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80s pop quiz

Question 1   Three of these acts had hits in the 80s. Which one have we made up?
 
          Dream Academy
          Comme Toujours
          Strawberry Switchblade
          Belouis Some
 
Question 2 Ah yes, the Belle Stars. Remember them? What was their only UK top five single?
 
          Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
          The Clapping Song
          Since Yesterday
          Sign Of The Times
 
Question 3 Who sang first on Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas?
 
          Paul Young
          Bono
          Boy George
          Midge Ure
 
Question 4 The first picture of you / the first picture of summer / seeing the flowers scream their joy." The chorus of a hit from 1983, by whom?
 
          Kajagoogoo
          The Icicle Works
          China Crisis
          Lotus Eaters
 
Question 5 How many top 20 singles did Status Quo enjoy in the 80s?
 
          9
          13
          4
          18
 
Question 6  Which Duran Duran video caused controversy with its mud-wrestling women, nudity, and hints of bestiality and lesbianism?
 
          Girls On Film
          Save a Prayer
          Hungry Like The Wolf
          Rio
 
Question 7  Who was behind the Mighty Wah! (also known as Wah! or Wah Heat)?
 
          Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy
          Billy MacKenzie
          Dr Robert
          Pete Wylie
 
Question 8  "Once upon a time I was falling in love / but now I'm only falling apart." Big hair and even bigger vocals. A line from whose         1983 No1?
 
          Irene Cara
          Bonnie Tyler
          Jennifer Rush
          Simon Le Bon
 
Question 9  Remember The Pookah Makes Three? What was the name of their only hit single?
 
          The way the world is
          Take it back
          Deely Boppers Ate My Sister
          Champagne Charlie
 
Question 10 Which was the first hit single composed entirely of samples?
 
          Pump Up The Volume - M/A/R/R/S
          We Call It Acieed - D Mob
          Good Life - Inner City
          Blue Monday - New Order
 
Question 11 Big Audio Dynamite was set up in 1985 by which former member of the Clash?
 
          Joe Strummer
          Mick Jones
          Peter Hook
          Wayne Hussey
 
Question 12 Which rapper featured on Chaka Khan's I Feel for You?
 
          Fresh Prince
          Grandmaster Melle Mell
          Chuck D
          MC Lyte
 
Question 13 Which teen sensation had a 1987 No1 with I Think We're Alone Now?
 
          Tiffany
          Debbie Gibson
          Alannah Myles
          Sonia
 
Question 14  Who were Big In Japan?
 
          Ultravox
          The Kane Gang
          Alphaville
          H2O
 
Question 15 Director Jonathan Demme captured the last major tour of this band in his 1984 documentary, Stop Making Sense.
 
          Led Zeppelin
          Talking Heads
          The Jam
          The Clash
 
Question 16 Which U2 album cover featured the intense stare of a young child?
 
          October
          War
          The Joshua Tree
          The Unforgettable Fire
 
Question 17 For which band was Buster Bloodvessel the lead singer?
 
          Bad Manners
          Haircut 100
          Dead or Alive
          Sigue Sigue Sputnik
 
Question 18 "Why am I playing at both Wembley and Philadelphia? Because I'm mad that's why." Which crazy rock star performed at both the UK and the US Live Aid, jetting across the Atlantic on Concorde?
 
          David Bowie
          Sting
          Phil Collins
          Eric Clapton
 
Question 19 Their first UK top 10 single was To Cut A Long Story Short in 1980, their last to reach the top 10 was 1986's Through the Barricades. Who are they?
 
          China Crisis
          Spandau Ballet
          Culture Club
          OMD
 
Question 20 In which Wham song about being on the dole did George Michael rap "Give a wham, give a bam, but don't give a damn"?
 
          Wham Rap
          Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
          Club Tropicana
          Bad Boys
 
Question 21     Bonus question : What were the cast of Grange Hill doing in the charts on 1986?
 
          Duetting with Cliff Richard on a charity version of The Young Ones
          Just saying No (to drugs)
          Partying like it's 1999
          I don't understand the question

Replies sorted oldest to newest

Comme Toujours

Sign Of The Times

Paul Young

Lotus Eaters


Q5 - no idea

Q6 - Girls On Film


Pete Wylie

Bonnie Tyler

Q9 - Pass


Pump Up The Volume - M/A/R/R/S


Joe Strummer ...?

Grandmaster Melle Mell

Tiffany

Alphaville


Talking Heads

War

Bad Manners

Phil Collins


Spandau Ballet


Wham Rap

 Just saying No (to drugs)




Please don't ask me any more as my head's about to explode!
Cosmopolitan
Correct answers!

Question 1 Comme Toujours
 
Question 2  Sign Of The Times
 
Question 3  Paul Young
 
Question 4 Lotus Eaters
 
Question 5  18
 
Question 6  Girls On Film

Question 7   Pete Wylie
 
Question 8 Bonnie Tyler
 
Question 9 Take it back
 
Question 10 Pump Up The Volume - M/A/R/R/S
 
Question 11 Mick Jones
 
Question 12 Grandmaster Melle Mell
 
Question 13  Tiffany
 
Question 14  Alphaville
 
Question 15 Talking Heads
 
Question 16  War
 
Question 17  Bad Manners
 
Question 18 Phil Collins
 
Question 19  Spandau Ballet
 
Question 20 Wham Rap
 
Question 21 Just saying No (to drugs)
Senora Reyes
right - here goes...

No 1 - Belouis some

No 2 - Sign of the times

No 3 Paul Young

No 4 The Lotus Eaters

No 5 - a guess - 13

No 6 Girls on Film

No 7 Pete Wylie

No 8 - Bonnie Tyler

No  9 Take it back

No  10 -Pump up the Volume (guess)

No 11 - Mick Jones

No 12 -    Grandmaster Melle Mell 

No 13 - Tiffany

No 14  -Alphaville

No 15  -  Talking Heads

No 16     -War

No 17  - Bad Manners

No 18 - Phil Collins

N0 19 -   Spandau Ballet

No 20 - Wham Rap

No 21 - Just saying No (to drugs)

 

HA!!!!
FM

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