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80s Music Trivia Questions: Printable Round

Hosting a trivia night at a bar, at school or at home? Print this round of 10 questions for your quizmaster, with an answer key on its own page. Read the choices aloud for an easier round, or hide them for a tougher one. Prefer to play? Take the quiz online.

Questions

  1. Which singer broke through with the 1983 single "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"?

    1. Debbie Gibson
    2. Cyndi Lauper
    3. Madonna
    4. Pat Benatar

  2. Which New Jersey band released the 1986 album Slippery When Wet?

    1. Bon Jovi
    2. Mötley Crüe
    3. Poison
    4. Def Leppard

  3. Which 1985 charity single was recorded by a supergroup called USA for Africa?

    1. Hands Across America
    2. That's What Friends Are For
    3. Do They Know It's Christmas?
    4. We Are the World

  4. Which band's 1982 hit "Eye of the Tiger" was the theme song for Rocky III?

    1. REO Speedwagon
    2. Survivor
    3. Foreigner
    4. Journey

  5. Prince starred in a 1984 film that shares its name with which of his albums?

    1. Sign o' the Times
    2. Controversy
    3. Purple Rain
    4. 1999

  6. The 1985 Live Aid concerts were held in London and which American city?

    1. Philadelphia
    2. New York City
    3. Chicago
    4. Los Angeles

  7. The synth-pop trio a-ha, famous for "Take On Me," came from which country?

    1. Denmark
    2. The Netherlands
    3. Norway
    4. Sweden

  8. Which Scottish band hit No. 1 in the US with "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from The Breakfast Club?

    1. Big Country
    2. Tears for Fears
    3. Simple Minds
    4. Duran Duran

  9. Whitney Houston set a 1980s record by scoring how many consecutive No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100?

    1. Five
    2. Seven
    3. Ten
    4. Four

  10. Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen kept playing with the band after losing what in a 1984 car crash?

    1. His left arm
    2. His hearing
    3. His sight in one eye
    4. His right leg

Answer key

  1. Cyndi Lauper (B)

    The song was written by Robert Hazard, who recorded a demo in 1979 before Lauper reworked it.

  2. Bon Jovi (A)

    The album spent weeks at No. 1 and produced the hits "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer."

  3. We Are the World (D)

    Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie wrote it, and dozens of stars recorded it in one night after the American Music Awards.

  4. Survivor (B)

    Sylvester Stallone asked the band for the song after he couldn't get the rights to Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust."

  5. Purple Rain (C)

    The soundtrack won Prince an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score.

  6. Philadelphia (A)

    Both shows ran on July 13, 1985, with the US half staged at JFK Stadium.

  7. Norway (C)

    The song's pencil-sketch music video mixed live action with hand-drawn animation, a technique called rotoscoping.

  8. Simple Minds (C)

    The band didn't write it: producer Keith Forsey co-wrote the song for the 1985 John Hughes film.

  9. Seven (B)

    The streak ran from 1985 to 1988 and beat the previous mark of six held by the Beatles and the Bee Gees.

  10. His left arm (A)

    He returned using a custom electronic kit with foot pedals that trigger the sounds his left hand once played.

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