Welcome to week 9 in the Sporcle Spotify challenge.
Here are the results so far. We have a new contestant – Scott from https://musicmusings.music.blog/:
| Participant | Week 8 | Total |
| Sheik Yerbouti | 20 | 159 |
| Tony | 20 | 157 |
| jprobichaud | 19 | 154 |
| Geoff (1001) | 18 | 152 |
| Rich Kamerman | 17 | 152 |
| Scott | 19 | 151 |
| John (2loud2old) | 17 | 149 |
| Max (badfinger20) | 19 | 147 |
| Jim | 19 | 146 |
| Paul | 17 | 136 |
| Chris (moviesandsongs) | 15 | 131 |
| J. | Not yet | 74 |
This week’s quiz is at: https://www.sporcle.com/games/MSUKent/artist-by-popular-spotify-songs-ix
I scored 19/20 (I think this one is genuinely the hardest yet), the average is 61%, what did you score? There’s been a new quiz posted too, so there are still at least 9 weeks to go.
My misses so far: The Partridge Family, Post Malone, Snoop Dogg, Bobby Vinton, Loverboy, ‘Going In With My Eyes Open’.
If you missed the early weeks and want to catch up, you can find the previous quizzes at https://albumreviews.blog/category/sporcle/
We were due to be on family holiday this week, but cancelled (for obvious reasons). We are tenting in our backyard to make up for it, despite the frigid mornings.
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20/20 here – very grateful for that Owen Wilson / Ben Stiller film otherwise I’d never have known Don’t Give Up On Us
You might be the only person who got it this week.
19 – we missed the same artist!
I think almost everyone did.
16/20. One of them was very, shall we say, timely.
I bet you were simply ‘the best’ at that one…
Perhaps just a shade better than all the rest.
You were right. Tough one for me. 17/20.
I actually accidentally left that comment in from last week’s post – although marks look lower this week, so perhaps it was correct.
SCORE
18/20
I thought I was home free after the Starsky and Hutch guy…but no
Starsky and Hutch guy?
Oh David Soul… he was in the tv show
I had no idea!
Is this the one you missed?
Yup, I think a lot of people missed it? Seems like a tough one if you weren’t old enough to catch Starsky and Hutch.
I was a little too young…I watched it on reruns but David Soul also stared in some movies…like Salem’s Lot…but his singing…he should have been named…David No Soul
19/20 – Never heard of the guy who did ‘Don’t give up on us’
I’ve heard the name but seems like pretty obscure choice for this quiz.
17/20. Should have been 18 as Van Morrison was on the tip of my tongue
Bit confusing when Jim’s in there as well.
18/20 for me. a couple really hard ones there as I had no clue.
Good work! Did you get David Soul?
David Soul?? Dang it. I couldn’t think of his name. Thanks.
19/20 for me and I can’t believe I missed the female singer that’s married to Jay-Z. Should have been an easy perfect score for me, as I recognized the others instantly. Happy tenting to you & your family.
Great work, although Queen Bey is a little upset.
19 of 20 – my best week yet I think! Funny you said you thought it was the hardest yet – I guess was just in the groove since most were obvious to me. Only missed Britney’s old boyfriend. Enjoy the tenting!
I actually left that hardest comment in by mistake from the previous week. I do think they get harder from Week 8 onward though.
Yes think you are right
Makes sense, right? We’ll run out of artists that most people know some time…
And I got David Soul!!