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The 1980s from A - Z - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 35 times
- The average score is 18 of 26
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| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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| I | The USA hockey team stunned the world by defeating the USSR in the 1980 Olympic Games. The victory was dubbed "miracle on ___." | ice | 100%
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| R | Conservative president from 1981-1989 who demanded "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." | Ronald Reagan | 97%
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| G | Madonna made the lacy fingerless ones iconic. M.J. wore one in white. | gloves | 94%
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| O | Now called the "Queen of All Media," her eponymous daytime TV show debuted in 1986. | Oprah Winfrey | 94%
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| C | Term for the "war,"--involving propaganda and sanctions rather than combat--that raged between America and the Soviet Union. | Cold War | 91%
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| M | Florida cop show starring Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas, its attention to music, pop culture, and visual style made it an instant TV hit. | Miami Vice | 91%
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| U | The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant made headlines in 1986 as the horrified world tuned into news of a meltdown in the city of Pripyat, now located in this country. | Ukraine | 91%
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| Y | "The Simpsons" began as a skit on the Tracey Ullman show in 1987 and quickly became known for catch phrases like "I'm Bart Simpson. Who the hell are ___?" | you | 91%
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| E | The nation suffered collective trauma when the Challenger space shuttle ________ over the Atlantic Ocean on live television in 1986. | exploded | 88%
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| T | King of Pop Michael Jackson dominated music and fashion in the '80s with songs like "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" from this album, now the best selling in history. | Thriller | 88%
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| V | What killed the radio star in 1981? | video | 88%
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| X | Author Douglas Coupland is credited with naming Generation _, those born between 1965-1980, in a 1991 book about alienation and rejection of yuppie status obsession. | x | 88%
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| L | Led by Bob Geldof, more than 70 musicians raised money for famine-stricken Ethiopia in this global concert in 1985. | Live Aid | 78%
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| K | David Hasselhoff stared in this four-season TV show that featured a self-aware talking car named KITT. | Knight Rider | 75%
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| B | Nickname given to a group of young actors who starred in St. Elmo's Fire, The Breakfast Club, and other teen-oriented films. | brat pack | 66%
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| A | Bands like R.E.M., the Cure, Joy Division, and Hüsker Dü gained popularity on college radio and pioneered what became known as _________ music. | alternative | 63%
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| H | Surfer culture was popular with the phrase ____ ___ doing triple duty: as a synonym for "chill," a clothing brand, and a surfing maneuver that involves all 10 toes hanging off the board. | hang ten | 63%
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| Z | "Gag me with a spoon" was among a half dozen pitchy one-liners of the Valley Girl fad popularized by pop singer Moon Unit _____. | Zappa | 56%
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| W | Zoologist Marlin Perkins brought the African savannah into living rooms on Mutual of Omaha's ____ _______. | Wild Kingdom | 44%
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| F | These DIY "magazines" crafted by fans shared punk and other underground music in the '70s and '80s. Often a mail subscription was the only way to partake. | fanzines | 41%
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| P | Common clothing for this subgroup was chinos and a polo shirt with the collar turned up worn under a button-down oxford shirt. Boat shoes and duck boots were popular footwear. | preppies | 41%
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| Q | The decade began with a deadly outbreak of AIDS, later found to be caused by the HIV virus. Fear and discrimination rose. By decade's end, medication was available and a memorial _____ toured, helping to humanize victims of the disease. | quilt | 38%
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| D | Another kind of war raged between giant robots on Saturday morning's "Transformers" where good-guy Autobots batted evil ___________. | Decepticons | 34%
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| J | Cheap plastic flats that came in all the colors and let you feel every pebble on which you trod. | jellies | 34%
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| N | Prince's most controversial song "Darling ____" was responsible for parental advisory warnings being slapped on albums containing content not appropriate for minors. | Nikki | 34%
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| S | '80s kids can sing the Preamble to the Constitution, thanks to this Saturday morning staple. | Schoolhouse Rock | 19%
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