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Take the Heavy Metal Umlaut Quiz

posted Aug 18, 2009 at 11:09 AM by returntheknife.  (12 Comments)

The guys over at Mental Floss have created a Heavy Metal Umlaut Quiz. It's a fun waste of time.

"Can you pick out the correct placement of the world's heaviest diacritic in each band name? (Word of warning: Some band names may contain no umlauts whatsoever. Sissies.) "

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12 Comments on "Take the Heavy Metal Umlaut Quiz"

deathbringer's avatar

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1. deathbringer writes:

hah. I got 8/10, screwing up Motorhead and Spinal Tap of all things... I had a feeling on Motorhead, but didn't go with my gut.

# Aug 18, 2009 @ 11:19 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. Diamond Oz writes:

I got 8/10 too. I messed up on Husker Du and another band that I hadn't heard of.

# Aug 18, 2009 @ 11:23 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. Psycho' writes:

8/10 - Screwed up the very first two haha

# Aug 18, 2009 @ 2:52 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Jenny writes:

I got stumped on the first one so I quit.

# Aug 18, 2009 @ 2:59 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Jenny's avatar

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5. Jenny writes:

Haha I did it; 8/10

hmm....

# Aug 18, 2009 @ 3:05 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. Blindgreed1 writes:

10/10 but the Die Ärzte was a lucky guess.

# Aug 18, 2009 @ 3:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. ANON writes:

9/10

messed up on the last one.

# Aug 18, 2009 @ 3:15 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. Terminator writes:

My score went up to eleven :P

# Aug 18, 2009 @ 4:12 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Jenny's avatar

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9. Jenny writes:

^ LOL

# Aug 18, 2009 @ 4:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. jimmy j. writes:

got 8/10

# Aug 18, 2009 @ 4:16 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. Hollow writes:

9/10

Screwed up on Spinal Tap.

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12. n0thinghead writes:

7/10 lol i got the ones that i've nvr heard of wrong.

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