80s Music
This popular 80s song by Norweigan Band, "a-ha," was song of the year in 1985 and has been used in the soundtrack for many movies such as 2018 "Deadpool 2"
What is "Take On Me" ?
Various Spin-Offs of this 1969 show ran throughout the 80s. This show involves a crime fighting group called Mystery Incorporated, which consists of 4 humans and a dog.
What is Scooby-Doo?
In 1986, this space shuttle was supposed to bring the first teacher to the moon, however it exploded, killing everyone on board just after take-off.
What is the Space Shuttle Challenger?
The early 1980's were filled with blocky shapes, dressing like a tennis player to seem cool, and there were 3 really popular colors. Name at least one. (If you name more than one, you will get bonus points)
What is Brown/Orange/Tan?
In 1985, this popular NES game became a staple for gaming. It was a platformer where we see a plumber saving the princess.
What is Super Mario Bros?
This 1982 hit song was the 6th Song written by Michael Jackson, commonly listened to on Halloween. The music video for this song even features Jackson becoming a werewolf!
What is "Thriller" ?
This 1988 show is all about your orange, furry, lasagne loving friend!
What is Garfield and Friends?
This is the name of the building where famous singer and member of the Beatles, John Lennon, was shot and killed on December 8th, 1980.
What is the Dakota?
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This year in the Early 1980s was the year that had a slight 1950's throwback, especially in woman's dresses!
What is 1983?
These popular cloth dolls with plastic heads began being manufactured in 1982, and they soon became a collectors item.
What are Cabbage Patch Kids?
This 80's musician is commonly known as the "Queen of Rock." A few of her top hits include "Proud Mary," "The Best," and "What's Love Got to Do with It."
Who is Tina Turner?
This 1989 cartoon involves 2 plumbers getting sucked into a drain and defending the Mushroom Kingdom from King Koopa!
What is The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
On January 20th, 1980, this man got sworn in as the 40th President of the United States.
Who is Ronald Reagan
By the late 1980's a new rivalry formed between Nike and this other company. However, thanks to support from Michael Jordan, the Nikes easily won.
What is Reebok?
This Late 70s - Early 80s console remains one of the most popular game consoles of the 80s. Many popular games such as Frogger and Pac-Man were first introduced here.
What is the Atari 2600?
This children's band got it's name from trying to be a second version of another popular children's band, Jackson 5. It was formed by Bobby Brown when he was just 9 years old.
What is "New Edition" ?
This 1981 cartoon features a village of people that are "three-apples-tall." They are living a perfect life with their 543 year old leader until they have to battle the evil wizard and his nasty cat!
What is The Smurfs?
On April 26th, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant accident occurred in this modern-day country, and was the only level 7 event to every be recorded on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
What is Ukraine?
Note: This question asked for a modern-day country. The Soviet Union does not exist in modern-day, therefore, it is deemed incorrect.
These sweaters became pretty popular in the late 80s, most popular in 1989. Also in 1989, woman's clothes have started to become pretty baggy.
What are Cosby Sweaters?
This toy was invented in 1974 and became popular in the 80s. The idea was to scramble the cube and try to solve it by matching the colors on all sides.
What is the Rubik's Cube?
In his 1983 hit, David Bowie is "Never gonna fall for" this.
What is "Modern Love" ?
This cartoon first aired in 1984 and ran all the way until 2021! It's all about a team of trains, including your blue #1, green #6, blue #4, and red #5!
What is Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends?
What is Berlin?
It was in this year that a federal court made a law that all manufactured cars had to come equipped with airbags and automatic seatbelts.
What is 1982?
This is a mechanical drawing toy in which you can easily draw and erase your own creations. It features a red background, gray screen, and a slider!
What is Etch-A-Sketch?