Posted By Mark Dursin on Oct 16, 2014 | 2 comments
It is officially the season– when grizzly ghouls from every tomb close in to seal our doom, when we bark at the moon and speak of the devil, when people across the country ponder the eternal question of “Who ya gonna call?” And so, Like Totally 80s would like to present our first-ever “80s-Music-Halloween-Themed-Quiz.” (Still working on the name…)
80s Halloween-Themed Music Quiz
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Below are thirty-one questions (in honor of the number of days in October as well as the number of years since the “Thriller” video debuted), each one of which has something to do with ghosts, vampires, monsters, and sundry spooky stuff. Good luck!
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Question 1 of 31
1. Question
What group released “The Ghost in You” in 1984?
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Totally awesome!
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Bogus, dude!
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They also sang the title track to ‘Pretty in Pink.’
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Question 2 of 31
2. Question
What hair metal band’s second album is called Shout at the Devil?
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You Rock!
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Question 3 of 31
3. Question
Which Men at Work song includes the line “Ghosts appear and fade away”?
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Question 4 of 31
4. Question
Since we’re on the subject . . . What 1983 Men at Work song (and accompanying video) recounts the story of a nerdy mad scientist who drinks one of his own potions and is transformed into a gregarious party-goer who is “cool in every way?”
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Rock on, dude!
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Like, totally not the right answer, man.
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Question 5 of 31
5. Question
Which singer appeared appeared as the Goblin King in the 1986 film Labyrinth?
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Question 6 of 31
6. Question
Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London” was famously featured in which 1986 Tom Cruise-Paul Newman film?
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Question 7 of 31
7. Question
Which one of the following songs was NOT included on the soundtrack to the 1987 vampire flick, The Lost Boys?
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Question 8 of 31
8. Question
Speaking of which, Echo and the Bunnymen covered which Doors song for the Lost Boys soundtrack?
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Question 9 of 31
9. Question
What is the opening song of AC/DC’s Back in Black?
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Totally rad!
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Bogus, dude!
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Isn’t the answer ringing in your ears?
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Question 10 of 31
10. Question
Dokken’s “Dream Warrior” was a single for the third film of what film series?
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Question 11 of 31
11. Question
Which creepy Hooters song, released as a single in 1985, mentions Moses, Noah, and the Israelites?
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Question 12 of 31
12. Question
12. I am a scary singer who played a werewolf, a mad scientist, and a dead man in a music video. I am known the world over for sinking my teeth into a bat’s head (although, in my defense, I thought it was a rubber bat). And I am nicknamed the “Prince of Darkness.” Who am I?
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Question 13 of 31
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The trippy video for which Tom Petty song has an Alice in Wonderland theme, featuring the singer as the Mad Hatter, who serves up Alice, after she’s been magically transformed into a cake?
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Fur sure!
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Gag me with a spoon!
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Question 14 of 31
14. Question
And now the “Ghostbusters” section of the quiz: Which of the following does not have a cameo in the Ghostbusters video?
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Question 15 of 31
15. Question
It’s a two-parter: 1) Which 80s band sued Ray Parker Jr. for copyright infringement, citing similarities between one of their songs and “Ghostbusters”? And, 2) what was the song that this band deemed too similar to “Ghostbusters”?
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Suh-weet!
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Gag me!
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Question 16 of 31
16. Question
Which singer/ actress appeared as single mom Alexandra Medford in the film The Witches of Eastwick?
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Question 17 of 31
17. Question
The Charlie Daniels’ song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” appeared in which 1980 film featuring John Travolta, Debra Winger, and a mechanical bull?
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Question 18 of 31
18. Question
The video for which 1987 Grateful Dead song depicts the band as instrument-playing skeletons?
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Question 19 of 31
19. Question
Which Oak Ridge Boys song was a hit on the country AND pop charts back in 1981 and shares its name with the so-called “Mistress of the Dark,” a character played by actress Cassandra Peterson?
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Question 20 of 31
20. Question
What INXS song observes, “It’s hard to believe we need a place called Hell”?
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Question 21 of 31
21. Question
Allegedly, Sting’s song “Moon over Bourbon Street” was inspired by Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire. On what album did “Moon over Bourbon Street” first appear?
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Question 22 of 31
22. Question
Which Police album (released in 1981) contains the songs “Spirits in the Material World,” “Invisible Sun,” and “Everything Little Thing She Does Is Magic”?
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Question 23 of 31
23. Question
Which demon from the Faust legend is name-dropped in “Wrapped around Your Finger”?
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24. Question
What sign of the zodiac completes the following lines from Stevie Wonder’s “I Just Called to Say I Love You”: “No ______________ sun/ No Halloween”?
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Question 25 of 31
25. Question
What classic horror film is mentioned in the lyrics of Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me”?
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26. Question
The nonsensical video for which song features Bonnie Tyler as a teacher in a Gothic school populated with prancing ninjas and boys with creepy glowing eyes?
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Question 27 of 31
27. Question
Morris Day (yes, of the Time) covered “Somebody’s Watching Me” for the soundtrack of a 2003 Walt Disney film starring Eddie Murphy. (The film is based on a Disney amusement ride.) What is this movie?
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Question 28 of 31
28. Question
In addition to writing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” Rod Temperton wrote what decidedly non-Halloween-themed James Ingram/ Michael McDonald hit?
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Question 29 of 31
29. Question
What number completes the following line from the Vincent price section of “Thriller”” “the funk of ____________________ years”?
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Question 30 of 31
30. Question
In addition to directing the “Thriller” video, John Landis was one of four directors for a 1983 sci-fi/ horror film that gained infamy due to the fact that Vic Morrow and two child actors died on the set from a tragic helicopter accident. What was the film?
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Question 31 of 31
31. Question
Which song, ranked #8 on VH1’s “100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s,” was the biggest hit for new wave group Bow Wow Wow?
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October 16, 2014
What fun! My favorite holiday, decade, and type of quiz (pop culture) all in one convenient place. These were difficult, but for a site called “LIKE TOTALLY 80s” I imagine that most folks will find it right in their wheelhouse. Great stuff, Mark!
October 16, 2014
I got more right than they gave me credit for. Damn capitalization issues on the I-Pad. Nice trip down memory lane. Here’s two: Twisted Sister wear freakish Halloween make-up. The actor who plays the band’s nemesis in two videos played which character in Animal House? Krokus had their only hit with this song that is appropriately titled for Halloween?
Peace my brother.
Craig