Themed Quiz 6 – 80’s Music – FreeQuiz400
Eighties Music
1 Who had an eighties top ten hit with Puss 'n' Boots -- Adam Ant
2 Which song from the film Arthur won the Oscar for best song in 1981 -- Best That You Can Do
3 What was the name of Patsy Kensit's group with which they had a top ten hit in 1988 -- Eighth Wonder (I'm not Scared)
4 Which band was Eddi Reader with in the late eighties -- Fairground Attraction
5 Which eighties band recorded a song about Doctor Who actor Tom Baker -- Human League
6 Who had an eighties top ten hit with Happy Birthday -- Altered Images
7 Which arty eighties band used to be called 1919 -- Bauhaus
8 Who had an eighties top ten hit with Layla -- Derek and the Dominoes
9 Shostakovitch’s Prelude Number 15 was used as the theme for which eighties TV sitcom that starred Peter Egan and Richard Briers -- Ever Decreasing Circles
10 Who was the lead singer with the eighties Scottish band Hipsway -- Grahame Skinner
11 Heartsong by Gordon Giltrap was used as the theme for which TV series in the eighties -- Holiday
12 What song did Smokey Robinson release in the eighties to celebrate his silver anniversary in show business and it became a UK number one -- Being With You
13 Which American group taped the first 3-D rock video in 1983 -- Aerosmith
14 Which American musical first produced for Broadway in 1980 by David Merrick, tells the story of famed director Julian Marsh's attempt to stage a successful musical in the height of the Great Depression -- 42nd Street
15 Anne Dudley was a keyboards player with which eighties band -- Art of Noise
16 Who won the Eurovision song contest in 1988 with Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi -- Céline Dion (Switzerland)
17 Which eighties number one was about the love between a teacher and pupil -- Don't Stand So Close to Me
18 In which 1986 musical would we find the characters Crepes Suzette and Vendice Partners -- Absolute Beginners
19 Who launched the Really Useful Company in 1986 -- Andrew Lloyd Webber
20 Who had an eighties top ten hit with Rabbit -- Chas & Dave