80s Brit Pop Trivia
Strut your stuff from Blitz Club antics to synth-pop swagger—if you can channel Boy George and rock Duran Duran, prove you’re the ultimate 80s Brit Pop buff.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Which glam-rock star’s Ziggy Stardust persona famously inspired Boy George’s flamboyant style?
David Bowie
In David Bowie's 1980 hit Ashes to Ashes, he revisits which fictional astronaut first introduced in his 1969 song Space Oddity?
Major Tom
Which British ska-pop band had a 1982 hit with “Our House”?
Madness
What stage name did Thomas Robertson adopt for his 1982 hit “She Blinded Me with Science”?
Thomas Dolby
Which Scottish rock band broke through with their fifth studio album, New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84), in 1982?
Simple Minds