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A major American cable television network launched on August 1, 1981, which revolutionized pop culture by broadcasting music videos guided by VJs.
What is MTV (Music Television)?
He was a prominent Hollywood actor before entering politics and becoming the 40th US President.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
A popular handheld gaming device released by Nintendo in 1989.
What is the Game Boy?
On November 9, 1989, this structure separating East and West Berlin was finally opened, leading to the reunification of Germany.
What is the Berlin Wall?
A global health crisis caused by a disease which destroys the immune system, spreading rapidly due to long asymptomatic infection periods, sexual transmission, and blood-borne routes, combined with initial social stigma, limited public knowledge, and delayed government response.
What was the AIDS epidemic?
This term, short for "Young Urban Professional," came to symbolize the 1980s obsession with wealth, luxury, and status symbols.
What is a Yuppie?
The King of Pop
Who is Michael Jackson?
In 1984, this company introduced the Macintosh computer with a famous Super Bowl commercial.
What is Apple?
They were boycotted to protest the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
What was the 1980 Moscow Olympics?
Often associated with the 1980's urban crime surge, this highly addictive form of cocaine became prevalent in the mid-80's.
What is crack cocaine?
Centered on five distinct high school stereotypes—the brain, athlete, basket case, princess, and criminal—serving Saturday detention.
What is the Breakfast Club about?
He was the first pope from this country, Poland.
Who is Pope John Paul II?
A flawed safety test at this Soviet plant in 1986 caused the worst nuclear accident in history.
What is the Chernobyl Disaster?
He became the General Secretary of the Soviet Union, initiating reforms (glasnost and perestroika) that, along with intense economic pressure from the U.S. arms race, began to shift the trajectory of the Cold War.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
Initially, this 1980s syndrome was often referred to by this 4-letter acronym before being widely known as AIDS.
What is GRID (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency)?
This dance-inspired fitness was all the craze in the 1980's
What is Jazzercise?
In 1987, she helped break the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDs by famously shaking hands with a patient without wearing gloves.
Who is Princess Diana?
Introduced in 1983, this type of software program helped make personal computers essential in offices.
What is a spreadsheet
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), proposed in 1983 to shoot down Soviet missiles, was commonly known by this Hollywood nickname
What is "Star Wars"?
A major federal law in the "War on Drugs" that introduced mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses, including a controversial 100:1 disparity between crack and powder cocaine penalties (5g crack vs. 500g powder for a 5-year sentence).
What is the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986?
In 1984, actress Clara Peller famously demanded to know this 3-word question regarding a competitor's small burger patty.
What is "Where's the beef?"
He launched the Macintosh (1984), the first mass-market PC with a graphical user interface (GUI) and mouse.
Who is Steve Jobs?
First microcomputer, released in 1981, which set the industry standard for personal computers.
What is the IBM 5150?
This major U.S. news network began broadcasting on June 1, 1980, changing the way the world viewed events, including the Cold War.
What is CNN?
First Lady Nancy Reagan launched a campaign using this phrase "when it comes to drugs and alcohol just say no".
What is "Just Say No"?