80's Movies/Music
This movie asked the famous question "Who you gonna call?"
What is Ghostbusters?
The Olympic games that the United States athletes boycotted
What are the Moscow Olympic Games?
This country was invaded by Israel, Syria, the and the United Nations under U.S. leadership in the middle east
What is Lebanon?
This spacecraft exploded after take-off in January 1986
What is The Challenger?
A hairstyle in which the hair is short on the sides and top and long at the back
What is the Mullet?
This famous movie includes the line “Wax On, Wax Off”
What is Karate Kid?
The hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics in New York, where the US defeated the four-time defending gold medalists, the Soviet Union
What is Miracle On Ice?
These two small middle eastern nations went to war with each other, the Soviet Union and United States supporting opposite sides
What are Iran and Iraq?
This person was president of the US for most of the 80s
Who is Ronald Reagan?
The 80’s version of an iPod
What is a Walkman?
This music video channel made its debut in 1981
What is MTV?
This Olympic gymnast won a gold medal in the individual all-around competition, as well as two silver medals and two bronze medals
Who is Mary Lou Retton?
The United States invaded this place in 1983 to rescue 600 US exchange students
What is Grenada?
The company that owned an oil tanker struck a reef spilling thousands of gallons of oil in Alaska
What is Exxon Mobil?
This fast food restaurant’s famous slogan in the 80’s was “Where’s the Beef?”
What is Wendy's?
This hit from 1985 put Marty McFly in a flying car time machine
What is Back to the Future?
The baseball team that won the 1984 World Series
What are the Detroit Tigers?
This exploded due to a malfunction in a safety procedure in Soviet Ukraine
What is Chernobyl?
The president who beat Michael S. Dukakis in the 1988 election
Who is George H. W. Bush?
The new twist on a 90 year old soda was introduced in 1982
What is Diet Coke?
The name of the boy who became ET’s best friend in the 1982 classic
Who is Elliot?
The player who lead the San Francisco 49ers in a 20-16 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII with a touchdown pass to John Taylor to seal the win
Who is Joe Montana?
The Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev and United States under President Reagan signed this which effectively eliminated either powers’ use of intermediate- or short-range nuclear missiles.
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty)
In 1982 almost a million people rallied in New York in support of this
What is a nuclear freeze agreement?
Baggy nylon pants worn mainly by break dancers in the 80’s
What are parachute pants?