November 21, 2006

How about a quiz about female recording artists from the ’80s, I thought to myself when I woke up at 4:00 this morning.

Since I couldn’t go back to sleep, I thought I’d give it a shot. So here goes….

1. What famous indie artist was once the lead singer for ‘Til Tuesday?
(earworm of the day: “hush, hush…keep it down now, voices carry….”)

2. Which famous ’80s recording artist began her career as an opera singer?

3. Which female artist sang the theme song for PeeWee’s Playhouse?

4. Who was the lead singer for Missing Persons?

5. Who played an unknown dancer on the TV spin-off of Fame before she made it big as a musician?

6. Joan Jett was signed to her first recording contract under the name Joan Jett and _____? Bonus question: How old was she?

7. In Toni Basil’s video for “Mickey,” what school was represented by her cheerleading uniform?

8. In 1984, Van Halen released an album called…1984. (Clever, huh?) What other band fronted by a female released an album of the same name?

9. Prince wrote a song that was made famous by an all-female band. Name the song and the band. (Bonus: what other female singer had a smash hit in 1990 which was also written by Prince?)

10. What was the name of Madonna’s first band?

Answers posted later today!

November 14, 2006

1. What special talent did Molly Ringwald have in The Breakfast Club?

2. What was the very first James Bond movie that was shown in the 80’s? What was the last?

3. Name the actress who played the pretty blond girl Elliot danced with in E.T.

4. How many Nightmare On Elm Street movies were made in the 80’s?

5. In The Empire Strikes Back, what was chewing on the power cables of the Millenium Falcon while Han Solo and company were hiding inside the asteroid cave?

6. What was the license number on the Ghostbusters’ car?

7. In Back To The Future, where did Doc Brown get the plutonium to power the time-travelling DeLorean?

8. In The Empire Strikes Back when the ghost of Obi Wan Kenobi said that Luke was their last hope against the Empire, who was Yoda refering to when he said: “No, there is another”?

9. What god were the Thugees worshipping in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom?

10. In the movie Porky’s, why did they call Meat Tuperello ‘Meat’?

11. In the movie Aliens, what was Newt’s real name?

12. What does Ally Sheedy use to decorate her picture in The Breakfast Club?

13. In Dirty Dancing what was Baby’s real name?

14. What were Mouth and Chunk’s real names in The Goonies?

15. In The Breakfast Club, what did Brian try to kill himself with?

I know…these are simple. But I’m taking it easy this week.

November 7, 2006

Okay, here we go, Tuesday players….Name the artist for each song.

1. All I Need

2. There Must be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)

3. Dancing in the Street

4. Don’t You Forget About Me

5. Separate Lives

6. Smuggler’s Blues

7. You Give Good Love

8. Goonies R Good Enough

9. I’m On Fire

10. Four in the Morning (I Can’t Take Anymore)

11. Relax

12. Lovin’ Every Minute Of It

13. Tough All Over

14. Turn Up The Radio

15. Somebody

Have fun!

October 30, 2006

Back to the lyrics this week…name the band and the song:

1. I can’t help recalling how it felt
to kiss and hold you tight

2. Will you meet him on the main
line, or will you catch him on
the rebound?

3. Watching every motion in this
foolish lover’s game

4. You make the sun shine
brighter than Doris Day

5. Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream, red,
gold and green

6. They threw an American flag in our face

7. When I’m dancing close to her, I can smell the chemicals

8. She told me to come but I was already there

9. Streetlight people, living just to find emotion

10. It belongs to them, let’s give it back

11. Everything you do is quite angelicate

12. Rolling like thunder under the covers

13. I don’t know what you expect staring into the TV set

14. My eyes dilate, my lips go green

15. I touch you once, I touch you twice

Have fun!

October 23, 2006

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