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 3rd June 2018, 07:11 PM
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So here we are! Another Sunday evening! Welcome along to the results of 'Family Fortunes'.
Before I get started let me remind you on the questions:- 1) Name a UK Top 5 hit single from a Welsh artist or band 2) Name a 'Now That's What I Call Music' album to feature 10 or more UK Number 1 singles (Must be part of the main numbered series) 3) Name an instrumental track which reached the UK Top 10 singles chart (Must have no sung or spoken vocals in) 4) Name a chart hit from between 1st January 2000 to 31st December 2005 which spent 15 weeks or more in the Top 40 5) Name a track which was Number 1 in the UK airplay chart during the year 2001 6) Name a male artist who enjoyed a UK Top 10 single as a featured artist on a David Guetta track 7) Name the title of a Coldplay album 8) Name a UK Top 40 single which makes reference to the weather 9) Name a UK Number 1 single which only ever spent 2 weeks in the UK Top 40 10) Name a duo or group who are no longer together that only ever had two UK Top 10 singles |
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3rd June 2018, 07:25 PM
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1) Name a UK Top 5 hit single from a Welsh artist or band Most Popular 10pts:- Duffy Mercy Cantthinkofaname, chezwombat, Theo., Liam, suedehead2, Riser, Jade, Lewis, Bre, SamJudd, HarryEzra Joint 5 pts:- Tom Jones Its Not Unusual SM351, vibe, danG, TS0301, 777666Jason, PeteFromLeeds Joint 5 pts:- Stereophonics Dakota Paulgilb, chrissmith276, soundseekers, Dobbo, awardinary, Sarah 1 pt:- Manic Street Preachers Design For Life Girl from oz, Bjork 0 pts:- Manic Street Preachers Your Love Alone Is Not Enough Mack 0 pts:-Tom Jones Delilah Dannyboy 0 pts:-Bonnie Tyler Total Eclypse of the Heart Dexton Surprisingly Welsh legends Tom Jones, Bonnie Tyler, Stereophonics and the Manics all miss out to Duffy who broke through with her massive hit 'Mercy' in 2008. Her debut album 'Rockerferry' was also massive, but sadly came victim to the difficult second album when it flooped a few years later. |
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3rd June 2018, 07:28 PM
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Ouch I was 50 50 Duffy or Tom Jones
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3rd June 2018, 07:31 PM
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Was expecting more love for the Manics :/
I considered Tom Jones, Stereophonics and the Manics but never Duffy not even sure if I knew Duffy is from Wales |
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3rd June 2018, 07:33 PM
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2) Name a 'Now That's What I Call Music' album to feature 10 or more UK Number 1 singles (Must be part of the main numbered series) Most Popular:- 4 pts:- Now 84 danG, Theo., Dobbo, Dexton, PeteFromLeads 3 pts:- Now 89:- Cantthinkofaname, Chrissmith276, TS0301, Riser 2 pts:- Now 44 Danny,Boy, Bjork, Bre 2 pts:- Now 77 Vibe, Lewis, awardinary 1 pt:- Now 88 Chez Wombat, 777666jason 1 pt:- Now 1 Suedehead2, samjudd 0 pts:- Now 74 SM351, 0 pts:-Now 47 Paulgilb, 0 pts:-Now 83 Soundseekers 0 pts:- Now 47 Liam 0 pts:- Now 86 Jade 0 pts:- Now 72 Mack 0 pts:-Now 82 HarryEzra 0 pts:-Now 60 Sarah 0 pts:-Now 90 Girl from oz This one looks to have been a tough one to guess which is most popular as there have been quite a few Now's with more than 10 Number 1's on. Just a shame it doesn't seem to be happening these days. This post has been edited by gavindeejay: 3rd June 2018, 08:06 PM |
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3rd June 2018, 07:37 PM
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Great start with the Duffy answer *.* as for Q2, at least the points were low across the board
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3rd June 2018, 07:42 PM
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3) Name an instrumental track which reached the UK Top 10 singles chart (Must have no sung or spoken vocals in) Most Popular:- 5 pts:- Ten Walls Walking With Elephants danG, Dobbo, Riser, Jade, Lewis, Bre 2 pts:- Fleetwood Mac Albatross SM351, girl from oz, Liam 2pts:- Darude Sandstorm Paulgilb, awardinary, Harry Ezra 3 pts:- Robert Miles Children Chrissmith276, vibe, soundseekers, Sarah, 1 pt:- Eric Prydz Pjanoo Chez Wombat, TS0301, 1 pt:- Martin Garrix Animals Bjork, Theo, 1 pt:- Chicane Poppiholla Suedehead2, Mack 0 pts:- Mr Oizo Flat Beat Dannyboy, 0 pts:- Simon Park Orchestra Eye Level 777666jason 0 pts:- Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Theme from Mission Impossible Dexton 0 pts:- Perez Prado Guaglione PeteFromLeeds 0 pts:- Harold Faltermeyer Axel F Samjudd 0 pts:- Element Four Big Brother TV Theme Cantthinkofaname I love my instrumentals and there have been many hit the Top 10 since the charts began....more than you think. I'm gutted no-one mentioned William Orbit's 'Barber's Adagio For Strings'. Great trance tune that always reminds me of the Millennium. This post has been edited by gavindeejay: 3rd June 2018, 08:05 PM |
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3rd June 2018, 07:49 PM
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Children... such a tune!
Didn't think Animals would have counted as there are some spoken words |
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3rd June 2018, 07:51 PM
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4) Name a chart hit from between 1st January 2000 to 31st December 2005 which spent 15 weeks or more in the Top 40 11pts:- Kylie Minogue Cant Get You Out Of My Head SM351, Dannyboy, cantthinkofaname, chez wombat, vibe, Bjork, danG, 777666jason, Dobbo, Jade, awardinary, samjudd 3 pts:- Tony Christie feat. Peter Kay - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo? Paulgilb, Theo., sudehead2, Bre 3 pts:- Shaggy It Wasnt Me TS0301, Dexton, PeteFromLeeds, Lewis 2 pts:- James Blunt Youre Beautiful Chrissmith276, soundseekers, Liam 0 pts:- Jay Z & Linkin Park Numb/Encore Riser 0 pts:- Madonna Hung Up Sarah 0 pts:- Nickelback How You Remind Me Mack 0 pts:- Eminem Lose Yourself HarryEzra 0 pts:- Will Young Evergreen/Anything Is Possible Girl from oz Back in the early 2000's big hits were lucky to spend 10 weeks in the Top 40 let alone 15, but there was a few which managed to hang around. Well done to everyone who said Kylie who did manage to spend 20 non consecutive weeks in the Top 40 with 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head. This post has been edited by gavindeejay: 3rd June 2018, 08:05 PM |
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3rd June 2018, 07:52 PM
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Yeah I avoided animals because it was wrong but forgot its family fortunes
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3rd June 2018, 07:54 PM
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QUOTE(chrissmith276 @ Jun 3 2018, 08:49 PM)  Children... such a tune! Didn't think Animals would have counted as there are some spoken words As confirmed by Dan on the questions thread yesterday the rules of FF dictate "if multiple people go for the same 'wrong' answer then points are still to be awarded". This post has been edited by gavindeejay: 3rd June 2018, 07:55 PM |
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3rd June 2018, 08:00 PM
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QUOTE(gavindeejay @ Jun 3 2018, 08:54 PM) As confirmed by Dan on the questions thread yesterday the rules of FF dictate "if multiple people go for the same 'wrong' answer then points are still to be awarded". Ah of course. I forget that there are no wrong answers here! |
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3rd June 2018, 08:00 PM
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woo for most people going for the logic of the most recent Wardy NOW thread to feature 10 #1s and the most recent fully instrumental top ten hit (Ten Walls).
and hopefully people said Kylie for both Q4 and 5. |
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3rd June 2018, 08:03 PM
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5) Name a track which was Number 1 in the UK airplay chart during the year 2001 Most Popular 21 pts:- Kylie Minogue Cant Get You Out Of My Head SM351, Dannyboy, Paulgilb, cantthinkofaname, Chrissmith276, chezwombat, vibe, Bjork, danG, Theo., TS0301, 777666jason, Dobbo, Dexton, Liam, suedehead2, Riser, Lewis, Bre, samjudd, Mack, HarryEzra 1 pt:- Madonna Dont Tell Me PeteFromLeeds, Jade 0 pts:- Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Pink & Mya - Lady Marmalade Soundseekers, 0 pts:- Robbie Williams Eternity Awardinary 0 pts:- Destinys Child Bootilicious Sarah 0 pts:- Blue If You Come Back Girl from oz Once again Kylie coming up top for your most popular track which hit Number 1 in the airplay charts back in 2001. It spent 9 weeks at the Top between September 30th and December 2nd where it got knocked off by iio's Rapture. |
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3rd June 2018, 08:09 PM
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Even if I didn't look it up I'd have said Kylie, pretty obvious top answer there considering this is Buzzjack.
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3rd June 2018, 08:10 PM
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Damn why didn't I think of Kylie for the question before as well hah
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3rd June 2018, 08:12 PM
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Brown cow, stunning!
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Ffs I should have just put Kylie for both
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3rd June 2018, 08:16 PM
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I was sure that more people would go for the logic of "first one on Dan's list" :/ yay Pete x
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3rd June 2018, 08:19 PM
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6) Name a male artist who enjoyed a UK Top 10 single as a featured artist on a David Guetta track Most Popular:- 11pts:- Akon SM351, girl from oz, cantthinkofaname, Chrissmith276, danG, soundseekers, TS0301, Dobbo, Jade, Bre, awardinary, Akon 4 pts:- Flo Rida Bjork, Theo., Liam, Lewis, HarryEzra 3 pts:- Justin Bieber Dannyboy, Chez Wombat, suedehead2 2 pts:- Usher Paulgilb, vibe, Sarah 2 pts:- Sam Martin Dexton, Riser, samjudd 0 pts:- Chris Willis PeteFromLeeds 0 pts:-Sia 777666jason Akon comes out on top who has had two Top 10's along with David Guetta of course getting a UK Number 1 hit back in 2009 with 'Sexy Chick' and then along with Ne-Yo in 2013 for 'Play Hard'. Flo Rida features on Where Dem Girls At, but also scored a Number 1 with David Guetta as a featured artist back in 2010 on the mighty 'Club Can't Handle Me'. Bieber and Usher both feature on one of Guetta's Top 10 hits and whilst Chris Willis features on three of David's Top 10 hits only gets one nod on here behind Sam Martin whilst Sia is not a male artist. This post has been edited by gavindeejay: 3rd June 2018, 08:20 PM |
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3rd June 2018, 08:32 PM
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7) Name the title of a Coldplay album Most Popular:- 7 pts:- Parachutes Girl from oz, Chrissmith276, Bjork, soundseekers, Dobbo, PeteFromLeeds, awardinary, samjudd 6 pts:- X&Y Vibe, 777666jason, suedehead2, Riser, Bre, Sarah, Mack 6 pts:- A Head Full Of Dreams Cantthinkofaname, danG, Theo,. Dexton, Lewis, HarryEzra 3pts:- A Rush Of Blood To The Head SM351, Dannyboy, Paulgilb, Chez Wombat 2 pts:-Mylo Xyloto TS0301, Jade 0 pts:- Viva La Vida and Death To All His Friends Liam So now we know Buzzzjack's most popular Coldplay album is their debut from 2000 'Parachutes'. In joint second place it's their 2005 release X&Y and their most recent 'A Head Full Of Dreams'. 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' came in forth place whilst 2011's Mylo Xyloto and Viva La Vida came last. No one mentioned their 2014 release 'Ghost Stories'. |
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