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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 Michael 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"?
In 1980, President Carter declared a federal emergency for this New York community, which had to be evacuated due to toxic waste leakage.
What is Love Canal
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?
Designed by John Blankenbaker, the world's first personal computer, featuring 256 bytes of memory and priced at $750.
What is the Kenbak-1?
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"?