Author Topic: Guardian pop "star" quiz (Read 2876 times)

essexian · « **on:** 13 August, 2019, 02:36:55 pm »

How many of the 15 "stars" can you name....

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/13/quiz-identify-these-pop-superstars

I am pleased to say I got 3 out of 15 all of them total guesses!

Pop "stars" my ar*e.

Aidan · « **Reply #1 on:** 13 August, 2019, 02:42:27 pm »

I got 5 , although 2 were lucky guesses, so I knew 3.

S'pose I'm not down with the kids any more

Basil · « **Reply #2 on:** 13 August, 2019, 02:49:53 pm »

3.
I had no idea who any of them were.

Jaded · « **Reply #3 on:** 13 August, 2019, 03:01:04 pm »

2, of which I actually knew one.

rob · « **Reply #4 on:** 13 August, 2019, 03:01:29 pm »

I got 11. This is not a good thing.

PaulF · « **Reply #5 on:** 13 August, 2019, 03:08:56 pm »

I got 4 all by guesswork.

So I’m the best guesser so far

Yay! For me

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #6 on:** 13 August, 2019, 03:17:47 pm »

I didn't recognise any faces but I got 6 by a mixture of picking the name I'd heard of and a bit of random luck.

ian · « **Reply #7 on:** 13 August, 2019, 03:39:11 pm »

I got 1, which is sub-random, and that was Jess Gwynne. I have no idea who she is, but I have the power to automatically detect people called Jess. Honestly, I can look out the window and spot any passing Jesses.

Redlight · « **Reply #8 on:** 13 August, 2019, 03:47:00 pm »

I got a round number. Completely round. Like LPs used to be.

T42 · « **Reply #9 on:** 13 August, 2019, 04:29:41 pm »

Hadn't heard of any of them.

cygnet · « **Reply #10 on:** 13 August, 2019, 04:59:09 pm »

No. 10 has got to be one of Bloody Stupid Johnson's offspring.

rr · « **Reply #11 on:** 13 August, 2019, 05:03:18 pm »

7 mostly guesses from the girls'conversations, and elimination.

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Steph · « **Reply #12 on:** 13 August, 2019, 07:36:28 pm »

7, all by guessing.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #13 on:** 13 August, 2019, 11:00:50 pm »

5 by guessing. I think I may have used some of the names more than once.

T42 · « **Reply #14 on:** 14 August, 2019, 07:54:17 am »

Quote from: cygnet on 13 August, 2019, 04:59:09 pm

No. 10 has got to be one of Bloody Stupid Johnson's offspring.

Any connection between Boris & No. 10 has got to be illegitimate.

Vince · « **Reply #15 on:** 14 August, 2019, 08:23:36 am »

5 correct guesses.

Shouldn't the answer to No 3 "Do you know who this is" be no?

nicknack · « **Reply #16 on:** 14 August, 2019, 08:56:24 am »

6 correct guesses.

I recognised none of the pictures and one of the names (Rag'n'bone Man cos we play one of his songs).

Wowbagger · « **Reply #17 on:** 14 August, 2019, 09:23:05 am »

I'm going in. This could be... random.

Edit: 2/15. I don't think I had heard of any of them. And in answer to the question accopanying that score "Did you stop listening to music in 1982?" I think the answer has to be "Fuck off! You don't know what music is!"

essexian · « **Reply #18 on:** 14 August, 2019, 09:37:30 am »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 14 August, 2019, 09:23:05 am

I'm going in. This could be... random.

Edit: 2/15. I don't think I had heard of any of them. And in answer to the question accopanying that score "Did you stop listening to music in 1982?" I think the answer has to be "Fuck off! You don't know what music is!"

I don't know if anyone watched University Challenge on Monday night but it was so funny watching Paxo go ballistic when faced with very stupid answers to the music questions! The students had no clue!

ian · « **Reply #19 on:** 14 August, 2019, 09:46:06 am »

I got fewer than Wow, that's impressive. I have heard of many of them, just never seen their mugshots.

ObOldPerson, but god, music is getting a bit dull. Gerry Cinnamon, Sam Fender et al. they're achingly dull and anodyne, make Oasis seem cutting edge.

eckagain · « **Reply #20 on:** 14 August, 2019, 09:49:09 am »

Quote from: essexian on 14 August, 2019, 09:37:30 am

Quote from: Wowbagger on 14 August, 2019, 09:23:05 am
I'm going in. This could be... random.

Edit: 2/15. I don't think I had heard of any of them. And in answer to the question accopanying that score "Did you stop listening to music in 1982?" I think the answer has to be "Fuck off! You don't know what music is!"

I don't know if anyone watched University Challenge on Monday night but it was so funny watching Paxo go ballistic when faced with very stupid answers to the music questions! The students had no clue!

Totally OT but, on the same programme, did anyone notice that the answer to some obscure question about Soviet nuclear power was "tokamak". Anyone here remember him? Nice guy, he bought my Dave Yates audax bike a few years ago.

Exit Stage Left · « **Reply #21 on:** 14 August, 2019, 10:27:58 am »

Trevor Nelson, the DJ quoted, is 55 years old, and presents the 10 pm slot on Radio 2 from Monday to Friday. His show is mainly music of black origin, although he played Joni Mitchell's 'Big Yellow Taxi' last night.

That reminded me of the 'reaction' videos on Youtube. In those we see the response of those who've never encountered the 'classics' of popular music. A typical one is of an Indian couple listening to Joni Mitchell's 'Both Sides Now'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhCz60t5ld4 In that one 'Both Sides Now' is compared to 'Only Words' by Extreme.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #22 on:** 14 August, 2019, 12:21:55 pm »

3. Though I probably lose points for having seen Sam Fender live – he was bottom of the bill at last month's Young/Dylan show.

caerau · « **Reply #23 on:** 14 August, 2019, 01:47:01 pm »

Quote from: ian on 13 August, 2019, 03:39:11 pm

I got 1, which is sub-random, and that was Jess Gwynne. I have no idea who she is, but I have the power to automatically detect people called Jess. Honestly, I can look out the window and spot any passing Jesses.

Does that make you a big Jessie?

I managed to get all four of the Jess Gwynne, Anne Marie and the other two women's names I forget questions wrong.

7/15 - 6 guesses though I did know who Dua Lipa is.

Meh, course I don't know who they are. I wonder how all these youngsters would do on a quiz like this in 30 years time (which is about how far I am removed from giving a shit about the current music scene).

rogerzilla · « **Reply #24 on:** 14 August, 2019, 08:20:09 pm »

4/15, all guesses.