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The 1980s gave us neon clothes, big hair, John Hughes movies, and Madonna. Also in that decade: three Olympics, two royal weddings, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Suffice it to say, A LOT happened in the ’80s and it would be pretty impressive if you remembered it all.
That’s what this list of ‘80strivia questionsis for. Gather your friends and relive the good ol’ days by seeing who remembers the decade the best. A lot of the questions are easy, but there are a few in there that might stump you, and they cover topics frompop cultureto history to sports. Get ready for a tubular time.
We ’ve listed the solution under each head so you’re able to take the quiz as a group , but it works just as well solo if you cover the answers as you scroll down . You could also just show through it to drench up that sweet ' 80s noesis .
1.Where did the music video for “Last Christmas” by Wham! take place?
A ski hangout
2.What was the name of the cloaked villain in theCare Bears Familyanimated series?
No Heart
3.In 1981, which famous figure paid a visit to the man who had attempted to assassinate him and personally forgave him?
4.Which astronaut became the first American woman to travel to space in 1983?
Sally Ride
5.The phrases “so bitchin’” and “gag me with a spoon” were associated with what California subculture in the ’80s?
Valley girls
6.Which depression medication was prescribed in the United States for the first time in 1988?
7.What phrase is written upon an army helmet on the poster forStanley Kubrick’s 1987 filmFull Metal Jacket?
“ Born to kill ”
8.Which critically acclaimed science fiction novel about a dystopian society called Gilead hit shelves in 1985?
The Handmaid ’s Tale
9.The infamous Max Headroom signal hijacking incident interrupted an episode of which TV show in 1987?
Doctor Who
10.What do the following ’80s movies have in common:Labyrinth,The Hunger,The Last Temptation of Christ?
11.Who was the lead singer of English new wave band The Smiths that branched out to start a solo career?
Morrissey
12.Which modern-day game show host ofThe Floorgot his first big break in a few cult classic ’80s movies?
Rob Lowe
13.Which medical marvel in pregnancy and fertility, commonly used today (especially by celebs!), was first implemented in 1986?
The firstsurrogate gestation and birthof a baby not related to the surrogate carrier .
14.What genetically modified crop became the first to ever be grown in the 1980s?
Tobacco , grown in China , which was change to be repellent to antibiotics .
15.Which parody musician got his start making satirical versions of hit songs in the early 1980s?
" Weird Al " Yankovic
16.Which baby-faced doll became one of the most popular toys of the decade?
17.And which trading card line turned into film franchise, inspired by the Cabbage Patch Kids, blew up in the ’80s?
Garbage Pail kid
18.Which two movie stars got married and started a family, spawning an actor child of their own who starred in 2008 comedyThe House Bunny?
Demi Moore and Bruce Willis , who had Rumer Willis — as well as Tallulah and Scout !
19.Which still-popular toy and cartoon show about friendship first came out in the 1980s?
My Little Pony
20.Which sport, which now airs on Netflix on Monday nights, saw its first big boom in the 1980s?
21.What do the following songs have in common other than belonging to Madonna: “Material Girl,” “Dress You Up,” and “Angel”?
They were all have in her 1984 albumLike A Virgin .
22.What actor played iconic ’80s leading ladies Lydia Deetz and Veronica Sawyer?
Winona Ryder
23.What do the following songs have in common: “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” “Love Is a Battlefield,” and “We Belong”?
They were all successful unity by Pat Benatar in the other ' 80s .
24.There were three Winter Olympics held during the 1980s. What were the specific years and cities?
25.What international sports phenomenon was the movieCool Runningsbased on?
The Jamaican bob squad ’s unlikely reservation and debut in the four - human race bobsleigh event at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics .
26.What famous ’80s song has the line, “There’s nothing left to talk about, unless it’s horizontally”?
" Physical " by Olivia Newton - John
27.Who was the Vice President of the United States for most of the decade?
George H. W. Bush
28.What daytime talk show premiered in 1986 and ran for 25 years until 2011?
The Oprah Winfrey Show
29.What sitcom premiered in 1989 and starred Reginald VelJohnson and Jaleel White?
30.What is the name of the political scandal involving the secret sale of arms to Iran?
The Iran - Contra Affair
31.Who were the three stars of the 1980 movie9 to 5?
Lily Tomlin , Dolly Parton , and Jane Fonda
32.Who wrote the famous 1988 novelThe Alchemist?
Paulo Coehlo
33.What boy band was Ricky Martin part of from 1984 to 1989?
34.What movie is this line from?: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
Ferris Bueller ’s Day Off(1983 )
35.Who are Rue McClanahan, Betty White, Bea Arthur, and Estelle Getty?
The mould ofThe Golden Girls
36.What 1982 movie featured the Survivor song, “Eye of the Tiger”?
Rocky III
37.Who was the President of the United States in 1980?
38.What 1980 movie introduced the world to horror villain Jason Vorhees?
Friday the 13th
39.What iconic reggae singer died in 1981?
Bob Marley
40.Robert De Niro won his second Oscar for playing which real-life boxer in the 1980 filmRaging Bull?
Jake LaMotta
41.What popular ’80s hairstyle is often described as “business in the front, party in the back”?
42.What 1984 film featured a fuzzy creature named Gizmo?
Gremlins
43.Who directed the 1980 movieThe Shining?
Stanley Kubrick
44.How manyRockymovies came out in the ’80s?
Two
45.What 1989 song by Billy Joel song featured many news headlines from several decades?
46.What year did Nike introduce their “Just Do It” slogan?
1988
47.How many albums did Prince release in the ’80s?
Nine
48.What 1986 film about a crocodile hunter is the highest-grossing Australian movie of all time?
Crocodile Dundee
49.Who was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987?
50.What was the name of the car inKnight Rider?
KITT
51.What was the highest-grossing movie of the 1980s?
E.T. the Extraterrestrial
52.Who was President of the United States from 1981 to 1989?
Ronald Reagan
53.Who are Jonathan and Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood?
54.Which member of Def Leppard lost an arm from a car crash in 1984?
Rick Allen
55.What song originally released in 1985 had a huge resurgence after being featured onStranger Things?
" break away Up That Hill " by Kate Bush
56.Who were the members of Wham!?
George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley
57.What famous twins starred in a popular late ’80s sitcom but opted not to appear in said sitcom’s 2016 reboot?
58.Michael Jackson released the bestselling album of all time in 1982. What was the name of that album?
Thriller
59.He also released the fifth bestselling album of all time in 1987. What was that album called?
Bad
60.What style trend was made popular by Don Johnson’s character inMiami Vice?
brightness or pastel getup made up of deoxythymidine monophosphate - shirts under courting jackets with the sleeve rolled up
61.Who played the Terminator?
62.In 1981, Prince Charles married Princess Diana in what Cathedral in London?
St. Paul ’s Cathedral
63.Which 1989 animated Disney movie had characters named Alana, Jetsam, and Max?
The piffling Mermaid
64.Aqua Net is a specific brand of a product that became very popular in the 1980s. What product is that?
Hairspray
65.Who are Johnny and Baby?
66.What do the songs “Maniac” and “Flashdance…What A Feeling” have in common?
They were both sport inFlashdance(1983 )
67.What musical by Andrew Lloyd Weber opened on Broadway in 1988 and is still the longest-running musical in Broadway history?
The Phantom of the opera house
68.What popular color-coded puzzle toy made it’s debut in the US market in 1980?
Rubik ’s cube
69.What band’s 1985 Live Aid performance at Wembley Stadium is considered one of the greatest of all time?
70.What popular TV series revolved around the Ewing family?
Dallas
71.What two big movie franchises of the 1980s starred Harrison Ford?
Star WarsandIndiana Jones
72.What was Ronald Reagan talking about when he said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” in 1987?
He was mention to theBerlin Wall .
73.What brand of frozen meals did Stouffer’s introduce in 1981 to meet consumers' desires for low-calorie dinner options?
74.What 1983 coming-of-age movie followed the adventures of a high school senior played by Tom Cruise while his parents are away?
Risky Business
75.What 1982 Toto song makes reference to ancient memories, wild dogs, and moonlit wings?
" Africa "
76.According to the hit 1981 song, if you dial 867-5309 who should you expect to pick up?
William Le Baron Jenny
77.What 1983 Christmas movie prominently features a “leg lamp”?
78.What singer nicknamed the Queen of Pop released her debut album in 1983?
Virgin Mary
79.What 1985 movie had an ensemble made up of “a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal”?
The Breakfast Club
80.What two successful TV series that premiered in the ’80s starred David Hasslehoff?
Knight RiderandBaywatch
81.What 1980s sitcom had an iconic monologue where a character named Marjorie was lectured about “the night the lights went out in Georgia”?
82.What famous quarterback had the nicknames “Joe Cool” and “The Comeback Kid”?
Joe Montana
83.Who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1980s and has been played onscreen by both Meryl Streep and Gillian Anderson?
Margaret Thatcher
84.What 1986 song makes reference to bazaar men, gold crocodiles, and hookah pipes?
" take the air Like an Egyptian " by The Bangles
86.Which musical group got famous with the 1985 hit song “Take On Me”?
A - ha
87.What 1985 video game begins by departing from Independence, Missouri?
Oregon Trail
88.Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabar played together through the ’80s on which NBA team?
The Los Angeles Lakers
89.What Francis Ford Coppola-directed movie starred Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, and Tom Cruise was released in 1983?
90.Who is Ren McCormack?
The main persona inFootloose(1984 )
91.What are the three Heathers' last names inHeathers(1988)?
Duke , McNamara , and Chandler
92.Who directedE.T. the Extraterrestrial?
Steven Spielberg
93.What sitcom helped launch the career of Woody Harrelson when he joined the cast in 1985?
94.Who played Batman onscreen in 1989?
Michael Keaton
95.Danny Aiello, Keith Carradine, and Debi Mazaar were all featured in music videos by what singer?
96.What was the nickname for young, educated, urban professionals?
yuppie
97.What civil rights activist became a gay rights activist in the 1980s and was eventually played by Colman Domingo in a biopic?
98.What NYC-based artist was known for his pop art murals that advocated for AIDS awareness among other social causes?
Keith Haring
99.What future US President appeared as a character witness for Roy Cohn during the disgraced lawyer’s disbarment hearing in 1986?
Donald Trump
100.Who was the first female justice appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981?
Sandra Day O’Connor
101.What was the name of Ronald Reagan’s controversial economic policy that lowered government spending and taxes?
102.What space shuttle exploded 73-seconds after launch in 1986?
The Challenger
103.“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “Time After Time” were huge hits from what Cyndi Lauper album released in 1983?
She ’s So strange
104.What band sang the song “Sweet Child o' Mine” in 1987?
Guns N ' Roses
105.What 1987 song is the basis for the rickrolling meme?
106.What 1983 song frequently repeats “Turn around” during the verses?
" Total Eclipse of the pith "
107.Tommy and Gina are the characters in which 1986 Bon Jovi song?
" Livin ' On A Prayer "
108.What iconic cable channel launched in 1981?
MTV
109.Which animated TV series premiered in 1989 and starred a family with yellow skin?
110.What 1989 movie video by Madonna garnered censure from Pope John Paul II?
" Like A Prayer "
111.“Shoot to Thrill” was released in 1980 and became associated with the MCU’s Iron Man decades later. What band sings the song?
AC / DC
112.Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker" is a one-liner delivered by Bruce Willis in what 1988 movie?
Die Hard
113.What exercise trend was popularized by Jane Fonda’s at-home workout tapes and the moviePerfect(1985), starring Jamie Lee Curtis and John Travolta?
114.In what country did the 1986 Chernobyl disaster occur?
Ukraine
115.Where were the 1980 Summer Olympics held?
Moscow
116.Why did the United States lead calls for a boycott of the 1980 Olympics and end up not attending along with 60 other countries?
Because theSoviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 .
117.What sports drink was created by the Coca-Cola Company and released in 1987?
118.Where were the 1984 Summer Olympics held?
Los Angeles
119.Where were the 1988 Summer Olympics held?
Seoul
120.Who became President of the United States in 1989?
George H.W. Bush
121.What sitcom actor hosted the 1987 Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship that would become the inspiration for a Key and Peele sketch in 2014?
122.How many seasons was Eddie Murphy onSaturday Night Liveafter joining the cast in 1980?
Four seasons ( 6 - 9 )
123.What did John McEnroe famously shout at an umpire during the 1981 Wimbledon Championships?
" you may not be serious ! "
124.What album earned Prince an Oscar in 1984?
regal pelting
125.For what movie did Cher win her Best Actress Oscar in 1988?
126.Why was Diego Maradona’s first goal during the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal so controversial?
Because he strike it into the goal with his helping hand but the referee did not see it .
127.What basketball player released a line of sneakers with Nike that launched in 1985?
Michael Jordan
128.What was the name of the sneakers?
Air Jordans
129.What Tina Turner song reached No. 1 on theBillboardHot 100 chart in 1984 and marked her commercial comeback?
" What ’s Love Got to Do with It "
130.What is the name of David Bowie’s character inLabyrinth(1986)?
Jareth , the Goblin King
This post has been updated by Kaitlin Stevens and Brittany Miranda .
