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I thought I’d use this holiday week to rerun some of my audio quizzes that have been appearing on this blog over the last year. Each day this week, I’ll post three of ‘em, so keep checking back! Oh, and even though these have run before, we know many of you are seeing them for the first time, so be sure to come back and let us know how well you made out.
ooh the journey ones almost got me!
posted by fjaril on 11-19-2007 at 8:10 am
GOT 100% ON TV THEME SONGS AND GUITAR SOLOS!!!WOOT WOOT
posted by QT314159 on 11-19-2007 at 8:29 am
2 right on the ballads quiz but all right on the theme song quiz. (I still watch some of them on TVland having missed them when I was in the service and at sea.) Did not even try the solo quiz, I would have to be lucky to get one.
posted by Owen on 11-19-2007 at 9:20 am
I got a 90% on the cheesy rock ballads quiz — not sure what this says about me and my music tastes. The question I missed was #7, which I will maintain is a hard question.
I’m excited about the other two!
posted by katie on 11-19-2007 at 11:05 am
Man alive. Thus far I’ve only completed the cheesy quiz… and I got them all right.
This makes me slightly embarrassed and surprisingly pleased. I chalk it up to years of going to the roller rink. What else are you supposed to play during couple skate?
Also - “Africa” is now stuck in my head. Awesome.
posted by Stef on 11-19-2007 at 12:04 pm
wow…i am a cheesy rock ballad master! is that something i should admit?
posted by samantha on 11-19-2007 at 12:29 pm
Oooh…13/15. Got Barney Miller and What’s Happening? confused. Makes sense considering I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a single episode of either one of those shows.
posted by SpaceMonkeyX on 11-19-2007 at 2:26 pm
Man…I didn’t know who sang “Lady in Red”, else I’d been 100% on the Cheesy Songs. Wait…am I proud to admit I got 90% or ashamed? Hmmm…
posted by SpaceMonkeyX on 11-19-2007 at 2:29 pm
100% on the Cheesy Ballad quiz. Either it was too easy, or I had no life in the 80’s. Hmmm.
Also, I believe the correct title of the Phil Collins song that was a choice in several of the questions, is “Against All Odds,” not “Take a Look At Me Now.”
73% on TV Themes.
88% on Guitar solos.
posted by Bre on 11-19-2007 at 2:31 pm
100% on the cheesy rock ballads quiz. Oh yes, that is impressive considering I was born in 1985. I rock. Also 100% on guitar solos, but needed a little help from my mom and stepdad. Still… as a family we are AWESOME! Please please please can we have more of these??? More music quizzes!!!
posted by Suzanne on 11-19-2007 at 8:35 pm