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This Boston bar was the place "where everybody knows your name."
What is Cheers?
This "King of Pop" released the album "Thriller" in 1982, which became the best-selling album of all time.
Who is Michael Jackson?
In this 1982 Steven Spielberg classic, a gentle alien just wants to "phone home."
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
This multi-colored 3D combination puzzle became a worldwide craze.
What is the Rubik's Cube?
This U.S. President famously told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!"
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This family sitcom, starring Bill Cosby, followed the lives of the Huxtable family in Brooklyn.
What is The Cosby Show?
This "Material Girl" dominated the charts with hits like "Like a Virgin" and "Vogue."
Who is Madonna?
Marty McFly traveled back in time to 1955 in a DeLorean in this 1985 blockbuster.
What is Back to the Future?
These unique, "one-of-a-kind" dolls that came with adoption papers were the must-have toy of the 1983 holiday season.
What are Cabbage Patch Kids?
The wedding of this British royal couple in 1981 was watched by an estimated global audience of 750 million.
Who are Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer?
Four senior women—Blanche, Rose, Dorothy, and Sophia—shared a home in Miami in this beloved sitcom.
What is The Golden Girls?
This cable channel, launched in 1981, revolutionized the music industry by playing music videos 24/7.
What is MTV?
This 1984 film asked the important question, "Who you gonna call?"
What is Ghostbusters?
This hairstyle, popular in the '80s, was all about height and volume, often held in place with lots of hairspray.
What is "big hair"?
In 1986, this NASA Space Shuttle tragically broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members.
What was the Challenger?
This action show featured a high-tech talking car named KITT and its driver, Michael Knight.
What is Knight Rider?
This rock band from New Jersey, led by Jon Bon Jovi, was "Livin' on a Prayer" in 1986.
Who is Bon Jovi?
Five high school students from different cliques spent a Saturday together in detention in this John Hughes classic.
What is The Breakfast Club?
Inspired by the movie Flashdance, these knitted accessories were worn on the lower legs.
What are leg warmers?
This volcanic mountain in Washington state erupted in May 1980, causing widespread destruction.
What is Mount St. Helens?
This furry Alien Life Form crash-landed in the garage of the suburban Tanner family.
What is ALF?
This charity supergroup, organized by Harry Belafonte and Ken Kragen, sang "We Are the World" to raise money for famine relief in Africa.
Who is USA for Africa?
This actor played the iconic, rule-breaking high school student who famously took a "Day Off."
Who is Matthew Broderick (as Ferris Bueller)?
This phrase, meaning "excellent" or "cool," was popularized by California's valley girls.
What is "tubular"?
This structure, a symbol of the Cold War, fell in November 1989, leading to the reunification of a major European country.
What is the Berlin Wall?