Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Cryptic Music Quiz

Due to the success of Phil's album cover quiz
I have made a cryptic artist quiz to keep your brains
ticking and to waste the working day away.
Sorry if they are too easy, I haven't really tried this before

EDIT :
21/11 - answer clues now added (number of letters)

23/11 - Anne is doing some cleaning up, 15 left

24/11 - Phil says "Hammertime" and sorts a tasty Gyro, Anne picks the Idol, 12 left!
830pm - reworded some for extra clues

25/11 - Phil and Anne battling the last few out

1. At the finish you wont be dead - Phil - The Living End
2. Hey! I cast out your mispellings - Phil - Outkast
3. Robert can be found inside some vans (3,5)
4. Nippon is the avarian capital - Phil - Birds of Tokyo
5. Religious belief? now empty (5,2,4) - Anne - Faith No More
6. Oz dog is famous in the dark continent - Phil - Toto
7. Wonderland visitor now shackled - Phil - Alice in Chains
8. Something odd about the aero's myth - Phil - Aerosmith
9. A cuppa coffee for our Inuit friend - Anne - Eskimo Joe
10. Mixed up dove has slang disappointment (4) - Anne - Devo
11. Simply 36 ebonies (3,5,4) - Anne - The Black Keys
12. Can you hear the icy rain in my truck? - Jemma - Van Halen
13. Letter between Y and I needs a double - Jemma - U2
14. Greek wrap at the end of the telescope (9) - Phil - Gyroscope
15. Little Fiona finds things difficult (4,2) - Anne - Hard-Fi
16. Adam uses UK prog rock for his inspiration (4) - Anne - Muse
17. Rests on his patellas whilst atop a shark (4,4) - Neil Finn
18. Theatrical award goes to popular herb - Phil - Toni Basil
19. An imitator? maybe a mixed up freak (5)
20. Hardware is found in mirrored loot - Phil - Tool
21. Sweet sunshine for fly singers - Phil - SugarRay
22. Bob's is in the middle of a palm error - Phil - Robert Palmer
23. No moss on short Michaels outfit (3,7,6) - Anne - The Rolling Stones
24. A most common surname for this last testimony (4,5) - Phil - Will Smith
25. Idol Aussie Ned has teamed up with Griswald's boy (5,8) - Anne - Kelly Clarkson
26. Had too much of being within the minx situation? (4)
27. This ocean mammal remains unopened (4) - Anne - Seal
28. Shuffled game in, from a return to innocence (6)
29. Look for the fruity centre of the common people - Phil - Pulp
30. Footy's Cousin's mixed messages re: harp (3,6) - Anne - Ben Harper
31. Finding out the number in a murder (8,5)
32. Motorcycle is initial transport for mallet (2,6) - Phil - MC Hammer
33. Number one card for military facility - Phil - Ace of Base
34. Star Trek's Patrick is handy for fishing (3,7) - Anne - Rod Stewart
35. Looks like a frog's seat for director Woody (4,5) - Anne - Lily Allen
36. Mends clothes at a rapid pace (6,5) - Anne - Taylor Swift
37. Look inside ; The Go-Go's sip coffee during idle chatter (6)
38. Fresh powder will maintain watch around here - Jemma - Snow Patrol
39. Evil is back, it continues its existence - Anne - Live
40. Puzzled harpists built this city - Phil - Starship

41 comments:

Phil Dawson said...

1. Living End
4. Birds Of Tokyo
7. Alice In Chains
22. Robert Palmer
34. Greenday

Anne said...

8. eskimo joe

Anne said...

by 8. I obviously meant 9.

Phil Dawson said...

is 8 as simple as Aerosmith?

Phil Dawson said...

25. Kelly Rusty :P

Phil Dawson said...

12. Hail

The Big Fella said...

are you taking the piss? or you just waiting til everyone else has a chance to have a go

Phil Dawson said...

theres a band called hail! no not taking the piss just remarkably stupid

Phil Dawson said...

2 outkast

Anne said...

39. Live?

Phil Dawson said...

33. Ace of Base

Phil Dawson said...

40. Starship

Phil Dawson said...

21. SugarRay

Phil Dawson said...

29. Pulp

Phil Dawson said...

20. Tool

Phil Dawson said...

18. Toni Basil - BOO YARRR

The Big Fella said...

ever get the feeling you're the only one playing :/

Phil Dawson said...

Jemma
12. Van Halen

Phil Dawson said...

38. Jemma - Snow Patrol

Phil Dawson said...

long shot but 6. Toto?

The Big Fella said...

why is that a long shot?

Anne said...

5. Faith No More

Anne said...

10. Devo

Anne said...

15. Hard Fi

Anne said...

23. The Rolling Stones

Anne said...

36. Taylor Swift.

Anne said...

34. Rod Stewart

Anne said...

11. The Black Keys

Phil Dawson said...

27. Moby?

The Big Fella said...

nope, its not that cryptic, think more literally

Phil Dawson said...

32. MC Hammer

Phil Dawson said...

14. Gyroscope?

Anne said...

25. Kelly clarkson

Phil Dawson said...

17. Neil Finn

Phil Dawson said...

24. Will Smith

Anne said...

16. muse

Anne said...

17. Neil Finn

Anne said...

27. Seal

Anne said...

30. Ben Harper

Anne said...

35. Lily Allen

Anne said...

COME ON!!!! Tell us what the last ones are!! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.