Back in 1983
Mamma mia! This famous video game was first released in 1983 as a Nintendo arcade game in Japan.
Mario Bros
A word of opposite meaning.
Antonym
It took chemists 40 attempts to develop this magical water displacement spray.
WD-40
God of Mischief
Loki
This Kurdish general and Sultan reconquered Jerusalem from the Christian crusaders.
Salah al-Din Al Ayyub
Emperor Palpatine attempts to kill Luke Skywalker in this episode of the Star Wars trilogy which was released in 1983.
Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
A word used to connect clauses or sentences (such as and or but).
Conjunction
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
World famous neurosurgeon
Dr Strange
This Umayyid Khalifa, often referred to as the 5th ‘rightly guided’ Khalifa, is credited with eliminating poverty during his short 2 year reign.
Umar bin Abdul Aziz
In 1983, this famous British sitcom was first aired which followed the misfortunes of the main character and his deprived sidekick throughout different periods of British history.
Blackadder
Words that have different meanings but are pronounced or spelled the same way (eg. plain/plane or pear/pair).
Homonym
This American actor and politician served as the 40th President of the United States of America from 1981 to 1989.
Ronald Reagan
Born on Paradise Island
Wonder Woman
This Abbasid Khalifa ruled during the Islamic ‘Golden Age’ from his capital Baghdad, and founded the House of Wisdom, considered the largest library in the world.
Haroon Al Rashid
The final episode of this American war comedy drama, which aired in 1983, remains the highest rated tv series broadcast of all time.
M.A.S.H.
A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.
Synonym
40 is the number of tiles on this popular economics-theme board game. The original game was based on locations in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Monopoly
Former KGB Agent
Black Widow
This famous Umayyid general led the first successful Muslim army into India and conquered Sindh.
Muhammed ibn Qasim
Codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, the United States began its invasion of this island nation in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea in 1983.
Grenada
The use or creation of a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes, such as animal sounds (eg. Meow, chirp).
Onomatopoeia
40 is the atomic number of this shiny silver grey element. A derivative of this element is often used in jewelry since it is more affordable than diamonds.
Zirconium
Rulers of Atlantis in the Marvel and DC universes
Namor and Aquaman
This famous Umayyid Berber general is credited with starting the Islamic conquest of Spain and Portugal.
Tariq bin Ziyad.