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Pastimes : Let's Play Another / Ask Your Favorite Trivia Question
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To: FatMatty who wrote (1224)8/5/1998 12:56:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.  Read Replies (14) of 2229
 
* * * * * * * * * 80 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EIGHTIES * * * * * * * * *
1. What was the British equivalent of "We Are The World?"
2. Name six members of the Brat Pack
3. What Liverpool band popularized the Doors' "People Are Strange?"
in the 80's?
4. Who had the trademark saying "Nanoo Nanoo?"
5. What was the original name of Duran Duran?
6. What was the name of ET's favorite candy?
7. What did people desperately tried to avoid getting on "Press
Your Luck?"
8. Name 3 books by Judy Blume or Beverly Cleary
9. Who was the leader of the Transformers?
10. Where did the Superfriends congregate and watch the latest
happenings on a big screen TV?
11. What group did New Order evolve from?
12. What were the names of Kevin's best friend and girl friend on
"The Wonder Years?"
13. What was the name of the mechanical bear on Battlestar
Galactica?
14. What commercial was Michael Jackson singing for when his hair
caught on fire?
15. Who was the 4th child on "Growing Pains?"
16. Name 3 Strawberry Shortcake characters (besides Strawberry
Shortcake)
17. What, according to GI Joe, was "Half the battle"?
18. What was the name of the Bjork-fronted 80's band?
19. Who lamented about "No chocolate-covered candy hearts to give
away and no wedding Saturday within the month of June"?
20. What famous Wham! frontman went on to record a multiplatinum
record in 1987?
21. What was Dustin Hoffman's character's name in "Rain Man?"
22. Name all five New Kids On The Block
23. What was the name of the show that featured Larry Appleton and
his zany foreign cousin?
24. Who played Sarah Connor in 1984's "Terminator"?
25. Name 8 Muppets from "The Muppet Show"
26. Who was the actress that played Ferris Bueller's sister? Hint:
Patrick Swayze showed her "the time of her life" in a movie a
couple years later.
27. Who was the original singer of Los Lobos' 1987 hit "La Bamba"?
28. What was the name of the once Morrissey-fronted band in the
80's?
29. Who was the actress that made waves in 1984's "Splash"?
30. Who was the lead actress in the famous bomb "Grease 2"?
31. What craft toy involved cutting plastic figures, coloring them
in, and then baking them in the oven?
32. Name 3 glam rock bands of the 80's.
33. What planet was Spock brought back to life on?
34. Name 3 of the actors from "The Goonies."
35. What was the famous line uttered by an old woman in Wendy's ads?
36. Name the four ghosts from Pac-Man.
37. What were the names of the Saturday morning cartoon critters who
lived in air-vents and befriended a boy who kept their secret hidden?
38. Name Eddie Murphy's skit about vocabulary on Saturday Night Live
39. What was the name of Michael Knight's car?....now, what was the
name of his boss?
40. What actor mouthed the line "Whatch you talkin' 'bout Willis?"
41. Who played Axel Foley's best friend in Detroit?
42. What was the name of the funky van Scooby Doo and friends rode
in?
43. To what does the obscure song "Turning Japanese" refer?
44. Which red-head won Star Search and then went on a shopping mall
singing tour that took America by storm in 1987 and 1988?
45. Which band had members Robert Palmer, Andy and John Taylor, and
Tony Thompson?
46. What were the names of all five Huxtable kids on "The Cosby
Show?"
47. What were the names of the four Golden Girls?
48. What was the claymation Domino's Pizza thing to avoid?
49. What oldies song was revived by the movie about a certain
principal named Joe Clark?
50. What was the name of Ripley's ship in Aliens? (not Alien or
Alien3)
51. What TV actress co-starred in 1986's "Howard The Duck"?
52. Name 5 movies made by John Hughes in the 1980's.
53. What was the first video played on MTV?
54. What was the name of Garfield's teddy bear?
55. What was the name of the bartender on "The Love Boat"?
56. Who was the head villian on "The Smurfs" and what was his cat's
name?
57. What was the name of the guy who couldn't enunciate on "The Fat
Albert Show?"
58. What was the name of the hollow hole-covered plastic ball kids
used to hit instead of a baseball?
59. What was the name of the singer who died in Robotech's first
generation?
60. What was the name of Bo and Luke Duke's automobile?
61. Name 2 of the original 4 MTV VeeJays.
62. What German siren sang "99 Luftballons" (known in the US as "99
Red Balloons")?
63. Name the 5th original member of Depeche Mode who left the band,
formed Yaz, and then went on form a more-lasting group.
64. What group sang "Come On Eileen"?
65. What speed did Marty have to reach in order to activate the flux
capacitor? (once you remember the movie, this should be easy)
66. Name the two mega-popular bands which got their start on
college-radio in Athens, Georgia?
67. What was the name of the heroic boy in "The Never Ending Story?
68. So, who shot JR?
69. What kind of sword did Thundar the Barbarian have?
70. What was the name of He-Man's magician sidekick?
71. What band sang the theme song to "The Breakfast Club?"
72. Name the 4 girls from the "Facts of Life" and their chaperone.
73. What gothic rock group did Tones on Tail become?
74. What were the names of the host and his sidekick on "Fantasy
Island"?
75. Name Buck Rodgers' pal
76. What was the movie that starred the little furry creatures from
"Return of the Jedi"?
77. What was Tom Cruise's call sign in the movie "Top Gun"?
78. Who got his 100-meter dash gold medal stripped away due to his
steroid use in the 1988 Olympics?
79. Who sang "Shattered Dreams" in 1987?
80. Who played Ming of Mongo in "Flash Gordon"?
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I don't have answers. I just cut and pasted this from an email
I received and thought it was appropriate for this thread.
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