Q 01/05

What was the first clip MTV aired when it launched on August 1, 1981?

A) Video Killed the Radio Star

B) In the Air Tonight

C) Start Me Up (Rolling Stones)

D) Rapture (Blondie)

Answer · why

A) Video Killed the Radio Star

'Video Killed the Radio Star' by the Buggles opened MTV at 12:01 a.m.; it had peaked at only No. 40 in the US but topped charts in sixteen countries.

Q 02/05

Which AC/DC singer died in 1980, seven months after Highway to Hell?

A) Dave Evans

B) Bon Scott

C) Phil Rudd

D) Malcolm Young

Answer · why

B) Bon Scott

Bon Scott died in London on February 19, 1980; the all-black cover of Back in Black, released that July, was a sign of mourning for him.

Q 03/05

Where did AC/DC record Back in Black over seven weeks in 1980?

A) Sydney

B) London

C) The Bahamas

D) Los Angeles

Answer · why

C) The Bahamas

The Bahamas — the band cut it at Compass Point Studios in Nassau in April and May 1980, then mixed it at Electric Lady Studios in New York.

Q 04/05

Ozzy Osbourne famously bit the head off a bat on stage in January 1982 in which city?

A) Cleveland

B) San Antonio

C) Detroit

D) Des Moines

Answer · why

D) Des Moines

Des Moines, Iowa — on January 20, 1982, at Veterans Memorial Auditorium; he thought the bat was rubber and needed rabies shots afterward.

Q 05/05

Which guitarist on Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Ozz died in a 1982 plane crash?

A) Randy Rhoads

B) Jake E. Lee

C) Zakk Wylde

D) Brad Gillis

Answer · why

A) Randy Rhoads

Randy Rhoads died on March 19, 1982, when a small plane buzzing the tour bus crashed in Leesburg, Florida; his classical-tinged playing shaped neoclas...