'80's Dance Party!

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It's the 80's - the Me Decade of the Valley Girl, the Rubik's Cube, MTV, high-top sneakers, computer games, The Breakfast Club and Dr. Pepper commercials, along with Smurfs, Fraggle Rock and Madonna...

80's Trivia
Are you a true child of the 80's?

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1. Which of the following was the first video to be aired on MTV?

1. Down Under by Men at Work
2. Money for Nothing by Dire Straits
3. Physical by Olivia Newton John
4. Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles

2. Which country did the United States invade in 1983?

1. Greneda
2. Libya
3. Panama
4. Nicarauga

3. Which of the following was not a character on the Smurfs?

1. Wild Smurf
2.Slouchy Smurf
3. Forgetful Smurf
4. Clumsy Smurf

4. What singer played Willis' girlfriend on Different Strokes?

1. Mariah Carey
2. Toni Braxton
3. Karyn White
4. Janet Jackson

5. What state was Challenger victim Christa McAuliff from?

1. New Hampshire
2. Illinois
3. Florida
4. Colorado

6. Which of the following video games did not lead to a Saturday morning cartoon?

1. Pac Man
2.Joust
3. Q-bert
4. Donkey Kong

7. Which of the following puzzles is generally considered the most difficult to solve?

1. Rubik's Revenge
2. Rubik's Snake
3. Rubik's Magic
4. Rubik's Missing Link

8. Which of the following nations did not boycott the 1984 olympics in Los Angeles?

1. U.S.S.R.
2. East Germany
3. Romania
4. Albania

9. Which of the following movies did not win an academy award for best picture?

1. Rain Man
2. Amadeus
3. Platoon
4. The Color Purple

10. Which of the following singers was never a member of New Edition?

1. Bobby Brown
2. Johnny Gill
3. Keith Sweat
4. Ralph Tresvant

11. Jennifer Beals starred in which of the following movies?

1. Flashdance
2. Footloose
3. Dirty Dancing
4. Swing Kids

12. Which of the following Transformers was not a decepticon?

1. Megatron
2. Jazz
3. Starscream
4. Soundwave

1980's Trivia Quiz

The answers are at the end. Don't peek!

1. What was the British equivalent of "We Are The World?"

2. Name six members of the Brat Pack.

3. What Liverpool band popularized the Doors' "People Are Strange?" in the
80's?

4. Who had the trademark saying "Nanoo Nanoo?"

5. What was the original name of Duran Duran?

6. What was the name of ET's favorite candy?

7. What did people desperately try to avoid getting on "Press Your Luck?"

8. Name 3 books by Judy Blume or Beverly Cleary.

9. Who was the leader of the Transformers? (according to the cartoon)

10. Where did the Super friends congregate and watch the latest happenings
on a big screen TV?

The Answers:

1. "Do they know it's Christmas?" by Band Aid

2. Demi, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy

3. Echo and the BunnyMen

4. Mork from Mork and Mindy

5. This one was tough.
Duran Duran was the original name for the group. Bassist John Taylor
took the name of the villain in Roger Vadim's 1967 film "Barbarella"
starring Jane Fonda. He liked the rhythm of the name and decided it
matched the band's "edgy" sound at the time. Two of the founding
members were considering another name, a three-letter acronym (RAF?)
that wasn't intended to stand for anything. Arcadia was formed after
Duran Duran by band members Simon Lebon, Nick Rhodes, and Roger Taylor,
while the other 2 members (John and Andy Taylor) formed Power Station
with Robert Palmer and Tony Thompson. Arcadia had a big single
"Election Day." Duran Duran got back together after the Arcadia and
Power Station Projects, but without Andy and Roger Taylor.

6. Reeses

7. Whammies

8. Superfudge, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Ramona Quimby, Age 8

9. Optimus Prime

10. Hall of Justice

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