Artist of the Week V – Quiz #34

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, Nina Simone, Alice in Chains, Neil Diamond, Cher, Nine Inch Nails, Phil Collins, Curtis Mayfield, Kelly Clarkson, Foo Fighters, The Roots, Bing Crosby, Hall & Oates, Drake, No Doubt, Buffalo Springfield, Keith Urban, The Velvet Underground, Destiny’s Child, Ozzy Osbourne, Crowded House, Brian Wilson, Fugees, Captain Beefheart

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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 Captain Beefheart last week.

The results after 33 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 #34?

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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 #34
Record POINTS Earned (Not Artist Name) in the comments
(scroll down for additional clues)

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500 points………………..American Hip Hop Artist / Dancin’ Machine (birth name Stanley Kirk Burrell), born in Oakland, California in 1962.

As a child, he was a batboy for the Oakland Athletics, and part of his stage name comes from that era, due to his resemblance to home run hitter Hank Aaron.

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400 points……………….When you’re simply too authentic to stop &/or give up, you are…

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300 points……………………In one the great ‘where were you when?’ moments for children-of-the-80s/90s, Where were you when you learned that the bassline to this artist’s U Can’t Touch This was sampled from Rick James’ Super Freak?!

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200 points………………..Please ________, Don’t Hurt ‘Em!

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100 points………………..The artist is (13th letter of the alphabet)(3rd letter) H_____________

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Answer:  مطرقة

(Please post your points earned in the comments section)

Thanks for playing!

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Verbalize the Positive

When teaching the ‘decomposition’ method for Factoring Complex Trinomials, how does one not play the “Break it Down!” part of U Can’t Touch This?!