Artist of the Week V – Quiz #11

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

2021 Artists of the Week (so far):

Bruno Mars, Stone Temple Pilots, Carole King, 2Pac, “Weird” Al Yankovic, Sonic Youth, Lady Gaga, Lionel Richie, Kings of Leon, Kenny Rogers

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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 Kenny Rogers last week.

The results after 10 weeks (as of Friday evening – results submitted after that time will be added to next week’s spreadsheet):

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Ready for Quiz #11?

Feeling Good!

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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 #11
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

For:

500 points………………..American artist (birth name Eunice Kathleen Waymon), born in 1933 in North Carolina.

Her 1966 album, Wild is the Wind, featuring her composition, Four Women, is on the 1001 list.

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400 points……………….Over her career as a singer/songwriter/pianist/arranger, she released 19 studio albums (including High Priestess of Soul) & 14 live albums (such as Black Gold).

She was also name-checked by Lauryn Hill in the Fugees’ track Ready Or Not, “So while you’re imitating Al Capone, I’ll be _____ ________…on your microphone”

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300 points……………………Her biography was included in the original edition of “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women,” with her portrait shown below:

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200 points………………..Her stage name, as a puzzle clue:

First name: Either ____ West (RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Miss Congeniality winner) OR ____ Dobrev (Canadian actress from Degrassi The Next Generation / The Vampire Diaries)

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Second name: Olympic Gold Medalist, Gymnast ________ Biles

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

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Answer:  نينا سيمون

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

Wild is the Wind is a keeper!