The 1980s Quiz – Can You Pass The Eighties Test? Find Out Now It’s Free
Get ready for a blast from the past with the 1980s Quiz, also known as The Eighties Test. It’s a fun-filled journey through the music, movies, television, and world events of the eighties. Do you know who had a hit with “Don’t Stand so Close to Me” or “Super Trooper”? The Liverpool band Frankie Goes to Hollywood had several number-1 hit records. The video for Two Tribes Goes to War was a great parody of the American and Russian leaders. Their other hit, Relax, went straight to number 1. Even after all these years, I still have a copy of their album in my record collection.
When two tribes go to war
Two Tribes
A point is all that you can score
Eighties Test Info
Fashion
The fashion industry gave teenagers Rhino canvas jeans, legwarmers, grandad shirts, and white socks. I admit to being a fashion victim of this decade. I still think grandad shirts look really smart. Although they don’t appear in the 1980s Quiz, I mention them to set the scene.
Culture
It was the decade of Margaret Thatcher and Yuppies. Bob Geldof and Midge Ure gave us Band Aid which raised awareness of the starving millions in the Third World countries. It was the first time since Woodstock that so many bands came together in one place. It raised millions of pounds for the starving millions. That definitely deserves a mention in The 1980s Quiz.
Television
The Black Adder and “Only When I Laugh” were massive during this decade. As was the children’s news programme Newsround. On a Saturday morning, kids gathered around the TV to watch either Swap Shop or Tiswas. Both of them disappeared from our screens by the middle of the eighties. For those reasons, they aren’t in The Eighties Quiz.
Eighties Test Information
My favourite Eighties Comedy was The Young Ones. It was a refreshing change from the old fuddy-duddy style of squeaky-clean humour favoured by the old folks. The show was anarchic, loud and absolutely brilliant. Set in a shared student house, it featured young comedians and a different band performing one of their new songs every week. If songs are your thing, you will love the 1980s Pop Quiz.
A popular Saturday night TV programme gave us Boss Hogg and Daisy Duke. It also featured a very fast red and white American car. Can you remember what it was called?
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1980s Quiz
Can You Pass The Eighties Test? Questions on music, movies, television and famous events.