Do You know anything about Popular Music if yes take this Cryptic Quiz. There are 70 Groups from the last few decades to find so let me know how you get on.
Here is a couple of examples :-
Eg 1. (Clue) Her Majesty = (Answer) Queen
Eg 2. (Clue) Picture House Tune = (Answer) Roxy Music.
So here is the Clues :-
1. Year Quarters
2. Both of You
3. Silhouettes
4. Sad Fur Coats
5. Nookie Guns
6. Hamlet Humans
7. Dark Sunday
8. Insanity
9. Warm Galaxy
10. Nuclear Cockerel
11. Nun Toboggan
12. Throttlers
13. Unemployment Card
14. Merlin
15. B.A. B.Sc. B.Eng.
16. Revolvers & Flowers
17. Prosperous City Vermin.
18. Spinning Rocks
19. First Man Insects.
20. Refinement Association.
21. Plasters.
22. Hebrew Beginnings
23. Desperate Trouble
24. Pale Serpent
25. Hard of Hearing Wild Cat
26. Babies on the Slab.
27. The lads that sell Mice.
28. Igloo
29. Grafting Blokes
30 Easily Readable
31. Sobs in Panic
32. Skinny Betty.
33. Three of the Elements
34. Sibling of the Bard.
35. Bird of Prey with Colic.
36. 4Owatt Bulb Band.
37. Get Paste from a Tube.
38. Rub out Midge
39. Mr Sinatra is off to make a film
40. Part Time Coppers.
41. Aviation Strikers.
42. Youth Association looking at animals.
43. Treacherous Man of God.
44. Barbers Century
45. Unglossy Cinzano.
46. Nosy Dead Pussy.
47. Correct Commented Trueman.
48. Metal Airship.
49. Orange and Champagne.
50. Changed Pictures.
51. Overseas Person.
52. Tissue Shoe Tie
53. Ready to assemble Vegetable.
54. Big Band moving at night.
55. Late night athlete on Deck “C”.
56. Not a good Firm.
57. Identical Pair of Sub Machine Guns.
58. Senior Teachers Conversation.
59. East End Revolutionary.
60. Doggy Bark
61. Gorgeous Confederacy.
62. Green House Plants.
63. South American Camera.
64. Stop Jock & Stop Jock.
65. Fun Park Magnetic effect.
66. Scrounge a baby cooing.
67. Next Command.
68. Entrance Way and Horse Food.
69. The Germans without Mary & Midge.
70. Cheerful Start to the Week.
hey Mick,
ReplyDeleteI clearly know next to nothing about bands and/or i cannot think outside the square this morning. i'd like to think it's a combination.
i have picked only 4 - this is my first attempt though.
hope you're well
xx
San
i can never solve these things. email me the answer though. it's not cheating if i don't post it here:)
ReplyDeleteYikes this was hard!
ReplyDelete1. Year Quarters
2. Both of You - U2
3. Silhouettes
4. Sad Fur Coats
5. Nookie Guns - Sex Pistols
6. Hamlet Humans
7. Dark Sunday - Black Sabbath
8. Insanity
9. Warm Galaxy
10. Nuclear Cockerel
11. Nun Toboggan - Sister Sledge
12. Throttlers - The Stranglers
13. Unemployment Card - UB40
14. Merlin - Wizard
15. B.A. B.Sc. B.Eng. - The Bachelors
16. Revolvers & Flowers - Guns and Roses
17. Prosperous City Vermin.
18. Spinning Rocks - Rolling Stones
19. First Man Insects. - Adam Ant
20. Refinement Association.
21. Plasters.
22. Hebrew Beginnings - Genesis
23. Desperate Trouble
24. Pale Serpent - White Snake
25. Hard of Hearing Wild Cat - Def Leppard
26. Babies on the Slab. - New Kids on the Block
27. The lads that sell Mice. - Pet Shop Boys
28. Igloo - Ice House
29. Grafting Blokes
30 Easily Readable
31. Sobs in Panic - Tears for Fears
32. Skinny Betty. - Thin Lizzy
33. Three of the Elements - Earth Wind and Fire
34. Sibling of the Bard.
35. Bird of Prey with Colic.
36. 4Owatt Bulb Band. - Lit
37. Get Paste from a Tube. - Squeeze
38. Rub out Midge
39. Mr Sinatra is off to make a film - Frankie goes to Hollywood
40. Part Time Coppers.
41. Aviation Strikers.
42. Youth Association looking at animals.
43. Treacherous Man of God. - Sinister Minister
44. Barbers Century
45. Unglossy Cinzano.
46. Nosy Dead Pussy.
47. Correct Commented Trueman.
48. Metal Airship. - Led Zeppelin
49. Orange and Champagne.
50. Changed Pictures.
51. Overseas Person. - Foreigner
52. Tissue Shoe Tie - Paper Lace
53. Ready to assemble Vegetable.
54. Big Band moving at night. - ELO
55. Late night athlete on Deck “C”.
56. Not a good Firm.
57. Identical Pair of Sub Machine Guns. - Thompson Twins
58. Senior Teachers Conversation.
59. East End Revolutionary.
60. Doggy Bark
61. Gorgeous Confederacy.
62. Green House Plants.
63. South American Camera.
64. Stop Jock & Stop Jock.
65. Fun Park Magnetic effect.
66. Scrounge a baby cooing.
67. Next Command.
68. Entrance Way and Horse Food. - Hall and Oates
69. The Germans without Mary & Midge.
70. Cheerful Start to the Week.
I'll give the answers on Friday.
ReplyDeleteJenny,
Good effort but 4 errors (although good answers) No's 15, 36, 43, & 54 although you've got ELO in the wrong spot.
Hi Mick
ReplyDeleteI'm in big trouble for not doing my housework. More quizzes please
1. Four Seasons
2. U2
3. The Shadows
4.
5.Sex Pistols
6. Village People
7. Black Sabbath
8. Madness
9. Hot Chocolate
10.
11. Sister Sledge
12. Stranglers
13. UB40
14. Wizard
15. Three Degrees
16. Guns N Roses
17. Boomtown Rats
18. rolling Stones
19. Adam Ant
20. Culture Club
21.
22. Genesis
23. Dire Straits
24. White Snake
25. Def Leppard
26. New kids on the block
27. Pet Shop Boys
28. Ice House
29. Men at Work
30.
31. Tears for Fears
32. Thin Lizzy
33. Earth, wind and fire
34. Shakespeares Sister
35.
36. ELO
37.Squeeze
38. Erasure
39. Frankie goes to Hollywood
40. Specials
41. Flying pickets
42.
43.
44. Haircut 100
45. Matt Bianco
46. Curiosity killed the cat
47. Right said Fred
48. Led Zepplin
49. Bucks Fizz
50. Altered Images
51. Foreigner
52. Paper Lace
53. Prefab Sprout
54. Ochestral Manoveres in the dark
55. Dexys midnight runners
56.
57. Thompson Twins
58. Talking Heads
59.
60. Bow Wow Wow
61. Style Council
62.
63. Aztec Camera
64. Womack and Womack
65. Fairground Attraction
66. Kajagoogoo
67. New Order
68. Hall & Oates
69.
70. Happy Mondays
Sorry, but you chose a good era of music. Will work on the ones I missed over the next few days(in between doing the housework) Think Lofty may give you some earache this evening!!!!
Take care
Janine
Well done Janine you've done well, only one mistake No61 isn't the Style Council but its one I'm surprised you didn't get.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Lofty said he does the housework, lol.
Answers :-
ReplyDeleteWell check out Janines for most of them but these are the ones she didn't get :-
4. Sad Fur Coats - Blue Mink
10. Nuclear Cockeral - Atomic Rooster
21. Plasters - Band Aid
30. Easily Readable - Simply Red
35. 40watt Bulb Band - Electric Light Orchestra
42. Youth Association looking at Animals - YAZOO
43. Treacherous Man of God - Judas Priest
56. Not a Good Firm - Bad Company
59. East End Revolutionary - Cockney Rebel
61. Gorgeous Confederacy - Beautiful South.
62. Greenhouse Plants - Hothouse Flowers
69. The Germans without Mary & Midge - Mungo Jerry
I am just making a blog related to this. If you allow, I would like to use some of your content. And with full refernce of course. Thanks in advance.
ReplyDelete- Josh