Sinister: pop quiz

[A.M. Horne]

On Sat, 10 Jan 1998 blink at inexpress.net wrote:

> 
> Yeahhh,a quiz.....!!!
> 
> 
> >Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 09:31:58 +0000
> >From: Sarah <sarah at xxx.uk>
> >Subject: Sinister: pop quiz! help me cos i wanna show off :0)
> >
> >aaaaaah! you have to help me people!
> >i know *some* of these questions which overall just has to be the worst
> >thing, but the nimbers and such like i have NO idea! so i am relying on
> >Sinisterian pop experience and love to please HELP ME !!! with this pop
> >quiz. yes i know it was on the SFA list but its starting to bug me!!
> >
> >1.  Complete the sequence...
> > 8, 3, 7, ?  (4)
> >2.  Complete the sequence...
> > 43, N/A, ?, 22, 38   (5)  
> >3.  Si tu etais un ange...  Comes from which current single?  And what
> >does
> >it mean?  (2)
> >4.  What was the UK's best-selling single of 97,
> candle in the wind
>  and what was Europe's?
> ummm,that robert guy?

miles???

> 
> >(2) 
> >5.  Lauren Laverne is currently seeing which journalist?  (1)
> Andrew Male
> >6.  Who released an album last year named 'Ice Cream'?  (1)
> 
> salad
> 
> >7.  Name the band/track from this lyric "Idiot - Slow Down"  (1)
> radiohead...the tourist
> 
> >8.  Name the band/track from this lyric "Too much Montechristo No 4 -
> >Pass  The Ventolin, I need some more"  (1)
> >9.  Name 5 Welsh bands who have had top 40 hits in the last year.  (5)
> 
> manics,super furry animals,gorkys zygotic mynci,catatonia,60 ft dolls

don't think gorky's actually made the top 40...

> >10.  A Brimful Of Asha on the WHAT?  (1) 
> >11.  Name Embrace's debut single and record label it appeared on.  (2)
>  Fireworks
> 
> 
> >12.  Name any three singles which have been re-released under different
> >mixes.   (3)
> candle in the wind 

(is a rerecording the same as a remix?)


,europe is our
playground,she said
> >13.  Who, if we take everything he says literally, does Thom Yorke want
> >to
> >be?  (1)
> 
> a crab
> 
> 
> >14.  Complete the sequence...
> > I?CP?WSHIWMB?MSRSCPNP?CCO?NINCAMGIFC   (10)
> >15.  Name the only duo to have two top 40 mid-price LPs in 1997.   (2)
> everything but the girl
> 
> >16.  "That worm-pie you made me, you made me eat from the butchers" : By
> >whom, and what is it?   (2)
> marylin manson? wormboy or something?
> 
> >17.  "I stole his shoes and ran away trying jolly hard to see if we
> >could
> >catch him round the bend" : Again - artist and track please.   (2)
> 
> Menswear 'I'll Manage Somehow'
> 
> 
> >18.  Gene's debut single only half appears on the debut album.  How and
> >what
> >is it?   (2)
> >19.  What year was Babies by Pulp released?   (2)
> 1994

(it was before then, i'm sure: that was the rerelease)
> 
> >20.  So Make Sure That she's old enough, before.... What?   (1)
> 
> YOU BLOW YOUR MIND!
> 
> 
> >It's out of 50 - so just try your best.
> >
> >thank you for your time pop pickers :)
> >I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!!!
> >Sarah 
> 
> oh well,i try at least...
> xoxo
> Genevieve
>    

so do i: between us we'll sort it out...

alastair
> 
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