Hodge Podge
Architecture representing a loosely interpreted revival of historical styles mixed with modern construction techniques for newer houses
What is postmodern architecture?
This spy fiction thriller was published in 1980 by Robert Ludlum and tells the story of a man with retrograde amnesia and extraordinary survival skills searching to find his true identity while avoiding why people from the CIA and other secret groups want him dead.
What is Jason Bourne?
This was the location of the nuclear power plant located in Ukraine that was the site of a disastrous nuclear accident on April 26, 1986
What is Chernobyl?
This musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make what is known as the "Jellicle choice" and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.
What is Cats?
Whenever anyone fell, this popular line was used the way the old woman said it in the Life Alert commercial premiering in the 1980s.
What is Help I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up?
This drug was frequently used by youth because it was cheap, plentiful, and highly addictive and it was also glamorized by Hollywood.
What is Cocaine?
an American poet, philosopher and writer. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation and vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism, and sexual repression and was known as embodying various aspects of this counterculture, such as his views on drugs.
Who is Allen Ginsberg?
This NASA space shuttle exploded on January 28, 1986, just 73 seconds after liftoff, bringing a devastating end to the spacecraft’s 10th mission
What is the Challenger?
The American children's television program starring Paul Reubens as the childlike Pee-wee Herman
What is Pee-wee's Playhouse?
An 80's guy's way to describe a woman who had a beautiful body. For example, She is ________ with gnarly ta-tas
What is Bodacious?
A line of dolls created by American art student Xavier Roberts that was popular during the 1980s
What are Cabbage Patch Dolls?
A heartbreaking and affirmative novel by Alice Walker which tells the story of an African American woman’s journey from being an abused child and a victim of brutal domestic abuse to a literate adult surrounded by a community of strong, supportive women
What is the Color Purple?
In 1981, this woman was nominated as the first female Supreme Court Justice by President Reagan.
Who is Sanda Day O'Conner?
Apple Computer® launches its first computer known as this in 1984.
What is the Macintosh?
Whenever you brandish pretty much anything of power or importance by surprise, you can use this phrase from Scarface
What is Say Hello to My Little Friend?
A protest against bouncers stopping dancers pogoing to 1980s new wave music in clubs when disco was dying and new wave was up and coming
What is "The Safety Dance"?
These poems known as "The Sabbath Poems" were motivated by this man's longtime habit of walking out onto the land on Sunday mornings
Who is Wendell Berry?
In 1982, The FIFA World Cup was held in Spain with this team coming out on top.
Who is Italy?
The DynaTAC 8000x was the first commercially available one of these in 1983
What is the cell phone?
A typical Valley Girl response to something you dislike.
What is Gag Me with a Spoon?
In the 1980s, this mans Medellin Cartel was spending $2,500 a month on rubber bands just to hold all their cash.
Who is Pablo Escobar?
This novel by Margaret Atwood follows a women named Offred who is in subjugation in a patriarchal society and the various means by she attempts to gain individualism and independence
What is The Handmaid's Tale?
Before there were chat rooms, you were forced to meet likeminded strangers on this.
What is "The Party Line"?
Known for its world famous chicken wings and women, this restaurant first opened its doors in 1983 in Clearwater, Florida.
What is Hooters?
This phrase communicates that something is gross and distasteful and just ought not to exist.
What is Grody to the Max?