Paul Andrews - The 80s Pop Music Quiz Book

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THE 80s POP MUSIC QUIZ BOOK

By

Paul Andrews

Publisher Information

The 80s Pop Music Quiz Book

published in 2012 by Andrews UK Limited

www.andrewsuk.com

This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publishers prior written consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published, and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

Copyright Paul Andrews 2012

The right of Paul Andrews to be identified as author of this book has been asserted in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyrights Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Foreword

Test your knowledge of the music and bands of the 1980s in this fun book. We suggest you write your answers down on a piece of paper and check them at the end. Test yourself and test your friends, to see just how much you do know about 80s music and bands!

Questions

1. Who was the lead singer of Joy Division?
2. What sort of animal did Culture Club sing about?
3. Name the backing singers of Wham?
4. What flowers did Morrissey have in his back pocket?
5. What year did Prince party like it was?
6. Who was the lead singer of Aha?
7. Who wrote the Band Aid Song Do they know its Christmas?
8. Where did Frankie go?
9. Who sung Total Eclipse of the heart?
10. What band had hits with Chance and Wonderland?
11. Which bands lead singer was Dave Gahan?
12. Name the lead singer of Duran Duran?
13. Who wanted to get to know you well?
14. Which singer came from Luton, and wanted to lay his hat?
15. Who was in Wham with George Michael?
16. Which teen sung I think were alone now?
17. Which band was Jools Holland the keyboard player for?
18. Who was the lead singer of Japan?
19. Who spins you round right round?
20. Whose first top ten hit was To cut a long story short?
21. Which member of the clash formed Big Audio Dynamite?
22. Alphaville were big where?
23. Who moved from Australia to do the Locomotion?
24. Name the lead singer of Bad Manners?
25. Who would not let the sun go down on him?
26. What band was formed from the ashes of Joy Division?
27. What band was Paul Weller originally in?
28. Who sung about West end girls?
29. Who sung about them closing their eyes?
30. What band asked when will they be famous?
31. Who was the lead singer of Kajagoogoo?
32. Who produced the songs of Rick Astley?
33. Name the guitarist of the Smiths?
34. Who was in the land of make believe?
35. Who sang with the Pogues about a Fairy Tale in New York?
36. Who had the biggest selling 12 Single of all time, and what was it?
37. Who covered the song It must be love?
38. Who were both Gold and True?
39. Which band wanted to Rule the word?
40. Who formed Electronic the band, name two of them?
41. Who sung that his girlfriend was in a coma?
42. What band is also the name of a government form?
43. What band took their name from a character in a film?
44. Who were getting away with it all their lives?
45. Who sung girls just want to have fun?
46. Who sung about the Love and Pride?
47. Who had a Fantastic Day?
48. Which band had a hit with Love will tear us apart?
49. Who sung My favourite waste of time?
50. What did the bands initials OMD stand for?
51. Who had a hit with the song Manic Monday?
52. Who was a dead ringer for love?
53. Which band had a hit with Feels like heaven?
54. Who went wild in the country?
55. Who sung about opportunities?
56. Who thought John Wayne was big leggy?
57. Who demanded you Stand and deliver?
58. Who said they would rather jack?
59. Who wanted to shout and let it all out?
60. Who had a hit with Lifes what you make it?
61. Who sung Can you feel it, can you feel it?
62. Who wanted a Toy Boy?
63. What duo had a strange hit with Rabbit?
64. What were the Blow Monkeys digging?
65. Who were the Love Cats?
66. Name the band who had the hit Einstein-a-go-go?
67. Who had a Brilliant Mind?
68. What was the big hit for the Lotus Eaters?
69. Who were Young at heart?
70. What was the name of the backing band for Tom Petty?
71. What Scottish band sung Happy Birthday?
72. Who was a private dancer?
73. Who was Golden Brown?
74. Which singer was in Roxy Music, Squeeze, and Mike and the Mechanics, amongst other bands?
75. Who was doing the boxer beat?
76. Who did not want you to forget about them?
77. What vehicle did The Cool Notes want to get in of yours?
78. What band did Vince Clark form after leaving Depeche Mode?
79. What did Sting of the Police do for a job before being in the band?
80. Where did the Four Tops go loco?
81. Who sung Footloose?
82. What birds made Prince cry?
83. Name the singer in Erasure?
84. What colour were Deacon....?
85. What did Terence Trent DArby want you to do?
86. Complete the Nik Kershaw hit I Wont let the....?
87. What band was Suggs the singer for?
88. Who did the safety dance?
89. What female singer asked Is this love?
90. What duo were found out to not actually be singing their songs themselves?
91. What British family band modelled themselves on the Jacksons?
92. Who was a Heart Breaker?
93. Who made heaven a place on Earth?
94. What band was Patsy Kensit the singer for?
95. What hit music show was on Fridays on Channel 4?
96. What nuclear hit did Blondie have?
97. What country did Sheena Easton come from?
98. Were where the kids from Kim Wilde was singing about from?
99. Who had to Drive?
100. After leaving the Human League what band did Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh form?
101. Name this hit and by who Living on a...?
102. Which song kept Ultravox off the number one spot with their song Vienna?
103. What type of building was Acid commonly called?
104. What was the backing band for Bruce Hornsby called?
105. Which bands album from 1987 became the bestselling one of the time?
106. Which Western pop band became the first to play in China?
107. Which country did Bryan Adams come from?
108. What group set the record for the most hits for an all-female group?
109. Which band opened Live Aid in London?
110. What was Bonnie Tyler holding out for?
111. Which band had the album Back in Black?
112. Which band was Belinda Carlisle in originally?
113. What was the song that Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision song contest with?
114. What TV channel was launched in 1981?
115. Which group released the album Speak and Spell?
116. Who told you to hold on tight to your dreams?
117. Name the lead singer of Frankie Goes To Hollywood?
118. Which band was Billy Idol originally in?
119. Who sung Electric Avenue?
120. Complete the title of this album Tango in...?
121. Who sung Good Thing?
122. In 1982 which band topped the singles, albums and video charts all at the same time?
123. Which film did Huey Lewis and the News, have a song in?
124. Whose angel was a centrefold?
125. Who was the lead singer of Culture Club?

Answers

1. Ian Curtis
2. A Chameleon
3. Pepsi and Shirley
4. Gladioli
5. 1999
6. Morten Harket
7. Midge Ure and Bob Geldolf
8. To Hollywood
9. Bonny Tyler
10. Big Country
11. Depeche Mode
12. Simon Le Bon
13. Howard Jones
14. Paul Young
15. Andrew Ridgley
16. Tiffany
17. Squeeze
18. David Sylvian
19. Dead or Alive
20. Spandau Ballet
21. Mick Jones
22. Big in Japn
23. Kylie Minogue
24. Busta Bloodvessel
25. Nik Kershaw
26. New Order
27. The Jam
28. The Pet Shop Boys