Movies
"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." In which adventure fairytale did Mandy Patinkin say this famous line?
The Princess Bride
This show about four older women living together in Miami won best comedy series in 1986.
The Golden Girls
This wildly popular hard rock band formed in 1985 and released their debut album, Appetite for Destruction, in 1987.
Guns N' Roses
What does VHS stand for?
Video Home System
In 1989, this divisive structure which physically and ideologically separated Germany's capital finally fell.
The Berlin Wall
The highest grossing film of the decade
(hint: It's out of this world)
Ted Danson stars in this hit sitcom, set in a bar in Boston where everyone knows your name.
Cheers
This 80s hit popularized "Jenny's" phone number.
(hint: The name is the number)
867-5309
A term coined in the 8-s to describe obnoxiously wealthy young city workers, derived from the phrase, "young upwardly-mobile professional"
Yuppie
This popular arcade game, featuring a hungry yellow man, was released in 1980.
Pac-Man
Alan Rickman plays the baddie, Hans Gruber, in this fan favorite.
Die Hard
TV's most popular alien puppet
Alf
The decade's most popular song
Physical, by Olivia Newton-John
This portable cassette player made by Sony transformed music culture in 1980.
A classic 1989 comedy about two high-school slackers who travel through time to pass their history class.
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
This show starring Richard Dean Anderson involved a man who could make pretty much anything out of different materials to solve crime, and his name is now used as a verb to do just that.
MacGyver
This Prince album, released in 1984, spent 24 weeks at number 1 in the US.
Purple Rain
This incredibly popular range of soft dolls was introduced in the 80s
The Cabbage Patch Kids
The wreckage of this famous luxury passenger liner ship, which sunk after hitting an iceberg, was discovered in 1985
In this essential 80's movie, a group of kids who crave adventure find themselves in a dangerous mission to discover pirate's treasure.
The Goonies
This popular television channel, launched in 1981, revolutionized pop music by broadcasting video interpretations of popular songs. Basically the origin of music videos. Now it mostly broadcasts reality television for teenagers and young adults.
MTV
This duo, formed in 1985, was one of the first female rap bands. They are best known for their hit single, "Push It."
Salt-N-Pepa
How much did the first cell phones weigh in the 80s?
2 lbs
This nuclear reactor in the USSR exploded in 1986.