1: What is considered the biggest selling album of the 1980s?
"Thriller" - Michael Jackson
"Slippery When Wet" - Bon Jovi
"Rio" - Duran Duran
"Appetite for Destruction" - Guns n' Roses
2: Complete the following song title from the '80s : "Hungry like the ___ "
Dog
Cat
Wolf
Beast
3: Which band released a hit in the '80s with the line "I Want My MTV" in it?
The Police
R.E.M
Dire Straits
A Flock of Seagulls
4: Name the group associated with the lyrics : "You were working as a waitress in a
cocktail bar, when I met you..."
Mr. Mister
Human League
a-ha
Milli Vanilli
5: Name the group associated with the lyrics : "In a West End town a dead end world,
The East End boys and West End girls..."
Men at Work
Depeche Mode
Pet Shop Boys
Duran Duran
6: Name the late '80s hard rock band whose hits include "Welcome to the Jungle" and
"Sweet Child O' Mine"
Warrant
Guns n' Roses
AC/DC
Aerosmith
7: Which controversial Madonna music video was banned by the Vatican in 1989 because
of its controversial religious symbolisms?
Papa Don't Preach
Like a Prayer
Like a Virgin
La Isla Bonita
8: Which of the following artists did many critics label as having a "Betty Boop" voice?
Pat Benatar
Debbie Gibson
Tiffany
Cyndi Lauper
9: Glenn Frey's "The Heat is On" was the theme song to which movie from the 1980s?
Footloose
Top Gun
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Beverly Hills Cop
10: Which '80s 'hair-metal' band hit #1 in October 1987 with "Here I Go Again" ?
Def Leppard
Skid Row
Whitesnake
Poison
11: Which Bruce Springsteen hit was originally going to be titled "Vietnam" ?
Born in the U.S.A
Glory Days
I'm on Fire
Dancing in the Dark
12: Name the artist associated with the following lyrics : "Break-down...shake down...
you're busted"
Glenn Frey
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Seger
John "Cougar" Mellencamp
13: Who wrote the '80s #1 hits "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Making Love out of
nothing at all" ?
Bernie Taupin
Elvis Costello
Jim Steinman
Prince
14: Which UK band had #1 hits virtually everywhere in the world except the UK during
the 1980s?
Eurythmics
Tears for Fears
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Dexy's Midnight Runners
15: Which band got its name from an American high altitude spy plane, shot down in the
USSR in the 1950s?
U2
.38 Special
B-52's
UB40
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