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Obscure 80's Music Trivia!

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Obscure 80s Music Trivia game quiz
"How well do you remember the 80's? Take this quiz and find out how much of an impact the music scene and MTV had on you and your memory!"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. What band had hits with "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" and "Love Plus One"?
    Haircut 100
    Spandau Ballet
    Culture Club
    Squeeze


2. What was the name of the alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary?
    Oingo Boingo
    Squeeze
    The Butthole Surfers
    Devo


3. Name this British solo artist who got his "big break" while touring as a drummer for the band, FBI.
    George Michael
    Rick Astley
    Marshall Crenshaw
    Julian Lennon


4. What LA-based glam metal band was managed by Marshall Berle, nephew to comedian Milton Berle?
    Motley Crue
    Ratt
    LA Guns
    Poison


5. What English duo originally planned to call themselves West End until friends of theirs gave them the name they ended up hitting the charts with?
    The Thompson Twins
    Wham!
    The Pet Shop Boys
    Eurythmics


6. Who is Stuart Leslie Goddard?
    Stuart Copeland
    Sting
    The Edge
    Adam Ant


7. Manager Malcolm McLaren encouraged members of "the Ants", from Adam and the Ants, to break away and form their own band, which would allow Adam Ant to focus on a solo career. What was the name of the band that was formed by the former Ants?
    Bow Wow Wow
    Oingo Boingo
    Human League
    Devo


8. Remember the days of MTV actually showing videos all day and night? Which of the original five MTV VeeJay's was a radio disc jockey at rock station WBCN in Boston before moving west and eventually making a splash as a video jock?
    Nina Blackwood
    Martha Quinn
    J.J. Jackson
    Mark Goodman


9. Which MTV VeeJay appears in David Bowie's video for the song "Fashion"?
    Martha Quinn
    Adam Curry
    China Kantner
    Alan Hunter


10. "Life is just a fantasy, Can you live this fantasy life?" Name the artist who sang these lyrics.
    Def Lepard
    Aldo Nova
    The Fixx
    Cutting Crew


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