This'll keep you all busy.. Guitar Riffs Quiz

Basq

Great Guitar Riffs Quiz (2.7MB download)

Open the Excel spreadsheet. Double-click on the sound icon in the cells - you will heard a well-known guitar riff. Below the cell with the sound icon - fill in the appropriate: the name of the song (top) and the artist (bottom).

Quite tricky.. we all know the riffs but identifying the songs can be quite tricky!

Don't cheat by looking for it online... post how well you did!

I haven't finished it yet.. will post back when done!

NotMe

That would be great if I had Excel...

D!ve^Bomb!

nothin opened for me

Basq

Don't try and simply left-click to link to open it. Best to right-click on the link --> Save Target As --> save it to hard disk..

Excel documents in my experience have a habit of being screwy unless being opened directly from Hard Disk.

D!ve^Bomb!

got it now... i think i have A.D.D or somethin cos i got to no. 21 and just couldn't be arsed after that!!:D

JoeSchmoe

36/56 64%

that would be higher if me and game could agree on some spelling

Oeneus

Damn it! 54%

da_deadman

73% ( although I had some help from a guitar freak friend for some of them)

fjon

49/56 - 88%
Knew them all except for 26. Didn't know the song for 8, 9 and 17. And it's not accepting my spelling for 6 and 11.
What the hell were they thinking with number 24? I bet noone is going to get that. Just a fluke I happened to buy that album back in 92 or whenever it was...

JoeSchmoe

without giving so much away 11 is a dance band yes?

powerage22

JoeSchmoe wrote:

without giving so much away 11 is a dance band yes?

err don't think so... well not when that song was released anyway!

Blisterman

You should have made it a web page, for all of us without excel.

fjon

JoeSchmoe wrote:

without giving so much away 11 is a dance band yes?

It *was* sampled by a dance band, but they're looking for the origina here.

][cEMAN**

54/56 96& - I can't get #24 and it is going to bug the HELL outta me!!

JoeSchmoe

fjon wrote:

It *was* sampled by a dance band, but they're looking for the origina here.

ah so it's not "Ain't talking about dub" by apollo 440 then

fjon

JoeSchmoe wrote:

ah so it's not "Ain't talking about dub" by apollo 440 then

Nope, but the title is similar enough

fjon

' wrote:

[cEMAN**']54/56 96& - I can't get #24 and it is going to bug the HELL outta me!!

It really wasn't fair putting that one on the quiz. Every other one is reasonably well known, but 24 is just totally obscure!!!

Blisterman

I assume it's

Aint Talking bout Love by Van Halen

Waltons

70%
Just plain didn't know some of them. Others I could guess the band but not the song. Didn't twig the spelling for 6 for a bit

tuxy

could you give me the spelling for number 6 in a spoiler?
i know who it is for sure just cant get the spelling

fjon

tuxy wrote:

could you give me the spelling for number 6 in a spoiler?
i know who it is for sure just cant get the spelling

No 6:

aerosmith & run dmc

fjon

Blisterman wrote:

I assume it's

Aint Talking bout Love by Van Halen

Yup, but drop the "g"

Blisterman

Yeah, thats a cool riff.

tovalee

Im having touble getting it to accept spellings too. ive tried every variation on spelling the bands name in number 6 and it wont have it. nifty game anyway

Blisterman

I tried using Microsoft Works to open it, but it says it's encrypted.

Basq

tovalee wrote:

Im having touble getting it to accept spellings too. ive tried every variation on spelling the bands name in number 6 and it wont have it. nifty game anyway

Both

Aerosmith and Run DMC

and

Aerosmith & Run DMC

work for No.6..

Saruman

We (3 of us) got 40/56 (1 Close) 71%
some we dont know.. some we do but cant seem to either spell or get something about it right

Capt'n Midnight

NotMe wrote:

That would be great if I had Excel...

It don't seem to open in openoffice (passworded) or in 602suite. (file locked)

Third_Echelon

44/56 (1 close) 79%

cant get the spelling of no.9, chuck berry - Johnny Be Good.

The song name in 11 i couldnt get.. it had to be VH with that sound

13, 16, 22, 24, 26 i couldnt get.. even though i know 22, i just cant think of its name.. bugger... oh well..

tuxy

johnny b goode

Third_Echelon

tuxy wrote:

johnny b goode

cheers... make that 80%

Blisterman

Third_Echelon wrote:

44/56 (1 close) 79%

cant get the spelling of no.9, chuck berry - Johnny Be Good.

The song name in 11 i couldnt get.. it had to be VH with that sound

13, 16, 22, 24, 26 i couldnt get.. even though i know 22, i just cant think of its name.. bugger... oh well..

Yeah it is.

Makaveli

29/56 - 52%

I suck, but I got 13, so in your face Third_Echelon.

Capt'n Midnight

It has 3 other sheets all with visible set to xlSheetVeryHidden
Tools - Protection - unprotect
and you will see that passwords are needed to see it and this is why it can't be opened in OO / works etc.

But (this is microsoft "protection" remember)

open this excel file and setup a new workbook with four sheets QUIZ \ Answers \ Working \ Online
cell A1 of Answers is =[cgq002341.xls]Answers!A1

Moral - don't ever leave data in an excel file that you give to anyone else ...

Too noisy to listen to the riffs - might try later..

Third_Echelon

Makaveli wrote:

29/56 - 52%

I suck, but I got 13, so in your face Third_Echelon.

ha ha... right back at ya!!

SirLemonhead

Bah, all I have installed is open office

SirLemonhead

Online version for those without excel

http://www.quizardry.com/index.php?id=23&subid=69&q=234

WhiteWashMan

80%, and i know im gonna kick myself when the answers come up, becuase tehre are a few there which are on the tip of my toungue.

couldnt get band for 10, song for 11, band or song for 13 20 24 OR 25 and couldnt get song for 22. at least, it wasnt accepting what i put in, so im still hoping to have one more

but 13 is driving me nuts! what is it?

][cEMAN**

Schools out by alice cooper

Crucifix

So frustrating. I've heard so many of them, but I can't place loads of 'em.

Blisterman

I really want to do this now. I know all the ones people post.

WhiteWashMan

' wrote:

[cEMAN**']

Schools out by alice cooper

i know. i finally got it!

Pinkchick03

Sorry for digging this thread up again - but this is going to torment me - I know all the songs but just can't place them - can someone post the answers up -please ??