Pop Culture
The final episode to this series titled, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", drew 106 million viewers in 1983 remains the most-watched episode of a scripted television series in history
MASH
In the early 80’s this album became the best-selling album of all time
Thriller by Michael Jackson
In 1985 this actor drove a DeLorean backwards.
Michael J Fox
An estimated 750 million people worldwide watched their wedding in 1981
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
Joe Montana’s touchdown pass to Dwight Clark in the 1982 NFC Championship game is known as this short phrase.
The Catch
This board game became a phenomenon in the mid-80s and became a requirement for every yuppie dinner party.
Trivial Pursuit
This big haired band from New Jersey was the first American band to release an album in the U.S.S.R. It was released in 1988.
Bon Jovi
In 1987, this actor proclaimed he would never put baby in the corner
Patrick Swayze
The fall of this wall in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War
Berlin Wall
In 1980 the Miracle on Ice game lead the United States to the Hockey Gold medal, where they beat this team for the Gold.
Finland
In the holiday season of 1983, parents literally fought in the aisles of department stores to buy these "adoptable" dolls
Cabbage Patch Kids
This popular band from the 80’s wanted a new drug.
Huey Lewis and the News
This movie sold the most tickets during the 1980’s.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
In 1981 MTV was introduced to the word, this was the first Video played to launch the network
Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles
In 1988 the trade of this Hockey player is credited with popularizing hockey in the United States
Wayne Gretzky
In 1987 this 18-month-old fell into a well in Midland, Texas for 58 hours as the entire nation was glued to CNN until rescuers successfully pulled her out alive.
Baby Jessica
Organized by Bob Geldof to fight famine in Ethiopia, Live Aid was held on July 13, 1985, simultaneously in these two cities
London and Philadelphia
In 1986 these 2 Actors had “The need for speed”
Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards
The IBM PC was introduced in 1981 and This computer was introduced in 1984 to help bring computers into homes
Apple Macintosh
The 1986 New York Mets won the World Series over this unfortunately errored team.
Boston Red Sox
A masterclass in hype, this reporter hosted a live two-hour special to blast open a secret vault of gangster Al Capone. It is often cited as the birth of sensationalist "reality" TV
Geraldo Rivera
Often mistaken for a patriotic anthem, this song released in 1984 is actually a biting critique of how America treated its Vietnam veterans
Born in the USA
In 1987 The Last Emperor won 9 Academy Awards, one of the two movies won 8 during the 1980’s
Gandhi and/or Amadeus
During this year in the 1980’s, the worst nuclear accident in history occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine
1986
In 1936 Jessie Owens won Gold Medals in the Long Jump, 100, 200 and 4x100 relay for the United States Olympic team, In 1984 this American track star did again.
Carl Lewis