Artist of the Week IV – Quiz #33

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, Billy Idol, Randy Newman, Jay-Z, Alanis Morissette, Pulp, The Byrds, Love, Queen Latifah, Muddy Waters, Robbie Williams, Rage Against the Machine, The Cars, Janet Jackson, King Crimson, Arcade Fire, James Brown, Daft Punk, PJ Harvey, Soundgarden, Dave Matthews Band, Stephen Stills, New Order, The Wallflowers, Billie Holiday, Earth Wind & Fire

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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 Earth Wind & Fire last week.

The results after 32 weeks (as of Wednesday afternoon – results submitted after that time will be added to next week’s spreadsheet):

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Ready for Quiz #33?

If not, I guess it’s fun to lose & to pretend?!

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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 #33
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points…………………American band, formed in Aberdeen, Washington in the late ’80s. If Seinfeld dubbed José Carreras, “the other guy” in The Three Tenors, this group’s co-founding bassist Krist Novoselic might be the ultimate “other guy” in rock…

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400 points…………………mostly because this trio‘s drummer (Dave Grohl) would go on to form Foo Fighters…

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300 points……………………and the group’s lead singer/guitarist’s name was Kurt Cobain

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200 points………………..The group has 3 albums on the 1001 list (Nevermind, In Utero, and MTV Unplugged in New York) & their band name represents the final goal of Buddhism

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100 points………………..The group is N_________

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Answer: فرقة السكينة

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

I enjoy unintended google translate results.

This band’s name, as translated back & forth between English & Arabic?

“The Spirit of Serenity” – speaking of Seinfeld, Serenity Now!

So when I added ‘band’ to the name?

_________ Squad, and that’s what I kept!