The NSM Guess-That-Melody Quiz!

[mastersuperfan]

In case you didn't see it in the Discord server already, the quiz with the actual melodies is here:

NOT-Melody Quiz (MSF 1) - POSTGAME VERSION

The number in brackets for each melody represents the number of participants who correctly identified the track from the bassline.

We had 11 competitors this round (in alphabetical order):

- Dekkadeci
- FlamezofDeath
- InsigTurtle
- Latios212
- LeviR.star
- Maelstrom
- Static
- ThatHiddenCharacter
- Trasdegi
- WaluigiTime64
- Yug_Guy

Score distribution: 9, 6, 5, 5, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1.

Complete results will be posted later tonight.

[mastersuperfan]

Answers and Results!

It was pretty fun to watch this quiz play out. Let's get to the results...

#1 (6/11)

"Mute City" - [SNES] F-Zero

Timestamp: 0:00 - 0:09

1 is the thing that goes F Eb D C D Eb F Eb D C after that

Guessed by:

• InsigTurtle
• Maelstrom
• Static
• ThatHiddenCharacter
• WaluigiTime64
• Yug_Guy

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#2 (4/11)

"Battle Against a True Hero" - [PC] Undertale

Timestamp: 0:44 - 0:50

Guessed by:

• Latios212
• Maelstrom
• ThatHiddenCharacter
• WaluigiTime64

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#3 (2/11)

"The Road is Full of Dangers" - [SNES] Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Timestamp: 0:04 - 0:14

Guessed by:

• Static
• WaluigiTime64

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#4 (1/11)

"The Moon" - [NES] DuckTales

Timestamp: 0:14 - 0:25

#4 boggles me a little but it's probably not something i could easily get
unless it is idk

Guessed by: Yug_Guy

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#5 (4/11)

"U.N. Owen Was Her?" - [PC] Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

Timestamp: 1:01 - 1:13

i think 5 is a touhou bass but not sure

Guessed by:

• Dekkadeci
• Maelstrom
• Static
• WaluigiTime64

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#6 (5/11)

"Float Islands" - [NES] Kirby's Dream Land

Timestamp: 0:07 - 0:23

Guessed by:

• Latios212
• LeviR.star
• Static
• ThatHiddenCharacter
• WaluigiTime64

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#7 (1/11)

"Coconut Mall" - [Wii] Mario Kart Wii

Timestamp: 0:43 - 1:01

NOOOOOOOOOO
I LOVE COCONUT MALL

Guessed by: Static

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#8 (0/11)

"Brine Cave" - [NDS] Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness

Timestamp: 0:21 - 0:39

Guessed by: ---

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#9 (1/11)

"Aqua Star" - [N64] Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Timestamp: 0:00 - 0:13

Guessed by: Static

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#10 (1/11)

"End of All" - [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates

Timestamp: 0:15 - 0:36

has anyone got 10?
melody 10

Guessed by: Latios212

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#11 (2/11)

"Battle! (Aether Foundation)" - [3DS] Pokémon Sun & Moon

Timestamp: 0:02 - 0:15

Guessed by:

• Latios212
• Yug_Guy

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#12 (2/11)

"At the Bottom of Night" - [SNES] Chrono Trigger

Timestamp: 0:23 - 0:45

that sad theme from ct

Guessed by:

• Maelstrom
• Static

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#13 (0/11)

"Agitha's Castle" - [Wii] The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Timestamp: 0:27 - 0:38

I know 13. I'ma have to look for that one too

13
is zelda isnt it
reminds me of lttp
but its not zeldas theme or whatever

Guessed by: ---

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#14 (0/11)

"National Park" - [GBC] Pokémon Gold & Silver Versions

Timestamp: 0:09 - 0:19

Guessed by: ---

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#15 (4/11)

"Speedy Comet" - [Wii] Super Mario Galaxy

Timestamp: 0:00 - 0:11

Guessed by:

• Latios212
• LeviR.star
• Static
• WaluigiTime64

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#16 (2/11)

"Flash Man Stage" - [NES] Mega Man 2

Timestamp: 0:24 - 0:31

#16 is from Mega Man V?

Well #16 sounds like a GB Mega Man song so I'll probably look around for a bit before feeling sad.

#16 is pissing me off now and I'm getting very sad.

i will probably feel very stupid about #16 but whatever for now

Guessed by:

• LeviR.star
• Static

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#17 (0/11)

"PoPiPo" - [ARCADE] Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade

Timestamp: 0:08 - 0:14

nO
NO
NO
NO
nO
17
NO
why

#17 why

like, man when i said i could get it in a melody quiz, i meant a normal melody quiz lol

Guessed by: ---

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#18 (0/11)

"Befuddling Skyscraper" / "City of Sound" - [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot

Timestamp: 0:04 - 0:22

Guessed by: ---

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#19 (3/11)

"Ace Attorney 3 - Trial" - [NDS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations

Timestamp: 0:19 - 0:39

Guessed by:

• FlamezofDeath
• Maelstrom
• Trasdegi

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#20 (0/11)

"Bowser's Pinball Machine" - [NDS] Mario Party DS

Timestamp: 0:29 - 0:43

Maelstrom: 20  is underground theme
mastersuperfan: well it's a remix of it
Maelstrom: buuuuuuuuut
Maelstrom: do I need to know the remix
mastersuperfan: yes
mastersuperfan: lol
Maelstrom: nooooo

Guessed by: ---

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OVERALL SCORES AND STATISTICS:

AND THE WINNER IS...

STATIC! (Again!)



With a very strong score of 9/20... a winner is you, Static, for the second time! Congratulations!

(And congratulations to our runner-up, WaluigiTime64, with a score of 6/20!)

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Score List

Static (9)
WaluigiTime64 (6)
Latios212, Maelstrom (5)
LeviR.star, ThatHiddenCharacter, Yug_Guy (3)
Dekkadeci, FlamezofDeath, InsigTurtle, Trasdegi (1)

Average Score: 3.45 (17.3%)

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[Static]

Don't ask how I got #9, that was just luck

[InsigTurtle]

I wonder if master still gets disappointed in me in spite of his low expectations

[WaluigiTime64]

imo mm2 sucks anyway so whatever lol

rip for #4 though, although only one person did get it anyway, and it probably would've been better to use the latter section of the song
something something key sig whine whine

[Dekkadeci]

Due to a previously unforeseen flight to Victoria, BC, I'll need to move the deadline for my Guess-That-Song Quiz earlier to Friday, Nov. 3 at 10:00 PM MDT (a.k.a. Saturday, Nov. 4 5:00 AM forum default time).

In case you didn't see my quiz on the last page, here it is:
[PDF] | [MIDI] | [MUS] | [MSCZ]

The MUS is readable in Finale, including Finale Notepad. The MSCZ is readable in Musescore. All other files are based on the original MSCZ, not the MUS--this explains why the PDF doesn't look like the MUS.
The MUS may display and/or play back bugged. The MSCZ, MIDI, and PDF shouldn't.
With that being said, #6 contains scoops that don't play back.

This quiz shouldn't be too difficult, but don't feel too bad if you only get one or two! PM away!

You can PM answers to me until Friday, Nov. 3 at 10:00 PM MDT (a.k.a. Saturday, Nov. 4 5:00 AM forum default time). I will not count any submissions made after that time, as I'll be too busy tallying results.
Results will be posted shortly afterwards.

Some guidelines for answering, how the melodies are transcribed, and what counts as a correct answer--oh yeah, and some hints right off the bat:

• You may submit YouTube links/videos instead of game name-song name/best known use pairs.
• All tempos are approximate.
• Like last time, I will mark unambiguous songs with the right melody in the right key as correct. If your guess has the right melody in the wrong key, I will mark it as incorrect but PM back that you were close. You can freely guess again until the deadline.
• I may not have gotten octave voicings correct in this quiz. If you think you've got the right song but it's off by an octave or two in parts, just guess that song anyway.
• I may not have gotten articulations correct in this quiz.
• As before, I PM hints! If you can't figure out the song at all, but you guess the series the melody is from and/or give a YouTube link to a similar-sounding piece, I'll PM back about whether you're on the right track.
• The more obscure the song, the more generous the hints get.
• Hey, neat! This time, all melodies are equally likely to be melodically and rhythmically accurate!
• ...Well, except that #8's song may actually be playing in B-C quarter-tone minor instead of B minor.
• ...And the trill in #2 has too few notes in it.
• The only series with more than one song in this quiz are Kirby and Final Fantasy. None of the other songs share a series.
• No two consecutive melodies are from the same series.
• Heck, no two melodies are from the same game!
• Yes, there is exactly one Zelda song in this quiz!
• Sadly, the following series do not appear in this quiz: Mario, Pokemon, Undertale, Pikmin

[Dekkadeci]

Here are the answers to my latest quiz:

#1

"The Arena"/"Arena Battle", from Kirby's Return to Dream Land, used as a boss rush battle theme
Timestamp: 0:03

A.k.a. the Kirby GCN trailer theme, this is the song that started it all. ...Kirby's Return to Dream Land-wise, that is.

Loads of other songs in Kirby's Return to Dream Land's OST reuse motives from this song, so I expected you to figure out which game this was from based on that.

1 out of 4 people got this correct.

People who got this correct

mastersuperfan

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#2

"The Schemer (Tinker Knight Battle)", from Shovel Knight, used as one of Tinker Knight's boss themes
Timestamp: 0:02

So I hear you can OHKO Tinker Knight with a certain item. No wonder this theme is so short.

Tinker Knight's boss theme when he hops into his tank, on the other hand...now that's a doozy.

2 out of 4 people got this correct.

People who got this correct

mastersuperfan, Static

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#3

"A Shot of Crisis", from Chrono Trigger
Timestamp: 0:00

I like this song. I did use the NinSheetMusic transcription for this melody, although the presence of some of those eighth notes is actually debatable.

1 out of 4 people got this correct.

People who got this correct

Static

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#4

"Still More Fighting"/"Those Who Fight Further"/"Fight On!", from Final Fantasy VII, used as a boss theme
Timestamp: 0:00

I used a particularly tricky section of this song in my first Guess-That-Song Quiz, so I owed you all an easier excerpt.

I'd say the very start of this song is an easier excerpt.

1 out of 4 people got this correct.

People who got this correct

mastersuperfan

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#5

"The World Adventure", from Sonic Unleashed, used as the title theme
Timestamp: 0:13

This sounds a ton like John Williams music, which is why I like it.

Based on all the other neat Sonic Unleashed songs I've listened to in Guess-That-Song Quiz answer panels, I really should just listen to that game's entire OST.

0 out of 4 people got this correct.

People who got this correct

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#6

"Otherworld"/"Jecht Battle", from Final Fantasy X, used as a boss theme
Timestamp: 0:00

"Jecht's Theme" got marked incorrect, as it does not contain this melody.

I was thinking of using a different Final Fantasy X boss theme for this quiz, but I found that this melody was the easiest to transcribe by fairly far. Sorry, I know that stuff like Seymour's boss theme is better known than this.

0 out of 4 people got this correct.

People who got this correct

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#7

"Distant Traveler"/"Magolor Race EX", from Kirby's Dream Collection, used as the Magolor Race EX theme
Timestamp: 0:00

This song gets remixed in Kirby: Triple Deluxe and Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe, so I expected people to be deceptively familiar with this song that's otherwise from a more obscure Kirby game.

Yeah, guess what, this remixes themes associated with Magolor.

1 out of 4 people got this correct.

People who got this correct

mastersuperfan

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#8

"Boss Battle"/"Battle 2", from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Timestamp: 0:18

I'm not quite convinced that Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is a true Final Fantasy game, but its music rocks.

Does this song really play back in this B-C quarter-tone minor in-game? An OST of music that's entirely in quarter-tone keys would be really sweet....

0 out of 4 people got this correct.

People who got this correct

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#9

"Hivory Towers", from Yooka-Laylee, used as a stage theme
Timestamp: 0:05

This is the only Yooka-Laylee song I've heard of. And even then, it was only by name. So yeah, I transcribed this cold, but with substantial help from the NinSheetMusic version this time.

...I guess the Yooka-Laylee people got Grant Kirkhope to compose good old Banjo-Kazooie-style music.

1 out of 4 people got this correct.

People who got this correct

Static

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#10

"Dragon Roost Island", from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, used as a stage theme
Timestamp: 1:02

Back when our family got this game, I didn't really get how Link's mission was to rescue his sister, not Zelda. There are too many Links with too many missions, I swear.

...Then we all got stuck in fetch quests and never reached the first boss. I think we did reach this island, though!

3 out of 4 people got this correct.

People who got this correct

FlamezofDeath, mastersuperfan, Static

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Results

mastersuperfan wins with 5 melodies correct!

# of Melodies Participants Got Correct:

• mastersuperfan: 5
• Static: 4
• FlamezofDeath: 1
• ThatHiddenCharacter: 0

ThatHiddenCharacter may have gotten 0 melodies correct, but at least he made some decent guesses. Don't be afraid to PM your suspicions about where the melodies are from!

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[WaluigiTime64]

sorry for not getting the Sonic Unleashed one

although really i would've gotten two (maybe three?) at most so idk

[Static]

I apologize for not posting my quiz yesterday, I completely forgot about it while in the middle of playing Odyssey doing very important work.

But without further ado, here's the quiz thing:

Static's Miscellaneous Melody Quiz XII (Round 90)
[.MID] [.MUS] [.MUSX] [.PDF]

I will not be providing hints publicly for this quiz, but you can ask me up to 10 hints for melodies of your choice. Also, there is yet again a theme to this quiz. I won't award any points for correctly guessing the theme, but knowing it may help you figure out the melodies.

Also, because I posted this a day late, you'll have one extra day to send me your guesses.

[Trasdegi]

Alright, time for my second guess-that-melody quiz! This quiz is 10 melodies long, who are sorted randomly, because I really have no idea when it comes to judging difficulty, and who doesn't follow any theme. However, they all should be guessable.

[MID][MUS][PDF][MSCZ][Dropbox Folder]

Because I'm lazy, I'll just quote dekka:

The MUS is readable in Finale, including Finale Notepad. The MSCZ is readable in Musescore. All other files are based on the original MSCZ, not the MUS--this explains why the PDF doesn't look like the MUS.
The MUS may display and/or play back bugged. The MSCZ, MIDI, and PDF shouldn't.

You will have until Sunday, 7:00 A.M. forum default time to PM me your guesses.

I might release hints for unguessed melodies later

I will provide a scoreboard with the melodies ranked from most-guessed to less-guessed. Obviously, I can't provide it now.

Good luck!

[Trasdegi]

Two people submitted guesses, here's the first scoreboard update:

Most guessed melodies - update #1

#7=#9>#4=#5>#1=#2=#3=#6=#8=#10

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Latios, I would need you for the Pokemon ones lol.

[Static]

This quiz was yet again quite challenging, so of course the scores were low lol. I did not count the EX melodies as actual melodies since I intentionally made them as difficult as I could by only providing hard-to-hear background parts. Also, the theme for this quiz was music history (page 1: classical influences; page 2: jazz influences; page 3: rock influences; page 4: pop influences). The EX section did not have a theme.

Answers

Melody I

[SNES] Final Fantasy VI - "Dancing Mad"
Timestamp: 9:22 - 9:33
# of Correct Responses: 3/7 (mastersuperfan, Maelstrom, Latios212)

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Melody II

[SNES] Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - "Margarie Margarita"
Timestamp: 0:12 - 0:24
# of Correct Responses: 2/7 (mastersuperfan, ThatHiddenCharacter)

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Melody III

[PC] Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - "Septette for the Dead Princess"
Timestamp: 0:12 - 0:27
# of Correct Responses: 4/7 (mastersuperfan, WaluigiTime64, Maelstrom, Latios212)

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Melody IV

[Wii] Animal Crossing: City Folk - "K.K. Sonata (Aircheck)"
Timestamp: 0:00 - 0:21
# of Correct Responses: 0/7

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Melody V

[SNES] The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - "Fairy Fountain"
Timestamp: 0:02 - 0:14
# of Correct Responses: 6/7 (mastersuperfan, ThatHiddenCharacter, Maelstrom, FlamezofDeath, Dekkadeci, Latios212)

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Melody VI

[MUL] Persona 5 - "Last Surprise"
Timestamp: 0:00 - 0:08
# of Correct Responses: 1/7 (Dekkadeci)

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Melody VII

[N64] Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards - "Above the Clouds"
Timestamp: 0:01 - 0:10
# of Correct Responses: 4/7 (mastersuperfan, ThatHiddenCharacter, Dekkadeci, Latios212)

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Melody VIII

[MUL] Cuphead - "One Hell of a Time"
Timestamp: 0:48 - 1:00
# of Correct Responses: 1/7 (ThatHiddenCharacter)

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Melody IX

[SNES] Chrono Trigger - "Wings That Cross Time"
Timestamp: 1:03 - 1:18
# of Correct Guesses: 0/7

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Melody X

[GCN] Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - "Staff Credits"
Timestamp: 0:37 - 0:48
# of Correct Responses: 0/7

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Melody XI

[N64] F-Zero X - "Crazy Call at Cry"
Timestamp: 0:19 - 0:30
# of Correct Responses: 1/7 (mastersuperfan)

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Melody XII

[SNES] EarthBound - "Runaway Five ~ Daily Show"
Timestamp: 0:31 - 0:44
# of Correct Responses: 0/7

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Melody XIII

[PC] Touhou Kishinjou ~ Double Dealing Character - "Dullahan Under the Willows"
Timestamp: 0:39 - 0:50
# of Correct Responses: 2/7 (WaluigiTime64, Maelstrom)

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Melody XIV

[ARCADE] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - "The Parking Lot & Warehouse"
Timestamp: 0:11 - 0:20
# of Correct Responses: 2/7 (ThatHiddenCharacter, Dekkadeci)

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Melody XV

[NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World - "K.K. Metal"
Timestamp: 0:15 - 0:21
# of Correct Responses: 0/7

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Melody XVI

[Wii] Super Paper Mario - "Francis Battle"
Timestamp: 0:45 - 0:48
# of Correct Responses: 3/7 (mastersuperfan, ThatHiddenCharacter, WaluigiTime64)

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Melody XVII

[MUL] Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 - "Mirai Button"
Timestamp: 0:49 - 1:01
# of Correct Responses: 0/7

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Melody XVIII

[PC] Doki Doki Literature Club! - "Poem Panic"
Timestamp: 0:04 - 0:20
# of Correct Responses: 1/7 (mastersuperfan)

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Melody XIX

[MUL] Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA - "Electric Angel"
Timestamp: 0:02 - 0:30
# of Correct Responses: 1/7 (mastersuperfan)

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Melody XX

[PC] Nekopara Vol. 3 - "Nekoichi"
Timestamp: 0:15 - 0:30
# of Correct Responses: 0/7

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Melody EX-1

[PC] Touhou Fuujinroku ~ Mountain of Faith - "Dark Side of Fate"
Timestamp: 0:06 - 0:18
# of Correct Responses: 0/7
Notes: strings

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Melody EX-2

[Wii] Kirby's Epic Yarn - "Cozy Cabin"
Timestamp: 0:55 - 1:13
# of Correct Responses: 0/7
Notes: strings

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Melody EX-3

[GCN] Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - "Theme of the Punies"
Timestamp: 0:00 - 0:08
# of Correct Responses: 0/7
Notes: repeating synth

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Melody EX-4

[GCN] The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - "The Great Sea"
Timestamp: 0:00 - 0:14
# of Correct Responses: 0/7
Notes: French horn

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Melody EX-5

[GCN] Super Mario Sunshine - "Noki Bay"
Timestamp: 1:05 - 1:15
# of Correct Responses: 0/7
Notes: marimba

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Congratulations to the winner...

Spoiler

...mastersuperfan, with 9/20 correct responses!

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Statistics

Other Scores

ThatHiddenCharacter: 5/20
Dekkadeci: 5/20
Maelstrom: 4/20 (dank)
WaluigiTime64: 3/20
Latios212: 3/20
FlamezofDeath: 1/20

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# of Correct Responses per Melody

I: 3/7
II: 2/7
III: 4/7
IV: 0/7
V: 6/7
VI: 1/7
VII: 4/7
VIII: 1/7
IX: 0/7
X: 0/7
XI: 1/7
XII: 0/7
XIII: 2/7
XIV: 2/7
XV: 0/7
XVI: 3/7
XVII: 0/7
XVIII: 1/7
XIX: 1/7
XX: 0/7
EX-I: 0/7
EX-II: 0/7
EX-III: 0/7
EX-IV: 0/7
EX-V: 0/7

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Correct Responses per Contestant

mastersuperfan: I, II, III, V, VII, XI, XVI, XIII, XIX
ThatHiddenCharacter: II, V, VII, VIII, XVI
Dekkadeci: III, V, VI, VII, XIV
Maelstrom: I, III, V, XIII
WaluigiTime64: III, XIII, XVI
Latios212: I, V, VII
FlamezofDeath: V

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Other Data

# of Contestants: 7
# of Melodies Correctly Guessed: 13/20
Average Score: 4.29/20
Most-Guessed Melody(ies): V

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[mastersuperfan]

Melody VI

[MUL] Persona 5 - "Last Surprise"
Timestamp: 0:00 - 0:08
# of Correct Responses: 1/7 (Dekkadeci)

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frik

[Yug_Guy]

frik

Well, I guess you could say...

...you didn't see that one coming.

[mastersuperfan]

Well, I guess you could say...

...you didn't see that one coming.

[11:13 PM] Static: i bet for
[11:13 PM] Static: #6
[11:13 PM] Static: you didnt see it coming
[11:13 PM] Static: get it ha funny joke
[11:13 PM] Static: i need help