General Knowledge: How Well Do You Remember The 80s?

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The 80s were a long time ago. How much do you remember?

Prove that you can remember the 1980s by taking this quiz and answering questions about the pop culture of the era.

Vanessa

Mar 07, 2020

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1 of 18Pick your answer!

Who recorded the album Thriller, the most successful of all time?

Michael Jackson

Prince

Madonna

2 of 18Pick your answer!

Name the fictional country where Prince Akeem, played by Eddie Murphy, comes from in Coming to America

Zamunda

Zathurda

Genovia

3 of 18Pick your answer!

Who won the US 1980 election?

George H.W. Bush

Ronald Regan

Jimmy Carter

4 of 18Pick your answer!

Which war came to an end in the 1980s?

WW2

The Vietnam War

The Cold War

5 of 18Pick your answer!

Which of these Madonna songs was released in the 1980s?

Like a Virgin

Hung Up

Ghost Town

6 of 18Finish this 80s phrase!

Name the director responsible for numerous classic 80s hits like Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Sixteen Candles.

John Hughes

Stanley Kubrick

Steven Speilberg

7 of 18Pick your answer!

Which actress got her start on Who's the Boss before starring on Charmed in the late 1990s?

Shannen Doherty

Alyssa Milano

Holly Marie Combs

8 of 18Pick your answer!

Which of these was NOT the name of an 80s Arcade Game?

Pac-Man

GTA

Donkey Kong

9 of 18Pick your answer!

Who starred in the action movie Top Gun?

Tom Hanks

Tom Cruise

Johnny Depp

10 of 18Pick your answer!

What kind of creature is Alf?

dog

anteater

alien

11 of 18Pick your answer!

Who played Arnold Schwarzenegger's twin in the movie Twins?

Nick Nolte

Robin Williams

Danny Devito

12 of 18Pick your answer!

According to the film Gremlins, what can you NOT let your Mogwai do?

pose for a picture

eat after midnight

drink soda

13 of 18Finish the lyrics!

"She's just a girl who claims that I am the one, ____________"

But the kid is not my son

But the game cannot be won

But we'll never be as one

14 of 18Pick your answer!

If something in the 1980s was "radical", what was it?

awesome

illegal

out there

15 of 18Pick your answer!

Complete the iconic movie quote: "Nobody puts ______ in a corner."

Baby

Rocky

16 of 18Pick your answer!

John Lennon was assassinated in what city?

Manchester

London

New York

17 of 18Pick your answer!

Where did Prince Charles and Lady Diana get married in 1981?

St. Paul's Cathedral

Westminster Abbey

St. George's Chapel

18 of 18Pick your answer!

Who starred alongside Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future?