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'80s Music Quiz (Archived January 1st 2003)
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1: Name the '80s pop duo who released the album "Songs from the Big Chair", featuring hits "Shout" and "Everybody wants to rule the world"
Hall & Oates
Tears for Fears
Air Supply
General Public
2: Complete the following song title from the '80s : "Electric ______"
Street
Avenue
Boulevard
Lane
3: Complete the following song title from the '80s : "Fade to ____"
Grey
Pink
Purple
Red
4: In 1985 which song went to #1 on an insidious hook and a music video that skillfully merged animation and live action?
Talking Heads - "And she was"
The Fixx - "One thing leads to another"
a-ha - "Take on me"
Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer"
5: Which (then) teen female artist released the hits "Could've been" and "I think we're alone now" ?
Deneice Williams
Debbie Gibson
Madonna
Tiffany
6: Name the band who released the hits "It's the end of the world as we know it" and "Orange Crush" in the '80s.
Aerosmith
R.E.M.
Guns n' Roses
Metallica
7: Name the band associated with the lyrics : "We close our eyes, we never lose a game, imagination never lets us take the blame..."
Grateful Dead
Go West
Talk Talk
Power Station
8: Name the '80s one-hit-wonder who released the song titled "867-5309 (Jenny)"
Toni Basil
Tommy Tutone
T'Pau
'Til Tuesday
9: Name the band associated with the lyrics : "How long, how long must we sing this song"
U2
The Police
Air Supply
Van Halen
10: Name the artist associated with the lyrics : "Clock strikes upon the hour and the sun begins to fade..."
Prince
Michael Jackson
Whitney Houston
Tina Turner
11: Who recorded the theme music from the hit TV show "Miami Vice" ?
Phil Collins
Jan Hammer
Harold Faltermeyer
Jean-Michel Jarre
12: Which classic '80s horror movie has the word "Moon" in every song title on its soundtrack?
Nightmare on Elm Street
The Lost Boys
An American Werewolf in London
Friday the 13th
13: Who was the first western duo to be allowed to tour Communist China in 1985?
Hall & Oates
Tears for Fears
Pet Shop Boys
Wham!
14: Which statement is false?
John Lennon is noted for naming the B-52's as his favorite band
U2 were formerly known as "The Hype"
Cyndi Lauper appeared on broadway in the musical "Cats"
In the 1980s, Lenny Kravitz went by the name "Romeo Blue"
15: Can you name the band shown below?
Human League
Talking Heads
The Smiths
The Romantics
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