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 British singer-songwriter released the album Hounds of Love in 1985, whose lead single “Running Up That Hill” enjoyed a massive resurgence thanks to Netflix's Stranger Things?
Kate Bush
Which British ska-pop band had a 1982 hit with “Our House”?
Madness
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 Manchester nightclub opened in 1982 with backing from New Order, becoming the hotspot that ignited the Madchester dance scene?
The Haçienda
What stage name did Thomas Robertson adopt for his 1982 hit “She Blinded Me with Science”?
Thomas Dolby