A to Z by Decade: 1980s - Statistics

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Letter Clue Answer % Correct
A Star of Terminator and Conan the Barbarian Arnold Schwarzenegger
100%
B Wall separating the west from the Iron Curtain which was torn down in 1989, sparking the end of the Cold War Berlin Wall
100%
E 1982 film about an alien with a love for Reese’s Pieces E.T.
100%
H Virus discovered in 1984 which led to AIDS HIV
100%
M Fast food chain which released the McDLT in 1985 McDonald’s
100%
R US president who won in a landslide election in 1984, winning every single state except for Minnesota Ronald Reagan
100%
J 1984 Van Halen hit Jump
96%
K Sport which Mr. Miyagi taught young Daniel Karate
96%
G Caribbean country invaded by the United States in 1983 Grenada
91%
I Massive, global “network of networks” which was first opened in 1983 Internet
91%
Q Province which held its first independence referendum in 1980 Quebec
91%
D South African archbishop awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his opposition to apartheid Desmond Tutu
87%
T Site where the Chinese government massacred protesters in 1989 Tiananmen Square
87%
W Charity hit single recorded in 1985 as a collaboration between several famous musicians We Are The World
87%
L Major concert held in 1985 to provide relief for the famine in Ethiopia Live Aid
83%
P 1984 hit by Prince Purple Rain
83%
V Bugles song which played on the first MTV broadcast in 1981, signaling a new era in entertainment Video Killed the Radio Star
78%
Z Band behind Sharp Dressed Man and Gimmie All Your Lovin’ ZZ Top
78%
C Drug which swept through the streets of the United States, leading to an epidemic in the 1980s Crack cocaine
74%
S Country which was famously beaten in ice hockey by the United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics Soviet Union
74%
U 1981 collaboration between David Bowie and Queen Under Pressure
74%
Y Country which split apart in the years following its leader’s death in 1980 Yugoslavia
74%
N Controversial 1985 rebrand of a popular soft drink New Coke
65%
X Whimsical instrument featured in The Cure’s Close to Me Xylophone
61%
O Environmental disaster which occurred in Alaska’s Prince William Sound in 1989 Oil spill
57%
F 1986 classic starring Matthew Broderick as the titular character Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
52%
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