There are some important constraints:1. The quizzers are not going to be music fanatics. All the clips would have to be from UK singles chart hits, preferably from the 70s onwards. No glitch, japanoise, Xenakis or Stephen Merritt. Sorry. 2. I want a theme for the 10 clips, but not things like all the songs have girl's names in the title, or all the artists are named after fruit or veg.
Over to you?
― Jeff, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― jk, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
The secret is to have tunes that are naggingly familiar but is obscure enough to make answering the question fun.
As a theme - what about the six degrees of seperation where the bonus question is for nameing the connection between that and the previous song - I know its not really a theme, but it does add an extra fun aspect to the quiz deliberations.
Also its much easier to do than it appears so it looks impressive.
I just knocked out this list pretty quickly.
The connection between each pair is quite easy - the connection between the ones seperated by a gap is tenuous and groan inducing though. And I deserve a good kicking for suggesting them.
― Alexander Blair, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Alexander, I like your links idea, but would make the links much, much simpler, or just use this element as a tiebreaker or something. I can only get 3 of your links at first blush. And if I'm right about the link between Yazoo and the Undertones (The Assembly?), I think that's difficult!
Please keep the ideas coming, but think down one whole level. I repeat, these quizzers are not gonna be people who live and breathe music on a daily basis.
As in, easy stuff like any Beatle, any Spice Girl, some of Take That, Ronan Keating, slightly less easy such as Tricky, John Cale, Alec Empire (?!), etc.
Samples? Do you reckon they could do samples? For 4 points you name the new track and band and the sampled track and band. With Hooverphonic- 2Wicky and Issac Hayes- Walk on By, it would be easier to name the sample, rather than the new track, but with Fatboy Slim- Praise You, it'd be easier to name the new track... Hopefully people would be able to get at least one...
― Mr Deft, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Yeah - You can make easier more well known links - but the links don't need to be musical - the link I was thinking of from Abba to Aha were that both band names were palindromes and the link between The Skids and Desmond Decker were they were both used in a Maxell tape advert playing up the difficulty understanding the words. (my ears are alight)
* "Happy Talk" by Capt Sensible. What musical does the song originate from?
* "Especially for You" by Kylie and Jason. Name #1s from the same year by either as a solo artist? (3 pts max)
"China in Your Hand" - T'pau and "Star Trekkin'" - The Firm. name the years they were number 1 (of course) and for two points get the connection [ star trek = 1 extra point, if you can say who exactly T'pau is in star trek then you get the 2nd point and you also get pointed at and generally shamed]
― Alan Trewartha, Wednesday, 10 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Mick Gallagher, Monday, 22 May 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)
I made a music-based pub quiz round for anyone doing one over zoom, it requires no knowledge of the charts / artists / titles, etc., feel free to use or adapt or just give it a go yourself.
https://centuriesofsound.com/2020/05/03/the-centuries-of-sound-pub-quiz-round/
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 3 May 2020 10:33 (five years ago)
Thanks for that. I got 8/10 on countries and years (but different ones wrong).
I think I started this thread but have no recollection of any of my posts in it. Or indeed if my brother in law’s quiz round ever happened 😂
― Jeff W, Sunday, 3 May 2020 16:30 (five years ago)
8/10 is very impressive, best score anyone has had so far.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 3 May 2020 16:40 (five years ago)