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