Another Weekly Quiz

[BoSoxGal]

That brings back memories . . . Paul Drake was one of my first childhood crushes.

[Big RR]

Drake is a fairly talented, contemporary musician:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_(rapper)

[Lord Jim]

If you posted a linky to the quiz, it's not showing.

Fixed it...

Who the hell is Drake?
(Apart from the Elizabethan hero and Perry Mason's private eye).

You mean you don't remember this guy?:

Drake is a fairly talented, contemporary musician:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_(rapper)

I'm sorry, but for me the words "fairly talented musician" and "rapper" simply do not belong in the same sentence...

[Bicycle Bill]

Drake is a fairly talented, contemporary musician:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_(rapper)

One or the other; make up your mind.  First you said he was a "fairly talented contemporary musician", then posted a link that says he is a rap 'artist'.

-"BB"-

[rubato]

Speaking of spiders ... there has been some research over the years into the frequently deadly courtship rituals of several species of spiders and scorpions. For one species of scorpion there was a delicate and critical task for the male to find just the right-sized and shaped insect treat to offer to get the female's attention and hold it long enough to him to impregnate her and make good his escape. IIR they liked moths and the male had to do a little dance to present his love gift in just the right fashion and stay out of harm's way.


yrs,
rubato

[Big RR]

Jim and BB: I just posted the Wiki page because I thought it would be fairly easy to read; I'll admit I didn't look at it myself all that closely). However, if you google him, you'll see Drake is a lot more than just a rapper--he has introduced a musicality into hip hop that was not there before, and is changing that genre. Now neither rap nor hip hop are my cup of tea (although my kids love it and I hear it enough), but I can still appreciate talent in that area.

You guys sound like my parents with their screaming "that junk is not music".

[Econoline]

9/12 and 364 shiny gold stick-on stars, for an exact tie with the Bad Astronomer.

[Lord Jim]

he has introduced a musicality into hip hop

Wow...

If that's accurate, it's truly an amazing achievement....

Who would have thought such a thing possible?

[Scooter]

You need to watch what you say around me about our Celine, but you can talk whatever trash you want to about Drake.

(I just can't get past the smarmy character he played in the Degrassi franchise on his way to superstardom)

[Scooter]

he has introduced a musicality into hip hop

Wow...

If that's accurate, it's truly an amazing achievement....

Who would have thought such a thing possible?

I remember saying to myself, when I was a teenager...

that when I got older I would never criticize the way younger people dressed, or their taste in music.

Then we had guys starting to wear their pants around their thighs with their underwear showing, and hip hop was born.

And I had to eat my words.

[BoSoxGal]

Ha ha, me too!

[dales]

8/12 which yielded 315 marbles.

Nice buzz going, listening to Walter Wanderley.

[Lord Jim]

You need to watch what you say around me about our Celine,

How would feel about us giving you back William Shatner...?

[Bicycle Bill]

8/12 for 373 of those Necco wafers.
And I will freely admit that of those eight correct, two (not saying which two) were totally and completely wild-eyed guesses.

-"BB"-

[MGMcAnick]

Hmmmm, 10/12 and 376 coins. Far better than usual. At least I know who Drake is, but I still missed his question. He was on SNL recently. Drake and Henry Kissinger were my downfall. Some others were lucky guesses.

[Lord Jim]

Meet your new host, Ray Hamel.

Slate readers and loyal quiz-takers, we are very excited to introduce you to Ray Hamel, your new Slate News Quiz host. When Ken Jennings retired a few weeks ago, we said that the quiz would continue on and that we would attempt “to capture the attention to detail and quick wit” that made the quiz such a hit.

In having Hamel take over the quiz-hosting duties, we are more than making good on that promise. Prepare to be challenged on a weekly basis! Hamel is a veteran puzzle and quiz pro whose crosswords have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Games magazine. He is also the author of The New York Times Trivia Quiz Book and two Encyclopaedia Britannica quiz books.

Says Ray: “I sympathize with Sherlock Holmes, who said in the 1970 movie The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes: ‘Some of us are cursed with memories like flypaper. Stuck there is a staggering amount of miscellaneous data, most of it useless.’[Man, do I relate to that...] I discovered writing trivia questions is my way to actually make it useful.”

Your host may have changed, but everything else is the same. Questions are multiple-choice, and time is of the essence: You have 50 seconds to answer, and as the seconds tick away, the question’s point value drops from 50 all the way down to zero, so you’ll want to click on your answer as fast as you possibly can. There’s no penalty for an incorrect answer, so feel free to take a guess.

At the end of the quiz, you’ll be able to compare your score with that of the average contestant, as well as with the score of a Slatester who has agreed to take the quiz on the record. This week’s contestant is senior political correspondent Jamelle Bouie.

Can you ace the quiz and beat Bouie? Good luck!

[BoSoxGal]

Slate Quiz 5.28.16

5/12
223 coins

[MajGenl.Meade]

Ha! Victory over sweaty gardeners!

5/12 and 228 round bits

[BoSoxGal]

Just by the hair on your chinny-chin-chin . . .

[MGMcAnick]

Not a good week. I missed reading the paper at least three days, and guessed correctly on only three of the six I got right. That is to say, I really only knew three answers. 239 coins. Ugh.