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I Love the Eighties Too! Trivia Quiz

Recently, VH1 has come out with a litany of shows called "I love the 80s." It made me very nostalgic, for the 80's are my pre-college years and I have many memories from them. What do you remember? Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by superferd. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
superferd

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
149,541

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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14590

Last 3 plays: realmccoy72 (10/10), Guest 216 (8/10), Guest 104 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. 1980's Movie: This 1987 release starring Michael Douglas gave men another reminder to be monogamous. Hint

Fatal Attraction

Wall Street

Body Heat

Jagged Edge

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Question 2 of 10

2. 1980's World: In which year did the Berlin Wall come down? Hint

1984

1987

1988

1989

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Question 3 of 10

3. 1980's Music: Who sang "Pass the Dutchie?" Hint

The New Kids On The Block

Ziggy Marley

Musical Youth

Bell Biv Devoe

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Question 4 of 10

4. 1980's Slogans: "Gag me with a spoon" and the repetition of the word "like" was further perpetuated by the movie "Valley Girl" starring which of the following actors? Hint

Nicolas Cage

Anthony Michael Hall

John Travolta

Ralph Macchio

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Question 5 of 10

5. 1980's Sports: Which team performed the Super Bowl shuffle in the mid 1980's? Hint

Chicago Bears

Chicago Bulls

San Francisco 49ers

New England Patriots

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Question 6 of 10

6. 1980s Toys: Which one of these toys was first released in the 1980s? (USA Release) Hint

Slinky

Stretch Armstrong

Etch-a-Sketch

Rubik's Cube

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Question 7 of 10

7. 1970's. Fill in the blank... "Conjunction Junction, What's Your ________?"

Answer: (One Word:Starts With a "F")

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Question 8 of 10

8. 1980s Tragedies: Which of these did NOT take place in the 1980s? Hint

Famine in Ethiopia

British-Argentinan "Falklands Islands War"

Earthquake in Oakland-San Francisco Bay

Michael Jackson settled out of court with a child

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Question 9 of 10

9. 1980's Television: What was the name of the character of the secretary on "Moonlighting"? Hint

Miss Dipesto

Miss Cybil

Miss Money Penny

Miss Morgana

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which individual had an incident that occurred in the 1980s that was sung about in Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire?" Hint

Bernard Goetz

Elton John

Osama Bin Laden

George Lucas

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 1980's Movie: This 1987 release starring Michael Douglas gave men another reminder to be monogamous.

Answer: Fatal Attraction

"Fatal Attraction" starring Glenn Close (Alex Forrest), Anne Archer (Beth Gallagher), and Michael Douglas (Dan Gallagher) showed how a "weekend affair" could go awry. He also starred in "Wall Street," but that was about greed. Then again, isn't this? ;)

2. 1980's World: In which year did the Berlin Wall come down?

Answer: 1989

East Germany met West Germany in November of 1989. It had been erect since 1961. Here is a website about its history: http://members.aol.com/johball/berlinwl.htm

3. 1980's Music: Who sang "Pass the Dutchie?"

Answer: Musical Youth

This was a 1982 hit that had a video on MTV. The "Dutchie" represents a marijuana cigarette. They also sang "Unconditional Love" with Donna Summer.

4. 1980's Slogans: "Gag me with a spoon" and the repetition of the word "like" was further perpetuated by the movie "Valley Girl" starring which of the following actors?

Answer: Nicolas Cage

The song "I Melt With You" by Modern English was the theme song from a movie, in which a young Nicolas Cage tries to win the affection of his "Valley Girl" despite his "Non-Valley Boy" ways. His career turned upwards from this point.

5. 1980's Sports: Which team performed the Super Bowl shuffle in the mid 1980's?

Answer: Chicago Bears

After the 1985 NFL Season, in January of 1986, the Chicago Bears led by their "punky QB" Jim McMahon performed the Super Bowl shuffle before a trouncing of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX, 46-10 in New Orleans. It would be the only title the Bears would get in that decade or the decade after it.

6. 1980s Toys: Which one of these toys was first released in the 1980s? (USA Release)

Answer: Rubik's Cube

The other three games were first released in the 1970s or before. Rubik's cubes were released in 1983 and became a huge craze. There were 27 potential right maneuvers; as it has a 3 X 9 dimension.

"The Rubik's cubes were released in the USA in 1981 at the 1981 Worlds Fair in Knoxville, TN. There was a huge working Cube on display during the Fair."
Thanks to ladyvolfan_tn for this information!

7. 1970's. Fill in the blank... "Conjunction Junction, What's Your ________?"

Answer: function

This was from School House Rock which would run amidst Saturday morning cartoons to help to teach kids to remember their school work. I think I knew this song for years before I knew what a conjunction was. :)

8. 1980s Tragedies: Which of these did NOT take place in the 1980s?

Answer: Michael Jackson settled out of court with a child

Michael Jackson's scandals began with the children in the late 1980s, but he did not settle out of court until 1993. His professional career has been interesting enough since then. The other three events occurred in the 1980's.

9. 1980's Television: What was the name of the character of the secretary on "Moonlighting"?

Answer: Miss Dipesto

Alyse Beasley played Miss Dipesto on "Moonlighting" with Cybil Shepard (Maddie) and Bruce Willis (David). This was toward the twilight of her career, but before his career really exploded which it did in the 1990's with "Die Hard".

10. Which individual had an incident that occurred in the 1980s that was sung about in Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire?"

Answer: Bernard Goetz

Bernard Goetz, the "subway vigilante" got mentioned in Bill Joel's 1989 super hit "We Didn't Start the Fire". I created a sequel to that song to include the 1990s which I am attempting to have copy written and submitted to Billy Joel. I have made a quiz about it and it can be found in 1990s History.
Thanks and I hope you enjoyed the quiz!

Source: Author superferd

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