80 Disco Era Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which 1977 disco single by Meco was based on music from Star Wars?
Answer
Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band
Which 1977 French disco album by Cerrone included “Supernature”?
Answer
Supernature
What city hosted the 1979 Disco Demolition Night event?
Answer
Chicago
Which 1978 song did Alicia Bridges record as her signature disco hit?
Answer
I Love the Nightlife
Which group performed the 1979 disco hit “He's the Greatest Dancer”?
Answer
Sister Sledge
Which 1978 disco song was recorded by Patrick Hernandez?
Answer
Born to Be Alive
Which 1978 disco song by Yvonne Elliman was featured in the film Saturday Night Fever?
Answer
If I Can't Have You
Which 1976 Bee Gees song became their first single to top the US dance chart?
Answer
You Should Be Dancing
Which 1977 album by Donna Summer became the first album to reach number one on Billboard’s dance chart?
Answer
I Remember Yesterday
Which 1978 Sylvester single featured the lyric “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” in its title?
Answer
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Who directed the 1977 disco-era film Saturday Night Fever?
Answer
John Badham
Which 1977 film starred John Travolta as Tony Manero, a Brooklyn dancer seeking success?
Answer
Saturday Night Fever
What was the address of New York’s Studio 54 nightclub during the disco era?
Answer
254 West 54th Street
Which 1979 Michael Jackson disco-funk single became his first solo US Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit?
Answer
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Which 1978 disco song by Amii Stewart was a cover of Eddie Floyd’s 1966 soul hit?
Answer
Knock on Wood
Which 1978 Heatwave song became a U.S. dance-chart hit and was written by Rod Temperton?
Answer
The Groove Line
Which 1976 disco song by Vicki Sue Robinson became her signature hit and reached the U.S. Top 10?
Answer
Turn the Beat Around
Which 1979 duet by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand topped the Billboard Hot 100?
Answer
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Which 1978 Anita Ward single topped the Billboard Hot 100 during the disco era?
Answer
Ring My Bell
Which 1977 Odyssey single became a disco standard after its release on RCA Records?
Answer
Native New Yorker
Which 1974 George McCrae single is often credited as an early international disco hit?
Answer
Rock Your Baby
Which 1979 disco single by Amii Stewart was adapted from a song by Eddie Floyd?
Answer
Knock on Wood
Which singer recorded the 1978 disco hit “If I Can’t Have You”?
Answer
Yvonne Elliman
Which 1975 Donna Summer single helped establish her as the “Queen of Disco”?
Answer
Love to Love You Baby
Which 1974 song by MFSB became the television theme for Soul Train?
Answer
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)
Which 1978 song became the first Grammy Award winner for Best Disco Recording?
Answer
I Will Survive
Which 1977 disco song by Thelma Houston was a cover of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes’ “Don’t Leave Me This Way”?
Answer
Don't Leave Me This Way
Which 1979 record label released Sister Sledge’s album We Are Family?
Answer
Cotillion Records