BBC Test The Nation - The Popular Music Test

Thought I'd give this online version of this quiz a go as I missed the TV programme on Saturday night so didn't know what the answers should have been...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/testthenation/pop/index.shtml

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You scored 43/70

Thank You For the Music ............ 10/16
No business like Show Business ..... 11/16
Bits & Pieces ...................... 10/11
Memories Are Made Of This .......... 4/9
Simply The Best .................... 8/18

 

57/70

Thank you for the music - 16/16
No business like show business - 11/16
Bits & pieces - 11/11
Memories are made of this - 7/9
Simply the best - 12/18

-- Ian

 

Damn it - Ian beat me!

56/70

Thank you for the music - 13/16
No business like show business - 11/16
Bits & pieces - 10/11
Memories are made of this - 6/9
Simply the best - 16/18

Tony.

PS I found the time limits really hard - the random access time of my brain is pretty poor these days.

 

I thought the time limits weren't generous enough either too. I ended up scoring 0 on 2 questions because I ran out of time, although I'm sure I knew the correct answers.

 

Hi,

I did this as well. I agree the time limits were a bit hair raising. I did this on saturday before I hit the wheels of steel.

I too got 57/70.

Thank you for the music - 14/16
No business like show business - 14/16
Bits & pieces - 10/11
Memories are made of this - 6/9
Simply the best - 13/18

Interesting quiz.

SCIDB

 

I admit to doing it as well 54 was my score, I was a little disappointed I made a few blindling obvious mistakes, but not too shabby

 

55

 

Hmmm... I got 47/70, not too impressive, although according to their analysis that was top 10% for my age, which I must say I find a little hard to believe but there you go.

 

48
12/16, 12/16, 8/11, 7/9 then worst "simply the best" 9/18
114 IQ ? how to they fathom that then ?
another 6 months older, and it would have been 118.

 

I got a feeble 51-70 - had to use the non-Flash version as they won't upgrade us to Flash 6 or later here

 

Oh dear. 60....

Thank you for the music - 15/16
No business like show business - 14/16
Bits & pieces - 11/11
Memories are made of this - 7/9
Simply the best - 13/18

My memory for random junk must be too good. I wonder what the point is?

Paul

 

38/70 - can't be arsed to do the breakdown. Comfortably less than anyone else here and proud of it . As Paul said, it's all random junk anyway

Michael.

 

60/70
Guess my score was helped big time by playing in the pit for musicals and knowing about classical music

 

ok my age is showing here I think, I got 33....

bad i know

 

There were only about 5 classical music related questions that I can remember, and I'm pretty sure I got those right. So, does "Nessun Dorma" (from Turandot btw for those who have yet to take the test ) count as pop music then? I guess it does in the broadest sense of the term "popular" (lots of people like it).

Michael.

 

53 for me. A bit less than I thought I would get.

 

55 - for me, (somewhat undone by the Musicals/classical section, though I guess everone is likely to have a weak area).

It was interesting that in the personality profile section under the 'What do you do to relax" question there was no 'Listen to music' as an option, which for a quiz like this sort of gives you an idea of their likely audience.


P.S time limits were fine. I answered most questions within a couple of seconds, I don't think the intention was a long thought out response, you either knew it or didn't.

 

I feel the lack of a Krautrock and new-wave / avant / noise sections effected my score adversely.

Tony.

(now off to smack himself in the head repeatedly with a spade until he can't remember anything about Busted).

 

42, not bad for a miserable old Bach-loving git, although I say so myself.

 

45, which is more than I thought I'd score as I don't listen to 'popular' music .