1980's Prices
Postage Stamp
A. 22 cents
B. 32 cents
A. 22 cents
You could send a letter with a first-class postage stamp for 22 cents in 1985. With inflation, that's the equivalent of 52 cents today.
What song does Dean Martin Sings that goes "Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you'll sing, "Vita bella"
Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Like a gay tarantella"
That's Amore
In a famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate in June 1987, President Ronald Reagan exhorted Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down what structure that symbolized the division of Germany?
HINT:B_ _ _ _ _ W_ _ _
Berlin Wall
This actor stole hearts in the hits Splash and Forrest Gump, who was he?
A. Tom Hanks
B. Clint Eastwood
A. Tom Hanks
What was the name of the volcano that erupted May 18, 1980 in Washington State?
A. Mt. Shasta
B. Mt. St. Helens
B. Mt. St. Helens
For two months in 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington state experienced of series of earthquakes and small explosions. Then on May 18, 1980 at 8:32a. m., the volcano erupted, blowing off more than a thousand feet from the mountain and spewing 900,000 tons of hot ash over the state.
Movie Ticket
A. $3.55
B. $2.55
A. $3.55
When you factor in inflation, the $3.55 spent on a movie ticket in 1985 has the same buying power as $8 today.
"I wanna wake up in that city, that doesn't sleep
And find your king of the hill, top of the heap" are the lyrics for a song made popular by Frank Sinatra.
New York, New York
What American TV show from the 1970s and 1980s still holds the record for the most watched finale ever with more than 100 million households tuning in?
A. I Love Lucy
B. M*A*S*H
B. M*A*S*H
In the '80's he played a one-eyed sailor, a radio DJ in the armed forces, and a private school professor, who was he?
A. Robin Williams
B. Robert De Niro
A. Robin Williams
This candidate defeated the incumbent President of the United States of America, Jimmy Carter, in 1980, who was he?
A. Ronald Reagan
B. Jimmy Carter
A. Ronald Reagan
Newspaper
A. 40 cents
B. 30 cents
A. 40 cents
Today, you've got to shell out $3 per copy Monday through Saturday; $6 for Sunday's paper.
What dance number by Whitney Houston hit the charts in 1987 when she was only 23 years old?
A. I Wanna Dance With Somebody
B. I Will Always Love You
A. I Wanna Dance With Somebody
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?
A. Fukushima
B. Chernobyl
B. Chernobyl
He shared the same first name as his character in Stanley Kubrick's film version of The Shining, what is his name?
A. Morgan Freeman
B. Jack Nicholson
B. Jack Nicholson
This NASA tragedy killed all 7 crew members aboard January 28, 1986, what was it?
A. The Challenger Explosion
B. Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
A. The Challenger Explosion
Gallon of Gasoline
A. $2.31
B. $1.31
B. $1.31
The decade's average price peaked in 1981 at $1.31 per gallon for regular leaded gasoline. Now, it's $4.68.
Hit band in the 1980's
A. Guns N Roses
B. The Beatles
A. Guns N Roses
What ice cream brand and amusement park staple was born in the 1980s when Curt Jones used his knowledge of cryogenic technology to create ice cream "beads?"
A. Dippin' Dots
B. Ben & Jerry's
A. Dippin' Dots
He was the lead character in Top Gun and Mission Impossible, who was he?
A. Harrison Ford
B. Tom Cruise
B. Tom Cruise
The wedding of Prince Charles and _______ took place on Wednesday, 29 July 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral in London, United Kingdom.
Princess Diana
half-gallon of milk
A. $1.00
B. $1.09
B. $1.09
Today, $4.33 per gallon for conventional whole milk, $4.27 per gallon for conventional reduced fat 2% milk, $4.81 per half gallon organic whole milk, and $4.81 per half gallon organic reduced fat 2% milk.
______ had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs).
A. Sammy Davis Jr.
B. Michael Jackson
B. Michael Jackson
Babyland General Hospital was the "birthplace" of what line of collectible dolls that was a huge hit in the 1980s and included an individual birth certificate for each doll?
A. Barbie
B. Cabbage Patch Kids
B. Cabbage Patch Kids
____ skyrocketed into fame in the 1980s, with roles in hit films including 1987’s Dirty Dancing.
A. Patrick Swayze
B. Richard Gere
A. Patrick Swayze
In the 1980's Nancy Reagan, wife of President Ronald Reagan urged the youth to "Just Say No" to what?
A. War
B. Drugs
B. Drugs