1980's Trivia

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  1. 1. What directionally named ranch is the fictional compound called home by the Ewing family on the 1980s TV drama "Dallas?"
  2. 4. What DMC sports car model is fitted with a flux capacitor to turn it into a time-traveling machine in the "Back to the Future" films?
  3. 5. What 1985 video game begins with a planned departure from Independence, Missouri?
  4. 7. What adolescently-named lead singer was the front man for the 1980s pop group Culture Club?
  5. 9. Matt and Ross Duffer are the directors and producers for what Netflix television series set in 1980s Indiana?
  6. 12. What singer went from the massive success of her 1984 album “Private Dancer” to starring as the villain in the 1985 film “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome?”
  7. 14. Babyland General Hospital was the "birthplace" of what line of collectible dolls that was a huge hit in the 1980s and included an individual birth certificate for each doll?
  8. 16. "All the old paintings on the tombs, they do the sand dance, don't ya know?" according to what 1986 hit song by The Bangles?
  9. 24. The opening of a crate and revealing a "leg lamp" is a pivotal scene in what 1983 holiday classic movie?
  10. 30. A military program announced by President Reagan in March 1983 promoted funding for lasers and particle beam weapons and was formally known as the Strategic Defense Initiative. However, what two-word name was the program (somewhat mockingly) nicknamed by the public?
  11. 31. Originally given the Japanese title “Puckman”, what 1980s arcade game was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Game" in 2005?
  12. 32. In the mid-1980s there was an animated Dungeons & Dragons TV show that lasted for three seasons. One of the six main characters was Hank, a 15 year old with a magical bow that shoots arrows of glowing energy. What character class was Hank?
  13. 34. In a famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate in June 1987, President Ronald Reagan exhorted Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down what structure that symbolized the division of Germany?
  14. 36. In 1983, Francis Ford Coppola directed what movie that was adapted from a book by S.E. Hinton and featured stars such as Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, and Tom Cruise?
  15. 37. What Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who served in that role for all of the 1980s, was played by Meryl Streep in the film "Iron Lady" and Gillian Anderson on Netflix's "The Crown?"
  16. 38. What “P” Hall of Fame Bears running back of the 1980s, for a long period of time the number one rusher in NFL history, had the nickname of “Sweetness?”
  17. 39. A Nike shoe designer was involved in the design and production of a pair of character costume boots for a blockbuster 1980s movie starring Michael Keaton. What was the movie?
  18. 40. There's a Finnish rock band that formed in the 1980s led by Pertti Neumann that shares its name with an ancient lineage of dogs found in Australia. What is this band name?
  19. 41. "There's only one ______." "Get Real. Get ______." and "It's ______ or Nothin'!" are all slogans for a toy brand owned by Hasbro in which the brand's name has been removed. What is this brand? This brand sells mostly foam-based products and its late-1980s Blast-a-Ball and Arrowstorm products arguably invented an entirely new category of toys
  20. 42. What Star Wars movie was the first to be released in the 1980s?
  21. 45. what 1986 film is the highest grossing Australian movie of all time?
  22. 46. What American TV show from the 1970s and 1980s still holds the record for the most watched finale ever with more than 100 million households tuning in?
  23. 48. If you wanted to type up a “flawless” document in the 1980s or early 1990s, which Windows word processor would you use?
  24. 49. What Finnish indie pop band, perhaps best known for their 2011 single “Laws Of Gravity”, share their one word name with the last name of a Hungarian inventor best known for one of the most ubiquitous toys of the 1980s?
  25. 50. Debuting in London's West End in 1986 and on Broadway in 1988, what Andrew Lloyd Webber musical features the songs "All I Ask of You" and "The Music of the Night?"
  26. 51. What rhyming brand of low-calorie meals did Stouffer's introduce in 1981 in response to consumers' desires for diet dinner options?
  27. 52. Gordon Gekko famously uses a bulky Motorola 8000X Dynatac mobile phone in what 1980s movie named after a Manhattan street?
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  1. 2. Veronica accidentally poisons a popular girl and makes it look like a suicide in what 1988 dark comedy starring Winona Ryder?
  2. 3. What founding member of Chicago left the band in the 1980s to pursue a solo career, scoring a number-one hit on his own with "Glory of Love," the theme from "The Karate Kid?"
  3. 6. What two-word 1980s British band had their biggest hit with 1986’s “(I Just) Died In Your Arms?”
  4. 8. With Michael Sembello's song "Maniac" on the soundtrack, what 1983 film stars Jennifer Beals as an exotic dancer whose dream is to become a ballerina?
  5. 10. In the affectionate Star Wars parody, “Space Balls,” the film renames the slimy crime lord “Jabba” to something far less sinister and perhaps a bit more delicious. What is this character’s new name?
  6. 11. What video game came with the Nintendo Entertainment System when it was released in the late 1980s, and was meant to be played with the NES Zapper gun? It shared a cartridge with "Super Mario Bros."
  7. 13. In her 1983 hit "Holiday," what one-named singer declares that "if we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate just one day out of life, it would be so nice?"
  8. 15. What 1985 John Hughes film features a group of uniquely different high school students, all forced together for Saturday detention?
  9. 17. Greg Lemond, who won the Tour de France three times in the late 1980s, was the first cyclist to appear on the cover which American sports magazine?
  10. 18. What 1980s TV series starred David Hasselhoff as a crime fighter assisted by a talking, self-aware sports car named K.I.T.T.?
  11. 19. The first a cappella recording to top the Billboard 100 added to its fame with a "Big Mouth Billy Bass" rendition years later. The song was inspired by a Meher Baba saying and won a Grammy in the 1980s. What was this song?
  12. 20. In the 1980s, Ewoks got their own spin-offs, starting with “Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure” in 1984. That film was followed up with a sequel the next year entitled: “Ewoks: The Battle for ______.”
  13. 21. Microsoft Disk was one of the original widely used operating systems all the way from the 1980s, but it has been fully unsupported since 2006. What hyphenated nickname is this classic system more commonly known by?
  14. 22. Model and actress Tawny Kitaen famously appeared in several 1980s music videos such as "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love" for what reptilian rock band?
  15. 23. Which musical group became famous with the 1985 hit song "Take On Me?"
  16. 24. Featuring 36 silk-screen paintings and 13 drawings in the artist's signature colorful pop style, "Cars" is a series of artworks commissioned by Mercedes-Benz in the 1980s from what artist?
  17. 25. Prague-born Jan Hammer composed the music for what 1980s TV series that starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as detectives in Florida?
  18. 26. One of Jason Bateman’s first leading roles was in the 1987 sequel to what 1985 Michael J. Fox high school comedy? Bateman's character was the cousin of Fox's character, and he went through similar transformations.
  19. 27. A brand of candy owned by Mendelez, featuring little people sized pieces that start sour and become sweet, are the Sour ______ Kids.
  20. 28. What California-set 1982 film was the highest grossing film of the 1980s at the U.S. box office?
  21. 29. Wilmington-born Valerie Bertinelli played Barbara Cooper on what long-running sitcom of the 1970s and 1980s?
  22. 33. According to the hit 1981 song by Tommy Tutone, if you dial 867-5309, you will reach a woman with what first name?
  23. 35. By the late 1980s, Walmart had quickly risen to become more profitable that its two larger U.S. retail competitors, and by 1990 it had surpassed them as the largest U.S. retailer by revenue.
  24. 43. Including “Baby Don’t Forget My Number”, what German and French R&B duo created three No. 1 Billboard in the 1980s before their lip-synching scandals led to their downfall?
  25. 44. What 1982 Toto song, whose title is a continent, experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2018 when Weezer covered the song?
  26. 45. A 30-kilometer-wide "Zone of Alienation" around the ghost town of Pripyat was created after the April 1986 disaster at what highly radioactive site?
  27. 47. What Georgia-born wrestler is known as the most famous wrestler of the 1980s, has 13 world championship belts, and began pivoting his career towards acting with an appearance in Rocky III as a heel?