1. Name the the artist of these ‘80s songs:

a) The Rain

b) Somebody's Watching Me

c) I Know What Boys Like

d) Big In Japan

e) Run, Runaway

f) Nobody

g) Captain Of Her Heart

h) I Wanna Be A Cowboy

i) Puttin' On The Ritz

j) Object Of My Desire

k) I Can Dream About You

l) Call To The Heart

m) 867-5309 (Jenny)

n) Der Kommissar

o) We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off

p) Where Are You Now?

2. Name five songs of the ‘80s with parenthetical titles, as in 867-5309 (Jenny) above, and the artist for each.

3. Vocabulary - For each of the following words, name the artist(s) and song(s) from the eighties in which it appears:

a) Moot

b) Alabaster

c) Captain Kirk

d) Kilroy

e) Kosher

f) Eclectic

g) Scylla

h) Vegemite

i) Gary Cooper

j) Nabakov  

4. Name the 7 hits from Michael Jackson's Thriller.

5. Name the 5 hits from Huey Lewis and the News' Sports.

6. Name the the artist of these ‘80s songs:

a) Love Plus One

b) Brand New Lover

c) Whirly Girl

d) 19

e) Video Killed The Radio Star

f) At This Moment

g) Our House

h) The Belle Of St. Mark

i) Mexican Radio

j) Tenderness

k) Voices Carry

l) Obsession

m) Let The Music Play

n) Don’t Pay The Ferryman

o) Lawyers In Love

p) Shattered Dreams

7. One hit wonders - Name the one hit (at least in the US) of the following artists:

a) Sly Fox

b) Timbuk3

c) Opus

d) JoBoxers

e) Soft Cell

f) Matthew Wilder

g) Baltimora

h) Romeo Void

i) Timex Social Club

j) Diesel

8. Lyrically, what is the difference between the original version of The Police’s “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” and “Don’t Stand So Close To Me ‘86?”

9. In Glass Tiger's 1986 hit “Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone,” what famous Canadian singer sings backup?

10. Who played the guitar solo in Michael Jackson’s “Beat It?”

11. What famous actor/comedian appeared in the video for Bobby McFerrin's 1988 hit “Don't Worry Be Happy?”

12. Who was the lead singer of Genesis before Phil Collins?

13. Janet Jackson is a former cast member of what three TV shows?

14. Who originally wrote and performed UB40's hit “Red Red Wine?”

15. Who were they then? - What are the real names of these artists:

a) Sting’s real name? (Bonus: What is the origin of “Sting?”)

b) Bono (Bonus: What is the origin of “Bono?”)

c) Chaka Kahn

d) Sheena Easton  

16. Name one of the two Eddie Murphy (musical) hits of the ‘80s.

17. Name the actress who sang backup on the 1985 Clarence Clemmons/Jackson Browne hit “You're A Friend of Mine.”

18. Name two Billy Joel videos that Christie Brinkley appeared in.

19. What group had an arcade game and an Atari 2600 game based on them in the early ‘80s. What was the name of the game?  

20. What does LL Cool J stand for?

21. Name the ‘80s group named after the inventor of the radio.

22. Name the three charitable musical collaborations and their hit songs from the '80s. Name three musicians or groups who contributed to each.

23. Identify the artist and song for these lyrics:

a) They say I better get a chaperone because I can't stop messin' with the danger zone

b) We don't have the time for psychological romance

c) Somewhere between the soul and soft machine is where I find myself again

d) I took a page out of my rule book for you

e) I wanna take you to my cage, lock you up and hide the key

f) Every day is Christmas, and every night is a New Year's Eve

g) The evening had turned to rain, watch the water roll down the drain

h) Red roses, temptation, you make the most of an iffy situation

i) She got me rappin' to the beat then I knew that she was hot

j) A little flesh, a little history

k) You're about as easy as a nuclear war

l) They gave you life and in return you gave them hell

m) I am the maker of rules, dealing with fools

n) Tonight I need your sweet caress

o) I said to my reflection ‘Let's get out of this place’

p) I'll be stretching my mouth to let those big words come right out
q) And incidents arose from circumstance

r) I know a good thing must come to an end but it's hard to take losing a friend

s) Well Superman looked up at me, he said ‘You rock so naturally’

t) I turn the switch and check the number, I leave it on when in bed I slumber

24. Name three hits by Weird Al Yankovic during the eighties.

25. Who was the only artist to perform for Band Aid and Band Aid II? 

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