| 1. | Try hard to picture the cover of Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA. Try harder. OK. The photograph's subject faces away from the camera, with: | ||
| An American flag in his back left jeans pocket | |||
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A red cap in his back right jeans pocket | ||
| An American flag in his back right jeans pocket | |||
| A red cap in his back left jeans pocket | |||
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| 2. |
Sea serpent, RAR! Slip the vinyl out from this album cover, put it on the turntable, and you'll soon be enjoying some tunes from: |
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| Adam and the Ants | |||
| Europe | |||
| Erasure | |||
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| 3. |
A weird strawberry heart shape adorns an album cover for an offering by:
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Breeders | ||
| Prince | |||
| Outkast | |||
| Depeche Mode | |||
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![]() I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, but the above is selection taken from Raffaello's magnificent painting The School of Athens. While it's a small piece of the much larger work, the image nevertheless served as the central image for the cover of a double album put out by: |
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| Bon Jovi | |||
| David Bowie | |||
| Rush | |||
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Guns n Roses | ||
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| 5. |
An album cover for this artist claims that a legion of fans
got it right.![]() Whose name completes the name of the album? |
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| Eminem | |||
| KISS | |||
| Neil Diamond | |||
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Elvis | ||
| 6. |
Worst. Hopscotch. Game. Ever.![]() This is the cover of an album by: |
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| Good Charlotte | |||
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Korn | ||
| Limp Bizkit | |||
| The Offspring | |||
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Mr. Smiley offers some cheeriness to this album cover, while obscuring the identity of this rap star:![]() |
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| Ice Cube | |||
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Dr. Dre | ||
| Notorious B.I.G. | |||
| Tupac Shakur | |||
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When the Rolling Stones sang "She's a rainbow," they were probably referring to this album's artist:![]() On second thought, they probably weren't. |
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| Shakira | |||
| Britney Spears | |||
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Mariah Carey | ||
| Samantha Foxx | |||
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| 9. | Only one of these has the cover for Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon correctly oriented. So, which one? | ||
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| 10. |
Which fun plaything is included in the name of the album for which this is the cover?![]() |
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Puppets | ||
| Dolls | |||
| Hot Wheels | |||
| Slinky | |||
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| 11. |
Which of the following words will you see on the album cover which includes this:![]() |
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| Misunderstanding | |||
| Miscommunication | |||
| Miscovery | |||
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Miseducation | ||
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This is a toughie.![]() Mr. Smiley hides the most recognizable member of this band - not that he's all that recognizable - and the rest of the cover isn't that helpful, in that it only contains the band's name....which is: |
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Weezer | ||
| Wilco | |||
| Arcade Fire | |||
| Mumford and Sons | |||
| 13. | Try not to go blind on this one. Which of the following is the correct color scheme for the cover of Synchronicity? | ||
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![]() The cover of Parallel Lines consists of a bunch of....parallel lines. And, oh yeah, a photo of this band: |
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| ABBA | |||
| Boyz II Men | |||
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Blondie | ||
| Lyndyrd Skynyrd | |||
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![]() No, it's not a photo of the HWDYK staff enjoying some well-deserved revelry, but rather the cover of: |
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Strange Days by The Doors | ||
| Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? by The Cranberries | |||
| Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan | |||
| Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake and Palmer | |||
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And the number of the counting shall be.....4. One of this band's bigger albums has this image on its cover:![]() |
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| Toto | |||
| Genesis | |||
| REO Speedwagon | |||
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Foreigner | ||
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![]() The back cover of the album, shown above, provides a sort of punch line for the front. It's from an album by: |
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| Led Zeppelin | |||
| Black Sabbath | |||
| Blink-182 | |||
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Beastie Boys | ||
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If you're looking for subtlety in your album cover art, it's best to overlook Iron Maiden.![]() The band's eye-grabbing covers often feature this ghoulish figured, who is named: |
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Eddie | ||
| Willie | |||
| Jimmie | |||
| Nixie | |||
| 19. | Which cover variation below includes the traffic sign which is also the Pearl Jam album's name? | ||
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| 20. |
You'll find this tyke chillin' on the cover for an album by none other than:
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Lil Wayne | ||
| Black Eyed Peas | |||
| Justin Timberlake | |||
| Flobots | |||