Saintbletch’s 80s Music Quiz
Our marketing consultants have advised that this should hit the sweet spot for our forum demographic and it was in no way nicked from here…
It’s also a piece of piss, but it might while away the last few moments of formal lock-down until Wednesday morning when we’re all to be locked-out of our houses 24x7 (if I understood government policy correctly).
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How many number one singles did The Smiths have?
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Released in 1983, New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ became the highest-selling 12-inch single of all time. However, the group actually lost money on every pressing of the record - why?
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In 1980, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark released an anti-war song named after the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. What was the name of the song?
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Which singer was killed by his father in 1984?
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Which band released the albums ‘Songs from the Big Chair’ and ‘The Hurting’?
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Which singer said, “If Morrissey says not to eat meat, then I’m going to eat meat; that’s how much I hate Morrissey."
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What year was Live Aid held?
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What was the name of Duran Duran’s James Bond theme, released in 1985?
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What was the best-selling single of the decade in the UK?
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Which German band had a UK number one single in 1982 with ‘Computer Love’?
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“I’m never gonna dance again/Guilty feet have got no rhythm” is a lyric from which 1980s hit?
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‘Tainted Love’ was a hit for Soft Cell in 1981 - but who recorded the original?
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Which U2 album, released in 1987, became the fastest-selling album in British history at the time?
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What is Bono’s real name?
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What was the name of the supergroup formed by Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty in 1988?
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What was the name of the first AC/DC album released after the death of singer Bon Scott?
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Which 80s band began life as Joy Division, changing its name after the death of singer Ian Curtis?
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Which singer was killed by a fan in New York on December 8?
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Which song gave Madonna her first UK number one?
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George Michael began his solo career with the single ‘I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)’, a duet with which singer?
Answers…
- Zero
- Because the sleeve cost so much to produce
- Enola Gay
- Marvin Gaye
- Tears for Fears
- Robert Smith
- 1985
- A View to Kill
- Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Band Aid
- Kraftwerk
- Careless Whisper - George Michael
- Gloria Jones
- The Joshua Tree
- Paul David Hewson
- Traveling Wilburys
- Back in Black
- New Order
- John Lennon
- Into the Groove
- Aretha Franklin