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

The Buggles' song had only reached No. 40 in the US, but it topped sixteen charts around the world.

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

Back in Black's all-black cover was designed as 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 producer of Highway to Hell returned to oversee it; the mixing was done at Electric Lady 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

He thought it was rubber; by his own account it bit back and he needed rabies shots.

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

He fused classical guitar with metal, helping create what became known as neoclassical metal.