THE 1980’s QUIZ
All of the questions in this quiz are based on the 1980s
QUESTIONS
1. Which island nation was the subject of a US led invasion which was triggered by a military coup in October 1983?
2. Which General was the leader of the Argentinian Junta at the time of the Falkland’s Invasion in 1982, and who was deposed from power three days after the end of the war against Britain?
3. Which airline was the subject of a terrorist bombing over the village of Lockerbie in Scotland on December 21, 1988 killing 259 people on board and a further 11 people on the ground?
4. A Provisional IRA bomb destroyed part of The Grand Hotel and killed five people in an attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher in 1984. In which UK city did the bombing take place?
5. Which volcano erupted in Washington state on May 18, 1980, killing 57 people?
6. Which video games system would command a 90% majority share of the video game market in the USA by the end of the 80s which was led by the popularity of an Italian plumber?
7. Which computing company released the Vic-20, the 64 and the Amiga home computers?
8. MIDI was developed and became available to the public in the 80’s along with low cost synthesizers and drum machines, but what does MIDI stand for?
9. Five space probes were sent out in a so called ‘Armada’ to capture data and information about which comet which was seen all over the world in 1986?
10. Which US TV show was Michael J. Fox still working on whilst filming sequences for ‘Back to The Future’ in what he describes in his autobiography as a ‘ridiculous schedule’, and which saw him working up to 20 hour days to film both TV episodes and movie?
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ANSWERS
1. Which island nation was the subject of a US led invasion which was triggered by a military coup in October 1983?
GRENADA
2. Which General was the leader of the Argentinian Junta at the time of the Falkland’s Invasion in 1982, and who was deposed from power three days after the end of the war against Britain?
GENERAL GALTIERI (Leopold Galtieri)
3. Which airline was the subject of a terrorist bombing over the village of Lockerbie in Scotland on December 21, 1988 killing 259 people on board and a further 11 people on the ground?
PAN-AM
4. A Provisional IRA bomb destroyed part of The Grand Hotel and killed five people in an attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher in 1984. In which UK city did the bombing take place?
BRIGHTON
5. Which volcano erupted in Washington state on May 18, 1980, killing 57 people?
MOUNT ST. HELENS
6. Which video games system would command a 90% majority share of the video game market in the USA by the end of the 80s which was led by the popularity of an Italian plumber?
NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (NES) – (The Italian plumber was Mario)
7. Which computing company released the Vic-20, the 64 and the Amiga home computers?
COMMODORE (The Commodore 64 was the worlds most popular computer with over 17 million units shipped in the 80s)
8. MIDI was developed and became available to the public in the 80’s along with low cost synthesizers and drum machines, but what does MIDI stand for?
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE
9. Five space probes were sent out in a so called ‘Armada’ to capture data and information about which comet which was seen all over the world in 1986?
HALLEY’s COMET
10. Which US TV show was Michael J. Fox still working on whilst filming sequences for ‘Back to The Future’ in what he describes in his autobiography as a ‘ridiculous schedule’, and which saw him working up to 20 hour days to film both TV episodes and movie?
FAMILY TIES