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Quiz about KROQ Top Ten Songs from 1982 Countdown

KROQ Top Ten Songs from 1982 Countdown Quiz

All these song are from the top ten list of radio station KROQ's year-end countdown in 1982. In this quiz, you need to identify either the song title or the artist.

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

Author
Alepcot

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4 mins

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Multiple Choice

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358,704

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Number ten on the list is the song "Blue Spark" from a Los Angeles punk group that had other songs like a version of the Door's "Soul Kitchen" and Jerry Lee Lewis' "Breathless". What is the name of this band whose lead singers were John Doe and Exene? Hint

XTC

Black Flag

The Circle Jerks

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Question 2 of 10

2. Number nine: The song and artist have the SAME NAME. This British band also had hits "It's My Life" and "Life's What You Make It". Mark Hollis was the lead singer in the band. What band is this? Hint

Yo-Yo

Talk Talk

Go-Go's

The The

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Question 3 of 10

3. Number eight: The number eight song is "Vacation" by this all girl group from Los Angeles. They also had the hits "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat". What is the name of the group? Hint

The Bangles

The Go-Gos

The Supremes

The Bodysnatchers

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Question 4 of 10

4. Number seven: The song at number seven, "I Predict", is by an L.A. band that at one time relocated to the UK. Other songs by the group include "Barbecutie" and "Funny Face". They also had a hit with former Go-Go Jane Wiedlin called "Cool Places". Hint: you would need the name of this group to start a fire! What group did this song? Hint

Tears For Fears

Sparks

Aztec Camera

XTC

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Question 5 of 10

5. Number six: This rockabilly inspired song was performed by the Stray Cats. Complete the lyric to find the song's title, "We're Gonna ____________________". Hint

Rock This Town

Blue Jean Bop

Stray Cat Strut

Rock Around the Clock

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Question 6 of 10

6. Number five: This song is by the British group Human League. The song has the opening lyrics, "You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar". Which Human League song is this? Hint

Human

Don't You want Me?

Tainted Love

If You Leave

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Question 7 of 10

7. Number four: The song "Words" was by this L.A. group with a female lead singer named Dale Bozzio. This group's name might be mentioned in a police report. The group that performed this song is called what? Hint

The Doors

Blondie

Missing Persons

The Bangles

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Question 8 of 10

8. Number three: The number three song is called "Sex Dwarf". This group had a bigger hit with the song "Tainted Love". What is the name of this group from the UK? Hint

Human League

Depeche Mode

Soft Cell

New Order

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Question 9 of 10

9. Number two: The group A Flock of Seagulls performed this number two song. The song encourages us to run so far away. What is this song called? Hint

Oblivion

Wishing (I Had a Photograph of You)

I Ran

Dear Prudence

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Question 10 of 10

10. And the number one song on the 1982 KROQ list is: "Rock the Casbah". It was performed by this London group usually classified as punk because of their early albums. What is the name of this group with Joe Strummer on lead vocals for this song? Hint

The Sex Pistols

The Buzzcocks

Generation X

The Clash

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: X

"Blue Spark" was on the "Under the Big Black Sun" album released in 1982. XTC were a UK pop group, and The Circle Jerks and Black Flag were L.A. based punk bands in the early 1980s. X was honored by "Rolling Stone" magazine by having two of their albums make "Rolling Stone's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s" list, the "Los Angeles" and "Wild Gift" albums.
X's song "Breathless" was featured in the Richard Gere movie "Breathless" in 1983.
The band X also included great guitarist Billy Zoom and drummer D.J. Bonebreak.

Answer: Talk Talk

The modern rock radio station KROQ-FM in Los Angeles regularly played the song "Talk Talk" which increased its popularity in the Southern California area around L.A. The The were an alternative UK band.
In 1984 Talk talk released an interesting video for its song "It's My Life" that featured African animals and a strange squiggly animated snake on Hollis' mouth.

3. Number eight: The number eight song is "Vacation" by this all girl group from Los Angeles. They also had the hits "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat". What is the name of the group?

Answer: The Go-Gos

The single "Vacation" was from an album of the same name. The Bangles didn't release songs until later in the 1980s. The Bodysnatchers were an all female Ska band that you can see in the cult hit documentary "Dance Craze".

Answer: Sparks

The song "I Predict" comes from the Sparks' album "Angst in My Pants". Wikipedia mentions that KROQ-FM in L.A. had a big part of the song's local success in L.A.
Tears for Fears, Aztec Camera, and XTC are all bands from the UK not LA.

5. Number six: This rockabilly inspired song was performed by the Stray Cats. Complete the lyric to find the song's title, "We're Gonna ____________________".

Answer: Rock This Town

This song was first released as a single in the UK on an album entitled "The Stray Cats". Later, EMI America released it in the USA on an album called "Built for Speed". "Stray Cat Strut" also made KROQ's list in 1982, but not in the top ten. "Blue Jean Bop" is from the 1950s by Gene Vincent, and "Rock Around the Clock" is a Bill Haley and the Comet's 1950s classic.
Also of note, the Stray Cats had success in the UK before they achieved it in the U.S.

6. Number five: This song is by the British group Human League. The song has the opening lyrics, "You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar". Which Human League song is this?

Answer: Don't You want Me?

This song hit number one on both the UK Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA in December 1981. It was still on the charts in both top 40s into 1982. "Human" was released in 1986. "Tainted Love" is by Soft Cell. "If You Leave" is by O.M.D.

Answer: Missing Persons

Again, KROQ-FM is cited as an influence helping Missing Persons find success, including this song. Guitarist Mark Cuccurullo replaced Andy Tayor in Duran Duran. "Words" reached number 42 on USA Billboards Hot 100 list in 1982. An interesting side note, lead singer Dale Bozzio worked as a Playboy Bunny at Boston's Playboy Club in 1975.

8. Number three: The number three song is called "Sex Dwarf". This group had a bigger hit with the song "Tainted Love". What is the name of this group from the UK?

Answer: Soft Cell

This song is from the "Non Stop Erotic Cabaret" album. The video is as bizarre as its title.

9. Number two: The group A Flock of Seagulls performed this number two song. The song encourages us to run so far away. What is this song called?

Answer: I Ran

Lead singer Mike Score had one of the most recognizable hair styles in the 80s with his "wings" style. This song hit number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA in 1982. "Wishing" was from a different album called "Listen" which was released later in 1982. "Dear Prudence" was originally done by the Beatles and was covered by Siouxie and the Banshees in the early 1980s. "Oblivion" was by Aztec Camera.

Answer: The Clash

Remember the Clash's slogan, "The Only Band that Matters"? "Rock the Casbah" was from the 1982 album release in the USA "Combat Rock". The song hit number seven in the USA on Billboards Hot 100 chart in 1982. In 2010, the Clash were ranked number 22 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Source: Author Alepcot

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