{
  "pack": "music-mayhem-v1",
  "category": "eighties",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "eighties-001",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which song was the first music video ever played on MTV, at its launch in August 1981?",
      "options": [
        "Video Killed the Radio Star",
        "Bette Davis Eyes",
        "Start Me Up",
        "Physical"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "MTV went on the air on August 1, 1981, opening its video rotation with the Buggles' 1979 single.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "eighties-002",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Michael Jackson famously debuted his moonwalk on a 1983 TV special while performing which song?",
      "options": [
        "Beat It",
        "Billie Jean",
        "Thriller",
        "Rock with You"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "The moment came on 'Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever,' which aired on NBC in May 1983.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "eighties-003",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "The band a-ha, famous for 'Take On Me' and its pencil-sketch music video, comes from which country?",
      "options": [
        "Sweden",
        "Denmark",
        "Norway",
        "Finland"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "a-ha formed in Oslo, and 'Take On Me' hit No. 1 in the US in 1985.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "eighties-004",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "What is the title of Cyndi Lauper's 1983 debut solo album?",
      "options": [
        "True Colors",
        "Private Dancer",
        "Like a Virgin",
        "She's So Unusual"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "She's So Unusual featured 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' and 'Time After Time.'",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "eighties-005",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Sting was the frontman and bassist of which band behind the 1983 hit 'Every Breath You Take'?",
      "options": [
        "The Cars",
        "The Police",
        "The Clash",
        "Duran Duran"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "'Every Breath You Take' spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1983.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "eighties-006",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Prince starred in which 1984 film, whose soundtrack album shared its title?",
      "options": [
        "Purple Rain",
        "Under the Cherry Moon",
        "Graffiti Bridge",
        "Sign o' the Times"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "The Purple Rain soundtrack included the No. 1 hits 'When Doves Cry' and 'Let's Go Crazy.'",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "eighties-007",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "The 1985 charity single 'We Are the World' was written by Michael Jackson and which singer?",
      "options": [
        "Stevie Wonder",
        "Kenny Rogers",
        "Bruce Springsteen",
        "Lionel Richie"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa, it raised money for famine relief in Africa.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "eighties-008",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "New wave stars Duran Duran formed in 1978 in which English city?",
      "options": [
        "Manchester",
        "Birmingham",
        "Liverpool",
        "Sheffield"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "The band took its name from a villain in the 1968 sci-fi film Barbarella.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "eighties-009",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "In the 1980s, Whitney Houston set a record with how many consecutive No. 1 singles in the US?",
      "options": [
        "Five",
        "Six",
        "Seven",
        "Nine"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "Her run of seven straight Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers lasted from 1985 to 1988.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "eighties-010",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Bon Jovi's 1986 album featuring 'Livin' on a Prayer' is titled what?",
      "options": [
        "New Jersey",
        "Hysteria",
        "Pyromania",
        "Slippery When Wet"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Slippery When Wet also included the No. 1 hit 'You Give Love a Bad Name.'",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "eighties-011",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which all-female band had a 1986 No. 1 hit with 'Walk Like an Egyptian'?",
      "options": [
        "The Go-Go's",
        "Bananarama",
        "The Bangles",
        "The Pointer Sisters"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "The Bangles also scored hits with 'Manic Monday' and 'Eternal Flame.'",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "eighties-012",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "In 1982, which band became the first all-female group writing and playing its own songs to top the US album chart?",
      "options": [
        "The Go-Go's",
        "The Bangles",
        "The Runaways",
        "Vixen"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Their debut album, Beauty and the Beat, included 'We Got the Beat' and 'Our Lips Are Sealed.'",
      "wildcard": false
    }
  ]
}