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80s Music Videos

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80s Music  Videos game quiz
"I'll give you clues about the video, you name the video or artist. Most are from MTV in the 80s."

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1. A motorcyle crashing through a stained glass window - a ring being pushed forcefully onto a woman's finger - sneering, leather-clad singer has white, spiked hair. What's the video?
    Answer: (two words)


2. Guitar player crashing through the ceiling, landing on the table of a formal dinner - cameo by Milton Berle! Rodents emerging from under an entree dish cover. What's the video?
    Crashing In On You
    Just For You
    Back For More
    Round and Round


3. Probably the first video by Robert Palmer that was played on MTV, fronting a 5 piece band of female models pretending they can play their instruments. What's the video?
    Bad Case of Loving You
    Simply Irresistable
    Addicted to Love
    I Didn't Mean to Turn You On


4. One of, if not the first, video aired on MTV by a black artist. What's this video about a paternity suit?
    Little Red Corvette
    Billie Jean
    Beat It
    Human Nature


5. "Live" concert video. At the end, an actress who later stars on the TV show "Friends" gets on stage and dances with the singer. Who's the SINGER?
    Answer: ( 2 words, not his nickname)


6. 'Live' David Bowie video with him wearing yellow. Roses are tossed to him from the audience, he turns and tosses them back to a different fan. BARITONE sax solo (pretty uncommon). Which video?
    China Girl
    Modern Love
    Let's Dance
    Blue Jean


7. Fun video featuring a former pro wrestling manager who wears a rubber band around his goatee, bubbles with faces in them, the singer has carrot-red hair and comes home at dawn after all-night partying. What's the video?
    Answer: (5 words - 3rd word slang)


8. A woman's back painted like a cello - wacky mental hospital residents - the quote, "good heavens Miss Sakamoto, you're beautiful." What's the video?
    Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
    She Blinded Me With Science
    Get Me Out
    Musical People


9. The trilogy of videos by this group always included a hot rod car with a special key chain and a trio of pretty ladies. Who is the group?
    Answer: (two words)


10. A fly with the head of the singer on him - the band playing on a bar of soap - the singer and a woman swapping heads. The song is "You Might Think." What's the GROUP?
    Answer: (2 words)


11. Singer with short, orange hair - other musician 'playing' a typewriter like a piano - a closeup of a cow's eye, very repetitious lyrics. Who's the artist or band?
    Cindy Lauper
    Eurythmics
    Midnight Oil
    Shania Twain


12. Kids playing the band members when they were back in school - instructor dances on the lunch table - contains spoken line, "I don't FEEL tardy." What's the video?
    Problem Child
    School's Out
    Hot for Teacher
    Summer of '69


13. European quartet playing this song live atop a downtown office building - crowds gathering below - cops eventually shutting the band down. Hugely popular Irish group. What's the video?
    Answer: (6 words)


14. Hard rock group with wild makeup - scary-looking long blond haired lead singer - band is beating up on this 'parent,' played by an actor that was also in the movie "Animal House." What's the BAND?
    Motley Crue
    Twisted Sister
    Kiss
    Whitesnake


15. Computer generated, animated retail appliance workers complaining about the easy life of a rock star 'pretty boy' they see in a music video - cameo vocal by member of The Police. What's the video?
    Answer: (3 words)


16. Eggs turning into chickens - dancing vegetables - claymation-style figures - the singer donning a suit of lights and fading into a wall of stars in the dark. Hugely poplular video also won many awards. Huge success for this singer who years earlier performed with the group Genesis. What's the video?
    Answer: (1 word)


17. Supermodel prancing around an automobile service station with greasy mechanics around - she later married this 'Piano Man' in real life. What's the video?
    Answer: (2 words)


18. Black and white checkered decor - singer wearing a big top hat - girl saved from drowning in a cup by doughnut 'life preserver' - based on children's story. What's the name of the SINGER from this Gainesville, Florida band?
    Answer: (2 words)


19. Blonde singer surrounded by tux-clad men, based on an old Marilyn Monroe movie. At the end, she drives off with a guy in an old beat-up pickup truck. What's the video?
    Material Girl
    Like a Virgin
    Borderline
    Vogue


20. Norwegian pop group with this unique video showed a combination of real-life and hand-drawn action: a woman reads a comic book in a cafe, then gets invited into an adventure by the band's hand-drawn lead singer. Who's the group?
    Berlin
    Kajagoogoo
    a-ha
    Abba


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Compiled Feb 23 13