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Test your '80s knowledge with these totally rad trivia questions! (To view the answers, hover your mouse over the answer key.) |
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1) What group turned down the song "Mirror Mirror" which was then offered to Diana Ross and became a Top Ten hit? 2) Who plays drums on Frida's "I Know There's Something Going On"? Answer: Phil Collins who also produced the album Something's Going On 3) What are the names of Vinton's children on Mama's Family? 4) Who suggested that Leslie Wonderman use the stage name Taylor Dayne? 5) What is the name of the song playing at the end of About Last Night...? Answer: "If Anybody Had a Heart" by John Waite 6) What artist was originally offered the opportunity to write and perform the title track to the movie American Gigolo? 7) Who were the two female singers in Animotion? Answer: Astrid Plane and Cynthia Rhodes 8) What was the rumor in the early eighties regarding original MTV veejay Martha Quinn? Answer: That she was the girl in the J. Geil Bands video "Centerfold" which was in fact not true. 9) In the movie Adventures in Babysitting what did Mike's license plate have written on it? 10) What artist used an anagram of his last name and sang the theme song to a very '80s fantasy movie? 11) Which member of the group the Boys Club who had a hit with the song "I Remember Holding You" had previously been in another '80s group credited under another name? 12) What is the song "True" recorded by Spandau Ballet about? Answer: Marvin Gaye and the Motown sound he helped to create 13) In the movie Hello Again Lucy Chadwick is given another chance to have her life back. What does she have to do? Answer: Find true love before the next full moon. 14) On Perfect Strangers what was the name of Larry and Balki's boss when they worked at the Ritz Discount Shop? 15) What was Evelyn "Champagne" King's nickname prior to changing it to "Champagne"? 16) Bananarama's video for "Cruel Summer" is a parody of what television show? 17) In 1988 the group Climie Fisher had a hit with the song "Love Changes Everything." One of the members was from another popular eighties group. Who was he and what was the name of his group? 18) Teena Marie, born Mary Christine Brockert has been referred to by what names? 19) The actress Michelle Thomas (who passed away in 1998 from a rare form of stomach cancer) starred as Justine on the Cosby Show and was the daughter of one of the original founding members of what R&B group? Answer: Dennis Thomas of Kool & the Gang 20) What character did Stacey Q. play on the Facts of Life? |