In 1764, which of the following was true of 8-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

a) Could play 7 musical instruments
b) Married his stepsister
c) Wrote Bastien and Bastienne
d) Wrote his first symphony

1980s One-Hit Wonder Lyrics Answers

• A1) "Whip It" - Devo. "Working in a Coal Mine" received some airplay but just missed cracking the Top 40.
• A2) "Believe It or Not" - Joey Scarbury. Mike Post wrote this catchy theme song from The Greatest American Hero television show (1981-83).
• A3) "Pac-Man Fever" - Buckner & Garcia. This song was the title track of a 1982 album that also honored Frogger, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, Defender, Mouse Trap, and Berzerk.
• A4) "Tainted Love" - Soft Cell. When this single was released in the U.S. in 1982, it set a record with 43 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100.
• A5) "Nobody" - Sylvia. Silvia Kirby's country crossover hit cleverly struck back against the "other woman".
• A6) "Come On Eileen" - Dexy's Midnight Runners. Marie Fahey, sister of Siobhan Fahey, posed as Eileen in the video and on the record jacket.
• A7) "Der Kommissar" - After the Fire. The German words that begin the song are actually "2, 3, 4", not "1, 2, 3".
• A8) "She Blinded Me With Science" - Thomas Dolby. The Englishman was born to a classical Greek archaelogy professor in Cairo, Egypt.
• A9) "Puttin' on the Ritz" - Taco. Taco Ockerse remade Irving Berlin's classic in 1982, reaching #4 on the charts early the next year.
• A10) "Far From Over" - Frank Stallone. Frank composed this song for his more famous brother Sylvester's 1983 movie "Staying Alive".
• A11) 99 Luftballons - Nena. The 1983 German version actually climbed higher up the charts (#2) than the 1984 English rendition, "99 Red Balloons".
• A12) "They Don't Know" - Tracey Ullman. The actress's brief singing career peaked with this single. She convinced Paul McCartney to make a video cameo because she was working on his Give My Regards to Broad Street at the time.

The '80s were my formative years, so the music of that decade has been permanently etched in my brain. Although I listen to a broad range of genres (rock, jazz, new age, and classical for starters), I've always been a sucker for upbeat, shallow pop songs (think "Gloria", "Obsession", and "The Warrior").

To make things easier, these lyrics come from the beginnings of the songs, the songs are by one-hit wonders, and the chart dates are from 1980 to 1984 in chronological order. (Disclaimer: leave this page right now if you don't want any of these tunes stuck in your head for the rest of the day). Scoring: one point for each correct song title and one point for each correct artist.

1980s One-Hit Wonder Lyrics Questions

• Q1) "Crack that whip. Give the past the slip. Step on a crack. Break your momma's back...".
• Q2) "Look at what's happened to me, I can't believe it myself...".
• Q3) "I got a pocket full of quarters, and I'm headed to the arcade...".
• Q4) "Sometimes I feel I've got to run away. I've got to get away from the pain that you drive into the heart of me...".
• Q5) "Sittin' in a restaurant, she walked by. I seemed to recall that certain look in your eye...".
• Q6) "Poor old Johnny Ray...".
• Q7) "Zwei, drei, vier; One, two, three; it's easy to see, but it's not that I don't care so...".
• Q8) "It's poetry in motion. She turned her tender eyes to me...".
• Q9) "If you're blue and you don't know where to go to, why don't you go where fashion sits...".
• Q10) "This is the end. You made your choice, and now my chance is over. I thought I was in. You put me down, and say I'm goin' nowhere...".
• Q11) "You and I in a little toy shop...".
• Q12) "You've been around for such a long time now. Oh, maybe I could leave you but I don't know how...".

Jump the gun on the new year with this quilt (rules are here).

Category Questions:

Literature & Arts	What French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist asserted, "Cogito, ergo sum"?
Entertainment & Food	What sport is featured in the 1986 movie The Color of Money?
Geography & Nature	What is the mute, long-legged, wading bird used to deliver babies in cartoons?
Math & Science	What chemical molecule contains exactly six atoms of carbon and six atoms of hydrogen?
History & Government	Which of the six official languages of the United Nations do the fewest people in the world speak?
Sports & Games	What NBA player scored the most points in a game in the 1980s?

Category Answers:

Math & Science	BERZELIUS	Jons Jakob Berzelius, the creator of modern chemical notation, found the elements in 1818, 1824, and 1829 respectively. He also co-discovered cerium with Wilhelm Hisinger in 1803.
Literature & Arts	MCGREGOR	Mrs. Rabbit had told her children to stay out of Mr. McGregor's garden because their father had been caught and baked in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
Entertainment & Food	KIAM	One-time New England Patriots owner Victor Kiam became the majority shareholder in 1979 and featured in their successful, low-budget television commercials.
Sports & Games	IVERSON	Shooting guard Allen Iverson was also one of the country's best quarterbacks in high school, but opted to pursue only basketball at Georgetown University.
Geography & Nature	BOERS	They originally settled from the mid-1600s to the late 1700s when the Dutch East India Company administered the region.
History & Government	INCAS	The empire began around Lake Titicaca and eventually spread up and down most of the west coast of South America.

Quiz Quilt Answer: NOVICE (Second letters going up.)

A "novice" is someone who is new at something, and a virgin has "no vice", at least in one respect.