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#1 Albums of 1981 Trivia Quiz

1981 saw exactly ten albums reach number one on the Billboard charts. Try to answer the following ten questions to see what you remember from 1981.

A multiple-choice quiz by ralzzz. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ralzzz

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
153,266

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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1. What REO Speedwagon album was released late in 1980 and spent 15 weeks atop the Billboard charts in 1981? Hint

Wheels Are Turnin'

You Can Tune A Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish

Hi Infidelity

Nine Lives

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2. Do you remember the Styx album that reached number one in 1981? Hint

The Grand Illusion

Kilroy Was Here

Cornerstone

Paradise Theater

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3. Who released the number one album "Mistaken Identity"? Hint

Stevie Nicks

Tina Turner

Kim Carnes

Linda Ronstadt

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4. Whose album featured the hits "The Voice", "22,000 Days", and "Meanwhile"? Hint

Procul Harum

The Moody Blues

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Asia

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5. What Pat Benatar album spent a week atop the Billboard charts in 1981? Hint

Precious Time

Get Nervous

Crimes of Passion

In the Heat of the Night

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6. What band had a number one album simply titled "4" in 1981? Hint

Survivor

Foreigner

Journey

Kiss

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7. Which Fleetwood Mac artist had a number one album in 1981? Hint

Stevie Nicks

Christie McVie

Mick Fleetwood

Lindsey Buckingham

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8. Which Journey album, released in August of 1981, spent nine weeks atop the charts? Hint

Departure

Infinity

Escape

Evolution

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9. Which Grammy award-winning album featured the hits "Hang Fire" and "Waiting on a Friend"? Hint

Black and Blue

Some Girls

Tattoo You

Emotional Rescue

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10. What AC/DC album was the second to feature Brian Johnson on lead vocals? Hint

Flick of the Switch

Back in Black

For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What REO Speedwagon album was released late in 1980 and spent 15 weeks atop the Billboard charts in 1981?

Answer: Hi Infidelity

The platinum album "Hi Infidelity" entered the charts on February 21, 1981. The album included the hits "Keep on Loving You", "Take it on the Run", and "Don't Let Him Go".

2. Do you remember the Styx album that reached number one in 1981?

Answer: Paradise Theater

"Paradise Theater" entered the charts on April 4, 1981 and remained there for three weeks. The album had four top 40 singles, including "The Best of Times" and "Too Much Time on My Hands".

3. Who released the number one album "Mistaken Identity"?

Answer: Kim Carnes

Kim Carnes, the LA based singer who sang duets with Kenny Rogers, Barbara Streisand, and James Ingram, released "Mistaken Identity" in 1981. The album reached number one on June 27 and remained there for four weeks. The album's biggest single was "Bette Davis Eyes", which won two Grammys for Song and Record of the Year.

4. Whose album featured the hits "The Voice", "22,000 Days", and "Meanwhile"?

Answer: The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues' "Long Distance Voyager" reached number one on July 25 and remained there for three weeks.

5. What Pat Benatar album spent a week atop the Billboard charts in 1981?

Answer: Precious Time

This was Benatar's only number one album. The album produced the hits "Fire and Ice", "Promises in the Dark", and "Just Like Me".

6. What band had a number one album simply titled "4" in 1981?

Answer: Foreigner

This classic Foreigner album reached number one for ten weeks on August 22, 1981. Robert "Mutt" Lange (Shania Twain's husband) produced this album that contained four hit singles. Thomas Dolby, of "She Blinded Me With Science" fame, was a guest keyboardist on this album.

7. Which Fleetwood Mac artist had a number one album in 1981?

Answer: Stevie Nicks

Stevie Nicks released "Bella Donna" in 1981 and it spent one week on top of the charts. The hit "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" was a duet with Tom Petty. Don Henley was featured on "Leather and Lace". Stevie was born Stephanie Lynn Nicks in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1948.

8. Which Journey album, released in August of 1981, spent nine weeks atop the charts?

Answer: Escape

"Escape" featured the hits "Open Arms", "Don't Stop Believin'", and "Stone in Love". The concert tour promoting this album cemented Journey as one of the great arena rock groups of the 1980's.

9. Which Grammy award-winning album featured the hits "Hang Fire" and "Waiting on a Friend"?

Answer: Tattoo You

"Tatto You" won the Grammy for Best Album Packaging in 1981. The album featured one rock and roll side and a ballads side. The album also had the hits "Start Me Up" and "Little T and A".

10. What AC/DC album was the second to feature Brian Johnson on lead vocals?

Answer: For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

"For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)" was the second album with Johnson as the lead singer, who replaced the late Bon Scott. "Back in Black" was the first. The album spent three weeks at number one at the end of 1981. The title track is a long-time concert favorite with loud cannons shooting off during the song.

Source: Author ralzzz

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