Quiz: Which Event Actually Happened in the '80s?
Quiz: Which Event Actually Happened in the '80s? In a lot of ways, the 1980s were defined by excess. Blockbuster movies were a well-established part of the cultural landscape, and they just kept getting bigger and flashier. Even direct-to-VHS B-movies started ramping up their game.
Music had its own share of excess, as well. The glam rock movement, spearheaded in the '70s by the likes of David Bowie, blossomed into a million beautifully strange things by the '80s. New Wave and hair metal pushed for louder guitars and bigger shows. The fashion of the day—and the music that accompanied it— turned androgyny into an art form unto itself.
Even the drug of choice was more energetic, somehow. The hippies of the '60s and early '70s popularized marijuana and a host of laid-back, groovy hallucinogens. But that gave way to yuppies doing cocaine—a habit immortalized in everything from Scarface to Miami Vice to Die Hard.
All of this was in spite of—or perhaps, due to—a wave or political conservatism that swept former Bedtime for Bonzo star Ronald Reagan into political office, and experienced a period of reduced regulation known today as Reaganomics.
Unless you lived in the '80s, this quiz is pretty much impossible.
Which of Michael Jackson’s albums is the top-selling album of all time?
Before The A-Team, Mr. T appeared in what film?
Richard Pryor started the '80s with what drug-induced accident?
The U.S. boycotted the 1980 Olympics because they were held in which city?
Which of these M*A*S*H spinoffs isn’t real?
Gary Coleman was best known for his portrayal of Arnold Jackson on which '80s sitcom?
After a 4-year silence, Paul McCartney opened up about John Lennon’s death to what magazine?
Which '80s charity single had Bono sing the line “tonight thank God it’s them instead of you”?
Who dumped horse manure on the National Enquirer from a helicopter?
In 1986 Britain identified Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, also known as…
Before they had their own show, The Simpsons was a segment on which comedy show?
Angus MacGyver was known for his problem-solving skills, and his avoidance of what item?
