Get ready to blast off into the past with these 1980s trivia questions and answers!
From iconic movies and TV shows you know and love to legendary music and fashion, the 1980s were the decade of big hair, neon colors, and pure nostalgia.
Grab those neon leg warmers, turn up your favorite 80s playlist, and get seated because we’re about to test your knowledge of this truly unforgettable era.
Are you a true 80s fanatic or just a poser?
There’s only one way to find out!
139 1980s Trivia Questions And Answers (2024 List)
- Originally given the Japanese title “Puckman”, what 1980s arcade game was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Game" in 2005?
Answer: Pac-Man
- In a famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate in June 1987, President Ronald Reagan exhorted Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down what structure that symbolized the division of Germany?
Answer: Berlin Wall
- Gaining popularity sine the 1980s, what is the name of the Polynesian sport that is practiced by racing canoes and other small watercraft? The seven letter name comes from the Maori phrase for an outrigger canoe.
Answer: Waka ama
- Founded by B. Schavitz in Maine the 1980s, what is the company with an origin in beekeeping and co-founder Roxanne Quimby?
Answer: Burt's Bees
- What 1982 Toto song, whose title is a continent, experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2018 when Weezer covered the song?
Answer: Africa
- In the 1980s, "The Ain'ts" was a derisive nickname for what NFC South team that has a fleur-de-lis in its logo?
Answer: Saints
- "Best of Enemies" is an ESPN "30 for 30" documentary on the 1980s rivalry between the Boston Celtics and what other NBA team?
Answer: Los Angeles Lakers
- "There's only one ______." "Get Real. Get ______." and "It's ______ or Nothin'!" are all slogans for a toy brand owned by Hasbro in which the brand's name has been removed. What is this brand? This brand sells mostly foam-based products and its late-1980s Blast-a-Ball and Arrowstorm products arguably invented an entirely new category of toys.
Answer: NERF
- What American TV show from the 1970s and 1980s still holds the record for the most watched finale ever with more than 100 million households tuning in?
Answer: M*A*S*H
- A 30-kilometer-wide "Zone of Alienation" around the ghost town of Pripyat was created after the April 1986 disaster at what highly radioactive site?
Answer: Chernobyl (Nuclear Power Plant)
- According to the hit 1981 song by Tommy Tutone, if you dial 867-5309, you will reach a woman with what first name?
Answer: Jenny
- What rhyming brand of low-calorie meals did Stouffer's introduce in 1981 in response to consumers' desires for diet dinner options?
Answer: Lean Cuisine
- Greg Lemond, who won the Tour de France three times in the late 1980s, was the first cyclist to appear on the cover which American sports magazine? Sports Illustrated
Answer: Sports Illustrated
- The opening of a crate and revealing a "leg lamp" is a pivotal scene in what 1983 holiday classic movie?
Answer: A Christmas Story
- Featuring the country's name in both English and Hebrew and a fierce-as-hell lion, a one-half-shekel coin was issued in the 1980s by what Middle Eastern nation?
Answer: Israel
- There's a Finnish rock band that formed in the 1980s led by Pertti Neumann that shares its name with an ancient lineage of dogs found in Australian. What is this band name?
Answer: Dingo
- What 1985 John Hughes film features a group of uniquely different high school students, all forced together for Saturday detention?
Answer: The Breakfast Club
- What 1980s TV series starred David Hasselhoff as a crime fighter assisted by a talking, self-aware sports car named K.I.T.T.?
Answer: Knight Rider
- The fictional Atlanta interior decoration firm of Sugarbaker and Associates was the center of the action of what sitcom of the 1980s and 1990s?
Answer: Designing Women
- “Joe Cool” and “The Comeback Kid” were two nicknames of what Notre Dame QB who would go on to win multiple Super Bowls as part of an 1980s dynasty with a west coast NFL franchise?
Answer: Joe Montana
- The activist alliance Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) was founded by Mark Ashton in the 1980s to financially support striking miners in which European country?
Answer: United Kingdom
- What ice cream brand and amusement park staple was born in the 1980s when Curt Jones used his knowledge of cryogenic technology to create ice cream "beads?"
Answer: Dippin' Dots
- What video game came with the Nintendo Entertainment System when it was released in the late 1980s, and was meant to be played with the NES Zapper gun? It shared a cartridge with "Super Mario Bros."
Answer: Duck Hunt
- What Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who served in that role for all of the 1980s, was played by Meryl Streep in the film "Iron Lady" and Gillian Anderson on Netflix's "The Crown?"
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
- The Direwolves in the "Game of Thrones" TV series were played by Northern Inuit Dogs, a breed which has been in development since the 1980s. These dogs carry the genes of German Shepherds, Malamutes, and which Russian sled dog breed?
Answer: Siberian Huskies
- Prague-born Jan Hammer composed the music for what 1980s TV series that starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as detectives in Florida?
Answer: Miami Vice
- With Michael Sembello's song "Maniac" on the soundtrack, what 1983 film stars Jennifer Beals as an exotic dancer whose dream is to become a ballerina?
Answer: Flashdance
- "All the old paintings on the tombs, they do the sand dance, don't ya know?" according to what 1986 hit song by The Bangles?
Answer: Walk Like an Egyptian
- Moe from The Three Stooges had one. It regained popularity in the U.S. for straight hair textures in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I'm talking about a mushroom cut, AKA a style named for what piece of dinnerware?
Answer: Bowl cut
- Nike collaborates with what company on shoes such as the Huarache and the ______ x Nike Air Penny 2? It is a 1980 “S” Southern California fashion house founded in the early 1980s, known for their skateboard and hip-hop clothing.
Answer: Stussy
- What “P” Hall of Fame Bears running back of the 1980s, for a long period of time the number one rusher in NFL history, had the nickname of “Sweetness?”
Answer: Walter Payton
- What adolescently-named lead singer was the front man for the 1980s pop group Culture Club?
Answer: Boy George
- Babyland General Hospital was the "birthplace" of what line of collectible dolls that was a huge hit in the 1980s and included an individual birth certificate for each doll?
Answer: Cabbage Patch Kids
- What DMC sports car model is fitted with a flux capacitor to turn it into a time-traveling machine in the "Back to the Future" films?
Answer: Delorean
- Gordon Gekko famously uses a bulky Motorola 8000X Dynatac mobile phone in what 1980s movie named after a Manhattan street?
Answer: Wall Street
- Which musical group became famous with the 1985 hit song "Take On Me?" (Hint: You might say this when you think of the answer.)
Answer: A-ha
- In the 1980s, frustrated with limited City Council representation, which of NYC's 5 boroughs attempted to secede from NYC and become an independent city?
Answer: Staten Island
- When it was first founded by Timothy Busfield in the 1980s, it was a touring children’s theater troupe. Today, which theatre on Capitol Ave offers not just live performances but one of the most popular theater schools as well?
Answer: B Street
- In the 1980s film "Knight Rider," what was the name of David Hasselhoff's talking car?
Answer: Kitt
- Matt and Ross Duffer are the directors and producers for what Netflix television series set in 1980s Indiana?
Answer: Stranger Things
- In her 1983 hit "Holiday," what one-named singer declares that "if we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate just one day out of life, it would be so nice?"
Answer: Madonna
- In the 1980s, Michael Milken rose to prominence by trading what type of bonds?
Answer: High Yield
- By the late 1980s, Walmart had quickly risen to become more profitable that its two larger U.S. retail competitors, and by 1990 it had surpassed them as the largest U.S. retailer by revenue. One of these retailers was Kmart. What was the other?
Answer: Sears
- Bob Denver, famous for being on "Gilligan's Island," was also Maynard G. Krebs on what sitcom of the late '50s and early '60s? When Maynard showed up in the 1980s reunion movie, he explained that he had been marooned on a desert island, a nod to the actor's role as Gilligan.
Answer: "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"
- What film director played Mars Blackmon, a character from his film "She's Gotta Have It," in a series of late-1980s ads for Nike?
Answer: Spike Lee
- What nickname for Delaware, once a tourism tagline, is also the title of a 1980s sitcom starring Tiffany Michelle Brissette as a robot girl?
Answer: Small Wonder
- A military program announced by President Reagan in March 1983 promoted funding for lasers and particle beam weapons and was formally known as the Strategic Defense Initiative. However, what two-word name was the program (somewhat mockingly) nicknamed by the public?
Answer: Star Wars
- Richard J. Pirong and one other man marketed a sound-activated switch sold since the 1980s that would plus into electrical outlets and control the power to a specific appliance based on a specific type of noise. What is the name of this product?
Answer: Clapper
- That's not a box office gross. THIS is a box office gross: what 1986 film is the highest grossing Australian movie of all time?
Answer: Crocodile Dundee
- What singer went from the massive success of her 1984 album “Private Dancer” to starring as the villain in the 1985 film “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome?”
Answer: Tina Turner
- Featuring 36 silk-screen paintings and 13 drawings in the artist's signature colorful pop style, "Cars" is a series of artworks commissioned by Mercedes-Benz in the 1980s from what artist?
Answer: Andy Warhol
- Within 3 years, in what year was the first version of Microsoft Excel released?
Answer: 1982 - 1988
- On “Modern Family”, Sofia Vergara played what outspoken wife of Ed O’Neill’s Jay Pritchett? Her first name is the same as a Melissa Manchester hit song of the 1980s.
Answer: Gloria Delgado
- After two decades of planning, the first section of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system opened in which decade?
Answer: The 1980s (specifically 1987)
- What ABC sitcom, a flashback to “Black-ish”, followed Rainbow Johnson’s 1980s childhood with her hippie parents, a black mother and white father, the latter played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar? It’s title is similarly “ish”, and focuses on the Rainbow’s combined racial identity.
Answer: Mixed-Ish
- In the 1980s, Ewoks got their own spin-offs, starting with “Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure” in 1984. That film was followed up with a sequel the next year entitled: “Ewoks: The Battle for ______.”
Answer: Endor
- What 1985 video game begins with a planned departure from Independence, Missouri?
Answer: The Oregon Trail
- In 1980s, which NBA team received the nickname "Showtime?"
Answer: Los Angeles Lakers
- Although it started as a soft drinks company called Bravo, Bochkarev evolved into a brewery in the late 1980s and less than two decades later was purchased by Heineken. In what country was Bochkarev founded?
Answer: Russia
- What real estate group founded in New York City in 1999 shares its name with a TV detective played by Tom Selleck in the 1980s?
Answer: Magnum Real Estate Group
- Based on its title, what actor was “in charge” as the titular character on the 1980s CBS sitcom “Charles In Charge”?
Answer: Scott Baio
- One of Jason Bateman’s first leading roles was in the 1987 sequel to what 1985 Michael J. Fox high school comedy? Bateman's character was the cousin of Fox's character, and he went through similar transformations.
Answer: Teen Wolf
- What Star Wars movie was the first to be released in the 1980s?
Answer: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- In what decade did the annual mishmash of film, media, and music known as South by Southwest or SXSW first begin in Austin? The festival has remained in the Texas capital since it launched there.
Answer: 1980s
- What 1999 TV show featured James Franco, Seth Rogen, and Jason Segel as teenagers and was set in Chippewa, Michigan in the 1980s? For those scouring a census, Chippewa is a fictional suburb or a Detroit.
Answer: Freaks and Geeks
- In 1983, Francis Ford Coppola directed what movie that was adapted from a book by S.E. Hinton and featured stars such as Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, and Tom Cruise?
Answer: The Outsiders
- Including “Baby Don’t Forget My Number”, what German and French R&B duo created three No. 1 Billboard in the 1980s before their lip-synching scandals led to their downfall?
Answer: Milli Vanilli
- The "Big Five" is a well known suggested taxonomy for personality traits that has been developed through psychology trait theory since the 1980s. The grouping is occasionally known by its acronym OCEAN as the five traits are openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and what fifth trait?
Answer: Neuroticism
- First built by English mathematician Charles Babbage in 1822, what electronic object was named Time Magazine’s "Man of The Year” in 1982?
Answer: The computer
- Debuting in London's West End in 1986 and on Broadway in 1988, what Andrew Lloyd Webber musical features the songs "All I Ask of You" and "The Music of the Night?"
Answer: The Phantom of the Opera
- Which women's musical group had Number 1 hits in the 1980s including "Walk Like an Egyptian" and "Eternal Flame"?
Answer: The Bangles
- Ronald Reagan very briefly relinquished the U.S. presidency in 1985, during a surgery to remove cancerous polyps from what organ?
Answer: Colon / Large intestine
- What is the name of the virtual assistant developed for Samsung devices in 2017 and is the surname of a famous Bill who portrayed mild-mannered Bruce Banner in the 1980s television series The Incredible Hulk?
Answer: Bixby
- What Georgia-born wrestler is known as the most famous wrestler of the 1980s, has 13 world championship belts, and began pivoting his career towards acting with an appearance in Rocky III as a heel?
Answer: Hulk Hoga
- As of October 2018, the Saturn V is still the most powerful rocket that has ever been made operational. How many pounds of thrust could it produce? (Hint: the answer has 6 digits)
Answer:
- Husband and wife team Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen designed the centerpiece of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden in the 1980s. What is the common food that is part of their design?
Answer: Cherry (Spoonbridge and Cherry)
- The final Sacramento Music Festival was held in 2017 after more than 40 years of being held annually on Memorial Day weekend. Attendance peaked in the 1980s with more than 80,000 attendees. At the time, the festival had what more-festive name?
Answer: Old Sacramento Dixieland Jazz Jubilee
- In what decade was the Harvard Undergraduate Council founded? Today, "the UC" features 51 undergraduate students at any given time.
Answer: 1980s
- Born in Killara, New South Wales, what supermodel of the 1980s was nicknamed "The Body?"
Answer: Elle Macpherson
- The United States baseball team got a surprising gold medal win in the 2000 Olympics, defeating Cuba under the leadership of what manager? The Italian-American with a big personality won two MLB World Series in the 1980s managing on the West Coast.
Answer: Tommy Lasorda
- What influential African-American street artist and Andy Warhol protege produced thousands of his eccentric drawings in the 1970s and 1980s? He was played by Jeffrey Wright in a 1996 Julian Schnabel film.
Answer: Jean-Michel Basquiat
- A brand of candy owned by Mendelez, featuring little people sized pieces that start sour and become sweet, are the Sour ______ Kids. Fill in the one word blank, a “P” word associated with Cabbage dolls of the 1980s, whom the candy may be named after.
Answer: Sour Patch Kids
- What 1980s R&B boy band had members such as Bobby Brown and all three future members of Bell Biv Devoe? Their hits include “Cool It Now” and “Mr. Telephone Man”, and their name implies that they were fresh to the scene.
Answer: New Edition
- Created in the 1980s to represent all the difficulties of getting a pizza delivered in 30 minutes or less, The Noid is a red-suited villain who appears in advertising for what restaurant chain?
Answer: Domino's
- For two seasons in the 1980s, what animated "Star Wars" series followed the adventures of Wicket W. Warwick and his friends on the forest moon of Endor?
Answer: Ewoks
- Microsoft Disk was one of the original widely used operating systems all the way from the 1980s, but it has been fully unsupported since 2006. What hyphenated nickname is this classic system more commonly known by?
Answer: MS-DOS
- Which band consisting of siblings had hits in the 1980s with “You Got It All” and “Make It Real?”
Answer: The Jets
- The Sperry & Hutchinson Company, or S&H, offered a line of trading stamps that allowed consumers to trade them in for discount catalog items. The line peaked in the 1960s and ended in the 1980s, and the stamps were known for coming in what distinctive color?
Answer: Green
- 1970s-1980s South American serial killer Daniel Camargo Barbosa escaped from prison in which country, and subsequently relocated to Ecuador, continuing his crimes? The country of his original capture has capital at Bogota.
Answer: Colombia
- Model and actress Tawny Kitaen famously appeared in several 1980s music videos such as "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love" for what reptilian rock band?
Answer: Whitesnake
- In the early 1980s, cryptographer David Chaum came up with an idea for a cryptographic currency that he called what? (Hint: In 1995, he brought the concept to life with Digicash)
Answer: ecash
- Meaning roughly "strivers for jihad," what M-word name was given to the various Afghanistan rebel groups that fought against the Soviet Union in the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s?
Answer: Mujahideen
- In the 1980s game show "Press Your Luck" what "W" word signified a villainous character that reset a contestant's score to zero?
Answer: Whammy
- In the affectionate Star Wars parody, “Space Balls,” the film renames the slimy crime lord “Jabba” to something far less sinister and perhaps a bit more delicious. What is this character’s new name?
Answer: Pizza the Hut
- The second-highest selling musical artist in Ireland's history (after U2) has never gone on tour and never performed a live solo concert. She rose to fame as the flag-bearer for new-age music in the late 1980s with songs like "Only Time" and "Orinoco Flow." Who is she?
Answer: Enya
- The "New Parliament House" in Canberra was built and opened in what decade? The building was opened by Elizabeth II and cost more than A$1.1 billion to build.
Answer: 1980s
- Al Gore sought the Democratic nomination for US President in 1988 as the junior senator from which state?
Answer: Tennessee
- Who is the only baseball team to win multiple World Series in the 1980s? In 1981, this team surprisingly trounced the New York Yankees, while a later Series saw one of the most famous pinch hit home runs of all time?
Answer: Los Angeles Dodgers
- Veronica accidentally poisons a popular girl and makes it look like a suicide in what 1988 dark comedy starring Winona Ryder?
Answer: Heathers
- Popularly known for taking his infamous photo-op aboard an M1 Abrams tank, Michael Dukakis served as the governor of what U.S. state during the 1970s and 1980s prior to his 1988 presidential campaign?
Answer: Massachusetts
- What is the two-word, alliterative phrase for the tragic practice of taking Indigenous children in Canada from their families for placement in foster homes or adoption? More than 20,000 children were taken in this way from the late 1950s into the 1980s.
Answer: Sixties Scoop
- A Canadian produced 2021 film about an indigenous girl being held in a state-run institution, directed by Danis Goulet, is Night ______. Fill in the one word blank, also the the term used to describe people “of The Lost Ark” in a 1980s action classic.
Answer: Night Raiders
- If you wanted to type up a “flawless” document in the 1980s or early 1990s, which Windows word processor would you use? (Hint: It was owned by Novell before being acquired by Corel in 1996, and your file would be saved in “.wpd” format)
Answer: WordPerfect
- What is the coffee drink, similar to a caffe latte but with a thinner, more velvety layer of foam, that was first described in Australia in the 1980s but is also claimed as a local invention by New Zealanders?
Answer: Flat White
- “Ghostbusters” director Ivan Reitman voiced Zuul the demonic dog and what ghost originally named the “Onion Head Ghost” in the 1984 comedy film?
Answer: Slimer
- Patrick Vallencant and Anselme Baud worked together in a variety of extreme skiing stunts in the 1970s and 1980s, including skiing down the face of what “B” Mont, the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe?
Answer: Mont Blanc
- What alliterative 'M' name is given to a brand of tiny vehicles and matching play-sets first made by Galoob in the mid-1980s?
Answer: Micro Machines
- What is the name of the talking animatronic toy that was an "Illiop" but quite closely resembled a bear? The toy reached peak popularity in the mid-1980s and helped aid the launch of 1986's Nintendo Entertainment System.
Answer: Teddy Ruxpin
- What 1986 war movie, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, is about a man who won the Medal Of Honor at the titular battle of the Korean War, and is now leading Mario Van Peebles and other soldiers into 1980s Grenada?
Answer: Heartbreak Ridge
- Which discontinued spreadsheet program, originally written by Jonathan Sachs, peaked in popularity in the late 1980s after its release in January 1983? This spreadsheet program was the first computer software to use television consumer advertising.
Answer: Lotus 1-2-3
- 1982 saw the release of “The Little Drummer Girl”, about an English actress who is drawn into a plot to help capture a Palestinian terrorist. This book was written by what by British novelist, famed for his espionage novels such as “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.”
Answer: John Le Carre
- In the mid-1980s there was an animated Dungeons & Dragons TV show that lasted for three seasons. One of the six main characters was Hank, a 15 year old with a magical bow that shoots arrows of glowing energy. What character class was Hank?
Answer: Ranger
- Wilmington-born Valerie Bertinelli played Barbara Cooper on what long-running sitcom of the 1970s and 1980s?
Answer: One Day at a Time
- What two-word 1980s British band had their biggest hit with 1986’s “(I Just) Died In Your Arms?”
Answer: Cutting Crew
- What California-set 1982 film was the highest grossing film of the 1980s at the U.S. box office?
Answer: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- What Finnish indie pop band, perhaps best known for their 2011 single “Laws Of Gravity”, share their one word name with the last name of a Hungarian inventor best known for one of the most ubiquitous toys of the 1980s?
Answer: Rubik
- W+K is one of the world's largest independent ad agencies and is headquartered in Portland. This makes sense as the company's flagship client has been Nike, including the first "Just Do It." campaign from the 1980s. What does either the W or the K stand for?
Answer: Wieden & Kennedy
- In a 1980s commercial, actress Kelly LeBrock advertised what haircare brand with the slogan "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful?"
Answer: Pantene
- The rapper Q-Tip was part of what alternative hip-hop group, which was started in the late 1980s and was known for such hits as "Can I Kick It?" which samples Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side?"
Answer: A Tribe Called Quest
- The first a cappella recording to top the Billboard 100 added to its fame with a "Big Mouth Billy Bass" rendition years later. The song was inspired by a Meher Baba saying and won a Grammy in the 1980s. What was this song?
Answer: Don't Worry Be Happy
- In the 1988 series finale of St. Elsewhere, it is heavily implied that the entire series was in the mind of Tommy Westphall, who spends all day staring at what object?
Answer: A snow globe
- The brand Burley is most often-associated with what specific bicycle accessory? The Oregon-based brand has been selling this item since the early 1980s.
Answer: Kids trailer
- A 1984 Alex Cox film, a wrestling villain played by Barry Darsow in the WWF in the 1990s, and a 2010 Jude Law sci-fi bomb all portray what profession? This question might take you back.
Answer: Repo Man
- Sometimes considered the quintessential novel of the 1980s, what NYC-set satirical work centered on greed, racism, and social class through the lens of a lawyer, investment banker, and journalist? The book's title is a reference to an actual 1497 conflagration.
Answer: The Bonfire of the Vanities
- The World War II submarine U-96 is the titular vessel in what 1981 German-language film that was nominated for six Oscars?
Answer: Das Boot
- Danny Aiello, Keith Carradine, and Debi Mazaar were all featured in famous music videos by what musician?
Answer: Madonna
- A Nike shoe designer was involved in the design and production of a pair of character costume boots for a blockbuster 1980s movie starring Michael Keaton. What was the movie?
Answer: Batman
- What city, planned and built throughout the 1980s, became the capital of Nigeria in 1991, replacing the longtime capital of Lagos?
Answer: Abuja
- What “G” word is the name of a channel between Alaska and the Alexander Archipelago that is on the border of capital Juneau? The same word is the last name of a New York Jets defensive end of the 1980s named Mark.
Answer: Gastineau
- Born in County Down to Roman Catholic parents in 1916, what Irish economist and politician served as Secretary of the Department of Finance in the 1950s, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland in the 1970s, and a Senator in the 1980s?
Answer: T.K. Whitaker
- What directionally named ranch is the fictional compound called home by the Ewing family on the 1980s TV drama "Dallas?"
Answer: Southfork Ranch
- Sold in its signature brown-and-white bottles at the time, what haircare brand used the slogan "If you don't look good, we don't look good" in the 1980s?
Answer: Vidal Sassoon
- In which decade did serial killers in the United States peak if each serial killer is bucketed by the year of their first victim.
Answer: 1980s
- Medicaid managed care programs in which states receive waivers from the federal government and then enroll patients in private health plans with fixed monthly premiums began in what decade?
Answer: 1980s
- The American game show "Password" paired a celebrity and a contestant as they attempted to use single-word clues to guess a mystery word. The show ran from 1961 to 1975 and after it stopped airing, at least two different variations revived the format in the 1980s. With only one guess, name either of these re-boots.
Answer: Password Plus and Super Password
- What founding member of Chicago left the band in the 1980s to pursue a solo career, scoring a number-one hit on his own with "Glory of Love," the theme from "The Karate Kid?"
Answer: Peter Cetera
- A gay black man who worked with the March on Washington in 1941 to protest employment discrimination was Bayard ______. Fill in his “R” last name. He also also worked in the 1980s on behalf of New York’s gay rights bill.
Answer: Bayard Rustin
- "Like I always say, what's good for the goose is always good for the gander," begins what 1985 number-one hit song by Ready for the World?
Answer: Oh Sheila
- Clay Henry III is the third non-human mayor of Terlingua, Texas since the 1980s. What type of animal is he?
Answer: Goat
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