ROCK MUSIC
"Purple Rain" musician
Who is Prince?
It only took 73 seconds for this shuttle to make history
What is the Challenger?
This device took over 10 hours to charge and only gave users 30 minutes of use.
What is a cell phone?
You could prepare your own fruit strip... or just head to the grocery store
What is Fruit Roll-Ups?
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.
Back to the Future
Band released "Need You Tonight"
Who is INXS?
The UK & France physically connected their two countries in this way
What is a tunnel?
Sony product that transformed the music culture in 1980 by allowing owners the ability to listen to music on the go.
What is the Walkman?
GM took advantage of the microwave popping up everywhere and introduced this snack
What is microwave popcorn?
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Trading Places
Tom Cruise danced to this song in "Risky Business"
What is "Old Time Rock and Roll" by Bob Seger?
Table-top role playing game that drew opposition from religious groups who argued the game used witchcraft, demonology, etc.
What is Dungeons & Dragons?
Before VHS became popular, people made home movies on this.
What is Betamax?
You could find only burgers at McDonald's until they introduced this alternative in 1980.
What is a McChicken sandwich?
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
Beverly Hills Cop
Run D.M.C. had a hit with a remake of a song from this classic rock group
Who is Aerosmith?
Ocean explorers finally located this in 1985.
What is the Titanic?
This was the best selling video game of the 80s.
What is Super Mario Brothers?
Served in a flexible pouch with a straw poked through the top, this drink was a favorite with kids
What is Capri-Sun?
A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower curtain ring salesman as his only companion.
Planes, Trains, & Automobiles
The lead singer of Def Leppard
Who is Joe Elliott?
President Reagan appointed her as the first female justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Highest-selling single computer model of all time, according to the Guinness World Records
What is Commodore 64?
Stouffer's released this diet line of frozen dinners in 1982
What is Lean Cuisine?
In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.
A Christmas Story