How Well Do You Know your 80's Bands?

If you love 80's music as much as I do, then this trivia quiz is for you! Test you knowledge of 80's bands and see where you rank! Don't you really want to find out how much of an 80's music guru you really are!

So you think you know all about our beloved 80's pop bands now do ya? I dare you to test your knowledge and really find out how much of an 80's music guru you really are!

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. All of the following bands played at LIVE AID 1985 EXCEPT:
U2
The Pretenders
Big Country
Spandau Ballet
Boomtown Rats
Queen
4. What Band sang the following lyrics: "Where does it go from here, is it down to the lake I fear"....
UB40
Modern Romance
Madness
Haircut 100
Duran Duran
5. What was the REAL name of the only female member of Dexys Midnight Runners-Fiddler player, Helen O' Hara?
Helen Little
Mary Collingswood
Alice Griffith
Helen Bevington
6. All of the following are Album Titles by the Welsh band, The Alarm-Which one is NOT?
Eye of the Storm
Strength
Declaration
Standards
7. The song "SAFETY DANCE" by Men Without Hats, is really about:
A name of a new dance the band created
Mosh Pit Dancing
Traditional May pole Dancing
8. Which music film was about The Clash?
A Hard Day's Night
The Filth & Fury
The Wall
Rude Boy
9. The video for the song, "Stand By" by 80's Pop band Roman Holliday, finds lead singer Steve Lambert going...?
On a ride in an amusement park
To meet a pretty girl in a pub whose wearing stiletto heels
Into a fortune teller's parlor
Down the road driving with his band in a convertible
10. The "sister" to a member of this band, played "EILEEN" in Dexys Midnight Runner's video, "Come on Eileen":
The Go Go's
Bananarama
Stray Cats
Jo Boxers
11. What Artist is incorrectly "matched" to their correct REAL NAME?
Bono-Paul David Hewson
Sting-Gordon Mattew Sumner
Elivs Costello-Robert McDermott
Bonnie Tyler-Ganor Hopkins
Adam Ant-Stuart Leslie Goddard
12. This song's lyrics pleads, "They don't know my name, They don't know my kind"...
68 Guns-The ALARM
Sunday Bloody Sunday-U2
One Thing Leads to Another-The Fixx
Don't You Forget About Me-Simple Minds
13. This band was the first to produce an animated video where the singer is pulled into a comic book...
The Fixx
Flock of Seagulls
A-HA
Pet Shop boys
14. Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, members of Tears for Fears, are from what City in England?
London
Manchester
Sheffield
Bath
15. Spandau Ballet originally were called "The Makers", changed their name:
After going to an opera with the London Ballet
After being inspired by an old 1950's romance novel
After a visit to Berlin and reading an inscription on a wall near a prison
16. How does the video "In a Big Country" by Scottish band Big Country, start out?
The band members are rock climbing
The band members are riding 3 wheelers in the countryside
The band members are sailing on a boat
The band members are deep sea diving
17. Which of the following songs was the UK's #1 Hit single in 1984?
Come On Eileen-Dexys
Safety Dance-Men Without Hats
Relax-Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Girls just Wanna Have Fun-Cyndi Lauper
18. What band/Artist sang the song lyrics: "I have a picture pinned to my wall, an image of you and of me..."
Howard Jones
Nick Kershaw
Wham
Thompson Twins
19. The song "Rock at the Casbah" by The CLASH, is about what??
The Clash being refused at all venues in Iran
The banning of pop music in the middle east
Joe Strummer's first love
An all night party
20. Which Culture Club song did NOT make #1 in the charts?
Time Clock of the Heart
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
Karma Chameleon
21. Which name listed below was NOT a member of Dexys Midnight Runners 2nd line up (1980)?
Kevin Rowland
Paul Speare
Billy Adams
Pete Saunders
Jim Patterson
Mickey Billingham
22. What car was Curt Smith from Tears for Fears driving in their video, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"?
British Leyland MGB
Austin-Healey
Rolls Royce
Jaguar
Mercedes
23. What was Cy Curnin, lead singer of of The Fixx doing in the "Saved by Zero" video?
Sculpting a bust from clay
Spraypainting Grafitti on the wall
Creating and ice sculpture
Creating a painting of the female form
24. 80's bands often developed their own personal style of trends in clothing and hairstyles which made them easily recognizable. Which band below is incorrectly matched to their self created style?
Roman Holliday-Sailor hats, rolled up jeans
Dexys Midnight Runners-Work overalls, bandanas, folk-gypsy style
Def Leppard-Union Jack shirt
Billy Idol-Brooks Brother suits, sleek hair
Cyndi Lauper-Uneven Razor cut hair, flamboyant clothing
The Alarm-American Western wear with a touch of Punk Rock
25. What is Prince's favorite color?
Red
Purple
Blue
Black
Green

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