Subject: Misleading Quiz Title
Posted by: nitram67
Date: Jun 13 12
I'm not crying sour grapes here, really. I've been on this site long to accept that there are all kinds of subjects from all over the world. I just think that when you get 13 Eurovision questions & no Grammy questions in a Music Industry Awards set, it seems to be a false title. Maybe retitle it Eurovision Awards or Music Industry Awards(not the Grammys) so that you know what you're in for. Are the Eurovision awards really that popular? I consider myself somewhat of a music afficendo & I've never heard of them, been following music for 35 yrs. Oh, well life goes on, there's always something to learn.
Posted by: nitram67
Date: Jun 13 12
I'm not crying sour grapes here, really. I've been on this site long to accept that there are all kinds of subjects from all over the world. I just think that when you get 13 Eurovision questions & no Grammy questions in a Music Industry Awards set, it seems to be a false title. Maybe retitle it Eurovision Awards or Music Industry Awards(not the Grammys) so that you know what you're in for. Are the Eurovision awards really that popular? I consider myself somewhat of a music afficendo & I've never heard of them, been following music for 35 yrs. Oh, well life goes on, there's always something to learn.
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supersal1 
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There are 69 quizzes on Eurovision, 6 on The Grammys and 34 on other music awards, so Eurovision is by far the biggest subcategory in the Music Awards section. You've never heard of Eurovision? It's been going since 1956 and is viewed by many. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest I watched it this year for the first time in ages and was thoroughly entertained, especially by Graham Norton's commentary. I particularly enjoyed Turkey's performance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest, haven't laughed so much for ages. Far more entertaining than Chris Brown at the Grammys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC-x4IWwgwg You could also check out the Russian entry for 2012 and I can also recommend Ukraines backing dancers as being highly entertaining as well. Reply #1. Jun 13 12, 3:13 PM |
honeybee4
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Eurovision just isn't heard of in the US, I don't think. I have never seen it advertised on American TV. Reply #2. Jun 13 12, 4:28 PM |
dippo
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Ask Qmel about Eurovision. She'll bore you to tears. Reply #3. Jun 13 12, 4:39 PM |
lesley153
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I didn't watch any of it so went looking for the ones Supersal mentioned. Turkey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PneOwzMz4M Russia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNRGc71hjc Ukraine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzeYO18XSyA Blighty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFNv9pjqZkk I think Chris Brown must have been taking lessons from the Ukrainian dancers. Perhaps he'd have done better if he'd taken lessons from the Babushki. Reply #4. Jun 13 12, 5:48 PM |
Tekka
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Thanks for sharing these links, the Russian 'gals' were great and Englebert can sure still sing well considering he must be over 70!! Reply #5. Jul 05 12, 11:23 PM |
Aedan57
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My Morai (grandmother) is over 70 & can still croon with the best :) Reply #6. Jul 12 12, 5:15 PM |
zippolover
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In reply to the original question; Yes there are quite a few quizzes that need renaming and it is off-putting to have to guess (rather slowly in my case) because of the angle chosen by the author. Reply #7. Jul 22 12, 1:16 AM |
| romeo4u
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just enjoy the show! Funtrivia is meant to be fun not the other way round. Reply #8. Oct 23 12, 8:51 AM |
alexis722
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It's fun, but off and on there are some cultural lapses that we all come up against. Mine is usually in word wiz, like the definition for 'feeling of little worth' meaning 'self depreciation'. Perhaps this is a British term, but one I've never heard before {I was a bookkeeper, so am familiar with depreciation being used for machinery, autos, etc., but never for people} - so, I guess if you stretch the meaning it can apply to people, but the more common term is self deprecation. Reply #9. Oct 23 12, 9:43 AM |
NutmegClaw
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The only time I have seen anything about the Eurovision awards has been in old Benny Hill episodes. Reply #10. Jan 01 13, 3:58 PM |
scorpion1960
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I had never heard of Eurovision either. I just like doing the music I grew up with :) Reply #11. Jan 01 13, 6:47 PM |
gillez
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I would recommend Father Ted's entry, called "My Lovely Horse": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg Reply #12. Jan 03 13, 3:56 AM |
hermet
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We have players from all over the world. It's only natural that people write quizzes on subjects they are familiar with. If there's not enough quizzes on the Grammy awards create one. There you go problem solved. Reply #13. Jan 03 13, 7:27 AM |
C30
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Having just done quiz on music of 50's........one question had the answer of a song that was a hit in 1963! Is it unreasonable to expect the questions to be about songs of 1950's and NOT 1960's? Reply #14. Jan 03 13, 9:01 AM |
romeomikegolf
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See the separate thread about that quiz. It's just one of those things. Reply #15. Jan 03 13, 9:55 AM |
autowan2
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In the 'Famous Women' quiz (Expert) on Jan 25/13 there was a question regarding Carrol O'Connor......lol Reply #16. Jan 25 13, 11:10 AM |
SisterSeagull
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Why should anyone in the US be familiar with 'Eurovision'? Likewise, why do people expect that we Europeans should be experts on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or the World Series? Just saying Reply #17. Jan 25 13, 12:02 PM |
Blackdresss
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I didn't know Eurovision existed until I started playing trivia here. I would love to actually "learn" about Eurovision, but just taking quizzes, tossing in a guess, and then reading the information, isn't going to do it for me. This is something I think you would need to watch and listen to, in order to actually learn and know anything about it. And it's been running for years and years! I'm not certain I could go back 12 years and tell you much about American Idol and all the contestants, including the winners. The sad news is, nowhere in the US is Eurovision broadcast. I sort of hoped maybe I could catch it, or at least reruns, on my BBC station, but no luck. So, not only have most of us in the US never heard of it, we don't even have the option of trying to catch up with it. It just isn't out there, anywhere, for anyone in the US. However, I think I did hear it might be newly-available on DVD, although I don't know how far back that goes, and if they can be rented, or if they can only be purchased. I do love trivia, but I probably won't buy dozens of DVDs just to learn about Eurovision. It's a dilemma! Reply #18. Jan 27 13, 2:11 AM |
| Jabberwok
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Then you need to talk to QMel, she is the source of all wisdom about Eurovision and how to access it when you are not in Europe. Reply #19. Jan 27 13, 3:02 AM |
| supersal1
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To be perfectly honest, most Europeans wouldn't fare well in that category, especially the ones for each individual year, going waaay back. Oddly enough those quizzes were written by an author based in the US! Reply #20. Jan 27 13, 3:29 AM |
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