So, that lyrics quiz. Here are the answers:

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The run-away winner is (as ever) bopeepsheep with a whopping 20 points. For those who feel a bit daunted by that, the median score was 5.5 and the mean was 6.8[*]. Bopeepsheep is, in the nicest possible way, an outlier. Runner up prizes to phlebas and valkyriekaren (both on 14) and an honourable mention to kauket (13).

Also worthy of note are d_floorlandmine, with the most entertaining answers (including getting two answers wrong, but by the correct band and also fitting the theme...) and sammason, who gets the SamMason Award for being SamMason in a lyrics quiz (as negotiated, see comments).

Of course, by my own standards I lose, too :) My idea of a successful quiz is one where every question is answered by at least one person... and I failed. No one spotted 14 (Less Than Jake) or 21 (Interpol) (zotz, I was relying on you for 21). Also thanks to mr_tom and Bopeepsheep, without whom there'd have been four unanswered. The most-correctly-answered question was Bohemian Rhapsody, narrowly beating Tubthumping.

[*] I calculated all this using a highly approximate semi-automated process, data may contain any number of errors.

Rightio. Here's a monster, monster poll to allow people to indicate how well they did in the self-writing lyrics quiz. Also to see how well their choice of song was answered.

Given it's so hard, I think we'll relax the usual must-get-artist-and-exact-song-name rule. If you could confidently identify the song, that's good enough. Feel free to post your score as a comment if you want - or to own up to a lyric if you're so inclined.

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