points after each player runs through 20 questions wins.
The “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” version. Is there one know-it-all in the group that seems to know everything about ‘80s music? Pit that person against the whole group. Give him or her handicap if you’re feeling generous.
The “Say You, Say Me” version. The game show version. Designate one person as the reader and writer to act as the host. Divide everyone else into two teams. The host asks team 1 the first question. If they get it right, they get the points. If they get it wrong, then team 2 gets to answer—if they get it right, they get the points. If they get it wrong, then team 2 gets to answer—if they get it right, they get double the points. Go back and forth from one team to the next with each question. After five pages (50 questions), the team with the most points wins.
The “Songbird” version. When the answer to the question is a song title, the team answering gets an extra point if they sing at least two lines of the song.
The “Don’t Worry Be Happy” version. No points. Go around the room asking questions. If a person answers wrong, so be it. This can also be incorporated into the “Party All the Time” version, otherwise known as a drinking game (ages 21 and up). If the person gets a question wrong, they take a sip/swig/shot.
Enjoy!
QUIZ 1
QUIZ 1 – QUESTION SET 1
1. Whose 1984 greatest hits album, aptly titled Chartbusters, includes the songs “The Other Woman” and “Jamie”? (1)
2. Who wore a “Choose Life” T–shirt in the Wham! video for “Wake Me Up Before You Go–Go”? (1)
a) George Michael
b) Andrew Ridgeley
c) both George and Andrew
d) Charlotte Rae
3. What popular ‘80s R&B/rap song contains the following words: crocodile feet, gigolo, padded bras, sucking, beer, straws? (2)
4. Put these Bon Jovi albums in chronological order, from earliest to most recent release: (2)
a) 7800° Fahrenheit
b) Slippery When Wet
c) New Jersey
5. What film soundtrack includes the songs “Sex Farm,” “Big Bottom,” and “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight”? (3)
6. What starts with a Q, ends with a T, and commanded you to “Bang Your Head” in 1984? (3)
7. What band took its name from a magazine headline about Frank Sinatra’s career? (4)
8. J. Mascis is the lead guitarist and singer of what band? (4)
9. What band was named Sex Gang Children before drummer Jon Moss and guitarist Roy Hay joined? (5)
10. Who recorded the novelty carol “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer”? (5)
QUIZ 1 – ANSWER SET 1
1. Ray Parker Jr.
2. c) both George and Andrew
3. “Buffalo Stance” by Neneh Cherry
4. a, b, c
5. the This Is Spinal Tap soundtrack
6. Quiet Riot
7. Frankie Goes to Hollywood
8. Dinosaur Jr.
9. Culture Club
10. Elmo & Patsy
QUIZ 1 – QUESTION SET 2
11. What singer said about her main squeeze, “I can never speak for Sean. He will always deal with the press in his own way”? (1)
12. What Australian band sings about a “vegemite sandwich” on one of their two #1 singles? (1)
13. Name three of the six hits from the Footloose soundtrack. (2)
14. Which song is longer—“We Are the World” by USA for Africa or “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid? (2)
15. What popular ‘80s song contains the following words: part time, five-and-dime, Mr. McGee, leisurely, second hand store? (3)
16. “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor was first featured in which movie? (3)
a) Rocky II
b) Rocky III
c) Rocky IV
d) Gandhi
17. What plump folk rocker sang backup on Phil Collins’s “Another Day in Paradise”? (4)
18. Name the two Duran Duran hits that start with the letter N. (4)
19. What was Rebbie Jackson’s only hit, penned by her brother Michael? (5)
20. What heartthrob covered Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling In Love” in 1987? (5)
QUIZ 1 – ANSWER SET 2
11. Madonna
12. Men At Work
13. “Footloose,” “Holding Out For a Hero,” “Let’s Hear It For the Boy,” “Dancing In the Sheets,” “Almost Paradise (Love Theme From Footloose),” “I’m Free (Heaven Helps the Man)”
14. “We Are the World” by USA for Africa. (“World” is 6 minutes and 22 seconds; “Christmas” is 3 minutes and 50 seconds.)
15. “Raspberry Beret” by Prince
16. b) Rocky III
17. David Crosby
18. “Notorious,” “New Moon on Monday”
19. “Centipede”
20. Corey Hart
QUIZ 1 – QUESTION SET 3
21. “People Are People,” “Blasphemous Rumors,” and “Personal Jesus” are memorable singles from what group? (1)
22. What Men Without Hats song inspired fans to form an “S” with their arms? (1)
23. What popular ‘80s rap song contains the following words: Gallery Mall, Zips, butterfly collar, Porsche, Brady Bunch trousers? (2)
24.
