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100

This U.S. president defeated Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election.

What is Ronald Reagan?

100

 IBM introduced this game-changing computer in 1981.

What is the IBM Personal Computer (PC)?

100

This “King of Pop” released Thriller, the best-selling album of all time.

Who is Michael Jackson?

100

This volcano erupted in 1980, killing over 50 people in Washington State.

What is Mount St. Helens?

100

This Spielberg-directed alien film became a sci-fi family classic in 1982.

What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?

200

his event marked the symbolic end of the Cold War in 1989.

What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?

200

Apple launched this computer in 1984, featuring a GUI and mouse.

What is the Apple Macintosh?

200

This iconic female pop star released "Like a Prayer" in 1989.

Who is Madonna?

200

This 1989 oil spill led to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

What is the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill?

200

This time-travel film starring Michael J. Fox debuted in 1985.

What is Back to the Future?

300

Reagan’s controversial economic policy was called this.

What is Reaganomics?

300

This operating system was Microsoft’s first GUI-based product.

What is Windows 1.0?

300

This genre featured artists with big hair and glam outfits, like Bon Jovi.

What is Hair Metal?

300

This ozone-related environmental agreement was signed in 1987.

What is the Montreal Protocol?

300

This “Brat Pack” star appeared in several 1980s teen comedies.

Who is Molly Ringwald?

400

This covert scandal involved illegal arms sales to Iran and aid to Nicaraguan rebels.

What is the Iran-Contra Affair?

400

NASA launched this first reusable spacecraft in 1981.

What is the Space Shuttle Columbia?

400

This genre evolved from punk and synthesizers, with bands like Talking Heads.

What is New Wave?

400

This 1986 nuclear disaster occurred in Ukraine and impacted Cold War politics.

What is the Chernobyl disaster?

400

 This film franchise began in the 1980s and helped pioneer modern special effects.

What is Star Wars (The Empire Strikes Back)?

500

This 1989 student-led protest in China ended in a violent government crackdown.

What is the Tiananmen Square Protests?

500

This 1986 disaster halted shuttle missions for years.

What is the Challenger disaster?

500

This rock band known for “Murmur” formed in Georgia in 1980.


What is R.E.M.?

500

This deadly 1989 earthquake rocked the San Francisco Bay Area.


What is the Loma Prieta earthquake?

500

This chain of stores capitalized on the video rental boom starting in 1985.

What is Blockbuster?

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