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Personally I don't think Judith wrote it at all... seeing as the questions are almost all exactly the same as the quiz in December at the Empire, for which we have the MIC to thank.
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Personally I don't think Judith wrote it at all... seeing as the questions are almost all exactly the same as the quiz in December at the Empire, for which we have the MIC to thank.
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Yuck. Word doc. Here's the quiz in ...
Yuck. Word doc. Here's the quiz in nice old plain text...
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1. Where was NZ's first big rock festival held?
2. Name a NZ band that played to the troops in Vietnam?
3. Name 1 hit song from each of the 2 current NZ hit movies, Sione's Wedding and No. 2?
4. How many weeks was the debut album by Fat Freddys Drop, 'Based on a True Story' number 1 on the NZ charts?
5. Name 4 members of Bic Runga's band for the album 'Birds'.
6. Name the 1970 hit by The Fourmyla named after a Horowhenua town?
7. Which NZ song plagiarised a children's book by Margaret Mahy?
8. Which 1 of the following bands has fewer than 4 members?
· 4Eulogi
· The D4
· 4 Corners
· Forth Member
9. What was the level of NZ music played on the radio in the 2005 calendar year?
10. Recently a 'Wedding' has been celebrated in a nationwide tour. Which Kiwi composer, possibly himself unlikely to wed, composed the music?
11. 4 of the top 5 most played songs on NZ radio in 2005 were NZ songs. Name 2? (Or 3 or all 4)!
12. Apart from The Brunettes, name another NZ artist released through American label Sub Pop?
13. Which city is burning according to Die!Die!Die!?
14. Name a member of the Windy City Strugglers?
15. Which of the following NZ artists didn't move to Australia in the 1980s?
· The Narcs
· Mockers
· Sharon O'Neil
· Jenny Morris
· Dave Dobbyn
· Jon Stevens
16. Which of the following Wellington bands didn't move to Australia?
· Batrider
· Shihad
· Cassette
· Fur Patrol
· HLAH
· Weta
17. Name 3 Maori artists whose group name involves water?
18. A recently published biography about one of NZ's most influential composers was written by another composer. Who wrote about who?
19. In 1985 which street did Jordan Luck wait in?
20. Rosita Vai won it, but who came 2nd in NZ Idol in 2005?
21. A piano trio, a choir and a chamber duo have recently released CDs which feature music solely from Kiwi composers. Name one of the groups and their album?
22. Name the NZ artist who has the highest UK chart placing in the last 5 years?
SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS FOR A BONUS POINT:
What was the only overseas song to make the top 5 most played song on NZ radio in 2005?
MP for Auckland Central question
Chris Knox, a well known Auckland Central resident has just formed a new band - name it and another of his earlier bands?
well, without any looking up, I reckon ...
well, without any looking up, I reckon I could confidently say I got 11 right, maybe got another 3 or 4 with educated guesses (or depending on what your definition of a 'NZ artist'), and had no idea on the rest.
hahahaha. I bet you Tom from the NZMIC ...
hahahaha. I bet you Tom from the NZMIC came up with this one:
8. Which 1 of the following bands has fewer than 4 members?
· 4Eulogi
· The D4
· 4 Corners
· Forth Member
// 6. Name the 1970 hit by The Fourmyla ...
// 6. Name the 1970 hit by The Fourmyla named after a Horowhenua town?
Someone needs to learn the member for Auckland Central how to spell Fourmyula proper.
Or perhaps Judith deliberately ...
Or perhaps Judith deliberately misspelled it to hinder people's Googling attempts.
// 6. Name the 1970 hit by The Fourmyla ...
// 6. Name the 1970 hit by The Fourmyla named after a Horowhenua town?
// 7. Which NZ song plagiarised a children's book by Margaret Mahy?
im guessing they watched give us a whirl the other night
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10. That would be Witi Ihimaera. ...
10. That would be Witi Ihimaera.
that's it, that is the extent of my knowledge on this quiz. Mind you, I could hazard a guess that Sweetwaters was the answer to #1 - it's not Nambassa, cos that was all hippie like. I'm probably completely off the mark.
Sweetwaters might be the name of the ...
Sweetwaters might be the name of the festival in question, but *where* was the first Sweetwaters held, cos that's what the question wants to know.
Witi Ihimaera is a writer and is (was?) ...
Witi Ihimaera is a writer and is (was?) married, so that rules him out as the composer in #10. You don't have to look very farr to get the right person.
Oh yes, Gareth Farr was the composer of ...
Oh yes, Gareth Farr was the composer of the ballet, and Ihimaera was the writer, of course! Now Sweetwaters used to be held at that farm place - see this requires a great memory, and I don't have one of those - but I know we drove south of Auckland!
Sweetwaters was just west of ...
Sweetwaters was just west of Ngaurawahia, which is just north of Hamilton: I never went the first year it was run, because I thought Ngaurawahia was over near Opotiki, which was far too far to drive in a Morris 1300 from the far North. Wrong on both counts! But Nambassa and Sweetwaters were pretty much neck and neck for a couple of years in terms of desirability.
I have this strange niggling feeling that neither was the first, however.
i was thinking nambassa - but i think ...
i was thinking nambassa - but i think there actually was a 'Ngaurawahia' festival itself, some time around 71-73?
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this page seems to confirm that:...
this page seems to confirm that:
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Black Sabbath and ... the Fairport ...
Black Sabbath and ... the Fairport Convention?
there's a weird headlining duo.
shades of spinal tap supporting the ...
shades of spinal tap supporting the puppet show...
FREEFORM JAZZ ODYSSEY!
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"...hope you enjoy our new direction..."...
"...hope you enjoy our new direction..."
Thanks for confirming my niggle - even ...
Thanks for confirming my niggle - even though I spelt the name wrong. I haven't thought of the Bulldogs Allstar Goodtime Band (I'm sure it used to be the ... Fun Band) in such a long time - one of the Form one (year something or other) teachers from my school played in it, back when I was in Form one myself.
I wonder if it's the same teacher who ...
I wonder if it's the same teacher who was teaching PE at Wellington College when I was there!?
13 auckland (and high time it ...
13 auckland (and high time it did)
respect to heather for smuggling that CD over here
16 i'm guessing HLAH and Batrider 19 ...
16 i'm guessing HLAH and Batrider
19 cashel street, i remember living in cashel street finding a volume of catch 22 with the name jordon luck inscribed in the cover (under the stairs in our flat)
Id go with HLAH but batrider are in ...
Id go with HLAH but batrider are in Melbourne as we speak aren't they?
15 - is this the Mockers? Most of the ...
15 - is this the Mockers? Most of the others obviously moved to Oz, but Andrew and Karyn buggered off to the UK, maybe without a move to Oz in the process.
Is 22 a trick question? Do we count the ...
Is 22 a trick question? Do we count the Bedingfield siblings as kiwis? They both went to No 1, and you can't go any higher than that.
// Is 22 a trick question? Do we count ...
// Is 22 a trick question? Do we count the Bedingfield siblings as kiwis? They both went to No 1, and you can't go any higher than that.
Daniel was born in New Zealand, but Natasha was born and raised in England, so I don't reckon she counts, no matter what kind of passport she has.
It's a difficult question to answer because it doesn't define what make a person a "NZ artist".
is it just me or does this quiz get ...
is it just me or does this quiz get harder and more nerdy by the year
hardly the sorts of questions that encourage more digging into our musical heritage than a one upsmanship game for the spotters
read - I think I got my worst score this year LOL
Bob - it's just you ~~ I agree with ...
Bob - it's just you ~~ I agree with Jesstherese that these questions are remarkably similar to the questions from the December NZMIC quiz, with a few updated Q's in there. If I can recall rightly (given that it was a pub quiz and the amber liquid and jagermeister was flowing waist-deep) I was lucky enough to find myself on the winning team. In fact, we had a blast and there are photos to prove it, somewhere!
Ahem, and the trainspooter answer to the Sub Pop question is either Dimmer or Flight Of The Conchords EXCEPT the Flight of the fellas haven't actually released anything on the label just yet, whereas Dimmer has back in the dark ages of 1996 or thereabouts. The 7" single was called Crystalator and the b-side was Dawn's Coming In and so Dimmer must be the answ--- *** drinks beer, falls off chair laughing ***
// I was lucky enough to find myself on ...
// I was lucky enough to find myself on the winning team. In fact, we had a blast and there are photos to prove it, somewhere!
what he said :)
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oops (too much beer) correct link is...
oops (too much beer)
correct link is
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Ha ha! The jubilation on that chap's ...
Ha ha! The jubilation on that chap's face is palpable, isn't it? Such a magnificent trophy too - it had two competitors arm-wrestling on a pedestal and an inscription saying 'Xmas champions' or somesuch. And so we were. If there's to be another NZMIC music quiz around the end of May, I reckon we should gather another team together for another hack at it.
I reckon we get the same team.. as much ...
I reckon we get the same team.. as much as possible. Obvs you and I were the stars, but we can let the others join us for the ride - someone has to keep the tequila shots coming
Jessie, for the sake of my ...
Jessie, for the sake of my conversational skills, if you could please stop abbreviating words and adding an s on the end, that'd be awes. Otherwise I may be forced to exile you to Canadia.
No. No I can't. It's entirely ...
No. No I can't.
It's entirely tclak's fault.
damn I knew it was me :( The Dimmer ...
damn I knew it was me :(
The Dimmer 7" was 95
"Weeell, looks like we got ourselves a ...
"Weeell, looks like we got ourselves a reader!" etc.