[Archived] Cryptic Music Quiz

[T4E]

Right, I was sent this the other day and it's been driving me nuts. Basically it's 225 cryptic clues for names of bands are artists. I'm pretty sure I've now got them all, but it's in Excel format and 5 of the answers I've given the sheet wont accept. I'm almost sure they must be right, but I'll be interested to see if anyone comes up with any alternatives.

Anyway, here goes -

1 Venom

2 Oysters annoyed by heavy traffic

3 Lion Talker

4 Champagne and orange juice

5 Pale serpent

6 Primitive shout

7 Primates

8 B.A, M.Sc, B.Eng

9 Where Snowwhite's friends keep their bikes

10 Woodworkers

11 Back to normal

12 Spicy jalapenos

13 Hard shelled insects

14 A violent place for plants to live

15 Dark Sunday

16 Distribute equally

17 Barbie was even on 100

18 Desert waterhole

19 Stealing the England captain's meat

20 Silhouettes

21 Hamlet, a female relative

22 Aircraft data recording unit

23 Stunted growth

24 Young men selling mice

25 Never ending duo

26 Excellent weed

27 Possibly great

28 Toilet lecture

29 Contributing to car safety

30 Nuclear Pussy

31 Awful etiquette

32 Metal Airship

33 Skeletal letter

34 Sting in the tail

35 Young man's area

36 Several raincoats found in cemetery

37 Throttlers

38 Clergyman in long dress

39 Gorgeous but not northern

40 Revolvers and flowers

41 Great hairy creatures

42 Both of you

43 Soft fabric in the tube

44 A virgin Thatcher

45 Correct exclaimed Mr Flintstone

46 Rubbish

47 Happy is a brave warrior with orange seeds

48 From another country

49 Cheerful start to the week

50 Unemployment card

51 Spinning rocks

52 First man and insects

53 Thunderbolt helps grass grow

54 In Wonderland Just like that

55 Refinement association

56 Lumbar puncture

57 Upset over phobias

58 Unglossy Italian white wine

59 Lips come together

60 Pair of travel agents

61 English patella thrown by Zulus

62 UFO's

63 Big band travels at night

64 Paradise

65 Searchdog Posse

66 Steal a bear's lair

67 Pigs

68 Nosy dead pussy

69 Not a good firm

70 Young lads grow up

71 Barely made the wood in the pond

72 Stopped believing

73 Two quarters

74 Destroying cucurbits

75 Elizabeth, Victoria, Mary

76 Walthamstow

77 Late in the evening they can no longer walk

78 Quartet of brunettes

79 East end revolutionary

80 Position currently held by George Bush

81 Nun Toboggan

82 Get paste from tube

83 Stop Jock & Stop Jock

84 Dickie, Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo

85 Babies on the slab

86 Treacherous vicar

87 Little sisters don't like them

88 Insanity

89 Chocolate candy

90 Blokes grafting

91 In the cellar cars are lifted

92 Merlin

93 I’m fanatical towards the girl

94 Disturbed vision

95 Prosperous city vermin

96 Plasters

97 Desperate trouble

98 Rub out Midge

99 Preserve reflect on famous river

100 Gender arms

101 Greenhouse plants

102 Next command

103 Years quarters

104 Corridor containing horse fodder

105 South American Indian instamatic

106 Picture house tune

107 Ham or beef sandwiches

108 A friendly prickly bush

109 Very warm galaxy

110 Bird of prey with colic

111 Hard of hearing wildcat

112 Germany with coronary regulators

113 Raincoat bought near Blackpool

114 Dorothy’s dog

115 Queen of the slimming world

116 Manweb bulb band

117 William’s vacation

118 Ol’ blue eyes off to make a movie

119 Fun park, magnetic effect

120 Uncomplicated primary colour

121 The cost of watching a comet

122 Oxygen cylinder

123 Man Friday’s partner in flames

124 Genuflect for a gem

125 Big Apple movement

126 Dances in Jerry built prison

127 Fashionable assembly

128 Wild urban evangelists

129 Parents

130 Moist, soaked, saturated

131 Not what they seem

132 Dickie at the precipice

133 Depressed Evertonians

134 Keep the horses in footwear

135 The Spanish heavyweight in WC

136 Orleans Maid swaps her protective shield

137 First man on the piste

138 Bob bush

139 Bracelets

140 Father's cigarette end

141 The centre of planets

142 William's sea

143 Enchanted

144 Famous doctor

145 American bombers

146 City with the wall

147 Last letter of the alphabetic at the pinnacle

148 Affirmative

149 Toilet toilet

150 Changing current

151 A graded nut

152 Flying metalworker

153 Archangel

154 FM cranium

155 Residing in cardboard

156 Anger at the mechanical device

157 Spanish tomato sauce

158 Many people in an abode

159 Flavoured frozen water

160 Explosive lady

161 Eaten by the Magmous

162 Brothers

163 Not a shallow colour

164 Youngster's fate

165 Entrances

166 Latin Water

167 Reverberating rabbit people

168 Interweave

169 Hot beverage, served cold

170 In fashion

171 Delicate and sensitive Arabic monarch

172 Jimmy cannot prevent gender device

173 Oil state

174 Egyptian queen

175 Carnivorous dinosaur

176 Famous jewel store

177 Mediterranean island mound

178 Hebrew beginning

179 Manufactured vegetable

180 Everlasting

181 Late night athlete on deck C

182 Hamlet humans

183 Scrounge a baby talk

184 Hobbling wafer

185 Senior teachers speaking

186 Homosapien table

187 Of the French spirit

188 Youthful carnivores in good health

189 A pretty colour

190 Sea blue panorama

191 Engage in recreation in winter

192 Deceased or living

193 Heavenly humour

194 Incendiary bomb causes bereavement

195 Fantasize at night

196 People in exile

197 Son of God shackled to his mother

198 Scottish mallet

199 Residential birds

200 Excessive

201 No ears for music

202 Seasoned young females

203 Simpson's home town needs a clean

204 Emergency number

205 Sibling after

206 Slim Scottish godfather

207 Turn over an American sweet

208 Applaud the Viking 100 times

209 The flooring encourages Al

210 Frozen rain

211 Place where extraterrestrial breeds insects

212 The pole paints an Irish dish

213 Doorman carries fuel for fire

214 Stairs

215 The King's cigar

216 Flowers made from masonry

217 Bald American birds of prey

218 Visually impaired fruit

219 Ink picture on skin

220 Dye me poorly

221 Teenage Witch

222 Blunt lazer gun

223 Sweet knoll mob

224 American barley

225 I could use a light in here

Just as a small hint, according to the spreadsheet the quiz was made in 2003.

[adopted scouser]

Right, I was sent this the other day and it's been driving me nuts. Basically it's 225 cryptic clues for names of bands are artists. I'm pretty sure I've now got them all, but it's in Excel format and 5 of the answers I've given the sheet wont accept. I'm almost sure they must be right, but I'll be interested to see if anyone comes up with any alternatives.

Anyway, here goes -

1 Venom

2 Oysters annoyed by heavy traffic

3 Lion Talker

4 Champagne and orange juice

5 Pale serpent

6 Primitive shout

7 Primates

8 B.A, M.Sc, B.Eng

9 Where Snowwhite's friends keep their bikes

10 Woodworkers

11 Back to normal

12 Spicy jalapenos

13 Hard shelled insects

14 A violent place for plants to live

15 Dark Sunday

16 Distribute equally

17 Barbie was even on 100

18 Desert waterhole

19 Stealing the England captain's meat

20 Silhouettes

21 Hamlet, a female relative

22 Aircraft data recording unit

23 Stunted growth

24 Young men selling mice

25 Never ending duo

26 Excellent weed

27 Possibly great

28 Toilet lecture

29 Contributing to car safety

30 Nuclear Pussy

31 Awful etiquette

32 Metal Airship

33 Skeletal letter

34 Sting in the tail

35 Young man's area

36 Several raincoats found in cemetery

37 Throttlers

38 Clergyman in long dress

39 Gorgeous but not northern

40 Revolvers and flowers

41 Great hairy creatures

42 Both of you

43 Soft fabric in the tube

44 A virgin Thatcher

45 Correct exclaimed Mr Flintstone

46 Rubbish

47 Happy is a brave warrior with orange seeds

48 From another country

49 Cheerful start to the week

50 Unemployment card

51 Spinning rocks

52 First man and insects

53 Thunderbolt helps grass grow

54 In Wonderland Just like that

55 Refinement association

56 Lumbar puncture

57 Upset over phobias

58 Unglossy Italian white wine

59 Lips come together

60 Pair of travel agents

61 English patella thrown by Zulus

62 UFO's

63 Big band travels at night

64 Paradise

65 Searchdog Posse

66 Steal a bear's lair

67 Pigs

68 Nosy dead pussy

69 Not a good firm

70 Young lads grow up

71 Barely made the wood in the pond

72 Stopped believing

73 Two quarters

74 Destroying cucurbits

75 Elizabeth, Victoria, Mary

76 Walthamstow

77 Late in the evening they can no longer walk

78 Quartet of brunettes

79 East end revolutionary

80 Position currently held by George Bush

81 Nun Toboggan

82 Get paste from tube

83 Stop Jock & Stop Jock

84 Dickie, Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo

85 Babies on the slab

86 Treacherous vicar

87 Little sisters don't like them

88 Insanity

89 Chocolate candy

90 Blokes grafting

91 In the cellar cars are lifted

92 Merlin

93 I’m fanatical towards the girl

94 Disturbed vision

95 Prosperous city vermin

96 Plasters

97 Desperate trouble

98 Rub out Midge

99 Preserve reflect on famous river

100 Gender arms

101 Greenhouse plants

102 Next command

103 Years quarters

104 Corridor containing horse fodder

105 South American Indian instamatic

106 Picture house tune

107 Ham or beef sandwiches

108 A friendly prickly bush

109 Very warm galaxy

110 Bird of prey with colic

111 Hard of hearing wildcat

112 Germany with coronary regulators

113 Raincoat bought near Blackpool

114 Dorothy’s dog

115 Queen of the slimming world

116 Manweb bulb band

117 William’s vacation

118 Ol’ blue eyes off to make a movie

119 Fun park, magnetic effect

120 Uncomplicated primary colour

121 The cost of watching a comet

122 Oxygen cylinder

123 Man Friday’s partner in flames

124 Genuflect for a gem

125 Big Apple movement

126 Dances in Jerry built prison

127 Fashionable assembly

128 Wild urban evangelists

129 Parents

130 Moist, soaked, saturated

131 Not what they seem

132 Dickie at the precipice

133 Depressed Evertonians

134 Keep the horses in footwear

135 The Spanish heavyweight in WC

136 Orleans Maid swaps her protective shield

137 First man on the piste

138 Bob bush

139 Bracelets

140 Father's cigarette end

141 The centre of planets

142 William's sea

143 Enchanted

144 Famous doctor

145 American bombers

146 City with the wall

147 Last letter of the alphabetic at the pinnacle

148 Affirmative

149 Toilet toilet

150 Changing current

151 A graded nut

152 Flying metalworker

153 Archangel

154 FM cranium

155 Residing in cardboard

156 Anger at the mechanical device

157 Spanish tomato sauce

158 Many people in an abode

159 Flavoured frozen water

160 Explosive lady

161 Eaten by the Magmous

162 Brothers

163 Not a shallow colour

164 Youngster's fate

165 Entrances

166 Latin Water

167 Reverberating rabbit people

168 Interweave

169 Hot beverage, served cold

170 In fashion

171 Delicate and sensitive Arabic monarch

172 Jimmy cannot prevent gender device

173 Oil state

174 Egyptian queen

175 Carnivorous dinosaur

176 Famous jewel store

177 Mediterranean island mound

178 Hebrew beginning

179 Manufactured vegetable

180 Everlasting

181 Late night athlete on deck C

182 Hamlet humans

183 Scrounge a baby talk

184 Hobbling wafer

185 Senior teachers speaking

186 Homosapien table

187 Of the French spirit

188 Youthful carnivores in good health

189 A pretty colour

190 Sea blue panorama

191 Engage in recreation in winter

192 Deceased or living

193 Heavenly humour

194 Incendiary bomb causes bereavement

195 Fantasize at night

196 People in exile

197 Son of God shackled to his mother

198 Scottish mallet

199 Residential birds

200 Excessive

201 No ears for music

202 Seasoned young females

203 Simpson's home town needs a clean

204 Emergency number

205 Sibling after

206 Slim Scottish godfather

207 Turn over an American sweet

208 Applaud the Viking 100 times

209 The flooring encourages Al

210 Frozen rain

211 Place where extraterrestrial breeds insects

212 The pole paints an Irish dish

213 Doorman carries fuel for fire

214 Stairs

215 The King's cigar

216 Flowers made from masonry

217 Bald American birds of prey

218 Visually impaired fruit

219 Ink picture on skin

220 Dye me poorly

221 Teenage Witch

222 Blunt lazer gun

223 Sweet knoll mob

224 American barley

225 I could use a light in here

Just as a small hint, according to the spreadsheet the quiz was made in 2003.

Be a bit quicker if we knew which 5 !

[T4E]

I guess I wasn't very clear. I thought I'd let you lot do the whole thing between you all without mentioning which exact 5, but since you've asked they are -

19

89

127

187

200

[dellinsert]

I guess I wasn't very clear. I thought I'd let you lot do the whole thing between you all without mentioning which exact 5, but since you've asked they are -

19 Robin Beck

89 Eminem

127 Style Council

187 De La Soul

200

[T4E]

Ah! I had

Beck

Sweet

Depeche Mode

Brandy

and for 200 I've got INXS.

[nowthen]

Could 200 be Extreme?

[T4E]

Just put it in - Bingo.

Anyone going to have a bash at the others?

[Anti Euro Smiths Fan]

Anyone going to have a bash at the others?

A nice quiz Neil. To start the ball rolling I've had a go at the the first 30....

1) Venom - Poison

2) Oysters annoyed by heavy traffic - Pearl Jam

3) Lion Talker - Leo Sayer

4) Champagne and orange juice - Bucks Fizz

5) Pale serpent - Whitesnake

6) Primitive shout - Primal Scream

7) Primates - The Monkeys

8) B.A, M.Sc, B.Eng - The Three Degrees

9) Don't know

10) Woodworkers - The Carpenters

11) Don't know

12) Spicy jalapenos - Red Hot Chili Peppers

13) Hard shelled insects - The Beatles

14) A violent place for plants to live - Savage Garden

15) Dark Sunday - Black Sabbath

16) Distribute equally - Cher

17) Don't know

18) Desert waterhole - Oasis

19) Don't know

20) Silhouettes - The Shadows

21) Hamlet, a female relative - Shakespear's Sister

22) Don't know

23) Stunted Growth - Arrested Development

24) Young men selling mice - Pet Shop Boys

25) Never ending duo - 2 Unlimited

26) Don't know

27) Don't know

28) Toilet lecture - Lou Reed

29) Contributing to car safety - Crash Test Dummies

30) Nuclear Pussy - Atomic Kitten

[T4E]

All correct, nice one.

Number 17 is a goodun btw.

[dellinsert]

All correct, nice one.

Number 17 is a goodun btw.

Dolly Parton?

[Wolves_Rover]

Dolly Parton?

is correct.