1980s Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
Over which country did Pan Am flight 103 crash in December 88?
A: Scotland.
Which 1980s US president survived an assassination attempt?
A: Ronald Reagan.
Which Bob who founded Band Aid received an honorary knighthood in
1986?
A: Mick Jagger.
In which 80s film did Meryl Streep play a Polish holocaust
survivor?
A: Sophie's Choice.
Up Where We Belong was the theme
music to which 80s film with
Richard Gere and Debra Winger?
A: An Officer and a Gentleman.
Which 1982 Spielberg classic was about a little boy and his
pet
alien?
A: E.T.
Who sang about his Prerogative in the 1980s?
A: Bobby Brown.
Which TV evangelist did George Bush defeat to win the
Republican
nomination in 1988?
A: Pat Robertson.
Which Spaniard won two
US
Masters in the 80s?
A: Seve Ballesteros.
Which movie star appeared in General Hospital form
1981 to
1983?
A: Demi Moore.
Which all-girl group had 80s No 1s with Walk Like An
Egyptian and
Eternal Flame?
A: Bangles.
In which state did 80s chart-toppers
Alabama form?
A: Alabama.
Who had a 1980 No 1 hit with Woman in
Love?
A: Barbara Streisand.
Who was elected Senator for
Tennessee in
1985?
A: Al Gore.
Which sitcom, premiered in 1988, featured Dr. Harry Weston?
A: Empty Nest.
Which spin-off from The
Cosby Show premiered in
1987?
A: A Different World.
The 1980 Olympics were boycotted because of the USSR's invasion
of which country?
A: Afghanistan.
Where were the 1980 Olympics held which were boycotted by
American athletes?
A: Moscow.
Who beat Carl Lewis in 1988 in Seoul but was later disqualified?
A: Ben Johnson.
Which 80s medical drama had the same production company as Hill
Street Blues?
A: St. Elsewhere.
What kind of Boys had an 80s No 1 with West End Girls?
A: Pet Shop Boys.
In 1989, who had her first of many No 1s with Straight Up?
A: Paula Abdul.
Who was Addicted To Love in the 80s?
A: Robert Palmer.
Which volcano in
Washington sate erupted in 1980?
A: Mount St. Helens.
Which 80s leader had a wife called Raisa?
A: Mikhail Gorbachev.
Who released an album called Thriller in 1982?
A: Michael Jackson.
Who won the ladies singles most times at Wimbledon in the 80s?
A: Martina Navratilova.
Anwar Sadat was President of which country when he died in 1981?
A: Egypt.
What kind of disaster claimed some 100,000 lives in Armenia in
1988?
A: Earthquake.
Where in the Ukraine was there a nuclear explosion in 1986?
A: Chernobyl.
What island was the home of Bob Marley, who died in 1981?
A: Jamaica.
Which city was devastated by an earthquake in 1985 and then
hosted the World Cup in 1986?
A: Mexico.
Which President of the Philippines was deposed in 1986?
A: Marcos.
The increasing scarcity of elephants and rhinos led to a 1989 ban
on which substance?
A: Ivory.
Who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981?
A: John Hinckley.
In 1987 Madonna filed for divorce from which husband?
A: Sean Penn.