Film
Where does the Wizard live in The Wizard of Oz?
Emerald City
What is the name of the van that Scooby Doo and his friends drive?
The Mystery Van
Which pop sat's hair famously caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial?
Michael Jackson
Which band released the album Appetite for Destruction in 1987?
Guns N Roses
What was the most popular video game of the 80s?
Mario Bros
What famous ship sank in the year 1912?
Titanic
Jaleel White wore famously huge glasses playing Steve Urkel on what long-running sitcom of the 1990s?
Family Matters
In the 1990s, what illness previously thought to be confined to cattle was found to have expanded to impact livestock, other animals, and even humans?
Mad Cow's Disease
What were the names of the two rappers who were the focal points of the East Coast and West Coast hip hop rivalry that ultimately led to both of their deaths in the mid 1990s?
2Pac and Biggie Smalls
What does CD stand for?
Compact Disc
What 80s film featured a group of high schoolers spending detention together?
The Breakfast Club
Aunt Viv's husband, Uncle Phil, runs for Superior Court Judge against his former law school mentor in an episode of what 1990s sitcom?
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
What African American author and activist was beaten by Los Angeles police in 1991? When the police officers were not convicted in their 1992 trial, despite video evidence of the incident, the ruling on this man’s charges started the Los Angeles riots.
Rodney King
What popular band of young men released the hit music video “As Long As You Love Me” in 1997? It was a big hit on the longplay charts for Nick Carter, AJ Maclean, and others.
Backstreet Boys
What ice cream brand and amusement park staple was born in the 1980s when Curt Jones used his knowledge of cryogenic technology to create ice cream "beads?"
Dippin Dots
What 1980s TV series starred David Hasselhoff as a crime fighter assisted by a talking, self-aware sports car named K.I.T.T.?
Knight Rider
"For Harry and Lloyd, every day is a no-brainer" is a tagline that appeared on posters for what 1994 Jim Carrey movie?
Dumb and Dumber
Ronald Reagan very briefly relinquished the U.S. presidency in 1985, during a surgery to remove cancerous polyps from what organ?
Colon/ large intestine
In her 1983 hit "Holiday," what one-named singer declares that "if we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate just one day out of life, it would be so nice?"
Madonna
Who is the only baseball team to win multiple World Series in the 1980s? In 1981, this team surprisingly trounced the New York Yankees, while a later Series saw one of the most famous pinch-hit home runs of all time.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Where was the McCallister family traveling to when they left Kevin behind in Home Alone?
Paris, France
Set in Detroit, what 1990s sitcom featured real-life identical twins Tia and Tamera Mowry as siblings who were separated at birth and reunited as teenagers?
Sister, Sister
Voice actor Elwood Edwards recorded the famous “You’ve got mail!” announcement (as well as “Welcome,” File’s done,” and others) on a tape deck in his home. You’d know his voice if you had which Internet service provider in the 1990s?
AOL
What 1980s R&B boy band had members such as Bobby Brown and all three future members of Bell Biv Devoe? Their hits include “Cool It Now” and “Mr. Telephone Man,” and their name implies that they were fresh to the scene.
New Edition
What news network first launched in 1980?
CNN