Music & Pop Culture
What MTV stands for
What is Music Television?
This pop culture phenomenon involved large, decorative hair styles often held in place with copious amounts of hairspray
What was big hair?
Apple released this piece of technology in 1984
This social movement in the 1980s was focused on advocating for LGBTQ+ rights and visibility, especially in the wake of the AIDS crisis
What is the LGBTQ+ rights movement?
This iconic American singer-songwriter released the album "Born in the U.S.A." in 1984, which became a huge hit
Who is Bruce Springsteen?
What 80s film featured a group of high schoolers spending detention together?
What is The Breakfast Club?
The style of pants that were worn the most by both men and women
What are denim jeans?
What VHS stands for
What is Video Home System?
President first elected in 1980
Who was Ronald Reagan?
In 1987, this famous American stock market crash wiped out billions of dollars of wealth and is often called "Black Monday"
What is the 1987 stock market crash?
This movie star was the lead in not one, but two successful franchises
Who is Harrison Ford?
A popular fabric that became a fashion craze in the 1980s, popularized by Jane Fonda's aerobics
What is spandex?
Originally given the Japanese title “Puckman”, what 1980s arcade game was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Game" in 2005?
What is Pac-Man?
This environmental movement gained momentum in the 1980s, focusing on issues like acid rain, deforestation, and nuclear safety
What is the environmental movement or environmental activism?
In 1989, this major American city experienced a devastating earthquake that caused widespread destruction
What is San Francisco, California?
The name of Whitney Houston's first platinum single
What is "I Wanna Dance With Somebody?"
A key figure in the New Romantics movement
Who was David Bowie?
This arcade game features a gorilla throwing barrels at a character who would later be known as Mario
What is Donkey Kong?
Crisis that had many Americans afraid in the 1980s
What was the AIDS crisis?
This popular 1980s toy sparked shopping frenzies in stores every holiday season
What are Cabbage Patch Kids?
The best-selling album of the 1980s in the USA
What is "Thriller" by Michael Jackson?
What the term "yuppie" refers to
What are young urban professionals?
This company produced the first widely available PC home computer in 1981
What was IBM?
The country boycotted the Moscow Summer Olympics in 1980
What was the United States?
In 1986, this space shuttle tragically exploded shortly after launch, killing all seven crew members
What is the Challenger?