Presidential
Social
Economic
Entertainment
Military
100
______ ____ was the 42st president of the United States of America. ("I did not have sexual relations with that woman")
What is Bill Clinton
100
Led Zeppelin disbanded in ____
What is 1980
100
Gas averaged $_.__ per gallon
What is 1.20
100
Film maker Alfred Hitchcock and Olympic Athlete Jesse Owens both died in ____
What is 1980
100
28 February 1991: The liberation of Kuwait; _______ ______ ______ ends after Iraqi troops retreat from Kuwait, but not before setting fire to hundreds of oil wells
What is Operation Desert Storm
200
______ __ ____ was the 41st president of the United States of America. (everyone hates him)
What is George W Bush
200
____ _______ was shot outside his apartment in New York City.
What is John Lennon
200
Loma Prieta Earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1989 _____ ______ causing millions in damages.
What is World Series
200
The best-selling arcade game of all-time ___-___ was released in 1980.
What is Pac-Man
200
Iraq invaded ____ in 1980, triggering the start of the 8 year long Iraq war
What is Iran
300
In 1988 Ronald Reagan signed the _____ _____ ___ __ _____ which gave a Presidential apology and $20,000 to all the citizens who lost property and their civil rights during WWII.
What is Civil Liberties Act of 1988
300
In 1980 the Summer Olympics were held in _____
What is Moscow
300
In the United States the longest bull market in history begins in ____
What is 1983
300
Pink Floyd’s ______ _____ __ __ _____ was banned because the government feared that it might be used as a song of liberty by black school children.
What is Another Brick in the Wall
300
Zimbabwe gained independence from the ______ _______
What is United Kingdom
400
Congress established the Commission on _______ ________ and Internment of Civilians.
What is Wartime Relocation
400
Space Shuttle ________ disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing its crew of 6 astronauts and schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.
What is Challenger
400
The Broadway musical ______ closed its run of 3,388 performances in 1980 (making it the longest running show on Broadway up until that time).
What is Grease
400
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes back was released in ____ and was the biggest grossing movie of that year, raking in over $290 million.
What is 1980
400
The US army invasion of Panama on _______ ____
What is December 1989
500
Ronald Reagan is sworn in as the president of the United States, and the same day Americans held hostage in Iran are released. Occurs on ______ __, ____
What is January 20, 1981
500
May 23, 1980- "Here's Johnny" Quote from ___ _______
What is The Shining
500
California, Arizona, Nevada, Florida and _____ are the top five economic boom states in the 1980's
What is Texas
500
The Simpsons debuts on Fox on ________ __, ____
What is December 17, 1989
500
August 20,1998 - The United States military launches cruise missile attacks against alleged __-_____ camps in Afghanistan
What is Al-Qaeda
M
e
n
u