How Well Do You Know Your 80’s Pop Music? Take Our Quiz to Find Out!
If you spent your teenage years sporting parachute pants and flipped-up collars, then chances are you may be familiar with some (or all) of the music featured here in our 15-question pop music trivia quiz. While we certainly can’t cover a whole decade in one sitting, you’ll find yourself transported back to a time when Prince and Madonna became household names. So, straighten out those shoulder pads, grab your Walkman, and let’s take a trip down memory lane…
1. Glenn Frey’s 1985 hit “The Heat is On” appeared in which movie?
2. Which of the following songs was NOT on Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album?
3. What 1987 hit was Whitney Houston's first U.S. platinum selling single?
4. Who sang the title track of the 1989 James Bond film "Licence to Kill"?
5. Which 1981 Duran Duran music video was banned by the BBC?
6. Which singer from New York City had a hit song in 1983-84 with "Break My Stride"?
7. Which of the following was pop icon Madonna’s first number one hit?
8. Who did Bruce Springsteen invite onto the stage to dance with him in the music video for 1984's “Dancing in the Dark”?
9. “The Power of Love”, a song which gave Huey Lewis and the News their first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number one single, was the theme song to which 1985 movie?
10. Which of the following songs was NOT on Prince’s "1999" album?
11. What was the title of the debut album of the all-female band The Go-Go's?
12. Which of the following artists did NOT win a Grammy for Best New Artist?
13. Which 1980s song features the lyrics "Sleight of hand and twist of fate, On a bed of nails, she makes me wait"?
14. Released in 1983, the debut album of the pop duo Wham! was titled what?
15. Who was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the 1980's?
