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Shaun's 80's Trivia Challenge
Shaun's 80's Trivia Challenge
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A #80's trivia quiz for lovers of the eighties of all ages.
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1
Okay stop showin' off the forearm bling! Who's this laced glovelette girl?
Madonna
Pat Benatar
Belinda Carlisle
Cindi Lauper
2
In 1981 Indiana Jones was introduced to the world in which chapter of the saga?
Raiders of the Lost Arc
The Temple of Doom
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Last Crusade
3
E.T. phones home! But which of the following inspired how his face was designed?
Yoda
Carl Sandburg (poet)
Albert Einstein
A Pug
4
Richard Simmons had two show's in the early 80's, can you find them?
Richard Simmons Sweatin' to the oldies
The Richard Simmons Show
Slim Cookin'
Richard
5
Top rated crime drama Miami Vice (1984-89) was known for?
The show was traditional crime drama, but modern stories
The show drew heavily on the country western genre & fashion
The show drew on American southern culture & fashion
The show drew heavily upon 1980s New Wave culture and music.
6
These little round discs came out in the 80's. Everyone & their brother used them to advertise
Birdies
Dogs
Rollers
Pogs
7
To spite all their success in the 80's, The Cure must wait until 1989 to score a US # 1 single
Just Like Heaven
Fasination Street
Lulliliby
Love Cats
8
Candy of the 80's were much of the same fare as the 70's. Which are the new arrivals?
Air Heads
Starburst
Sour Patch Kids
Bubble Tape
9
He starred on the 80's show A-Team. Name this television Icon! I pity the fool that misses it!
Ice Cube
Ice T
Mr. T
Sinbad
10
What was the first non-music related program shown of MTV? Hint: it aired from 1987 to 1990.
Music Biography - Focused on telling the story of musicians
Pop Treats - A television trivia show
Remote Control - Pop Trivia Game Show
Music Fashion - Show focused on musical & nonmusical fashion
11
This 80's synth new wave duo hit with almost every single in the UK, stateside only a few hits
What Have I Done To Deserve This
Blasphemous Rumours
Love Cats
West End Girls
12
The Simpson's landed their own show in 1989 after staring in shorts on which prime time show?
MAD TV
The Tracy Ullman Show
Saturday Night Live
Living Colour
13
This game was released in the 70's but flopped, reintroduced in the 80's and sales soared!
Hungry Hippos
Happy Hippos
Marble Hippos
Hippo Wars
14
Who is most noted for using this word in the 1980's?
Moon Zappa
Cindi Lauper
Madonna
Pat Benitar
15
Die Hard w/ Bruce Willis made $140,000,000 plus four sequils. What city is the movie set in?
New York
Miami
Los Angeles
Chicago
16
The hardest toy to get your kids in 1983. Came with a birth certificate. Originally called?
Tatter Tots
Cabbage Kids
Cabbage Patch Heads
Little People
17
Pee Wee Herman got his own show & a playhouse in the 80's! Name the cast member here in blue?
Beanbag
Bluey
Loveseat
Chairy
18
Invented by a Budipest architect, the Magic Cube changing it's name to Rubik's cube in?
1980
1985
1982
1984
19
Name this band? No no, you don't need anything else to dfigure it out!
Depeche Mode
China Crisis
Lords of the New Church
A Flock of Seagulls
20
Bow Wow Wow is a New Wave band led by Anabelle, the music is best described as:
Pop with a bit of heavy British dance vibe
A driving guitar sound with Carribian steel drum base
Punkish with a splash of pop
New Wave, Pop & world Beat w/ African beat drum sound
21
In 1983 Tom Cruise made this film, can you place it?
Rain Man
The Color of Money
Top Gun
Risky Business
22
From which shire in the UK do the Smiths hail?
London
Manchester
Leads
Sussex
23
The Goonies released in 1985 is about what?
A group of kids discover a new species of magical creatures
A gang of kids find a dead body & have to decide what to do
A group of aliens are protected by a group of misfit kids
A gang of kids called Goonies struggle to save their homes
24
In 1986 Top Gun is released & soars at the box office. Which romantic theme song went to #1?
The Cure - Love Song
Bad English - When I See You Smile
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
Berlin - Take My Breath Away
25
One of the first original superhero live action shows came from the 80's, name it!
Captain Academics
Greatest Standard Hero
Matrix Man
Greatest American Hero
26
King of the pop parody Weird Al Yankovic, got his start in the 80's Select only his songs below
Who let the Pokemon out?
Another One Rides the Bus
I Lost on Jeopardy
My Bologna
27
1981 Care Bears was licenced to American Greetings, movie & TV show '85. Which bear is wrong?
Share Bear
Harmony Bear
Sunshine Bear
Cheer Bear
28
This classic stand up video game Centipede. Fight centipedes & the much faster & closer what?
Millipedes
Spiders
June Bugs
Scorpions
29
This glorious 80s One-Hit-Wonder band had little to say,but their one hit really spells it out?
Puttin' On the Ritz
Safety Dance
One Night In Bangkok
Tarzan Boy
30
The dolls are from the 70's but the cartoons are ALL 80's! Anime 1980 & American versions 1983
Moonchhici
Bonchhici
Honchhici
Monchhici
31
What 80's Saturday morning show is this?
The Blue Man Group
The Gentle Folk
The Gremlins
The Smurfs
32
In 1984 these little cutties reigned supreme in the toy world, do you remember their names?
Pretty Puppies
Pound Puppies
Rescue Rovers
Darling Doggies
33
In the 80's Superman finally made it to the big screen! Who played the man of steel?
Nicholas Cage
Sylvester Stallone
Christopher Reeves
George Reeve
34
The rise of roll playing games like D & D! 100's of different games all came to a halt because?
The rise in home video game systems
The rise in cable television
Many companies weren't well managed & went out of business
The creation & public access to the world wide web
35
Knight Rider, a show about a talking car staring David Hasselhoff debuted in?
1982
1980
1981
1983
36
Missing Persons' debut 82 album Spring Session M had four hit singles, the 4th went to US # 12
Words
Mental Hopscotch
Walking In L.A.
Destination Unknown
37
The 80's gave us New Coke, what was the real story behind New Coke?
Introduced in 1985 and eventual became Diet Coke
Was a trick as the New Coke was actually the same formula
Introduced new formula, some say to gain brand loyalty
Came in 1985, and formula replaced Coke's old formula
38
The Golden Girls first aired in 1985. Which of the following is not a golden girl?
Betty White
Rue McClanahan
Jean Stapleton
Bea Aurthur
39
My Pet Monster was an 80's sensation aimed at the young boys market & featured what?
Breakaway plastic hand cuffs that the boys could wear
The ability to act as a puppet
Grunting sounds when you squeezed him
Eyes that glowed in the dark
40
Spin up all the 80's artist below that were on Rough Trade records, but don't hang the DJ!
The Cure
The Smiths
Aztec Camera
The Wooden Tops
41
Space Shuttle Program takes center stage at NASA in 80's March 5,1981 this shuttle's 1st launch
Enterprise
Endeavour
Columbia
Challenger
42
Trolls a 1959 Danish toy sold in 60's & 70's in US dimes stores, showed up in the 80's in what?
Plastic
Rubber
Wood
Stone
43
Masters of the Universe was a master of cha-ching in the 80's! Select all the MOTU characters
He-Man
Teela
Man With Arms
Skeletor
44
Sly Stallone's Rambo would yield 7 films including a reboot, how may are from the 80's?
6
5
4
3
45
Thundercats (1985-89) Where which?
American animated show w/ cats that learn to fight w/ swords
Am/Japanese animated show based on catlike humanoid aliens
Japanese animated show based on futuristic & evolved cats
Japanese live action show about catlike humanoid aliens
46
One hit wonders, The Buggles world bear odd fruit & not just for new wave, which are true?
Geoff Downes went on to form the rock band Asia
Trevor Horn goes on to produce Seal, The Bangles & Yes
Both members Trevor Horn & Geoff Downes join rock band YES
Downes & Horn for the band Erasure
47
Where everybody knows your name! Who were the stars? Check all that apply.
Michael J Fox
Woody Harrelson
Ted Danson
Pierce Brosnon
48
Which 80's classic New Wave band released this album is 1982?
The English Beat
Duran Duran
The Eurythmics
INXS
49
Some say the pinnacle of genius MJ, in a career that had spanned 3 decades, what year was BAD?
1986
1985
1987
1988
50
So it's 1984, in a good way. So, who you gonna call?
Ghostbusters
Ghostslayers
Ghostbunnies
Ghostcatchers
51
Button Collecting flourished in the 80's, give three substantial reasons why?
Music industry boom plus MTV the greaest single bump ever!
80's was a golden age of movies & on the heals of Lucas' ILM
Fads and crazes ran wild in the 80's, here's another example
More people had button makers by the 80's
52
This one of the most prolific of 80's artists said to have written 5,000 songs, which are true?
A self appointed Elvis
Never Played Guitar
His Aim Was True
Took a troup of "Attractions" w/ him when he was on the road
53
Star Trek returns to television in September 1987. The show's sub title is what?
Enterprise
The Next Generation
Voyager
The New Generation
54
Colorful plastic charm necklaces were trendy & fashionable in 80's. What color is the rabbit?
Blue
Pink
Orange
Green
55
The Gremlin craze hit with the movie in 1984, just make sure you don't what?
Let them touch you
Let them eat
Let them get wet
Let them sleep
56
MTV debuts on August 1st, 1981, what was the first video they played?
We Got the Beat - The Go Go's
Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
Rapture - Blondie
Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner
57
Match the proper time period for each movie
1st film -50's / 2nd film -Old West /3rd film distant future
1st film - 50's / 2nd film - present / 3rd film - Old West
1st film - Old West / 2nd film 50's / 3rd film the present
1st film - 50's / 2nd film - Old West / 3rd film - future
58
The B-52's released this album just months before the 80's began p
c
proved very influencial in shaping
59
80' & 81' were amazing years for Queen! They had a #1 in both the US & the UK, which was US #1?
Under Pressure w/ David Bowie
Another One Bites the Dust
We Are the Champions
We WIll Rock You
60
Can you name this New Wave & 80's icon, from his mug shot here? Just kidding but mascara aside?
Vince Clark
Martin Gore
Morrissey
Robert Smith