1: Which of the following songs was NOT performed by The Police?
Waiting for a girl like you
Don't stand so close to me
Everything little thing she does is magic
Every breath you take
2: Complete the following song title from the '80s : "Born in the ___"
USA
UK
USSR
Shack on top of a mountain in Montana
3: Which '80s band scored hits with "And She Was" and "Burning Down the House" ?
Duran Duran
The Cure
Talking Heads
Tears for Fears
4: Which band scored early '80s hits with "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "New Years Day"?
The Clash
U2
Ultravox
Cheap Trick
5: Which female artist released the succcessful album titled "Like a Prayer" in 1989?
Pat Benatar
Kim Carnes
Madonna
Debbie Gibson
6: Which '80s artist changed his name to following a dispute with his record label
in 1993?
George Michael
Peter Gabriel
Prince
Michael Jackson
7: Which '80s hit song begins with the lyrics : "Traveling in a fried-out combie, On
a hippie trail head full of zombie.." ?
"White Wedding" - Billy Idol
"Down Under" - Men at Work
"Loveshack" - B-52's
"Original Sin" - INXS
8: What was Van Halen's only #1 US hit single on the Billboard charts?
Panama
Dance the Night Away
Jump
Hot for Teacher
9: Which band name means new stuff which will eventually become classic? (I'm not sure
if the material this band released actually succeeded in that)
Pseudo Echo
Classix Nouveaux
Club Nouveau
Depeche Mode
10: What's the biggest selling soundtrack from a TV show of all time?
Eastenders
Fame
Miami Vice
Pee Wee's Playhouse
11: Nena's early '80s hit "99 Luftballons" is entirely in German - what does "Luft"
mean in English?
Air
Red
Big
Toy
12: Which band got its name from a Frank Sinatra film poster on the wall in their
rehearsal room?
Johnny Hates Jazz
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark (OMD)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
13: Starting in the 1980s, which artist is the only ever to score 7 consecutive #1
hit singles on the US Billboard charts?
Madonna
Whitney Houston
Michael Jackson
Phil Collins
14: Which name did Nirvana use briefly in its early (1987) days?
Air Supply
Quiet Riot
Warrant
Skid Row
15: Which '80s band gets the number in its name from a humorous Douglas Adams book,
("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"), where the number represents the "ultimate
answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything"?
38 Special
Level 42
Heaven 17
U2
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