80s Music Quiz

You hear one second of a real 80s recording and name it. Land it straight away and the round is worth five points. Miss or skip and the clip grows to two seconds, then four, seven and eleven, worth less every time. Five 80s tracks per run, roughly two minutes, and the guess box suggests titles as you type so spelling never costs you a round.

Tracks are pulled live from the public catalogue, so the five you get change every run. Expect titles like Billie Jean, Take On Me, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Livin' on a Prayer. Each round also starts at a random point in the recording, so Billie Jean opening on a verse and Billie Jean opening on the chorus are two completely different puzzles.

Usually, yes. Narrowing every round to 80s strips out the genre and era clues you would normally use in the first second, so recognising Billie Jean or Take On Me comes down to knowing the actual record rather than placing its style.

No. Every round of the 80s Music Quiz is audio, so nothing is printed on screen and no lyrics are stored or reproduced anywhere on this site. You are naming 80s tracks by ear.

Yes. No sign-up, no download, no cost. The 80s Music Quiz runs in any browser on phone, tablet or desktop, and you can replay it as many times as you like because the 80s tracks reshuffle each run.