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