1980s Music Trivia #2

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Question	Answer
What was Jenny's phone number?	867-5309
What was the best-selling album of the decade?	Thriller
What singer recorded "White Wedding"?	Billy Idol
Whose girl did Rick Springfield wish he had?	Jessie's
Who replaced David Lee Roth as the lead singer of Van Halen?	Sammy Hagar
Who bit the head off a bat?	Ozzy Osbourne
What AC/DC lead singer died of alcohol poisoning?	Bon Scott
What Bruce Springsteen song about a Vietnam vet is often mistaken for a patriotic anthem?	Born in the U.S.A.
What new wave band did Debbie Harry sing for?	Blondie
Who was shot by Mark David Chapman?	John Lennon
What Huey Lewis & The News song played at the beginning of "Back to the Future"?	The Power of Love
For what song did Olivia Newton-John film an exercise-themed video?	Physical
Who did Diana Ross sing a duet with in the song "Endless Love"?	Lionel Richie
What movie featured the song "Take My Breath Away"?	Top Gun
What group recorded "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"?	Wang Chung
Whose band was called "The Blackhearts"?	Joan Jett's
To what country did Paul Simon travel to record his album "Graceland"?	South Africa
What hip hop group covered the Aerosmith song "Walk This Way"?	Run–D.M.C.
What rap group urged listeners to "Fight the Power"?	Public Enemy
What song was parodied by "Like a Surgeon"?	Like a Virgin

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30 Comments

Level 81

Feb 6, 2015

Bon Scott was the lead singer of AC/DC, not the drummer.

Level 84

Feb 6, 2015

I caught that too. I guessed Scott just because I couldn't remember any drummer dying, so I just guessed the lead singer.

Level ∞

Feb 6, 2015

Fixed

Level 66

Jul 28, 2015

Also, and I hate to be nitpicky, but he technically died by choking on vomit while passed out, not from alcohol poisoning. Though alcohol was certainly involved.

Level 66

Jul 28, 2015

their drummer spontaneously combusted...

sorry, a little too 80s?

Level 90

Jul 12, 2018

John Bonham died almost exactly the same way, but he would have only worked if the clue said Led Zeppelin.

Level 91

Mar 26, 2015

Took me a while to figure out that I'd left the L out of the answer to "Fight the Power". It would have been a very different group if that had been their name.

Level 78

Jul 28, 2015

That group was called 2 Live Crew.

Level 73

Jul 28, 2015

This quiz shows that I am a certified victim of the 80s. So many better things that could be stored in head in the place of 80s media and sports trivia.

Level 51

Aug 1, 2015

Blondie New Wave? I thought they were punk and 70s.

Level 30

Aug 2, 2015

It definitely was the late 70's. "Heart of Glass" was #1 in 1979 I believe. "One Way or Another" was also recorded in 1979.

Level 86

Apr 30, 2017

Blondie is barely punk. New wave maybe, but I really think it's pop. They were active from 75 to 82, and their other hit "Call me" is from 1980.

Level 67

Jul 12, 2018

Blondie was definitely considered punk at the time. First, they came up at CBGB's, which is regarded as the birth place of American punk. Second, back then, punk was more of an aesthetic than a sound. It was artsy and counter-cultural, which Blondie definitely was. The Police are often considered punk (at least, at the beginning) for the same reason. I know some pretty hardcore Blondie fans, and they all consider Blondie a punk band.

Level 74

Jul 13, 2018

Blondie is many things, including punk. They always took their music to other borders and ventured into multiple genres, especially in this decade and the last. But they were definitely punk in the early days and always considered New Wave

Level 66

Jul 12, 2018

Punk? Sssh.

Level 59

Jul 12, 2018

Yea blondie was punk, though with a mix of new wave.

Level 58

Feb 27, 2017

Dang. For some reason I was thinking Thriller was late 70s. Should have known better.

Level 43

Nov 23, 2017

the ozzy bat story is an urban legend, not actually true.

Level 89

Jul 12, 2018

According to Snopes, it is true:

"In 1982 Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a real bat. Not that he meant to — a fan tossed him something he believed was a rubber toy. Osbourne didn’t fare too well in that encounter with the animal kingdom and had to endure a rather painful series of rabies shots. "

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