80's Answers/Winner

["Bruce Lachey" <b_lachey at hotmail_com>]

Gosh.  That was hard coming up with a quiz..  And "grading" all of them..  
Who are you people?!?  Why don't you post on here?!?!  ;)

Chris Queen got the most right (27, not including the bonus).  Sure, sure.  
Some of them were trick questions.  Big deal.  Whine to your Wheaties..  :)

2000 zero zero party's over - oops - out of time,
Bruce



1. What band were Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in before The Eurythmics?
The Tourists.

2. What was the biggest selling soundtrack from the 80s?
Dirty Dancing.

3. Which Duran Duran offshoot was fronted by Simon Lebon?
Arcadia (Election Day and Goodbye is Forever were Top 40 hits in 1985 and 
1986, respectively).

4. Who sang "Pass The Dutchie"?
Musical Youth.

5. What was Men Without Hats' second Top 5 single, after "The Safety Dance"?
Pop Goes The World, four years later.

6. Who had more Top 40 hits in the 80s: Air Supply, Chicago, or The Rolling 
Stones?
Oddly, each had 11.

Air Supply:
Even the Nights Are Better (1982, #1); Lost in Love (1980, #2); Two Less 
Lonely People in the World (1983, #2); Every Woman in the World (1981, #3); 
Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) (1981, #5); The One That You 
Love (1981, #5); Sweet Dreams (1982, #5); Young Love (1982, #5); All Out of 
Love (1980, #19); Making Love Out Of Nothing at All (1983, #20); Just As I 
Am (1985, #38)

Chicago:
Hard To Say I'm Sorry (1982, #1); Look Away (1988, #1); Hard Habit to Break 
(1984, #3); You're the Inspiration (1985, #3); Will You Still Love Me? 
(1987, #3); I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love (1988, #3); You're Not 
Alone (1989, #10); Along Comes a Woman (1985, #14); Stay the Night (1984, 
#16); If She Would Have Been Faithful (1987, #17); Love Me Tomorrow (1982, 
#22)

Rolling Stones:
Start Me Up (1981, #2); Emotional Rescue (1980, #3); Harlem Shuffle (1986, 
#5); Mixed Emotions (1989, #5); Undercover of the Night (1983, #9); Waiting 
on a Friend (1981, #13); Hang Fire (1982, #20); Rock and a Hard Place (1989, 
#23); Going to a Go-Go (1982, #25); She's So Cold (1980, #26); One Hit (to 
the Body) (1986, #28)

7. Which artist or group had the most US Top 40 hits in the 80s?
Hall & Oates.  21 as a group, 22 with a Ruffin/Kendricks teaming.  Kiss On 
My List, Private Eyes, I Can't Go for That (No Can Do), Maneater, Out Of 
Touch, Say It Isn't So, Everything Your Heart Desires, You Make My Dreams, 
Method of Modern Love, Family Man, One on One, Adult Education, Did It In a 
Minute, You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling, Wait for Me, Some Things Are Better 
Left Unsaid, The Way You Do the Things You Do / My Girl (Live Medley, with 
David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks), Missed Opportunity, How Does It Feel To Be 
Back, Possession Obsession, Downtown Life, Your Imagination.

8. Which group performed "Pump Up The Volume"?
M/A/R/R/S.

9. What was Madonna's third album was titled?
True Blue.

10. What hit song did Oran "Juice" Jones perform?
The Rain.

11. Who did Phil Collins duet with on "Seperate Lives"?
Marilyn Martin.

12. Who's real name is (roughly) Yorgos Panayiotou?
George Michael.

13. Olivia Newton John performed "Xanadu" with what backing band?
E.L.O.

14. What musical did Murray Head's "One Night In Bangkok" come from?
Chess.

15. What's the best selling 12" dance single of all time?
Blue Monday ? New Order.

16. What was Pet Shop Boys' first hit?
West End Girls.

17. Crowded House was fronted by an ex-member of what band?
Neil Finn was from Split Enz.  Tim joined 'em a bit for the 3rd album.

18. The directors of Duran Duran's "Girls on Film" and "A View To A Kill" 
videos had a hit themselves in 85.  Who are they?
Godley and Creme; the track: "Cry".

19. Which American band had members participate in the mostly UK-led Band 
Aid/"Do They Know It's Christmas" single?
Kool & The Gang.

20. Who wrote "Islands In The Stream" for Kenny & Dolly to sing?
Bee Gees.

21. Name three Prince offshoots.  Please.
At least these: Appolonia, Bobby Z., Carmen Electra, Dez Dickerson, Mayte, 
New Power Generation, Sheila E, The Family, The Time/Morris Day, Vanity, 
Wendy & Lisa

22. Berlin had two hits in the 80s - "Take My Breath Away" and what?
?No More Words?

23. Who performed "Axel F"?
Harold Faltermeyer.

24. How many albums had Janet Jackson released prior to "Control"?
Janet Jackson (1983) and Dream Street (1984).  Both terrible by any stretch 
of the imagination.

25. Name the 5th original member of Depeche Mode who left the band, formed 
Yaz, and then went on form a more-lasting group.
Vince Clarke (who also founded and still plays with Erasure).

26. Who sang the theme to "The Goonies"?
?Goonies ?R? Good Enough? ? Cyndi Lauper.

27. New Order came from the ashes of what band?
Joy Division.

28. What pop song is the lyric "You keep insisting that nobody showed you 
how to use the telephone" from?
Looking For Clues ? Robert Palmer.

29. What was Sting's first solo hit?
If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free.

30. "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice sampled liberally from "Under Pressure" 
by...?
Queen/David Bowie.

31. Who sang on the most #1 songs of the 80s?
Michael Jackson, with 9.  10 if you count "We Are The World".

32. What did Madonna sing at the First MTV Video Music Awards show?
Like A Virgin.

33. Which two artists had Top 10 hits with "Funkytown"?
Lipps Inc. and Pseudo Echo.



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