MLB HISTORY
THE 1980s
WORDS & MEANINGS
PLACES YOU SHOULD KNOW
HOW IT WORKS
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This MLB team plays its home games at Fenway Park.

What is the Boston Red Sox?

2

This music television network launched in 1981.

What is MTV?

2

A word meaning “fear of confined spaces.”

What is claustrophobia?

2

This U.S. city is nicknamed “The Mile High City.”

What is Denver?

2

This household appliance removes moisture from the air.

What is a dehumidifier?

4

This baseball player was nicknamed “The Iron Horse.”

What is Lou Gehrig?

4

This handheld video game system was released by Nintendo in 1989.

What is the Game Boy?

4

A word meaning “to officially cancel or repeal.”

What is rescind?

4

This U.S. state has the longest coastline.

What is Alaska?

4

This device converts sound waves into electrical signals.

What is a microphone?

6

This team broke an 86-year championship drought in 2004.

What is the Boston Red Sox?

6

This president served two terms during most of the 1980s.

What is Ronald Reagan?

6

A word meaning “showing great attention to detail.”

What is meticulous?

6

This country is home to Machu Picchu.

What is Peru?

6

This process preserves food by removing moisture.

What is dehydration?

8

This pitcher won 300 games and spent most of his career with the Atlanta Braves.

What is Greg Maddux?

8

This 1986 space shuttle disaster changed NASA’s launch procedures.

What is the Challenger disaster?

8

A word meaning “excessively talkative.”

What is loquacious?

8

This European river runs through Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade.

What is the Danube?

8

This part of a lock is turned by a key.

What is the cylinder?

10

This MLB commissioner canceled the 1994 World Series.

What is Bud Selig?

10

This company ran a famous 1984 Super Bowl commercial directed by Ridley Scott.

What is Apple?

10

A word meaning “to predict or foretell.”

What is prognosticate?

10

This African country has three capital cities.

What is South Africa?

10

This term describes a system that regulates itself automatically.

What is feedback control?