Artist of the Week IV – Quiz #18

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2020 Artists of the Week (so far):

The Cure, Public Enemy, Steely Dan, Taylor Swift, Venom, Chuck Berry, Dixie Chicks, Billy Idol, Randy Newman, Jay-Z, Alanis Morissette, Pulp, The Byrds, Love, Queen Latifah, Muddy Waters, Robbie Williams

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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 Robbie Williams last week.

The results after 17 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 #18?

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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 #18
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points…………………Difficult to classify American band (rock? rap? metal? funk?), formed in Los Angeles in 1991, their self-titled 1992 album is on the 1001 list.

Though they’ve taken a couple of hiatuses, the band still features the same four original members: drummer Brad Wilk, bassist Tim Commerford…

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400 points……………….lead vocalist Zack de la Rocha & Harvard graduate/guitar-effect wizard, Tom Morello

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300 points……………………During their first hiatus, Tom / Tim / Brad performed with Chris Cornell in the band, Audioslave.

During a more recent hiatus, Tom / Tim / Brad teamed up with members of Public Enemy & Cypress Hill to form the group, Prophets of _____

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200 points………………..4-word band name:

Word #1 – A 2014 film, starring Nicolas Cage, that fittingly rhymes with his surname

Word #2 – Terrific Groucho Marx song lyric from the 1932 film Horse Feathers, “No matter what it is or who commenced it, I’m __________ it”

Word #3 – is ‘The’

Word #4 – 2016 album by The Tragically Hip, Man ___________ Poem

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100 points………………..The artist is R____ A________ The M___________

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Answer: الغضب ضد الجهاز *

*replace ‘anger’ and ‘device’ with synonyms starting with ‘r’ and ‘m’ respectively!

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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The intro to Bombtrack = one of my favourite album-openings!