80s Trivia Questions
This 80s trivia is one of the most important categories of history quiz questions. 80s trivia questions will give information about the main events that occurred in the 80s.
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Q1. In Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire", which of the following historical figures is not named?
Jackie Kennedy
Harry Truman
Liberace
Sugar Ray Robinson
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Q2. Which of the following popular news networks launched on June 1, 1980?
The Cable News Network (CNN).
BBC World News
BBC
CGTN
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Q3. Freddy Krueger is the antagonist of which horror movies franchise, back in the '80s?
A Nightmare on Elm Street.
The Thing
The Evil Dead
The Fly
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Q4. From the following, which woman was the first one to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Aretha Franklin
Janet Jackson
Kelly Preston
Molly Ringwald
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Q5. Who won Grammy for "Record of the Year" in 1981?
Christopher Cross, "Sailing"
Ride Like The Wind
Think of Laura
Say You'll Be Mine
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Q6. In which of the movies did Val Kilmer star with a group of smart kids who turn a professor's house into a gigantic popcorn cooker?
Real Genius
Back to School
Moving Violations
Bachelor Party
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Q7. Can you tell us which of the following sitcoms was President Ronald Reagan's favorite from the "80s"?
Family Ties
Day by Day
The Michael J. Fox Show
Webster
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Q8. What was the number of "Jenny"'s phone, in a popular 1980s song?
867-5309
867-4321
867-3212
867-3313
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Q9. Do you know which of these animals can naturally walk, swim, and fly also?
Mallard
Otter
Penguin
Flying fish
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Q10. So, which Bob who founded the Band-Aid received an honorary knighthood in 1986?
Bob Geldof
Geoffrey Howe’s
Mick Jagger.
Queen Elizabeth
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Q11. From the following, who had a "1980 No 1" hit with "Woman in Love"?
Barbra Streisand
Daryl Hannah
Lea Thompson
Dianne Wiest
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Q12. An easy one, what was the color of Gargamel's robe in the 'Smurfs'?
Dark
White
Blue
Pink
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Q13. Which of these 1980s medical drama had the same production company as "Hill Street Blues"?
St. Elsewhere
NYPD Blue
Cagney & Lacey
Beverly Hills Buntz
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Q14. Who from the following was addicted to love back in the 80s?
Robert Palmer.
Michael Jackson
George Michael
David Bowie
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Q15. Which of these 80s politics leaders had a wife called "Raisa"?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
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Q16. In 1981, Anwar Sadat was the "President" of which country when he died?
Egypt
Iran
Lebanon
Kuwait
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Q17. In Armenia, which type of disaster claimed some 100,000 lives in 1988?
Earthquake
Floods
Wildfires
Drought
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Q18. Do you know, wherein Ukraine was there a nuclear explosion in 1986?
Chernobyl.
Fukushima Daiichi
Holodomor
The Holocaust
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Q19. We all know him, which of these islands was the home of Bob Marley, who died in 1981?
Jamaica.
Montego Bay
Ocho Rios
Negril
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Q20. This should be easy football lovers, which city was devastated by an earthquake in 1985 and then hosted the World Cup in 1986?
Mexico
Canada
Cuba
Colombia
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Q21. Which of the following Presidents of the Philippines was deposed in 1986?
Ferdinand Marcos
Bongbong Marcos
Rodrigo Duterte
Corazon Aquino
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Q22.In 1981, who from the following attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
John Hinckley
James Brady
Thomas Delahanty
Jodie Foster
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Q23. Can you tell us Madonna filed for divorce from which of these husbands in 1987?
Sean Penn
Guy Ritchie
Rocco Ritchie
Hopper Penn
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Q24.Easy peasy, in "Back to the Future", what car was used as a "Time Machine"?
DMC DeLorean
De Tomaso
Tesla, Inc.
Studebaker
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Q25.Which of the following exotic sports car model did Magnum drive?
A Ferrari 308
Ferrari 328
Ferrari 288 GTO
Ferrari F40
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