Pop Quiz

Pop Quiz is a British television quiz programme originally broadcast on BBC One from 04 July 1981 until 28 December 1984, hosted by radio 1 DJ Mike Read.

The programme consisted of Read posing questions to two teams of three people from the world of rock and pop music to test their knowledge on the subject. The game consisted of team and individual rounds of questions. Contestants were generally unassociated although the final show in 1984 was a Duran Duran vs. Spandau Ballet special, with band members fighting it out between them "to the death".

A Top of the Pops 30th Anniversary Special was broadcast on 04 January 1994, again hosted by Read.

Pop Quiz was revived in May 1994 continuing until July, again on BBC One this time hosted by Chris Tarrant. It was revived again on Red TV from 14 June to 30 August 2008 with Mike Read returning as host, although featuring non-celebrities as contestants. Two specials sub-titled 'The Comeback' were also shown on BBC Four in December 2016 and January 2017. The teams featured mostly 'eighties' pop stars such as Toyah Willcox, Tom Bailey, Andy McCluskey, Steve Norman, Mari Wilson, Nick Heyward, Cheryl Baker, Jay Aston and Ranking Roger.