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1
What town did Pan Am Flight 103 crash into on December 21, 1988?
Moscow, Russia
Berlin, Germany
London, England
Lockerbie, Scotland
2
Where were protests taking place in China on June 4, 1989?
Tiananmen Square
Red Square
Blue Square
Green Square
3
Who was the first black artist to get onto MTV?
Rick James
Prince
Michael Jackson
Run DMC
4
What were people called who made it rich in the 1980's?
Crumpets
Yuppies
Bunnies
Muppets
5
Which hip-hop group is responsible for putting Aerosmith back on the map?
Run-DMC
Public Enemy
The Sugarhill Gang
The Beastie Boys
6
Name one piece of technology made popular in the 1980's?
The VCR
The Original Xbox
The Flat Screen TV
The DVD Player
7
What video game was released on May 22, 1980?
Pac-Man
Super Mario Bros
Galaga
Star Fox
8
Who was the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court?
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sonia Sotomayor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Elena Kagan
9
Who shot JR on Dallas?
Kristin Bell
Kristin Allen
Kristen Stewart
Kristin Shepard
10
Finish this Phrase "Mr. Gorbachev...."
Tear Down this Fall
Three Musketeers For All
Don't Take This Call
Tear Down This Wall
11
Who became president after Ronald Reagan?
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Thomas Jefferson
Gerald Ford
12
What type of freedom union was founded in Poland on August 31, 1980 by Lech Walesa?
Geography
Posterity
Historically
Solidarity
13
Which action movie, released on July 22, 1988, is considered a Christmas movie today?
Platoon
Rambo
Die Hard
Labyrinth
14
Which Economic Theory became known as "Trickle Down Economics?"
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Erosionomics
Reaganomics
15
When was the assassination attempt on President Reagan?
July 16, 1980
December 4, 1984
March 30, 1981
February 28, 1989
16
Who was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1977-1987?
Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr
Newt Gingrich
Nancy Pelosi
Thomas Brackett Reed
17
Why did the Soviet Union boycott the Summer Olympic Games in 1984?
Beacause the games were being held in West Germany
Beacuse the games had been moved to seven different locations
Beacause China and the United States had formed a cohesive alliance
Beacuse Anti-Soviet hysteria was being whipped up in the United States
18
What TV show ran between 1982-1993?
Cheers
St. Elsewhere
Hill Street Blues
The Golden Girls
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What Volcano violently erupted on May 18, 1980?
Mount Tambora
Mona Loa
Mount St. Helens
Mount Fuji
20
Name the album that is pictured below!!
Off the Wall
Slippery When Wet
Thriller
Appetite for Destruction
21
Name this pop star
Cyndi Lauper
Princess Consuela
Veronica Peterson
Anna Morelos
22
When was the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon that killed 241 US Marines?
October 23, 1983
April 10, 1987
February 3, 1983
September 4, 1985
23
Name a Serial Killer that wasn't captured in the 1980's
William Bonin
Jeffrey Dahmer
Richard Ramirez
Wayne Williams
24
Who was President for most of the 1980's?
Teddy Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
25
Between October 25-October 29, 1983, what country was invaded by the United States?
Mexico
India
Grenada
Mali
26
"Video Killed the Radio Star" became the first music video on MTV?
True
False
27
1983 was the year the Cold War really heated up
True
False
28
Which one of these bands didn't have a "one-hit-wonder?"
A-Ha
Alphaville
A Flock of Seagulls
Def Leppard
29
What team did the Detroit Tigers beat in the 1984 World Series?
Dallas Cowboys
Boston Celtics
San Diego Padres
Colorado Avalanche
30
Who became the next premier of the Soviet Union on March 11, 1985?
Konstatin Chernenko
Mikhail Gorbachev
Josef Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
31
In what city did the devastating Loma Prieta earthquake take place on October 17, 1989?
Dallas
Miami
Detroit
San Francisco
32
What crisis ended on January 20, 1981?
The Iranian Hostage Crisis
The Oil Crisis
The Money Crisis
The Basketball Crisis
33
What happened in Germany on November 9, 1989?
A hurricane hits Gavleston, Texas
The Berlin Wall falls
Planes flew into the World Trade Center
The Waco Siege
34
What scandal took hold of President Reagan's second term?
Watergate
Teapot Dome
Credit Moblier
Iran-Contra
35
When was the "Miracle on Ice?"
March 25, 1984
June 6, 1986
February 22, 1980
January 31, 1980
36
What heppened in Pripyat, Ukraine on April 26, 1986?
A Volcano erupts
An Explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
An Earthquake
A Hurricane
37
The Strategic Defense Inititive (SDI) was nicknamed "Star Wars"
False
True
38
Who was nearly assassinated on May 13, 1981?
Pope Clement VII
Pope Leo X
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope John Paul II
39
On March 8, 1983, in a speech, President Reagan refered to the Soviet Union as what?
"A Place for Freedom"
"A Nuclear Monster"
"An Evil Empire"
"A Wonderful Place"
40
What TV show ran between 1985-1992?
The Walking Dead
Friends
I Love Lucy
The Golden Girls
41
What movie became the Summer Blockbuster of 1985?
Revenge of the Nerds
Back to the Future
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Weird Science
42
What virus started an epidemic throughout the 1980's?
HIV/AIDS
Typhoid
The Bubonic Plague
Tuberculosis
43
Which character did Wes Craven introduce in 1984?
Billy the Puppet
Ghost Face
Michael Myers
Freddy Kreuger
44
What movie franchise is this character from?
The Exorcist
Saw
Friday the 13th
Scream
45
When did Walter Cronkite retire from CBS News?
July 4, 1985
March 6, 1981
December 4, 1982
April 6, 1980
46
When did the Space Shuttle Challenger explode?
September 2, 1987
January 28, 1986
August 6, 1985
December 5, 1986
47
How many illegal immigrants did President Reagan give amnesty?
1,000,000
4,000,000
3,000,000
7,000,000
48
When did MTV first air on TV?
July 4, 1986
October 3, 1983
May 8, 1987
August 1, 1981
49
Which of these is not a Madonna song?
Papa Don't Preach
Borderline
Take on Me
Like a Virgin
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Why did the US boycott the Summer Olympics in Moscow in 1980?
The Soviet Union made an alliance with China
The Soviet Union nuked New York City
The Soviet Union invaded Poland
The Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan the year before in 1979
