The 1980s Quiz – Can You Pass The Eighties Test?
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-one hit records. The video for “Two Tribes Goes to War” was a great parody of 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
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 mid-1980s. For those reasons, they aren’t in The Eighties Quiz.
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 weekly. 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 speedy red and white American car. Can you remember what it was called?
Okay, now it’s time to begin The 1980s Quiz
1980s Quiz
Can You Pass The Eighties Test? Questions on music, movies, television and famous events.