Quiz Round 1: May 8-14

[Adam Went]

Hi everyone!

And the topic for Quiz #1....
Music of the 1980's

The majority of you would remember the music of this decade quite well, so best of luck!!!

1.) When in the 1980's did supergroup ABBA split up? (Double points if you can name the month as well as the year)

2.) Who was the lead singer of Van Halen until 1985?

3.) Which group was a one hit wonder with the song Turning Japanese?
(Double points if you can name the year the song was made)

4.) Who had a hit in 1986 with the sexy song Touch Me ?

5.) Which Australian band had several big hits in the early 80's, with songs like The Boys Light Up and Reckless ?

6.) They just keep on making great songs.....what song did The Rolling Stones have another chart-topper with in 1981?

7.) Name 5 of the singers who participated in 1985's USA for Africa concert?
(Double points if you can name 10)

8.) Madonna's hit, but controversial song Like a Prayer comes from what year?

9.) One of those weird songs which had an even weirder video...
Who did Sledgehammer become a hit song for?
(Double points if you can name the year)

10.) And a nice easy one to finish off...
Before going solo, which band was George Michael the lead singer of?

Apologies to everyone here who had some favourite 80's music which missed out on a question... ;)

Best of luck, and enjoy!!

Cheers,
Adam. :D

[Donald Souden]

Adam,

Come back again with a quiz I might know something about and I'll certainly give it a shot -- but 80s music, no way.

Incidentally, a "wee bairn" you most assuredly are not. :)

Don.

[John Savage]

Hi Adam,

I am afraid my knowledge of pop music is a little vague after Bing Crosby and Vera Lyn, but would the answer to question 10 be, Village People?

Rgds
John

[Adam Went]

Hi guys!

Don:

Hmmm...well what sort of topics would suit your fancy?
Any suggestions are welcome!

And thanks for your comments.... :)

John:

Sorry!
George Michael may be a little weird at times, but a Village People singer he ain't. ;)

Cheers,
Adam.

[Robert Linford]

That one is the only one I know.

PS Adam, I thought "supergroup" meant a group formed from people who had already been in other famous groups - which as far as I know, wasn't the case with ABBA.

Robert

[Chris G.]

WHAM! I have the answer to No. 10! For No. 4, the people who had the hit with "Touch Me" -- could that be a re-release of The Doors hit?

Chris

[Adam Went]

Hi everyone!

Robert:

I'm not really sure, you're probably right!
I just remember hearing the phrase "70's supergroup ABBA" somewhere before, so I thought I'd use that in my question to make it sound good....
Let's just call them a group. ;)

Chris:

Thanks for your answer! Unfortunately I can't tell you whether it's right or wrong until this round is finished, though....you'll just have to sweat on whether 1 answer is enough to get you across the line! :p

Sorry, no go with "Touch Me" being a Doors hit....not this one anyway. That's actually a little scary to think about them in being in THAT video clip....yikes!!!

Anyway, thanks for the participation so far, guys! Keep 'em coming!!

Cheers,
Adam. :D

[Jules Rosenthal]

No4 was out of the Rocky Horror Picture show.

No2 we Eddie Van Halen

No3 was The Vapors

No5 Was Aussie Crawl

No9 Was Peter Gabriel

No10 Was Wham.
Hi everyone!

And the topic for Quiz #1....
Music of the 1980's

The majority of you would remember the music of this decade quite well, so best of luck!!!

1.) When in the 1980's did supergroup ABBA split up? (Double points if you can name the month as well as the year)

2.) Who was the lead singer of Van Halen until 1985?

3.) Which group was a one hit wonder with the song Turning Japanese?
(Double points if you can name the year the song was made)

4.) Who had a hit in 1986 with the sexy song Touch Me ?

5.) Which Australian band had several big hits in the early 80's, with songs like The Boys Light Up and Reckless ?

6.) They just keep on making great songs.....what song did The Rolling Stones have another chart-topper with in 1981?

7.) Name 5 of the singers who participated in 1985's USA for Africa concert?
(Double points if you can name 10)

8.) Madonna's hit, but controversial song Like a Prayer comes from what year?

9.) One of those weird songs which had an even weirder video...
Who did Sledgehammer become a hit song for?
(Double points if you can name the year)

10.) And a nice easy one to finish off...
Before going solo, which band was George Michael the lead singer of?

Apologies to everyone here who had some favourite 80's music which missed out on a question... ;)

Best of luck, and enjoy!!

Cheers,
Adam. :D

[How Brown]

Number 2 was David Lee Roth, not Eddie Van Halen...
Number 6 was Start Me Up

[Adam Went]

Thanks to Jules and How for having a go as well! :clap:

Only 3 days left, people....get those answers in if you want your name first in the weekly quiz hall of fame!

Cheers,
Adam. ;)

[Jules Rosenthal]

No worries mate, that was fun.

When I get around to it I'll knock one up as well.

Cheers
Jules

[Adam Went]

Only 1 day to go until this week's competition is over, people....last chance to get those answers in!!

Just so you know, the topic for the next quiz will be: Famous Deaths & Disappearances. Be prepared. ;)

Jules:

Glad you enjoyed it, and by all means, anyone here who wants to make up their own quiz, go for it! :thumbsupbud:

Cheers,
Adam.

[Jules Rosenthal]

Working on the questions now mate - be prepared lol.

Jules

[Adam Went]

Hi everyone!

This week's competition is now over.

Here are the correct answers....be ready to do the usual thing when you hear the answers: gasp and yell at nobody in particular "Oh, I knew that!!" ;)

1.) When in the 1980's did supergroup ABBA split up?

Answer = ABBA officially announced they were "taking a break" in December 1982. They would never sing together again.

2.) Who was the lead singer of Van Halen until 1985?

Answer = David Lee Roth.

3.) Which group was a one hit wonder with the song Turning Japanese?

Answer = The Vapors (1980)

4.) Who had a hit in 1986 with the sexy song Touch Me ?

Answer = Samantha Fox

5.) Which Australian band had several big hits in the early 80's, with songs like The Boys Light Up and Reckless ?

Answer = Australian Crawl

6.) They just keep on making great songs.....what song did The Rolling Stones have another chart-topper with in 1981?

Answer = Start Me Up

7.) Name 5 of the singers who participated in 1985's USA for Africa concert?

Answer = You could have named plenty of singers. As an example of 5 who participated: Lionel Ritchie, Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Kenny Rogers.

8.) Madonna's hit, but controversial song Like a Prayer comes from what year?

Answer = 1989

9.) One of those weird songs which had an even weirder video...
Who did Sledgehammer become a hit song for?

Answer = Peter Gabriel (1986)

10.) And a nice easy one to finish off...
Before going solo, which band was George Michael the lead singer of?

Answer = Wham!

Having said all of that, it's time to announce this week's winner....well, to a degree.
The winner, who sent their answers in via e-mail, has requested to remain anonymous, so congratulations to you - you know who are you - and a big thank you to everyone on here who participated! Much appreciated, and I hope you all enjoyed it! :thumbsupbud:

So, it's on to the next round! I'm just about to post up the new questions now. I don't know what Jules thinks he's doing (and I doubt he does himself....) but we might end up with a couple of rounds of trivia near each other....either way, enjoy, and best of luck!

Cheers,
Adam. :clap:

[Adam Went]

On second thoughts, it might actually be a good idea to find out what Boofhead's doing his quiz on before I start round 2....we don't want to end up with 2 quizzes on the same topic, do we? :offinhead:
Sorry everyone! Round 2 will definitely begin tomorrow.

Cheers,
Adam. :thumbsupbud:

[Jules Rosenthal]

G'day Wenty,

Sorry about not getting back to you earlier about this.

I was going to something about fishing in the 1880s, but as you know I've got my teeth stuck into another project so I'll leave the trivia up to you.

Cheers mate
Jules