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<h1>Australian Music in the '80's</h1><p>Here's ten questions on Aussie music in the 1980's.</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/mooster.shtml">mooster</a></p><br>1. The beginning of the 80's marked the death of an 'electric' lead singer. Can you name him?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Shirley Strachan</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bon Scott</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Steve Gilpin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Michael Hutchence</div>
<br>2. Cold Chisel released their third album in May 1980. What was the name of the album?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 'West'</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 'South'</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 'East'</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 'North'</div>
<br>3. Name the band with the lanky, bald lead singer, turned politician?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Boom Crash Opera</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rose Tattoo</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Midnight Oil</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Australian Crawl</div>
<br>4. Name the band that featured a school-uniform clad lead singer?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Cheetah</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Devoid</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Divinyls</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Goanna</div>
<br>5. Men At Work had a huge hit with their debut single 'Who Can It Be Now', but can you name their bigger hit released later that same year?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) It's A Mistake</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Overkill</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Be Good Johnny</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Down Under</div>
<br>6. Name the band that featured James Reyne as its front man?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Noiseworks</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Moving Pictures</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Icehouse</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Australian Crawl</div>
<br>7. INXS released their debut single in 1980- can you name it?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Just Keep Walking</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The Loved One</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Original Sin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Burn For You</div>
<br>8. New Romantic style band Real Life had a top ten hit in 1983 with which song?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Catch Me I'm Falling</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Listening</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Send Me An Angel</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Funkytown</div>
<br>9. Who had a hit with the song 'Throw Your Arms Around Me'?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mental As Anything</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hoodoo Gurus</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hunters and Collectors</div>
<br>10. Can you name the number 1 record of 1983? (Hint : it was released as an EP, it was Australian, and there was very little singing.)
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bop Girl</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Shaddap Your Face</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Australiana</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) I Was Only Nineteen</div>
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