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Congratulations to Tony, who top-scored with 15/16 in last week’s badly drawn sexy album covers quiz. This week we’re up to the 1990s – can you match the title to the badly drawn image? I scored 19/20 – I…
Congratulations to Tony from , who scored the fastest time for last week’s badly drawn 1980s quiz. This week we’re onto badly drawn sexy covers. It’s a bit trickier than the last couple because there are some obscure choices…
Congratulations to Paul from who scored the fastest time in scoring 20/20 in last week’s badly drawn song quiz from the 1960s and 1970s. This week we’re continuing into the 1980s. Again there are some amusingly macabre images. …
Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover and 2Loud2OldMusic, who both scored 19/20 in last week’s Tracks on the Back Solo quiz. I was expecting contestants to struggle with the more recent offerings, but Jeff and John both missed Tori Amos’ 1994 album Under…
Congratulations to Kamer Chameleo-Man who scored the fastest perfect score last week. This week you need to identify solo artists from the tracks on the back of one of their albums. There’s a fair chunk of modern pop in…
Congratulations to ‘Boom Boom’ Rich Kamermancini, who won for the second week running in last week’s 4×4 quiz. This week it was a lot closer, with a bunch of contestants very close behind his time. This week you need to…
Congratulations to Baby-You’re-A-Rich-Kamerman who blitzed last week’s quiz, solving the 8 questions in a reality-defying 6 seconds. This week we are looking at another 4×4 grid – we had one about artists a few weeks ago, but this one has…
We had a smaller turnout than usual in last week’s parentheses quiz, but it was again won by a Jim (but just one this week, unlike last week’s two-Jim tie). Congratulations to Jim the Music Enthusiast. This week’s quiz is…
Last week’s US presidents quiz was a tight run thing, with both Jims joining me on 20/20 at 2:50, creating an historic three-way tie. This week we’re looking at the parenthetical aside, as commonly utilised in 1980s song titles. There…
Congratulations to Angie and J. who both scored 75/78 in last week’s music grid quiz. It looks like almost no-one knew Ray J, perhaps most famous for a (non-music) video that he made with Kim Kardashian that helped to launch…
No one scored more than 18/20 in last week’s Double Grammy Winners quiz – congratulations to Eclectic Music Lover and Tony who both reached that mark. This week there’s a delightful music grid to solve: I scored 69/78 (you…
Congratulations to Sheik Yerbouti, who recorded the fastest time in last week’s Who quiz. I didn’t watch the Grammy ceremony this week, although I read the winners with sceptical interest. This week’s quiz invites you to identify the 20 artists…
Congratulations to Aaron from Keepsmealive, who scored the fastest challenger time on last week’s quiz about 1980s Songs. This week we focus on The Who – I don’t usually like to feature artist-specific quizzes, but I figure The Who are…
Congratulations to J. and Tony who tied for the fastest time in last week’s Finish That Band II quiz. This week we’re looking at 1980s songs, following on from the 10 Worst Songs of the 1980s list earlier this week.…
Congratulations to Geoff from , who recorded last week’s fastest time with a perfect score. Max also achieved max points. This week you need to complete the band name with a picture. I scored 18/20, although both of my…
Last week’s 1980s lyric quiz was won by Eclectic Music Lover, who completed the quiz with 44 seconds to spare. Congratulations to everyone who registered a perfect score. This week you need to connect the hit to the decade. …
Last week’s quiz produced a bunch of different responses – some people cruised through it very fast, while others took a while. Personally I had trouble recognising Gloria Estafan and Paula Abdul, so it took me a while. Congratulations to…
We had lots of perfect scores last week, but the fastest score went to Music Enthusiast Jim S. Well done everyone. This week you need to enter the first name of famous musicians into a grid, and spell some words.…
Last week’s 2010s lyrics quiz threw out a very wide range of scores. Sheik Yerbouti won with 100%. This week’s quiz is the same format, but all the songs are from the 1960s. I’m expecting much higher scores this week.…
Last week’s 1990s quiz was headed for a tie between J. and Tony, before Aaron came in late with a winning time. This week, let’s jump forward to the 2010s – complete the song titles with 5-letter words. I…
We have two weeks of Missing Musician Antonyms results to catch up with. Sheik Yerbouti had the fastest time with a perfect score a fortnight ago, while last week jprobichaud scored the fastest time and guessed the bonus answer. This…
It’s summer holidays in New Zealand – I’ll let you know who won last week’s quiz next week. This week we’re looking at the prequel to last week’s quiz – select the correct antonym to complete the band name: …
Everyone, and their monkey, bested me at last week’s Elvis picture quiz. Congratulations in particular to all the perfect scores – Rich Kamerman and Paul both somehow finished with only 2 seconds elapsed. This week you need to select the…
Most people aced last week’s male vocalist quiz. Rich and Jim tied for fastest time, although Rich had the distinction of guessing the bonus question (Peter Gabriel’s Up). This week, we have what I think is the most quickfire quiz…
Congratulations to Geoff Stephen who, with a little help with his wife, just pipped Tony in the 1990s lyrics quiz. This week you need to identify 20 male musical artists. It’s not too tricky, and will probably be a…
Congratulations to Max from , who scored a perfect 30/30 in last week’s 1970s lyrics quiz, with commiserations to Felix who knew them all but had technical difficulties. This week, same format but in the 1990s: This one’s a…
Congratulations to Music Enthusiast Jim, who scored the fastest time while completing the Away song titles quiz. Good work as well to 2loud2old and Paul, who also recorded perfect scores. This week we are identifying 1970s songs by their opening…
Congratulations to everyone who tried out last week’s Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers quiz. Good job to Tony, Max, and the Punk Panther, who all scored 100%, and condolences to Rich who was foiled by a dastardly popup. This week…
Well done to Tony, Rich, Sheik Yerbouti, and Geoff, who all scored full marks in last week’s quiz (and everyone else did well too). Tony scored the fastest time. This week you need to identify Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers…
Congratulations to everyone who did well in last week’s Who’s That With Stevie Wonder quiz – I think every single contestant beat me! Looks like we should all Listen To What the Kamerman Said, after he recorded the fastest time…
Congratulations to Sheik Yerbouti and Tony, who both scored 9/10 in last week’s error message quiz. This week you need to identify the notable person with Stevie Wonder. I’m never very good at person identification – I missed some obvious…
Congratulations to tangerinetrees99, who scored the fastest time in last week’s musical instrument quiz, and well done to everyone who scored 100% (or got close!). Also, Tony from Mumbling About deserves kudos for scoring 100% in the tough Paul Westerberg…
Congratulations to John from , who scored the only 20/20 in last week’s quiz about Women in Music. This week we’ll see who knows their musical instruments – most of these are straightforward, but there were a couple I found…
Congratulations to dark horse Luca, who scored 15/15 with the fastest time in last week’s Album Covers by Description Quiz. This week you need to identify the female artist from four options starting with the same letter. It’s one of…
Winter is coming in the northern hemisphere, and 2loud2oldmusic celebrated by scoring the only 20/20 in last week’s quiz, nailing the Ne-Yo songs everyone else missed. This week you need to identify the album cover by its written description. …
At 10:21 pm last Thursday evening, Jim the Music Enthusiast asked the question “when will Tony win?” At 10:24pm, Tony clocked in with an impeccable 24/24 in the T Albums by 3 Singles quiz. This week is the same format,…
It looks like we had a dead heat last week – Rich from KamerTunes and Music Enthusiast Jim both scored 25/25 with 5:49 remaining. Congratulations to everyone who scored full marks, and it sounds like the rest of us need…
Congratulations to everyone who scored 100% in last week’s Scrambled 1990s vocalist quiz, and especially to Sheik Yerbouti who just nudged out Tony, 2loud2old, and Geoff for the fastest time. This week we’re looking at 1970s artists on their album…
Congratulations to Tony from Mumbling About… who scored full marks with the quickest time last week while eliminating his options. This week’s challenge is double-pronged – you need to unscramble the anagram of a 1990s vocalist, then match it to…
Congratulations to John Snow from 2loud2oldmusic, who scored the fastest time in last week’s quiz (and was one of only two 100% scores, along with Rich). I know how much he likes memes, so…. This week’s quiz isn’t too tricky,…
Last week’s 1960s Ruined by a Letter quiz was pretty easy once you figured out how it worked – lots of 100% scores, but Music Enthusiast Jim was the fastest. This week’s quiz is more straightforward in concept, but hopefully…
Last week’s debut quiz was pretty straightforward, and no-one got more than one question wrong. Bruce from Vinyl Connection powered through the quiz the fastest – comfortable in the 1970s (and with compatriot Olivia Newton-John included), Bruce completed the quiz…
Congratulation to Tony and Sheik Yerbouti, who both scored 100% in last week’s thyme and Gnarls Barkley quiz, with SY scoring the slightly faster time. This week we’re looking at debut albums. I enjoyed this quiz because it’s a mix…
Congratulations to jprobichaud who scored the fastest recorded time in last week’s nonsense quiz, while Geoff and Max also scored 100%. This week we’re looking at missing members of sets. It was more reliant on culinary knowledge than I expected,…
Congratulations to everyone who scored full marks in last week’s quiz, but especially to Tony who had the fastest time. This week we’re looking at songs with nonsense titles. I only knew about half, but using the process of…
Congratulations to Max (Badfinger20), who won last week’s quiz by a substantial margin. He scored 25% more than than the next best candidate in our early influences quiz. This week is less of a music quiz, and more of a…
Last week lots of people scored a perfect 30/30 in the 1980s lyric quiz – congratulations to Rich Kamerman with the fastest recorded time. This week, Jim was interested in a blues quiz. The best I could find was this…
We’ve had 20 weeks of Spotify quizzes – congratulations to Sheik Yerbouti for the overall victory. Sheik scored 390 of a possible 400, which is equivalent to only missing one clue every second week over the competition. Tony finished a…
Welcome to the final week of the Sporcle Spotify challenge! It’s been a long slog since mid-February, and we’ve had a global pandemic during the period. Here are the results so far – we had a lot of 19s last…
Welcome to week 19 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far – it’s a very tight battle for first. Participant Week 18 Total Sheik Yerbouti 19 351 Tony 19 350 Geoff (1001) 18 335 jprobichaud 17…
Welcome to week 18 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far – the big mover this week is Scott, who emailed in a few weeks at once. Participant Week 17 Total Sheik Yerbouti 19 332 Tony…
Welcome to week 17 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far -congratulations to Geoff Stephen for a 20 on a tough quiz last week: Participant Week 16 Total Sheik Yerbouti 19 313 Tony 19 312 Geoff…
Welcome to week 16 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 15 Total Sheik Yerbouti 18 294 Tony 19 293 Geoff (1001) 17 281 jprobichaud 17 280 Rich Kamerman 17 278 John (2loud2old) 18…
Welcome to week 15 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 14 Total Sheik Yerbouti 19 276 Tony 18 274 Geoff (1001) 18 264 jprobichaud 16 263 Rich Kamerman 17 261 Max (badfinger20) 17…
Welcome to week 14 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 13 Total Sheik Yerbouti 20 257 Tony 20 256 jprobichaud 18 247 Geoff (1001) 19 246 Rich Kamerman 19 244 John (2loud2old) 19…
Welcome to week 13 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 12 Total Sheik Yerbouti 19 237 Tony 20 236 jprobichaud 19 229 Geoff (1001) 18 227 Scott 18 226 Rich Kamerman 18 225…
Welcome to week 12 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 11 Total Sheik Yerbouti 20 218 Tony 19 216 jprobichaud 19 210 Geoff (1001) 19 209 Scott 19 208 Rich Kamerman 19 207…
Welcome to week 11 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 10 Total Sheik Yerbouti 20 198 Tony 20 197 jprobichaud 20 191 Geoff (1001) 19 190 Scott 19 189 Rich Kamerman 17 188…
Welcome to week 10 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far. There’s suddenly a tight tussle for third: Participant Week 9 Total Sheik Yerbouti 19 178 Tony 20 177 jprobichaud 17 171 Geoff (1001) 19 171…
Welcome to week 9 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far. We have a new contestant – Scott from : Participant Week 8 Total Sheik Yerbouti 20 159 Tony 20 157 jprobichaud 19 154 Geoff (1001)…
Welcome to week 8 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 7 Total Sheik Yerbouti 20 139 Tony 19 137 jprobichaud 19 135 Rich Kamerman 19 135 Geoff (1001) 19 134 John (2loud2old) 17…
We’re up to week 7 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 6 Total Sheik Yerbouti 20 119 Tony 20 118 jprobichaud 20 116 Rich Kamerman 18 116 Geoff (1001) 18 115 John (2loud2old)…
We’re up to week 6 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 5 Total Sheik Yerbouti 20 99 Rich Kamerman 20 98 Tony 20 98 Geoff (1001) 19 97 John (2loud2old) 19 96 jprobichaud…
We’re up to week 5 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge. Here are the results so far: Participant Week 4 Total Sheik Yerbouti 20 79 Geoff (1001) 20 78 jprobichaud 20 78 Rich Kamerman 20 78 Tony 20 78 John (2loud2old)…
Welcome back for week 4 of the Popular Spotify Song challenge. This is how the leaderboard looks: Participant Week 3 Total Sheik Yerbouti 19 59 Geoff (1001) 20 58 jprobichaud 20 58 Rich Kamerman 20 58 Tony 20 58 John…
Welcome back to the third week of the Spotify quiz series. Eleven contestants have completed the first two week of Spotify quizzes. The leaderboard now looks like this: Participant Week 2 Total Sheik Yerbouti 20 40 Geoff (1001) 19 38…
Welcome back to the Spotify quiz series. We had ten contestants in the first week of Spotify quizzes, and the leaderboard looks like this: Participant Week 1 Total Rich Kamerman 20 20 Sheik Yerbouti 20 20 jprobichaud 20 20 Jim…
It looks like noone scored more than 24/28 in last week’s royal artists quiz. Congratulations to Rich and J who tied for the best score. This week you need to name the artist, based on their top five Spotify songs.…
Congratulations to Sheik Yerbouti, who just pipped Tony on the squirrel quiz. This week you need to link the hit songs to the artists with royal names, including Duke Ellington, Chaka Khan, and Carole King. Note the hit clause; Prince…
For some reason, Wordpress Feed didn’t display this week’s quiz yesterday. If you missed it, it’s at: In other news, one of the joys of music blogging is the occasional interaction with the artists you’re blogging about. I received…
Congratulations to John from , who scored the fastest time in last week’s 1980s Music Video Quiz. This week quiz involves squirrels: The pictures are adorable, and the clues are often funny. I do think it’s pretty easy so…
Congratulations to Sheik Yerbouti, who scored the fastest time of the correct entrants in last week’s Back the Block challenge. This week you need to connect the flags with the male musicians. Everyone will beat my score this week…
Congratulations to Max at who achieved last week’s only perfect score in the duo quiz. This week you need to answer some trivia questions. As you fill them in, you complete a word find. This makes it easier to…
It looks like John from won last week’s challenge, scoring 20/20 with 2:37 remaining. Congratulations to John and all the other full marks. This week you need to link the top 5 hits to the duo. I scored…
Congratulations to new contestant getonmynick, who used a technique of looking at the last emoji to blitz the Christmas songs in emojis quiz. This week you need to identify the named band member. There are a couple of earlier editions…
Congratulations to VinylDaftDad J., who finished a couple of points clear of the field in last week’s sorting quiz. It’s Boxing Day here in NZ, but I’m aware it’s still Christmas day in other parts of the world. Feel free…
Last week’s quiz on finishing the band name proved quite easy, with lots of 95% and 100% scores. Congratulations to Jim, who finished one second ahead of J to take the title. This week’s quiz is a tougher proposition. You…
Congratulations to Jim S and Tony, who were the only 100% entries in last week’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ challenge, both finishing with no time left. This week you need to complete the band name by clicking on the image. It’s pretty…
Congratulations to Tony who scored 18 out of 20 in 1990s one hit wonders quiz, and shoutouts to Geoff and jprobichaud who were close behind on 17. Also, I’m impressed by anyone who recognised 69 Boyz or Us3. This week’s…
No-one scored full marks last week, but we had three contenders who fell agonisingly close at 17 Congratulations to Rich Kamerman, Tony, and Paul! This week you need to identify the artist behind some 1990s one-hit wonders. I scored…
It turns out that lots of people were ready to rock last week. Congratulations to Tony, who scored 25 This week you need to answer some trivia questions. I scored 18 Fortunately I had the first performer of Woodstock…
Congratulations to Rich Kamer(man I feel like a woman) who beat other perfect scorers Jim and Geoff1001 for the fastest time last week. This week you need to name rock artists from their pictures. There were a few bands…
Congratulations to all the participants who scored 30/30 in last week’s solo artist quiz. Looks like Tony scored the fastest time. This week’s quiz seems like another relatively straightforward one. Can you name the odd album out in each set…
Rich Kamerman scored a decisive win in last week’s hits of the 1970s quiz – he didn’t stop until he got enough, and attained the big shot score of 50 This week’s challenge is a bit easier – you need…
Thanks to everyone who indulged me by participating in my piano clips challenge. The scoring was a little nebulous, but it looks like Rich Kamerman burnt his fuse out there alone for the highest score. This week you need to…
Congratulations to jprobichaud and Rich Kamerman, who tied for first place with 22/26 in last week’s edible musician quiz. Welcome back for another music clip challenge. I play 13 songs on piano, you try and guess them. I think this…
Congratulations to the contestants who scored 100% in last week’s Connect the Dots quiz, with Tony recording the fastest score. This week’s challenge requires you to name musicians with food in their name. You can find it here. I…
Last week’s rap lyric quiz stumped most of our entrants, with Geoff 1001 Stephen high-scoring with 11 This week we’re back in the rock saddle. Can you link the songs to the artist’s first letter and make a pretty picture…
Congratulations to all of last week’s contestants, especially those with 100%. Special congratulations to Tony, who finished in a rasping time with more than five minutes to spare. This week’s challenge wanders into unfamiliar territory for this quiz. You need…
Congratulations to JP Robichaud, who astounded us all with his musical instrument knowledge with a perfect 16 This week you need to complete the song lyrics that contain a like. Can you master the similes? I scored 26/26 in…
Congratulations to all the participants in last week’s music jokes quiz. Rich from KamerTunesBlog, helped by his job in music retail, scored the fastest time among the 24s, with Tony and Bruce hard on his heels. This week’s quiz requires you to…
Congratulations to all the participants in last week’s music jokes quiz. Tony from Mumbling About… scored the fastest time among all the 24s. This week you need to identify albums from 1987. The 1980s used to get a rough time…
Last week’s first and last song quiz created a logjam. The highest score was 13/16, and Michael Jackson seemingly tricked everyone since his early albums are relatively obscure. Congratulations to Rich, Max, Bruce, and jprobichaud, who all made it to…
Congratulations to the four contestants who scored full marks in last week’s 1990 album quiz. In order of fastest time: 1) Tony2) 2Loud2Old3) J4) Stephen1001 This week you need to identify musical artists by the first song from their debut…
Last week’s quiz generated a bunch of scores in a narrow range – congratulations to Rich, Max, and Bruce all made it to 20 This week’s quiz requires you to click the 1990 album covers – it’s the era of…
Congratulations to Geoff, jprobichaud, and Tony who all scored 100% in last week’s time quiz – looks like Geoff had the fastest time. This week, you need to fill in the blanks in song lyrics with classic album titles. I…
