Artist of the Week IV – Quiz #37

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, Nirvana, Nick Drake, The Guess Who, Norah Jones

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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 Norah Jones last week.

The results after 36 weeks (as of Monday afternoon – results submitted after that time will be added to next week’s spreadsheet):

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Ready for Quiz #37?

I guess we’re On the Road to Find Out!

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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 #37
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points…………………British artist, born in London in 1948. One of his 1970 folk rock albums (the album whose title references a ‘hot beverage for the person who steers the rear wheels of a fire truck or controls its ladder’) is on the 1001 list

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400 points…………………The title track of that album, Tea for the Tillerman, was also used as the theme song for the Ricky Gervais TV show, Extras

And speaking of HBO television series, the Flight of the Conchords tune, Father & Son, is quite different from this artist‘s song of the same name!

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300 points……………………His birth name is Steven Demetre Georgiou; he adopted the name Yusuf Islam in 1977; his stage name is a combination of a feline + a common plural misspelling of this quiz maker’s last name.

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200 points………………..The inevitable photo puzzle:

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100 points………………..The artist is C___ S__________

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Answer: القط ستيفنز الموسيقى

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

I enjoy that if I just put his stage name in the translation, google translate switches the ‘v’ to a ‘ph’ – I ended up adding ‘music’ to make it translate properly, but it was nice to see the ‘ph’ as the suggested spelling/translation for a change!