Artist of the Week IV – Quiz #8

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

2020 Artists of the Week (so far):

The Cure, Public Enemy, Steely Dan, Taylor Swift, Venom, Chuck Berry, Dixie Chicks

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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 Dixie Chicks last week.

The results after 7 weeks (as of Tuesday afternoon – results submitted after that time will be added to next week’s spreadsheet):

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Ready for Quiz #8?

It’s a, nice day for a, music quiz!

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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 #8
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points…………………English artist, born in 1955. Prior to his (still active) solo career, he was the lead singer of the punk band, Generation X.

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400 points……………….He made a memorable appearance, as himself, with his customary bleached & spiked hair, as a fellow first-class airplane passenger who ‘gets it’ in the 1998 film, The Wedding Singer:

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300 points……………………Speaking of weddings, can a reception dance be considered complete, if they don’t play Mony Mony?

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200 points………………..And speaking of Adam Sandler movies…

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

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Answer: بيلي أيدول

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

Cheers to John @ 2loud2oldmusic for teaching me the 500 clue – I hadn’t realized this week’s artist had a pre-solo career prior to reading about it at John’s site!