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Quiz about Impossible 80s Lyrics Part 2

Quiz about Impossible 80s Lyrics Part 2

Impossible 80s Lyrics Part 2 Trivia Quiz

So you think you remember the 80s? How many of these 80s songs can you get from one line or phrase?

A multiple-choice quiz by Rowena8482. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Rowena8482

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
313,587

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which song has these lyrics?
"Try to head for the line
Wonder why you're wasting your time"
Hint

My Camera Never Lies

Small Town Boy

Walking in the Rain

Run for Home

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who sang these lyrics?
"She's loving by proxy,
No give and all take" Hint

Cutting Crew

Icicle Works

Vicious Pink

Wang Chung

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which band charted in the UK with the songs "Heartland", "Slow Train to Dawn", and "Infected"? Hint

That Petrel Emotion

The The

Icehouse

Martin Stephenson and the Daintees

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which lead singer sang these lines?
"The Faith and the Glory,
Til my Kingdom come" Hint

Ali Campbell

Midge Ure

Boy George

Marc Almond

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which song has these lyrics?
"I've seen too much anger
And I've seen it far too young" Hint

One Great Thing

Too Much Too Young

Out in the Fields

Little Boy Soldiers

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who sang these lyrics?
"Alien raiders, just past Gemini" Hint

Sarah Brightman

Pete Burns

Brian May

Tony James

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which song has these lyrics?
"Holding hands, and I'll never be the same"

Answer: (Two Words 3,4)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who sang these lyrics?
"Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool" Hint

Icehouse

Milo

Furniture

World Party

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which song had these lyrics?
"In my heart a perfect day,
'Til the picture starts to fade away" Hint

See That Glow

Talking Loud and Clear

Calling all the Heros

Picture This

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which song to these lines come from?
"Down you came with all you know,
And captured my desire" Hint

Big Area

Have a Good Forever

Heart of Gold

The Motive

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which song has these lyrics? "Try to head for the line Wonder why you're wasting your time"

Answer: My Camera Never Lies

Bucks Fizz found fame when they were the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981. Their song "Making Your Mind Up" won the contest that year.
"My Camera Never Lies" featured on the album "Are You Ready", released in 1982. The single was their third UK number one when it topped the Singles Chart in March 1982.

2. Who sang these lyrics? "She's loving by proxy, No give and all take"

Answer: Cutting Crew

"I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight" was Cutting Crew's biggest UK hit Single, reaching number four on the chart in 1986. They released three more singles in the UK, but none of them made it into the Top 30.

3. Which band charted in the UK with the songs "Heartland", "Slow Train to Dawn", and "Infected"?

Answer: The The

The The released nine singles in the UK in the 1980s. Their biggest hit was "The Beat(en) Generation" which reached number 18 in the Singles Chart in 1989.

4. Which lead singer sang these lines? "The Faith and the Glory, Til my Kingdom come"

Answer: Midge Ure

Midge Ure was of course the lead singer with Ultravox. These lines are from their song "Hymn" which reached number eleven on the UK Singles Chart in 1982.
Ultravox had three Top Ten hits in the UK, including "Vienna" which became one of the best selling records never to reach number one, after it spent fourteen weeks at number two.

5. Which song has these lyrics? "I've seen too much anger And I've seen it far too young"

Answer: One Great Thing

"One Great Thing" was a number 19 hit in the UK for Big Country in 1986. The band released fourteen singles, and had four Top Ten hits in the UK in the 80s.

6. Who sang these lyrics? "Alien raiders, just past Gemini"

Answer: Brian May

These wonderful lyrics are from "Starfleet" by Brian May and Friends, which was released in 1983 and reached number 65 in the UK Singles Chart.

7. Which song has these lyrics? "Holding hands, and I'll never be the same"

Answer: The Rain

Oran 'juice' Jones reached number four on the UK Singles Chart in 1986, with his one and only single release. "The Rain" was also a number nine hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1986. In the US, Jones had a follow up hit with the song "How to Love Again", when he had a duet with Alyson Williams.

8. Who sang these lyrics? "Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool"

Answer: World Party

World Party formed when Karl Wallinger left The Waterboys in 1985.
"Ship of Fools" was their first UK single release, and reached number 42 in 1987. The band followed this with a further six singles in the 1990s.
Several other artists have released songs called "Ship of Fools" over the years, including Erasure and Sarah Brightman, but they are all different songs.

9. Which song had these lyrics? "In my heart a perfect day, 'Til the picture starts to fade away"

Answer: See That Glow

This Island Earth were a one hit wonder band who took "See That Glow" to number 47 in the UK Singles Chart in 1985. They never released another single in the UK.

10. Which song to these lines come from? "Down you came with all you know, And captured my desire"

Answer: The Motive

"The Motive" was a number eighteen hit on the UK Singles Chart for Then Jericho in 1987. "Big Area" was also by Then Jericho, and reached number thirteen in 1989. The band released four other singles in the UK in the 80s, but none of them made it into the Top Twenty.

Source: Author Rowena8482

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