80s Music Trivia Quiz # 31
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Rock of Ages; 1980s Music - Way before Van Halen peaked with "1984", they considered which of the following names for the band before settling with VH?
The correct answer is 'Rat Salade'
Thank goodness they didn't. They once called themselves "Mammoth" before they learned another band claimed ownership of that name.
80s Music Question 2
80s Music Trivia - Which 80's band's members were named Simon, Nick, John, Andy and Roger?
The correct answer is 'Duran Duran'
Of course, everybody knows they got their name from the movie 'Barbarella'.
80s Music Question 3
Musician Did You Know ? - What was the name of the group that Brian Setzer fronted in the 1980s ?
The correct answer is 'The Stray Cats'
Brian Setzer's group The Stray Cats had several rockabilly twinged hits in the 1980's including 'Stray Cat Strut,' and 'Rock This Town.'
80s Music Question 4
80s One Hit Wonders in the USA II - 'Live Is Life'
The correct answer is 'Opus'
Opus
80s Music Question 5
1980s Band, Dokken - On which movie's soundtrack would you find the song 'Dream Warriors'?
The correct answer is 'Nightmare on Elm Street 3'
The video for the song features scenes from the movie.
80s Music Question 6
Guess the 1980s artist - "I love you from the bottom, of my pencil case" was a strange lyric, but who sang it in 1989?
The correct answer is 'Beautiful South'
It was "Song for Whoever" by the Beautiful South. Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway from the Beatuful South were previously in the Housemartins, who sang "Caravan of Love"
80s Music Question 7
Obscure 1980s Music 2 - Which song is the lowest-charting single on the Billboard charts for INXS in the United States in the 1980s?
The correct answer is 'Don't Change'
The follow-up to the number 30 hit "The One Thing", "Don't Change" proved to be the lowest-charting US single for the band in the 1980s, reaching number 83 on the Billboard charts.
80s Music Question 8
1980s mega music mix - In 1987, Salt n' Pepa sang ___________.
The correct answer is 'Push It'
This song reached #2 in the UK but only number #19 in the US.
80s Music Question 9
Match the Lyric to the Artist - 80s - I've been running hot,You got me ticking gonna blow my top.
The correct answer is 'Rolling Stones'
from 'Start Me Up'
80s Music Question 10
Obscure 1980s Music 2 - What Australian band's lead singer barely lost a senatorial race in that country?
The correct answer is 'Midnight Oil'
Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil narrowly lost his bid for a senatorial seat in Australia in 1984. Midnight Oil went on to score two hit albums in the late 1980s in the United States.