THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

THE TCR CRYPTIC POP QUIZ – NAME THE BAND
The idea is I give you a cryptic clue, from that you name the band.

Most of these are back in the day, so the younger ones may struggle.

Examples
Her Majesty – Queen
Picture House Tune – Roxy Music

1. Year Quarters –
2. Silhouettes –
3. Nookie Guns –
4. Dark Sunday -
5. Doggy Bark –
6. Nun toboggan –
7. Warm Galaxy –
8. Unemployment card –
9. MSc, BSc, PhD –
10. Revolvers and Flowers –
11. Spinning Rocks –
12. Refinement Association –
13. Hebrew Beginning –
14. Pale Serpent –
15. Babies on the slab –
16. Greenhouse plants –
17. South American instamatic –
18. Purely Rosy –
19. Sobs in panic –
20. Obese children –
21. Bird of prey with colic –
22. Get paste from a tube –
23. Mr Sinatra is off to make a film –
24. Part time coppers –
25. Youth association at Whipsnade –
26. Treacherous vicar –
27. Entrance way and horse food –
28. Unglossy Cinzano –
29. Correct commented Trueman –
30. Non-British person –
31. Orange and Champagne –
32. The German without Mary & Midge –
33. Ready to assemble vegetable –
34. Late night athlete on Deck C –
35. Identical pair of sub machine guns –
36. Both of you –
37. Sad fur coat –
38. Hamlet humans –
39. Insanity –
40. East End revolutionary –
41. Nuclear cockerel –
42. Throttlers –
43. Merlin –
44. Gorgeous confederacy –
45. Prosperous city vermin –
46. First man insects –
47. Desperate trouble –
48. Stop Jock and Stop Jock –
49. Hard of hearing wildcat –
50. Reverse male revolving in top gear -

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Pretty tough, could only get 13 with any level of confidence and I bet they're the obvious ones that everybody gets

4. Dark Sunday - Black Sabbath
7. Warm Galaxy – Hot Chocolate
8. Unemployment card – UB40
10. Revolvers and Flowers – Guns n' Roses
11. Spinning Rocks – Rolling Stones
14. Pale Serpent – White Snake
23. Mr Sinatra is off to make a film – Frankie goes to Hollywood
29. Correct commented Trueman – Right said Fred
31. Orange and Champagne – Bucks Fizz
34. Late night athlete on Deck C – Dexy's Midnight Runners
36. Both of you – U2
39. Insanity – Madness
49. Hard of hearing wildcat – Def Leopard

I know I'm going to be kicking myself when some of the other ones are revealed

Quick run through - Bristol got a couple I didn't and vice versa:

1. Year Quarters –
2. Silhouettes – The Shadows
3. Nookie Guns – Sex Pistols
4. Dark Sunday - Black Sabbath
5. Doggy Bark –
6. Nun toboggan – Sister Sledge
7. Warm Galaxy – Hot Chocolate
8. Unemployment card – UB40
9. MSc, BSc, PhD – The Three Degrees
10. Revolvers and Flowers – Guns and Roses
11. Spinning Rocks – Rolling Stones
12. Refinement Association –
13. Hebrew Beginning –
14. Pale Serpent – Whitesnake
15. Babies on the slab –
16. Greenhouse plants – Hothouse Flowers
17. South American instamatic – Aztec Camera
18. Purely Rosy – Simply Red
19. Sobs in panic –
20. Obese children –
21. Bird of prey with colic – Hawkwind
22. Get paste from a tube – Squeeze
23. Mr Sinatra is off to make a film – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
24. Part time coppers – The Specials
25. Youth association at Whipsnade – Yazoo
26. Treacherous vicar – Judas Priest
27. Entrance way and horse food –
28. Unglossy Cinzano – Matt Bianco
29. Correct commented Trueman –
30. Non-British person – Foreigner
31. Orange and Champagne – Bucks Fizz
32. The German without Mary & Midge – Mungo Jerry
33. Ready to assemble vegetable –
34. Late night athlete on Deck C –
35. Identical pair of sub machine guns –
36. Both of you –
37. Sad fur coat –
38. Hamlet humans –
39. Insanity – Madness
40. East End revolutionary – Cockney Rebel
41. Nuclear cockerel – Atomic Rooster
42. Throttlers – The Stranglers
43. Merlin – Wizzard
44. Gorgeous confederacy –
45. Prosperous city vermin – Boom Town Rats
46. First man insects – Adam & The Ants
47. Desperate trouble –
48. Stop Jock and Stop Jock –
49. Hard of hearing wildcat – Deaf Leopard
50. Reverse male revolving in top gear -

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I don't need your ill-informed, half-baked, idiotic opinions. I have plenty of those myself.

1 Four Seasons
2 Shadows
3 Sex Pistols
14 Whitesnake
44 Beautiful South

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Good shout so far....yes you will kick yourself.

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Read the MELTDOWN after every game, no bullshit, just giving it straight

Yep

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Read the MELTDOWN after every game, no bullshit, just giving it straight

Very good Bertie.

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Read the MELTDOWN after every game, no bullshit, just giving it straight

Here’s a few more.

Only 3 more to get. My boss thinks I am concentrating on work but I'm wracking my brains for the groups. Damm you WellDon!!!!!!

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Here are my efforts.


2. Silhouettes – The Shadows
3. Nookie Guns – Sex Pistols
6. Nun toboggan – Sister Sledge
8. Unemployment card UB 40
13. Hebrew Beginning – Genesis
16. Greenhouse plants – Hothouse Flowers
17. South American instamatic – Aztec Camera
19. Sobs in panic – Tears for Fears
21. Bird of prey with colic – Hawkwind
22. Get paste from a tube – Squeeze
25. Youth association at Whipsnade – Yazoo
32. The German without Mary & Midge – Mungo Jerry
35. Identical pair of sub machine guns – Thompson Twins
38. Hamlet humans – Village People
39. Insanity – Madness
42. Throttlers – Stranglers
43. Merlin – Wizzard
44. Gorgeous confederacy – Beautiful South
45. Prosperous city vermin – Boomtown Rats
46. First man insects – Adam and the Ants