80's Pop Culture
Who is the singer of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"?
Cindi Lauper
What is the oldest European-founded city in the United States?
St. Augustine, Florida, founded in 1565 by Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles of Spain.
Is Joe Weber a I, II or III?
III
What is a verb?
a word that expresses action
President Biden signed legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, enshrining June 19 as the national day to commemorate the ___.
end of slavery in the United States
Which actress played the main character in the 1982 film “E.T.”?
Drew Barrymore
What were colonists protesting with the Boston Tea Party?
The Stamp Act, a British tax on print materials such as stamps and newspapers.
What is Joe McManus really good at?
Trivia
What is a homophone?
each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, for example new and knew.
The catastrophic partial collapse of a ___ in Surfside, Florida on June 24, led to the deaths of 98 people.
condo
What movie featured high school students in detention?
The Breakfast Club
What state seceded from Virginia in 1863?
West Virginia
Yes or No -- Marc realllly loves his current apartment
YES (the amenities, OMG!)
What is a palindrome?
a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward as forward, such as madam or racecar.
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, on June 4, announced the birth of a daughter, whose first name pays tribute to Harry’s ____.
grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II
Madison Square Garden held this first staged wrestling event on March 31, 1985. What was it?
Wrestlemania
What country gifted the United States with the Statue of Liberty?
France
Girl
What is an anagram?
a word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another, such as cinema, formed from iceman.
On June 4, Facebook said that Donald J. Trump’s suspension from the service would last ___ years.
2
Ric Ocasek was the lead singer for which musical group?
The Cars
Two sets of fathers and sons have served as presidents. What are their names?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
What is Crystal's middle name?
Lynn
What is a gerund?
The remains of 751 people, mainly Indigenous children, were discovered at the site of a former boarding school in ___.
Saskatchewan, Canada