Artist of the Week III – Quiz #9

Exceptional Artist of the Week III Series logo by Sarca @ caughtmegaming

2019 Artists of the Week (so far): George Harrison, Notorious B.I.G., Amy Winehouse, Van Halen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mariah Carey, Elton John, Gorillaz

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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 Gorillaz last week.

The results after 8 weeks (as of Friday evening – results submitted after that time will be added next week):

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Ready for Quiz #9?

That’s the Way!

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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 #9
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points………………..English band, formed in London in 1968, critically acclaimed, though apparently not for all tastes…

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400 points………………..5 of their first 6 studio albums are on the 1001 albums list (curiously, their 1973 effort, Houses of the Holy, did not make the cut)

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300 points……………….On most ‘Best Guitarist Ever’ lists, chances are, Jimi Hendrix and this band’s Jimmy will be battling it out near/at the top

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200 points………………..Their frequently-school-dance-ending, 8-minute epic was also referenced in the 1992 film pictured above , “No Stairway, denied!”

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100 points………………..The artist is L____ Z____________

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Answer:  منطاد يؤدى

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

One of those artists where my favourite album of theirs can change by the day, a nice problem to have!