Papperslappen's (quite hard) Music Quiz

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Papperslappen's (quite hard) Music Quiz

Postby Papperslappen » 18 May 2015, 13:41

The results are in!
Congratulations to RebelliousUno who won with a total of 9 points.

I made a music quiz that you totally should take. It consists of 18 very short clips and your task is to find the artist and title for each one.

The winner gets honor, glory and a steam key for one of my favourite video games ever.

Quiz audio: https://goo.gl/LavFeX

Answers:
1. Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat (Day O)
2. Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
3. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Solider
4. Modest Mouse - Float On
5. Gene Kelly et al. -- Good Morning
6. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass -- Tijuana Taxi
7. Caramell - Caramelldansen
8. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
9. Lady Gaga - Poker Face
10. Madonna - Like A Virgin
11. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
12. Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
13. The Monkees - I'm A Believer
14. Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
15. ABBA - Mamma Mia
16. Millie - My Boy Lollipop
17. April Stevens - Teach Me Tiger
18. Europe - Final Countdown

The total number of correct answers was 88.
Number 2 was a bit of a curve ball since the opening chord is a bit similar to the famous Hard Day's Night chord, but it is not the same.
The only song that no one recognised at all was Good Morning from Singin' In the Rain. I choose to believe that it is because the intro in the record version differs a bit from the film version and not because you don't know your classic musicals.

Here's a Spotify list with the songs: https://goo.gl/aM2iF7
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Re: Papperslappen's (quite hard) Music Quiz

Postby AdmiralMemo » 18 May 2015, 14:15

I got like 6, and am not sure of 1. I recognized 1 other but couldn't place it.
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Re: Papperslappen's (quite hard) Music Quiz

Postby Duckay » 18 May 2015, 14:23

Turns out that I am terrible at this kind of thing, so I was only able to put a name to 5 of them, and probably got those wrong, at that.
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Re: Papperslappen's (quite hard) Music Quiz

Postby Papperslappen » 18 May 2015, 14:34

I did almost the same quiz on a long bus ride with some friends and I would say that about a third correct is a quite good result.
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Re: Papperslappen's (quite hard) Music Quiz

Postby Elomin Sha » 18 May 2015, 14:42

One song my guess went from the Who to the Beach Boys to the correct band.

Two correct answers. Third answer I went total knowledge nerd for a laugh.
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Postby the amativeness » 18 May 2015, 15:19

I feel confident at 9...
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Postby MetricFurlong » 18 May 2015, 17:27

Pretty sure I've got 9 or 10 correct. The other 8 I had no idea.
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Postby Spartan_N30 » 18 May 2015, 18:49

Wow, I don't know half this shit at all. I was able to get 3 but that was only because the 4th one I recognized I couldn't freaking remember who the song was by!
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Postby eostby » 19 May 2015, 14:31

I'm fairly confident that I got quite a few of them, but I wasn't sure on artist for some of the ones I think I got. Nowhere near all 18, though.
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Postby betsytheripper » 19 May 2015, 18:35

That was hard. I tend to be really good at recognizing songs from the first 1-2 measures, but some of those songs I either straight don't know or just couldn't place. Two of them I had to sit back and think and I finally got it. Pretty fun though! I definitely realize where my musical trivia strengths are!
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Postby Dutch guy » 20 May 2015, 09:48

I recognize a lot of them, but I am terrible at putting titles and artists to songs.
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Postby Papperslappen » 20 May 2015, 10:00

Halfway into the competition, I can report that all but two songs have received at least one correct answer. Good job everyone.
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Re: Papperslappen's (quite hard) Music Quiz

Postby Volafortis » 20 May 2015, 15:36

Hmm... I know I got 7 of these, and I feel like I could get 2-3 more of them if I really do some digging, because I'm pretty confident on the bands.
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Re: Papperslappen's (quite hard) Music Quiz

Postby phlip » 20 May 2015, 16:01

I've got 5 pretty-sures, a guess at a 6th, and two I almost know but can't quite place... I only know three of the artists, though, that's always been a weak point for me with music quizzes...

[edit] With the help of Google (big cheats) I figured out one of the two I couldn't place, and it's a song I don't think I ever knew the actual name for, so that makes me feel better that I couldn't place it. Also, it turns out the song I was thinking of wasn't actually the song in the quiz, so I'm back to square one with that one. Still stuck on the other one though...

Got: 1, 7, 11, 13, 15, 18 (know the artists for 7, 11, 13)
8 I thought I recognised but had no idea about the name, eventually find out and turns out I was wrong
10 sounds very familiar but I can't place it
I'd be somewhat disappointed if anyone here didn't get 7...
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Postby Volafortis » 20 May 2015, 17:25

Funny, I didn't get 7 when I heard it at first, but now, after I've submitted, I finally got it. My mind just wasn't in the right place for it, I guess.

I got 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14
I am completely sure on all of them, as they're either songs that strike me just well known in general, or songs I personally enjoy.

EDIT: And crap, I just noticed some of my numbers were off. I wrote down 10, when the song I was actually answering was 11. Got the number mixed up, apparently :/
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Postby Papperslappen » 20 May 2015, 18:48

Volafortis, I will go through the answers manually anyway. If you have the right answer in the wrong box, I will still count it.
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Re: Papperslappen's (quite hard) Music Quiz

Postby MetricFurlong » 20 May 2015, 18:51

Papperslappen wrote:[Edit:] To clarify. It ends Friday 24th

You might want to double-check your calendar...
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Postby Papperslappen » 20 May 2015, 19:08

MetricFurlong wrote:You might want to double-check your calendar...

Hmm, yes, for some reason my calendar must have shown me April...
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Postby RebelliousUno » 21 May 2015, 04:34

The one's I've submitted have been right...I hope which leaves me at 9
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Postby LokiTheLiar » 21 May 2015, 06:21

Ooops, I got only 4.
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Postby Papperslappen » 22 May 2015, 13:42

(Bump for top post edit. )
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Postby Elomin Sha » 22 May 2015, 14:00

11 of those songs I've never heard of before, those that I do know I have never listened to.
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Re: Papperslappen's (quite hard) Music Quiz

Postby eostby » 22 May 2015, 21:08

Well, I got 7, and there were only about 3 songs that I've just never heard of, so I'm content.
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Re: Papperslappen's (quite hard) Music Quiz

Postby MetricFurlong » 23 May 2015, 04:46

Ah, got tripped up by number 2. Never heard the song it actually was (I don't think the band had much presence this side of the pond).
I knew 5 was from a classic musical, but wasn't able to place it.


Anyway, it was fun. Congrats to Uno.


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Postby AdmiralMemo » 23 May 2015, 10:00

OK, so I only knew of 7 of the songs on that list, and got 5 correct. Cool.
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