Artist of the Week IV – Quiz #43

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, Cat Stevens, Blur, Faith No More, The Carpenters, Marilyn Manson, Run DMC

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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 Run DMC last week.

The results after 42 weeks (as of Monday evening – results submitted after that time will be added to next week’s spreadsheet):

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Ready for Quiz #43?

You gotta let me know!

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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 #43
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points…………………English punk &/or rock band, formed in London in 1976. The group, typically featuring the bassist/drummer combo of Paul Simonon & Nicky “Topper” Headon, has a pair of albums on the 1001 list: their self-titled 1977 debut…

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400 points…………………and their stellar double LP that bears somewhat of a passing resemblance to Elvis Presley’s self-titled 1956 album

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300 points……………………In one of the great unanswered musical questions, it was never determined (through song) whether singer Mick Jones should in fact Stay or Go

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200 points………………..The missing word in the movie posters below:

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100 points………………..The artist is The C______

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Answer: فرقة الصدام

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

This band, according to the usual Arabic-English google translate, is “the engagement!”

So I added ‘band’ to the English & much like the translator did with Nirvana, it returned ‘______ squad’ – close enough!