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Stupidly hard quiz

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ApocalypseNowt · 04/12/2023 20:35

Quizzers assemble!

@rosegoldwatcher
@SoupDragon
@minou123
@GoldenCupidon

It's back. My stupidly hard Xmas work quiz is live. As per usual I've done round one and now I'm stuck on the answer for round 2.

I've actually identified all the pictures, found the clue but the answer isn't working 😭

Sorry for crappy pictures but if you use the first letter of each of the album names it spells out "album ones singers" so I thought it must be the singers on the Arctic Monkeys album 'AM'....but whichever way I put the names in it doesn't work.

Then I thought as the clue at the top is "Artistless" maybe I had to remove Alex Turner (as Turner is a famous artist) but I'm still striking out!

As always, any help appreciated & if I've missed any of the amazing quizzers who usually play along (I know I have) please feel free to tag them

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ApocalypseNowt · 04/12/2023 20:41

My answers:
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Beyonce - Lemonade
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
The Verve - Urban Hymns
Prodigy - Music for the jilted generation
Radiohead - Ok computer
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
White Stripes - Elephant
The National - Sleep well beast
Chemical Brothers - Surrender
Nirvana - In utero
U2 - No line on the horizon
The Police - Ghost in the machine
Taylor Swift - Evermore
New order - Republic
Primal scream - Screamadelica

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InvisibleDuck · 04/12/2023 20:51

Larks? Birds?

They sing in the AM...

LunaNorth · 04/12/2023 20:52

Matt Helders?

The Byrds?

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ApocalypseNowt · 04/12/2023 20:56

Tried lots of combos with Matt Helders and also Josh Home (as he does some backing vocals).

Not tried anything bird related yet so will give that a go!

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ApocalypseNowt · 04/12/2023 20:58

Homme^

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ApocalypseNowt · 04/12/2023 21:09

Not birds, larks, the Byrds or Matt Helders :(

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MarshmallowsOnToast · 04/12/2023 21:15

Ahh I'm so glad this is back! It's way too clever for me but I love watching ppl solve it!

Good luck 🤞🏻

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ApocalypseNowt · 04/12/2023 21:16

Good to have you back Marshmallow!

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MarshmallowsOnToast · 04/12/2023 21:17

Have you tried just "Alex" with it being Artistless.

So Alex Turner but remove Turner

= Alex

Squiblet · 04/12/2023 21:17

How long of an answer are you looking for? It is like one name, or a list of names?

Looking at what you've got, I'd think the answer would be the names of the vocalists on all the albums in that list that reached No 1 in the charts. Minus Turner, maybe, assuming you've got that clue right.

Thanks for posting this quiz again, it's really fun!

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ApocalypseNowt · 04/12/2023 21:19

Hello squiblet!

Tried just Alex.

Seemingly tried every combo of Arctic monkey singers with and without Turner (including nick O'Malley ,etc)
Defo think I'm missing something.

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ApocalypseNowt · 04/12/2023 21:19

Don't know how long the answer will be. They don't tell us things like that!

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TellingBone · 04/12/2023 21:22

There's an 'Album One' by the musical project Steam Powered Giraffe

The Bee Gees recorded an album called 'One' and of course The Beatles have '1'

JanglingJack · 04/12/2023 21:25

Your list reading down spells Album Ones Singers

SoupDragon · 04/12/2023 21:26

Hurrah!

JanglingJack · 04/12/2023 21:26

Oh sorry you knew that! Have you typed that in lol

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ApocalypseNowt · 04/12/2023 21:26

Yep, got that bit Jack!Grin

Think the giraffe project is a bit obscure. Tried Lennon and McCartney but no.

Still think Artistless means something....it usually does!

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ApocalypseNowt · 04/12/2023 21:27

Lol

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ApocalypseNowt · 04/12/2023 21:27

Yay! Soup is back :)

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JanglingJack · 04/12/2023 21:27

D'oh 🤣

TellingBone · 04/12/2023 21:30

ApocalypseNowt · 04/12/2023 21:26

Yep, got that bit Jack!Grin

Think the giraffe project is a bit obscure. Tried Lennon and McCartney but no.

Still think Artistless means something....it usually does!

Beatles minus BA [bachelor of arts] = etles

whocaresmore · 04/12/2023 21:30

TellingBone · 04/12/2023 21:22

There's an 'Album One' by the musical project Steam Powered Giraffe

The Bee Gees recorded an album called 'One' and of course The Beatles have '1'

Did you try Gibb?

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ApocalypseNowt · 04/12/2023 21:31

I just tried "etles". Help. Me.

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DapperDame · 04/12/2023 21:32

Have no idea about music, but could singers be something to do with burning I.e. the verb to singe??

SecondUsername4me · 04/12/2023 21:32

Omg this is an annual favourite, and I may have even cribbed a few for my own works quiz. I'm gonna screenshot and avoid all suggestions and answers til I've worked through.