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Music Snobbery Test
August 1, 2003

Everyone likes to think they're on top of their game when it comes to music. We all like to think we're hip and listening to stuff that's both socially acceptable and yet obscurely cool. But the disappointing truth is – you can't have it all. We all must fall into a category on the ever changing spectrum of music knowledge and personal taste. The music spectrum, like all spectrums, has two extreme ends. On one end – The "mindless music zombie." On the other end – the "elitist music snob." And an evolutionary scale of those in between.

To help determine your status on the music spectrum, we have devised a music snobbery test. Keep in mind, "elitist music snob" is not always a good thing. Because like many spectrums, the extreme ends may actually touch each other, as a spectrum can come full circle. To be an "elitist music snob" you may be obstructing your view of music so extremely that you actually have more in common with a passiv
ely ignorant "mindless music zombie." Falling somewhere in the middle is actually more open-minded then being snobbish.

This test consists of 10 questions with 5 possible answers to each. Please select one answer for each question, then hit the "submit" button. The answers are ranked in value from 0-4. Once you have submitted your test, it will automatically calculate and display your numeric score.

QUESTIONS:

  1. If you were a food item, which would you be? 
a. A slab of Meatloaf
b. A Red Hot Chili Pepper
c. An M&M
d. A big glass of Ice-T
e. A piece of Korn
   
  2. If you were to listen to a new band based solely on the name of the band, which one of
      these fictitious bands would you try?
a. Skip Foreplay & The Fondlers 
b. Televisionhead 
c. Your Momma’s So Fat 
d. The Chip Williams Band 
e. Dumbass 
   
  3. Which band best represents the music genre "emo"?
a. At the Drive-in
b. Jimmy Eat World 
c. Weezer
d. Fugazi 
e. Husker Du
   
  4. Who do you think was the most influential in rock music?
a. The Rolling Stones
b. The Clash
c. The Who
d. Led Zeppelin
e. The Beatles
   
  5. Who currently has the best hair in the music industry?
a. Lyle Lovett
b. Thom York
c. Snoop Dog
d. Macy Gray
e. Moby
   
  6. What is the capital of New York?
a. Technically Albany
b. Albany
c. New York
d. Poughkeepsie
e. Trenton
   
  7. What type of MP3 music do you download?
a. Mostly songs I’ve heard on the radio or television
b. Mostly songs or artists I’ve read about
c. Mostly older songs I know I like
d. Songs I’ve never heard of or read about; potluck
e. I don’t download MP3s
   
  8. Who is the lead guitarist for REM?
a. Bill Berry
b. Peter Buck
c. Michael Stipe
d. Mike Mills
e. Don't know and/or don’t care
   
  9. Who won the award for "Best Alternative Music Album" at the grammys this year?
a. Beck
b. Coldplay
c. Elvis Costello
d. The Soundtrack of our Lives

e. Don't know and/or don’t care

   
  10. If all of the following acts were playing tomorrow night – which show would you go to?
a. Dirtywhite Fashion at the Mercury Lounge
b. Henry Butler at Tobacco Road
c. Audioslave at Irving Plaza
d. Springsteen at the Meadowlands

e. Neil Young at a liquor store in Queens

   


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