Everything 80s Part 1 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Duran Duran

They got this name from the evil character Durand Durand played by Milo O'Shea that "Barbarella" (Jane Fonda) is out to stop.

Answer: Press Your Luck

This show was extremely popular after its demise. It has been revamped for the game show network under the new name "Whammy".

Answer: Sudden Impact

This was the 4th film of the "Dirty Harry" series released in 1983. "Tightrope" was not one of the sequals.

Answer: False

It was the Billionaire Boys Club. This is the story of one man Joe Hunt played by Judd Nelson who enlists several other classmates into investing money in return for huge profits. When he is double crossed by an investor Ron Levin, the boys scheme to kidnap and murder him.

Answer: MGM Grand

On November 21, 1980 the MGM Grand Hotel experienced a deadly fire that started in the deli and eventually worked its way into the casino. The majority of the people that died in the fire did not die from the flames but rather the poisonous gases that made their way into the ventilation systems. As of November 2002 it is the second worst hotel fire in United States history.

Answer: Jake Ryan

"Sixteen Candles" from 1984 is one of the great all time teen flicks. It also starred Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall. Michael Schoeffling has not made a film in over 10 years. He currently owns a hand-made furniture business in Pennsylvania where he lives with his wife and two children.

Answer: Don Johnson

This was the only album made by Don Johnson who kept his focus on acting following this release. He was well known for the white sports coat on "Miami Vice".

Answer: True

Sarah Jessica starred in the majorly successful HBO series "Sex and the City". In 2003, Sarah Jessica and Matthew Broderick welcomed their first child together, a son, James Wilkie Broderick.

Answer: accidentally shot himself

Jon-Erik was playing around with a prop gun on the set when he accidentally shot himself in the head with a gun loaded with blanks. He died on October 18, 1984. His family decided to donate his organs including viable parts of his well known beautiful blue eyes.

Answer: Battlezone

All of these games were developed by Nintendo in the 1980s. "Donkey Kong "was launched in 1981, "Super Mario Bros." was launched in 1985, and "The Legend of Zelda" was released in 1986. "Battlezone" was launched by Atari in November of 1980.

Answer: St. Elmo's Fire

Other members of the Brat Packers include Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Andrew McCarthy.

Answer: Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis won nine gold medals in the 1984, 1988, 1992, and the 1996 Olympics. He was the second competitor to win the same event in four consecutive olympic games. Lewis retired from competition in 1997.

Answer: Bras

This led the way for very successful advertising campaigns for many stores and comparable products, such as Victoria's Secret.

Answer: True

This group was not heard from on the music scene much after this hit. The name of the group has often been mistakenly thought to be a solo artist. "Jenny I got your number 867-5309."

Answer: Top Gun

Tom Cruise made this a popular phrase that can still be heard clear up here in 2002.

Answer: Chicago Bears

Remember William "The Refrigerator" Perry and Jim McMahon???

Answer: Tampons

TSS is a result of leaving tampons in too long and causing harmful bacteria to breed in the body. Enough said.

Answer: Reese's Pieces

M & M's decided to pass on this film. What a mistake for them!

Answer: True

The "Beverly Hills Cop" series had two moderately profitable sequels.

Answer: Terms of Endearment

"Terms of Endearment" was released in 1983 and won at the 1984 cermony. "Silence of the Lambs" (1991) won at the 1992 Oscar ceremony. "The Color Purple"(1985) was nominated at the 1986 ceremony but did not win. "The Breakfast Club"(1985) was not even nominated.

Answer: Wham

Wham disbanded in the mid-80's and George Michael went on to have a successful solo career.

A point to note that in the UK George Michael is credited with "Careless Whisper", while in the USA, Wham! is credited for "Careless Whisper".

Answer: Ecstasy

To my knowledge Agony is not a drug, I just made the name up. The correct name for Ecstasy is methylenedioxymethamphetamine.

Answer: False

He was elected mayor in 1988.

Answer: Kenny Loggins

"I'm All right" was from "Caddyshack"(1980), "Footloose" was of course from "Footloose"(1984), and "Danger Zone" was from "Top Gun"(1986).

Answer: Milli Vanilli

It was discovered that these two had lip synced their entire album and were stripped of all of their Grammy awards. Plagued by the stigma of these actions the two performers that made up Milli Vanilli did not go on to anything great. Rob Pilatus committed suicide in 1998 and Fabrice Morvan tried unsuccessfully at a real solo career in the late 1990s.