1980s Trivia - Questions With Answers From the Year 1989
Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa takes office as the
third President of what country?
A: Sri Lanka.
Two Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are engaged and shot down by
what?
A: 2 US Navy F-14 Tomcats.
President of the United States Ronald Reagan delivers his
what?
A: Farewell address to the nation.
Patrick Edward Purdy kills and wounds how many children and
then shoots himself in Stockton, California?
A: He kills 5 children, wounds 30.
George H. W. Bush succeeds whom as the 41st President of
the USA?
A: Ronald Reagan.
The last Soviet Union armored column leaves what city,
ending 9 years of military occupation since 1979?
A: Kabul.
Who takes office as President of Venezuela?
A: Carlos Andrés Pérez.
Who is consecrated as the first female bishop of the
Episcopal Church in the United States of America?
A: Barbara Clementine Harris .
Union Carbide agrees to pay US$470 million to who for
damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster?
A: The Indian government.
The first of how many Global Positioning System satellites
is placed into orbit?
A: 24.
After protracted testimony, the U.S. Senate Armed Services
Committee rejects, 11–9, President Bush's nomination of whom for Secretary of
Defense?
A: John Tower.
The funeral of Hirohito is attended by representatives of
how many nations?
A: 160.
Iran places a US $3-million bounty on the head of whom?
A: The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the
production of all what by the end of the century?
A: Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
President George H. W. Bush bans the importation of certain
what?
A: Guns deemed assault weapons into the United States.
Who is elected President of El Salvador?
A: Alfredo Cristiani.
Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke does what on national
television as he admits marital infidelity?
A: Weeps.
Clint Malarchuk of the NHL Buffalo Sabres suffers an almost
fatal injury when another player accidentally does what?
A: Slits his throat.
Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann at the University of
Utah announce that they have achieved what?
A: Cold fusion.
In Alaska's Prince William Sound, the Exxon Valdez spills
how much oil after running aground?
A: 240,000 barrels.
At the 61st Academy Awards, what movie won Best Picture?
A: Rain Man.
Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Poll tax,
is introduced where?
A: In Scotland.
The Polish Government and the Solidarity labor union sign
an agreement restoring what?
A: Solidarity to legal status, and agreeing to hold
democratic
elections on June
1.
The Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets does what?
A: It sinks in the Barents Sea, killing 41.
Ron Hextall becomes the first goaltender in NHL history to
do what?
A: Score a goal in the playoffs.
The death of Hu Yaobang sparks the beginning of what?
A: The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
A gun turret explodes on the U.S. battleship
Iowa, killing
how many crew members?
A: 47.
Pope John Paul II begins a 9-day trip to what countries?
A: Madagascar, Zambia, Malawi, and Réunion.
The Soviet Union issues its first what?
A: Visa card in a step to digitalize its banking system.
Magnum XL-200 opens at Cedar Point amusement park in
Sandusky, Ohio as the world's what?
A: The world's tallest and fastest roller coaster.
Who wins the Argentine presidential election?
A: Carlos Menem.
Who resigns as Prime Minister of Italy?
A: Ciriaco De Mita.
Where does the Chinese government declare martial law?
A: In Beijing.
The wreck of what German battleship which was sunk in 1941,
is located 600 miles (970 km) west of Brest, France?
A: Bismarck.
Who becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of
China?
A: Jiang Zemin.
What new television show premieres?
A: Seinfeld.
Steffi Graf and Boris Becker of West Germany win singles
titles at the what?
A: 1989 Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
France celebrates what?
A: The 200th anniversary of the French
Revolution.
What Northrop Grumman plane makes its first flight?
A: B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
Who takes office as Prime Minister of Italy?
A: Giulio Andreotti.
A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student
Robert Tappan Morris for what?
A: For releasing a computer virus.
Pakistan is readmitted to what?
A: The Commonwealth of Nations after leaving it in 1972.
Who is elected President of Bolivia, taking office the next
day?
A: Jaime Paz Zamora.
Army General Colin Powell became the first black chairman
of the what?
A: Joint Chiefs of Staff after being nominated by President Bush.
