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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…

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 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 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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

Tony loaded up on the coffee to score a very fast 24/24 last week – congratulations to Max and Rich who also attained the perfect score. This week’s quiz requires to click the song titles in order from shortest to…

Last week’s quiz featured the closest fought competition I’ve ever seen on this blog. There were a healthy number of 100% scores, and the top three all had very close times. If my maths is correct, Heavy Metal Overlord and…

Well done to Rich Kamerman, who scored full marks in last week’s quiz, driving like Jehu and imagining dragons. This week’s quiz is visual – you need to recognise the black albums. I scored 18/18 with 2:14 remaining –…

Congratulations to Geoff, who dominated last week’s piano quiz with a 20/28, clearly ahead of the rest of the field. One song people struggled with was Ariana Grande’s ‘Into You’ – here’s a version on Youtube, where someone replaced the…

Here are the final results for the 6 week challenge – we had 10 contestants who participated every week. Average Paul 62.38% J 63.38% Badfinger 68.08% 2loud2oldmusic 72.53% Angie 72.59% Jim S 74.65% jprobichaud 74.97% Bruce 75.02% Rich K 83.18%…

Welcome to week 4 of the Music Decades Challenge. Of the contestants who’ve completed all 3 challenges so far, the leaders in average score are: Badfinger 56% Paul 62% J 62% Bruce 68% jprobichaud 74% Rich K 78% 2loud2oldmusic 79%…

For the next 6 weeks, you’re invited to join a decades quiz – as well as having a weekly winner, I’ll tabulate our scores to find a champion across the different decades of pop (from the 1960s to the current…

Congratulations to Jim, Rich, Badfinger20, and Tony who all scored perfect marks in last week’s 1970s quiz. This week’s challenge requires you to fill in will, won’t, can, or can’t into song titles. I like how they included both Joy…

Happy ANZAC day in New Zealand (and happy 75th birthday to my dad). Congratulations to Enthusiastic Music fan Jim S, who scored 29/29 in last week’s 1960s flop singles quiz. This week, I’ve purposely chosen a quiz that favours a…

Greetings from Lower Hutt, New Zealand, where we are currently experiencing a bumper feijoa crop. Congratulations to Tony, proprietor , who scored an impeccable 20/20, while many of us were stranded on 14 – good work to everyone who…

Last week’s quiz was general knowledge oriented and a little tough. Two players joined me on 12/14 – congratulations WDEOD and Rich Kamerman. This week’s quiz requires some imagination. You need to name songs based on what their prequels could…

Congratulations to all of our participants in last week’s quiz. We had a lot of perfect scores, and a lot of interesting trivia about Tommy Tutone’s ‘867-5309/Jenny’. Tony recorded the fastest time, only taking just over a minute. This week’s…

Welcome back to this week’s quiz. Last week we looked at the covers of the Rolling Stone, and everyone pummelled my meagre score. Several contestants went as far as to score 40/40 – good work Jim S., Rich Kamerman, 2loud2old,…

Congratulations to Jim S. and Rich, who both scored 100% in last week’s Rock song quiz. Rich scored the fastest time, and I think it’s appropriate to quote a line from the Billy Joel album that he recently re-enacted the…

Congratulations to Tony and Geoff, who both scored 32/32 in last week’s 1990s quiz, with Tony scoring the faster time. This week you need to complete song titles with “rock” in them. I scored 49/50 – I was tricked…