Artist of the Week III – Quiz #13

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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, Led Zeppelin, Aretha Franklin, Cheap Trick, Can

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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 Can last week.

The results after 12 weeks (as of Wednesday – results submitted after that time will be added next week):

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Ready for Quiz #13?

Lucky #13!

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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 #13
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points………………..American artist, born in 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, his debut album, The College Dropout, is on the 1001 list

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400 points………………..He produced Jay Z’s 2001 track, Izzo (H.O.V.A.), and a decade later, he appeared with Jay Z on their 2011 hit collaboration, Otis

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300 points……………….His various fashion endeavors (including his “Yeezy” line of sneakers) provide students with good examples of Veblen goods, status symbol products that contradict the law of demand, as shown below:

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200 points………………..His birth name, featuring one of the four cardinal directions on a compass, is the same as his stage name (though in September 2018, he announced that he would now be known as “Ye”)

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100 points………………..The artist is K______ W_____

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Answer:  كاني ويست

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

I enjoy playing H.O.V.A. (with the chorus lyric, “H to the Izzo”) as the song of the day when introducing exponent laws!