Trivia Quiz on 80s Rock

1. "And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above and I'm just high on the world come on and take the low ride with me girl on the_____" What's the Dire Straits song title

A) Sultans of Swing

B) Romeo and Juliet

C) Tunnel of love

D) Brothers in Arms

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2. Dire straits sings 'here i am again in this mean old town, and you're ______'

A) So close to me

B) So far away from home

C) So far away from me

D) So far away from you

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3. Who sang "I Want My MTV" on the Dire Straits song "Money For Nothing"?

A) Bono

B) Freddie Mercury

C) Bruce Springsteen

D) Sting

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4. "I'm a soldier of fortune, I'm a dog of war ___" What's the Dire Straits song title

A) Money for Nothing

B) Ride Across the River

C) Sultans of Swing

D) Romeo and Juliet

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5. Which rock group of the eighties gave away a silver keychain at every concert, which was supposed to bring good luck to whoever caught it?

A) ZZ Top

B) AC/DC

C) Def Leppard

D) Bon Jovi

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6. What Was The Bon Jovi's First UK Top Ten Hit

A) Livin' on a Prayer

B) Always

C) You Give Love A Bad Name

D) Runaway

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7. "But touch my tears with your lips, touch my world with your fingertips" what is the queen song title

A) Bohemian Rhapsody

B) Don't Stop Me Now

C) Who Wants to Live Forever

D) We Will Rock You

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8. Which dire straits song tells of 'the monster mash,and most of the taxis,and the whores are only taking calls for cash'

A) Sultans of Swing

B) Money for Nothing

C) Romeo and Juliet

D) Your latest trick

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9. Who Sang Backing Vocals On U2's Pride

A) Annie Lennox

B) Siouxsie Sioux

C) Chrissie Hynde

D) Sinead O'Connor

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10. Who Sang "I can Drive 55" From The Film "Back To The Future 2"

A) David Lee Roth

B) Sammy Hagar

C) Vince Neil

D) Steven Tyler

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11. Which Bands Career Was Boosted By An MTV Appearance Without Their Make Up

A) Guns N' Roses

B) Bon Jovi

C) Kiss

D) Metallica

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12. Which Solo Artist Sang Backing Vocals On The Dire Straits Hit "Money For Nothing"

A) Mick Jagger

B) Phil Collins

C) Bono

D) Sting

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13. What Song Features The Lyric "Giant Steps Are What You Take"

A) Message in a Bottle

B) Walking On The Moon

C) Don't Stand So Close to Me

D) Roxanne

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14. John Elliot Was A Member Of Which Band

A) Aerosmith

B) Whitesnake

C) Def Leppard

D) Genesis

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15. Which Group Features Tommy Lee As Drummer

A) Nirvana

B) Motley Crue

C) KISS

D) Metallica

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16. Name The First Chart Entry for Guns N Roses Ranking Higher On Its Re-Release In 1988

A) Paradise City

B) Welcome To The Jungle

C) Sweet Child O' Mine

D) Nightrain

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17. Which member of Guns 'n' Roses was born in Stoke, England?

A) Axl Rose

B) Duff McKagan

C) Slash

D) Izzy Stradlin

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18. Name the band formed by Ace Frehley after he left Kiss?

A) Frehley's Comet

B) Space Ace

C) Ace Frehley Band

D) Nebula 9

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19. Who is Pat Andrejewski better known as?

A) Pat Boone

B) Pat Benatar

C) Patty Smyth

D) Patrice Rushen

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20. "Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin, Steve Adler, Slash, Duff McKagen" All Make Up Which Group

A) AC/DC

B) Guns N Rose

C) Led Zeppelin

D) The Rolling Stones

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21. Which Rock Legends Did The Harlem Shuffle In The 1980's

A) Queen

B) AC/DC

C) The Rolling Stones

D) Metallica

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22. Lou Gramm Was A Member Of Which Band

A) Styx

B) Boston

C) Foreigner

D) Journey

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23. Which Band Wanted to Know What Love Is

A) Journey

B) Foreigner

C) Queen

D) Bon Jovi

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24. What Was The Best Selling Dire Straits Single In The UK

A) Money for Nothing

B) Private Investigation

C) Sultans of Swing

D) Walk of Life

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25. CC Deville Was A Member Of Which Band

A) Kiss

B) Def Leppard

C) Poison

D) Ratt

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26. With Which Rock Band Did Slash Play Guitar?

A) Guns N Roses

B) Metallica

C) AC/DC

D) The Rolling Stones

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27. Survivir Sang About The Eye Of The What

A) Lion

B) Leopard

C) Cheetah

D) Tiger

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28. Who Had Hits With "Don't Stop Believing", "Faithfully" & "Open Arms"

A) REO Speedwagon

B) Foreigner

C) Boston

D) Journey

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29. Name The Band That Had Hits With "Freedom Of Choice" "Beatiful World" & "Working In A Coalmine"

A) Devo

B) Talking Heads

C) The B-52s

D) Oingo Boingo

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30. John Waite Was Lead Singer For Which Band

A) The Babys

B) Journey

C) Foreigner

D) Bad English

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31. Suffering From "Teenage Depression" Who Would Join Eddie If He Quit His Town

A) The Clash

B) The Ramones

C) The Stray Cats

D) The Hotrods

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32. Give Me Love Was The Plea From Which "Rock Band"

A) Aerosmith

B) Scorpions

C) Whitesnake

D) Alcatrazz

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33. What Was Love For Pat Benatar

A) Love Is a Battlefield

B) A War Zone

C) A Battle

D) A Battlefield

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34. What 80's band included members from Bad Company and Led Zeppelin?

A) The Firm

B) Asia

C) Foreigner

D) The Honeydrippers

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35. Which Band Had Hits With "Heaven" & "Cherry Pie"

A) Poison

B) Skid Row

C) Warrant

D) Ratt

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36. Name One Of Big Country's Two Top Ten Hits Of 1983

A) Fields Of Fire & Chance

B) In a Big Country

C) Harvest Home

D) Look Away

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37. Easter, Easter, Easter, Easter Which Group Am I

A) Echo And The Bunnymen

B) The Cure

C) Joy Division

D) The Smiths

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38. Which Band Had A 1985 Number One Hit With The Single “I Wanna Know What Love Is”?

A) Foreigner

B) Journey

C) Toto

D) REO Speedwagon

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39. Brett Michaels Was The Lead Singer Of Which Band

A) Motley Crue

B) Poison

C) Def Leppard

D) Whitesnake

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40. Who Had A Hit With "You Give Love A Bad Name"

A) Aerosmith

B) Bon Jovi

C) Guns N' Roses

D) Metallica

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41. What Couldn't REO Speedwagon Fight

A) This Feeling

B) Can't Fight This Feeling

C) Keep On Loving You

D) Roll with the Changes

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42. "Crazy Train" & "Mr Crowley" Were Songs From Whose "Blizzard Of Ozz"

A) Black Sabbath

B) David Lee Roth

C) Ozzy Osbourne

D) Randy Rhoads

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43. David Coverdale Was A Member Of "Def Leppard" Or "Whitesnake"

A) Def Leppard

B) Deep Purple

C) Whitesnake

D) Led Zeppelin

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44. Which T-Rex Song Did Power Station Cover

A) Ride a White Swan

B) Get It On

C) Metal Guru

D) Telegram Sam

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45. The label is Bludgen Riffola Name the Band?

A) Queen

B) AC/DC

C) Def Leppard

D) Iron Maiden

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46. Who guested with Dire Straits on the Money For Nothing track?

A) Sting

B) Eric Clapton

C) David Gilmour

D) Bob Geldof

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47. Bark At The Moon Was An Album For Ozzy Osbourne Or Meatloaf

A) Meatloaf

B) Freddie Mercury

C) Rob Halford

D) Ozzy Osbourne

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48. The Pretenders Were Back On What Kind Of Gang

A) Chain

B) Motorcycle

C) Rope

D) Armored car

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49. Guess The Band From These Initials FM / RT / BM / JD

A) The Beatles

B) Metallica

C) Queen

D) Fleetwood Mac

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50. Who Were The Only Band To Have 2 Records Named By Melody Maker As Album Of The Year During Th 80's

A) The Smiths

B) U2

C) New Order

D) The Cure

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51. Blossoms 'now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it ..' what is the dire straits song title

A) Sultans of Swing

B) Money for Nothing

C) Walk of Life

D) Brothers in Arms

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52. Who was the eighties group that was named after the inventor of the radio?

A) Marconi

B) Edison

C) Fessenden

D) Tesla

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53. Who In Music Is Known As The Boss

A) Elvis Presley

B) Michael Jackson

C) Bruce Springsteen

D) Freddie Mercury

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