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EARTHDATE: September 21, 2008

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FREYA'S QUIZ OF THE WEEK

by Freya

Last week, I asked you about theme songs. Players were asked to search Sol and find songs being played at locations, or tell us what song you think should be playing in a location, and why. From the responses, it seems Fedders have definite ideas of what songs should be backing up locations in the solar system - even Bella submitted a selection!

Zardoz is the winner of the music theme quiz with a clever review on his picks for theme music for the Solar System. I've pasted a clip here from his excellent review and you can read the full review on the Fed2 reviews/quiz page.

I arrived at the Rug Merchant on Brass, and after pulling a 180 and speeding onward to my next destination, I reached over and spun the dial, and pressed play. My nimble fingers, selected Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride." John Kay's raspy vocals and the strong beat pushed me through 5 Ak jobs.

It reached that time of night when the players of America slowly faded into sleep. While I, in that last outpost of democracy, the 50 th State, played on, alone. Then the comms heated up. The British Invasion had begun. My fingers quickly dialed up a suitable anthem for this invasion and selected "My Generation" by the Who. As I braced myself for John Entwistle's unsurpassed bass solo, I joined my voice with Roger Daltry's in this anthem to youth.... I sang, "I hope I die before I get old," and noticed in the reflection of my screen, the now grey hairs of my goatee. I made a note to myself... delete this song from the library.

Bella gets an honorable mention for her intriguingly matched selection of songs & locations and the inspiration for our next quiz! You can see Bella's Top 10 songs for Sol Locations list here.

We're so inspired by the idea of picking theme music for locations that we're declaring a major competition and you'll have lots of time to put your answers together - closing date will be Friday, 10 October with the winners announced in the Fed News on Sunday, 12 October.

Send us your Top 10 Song selections for Sol - a list of 10 songs matched with their perfect Sol locations.

Send your answer to feedback@ibgames.com (please put Fed2 in the subject line). The deadline is last thing on Friday, 10 October. The winner gets his, her or its name in the Fed2 Star - and a surprise prize if your answer is really spectacularly impressive.


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