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New Wave for Life Trivia Quiz

Just can't get enough of that New Wave! Do you share my love of this genre? Take this test and find out!

A multiple-choice quiz by MajorKong. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
MajorKong

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
116,689

Updated
Feb 22 22

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
1976

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Question 1 of 15

1. Okay, an easy one. A Flock of Seagulls had a hit with "I Ran", off of their first album of the same name. The next year, the band had another hit off of their sophmore effort, called "Listen". What was this hit? Hint

Space Age Love Song

Telecommunication

Modern Love is Automatic

Wishing (I Had a Photograph of You)

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Question 2 of 15

2. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) had a UK Top 10 hit with what song based on a WWII bomber plane? Hint

Honey Bee

Memphis Belle

Enola Gay

Talula Jones

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Question 3 of 15

3. What is NOT a song by Adam Ant? Hint

Bondage XXX

Beat My Guest

Antmusic

Juanito the Bandito

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Question 4 of 15

4. Hmm. I can't tell if I'm a big cheeseball for liking this band. All I know is that they came up with such wonderful hits like "I Got You" and "Six Months in a Leaky Boat." Who are they? Hint

Split Enz

Crowded House

The Clean

Spandau Ballet

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Question 5 of 15

5. Okay, here's a little tidbit to date me. On occasion, I used to go to a little club called the Pyramid on Thursday nights for their "Goth 80's" night. Instead of old standbys like "Temple of Love" by Sisters of Mercy, they used to play "Sex Dwarf." Who sang it? Hint

Devo

General Public

Soft Cell

The Plimsouls

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Question 6 of 15

6. What is NOT a song by The Jam? Hint

All Around the World

Top of the World

Modern World

News of the World

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Question 7 of 15

7. Cyndi Lauper was born in what New York City borough? Hint

The Bronx

Brooklyn

Queens

Manhattan

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Question 8 of 15

8. What band did pretty boy Nick Heyward head? Hint

Haircut 100

Teenage Fanclub

Aztec Camera

ABC

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Question 9 of 15

9. Okay, some may contend that Cheap Trick is not a New Wave band but is more like Arena Rock or Album Rock, but who is splitting hairs? I mean come on! Cheap Trick is a great band! What is the name of their very famous live album? Hint

Live at Kyoto

Live at Budokan

Live at Buddokhan

Live at Kansai

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Question 10 of 15

10. Before Edwyn Collins went solo he was the lead singer of what band? Hint

The Teardrop Explodes

The Go-Betweens

Orange Juice

Denim

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Question 11 of 15

11. Echo and the Bunnymen are from what UK city? Hint

Birmingham

Liverpool

London

Cardiff

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Question 12 of 15

12. Love and Rockets is an offshoot of what influential goth-rock band? Hint

Bauhaus

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Danse Society

Sisters of Mercy

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Question 13 of 15

13. Okay, now on to one of my dirty secret/favorite bands of the 80's, Ultravox. Which song is not on their 1980 album, "Vienna"? Hint

Vienna

Dancing With Tears in My Eyes

Sleepwalk

All Stood Still

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who was the lead singer of ABC? Hint

Martin Fry

Stephen Singleton

Mark White

Mark Lickley

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Question 15 of 15

15. What band had the smash hit "Relax" in 1984? Hint

Tears for Fears

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Right Said Fred

Berlin

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Wishing (I Had a Photograph of You)

Interestingly, "I Ran" made it into the Top 10 in America but not in the U.K., whereas "Wishing (I Had a Photograph of You) made it into the British Top 10 but not the American.

2. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) had a UK Top 10 hit with what song based on a WWII bomber plane?

Answer: Enola Gay

Ah yes. The Beatles were not the only band from Liverpool. In fact, Liverpool has a long history of synth outfits, Ladytron being one of the most recent examples of this.

3. What is NOT a song by Adam Ant?

Answer: Bondage XXX

"Well I'm black and blue, Baby I love you." Epic Records realeased Adam Ant's first album, "Dirk Wears White Socks", in 1979.

4. Hmm. I can't tell if I'm a big cheeseball for liking this band. All I know is that they came up with such wonderful hits like "I Got You" and "Six Months in a Leaky Boat." Who are they?

Answer: Split Enz

The land of LOTR does it again! New Zealand has produced many fine bands over the years that often do not get as much credit as their UK or even their Australian counterparts. Some of these bands include The Clean, The Chills, and the Bats.

Answer: Soft Cell

"...luring disco dollies.. to a life of vice." Who knew? Soft Cell of course had a huge hit with "Tainted Love", which was considerably more toned down than "Sex Dwarf."

6. What is NOT a song by The Jam?

Answer: Top of the World

"Top of the World", of course. Sheez. Gotta give props to the Carpenters. Even though the Jam was very much influenced by American R&B and Rock, they never had a top 40 hit in America.

7. Cyndi Lauper was born in what New York City borough?

Answer: Queens

Ozone Park, Queens, to be exact. I drove by her house once. It wasn't too exciting, quite frankly.

8. What band did pretty boy Nick Heyward head?

Answer: Haircut 100

"la la la la la Love Plus One" Haircut 100's first single, "Favourite Shirts" (Boy Meets Girl), was released in 1981 and reached number 4 on the British charts.

Answer: Live at Budokan

Cheap Trick originally formed in Rockford, Illinois, US in 1975. The rest is history.

10. Before Edwyn Collins went solo he was the lead singer of what band?

Answer: Orange Juice

Edwyn Collins had a international hit as a solo artist in 1994 with the song "A Girl Like You."

11. Echo and the Bunnymen are from what UK city?

Answer: Liverpool

Again Liverpool! To be exact, it was in 1978 that the band formed.

12. Love and Rockets is an offshoot of what influential goth-rock band?

Answer: Bauhaus

It's six degrees of Peter Murphy. Love and Rockets had a Top 10 single with "So Alive" in 1989.

13. Okay, now on to one of my dirty secret/favorite bands of the 80's, Ultravox. Which song is not on their 1980 album, "Vienna"?

Answer: Dancing With Tears in My Eyes

Another good Ultravox song was "Reap the Wild Wind."

14. Who was the lead singer of ABC?

Answer: Martin Fry

ABC had such hits as "Poison Arrow" and the "Look of Love."

15. What band had the smash hit "Relax" in 1984?

Answer: Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Personally, I think Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax" was one of the most overplayed songs of 1984. No?

Source: Author MajorKong

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