1980s
Sports Legends
Color or Animal???
Oregon, the Beautiful
Spooky Movies
100
In 1982, this film about an alien accidentally coming to Earth and meeting a boy named Elliot came out and became an instant classic...hopefully you won't need to "phone home" to get this one
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
100
Born in 1895, this man is often regarded as the greatest to ever play the game of baseball; his nickname was the "Sultan of Swat"
Babe Ruth!
100
Vermilion
Color
100
What year did Oregon officially become a state???
(Closest guess)
1859! (On Valentine's Day, actually)
100
In Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, this main character struggles with his identity after finding a portal to a different holiday, which sets him on a crazy scheme to replicate that holiday on his own
Jack Skellington
200
The 1984 Summer Olympics were a big deal for the United States, because this California city hosted them. Singer Randy Newman wrote a song about how much he loved this city around that time, and the song "I Love __.___" was played as the background song for many of the Olympic commercials then
L.A., or Los Angeles
200
This man was #23 during his whole career in the NBA and is regarded as maybe the best to ever play the game. During the 1990s, he helped lead his team to many championships, and there are shoes named after him!!!
Michael Jordan
200
Archaeopteryx
Animal (dinosaur)
200
This lake is the deepest lake in the United States, is located here in beautiful Oregon, and is a famous tourist attraction
Crater Lake, which is a whopping 1,949 feet deep!!!
200
This 2011 Halloween film is about a bunch of cute Golden Retriever puppies who have to save the world from an evil wizard named Warwick the Warlock
Spooky Buddies
300
This famous singer, who passed away in 2009, had the most hit songs of the 1980s, with nine number one hit songs in the decade, including "Bad" and "Beat It"
Michael Jackson
300
This retired New England quarterback holds the record for the most wins in his career, with 251 wins during the regular season and 35 post-season wins
Tom Brady
300
Tasselled wobbegong
Animal! Type of shark
300
Oregon is home to the world's largest fungus, a honey fungus that covers about ____square miles in the Blue Mountains
(Closest guess)
2.4 miles!!! That's a huge fungus!!!
300
After moving to a new house and discovering a world within a secret door that mirrors her own, this title character meets The Other Mother
Coraline
400
In 1986, the Space Shuttle _________ exploded while exiting our atmosphere, killing all six astronauts on board, as well as the first civilian (non-Astronaut) passenger on a space mission, elementary teacher Christa McAuliffe
(Phone a friend is a good idea maybe)
Challenger
400
This men's soccer great is said to be the most winning to ever play the game, with 46 different trophies under his belt. He is a forward for Inter Miami CF currently
Lionel Messi
400
Amaranth
Color
400
How many people live in Oregon, approximately?
(Closest guess)
According to the World Population Review, there are about 4.3 million people living in Oregon, making it the 27th most populous state in the U.S., almost dead middle
400
This 2006 movie about a boy who lives across the street from a house that seems to come alive and "eat" people and things is really pretty spooky
Monster House
500
This legendary music channel, which featured music videos of popular artists, premiered in 1981 and quickly became a pop culture force, helping to shape the careers of many legendary artists, Michael Jackson included. Sadly, this channel has decided to no longer play music videos
MTV
500
This woman is the most decorated (has the most medals) gymnast in history, with 11 Olympic medals and 30 world championships
Simone Biles
500
Byzantine
Color! (also an ancient empire)
500
Which famous and long-running animated TV show is supposed to based on Springfield, Oregon, where show creator Matt Groening grew up???
The Simpsons
500
When Marnie decides to go with her grandma to this title village, she discovers that her whole family are really witches in this 1998 classic Haloween film
Halloweentown