1: Name the '80s rock band whose hits include "Janie's Got a Gun" and "Love in an elevator"
Def Leppard
AC/DC
The Police
Aerosmith
2: Name the all-female group from the '80s whose hits include "Venus" and "Cruel Summer"
Bangles
Bananarama
Go-go's
Heart
3: All of the artists below are of Canadian extraction, except one. Who is the odd one out?
Bryan Adams
Alannah Myles
Corey Hart
Cyndi Lauper
4: According to his early '80s hit song, where does Gary Numan feel safest of all?
In his dreams
In his car
In his room
On top of a mountain in Colorado
5: Who wrote "Manic Monday" for the Bangles?
Lionel Richie
Quincy Jones
Prince
Michael Jackson
6: Which song is about life on the streets of Los Angeles and the dangers people face?
"Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns n' Roses
"18 and Life" - Skid Row
"Close My Eyes Forever" - Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne
"Danger Zone" - Kenny Loggins
7: Which '80s song begins with the lyrics : "I hear a lot of stories, I suppose they
could be true.."
"Abracadabra" - Steve Miller Band
"A Good Heart" - Feargal Sharkey
"Sweet Dreams (are made of this)" - Eurythmics
"9 to 5" - Dolly Parton
8: Name the group whose hits include "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" and
"Brand New Lover"
Erasure
Pet Shop Boys
Dead or Alive
Huey Lewis and the News
9: What was the british equivalent to the U.S famine relief song "We are the World"?
Always something there to remind me
Do they know it's Christmas?
Dancing in the Street
Everybody wants to rule the world
10: The founder of the '80s band "Mike and the Mechanics" was originally a member of
which of the following bands?
Fine Young Cannibals
Genesis
The Police
Depeche Mode
11: Which artist topped the US and European charts in the early 1980s with the cheesey
single "Rock Me Amadeus" ?
Nena
Falco
David Bowie
Matthew Wilder
12: Name the artist associated with the lyrics : "That's all I wanted, something special,
something sacred, in your eyes..."
Peter Gabriel
Prince
George Michael
Richard Marx
13: Which band took its name from a river in Greek mythology?
Queensryche
Eurythmics
Arcadia
Styx
14: In the 1980s, the topic of nuclear war seemed to come up a lot in songs. Of the songs
listed below, which song does NOT fit into this genre?
"1999" - Prince
"Enola Gay" - OMD
"99 Luftballons" - Nena
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" - U2
15: Can you name the band shown below ?
Psychedelic Furs
The Cars
Alphaville
Talking Heads
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