Movies
Highest grossing film of the 1980s.
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
The year of the falling of the Berlin Wall which ended the 28-year division of Germany's capital.
What is 1989?
Halloween must-play released in 1982 by the King of Pop on an album of the same name with an terrifyingly iconic music video.
What is "Thriller"?
Operatic and grotesque musical notarized by a falling chandelier and inclusions such as "Angel of Music" and "Think of Me" debuted in 1986.
What is Phantom of the Opera?
1988-launched slogan of an athletic apparel company named after the Greek goddess of victory.
What is "Just Do It"?
Brand / type of time-traveling car used to transport protagonist Marty McFly to the year 1955 in Back to the Future (1985).
What is a DeLorean?
Name of the space shuttle that exploded on live television on the morning of January 28, 1986 off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
What is Challenger?
David Bowie's biggest hit of the 1980s off of his similarly-titled 1983 fifteenth studio album.
What is "Let's Dance"?
Polarizing production full of singing felines and the most-notable, woeful ballad of musical history, "Memory" debuted in 1981.
What is Cats?
This British ocean liner wreckage from an icy 1912 run-in, inspiring a 1997 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, was found 12,500 feet below the Atlantic in 1985.
What is the RMS Titanic?
Finish the famous one-liner from The Princess Bride (1987): "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father . . . "
What is "PREPARE TO DIE."?
Longest-serving in 150 years and first female British Prime Minister for the entirety of the 1980s.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
Lead singer of the rock group Guns N' Roses with notable hits such as "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Welcome to the Jungle."
Who is Axl Rose?
Performance-based French Revolution based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name with hits like "One Day More" and "Do You Hear the People Sing?" premiered in 1980.
What is Les Miserables?
Best-selling video game of the 1980s featuring a cheese pizza-shaped protagonist and a quartet of brightly colored, villainous ghosts.
What is Pac-Man?
Director of classic Stephen King novel turned hotel horror film The Shining (1980).
Who is Stanley Kubrick?
Country that boycotted attending the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
What is The United States of America?
Band George Michael co-founded before branching into his illustrious solo career in 1987, with major hit "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go."
What is Wham!?
1986 Rick Moranis-starring film characterized by an ever-hungry singing plant and songs such as "Somewhere That's Green" and "Suddenly Seymour."
What is Little Shop of Horrors?
Longform name of a popular, and thin, technological invention allowing users to listen to recorded music.
What is Compact Disc (CD)?
Actor who portrays the titular class-cutting character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
Who is Matthew Broderick?
Name of the New York apartment building Liverpudlian musician and former Beatle was fatally shot outside of.
What is The Dakota?
First music video to air on the American cable television channel MTV.
What is "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
A PERFECT movie starring David Bowie, an ensemble of puppets, and the unfathomable aura of Jim Henson's craftsmanship, with absolute bangers like "Magic Dance" and "As the World Falls Down."
What is Labyrinth?
The author of a collection of poetry titled "A Light in the Attic" published in 1981, most well-known for his children's book "The Giving Tree" released 17 years prior.
Who is Shel Silverstein?