Mini pop-quiz - come play!

[Melusine]

Thanks to Jaradu for a fantastic idea and a perfect way of keeping bored minds busy! I tried a hand at cryptic artist descriptions myself, I hope my own musical tastes aren't too glaringly obvious from this! Some of them might refer to artists that were also in the other quiz, I tried to avoid that though. [img]smile.gif[/img]

For those who haven't participated in the other topic, it's very simple: below are fifty cryptic descriptions of artists and bands, it's up to you to guess which ones I meant. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Have fun!! in tiny voice: and please participate, or I'm gonna cry

1. Emaciated queen in the diminutive - Thin Lizzy, guessed by Grojlach
2. Biker in Hitchcock movie - Motorpsycho, guessed by Grojlach
3. Changing knife opus - Switchblade Symphony, guessed by Grojlach
4. Living on Olympus for inspiration - Muse, guessed by Grojlach
5. Women who reigned ages ago - Queens of the stone age, guessed by Nanobyte
6. Not exactly enjoying themselves - No Fun At All, guessed by J'aran
7. Might cure you - Placebo, guessed by Grojlach
8. Deceased metal container saltate - Dead Can Dance, guessed by Grojlach
9. Brand-new chopped wood in a body of water - Justin Timberlake, guessed by Grojlach with honorary mentions for Aelia Jusa
10. Ostracised - Outkast, guessed by Grojlach
11. Strangely spelled crop - Korn, guessed by Nanobyte
12. What the raven said - Nevermore, guessed by sageridder
13. Precious metal to put your ass on - Silverchair, guessed by Ilander
14. Persistent letter
15. Attracts scary things - Monster Magnet, guessed by Mouse
16. John’s child is an archangel - Michael Jackson, guessed by Grojlach
17. Audible, not old - Sonic Youth, guessed by sageridder
18. Whiff father - Puff Daddy, guessed by Bungleau
19. Containing playthings - Toybox, guessed by Grojlach
20. Linnaeus’s king of beasts
21. Relatives in a high bright place
22. Animalistic young men - Beastie Boys, guessed by Nanobyte
23. Unbeliever hangs around
24. Half a whale - Moby, guessed by sageridder
25. Doesn’t oppose in private - Public Enemy, guessed by Grojlach
26. Branch of mirth - Joy Division, guessed by Grojlach
27. Scots historical figure jumps youngster - Bruce Springsteen, guessed by Mouse
28. First town
29. Shrewish shrubbery - Kate Bush, guessed by Mouse
30. Slays attempted humour - Killing Joke, guessed by Mouse
31. Organised crime
32. Biblical confusion among the animals
33. Astounding colour
34. Blushing monarch - King Crimson, guessed by Bungleau
35. Flower big star - Heather Nova, guessed by Mouse
36. Strange bum
37. Aeneas is a bastard - Dido, guessed by Grojlach
38. Every one of them a higher being
39. Shore youngsters - The Beach Boys, guessed by Nanobyte
40. Ideally round - A Perfect Circle, guessed by Nanobyte
41. Saint and Angel - Peter Gabriel, guessed by Mouse
42. Emerald half of 24 hour space - Green Day, guessed by Nanobyte
43. Origin of dirt - Cradle Of Filth, guessed by Grojlach
44. No pity for the majority
45. Aircraft controllers in silicate place of worship - Stone Temple Pilots, guessed by Nanobyte
46. Beauty and beast
47. Console adolescent brawl - Atari Teenage Riot, guessed by Grojlach
48. Farm animal minus its head goes bang - Iggy Pop, guessed by Mouse
49. Aureate jewel - Golden Earring, guessed by Bungleau
50. Watching drama in your sleep - Dream Theater, guessed by dplax

[ 04-24-2004, 10:26 AM: Message edited by: Melusine ]

i don't understand? what the heck? anm i supposed to do?

ps: how did you change the font #

[Jaradu]

Use the clues to work out the name of a band/artist. For example, from my thread, I think there was one: "Victoria, Mary, Elizabeth" or something like that. The answer is queen. And "Dark Sunday" would be Black Sabbath. Geddit?

BTW, Mel, these are very good! Shame that they're also hard [img]tongue.gif[/img] I'll have to put my thinking cap on... wow, when was the last time a used that metaphor?

[Melusine]

Thanks for the explanation, Jaradu!
Spirits, you do know what cryptic means, right?
I've made up obscure, ambiguous or funny definitions of band names, and the purpose of the game is to guess which bands I'm talking about. Look at the examples Jaradu gives, that should make it clearer. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Edit: Man, they're not that hard are they? Maybe the bands are too obscure... but then the most famous bands have been mentioned in the other thread, and there were a lot of older bands in there as well. I'd say that these are easier to guess for a younger audience (or at least, they might know the bands better)
Maybe I put in too many references to educated knowledge stuff though... oh well. GET TO IT ALREADY!

[ 04-23-2004, 06:11 PM: Message edited by: Melusine ]

[Gangrell]

Originally posted by Jaradu: And "Dark Sunday" would be Black Sabbath. Geddit?

So I did get it right [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Heh, you've got me stumped Mel, maybe I'll solve all of them for you another time

[Arledrian]

22) Fine Young Cannibals?

Man, these are hard. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Nanobyte]

5) Queens of the Stone Age?
11) Korn
22) Beastie Boys
39) The Beach Boys
40) A Perfect Circle?
42) Green Day?
45) Stone Temple Pilots?

(I'll edit this to put in future answers)

[ 04-23-2004, 07:13 PM: Message edited by: Nanobyte ]

[Melusine]

Originally posted by Arledrian: 22) Fine Young Cannibals? Man, these are hard. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Nope, sorry mate!
Nano is correct though, well done [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Melusine]

Originally posted by Nanobyte: 11) Korn 42) Green Day? (I'll edit this to put in future answers)

Both are correct! It's easier if you post a new post with your answers once every while though, so I can see there have been new replies added. But either way is fine really. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I added Grojlach's answer to no. 2 which he gave through MSN, because he cannot get into Ironworks again and to be honest I might as well have put his name there in the beginning since I knew he'd get it immediately.

damn, these are hard!