Movies
Who helps a small town in Texas cut loose in the 80s classic, Footloose?
A. Kevin Bacon
B. John Travolta
C. Patrick Swayze
D. Matthew Broderick
A. Kevin Bacon
What color does Prince say the Rain is?
A. Red
B. Blue
C. Purple
D. Magenta
C. Purple
Purple Rain by Prince
Who was originally a peanut farmer?
A. Jimmy Carter
B. Ronald Reagan
C. George Bush, Sr.
D. Fidel Castro
A. Jimmy Carter
A camera that you throw away.
Disposable camera
In this 80s novel, we follow Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read.
A. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
B. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
C. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
C. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Who did method actor Al Pacino play in Scarface?
A. Vino Nebraska
B. Donny California
C. Marco Louisiana
D. Tony Montana
D. Tony Montana
The band Survivor is talking about the Eye of what jungle cat?
A. Jaguar
B. Tiger
C. Leopard
D. Lion
B. Tiger
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
Who introduced Trickle Down economics?
A. Jimmy Carter
B. Ronald Reagan
C. George Bush, Sr.
D. Fidel Castro
B. Ronald Reagan
This invention replaces the vital organ that pumps our blood.
Artificial heart
This book follows a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet.
A. Matilda by Ronald Dahl
B. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
C. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
A. Matilda by Ronald Dahl
In the 80s classic ‘Dirty Dancing’, who stars opposite Patrick Swayze?
A. Sigourney Weaver
B. Jennifer Grey
C. Molly Ringwald
D. Olivia Newton John
B. Jennifer Grey
In Whitney Houston’s hit, what does she ’wanna’ do with somebody?
A. Stroll
B. Dance
C. Cry
D. Sing
B. Dance
”I Wanna Dance With Somebody” by Whitney Houston
This native Texan, from a political family, became President in 1988.
A. Jimmy Carter
B. Ronald Reagan
C. George Bush, Sr.
D. Fidel Castro
C. George Bush, Sr.
This invention played music on a new medium In the shape of a disc.
CD player
World famous physicist explains a range of subjects in cosmology, including the Big Bang, black holes and light cones, to the non-specialist reader.
A. Cosmos by Carl Sagan
B. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
C. Neuromancer by William Gibson
B. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
What 80s blockbuster was written George Lucas and filmed by Steven Spielberg?
A. Back to the Future
B. Risky Business
C. Raiders of the Lost Ark
D. Once Upon a Time in America
C. Raiders of the Lost Ark
Who does Michael Jackson say is NOT his lover?
A. Jo Ann
B. Scarlet Lee
C. Billie Jean
D. Mary Rose
C. Billie Jean
Who became leader of the Soviet Communist Party in the mid-1980s?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Computer operating system spearheaded by Bill Gates
Microsoft Windows
This story follows a young woman in love with a man who is torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing and one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover.
A. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
B. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
C. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
A. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
In the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, who is the antagonist of the movie, Ferris Bueller’s Vice Principal?
A. Cameron Fry
B. Garth Volbeck
C. His dad, Tom Bueller
D. Ed Rooney
D. Ed Rooney
What 80s song by Rick Astle later became a harmless but overwhelming computer virus?
A. Never Gonna Give You Up
B. Together Forever
C. Hold Me in Your Arms
D. Cry For Help
A. Never Gonna Give You Up
This First Lady loved astrology and convinced her husband to consult an astrologer for important political decisions.
A. Barbara Bush
B. Nancy Reagan
C. Rosalynn Carter
B. Nancy Reagan
The first computer for the everyday American.
Apple MacIntosh
Set in the period after the American Civil War, the novel tells the story of a dysfunctional family of formerly enslaved people whose Cincinnati home is haunted by a malevolent spirit.
A. Beloved by Toni Morrison
B. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
C. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
A. Beloved by Toni Morrison