1980s Music quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which 1986 film featured Kenny Loggins' song "Danger Zone"?

   Answer: Top Gun

   Why: Giorgio Moroder called Kenny Loggins after another act backed out and asked him to record "Danger Zone" the next day.

2. 2 Medium

   Which 1980s song spent longest at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100?

   Answer: Physical

   Why: Olivia Newton-John's synth-pop hit topped the chart for 10 consecutive weeks between late 1981 and early 1982.

3. 3 Hard

   Which band took their name from a villain in the movie 'Barbarella'?

   Answer: Duran Duran

   Why: The film's mad scientist is Dr. Durand Durand, played by Milo O'Shea; the Birmingham trio picked the name in 1978 and dropped both final d's.

4. 4 Easy

   What crisis prompted the 1985 single We Are the World?

   Answer: Famine relief in Ethiopia

   Why: The original 1985 recording sold more than seven million records worldwide and generated over $60 million in proceeds for famine relief and related needs.

5. 5 Medium

   Which Queen hit was written by Freddie Mercury in a bathtub?

   Answer: Crazy Little Thing Called Love

   Why: Mercury composed it on guitar in five to ten minutes, and it spent four weeks at number one as Queen's first US chart-topper in 1980.

6. 6 Hard

   What was the original title of the 1985 Kate Bush hit?

   Answer: A Deal with God

   Why: Kate Bush renamed Running Up That Hill after EMI feared radio bans over the word God; the album kept A Deal with God as a subtitle.