This quiz originally appeared January 12, 1998.
The year for this edition of Phil's Yearly Quiz is 1979. Margaret Thatcher became British Prime Minister, Iranian revolutionaries seized hostages at the American Embassy in Teheran, Americans began gas-rationing, the Montreal Canadiens won their fourth straight Stanley Cup, "The China Syndrome" and "The Dukes of Hazzard" were hits, and this is what we listened to... (24 Hot 100 singles, 1 album track)
1. Take it now or leave it, now is all we get
2. I love you, mama, you're too bad to change
3. What I feel in my heart for you is so easy to explain
4. What are we gonna do if we lose that fire?
5. I'm gonna find ya, I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha
6. "I like the nightlife, baby!" she says
7. Happy days are here again, the time is right for making friends
8. Ba de ya - Say do you remember?
9. Every woman made a fool out of me; my mama told me when she set me free
10. If you'd like making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape
11. I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies
12. I know (I know) the sun (the sun) gotta shine sometime
13. It's hard to do, it's such a shame, I can't get through
14. You say your love is bona fide, but that don't coincide
15. Meet me behind Mars, we will hold each other while we sail for the stars
16. I told you that he'd get you right between the eyes
17. Don't you let nothing, nothing stand in your way
18. Makes me love you more each day, in your arms I wanna stay
19. I don't believe in Peter Pan, Frankenstein or Superman
20. Just take those old records off the shelf
21. I got all my sisters with me!
22. It's like thunder, lightning, the way you love me is frightening
23. Hey mister, do you want to spend some time?
24. Now some they do and some they don't and some you just can't tell
25. You can hang out with all the boys
Bonus questions:
B1. Two of the artists on this quiz have won the Grammy for album of the year. Which two? (2 pts.)
B2. Two of the groups on this quiz are composed solely of siblings. Which two? (3 pts.)
B3. Three of the artists on this quiz appeared in the same 1978 movie. Which artists and which movie? (5 pts.)
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