80s Music
This pop icon was known as the “Queen of Pop” and rose to fame in the 1980s.
Who is Madonna?
This 1985 film features a teen traveling through time in a DeLorean.
What is Back to the Future?
This classic arcade game features a yellow character eating dots and avoiding ghosts.
What is Pac-Man?
This actor played Indiana Jones and Han Solo.
Who is Harrison Ford?
This horror author wrote many popular 80s novels, including It and Pet Sematary.
Who is Stephen King?
This artist sang “Thriller,” the best-selling album of all time.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This movie features a group of kids searching for treasure and shouting “Hey you guys!”
What is The Goonies?
This game features a plumber trying to rescue Princess Peach.
What is Super Mario Bros.?
This tech entrepreneur co-founded Apple in the 1970s and became iconic in the 80s.
Who is Steve Jobs?
This 1985 novel by Orson Scott Card is about a child trained to fight aliens in space.
What is Ender’s Game?
This rock band performed “Livin’ on a Prayer.”
Who is Bon Jovi?
This sci-fi film features a young boy befriending an alien and helping him “phone home.”
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
This arcade game involves shooting descending aliens in rows.
What is Space Invaders?
This boxer became the youngest heavyweight champion in history in 1986.
Who is Mike Tyson?
This fantasy novel by Raymond E. Feist follows a boy named Pug with magical abilities.
What is Magician?
This genre of music, featuring synthesizers and futuristic sounds, was huge in the 80s.
What is synth-pop?
This 1984 film introduced audiences to ghost-catching scientists in New York City.
What is Ghostbusters?
This game, released in 1981, features a character climbing ladders to save a damsel from a giant ape.
What is Donkey Kong?
This director created iconic 80s films like E.T. and Indiana Jones.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
This dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood, published in 1985, explores a totalitarian society.
What is The Handmaid’s Tale?
This British band released “Take On Me,” famous for its animated music video.
Who is A-ha?
This action film stars Bruce Willis as John McClane fighting terrorists in a skyscraper.
What is Die Hard?
This text-based adventure game series helped define early computer gaming.
What is Zork?
This British Prime Minister, known as the “Iron Lady,” led during much of the 1980s.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
This cyberpunk novel by William Gibson helped define the genre and inspired Ready Player One.
What is Neuromancer?