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

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 28/09/2019 15:47

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

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wowfudge · 29/09/2019 17:32

Rum Runner.

How many singles did John Lennon have in the top 10 after his death?

ALongHardWinter · 29/09/2019 18:20

Three.

Who was the biggest selling female artist of the 80s?

bookwormsforever · 29/09/2019 18:23

Madonna?

Name three number ones by Duran Duran.

ALongHardWinter · 29/09/2019 18:30

Correct.

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 29/09/2019 18:32

They were all pretty bad... Rio, Wild Boys, View to a Kill.

Female guitarist on the cramps (stage name I guess)

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TinDogTavern · 29/09/2019 18:47

Duran Duran had two (UK) number ones - Is there Something I should know? And The Reflex.

Poison Ivy from the Cramps.

What's Cheryl Baker of Bucks Fizz real name?

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 29/09/2019 18:52

That wasn’t her real name? She chose that as her stage name?

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LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 29/09/2019 18:53

(Just cheated and googled her - ok it’s a slight improvement)

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bookwormsforever · 29/09/2019 20:31

This ole house was Shaky’s first UK number one! @KatherineJaneway

Who sang ‘Let’s Go’?

xsquared · 29/09/2019 20:49

Duran Duran had 3 number ones I think.
Hungry like the wolf
Rio
Save a prayer

xsquared · 29/09/2019 20:51

Sorry, that was top 10s in the same year rather than number ones - just checked.

isabellerossignol · 29/09/2019 21:01

Who performed at both the UK and US Live Aid concerts?

bookwormsforever · 29/09/2019 21:03

Queen!

tommyshaircut · 29/09/2019 21:04

Phil Collins
Who was Pete Waterman's tea boy ?

xsquared · 29/09/2019 21:07

Pete Waterman's tea boy was Rick Astley.

What links Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure?

TwoIsQuiteEnoughThankYou · 29/09/2019 21:15

To paraphrase Alan Partridge "Stop getting Duran wrong!"

CandyLeBonBon · 29/09/2019 21:16

Vince Clarke.
Who did John taylor if Duran Duran Marry (the first time)?

tommyshaircut · 29/09/2019 21:16

It's Vince Clarke but I can't think of anymore questions!

isabellerossignol · 29/09/2019 21:18

Amanda de Cadanet?

xsquared · 29/09/2019 21:22

Amanda de Cadanet is correct...

Violetparis · 29/09/2019 21:24

Correcting an earlier answer, the Gallagher brothers are from Burnage not Longsight.

What is the name of the club in Liverpool which was legendary in the early 80s for showcasing bands such as Echo and The Bunnymen, Dead or Alive, Teardrop Explodes etc ?

tommyshaircut · 29/09/2019 21:27

Eric's ?

tommyshaircut · 29/09/2019 21:29

What was the famous New Romantic club in London ?

Violetparis · 29/09/2019 21:33

Correct tommyshaircut, can't think of the name of the London club, been past it in Sloane Square on a tourist bus.

isabellerossignol · 29/09/2019 21:34

What Grammy winning musician worked as a backing singer on Michael Jackson's Bad world tour in the late 80s?