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This peanut-buttery candy’s popularity in the early ’80s is attributed to the film E.T.
What are Reese’s Pieces?
Early in his career, Eastwood was known for playing people in this macho profession, including in a Sergio Leone trilogy.
What is cowboy?
1995: With this U.S. president in attendance, the presidents of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia signed the Dayton Peace Agreement in Paris.
Who is Bill Clinton?
In 1976, this letter A author published Sleeping Murder, a Miss Marple mystery.
Who is Agatha Christie?
Opened in 1988, this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical still holds the record for Broadway’s longest-running show.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
Known for their wafer candies, this company introduced candy conversation hearts in 1866.
What is Necco?
In this 1971 film, Eastwood plays a contentious and hotheaded San Francisco policeman.
What is Dirty Harry?
1989: The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred.
Who is George H. W. Bush?
In the 1980s, her vampire novels, like Queen of the Damned, were popular spooky reads.
Who is Anne Rice?
A long-running Broadway favorite is this tale of the (literal) king of the jungle, which opened in 1997.
What is The Lion King?
In the early 1970s, this gelatin product brand popularized no-bake cheesecakes.
What is Jell-O?
Eastwood’s comedic roles include a starring turn in Every Which Way But Loose, in which he stars alongside this kind of creature.
What is an orangutan?
1983: The Strategic Defense Initiative was announced to the American public.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Arthur Hailey’s 1971 novel Wheels covers this industry.
What is the automobile industry (cars)?
In the 1980s, Joe Papp led the campaign to save these.
What are theaters?
The 1970s and ’80s saw a chocolate craze, including a trend toward this flowing chocolate fountain dessert.
What is chocolate fondue?
Eastwood is referenced by Marty, Michael J. Fox‘s character, in 1990’s third installment of this franchise.
What is Back to the Future?
1977: He presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dr. Jonas Salk and posthumously to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
He is known for works like The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency as well as works of poetry and children’s literature.
Who is Alexander McCall Smith?
This Broadway musical based on a lengthy book by Victor Hugo opened in 1987.
What is Les Misérables?
This retro dessert consisting of layered cake, fruit, and pudding had a resurgence in the 1980s, particularly in Great Britain.
What is a trifle?
A lover of music, Eastwood is accomplished at this black-and-white instrument and plays it in several movies, including 1993’s In the Line of Fire.
What is the piano?
1976: He introduced Black History Month, expanding it from a weeklong observance to a full month.
Who is Gerald Ford?
This Woodward and Bernstein book has been called “the work that brought down a presidency and launched a thousand reporting careers.”
What is All the President’s Men?
In 1972, The Museum of the City of New York hosted a tribute concert celebrating this composer, whose works include Carousel and Oklahoma!
Who is Richard Rodgers?