Remember 1983? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Martin Luther King Day

Martin Luther King was the winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. He was assasinated in 1968. Congress passed legislation to create the holiday in 1983. His Day is the third Monday in January. President's Day is in February, Memorial Day in May and Columbus Day in October.

Answer: Australia

The America's Cup race started in 1851, when it was known as the Queen's Cup race. It was won by the schooner "America" and the cup became known as the America's cup. The Cup was always won by an American boat until 1983, when the "Australia II' defeated the American "Liberty". In 1995 the "Black Magic" from New Zealand won the race.

Answer: True

Excerpts from the purported diaries were published in the German magazine 'Stern'. Even historians were fooled by these fakes.

Answer: London, England

"Glengarry Glen Ross" by US writer David Mamet, is a play featuring some real estate agents and is set in Chicago. It won a Pulitzer Prize.

Answer: Sally Ride

Sally Ride made her first flight aboard the Challenger. The first woman in space was a Soviet astronaut, Valentina Tereshkova, who made her first flight in 1963.

Answer: The Thorn Birds

This series was based on Colleen McCullough's best seller. It is one of the most popular TV programs ever in the USA. It was six episode miniseries shown on PBS .

Answer: Trivial Pursuit

Trivial pursuit was invented in 1979 by Canadians Scott Abbott and Chris Haney. Compact disc players were invented in Japan in 1982 by Sony. They were introduced into the USA the following year.
Motorola gave car drivers in Chicago the opportunity to try out cellular phones in 1983. There was a black market in Cabbage Patch dolls in 1983, the first year they were introduced. Sales peaked in 1985.

Answer: Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa won it for organizing the Solidarity movement.
Desmond Tutu won it in 1984 for 'peaceful antiapartheid work'.
The Dalai Lama won in 1989 and Mother Teresa in 1979 for her work in Calcutta.

Answer: King Leopold III of Belgium

King Leopold III became king in 1934. He abdicated in favor of his son Baudouin in 1951. King George VI died in 1952, King Olav V died in 1991 and King Gustav VI died in 1973.

Answer: Grenada

On October 25 the US marines invaded Grenada to put down a military government recently established there. Grenada, in the Windward Islands, of the West Indies, was first colonized by the French and later by the British. Queen Elizabeth II is still head of state. She is represented by a governor-general.