The Screen Door Slams Trivia Quiz

Answer: a1

British/Norwegian four piece boy band a1 burst on the scene in 1998 and although their previous eight singles had gone top ten in UK, "Make It Good" from 2002 was the first that didn't, stalling at number 11.
Shortly after this the band split, and although the band reformed as a trio in 2009, and then as a quartet again with all four original members in 2017, chart success has been hard to come by, other than a few hits in Norway.

"With a chance to make it good somehow" is the lyric from "Thunder Road".

Answer: The Weeknd

Canadian R&B star, The Weeknd, (real name Abel Tesfaye), gained a large following on YouTube before having a record deal. Once he had that deal, mainstream success was still slow in coming until his 2014 track with Ariana Grande, "Love Me Harder" pushed him into the mainstream.
"In The Night" (2015) was a number 12 hit on both the Canadian Hot 100 and the Billboard Hot 100 in USA.

"there's magic in the night" is the lyric from "Thunder Road"

Answer: George Michael

Wham! split up in 1986, and in 1987 George Michael released his first solo album entitled "Faith". The title track was the second single released from the album, and hit number one in several countries including Canada, Australia, Netherlands and USA on the Billboard Hot 100.
In UK it peaked at number two and George would have to wait until 1996 for his next number one there, when he made it with "Jesus To A Child".

The "Thunder Road" line is, "Show a little faith".

Answer: Bruce Springsteen

What better in a quiz featuring lyrics from a Springsteen song, than another Springsteen song? "The Promised Land" from his 1975 album, "Darkness on the Edge of Town" was released as a single in Europe, but failed to chart anywhere.

The line from "Thunder Road" is "Riding out tonight to case the promised land".

Answer: Savage Garden

Queensland, Australia duo Savage Garden had a fair bit of success in the late 1990s and early 2000s and "I Want You" from 1996 was their debut single. While it stalled at number 11 in UK, it reached top five in their homeland and in Canada, it went all the way to number one.

The "Thunder Road" lyric is, "Hey that's me and I want you only".

Answer: 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor

2 Brothers on the 4th Floor are a Dutch band who have had minor success in USA and UK, but quite a lot of success in mainland Europe,with top 30 singles in Italy, Norway, Belgium, Germany and their native Netherlands.
"Come Take My Hand" (1995) from their 1996 album, "2" was a top five hit in Netherlands, but had its biggest success in Israel where it reached number one.

In "Thunder Road", the lyric is "Oh oh come take my hand".

Answer: Enrique Iglesias

Enrique is the youngest child of Spanish singer and heartthrob, Julio Iglesias and released his first album, recorded in Spanish in 1995. By 1997, following the path blazed by artists such as Gloria Estefan and Ricky Martin, he had made the transition to English recordings and "Hero" (2001) reinforced his reputation as it went to number one in Spain, Canada, UK, Australia and on the Billboard Hot 100 in USA.

"Well now I'm no hero, that's understood" is the line from "Thunder Road".

Answer: Phillip Phillips

Phillip Phillips won the 11th season of hit TV show, "American Idol" in 2012 and his debut single was "Home", released in 2012. "Home" reached number six in both the Canadian charts and the Billboard Hot 100 in USA.

The line from "Thunder Road" is, "Don't turn me home again".

Answer: The Jets

Polynesian/American brothers and sisters, LeRoy, Eddie, Eugene, Haini, Rudy, Kathi, Elizabeth, and Moana Wolfgramm make up this family band that had five top five hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in USA between 1985 and 1988.
"Make It Real" (1988) was the last of these five and this track also gave them their second top ten hit in Canada.

The line from "Thunder Road" is, "We got one last chance to make it real".

Answer: Girls' Generation

"The Boys" (2011) was a single by South Korean band, Girls' Generation from their 2011 album of the same name. The track was released in Korean, reaching number one on the Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 chart in South Korea and English, reaching number five on the Billboard Dance and Electronic chart in USA.

The line from "Thunder Road" is "There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away".