There were some excellent songs from the 1980s, but just how well do you know them? Can you name them with just the first lyric?

This multiple-choice quiz challenges you to match the hit 1980s song to the movie it was made for.

One of the ways television offers comfort is in familiarity. Sitcom characters tend to behave in predictable ways, from Kramer on Seinfeld plotting bizarre schemes to Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy ...

How well do you know this era? Photo illustration by Slate. MJ and Madonna photos by Michael Putland/Getty Images; Axl photo by Marc S. Canter/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Earlier this month we ...