Pretenders

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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 Pretenders last week.

The results after 48 weeks (as of Saturday morning – results submitted after that time will be added next week):

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Ready for Quiz #49?

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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 #49
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points………………..American artist, born in 1949, with a quintet of albums on the 1001 list, including a sparse recording named after a Midwestern state (capital city: Lincoln)…

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400 points………………..and its considerably less sparse followup album that acknowledges his home country at the time of his birth (and features a video starring a youthful Courteney Cox, moving rhythmically in the absence of light!)

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300 points……………….The Boss

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200 points………………His first name is the same as the shark from Finding Nemo (or The Hulk’s first name), his second name is [the plural of a particular season + an adolescent]

 

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100 points………………..The artist is B_______ S___________________

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Answer: بروس سبرينغستين

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

In addition to quite enjoying this artist, I quite liked Weird Al’s “interview” with him!