Last week’s quiz about Antonyms was pretty straightforward, with a bunch of 20/20s. Tony was fastest.
This week is another pretty easy one I think – you have the identify the rock quartet by their first names. They’ve largely stuck to uber-popular bands.
https://www.sporcle.com/games/pabramoff/rock-quartets-by-first-names
I scored 20/20, although I didn’t record my time like I usually do.
If you’ve missed the last few quizzes, I think I’ve had an issue with my posts not appearing the feed for a lot of readers. I think it’s fixed now!
This new Angel Olsen single is lovely – her vocal timbre has always reminded me of late 1950s/early 1960s singers like Patsy Cline and Roy Orbison. This new single fits that vibe more than her previous material has.
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Wow, that was ridiculously easy. 20/20 with 3:52 left on the clock, and I can only imagine how fast my time would have been if I was using a mouse instead of the track pad.
Yup, speed test this week for sure.
I got 20/20 with 3:26 to spare. Nice song by Angel Olsen.
Good work. I thought that song was lovely.
Got ’em all, 3:59 left, though I struggled with John, Paul, George, Ringo. What kind of a name is Ringo?
I’m sure you know this already, but he liked to wear a lot of rings. Plus Richard isn’t a very rock star name.
That entire statement was a joke. I wonder about you sometimes. You take everything literally.
And you have the fastest score so far.
Where’s Tony?
Probably asleep right now.
19 of 20 with 1:39 minutes left – I suck at these games, as you know. The main reason I’m leaving you this comment is to let you know that you reappeared in my Wordpress feed, which is great!
Thanks for letting me know – they said they fixed it, so it’s good people are seeing it now.
Quite easy that one, 20/20 w/ 3:28 left. Really like Angel Olsen, have All Mirrors on vinyl.
Yup, totally an easy one. I enjoyed All Mirrors a lot, but this seems like an excellent new direction.
20/20 with 2:41 remaining. I was one of those who wasn’t seeing your last bunch of posts. I’m glad to be back in the club.
Good work. I think more recent subscribers could see it, but older ones couldn’t.
Oh… and I do love me some Angel Olsen.
I like the idea of a twangy album from her – she has the voice for it.
SCORE Score
20/20
TIMER Timer
03:21
thanks for the quiz!
Thanks for playing!
20/20 with 3:46 left on the clock. I’m surprised to see U2 on there as every other act was really well known, I guess they had to throw something obscure in.
I’ve been enjoying Angel Olsen for a while now and digging the new single too
I don’t know which is trickiest – maybe Coldplay or The Bangles, although I think a lot of people could name Chris Martin or Susanna Hoffs.
19/20 for me.
Thanks for playing!
SCORE
20/20
TIMER
02:32
It came down to Blur and Coldplay…I guessed right.
I’m only having one problem…it’s my own fault. I unfollowed you not long ago because that has worked many times but now…it will not let me refollow you. I’ll keep trying.
It’s weird it won’t let you refollow. You know the blog’s normal rhythm – although there’s a bonus April 1 post today.
Ok…I’ll take a look. If it doesn’t let me follow soon I’ll open a chat with support.
I’m miles behind
20/20. That was real easy and fun.
It’s nice to have a breezy one sometimes.
18/20 with 1:35 left. I got down to the final 3 and guessed wrong two or three times which ended the quiz.
Thanks for playing!
🙂
Sporcle won’t even let me in so I dunno what I’d have got.
Weird – did you get an error message?
No, it wants me to sign up or something, some splash screen. So I ‘x’ out and try gain, same thing. After three tries I just gave up. Ah well.
Oops, I don’t normally get that.
No worries, it used to work fine for me too. Ah well!
20 with 3:31 left, I’m pleased knowing 1 name was sufficient on a few of them!
Yup, there are a few where it’s mainly the lead singer who’s famous.
20 of 20 with 2:13 left – not the fastest but perfect score – guessed right between blur and coldplay
I guess Blur are a little obscure in the US, and Coldplay are a little bit faceless in some ways. Perfect score though!