N.B. all questions have been digitally watermarked, so any evidence of Googling will be immediately visible to the quizmaster, together with your home address and a list of your deepest fears.

Have Fun! :thumbsup:


1. On which island was the Euro first made the official currency? (Reunion - Zoot Horn Polo)

2. The father of film actor Naomi Watts was a long-serving roadie who once got fired for nodding off while driving WHICH group’s van? (Pink Floyd - Sven Hassel Schmuck)

3. In 2000, the Guiness Book Of Records honoured the singer of the longest sustained note in a pop song. Name that singer, please. (Morten Harket - Sven Hassel Schmuck)

4. Early Days: which bands were previously known as, or contained at least one member of:
a) The Id - (OMD - ryaneno)
B) Room Tone - (Sonic Youth - Zoot Horn Polo)
c) On A Friday (Radiohead - Zoot Horn Polo)
d) The Ones - (Tangerine Dream - Zoot Horn Polo)
e) Masters Of The Backside (The Damned/ Pretenders - Sven Hassel Schmuck/Flickeringlexicon)
f) The Salty Peppers - (Earth, Wind and Fire - Sven Hassel Schmuck)
g) 15-60-75 - (Devo - Zoot Horn Polo)
h) The Executive - (Wham! - Sven Hassel Schmuck)
i) The Rockets - (Crazy Horse - Zoot Horn Polo)
j) The Leather Canary (Steely Dan - Sven Hassel Schmuck)
k) Famous Cure - (Hawkwind - ryaneno)

5. Which band inspired the Stonehenge scene in This Is Spinal Tap? (Black Sabbath - Zoot Horn Polo)

6. The rhythm for Captain Beefheart's 'Bat Chain Puller' was nicked from where? (Windscreen Wipers on a Volvo - Steve Hamilton. 1/8 point for Duckpin for speaking American)

7. Cocteau Twins' second-worst album was called Four Calendar Cafe - however, unlike most of their titles this actually means something, but what? Bonus Points for the literary reference. (If a cafe has four calendars, the food will be exceptionally good - according to Blue Highways by William Least-Heat Moon - Rainmaster)


SCORE!

Zoot Horn Polo: 7
Sven Hassel Schmuck: 6
ryaneno: 2
Steve Hamilton: 1
Rainmaster: 1
Cappucinoandasliceofquiche: 2/5ths
Flickeringlexcion: 1 and 1/8th
Duckpin236: 1/8th

4. (e) Pretenders. Chrissie Hynde was indeed a Master Of The Backside (at one time.) :lol:

Is 3 Jeff Buckley in Halleujah?

4(a). Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

True, but there were more members of another band in that group.

You get 7/8s of a point.

3. Bill Withers 'Lovely Day'.

You might think so, but no...

4©. Radiohead

1/ Germany

2/Pink Floyd

3/ Bill withers in lovely day?

5. Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard Of Ozz.

Ozzy's famous quote when asked what they did with the dwarf: "We hang him during the ballad."

CORRECT!

6 - windscreen wipers

windshield wipers

4

e/The Damned
c/Radiohead
h/Wham

CORRECT!

No.

CORRECT!

No.

CORRECT!

Bad luck Duckpin, it must have been a matter of seconds.

if you look at the post time, Steve Hamilton and I had the same time tho he was listed first and ordinarily would be given credit; however, he posted "windscreen", and The Captain, being from the USA would have used the term "windshield"... Steve deserves the point but I will beg for leftovers :(

6 A toilet chain?

1/Belgium

#1 - Malta

Except that's not an island :ohdear:


What about Ireland?

4 (i). Crazy Horse

Incorrect.

Glad to see you've spotted the word "island"!

Sadly, both Ireland and Malta are incorrect. Duckpin is closer though.

CORRECT!

The leather Canary was Steely Dan :D

Black Sabbath, then.

CORRECT!

The Leather Canary :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

The first island must be Cyprus?

Corsica

CORRECT!

It was when Gillan was the singer so it doesn't really count; according to Sir Ian Of Camden, they had a model of Stonehenge built that was too big to get through the doors of any of the venues.



The Quizmaster will now take a short leave of absence to nip down the offy, your patience is appreciated.

7/8ths, eh? The best I can aspire to, in a quiz as tough as this...

No it's not

You are definitely on the right lines, politically speaking.

sicily?

Yes it may seem harsh, but only one Pretender was in Master of the Backside, whereas 3 Damneds were in Master Of The Backside. Sorry about that. :wub:



p.s. you lose a point for questioning the quizmaster.

Fair enough, Innit? (spoken in fakey Phil Daniels cockney accent) :nahnah:

Sardinia

1. On which island was the Euro first made the official currency?

3. In 2000, the Guiness Book Of Records honoured the singer of the longest sustained note in a pop song. Name that singer, please.

4. Early Days: which bands were previously known as, or contained at least one member of:
B) Room Tone
d) The Ones
f) The Salty Peppers
g) 15-60-75
k) Famous Cure


7. Cocteau Twins' second-worst album was called Four Calendar Cafe - however, unlike most of their titles this actually means something, but what? Bonus Points for the literary reference.


SCORE!

Sven Hasel Schmuck: 4
Zoot Horn Polo: 3
ryaneno: 1
Steve Hamilton: 1
Duckpin236: 1/8th
Flickeringlexcion: - 1/8th