I scored 19/20, but I also think it was difficult – I knew just enough to set myself up with some gettable guesses.
Can you score a perfect 20? I’d be impressed if you can this week.
My favourite music trivia of the week – about the Yes album, Tales from Topographic Oceans.
Oceans underwent a tortuous, lengthy recording process in multiple studios around the world. At one stage Anderson grew frustrated with the sound of his vocals in the studio, asking why he didn’t sound as good as when he sang at home in his bathroom.
Thus engineers were directed to build a bathroom – a wooden, tiled box – in the studio inside which Anderson could perform. The endeavour came to naught as not only did the room not produce the required reverberation but, thanks to only being glued on, the tiles would drop off mid-take.
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15/20. Not my best work.
I thought it was a tough one – solid effort.
As Hall & Oates once sang, “so close, yet so far away.” I got 19/20 with 1:54 left on the clock. I stumbled on a garden of sound. Cool story about Topographic Oceans.
Great work though.
Too many I didn’t know and guessing didn’t help
SCORE
15/20
Thats a great story about Yes.
Good work – they also got a fake cow in, but the cow was graffiti’d.
18/20 with :22 left. Easier than I expected it to be. Can’t believe I got the REM one wrong. (2nd try on posting this. was able to reach quiz from the feed/reader but not able to comment [and still may not be able to comment!] until coming directly to your blog. Did you change any settings lately?
Found it in spam – so it got through OK. Not sure why it’s just doing it to you.
It would have been a shame to miss one of your best scores.
I’ve been having trouble posting comments of late as well.
Did you comment through the app for this comment? I can ask Jetpack support about it.
13/20
Good work – I thought it was a tough one.
I scored 19/20 with 2:41 remaining…
Great work!
15/20. Not so good this week.
No wonder Topographic Oceans was a crock of pretentious old guff 🙂
Good work. I like Wakeman’s comparisons to a padded bra.
19/20 with 21 seconds left. This is the first time I’ve done good in a long time. I really suck at these ones usually.
Great work – I can’t remember if there were any 20s this week.
15/20. Not my best work.
I thought it was a tough one – solid effort.
As Hall & Oates once sang, “so close, yet so far away.” I got 19/20 with 1:54 left on the clock. I stumbled on a garden of sound. Cool story about Topographic Oceans.
Great work though.
Too many I didn’t know and guessing didn’t help
SCORE
15/20
Thats a great story about Yes.
Good work – they also got a fake cow in, but the cow was graffiti’d.
18/20 with :22 left. Easier than I expected it to be. Can’t believe I got the REM one wrong. (2nd try on posting this. was able to reach quiz from the feed/reader but not able to comment [and still may not be able to comment!] until coming directly to your blog. Did you change any settings lately?
Found it in spam – so it got through OK. Not sure why it’s just doing it to you.
It would have been a shame to miss one of your best scores.
I’ve been having trouble posting comments of late as well.
Did you comment through the app for this comment? I can ask Jetpack support about it.
13/20
Good work – I thought it was a tough one.
I scored 19/20 with 2:41 remaining…
Great work!
15/20. Not so good this week.
No wonder Topographic Oceans was a crock of pretentious old guff 🙂
Good work. I like Wakeman’s comparisons to a padded bra.
19/20 with 21 seconds left. This is the first time I’ve done good in a long time. I really suck at these ones usually.
Great work – I can’t remember if there were any 20s this week.