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80s and 90s pop quiz - answer one, ask one...

372 replies

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 28/09/2019 15:47

City of origin of the band ‘they might be giants’... and go...

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DrFoxtrot · 28/09/2019 16:34

New York Grin

DrFoxtrot · 28/09/2019 16:34

Posted too soon Blush

What was the best selling UK single in the 1980's?

whatthehek · 28/09/2019 16:44

Has to be Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid.

Which group was Professor Brian Cox in during 90s?

Soontobe60 · 28/09/2019 16:46

D:Ream

Which district of Manchester do the Gallagher brothers come from?

homemadecommunistrussia · 28/09/2019 18:11

Longsight.

Which early nineties band did Gorillas drummer Cass used to play in?

Soontobe60 · 28/09/2019 23:52

Sensless Things

Which concert hall that closed in 1996 was built on the site of the Peterloo Massacre?

BenWillbondsPants · 29/09/2019 06:00

Free Trade Hall

Which band had a hit in 1986 with song called Imagination?

KatherineJaneway · 29/09/2019 06:26

Belouis Some

What song do these lyrics come from? "Like a break in the clouds and the first ray of sun, I can feel it inside something new has begun"

Bluesheep8 · 29/09/2019 06:55

For the very first time - Robin Beck. Name the band from Cumbria whose lead singer was Elizabeth Fraser....

custardbear · 29/09/2019 07:02

Cocteau twins

... that Robin Beck song was the coke theme wasn't it?!

My question .... who was in a band in the 1980's /90's but now has a more Godly type job and often on the radio/telly in this role - name and former band please 😊

keiratwiceknightly · 29/09/2019 07:08

Rev Richard Coles - the communards.

Which girls band were both Belinda Carlisle and Jane Whedlan in?

BenWillbondsPants · 29/09/2019 07:09

Rev Richard Coles from The Communards (follow him on Twitter, very witty chap).

Who was/is Stuart Goddard better known as?

BenWillbondsPants · 29/09/2019 07:11

X post

The GoGos

How many red balloons did Nena sing about (too easy, I know). 😂

Cat0115 · 29/09/2019 07:12

Adam Ant.
Which band sang a song that had 'Covered wagon, medicine show...' as a line.

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 29/09/2019 07:13

Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin were in The Go-Go's.

What single kept A-Ha's Take On Me off the No. 1 spot (not that I'm still bitter all these years later...)

Bluesheep8 · 29/09/2019 07:16

...big audio dynamite. Which 80s female singer did the lead singer, Dan Donovan marry?

custardbear · 29/09/2019 07:27

Two answers as one missed above

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Patsy Kensit

Which duo, one very well known, had a catchy song about paranoia?

BenWillbondsPants · 29/09/2019 07:30

Michael Jackson and Rockwell.

Which school teacher joined the Police?

TheStoreRoom · 29/09/2019 07:33

Sting

Which indie band had a song caller Inbeteeener?

TheStoreRoom · 29/09/2019 07:33

*inbetweener

KatherineJaneway · 29/09/2019 07:34

Sleeper

What song do these lyrics belong to: Take your passion, and make it happen

TinDogTavern · 29/09/2019 07:35

Flashdance (what a feeling) by Irene Cara.

Who wrote the Bangles' Manic Monday?

Bluesheep8 · 29/09/2019 07:36

Inbetweener was Sleeper. Which punk/goth band released a cover of a classic Paul Ryan song?

KatherineJaneway · 29/09/2019 07:36

Prince

Who sang License To Kill

BenWillbondsPants · 29/09/2019 07:38

Flashdance!

Which two members of New Kids on the Block were brothers?