80s Day: Pop Brain Teaser
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|16:59 UK time, Tuesday, 20 July 2010
For BBC Radio Scotland 80s day on Friday 23 July, Another Country and Edith Bowman producer Richard Murdoch has penned an 80s music brain teaser just for fun (it's not a competition so no prizes I'm afraid) to help us get in the mood. As a trial run for this I tried my hand at answering the Qs and I'm still smarting at only getting 17/20. However, I've been told we can expect the correct answers and I'll publish them here on Friday at 6pm. In the meantime why not have a go?
- Status Quo kicked off Live Aid but who was the second act on the bill?
- What was the first number 1 single of the 80s?
- Name track one on the first ever Now That's What I Call Music album?
- What was the first number one single to be produced by Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes?
- What's the best selling 80's soundtrack in the UK?
- Which 80's pop star's music videos featured cameo appearances from Neil Kinnock, Paul McCartney and Adrian Edmondson?
- Who duetted with Tina Turner at Live Aid?
- Who is Helen Folasade Adu better known as?
- What links Fine Young Cannibals, Tears For Fears and the cast of Grange Hill?
- Who was the first Scottish act to have a number 1 single in the 1980's?
- Which album was the first in history to be manufactured onto compact disc?
- Name the first Stock Aitken & Waterman production to reach number 1?
- Tony Visconti was scheduled to produce David Bowie's album Let's Dance. Whose second release did he end up producing instead?
- Name the UK's best selling album of the 1980's
- Who originally dueted with Michael Jackson on the track State Of Shock, but was later replacd by Mick Jagger?
- What was the only million-selling single of the 1980s not to make number 1?
- Which famous sporting legend sang backing vocals on Tina Turner's We Don't Need Another Hero as part of the Kings House School choir?
- The intro of which 80's number 1 was inspired by the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice?
- Name the 80's pop star who had Julia Fordham and an Eastender's actress as part of her backing band.
- What was the last number 1 of the 80s?
Comment number 1.
At 17:52 20th Jul 2010, norriemaclean wrote:Quo were second. Coldstream Guards played God Save the Queen. the act that followed Quo was the Style Council?
Another Brick In The Wall
You Cant Hurry Love
No idea
Footloose? Flashdance?
Tracy Ullman - cannot recall song
Mick Jagger
Sade
No idea
Kelly Marie?
Everyone says Brother sin Arms but I think that was first million seller? I have read Visitors by Abba and possibly Billy Joel?
No idea
Modern Romance?
Thriller
Freddie Mercury?
Don't know
Dont Know
Dont Know
Marie wilson?
Do they Know Its Xmas - version 2?
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Comment number 2.
At 19:23 20th Jul 2010, norriemaclean wrote:The sporting star - Lawrence Diaglio?
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Comment number 3.
At 20:49 20th Jul 2010, Scotch Get wrote:The Tracy Ullman song was 'They Don't Know'
Typo on Q4
Q11 'Brothers in Arms' - Dire Straits
Q14 'Brothers in Arms' - Dire Straits
Q17 John Barnes?
I'm bored now.......
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Comment number 4.
At 21:09 20th Jul 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Nae change there then!
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Comment number 5.
At 20:05 21st Jul 2010, paolopablo wrote:1 Style Council
2 Another Brick in the wall
3 You can't hurry love / phil collins
4 too Shy / Kajagoogoo
5 guess at Dirty dancing?
6 They don't know / Tracy Ullmann
7 Bryan adams
8 Sade
9
10 Kelly Marie
11 I remember seeing first CD on tomorrows world but dont remember what
it was
12 You spin me round / Dead or Alive (one of 5 eye patch wearing no 1's)
13 Don't know but will trust Norrie on this one...Modern Romance
14 Brothers in Arms
15 Freddie Mercury
16 Last Xmas / wham
17 Laurence dallaglio
18 Guess at Atomic / Blondie
19 Mari Wilson...ashamed to say i knew Michelle collins was her backing
singer
20 Band Aid 11
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Comment number 6.
At 23:02 21st Jul 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Q9 Roland!
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Comment number 7.
At 00:13 22nd Jul 2010, norriemaclean wrote:Ah! Gift, Orsabal and ??
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Comment number 8.
At 12:35 22nd Jul 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Big lad wi glasses!
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Comment number 9.
At 12:36 22nd Jul 2010, norriemaclean wrote:Pah! What kind of music connection is that!!
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Comment number 10.
At 20:07 22nd Jul 2010, Robbo wrote:1. Style Council
2. Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
3. You can't hurry love - Phil collins
4. Too Shy by Kajagoogoo
5. Dirty Dancing soundtrack
6. My Guy - Tracy Ullman
7. Mick Jagger
8. Sade
9. The name Roland
10. Jim diamond (is Rod Stewart really scottish? - or men at work had a bloke that was originally from scotland)
11. Brother in Arms - Dire Straits
12.You spin me right round - Dead or Alive
13. T-Rex
14. thriller - Michael Jackson
15. Freddie Mercury
16. Last Christmas - Wham!
17. Lawrence Dellaglio
18. TOUGH ONE - I HAVE NO IDEA!!
19.Mari Wilson
20. Do they know it's Christmas - Band Aid II
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