QUESTIONS
- Originally authenticated as genuine, only later to be revealed as fake. In 1983, the Sunday Times published the diaries of who?
- Which Motown artist gained his first British #1 solo single in September 1984?
- From 1984, the rich and powerful were mocked every week by _______?
- 1982, saw the launch of which ‘No Sugar, No Calories’ new soft drink?
- The small Californian town of Carmel welcomed ______ as its new mayor in 1986?
- ‘Gissa Job’ was the catchphrase of which unemployed character in the 1980’s?
- What fictional cash-obsessed character did Harry Enfield create in 1988?
- In June 1989, 19-year-old Mandy Smith became the wife of which Rolling Stone, over 30 years her senior?
- What personal leather-bound organiser became very popular in the 1980’s?
- Harrison Ford brought this thrill-seeking archaeologist to life in 1981?
- Which form of traffic control was first used in London on 16 May 1983?
- What was the average price for a pint of milk in the early 1980’s?
- How many UK TV channels existed at the beginning of the 1980’s?
- In 1989 Muslim’s in Bradford protested against which book?
- What was the name of the Greenpeace ship which sank on 10 July 1985?
- What was the name of the Yorkshire Ripper who was arrested for his crimes in 1981?
- Which single gave Whitney Houston her first UK number one in 1985?
- Who won the ladies singles most times at Wimbledon in the 1980’s?
- What date was the Humber Bridge opened?
- Who released an album called Thriller in 1982?
- In May 1980 the SAS stormed the embassy of which country, killing 5 terrorists and freeing all hostages?
- Who was the intruder found in the Queen’s bedroom in July 1982?
- In what year did Torvill and Dean win a gold medal for ice dancing at the winter Olympics?
- When did Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer marry?
- What year did the final episode of the original ‘Charlies Angels’ air in the 1980’s?
- What year did Madonna make her debut?
- In what year did the UK miners strike begin?
- What year did Margaret Thatcher return for her second term as Prime Minister?
- Which years of the 1980’s were leap years?
- What year did EastEnders first appear on British TV Screens?
- What fitness craze started in 1989 in the USA?
- In what year did British £1 notes cease to be legal tender?
- Which 1982 Spielberg classic was about a young boy and his pet alien?
- In which year did the Berlin Wall come down?
- Who wrote the 1987 novel ‘Misery’?
- Where in the Ukraine was there a nuclear explosion in 1986?
- What hairstyle was synonymous with the 1980’s?
- Who was the ‘Queen of Pop’ in the 1980’s?
- What year did the satrical puppet series ‘Spitting Image’ start?
- Changing its name in 1980 to the Rubiks Cube. What was it previously known as from its creation in the mid 1970’s?
ANSWERS
- Adolf Hitler
- Stevie Wonder
- Spitting Image
- Diet Coke
- Clint Eastwood
- Yosser Hughes (Boys From The Black Stuff)
- Loadsamoney
- Bill Wyman
- Filofax
- Indiana Jones
- Wheel Clamps
- 20p
- Three
- The Satanic Verses
- Rainbow Warrior
- Peter Sutcliffe
- Saving All My Love For You
- Martina Navratilova
- 24 June 1981
- Michael Jackson
- Iran
- Michael Fagan
- 1984
- 1981
- 1981
- 1982
- 1984
- 1983
- 1980, 1984 and 1988
- 1985
- Step Aerobics
- 1988
- E.T.
- 1989
- Stephen King
- Chernobyl
- Mullet
- Madonna
- 1984
- Magic Cube