Answer these 12 posers, if you would be so good:

1. Which well-known American band was once called Sick Man Of Europe? Cheap Trick - Orphiztic

2. How did The Pretenders feature in an episode of Fawlty Towers? The randy medallion man who Basil suspects is smuggling a girl into the hotel is shown with a copy of the Melody Maker which features The Pretenders on the cover - DJ Ash

3. What is the connection between the following 1970s rock epics: “Achilles Last Stand” by Led Zeppelin; “Living On Your Own” by Budgie; “Child In Time” by Deep Purple; “Lizard” by King Crimson. They all contain 'bolero' sections - Mere Pseud.

4. Seshadri, Harper, Morris, Booth, Foster. All have been members of which band? The Monochrome Set - Orphiztic

5. Which 1974 British album begins with the sound of a dog barking, followed by a Chuck Berry song? (Smiler by Rod Stewart - Mere Pseud.) For bonus points, name the dog and its owner.

6. Which ‘70s art-rock band had a member who went on to become a corporal in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force? (Roxy Music/Paul Thompson - Mere Pseud.)For a bonus point, what nickname did the music press give him when he played in the band? (The Great Paul Thompson - GVAB)

7. Which ‘forgotten man of music’ is the link between: a recording studio named after a sketch in the first series of Monty Python’s Flying Circus; the co-presenter of a music programme modelled on Channel 4’s The Tube; and a soaking given to Julian Cope at a gig in London?

8. Black hair. Blue eyes. 6’3”. 9st 6lbs. Name the band and the album. Pink Flag by Wire - Orphiztic

9. Serge Gainsbourg; David Bowie; the TV series Grange Hill. Please tell me the connection between all three. The connection is Alan Hawkshaw. He wrote the Grange Hill theme tune; served as Gainsbourg's musical arranger in the '70s; and played keyboards on a 1968 Bowie session for Radio 1's Top Gear - New Profile Razor Unit

10. What did the following people usually wear onstage: Barry Graham (Also known as Thunderstick, he wore a rapist's mask - Cappuccino); John Moylett Also known as Johnny Fingers, he wore pyjamas - Fritter); Brian Carroll (Also known as Buckethead, he wears a KFC bucket on his head - Fritter); Matthew Fink (Also known as Doctor Fink from The Time, he wore a surgeon's uniform - Fritter); Barry Lawson.

11. Which band split up (they later re-formed) after a review in Melody Maker which read, in part: “Any band can over-reach itself, make mistakes, err or commit acts of folly. Let it first be understood that my comments are made purely in the spirit of constructive criticism, and are no way intended as personal slights, insults or wrong-headed prejudiced, jaundiced, short-sighted, purblind, one-sided, superficial, illiberal, intolerant, warped, dogmatic hyper-criticism. Instead I come as Solomon would among the squabbling wives, and 'midst a clap of thunder and sheet lightning cry: "Enough!" Jethro Tull - Orphiztic

12. “I took the precaution of erasing all your guitar parts.” Who said this to whom (Keith Richards to Ronnie Wood - Fritter), and what was the context?

SCORES SO FAR:

DJ Ash - 12
Orphiztic - 4
Mere Pseud. - 3
Delmore - 2
Cappuccino - 1
Duckpin - 1
GVAB - 1
New Profile Razor Unit - 1
Fritter - 0
Hofstadter - banned for life

1. Cheap Trick

4. The Monochrome Set

8. Wire - Pink Flag

10. Wrestling Masks

Orph pots 4 balls on the break, then proceeds to run the table. :lol:


One of these days I'll be able to answer a question in one of Zoot's quizzes. Today is not that day. :(

1., 4. and 8. have been answered correctly.

10. is not as straightforward as Orphiztic seems to think.

I'll update the scores in a bit.

10. Bras

11. Jethro Tull

11. is correct.

I'm not allowing you any more guesses on question 10.

Aww Zoot one more guess...Jeans?

12 - Roger Waters?

because it sounds like something he woud do.

It does, doesn't it?

It's not correct, but I'll give you a point for it anyway.

2.They were playing on the wireless in the kitchen.

Could we have a bit more explanation to the answer of #8 please? Is is a lyric or something?

10. Brian Carroll aka Buckethead wears a KFC bucket on his head. (I suspect the answer is different for each person in the question.)

10 - pajamas

2 The randy medallion man who Basil suspects is smuggling a girl into the hotel is shown with a music mag which features The Pretenders on the cover.

They're the captions to the photos of the four members of Wire.

10 Matthew Fink might be Doctor Fink out of the New Power Generation, who wore surgeon's clothes (green) or anaethesitist's clothes (blue)

Thanks!

Certainly true of John Moylett aka Johnny Fingers - hmm, you may be onto something here.

Correct. One point.

I shan't give you any more details about number 8, as the question has already been answered.

9. There was a Ziggy in Grange Hill....

he's the only one I heard of, so maybe, I thought, his post Rats work included a group whom he dressed in PJs....thought I'd allow myself one guess anyway

Excellent answer. Ten points.

Very well done!

He was in The Time, actually, but -- what the hell - correct. One point.

Correct. One point.

I can feel it in my bones that one of the answers for 10 just has to be " a rapist's mask" - tragically I couldn't name a single member of Samson (or indeed a Samson song) if a gun was pointed at my head but I'm going to plump for Barry Graham as he sounds less wrong than everybody else (before I start systematically working through each name in turn).

12. Lou Reed to Robert Quine

because it is something he would do.

If wrong do I stll get a point?

Ah, Thunderstick perhaps? (I'm not trying to poach your point by the way) :)

I think one of the Barrys wore monk's robes. I'll go for the other Barry, Lawson.

thank you for the point :)

Correct. I'm afraid so.

You're still wrong, and yes, you do get a point.

Vic Godard's guitar parts on What's the Matter Boy were also erased whenever he went home for the day but I doubt this is the answer Zoot is looking for either...

12. Keith Richards to Mick Jagger. Because it's the obvious thing to do.

To his credit, Tommy 'Thomas The' Vance refused to play any Samson records on his Friday Rock Show.

Oooooh.... you're close.

I'll declare this question off-limits to everyone else for a little while, if you want to have another guess.

Wow, ooh....was it Mick Jagger to Keith Richards, maybe when they were making Sticky Fingers, which is Mick Taylor's finest hour but Keith was spending a lot of time "in the bathroom"?

No, you've totally blown your second chance and I now offer the question again to everyone else.

That's not true. He played them all the time!

12. Keith Richards to Brian Jones, because the latter was too out of 'it'