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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 back to the last episode of the 6 week decade challenge. Let’s check the leader-board. Average Paul 61% Badfinger 65% Chris 66% J 67% 2loud2oldmusic 68% jprobichaud 72% Angie 74% Jim S 74% Bruce 75% Rich K 81% Tony…
The 1970s quiz last week threw out some divergent scores, and the leader board now looks like this: Average J 59% Paul 63% Badfinger 67% 2loud2oldmusic 71% Bruce 74% Rich K 80% Jim S 80% Angie 82% Tony 93% As…
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%…
Welcome to week 3 of the music decades challenge. Of the contestants who’ve completed both week’s challenges so far, the leaders are: J 58% 2loud2oldmusic 75% jprobichaud 75% Paul 75% Stephen1001 81% Bruce 89% Rich K 97% Tony 97% Jim…
Congratulations to Jim S. and Bruce who both scored 49/50 in the first week of the decades quiz, putting them in the lead with an average percentage of 98%. This week’s challenge is from the 2010s. You need to link…
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…
Congratulations to Rich Kamerman and 2loud2old, who both scored 25/25 in last week’s quiz, with Rich scoring the slightly faster time. Maybe this week we should listen to what the Kamerman said? Bruce requested a 1970s quiz this week, so…
Congratulations to Tony, who scored 48/50 in a 2000s music quiz that produced wildly divergent scores. Since we competed in a 1960s the week before, where the older generation dominated, it seems only fair to split the difference and meet…
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…
Congratulations to all of our quiz participants last week. But a special mention goes to Jim, Rich, Aaron, 2Loud, J., and Tony, who all scored 100%, with Tony finishing at a blistering pace with 5:23 to spare. This week’s quiz…
Noone managed to score 22 out of 22 in last week’s pictograph puzzle, but lots of people scored 21. Congratulations to Rich, Jim, 2loud2old, and wdeod who all joined me. This week’s quiz requires you to recognise 20 recognisable guitar…
Congratulations to Geoff, Tony, and Murphy’s Law, who all scored 24/24 in what I thought was a tricky Jump, Run, or Walk Quiz. This week’s challenge requires you to recognise bands from pictograms. There are a few tricky ones –…
Happy Valentines day (it’s already February 14 in New Zealand). Congratulations to hanspostcard from , who high scored with 27/30 in last week’s Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper. This week’s quiz requires you to figure out whether…
Last week’s quiz had a couple of tough questions, especially Temple of the Dog. Congratulations to the 1990s kids (mostly), J., Geoff, StevefortheDeaf, 2loud2old, Tony, and Murphy’s Law, who all scored 100%. It looks like Murphy’s Law scored the fastest…
Congratulations to Chris, Geoff, Murphy’s Law, and Tony, who all scored 22/22 in last week’s quiz, with Tony logging the fastest time. This week’s quiz requires you to identify bands from sensational headlines revolving around well known songs. I…
Congratulations to last week’s entrants – all reported scores were 100%, with the fastest times from Tony, Rich, Murphy’s Law, and Aaron. This week’s quiz requires you to identify musicians from some clues that show that the struggle is real.…
Congratulations to perennial champions Rich and Tony, who both scored 30/30 in last week’s Famous People in Lyrics Challenge. You need to complete amusing missing word puzzles. I did take umbrage at the prune disparagement – I enjoy plums in…
We have two weeks of results to catch up on. For Music Quiz: Click the Rock Stars A-Z, congratulations to Jim, badfinger20, 2loud2oldmusic, Tony, and Rich, who all scored 25 In last week’s UK Annual Best seller quiz, congratulations to Chris,…
Often this site and Sporcle quizzes in general, concentrate on the “canon” – albums that are critically acclaimed and have stood the test of time. These, however, are not always the highest sellers. Can you link the artist to the…
Happy Christmas to all quiz participants and a special congratulations to Tony, who pulverised the field in last week’s Bob Dylan quiz, scoring a perfect 20 when the next best player scored 10. This week’s quiz covers a more diverse…
Congratulations to Jim, Rich, and Aaron, who all scored 100% last week, with Rich having the fastest recorded time. This week we’re going to carry on with the Dylan theme from Tuesday’s Bob Dylan post. Can you link two Dylan…
Last week’s Bowie quiz threw up a couple of different winners than usual – congratulations to Tangerine Trees () and Chris () who both scored 100%. This week’s quiz requires you to match artists from their first name to their…
Congratulations to Tony (), who narrowly defeated Murphy’s Law in last week’s Aphoristic Album Reviews Part 2 music quiz. After an epic 50 question last week, this week’s quiz is a little shorter. There are 10 different shots of David…
We had a lot of high scores in last week’s quiz, but only three players scored 40 Congratulations to J, Murphy’s Law, and Tony, who scored full marks, with Tony scoring the fastest time. After a respite last week, we’re…
Last week’s Aphoristic Albums Review quiz (Part 1) was a little tough. But one participant Kame, saw, and conquered. Congratulations to Rich Kamerman, who scored 10% more than the next participant, with 40 I’m planning a followup quiz, which I…
Congratulations to Tony, who scored 56 out of 69 in last week’s 1001 albums book quiz, and shout-outs to Murphy’s Law and Rich who both scored 54. This week’s quiz is a little different from previous quizzes, in that I…
We had a whole lotta 100% last week – congratulations to Jim, jprobichaud, Murphy’s Law, Tony, Rich, J., Paul, and Aaron, who all scored full marks. A special shout-out to Rich, who scored the fastest time, having a spare 3:48…
We had four 19/19s last week in the Jim quiz – congratulations to Jim, Bruce, Murphy’s Law , and Tony! Murphy’s Law had the fastest recorded time. I suspect this week’s quiz might be a bit of a speed race…
Congratulations to Tony (), the only contestant to score 20/20 in last week’s quiz. This week’s quiz requires you to complete song lyrics that reference Jim or James. I’m expecting Music Enthusiast to do well this week with a home…
Congratulations to “guest” who scored 40/40 in a late entry, and Murphy’s Law, who scored 39/40, in last week’s tough three word song quiz. This week’s requires you to identify which groups are named after members of the band, and…
We had three sets of full marks in last week’s quiz – Murphy’s Law, Rich, and Aaron. If I’m interpreting his comment correctly, Murphy’s Law was the fastest, answering 24 questions in less than 2 minutes. This week’s quiz requires…
Congratulations to Jim and Tony who both scored 20/20 in last week’s guess the band member quiz. This week’s challenge requires you to name the musicians, singers, and composers. It’s a little more wide reaching than some, covering classical and…
Congratulations to Tony and Murphy’s Law, who both scored 19/20 in last week’s quiz – I think everyone missed the 50/50 shot on the Brooks and Dunn question? This week’s quiz is the prequel to last week’s and you can…
Congratulations to everyone who made full marks in last week’s 2000s quiz – Rich, Murphy’s Law, and Tony all scored 100%, but Tony was able to finish incredibly quickly. This week’s challenge requires you to identify the named band member…
I was pretty amazed when we got three 30/30 in last week’s tough trivia contest – congratulations to Geoff, Tony, and Murphy’s Law. This weeks is based in the 2000s, and requires you to fix a song title by changing…
Congratulations to Tony at , who solved last week’s quiz in a mind-blowing 46 seconds. This week’s quiz requires you to name some almost useless music trivia facts. I scored 27/30 – can you beat me and perhaps get the…
Last week’s competition could perhaps be described as the Falklands War of Music Quizzes, with Bruce () just pipping Rich by the thinnest of hairs (3 seconds). This week’s quiz requires you to match the song to the decade. …
Congratulations to Jim and Tony, who both scored 25/25 in last week’s guitarist quiz. This week you need to match the self-titled album images to the artists. I scored 22/24 – can you beat me and get 100%?
Congratulations to Rich, Steve, and Aaron who scored full marks in last week’s Rolling Stones quiz. This week’s challenge requires you to name the top 25 guitarists from Ranker’s list of best guitarists, with the help of some song titles.…
Congratulations to jprobichaud and Tony, who both top scored 14/15 in last week’s quiz. This week’s challenge is a rare single artist quiz, where you need to name 24 Rolling Stones albums. I scored 21/24, although I was confused by one…
Congratulations to Geoff () who scored 100% in last week’s intensive quiz. And a shout out to Rich, who was 1 point off the perfect score. This week’s quiz requires you to identify notable musicians from their minimalist portraits. …
Congratulations to all the competitors who scored full marks in last week’s quiz. This week’s quiz requires you to complete an epic countdown – make sure you have a spare ten minutes before starting. What can you score out…
Congratulations to all of the contestants who scored full marks in last week’s dropped album quiz. This week’s challenge requires you to link the rain themed lyric to the classic rock song. I scored 14/16 – how did you…
Congratulations to the plethora of contestants who scored full marks in last week’s Unfinished Albums quiz. This week’s quiz requires you to recognise 16 dropped albums. I scored 16/16 – can you join me on full marks? If you…
Congratulations to Boppin’s Blog and Tony, who both scored full marks in last week’s round of death. This week’s quiz involves trivia about unfinished albums. I got 14/14, but it was still an interesting read through some great acts.…
Congratulations to Rich, Tony, and 2loud2old, who all scored full marks in last week’s quiz. This week’s quiz is slightly macabre – it requires you to identify which of two notable musicians died first. It covers a bit of ground,…
Congratulations to everyone who scored 20/20 in last week’s Lego quiz. This week requires you to find the overlapping word in two song titles. I scored 24, but certainly had to rack my brain on a few of them.…
Congratulations to Music Enthusiast Jim, who successfully named 35 of the 37 women in the rock and roll hall of fame. This week’s quiz requires you to name the musical acts from their Lego representations. I scored 20/20, and…
Congratulations to Tony, who smoked the rest of the field in the tricky song title quiz last week. This week’s quiz requires you to guess the women in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with song hints. Remember that…
Congratulations to 1001 Albums Geoff, who won the music quiz for a second straight week, scoring 42/90 in joining the bands name. This week’s quiz requires you to guess the song title from some lyrics – all these songs have…
Congratulations to 1001 Albums Geoff, who scored full marks in last week’s tough singer geography quiz. This week you need to put together 9 letter band names. Normally I don’t find time a problem, but this week I really…
Congratulations to Tony, who scored 40/40 in last week’s quiz. This week’s quiz, my score won’t be difficult to beat – I amassed a pathetic 1/32 in this minefield quiz. The idea is to click singers in the pattern Canada, United…
Congratulations to Rich, Tony, and 2loud2old, who all scored 25/28 in last week’s 7 to 1 female artist quiz. We’ve been dabbling in pop recently, so this quiz is more classic rock oriented. Name the album, given the albums before…
Congratulations to Tony (), who headed off Rich and Chris for the highest score in a tough duets quiz last week. This week’s quiz looks at female solo artists. Match the top 5 hit song to the female artist. …
Congratulations to Boppins and Tony, who scored the only 15/15s in last week’s quiz. This week’s quiz concerns duets. Pick the pair of artists responsible for each song at I’m not a big fan of all of the featured songs,…
We had lots of full scores in last week’s relatively easy quiz – congrats to Rich, Tony, jprobichaud, Chris, J., Bruce, introgroove, Geoff, and 2loud2oldmusic, who all scored 20/20 last week. This week’s quiz requires you to identify album covers…
Congratulations to Tony () who scored 19/20 in last week’s quiz. This week’s is a bit easier – it requires you to complete the band name by clicking on a picture. I scored 20/20, and I think there’ll be…
I think last week’s Beatles quiz had a record number of entirely correct entries – well done Chris, introgroove, Geoff, Rich, Jim, and Bruce who all scored 100%. I for one found this week’s quiz a lot tougher – it’s…
Congratulations to Rich (), who scored the only 100% in last week’s quiz. This week’s quiz requires you to complete famous lines from Beatles’ songs. I scored 28/28 – can you join me on 100%?
Last week’s unusual quiz format threw a few people, and we had a lot less entries than usual. Congratulations to Geoff and Aaron who were able to figure the format out, correctly guess the first three songs from U2’s The…
Congratulations to Tony () who scored the sole 100% in last week’s Metallica and Wiggles quiz. This week’s quiz requires you to randomly guess words, figure out what three songs they’re from, and finally guess the album and artist that…
Last week’s history quiz produced a wide range of scores, but congratulation to the three players who were all tied on 23/25 – boppin, Jim, and Tony. This week’s quiz requires you to tell Sporcle if a song was recorded…
Congratulations to Rich and Tony who both scored 25/25 in last week’s music video quiz. This week’s quiz requires you to identify the song based on the historical event that it profiles. I scored 19 The first few clues…
Congratulations to everyone who scored 100% last week – Rich, Chris, J, Geoff, 2loud2old, and Tony. This week’s quiz requires you to identify the 1980s music video by the still. I scored 21/25, which was actually below the Sporcle…
Congratulations to Aaron from who scored a perfect 20 in last week’s quiz. I think this week’s quiz will see a few full marks, but I wanted to feature it because it was so pretty. All you need to…
Congratulations to Tony and to 2Loud2OldMusic, who both scored full marks in last week’s debut album quiz. This week we’re looking at the other end of artists’ careers – the compilation. Can you name the artists that released iconically titled…
Congratulations to Rich and Aaron who both scored full marks last week (and apologies to any late entries – I posted this in advance, as I’m on holiday). This week’s quiz requires you to guess the debut album by the…
Congratulations to Geoff and Tony who both scored 28/30 in last week’s tough anagram’s quiz. Geoff is going to have a slight advantage this week, as this week’s quiz is focused on Canada. Link the Canadian acts to their well…
Congratulations to the 20/20 scorers last week – 2loud2oldmusic and keepsmealive both scored full marks. I found this week’s challenge more taxing than usual – there are 30 anagrams to unscramble, ranging from piano parts to country stars. It…
Congratulations to Tony and KamerTunesBlog who both scored a perfect 20/20 last week. This week’s challenge is to identify the caps associated with different musical artists. I scored 15/20 – how many can you identify?
