Artist of the Week V – Quiz #1

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

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My thanks to all who have participated in the “Artist of the Week” quizzes in previous years.

This year, I’m excited to be hosting quizzes once again, to be published every Sunday morning at 12:01 a.m. E.S.T.

Welcome back to returning participants, welcome to new friends!

And my humongous thanks to Sarca for creating another exemplary logo to introduce this year’s series, Artist of the Week V!

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Ready for Quiz #1?

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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 #1
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

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500 points………………..American Artist, born in Hawaii in 1985 (birth name Peter Gene Hernandez). 

He has already sold over 130 million records worldwide…hot damn, indeed!

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400 points……………….He and his backing band, The Hooligans, performed at the Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime show, playing a medley of hits including Locked Out of Heaven, Runaway Baby, and Just the Way You Are 

 

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300 points……………………Many, this quizmaker included, often forget that Uptown Funk is actually a Mark Ronson song, featuring this artist, rather than vice versa.

Also, he’s the solution to the word puzzle below:

 

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200 points………………..Alternatively, the solution to this word puzzle!

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100 points………………..The artist is B______ M______

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Answer: برونو مارس

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

Happy 2021!