Politics & Global Events
This U.S. president defeated Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election.
What is Ronald Reagan?
IBM introduced this game-changing computer in 1981.
What is the IBM Personal Computer (PC)?
This “King of Pop” released Thriller, the best-selling album of all time.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This volcano erupted in 1980, killing over 50 people in Washington State.
What is Mount St. Helens?
This Spielberg-directed alien film became a sci-fi family classic in 1982.
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
his event marked the symbolic end of the Cold War in 1989.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
Apple launched this computer in 1984, featuring a GUI and mouse.
What is the Apple Macintosh?
This iconic female pop star released "Like a Prayer" in 1989.
Who is Madonna?
This 1989 oil spill led to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
What is the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill?
This time-travel film starring Michael J. Fox debuted in 1985.
What is Back to the Future?
Reagan’s controversial economic policy was called this.
What is Reaganomics?
This operating system was Microsoft’s first GUI-based product.
What is Windows 1.0?
This genre featured artists with big hair and glam outfits, like Bon Jovi.
What is Hair Metal?
This ozone-related environmental agreement was signed in 1987.
What is the Montreal Protocol?
This “Brat Pack” star appeared in several 1980s teen comedies.
Who is Molly Ringwald?
This covert scandal involved illegal arms sales to Iran and aid to Nicaraguan rebels.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
NASA launched this first reusable spacecraft in 1981.
What is the Space Shuttle Columbia?
This genre evolved from punk and synthesizers, with bands like Talking Heads.
What is New Wave?
This 1986 nuclear disaster occurred in Ukraine and impacted Cold War politics.
What is the Chernobyl disaster?
This film franchise began in the 1980s and helped pioneer modern special effects.
What is Star Wars (The Empire Strikes Back)?
This 1989 student-led protest in China ended in a violent government crackdown.
What is the Tiananmen Square Protests?
This 1986 disaster halted shuttle missions for years.
What is the Challenger disaster?
This rock band known for “Murmur” formed in Georgia in 1980.
What is R.E.M.?
This deadly 1989 earthquake rocked the San Francisco Bay Area.
What is the Loma Prieta earthquake?
This chain of stores capitalized on the video rental boom starting in 1985.
What is Blockbuster?