Movies & Quotes
"If you build it, he will come."
Field of Dreams
What game was created by British game designer Leslie Scott in the 1980s, based on a game she played with her family as a child living in Africa? The game's name came from the Swahili word for "to build."
Jenga
Love Shack - The B-52's
Featuring 36 silk-screen paintings and 13 drawings in the artist's signature colorful pop style, "Cars" is a series of artworks commissioned by Mercedes-Benz in the 1980s from what artist?
Andy Warhol
A 30-kilometer-wide "Zone of Alienation" around the ghost town of Pripyat was created after the April 1986 disaster at what highly radioactive site?
Chernobyl
"Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them."
Wall Street
Which iconic toy was originally created as a greeting card series?
Care Bear
Name artist/band and song: "I'm sure you'll understand my point of view..."
Olivia Newton-John - Physical
By the late 1980s, Walmart had quickly risen to become more profitable that its two larger U.S. retail competitors, and by 1990 it had surpassed them as the largest U.S. retailer by revenue. One of these retailers was Kmart. What was the other?
Sears
Featuring the country's name in both English and Hebrew and a fierce-as-hell lion, a one-half-shekel coin was issued in the 1980s by what Middle Eastern nation?
Israel
"I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen."
Say Anything
What video game came with the Nintendo Entertainment System when it was released in the late 1980s, and was meant to be played with the NES Zapper gun? It shared a cartridge with "Super Mario Bros."
Duck Hunt
Name artist/band and song: "She'll explose you, when she snows you"
Betty Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Founded by B. Schavitz in Maine the 1980s, what is the company with an origin in beekeeping and co-founder Roxanne Quimby?
Burt's Bees
The activist alliance Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) was founded by Mark Ashton in the 1980s to financially support striking miners in which European country?
United Kingdom
"If it bleeds, we can kill it."
Predator
What 1985 video game begins with a planned departure from Independence, Missouri?
The Oregon Trail
Name artist/band and song: "An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time."
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
The Direwolves in the "Game of Thrones" TV series were played by Northern Inuit Dogs, a breed which has been in development since the 1980s. These dogs carry the genes of German Shepherds, Malamutes, and which Russian sled dog breed?
Siberian Huskies
What popular acronymic technological service was developed by the Department of Defense under the Navstar program, and eventually released to public use in the 1980s?
In the affectionate Star Wars parody, “Space Balls,” the film renames the slimy crime lord “Jabba” to something far less sinister and perhaps a bit more delicious. What is this character’s new name?
Pizza the Hut
"Welcome to the party, pal!"
Die Hard
Name artist/band and song - "Have a banana, have a whole bunch. It doesn't matter what you had for lunch."
Just Eat It - Weird Al
In the 1980s, frustrated with limited City Council representation, which of NYC's 5 boroughs attempted to secede from NYC and become an independent city?
Staten Island
A military program announced by President Reagan in March 1983 promoted funding for lasers and particle beam weapons and was formally known as the Strategic Defense Initiative. However, what two-word name was the program (somewhat mockingly) nicknamed by the public?
Star Wars