A Moment in 1980
The season opener of this show saw 350 million viewers anxiously awaiting the answer to the question “Who shot J.R?”
What is Dallas? The episode revealed Kristin pulled the trigger.
This occurs when the moon comes between the sun and Earth.
What is a Solar Eclipse?
Farther vs. further: This word is used when referring to physical distance.
What is farther? Further is a synonym for moreover.
This actor is Angelina Jolie’s father.
Who is Jon Voight?
After JFK’s assassination, the networks broadcast live, round-the-clock coverage for this number of days
What is 4 Days?
This prime minister led England for the entire decade.
Who is Margaret Thatcher? England’s first female prime minister served from 1979–1990 and was in office for the entirety of President Ronald Reagan’s two terms
Between the Sun and The Earth, this one is larger.
What is the Sun?
Advice vs. advise: This word is a verb.
What is advise? You advise someone, but you give them advice, a noun.
Of Ashley, Naomi, and Wynonna, she is the mother.
Who is Naomi Judd?
In addition to hosting his signature show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, he once hosted Talking Food, an early Food Network program.
Who is Robin Leach?
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These sticky notes, which were an accidental invention, were test marketed in the late 1970s, but they didn’t officially hit the market until 1980.
What are Post it Notes?
This is how the meteorologists on TV refer to a day that is a mixture of opaque clouds and sun.
What is partly cloudy or partly sunny?
Sedition vs. treason: This one leads to open war against a government.
What is treason?
She is the older Redgrave sister.
Who is Vanessa? Lynn is her younger sister.
Of British or American TV, this was the first to launch.
What is American? Television debuted in the United States in 1928, followed by BBC broadcasts in 1930.
This worldwide organization proclaimed that smallpox had been eradicated.
What is WHO? (World Health Organization)
The sun is mostly composed of this element.
What is Hydrogen?
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Allude vs. elude: This word means “to dodge, escape, or avoid.”
What is Elude?
Director John Huston’s daughter starred opposite Jack Nicholson in the 1985 film Prizzi’s Honor, and she played Morticia in The Addams Family films in 1991 and 1992.
Who is Anjelica Huston?
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Richard Beltzer has played this character in 10 TV shows, including regular appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Homicide: Life on the Street.
Who is Detective [John] Munch (or Sgt. Munch)? The character debuted on one episode of The X-Files.
The Miracle on Ice saw the United States beat this hockey team at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics.
What is the Soviet Union or USSR?
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When charged particles leave the sun’s atmosphere, this is what we call the phenomenon
What is Solar Wind?
Capital (with an a) vs. capitol (with an o): This spelling refers to the building where the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate meet or a state capitol building where legislative business is conducted.
What is capitol? Capital refers to financial assets, the seat or city of government, or a type of crime.
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Isabella Rossellini is the daughter of director Roberto Rossellini and this Casablanca star.
Who is Ingrid Bergman?
TV remotes debuted in this decade.
What is the 1950s? The first remotes were wired to the TV.