The idea that out of 1D and VU, only one would be in a library.
(Not an actual library obv, one of those fusty old ones that politicians like to stand in front of to look important)
― Mark G, Thursday, 11 August 2016 09:28 (seven years ago) link
Most 19 year-olds not hugely interested in 20-30 year-old pop music feels reasonable
Pretty sure some have been more contemporary though. I wasn't making the argument that one pop question should be more obvious than another, not at all, in fact that's what astonishes me is that as a rule they hardly ever get them right whether it's VU or Elton John.Plus I disagree, I don't set out to listen to Katy Perry or w/ever but somehow it just gets absorbed by my brain somewhere while I'm doing other things, or some info on pop culture will be thrust in my face while I'm online or standing in a shop - this doesn't happen with physics facts.
I would love to see a list of past music questions.
― kinder, Friday, 12 August 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
http://play.bbc.co.uk/play/pen/g9bwm75d4q
Well, here's a BBC quiz that ties in with this quiz, so hey its Friday so as the great Hans Keller obce said, 'after all, why not?'
― Mark G, Friday, 4 November 2016 08:12 (seven years ago) link
Nice, thanks. 8/10 on my first attempt. Not good enough :/
― willem, Friday, 4 November 2016 08:37 (seven years ago) link
9/10
― heaven parker (anagram), Friday, 4 November 2016 10:54 (seven years ago) link
8/10 which is a lot higher than I though since my answers were about 50/50 complete guesses or slightly educated guesses
― ultros ultros-ghali, Friday, 4 November 2016 11:17 (seven years ago) link
Well, here's a BBC quiz that ties in with this thread, so hey its Friday so as the great Hans Keller once said, 'after all, why not?'
fixed. my typing is worse than my score on that test (hey, how could it not be?)
― Mark G, Friday, 4 November 2016 11:59 (seven years ago) link
7/10
― here we are now entertain us (snoball), Friday, 4 November 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
(I'll admit: I got them all)
― Mark G, Friday, 4 November 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
8/10
(I should have got the Bowie one right. Manc bands? Who gives a flying one?)
― Jeff W, Friday, 4 November 2016 16:34 (seven years ago) link
I remember that Bowie one on the show : It threw them too.
― Mark G, Friday, 4 November 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
9. Was guessing on the Salieri one
― Number None, Friday, 4 November 2016 17:26 (seven years ago) link
9. Unlike Hans, I didn't grow up with string quartets sucka
― MaresNest, Friday, 4 November 2016 19:07 (seven years ago) link
9, but mostly guesses
― niels, Friday, 4 November 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link
Awwww..
I mean, Johnny Cash and June Carter as a wrong guess (actually Nick Cave and Kylie) is fair enough, but the discussion was nearly Kate Bush and Vic Reeves!
― Mark G, Monday, 4 December 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
First time for a long time, a music round with rock bands that want naming.
So, they got U2, missed Bruce in favour of Jeff Beck, and thought the 'not the best band in the world, they're better than that' review referred to Oasis.
But, hey.
― Mark G, Monday, 19 March 2018 20:52 (six years ago) link
Oh and they did get AC/DC to be fair
― Mark G, Monday, 19 March 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
"Outkast! Correct. Four more examples of Alabama based rap, name the artist...."
― Mark G, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 07:48 (three years ago) link
I’ll be honest I got OutKast and Ludo but couldn’t name the other two...
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 10:32 (three years ago) link
And today, The Who get a play-on.
Team gets it plus all the bonus round thanks to the Rob Newman lookalike.
At which, Paxo goes "not such a wasted youth then!"
I guess he is a Who fan, like Pete s said, upthread.
― Mark G, Thursday, 31 December 2020 00:19 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi5SJKI6RpU
― xzanfar, Thursday, 31 December 2020 00:24 (three years ago) link
I think Jeremy Seller deserves better than being written off as a Rob Newman lookalike. Amongst other things he's the guy behind acid brass - https://www.jeremydeller.org/AcidBrass/AcidBrassMusic.php - and got Leftfield like a shot in the last round so he's not just a Who fan either.
― ledge, Thursday, 31 December 2020 09:33 (three years ago) link
Deller, thx autocorrect.
Oh I didn't realise it was he.
Still, though...
(wasn't dismissing him, just noting his stylistic difference)
― Mark G, Thursday, 31 December 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
Ok, so “Stiff Records” I could probably pick as my specialist subject on Mastermind..
I’ll allow the Dead Kennedys as a decent guess..
But, The Overtones is about as far away from “New Rose” by The Damned as you could get!
― Mark G, Monday, 29 November 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
Plummet Airlines would have foxed me, but probably nothing else.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 29 November 2021 21:36 (two years ago) link
Nah, no bother even there
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 00:14 (two years ago) link