So you think you know the blues? Well then take the quiz.

July 29, 2002 10:25 PM

So you think you know the blues? Well then take the quiz. This is a 42 question quiz that is a nice mix of easy and not so easy questions. Sample: Which performer called his or her band "The Honeydrippers"(plural)? a. Jimmy Reed b. Joe Liggins c. Charles Brown d. Big Mama Thornton Email addy is requested to process the quiz and results are tabulated immediately.
posted by KevinSkomsvold (11 comments total)

FWIW, I entered a junk email address just to be on the safe side.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 10:32 PM on July 29, 2002

Yeah, but do you really know the blues? I mean, know it?
posted by raysmj at 10:53 PM on July 29, 2002

I took that quiz
Got a seventy one
I said I took that quiz
Got a seventy one
Then I shot my baby
Now I'm on the run
posted by TimeFactor at 11:09 PM on July 29, 2002

A master of Bluesology?  Like Elton John's old band?
posted by nath at 11:57 PM on July 29, 2002

Timefactor : yes!

Also, where's y2karl?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 12:50 AM on July 30, 2002

Only got 64, although I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about the genre. I wish there had been more relevant questions, but still fun.
posted by planetkyoto at 1:19 AM on July 30, 2002

There's another Blues-based game available here (game is Director Shockwave), at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum website. Learn the different structures involved.

Also, a nice interactive timeline (timeline is also Director Shockwave).
posted by rocketpup at 2:01 AM on July 30, 2002

I just took that test too. Yes, I just took that test too. And, as it happens, I got a 72. Which would make me one better than TimeFactor -- except he scores about 1000% ahead of me on style points.

(On the positive side, at least I'm not on the run.)
posted by LeLiLo at 8:15 AM on July 30, 2002

77 here.

I'm about three quarters blue then. And I used my real e-mail address, doggone it.

[John Lee Hooker]

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Now it's never gonna stop

[/John Lee]
posted by jonmc at 8:34 AM on July 30, 2002

I looked at this quiz, and when I realized I didn't know any of the answers as all outside of a very few (mostly pertaining to non-blues artists, like the one about 60s rockers including blues songs in their repertoire), I realized I had no chance of doing well.

Which is understandable-- a copy of Robert Johnson's Complete Recordings does not a Master of Bluesology make.
posted by nath at 9:44 AM on July 30, 2002

a copy of Robert Johnson's Complete Recordings does not a Master of Bluesology make.

But it's a hell of a great place to start Nath!
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 10:30 AM on July 30, 2002