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1980s Power Ballads

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Instructions: Lighters in the air! How well do you remember the soaring, emotional power ballads of the 1980s?

  1. 1.

    Which band recorded the power ballad 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn' in 1988?

    A
    Poison
    B
    Whitesnake
    C
    Def Leppard
    D
    Bon Jovi
  2. 2.

    Bon Jovi's 'Livin' on a Prayer' was from which massively successful 1986 album?

    A
    Keep the Faith
    B
    7800 Fahrenheit
    C
    New Jersey
    D
    Slippery When Wet
  3. 3.

    Which power ballad by REO Speedwagon topped the charts in 1981?

    A
    Can't Fight This Feeling
    B
    Take It on the Run
    C
    Keep On Loving You
    D
    In My Dreams
  4. 4.

    Whitesnake had a huge 1987 hit with which power ballad?

    A
    Is This Love
    B
    Still of the Night
    C
    Here I Go Again
    D
    Fool for Your Loving
  5. 5.

    Which Chicago power ballad from 1982 featured Peter Cetera's soaring vocals?

    A
    You're the Inspiration
    B
    If You Leave Me Now
    C
    Look Away
    D
    Hard to Say I'm Sorry
  6. 6.

    Foreigner's '(I Want to Know What Love Is)' reached number one in 1984 and featured which backing choir?

    A
    The London Philharmonic Choir
    B
    The Harlem Gospel Choir
    C
    A children's choir
    D
    The New Jersey Mass Choir
  7. 7.

    Which Scorpions power ballad became an anthem associated with the fall of the Berlin Wall?

    A
    Send Me an Angel
    B
    Wind of Change
    C
    No One Like You
    D
    Still Loving You
  8. 8.

    Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson had a comeback with which 1987 power ballad?

    A
    All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You
    B
    What About Love
    C
    These Dreams
    D
    Alone
  9. 9.

    Which Journey power ballad from 1981 has become one of the most played songs at sporting events?

    A
    Faithfully
    B
    Who's Crying Now
    C
    Don't Stop Believin'
    D
    Open Arms
  10. 10.

    Def Leppard had a power ballad hit with which song from their 'Hysteria' album?

    A
    Love Bites
    B
    Animal
    C
    Pour Some Sugar on Me
    D
    Armageddon It
  11. 11.

    Which Guns N' Roses ballad from 1988 featured a memorable whistling intro?

    A
    November Rain
    B
    Patience
    C
    Don't Cry
    D
    Sweet Child o' Mine
  12. 12.

    Richard Marx had a number-one power ballad in 1989 with which song?

    A
    Right Here Waiting
    B
    Endless Summer Nights
    C
    Satisfied
    D
    Hold On to the Nights
  13. 13.

    Air Supply was known for which emotional 1980 ballad?

    A
    Lost in Love
    B
    Every Woman in the World
    C
    All Out of Love
    D
    Making Love Out of Nothing at All
  14. 14.

    Extreme had a surprise acoustic power ballad hit in 1991 (recorded in 1990) with which song?

    A
    Rest in Peace
    B
    Get the Funk Out
    C
    More Than Words
    D
    Hole Hearted
  15. 15.

    Which Bryan Adams power ballad from the 1991 film 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' dominated the charts?

    A
    (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
    B
    Heaven
    C
    Straight from the Heart
    D
    Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?

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