🎸 80's Trivia - Mind-Blowing Decade Facts That Will Shock You

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Which exact stadium hosted Live Aid in London on July 13, 1985?

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Which 1987 TV show stars Bob Saget as a widowed dad raising three girls in San Francisco?

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Which arcade character gobbles power pellets while chased by four ghosts named Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde?

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What was the official Olympic mascot name of the 1988 Seoul Summer Games?

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Which composer wrote the 1982 theme for Blade Runner in the original theatrical release?

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Which 1987 Famicom Disk System game by Nintendo used a microphone in the second controller to shout into?

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Which 1983 arcade phenomenon popularized the phrase 'finish him' in later home versions?

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Which 1987 album by U2 features 'With or Without You' and 'Where the Streets Have No Name'?

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What was the opening weekend gross in U.S. dollars for 'Back to the Future' in July 1985, rounded to the nearest hundred thousand?

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What was the original retail price in U.S. dollars for the Apple Lisa at its 1983 launch?

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Which 1985 song from the movie Rocky IV became a gym anthem with training montages?

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Which precise serial release number identifies the first Japanese pressing of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' on CD by CBS Sony?

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Which 1989 handheld puzzle game was created by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union?

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What was the final cumulative worldwide gross for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial during its original 1982 run before later reissues, rounded to the nearest million?

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Which 1981 album by The Police includes the track 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic'?

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Which 1986 fantasy has a young hero named Atreyu and a luckdragon named Falkor?

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Which 1982 film's score by Vangelis helped it become a cult classic despite modest box office?

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Which toy puzzle invented by a Hungarian professor sold over 100 million units by mid-decade?

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Which 1987 single by Rick Astley launched the song that created an internet prank decades later?

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What was the official NASA designation of the shuttle mission during the Challenger accident in 1986?

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Which 1981 arcade title first used a continue screen countdown that ate quarters?

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Which 1988 film by Hayao Miyazaki introduced forest spirits to many Western viewers in later releases?

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Which 1980 arcade game by Williams introduced a speech synthesizer that taunted players?

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Which 1985 console accessory used a light-sensitive gun for Duck Hunt?

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Which 1983 miniseries about nuclear war was broadcast by ABC to massive debate?

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Which 1984 comedy pairs a Detroit cop with a Beverly Hills police department?

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Which 1984 martial arts film taught the Crane Kick at a beach lesson?

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Which 1984 movie has the line 'Who you gonna call?'?

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Which 1982 sci-fi film coined the term 'User' to describe human operators inside a computer?

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Which 1984 action platformer introduced whip-cracking vampire hunter Simon in the U.S.?

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What brand made portable cassette players a must-have accessory of the decade?

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Which director won an Oscar for Platoon released in 1986?

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What 1981 cable channel began with the song 'Video Killed the Radio Star'?

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Which 1985 film features a time-traveling DeLorean and a clock tower struck by lightning?

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Which 1985 teen comedy takes place during Saturday detention at Shermer High?

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Which 1982 album by Michael Jackson launched with the single 'The Girl Is Mine'?

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Which 1985 film used rotoscoped animated owls and live-action Jim Henson creatures?

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Which exact day did the World Wide Web proposal by Tim Berners-Lee carry the title 'Information Management: A Proposal' at CERN?

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Which team won the 1982 NCAA men's basketball championship with a freshman named Michael Jordan hitting the game-winner?

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Which 1984 Macintosh feature was famously demonstrated as speaking 'Hello' during launch?

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Which 1983 New Wave song by Eurythmics begins with the line 'Sweet dreams are made of this'?

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Which 1987 film by Rob Reiner features the line 'My name is Inigo Montoya'?

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Which 1983 family sitcom featured an inventor who built a sarcastic robot named Vicki?

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Who became British Prime Minister for a third term after the 1987 general election?

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Which 1980 Winter Olympics upset is called the 'Miracle on Ice'?

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Which exact venue hosted the first U2 Joshua Tree Tour concert in 1987?

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Which chip powered the Commodore Amiga 1000 for graphics co-processing alongside the 68000 CPU?

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What exact day in 1989 did the Sega Genesis launch in North America?

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Which 1989 event saw crowds with hammers bring down a concrete barrier in Europe?

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Which 1986 fantasy adventure features Val Kilmer as a swordsman named Madmartigan?

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Which 1982 sci-fi film about a computer world made light cycles iconic?

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Which 1989 Batman film cast Jack Nicholson as the Joker opposite Michael Keaton?

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Which 1981 arcade maze game features a blue chomper's female counterpart with a bow?

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What was the cartridge size in kilobytes for the original The Legend of Zelda release on Famicom Disk, then NES conversion?

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What was the launch price in U.S. dollars for the original Game Boy in 1989?

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Which 1987 NBA rookie won Slam Dunk Contest with a free-throw line leap?

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Which 1982 sports moment saw Italy defeat West Germany 3-1 in Madrid?

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Which exact issue of Time magazine named the personal computer 'Machine of the Year' instead of a Person in 1983?

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Which 1982 book by Stephen King set in a small coastal town featured vampires taking over?

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Which 1985 charity single assembled superstars under the name USA for Africa?

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Which 1986 strategy game from MicroProse put players in the cockpit of an F-15 strike fighter?

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Which exact date did the Chernobyl nuclear accident begin in 1986 according to the IAEA timeline?

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Which pop star's 1984 single 'Like a Virgin' topped charts worldwide?

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Which 1985 racing toy line used electrically powered slot cars with change-lane technology?

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Which 1985 console game sent the plumber into the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Princess Toadstool?

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What was the Japanese launch title lineup count for the Famicom on July 15, 1983?

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Which exact date did the Nintendo Entertainment System launch in the U.S. nationwide after the New York test market?

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In what year did the Sony Compact Disc format first go on sale in Japan?

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Which pop album became the best-selling album of all time after its 1982 release?

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Which 1988 song by George Michael won Record of the Year at the Grammys in 1989?

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Which 1985 charity concert linked London and Philadelphia by satellite for a global broadcast?

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Which Japanese developer created the 1987 RPG Final Fantasy for the Famicom?

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Which 1988 album by N.W.A. put Compton on the map with explicit storytelling?

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Which TV series set in a Boston bar premiered in 1982 with Sam and Diane?

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Which 1987 hip-hop single by Public Enemy opens with Chuck D saying 'Bass, how low can you go'?

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Which 1981 arcade hit features a frog crossing a road and a river to reach home?

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Which processor powered the Sega Master System at 8-bit with 3.58 MHz in most regions?

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Which 1982 arcade game from Namco introduced isometric perspective with a marble-like hero?

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Which 1984 movie introduced a car fixed by a flux capacitor to travel through time?

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Which exact model of synthesizer produced the brass stabs in Prince's 1984 track 'Let's Go Crazy'?

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Which track is side one, track one on Metallica's 1986 album 'Master of Puppets'?

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Which home computer launched in 1982 and became the best-selling single model of all time?

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What handheld console with a dot matrix screen launched in 1989 with Tetris?

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What was the Billboard Hot 100 year-end number one single for 1983?

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Which 1982 horror classic placed a haunted TV in a suburban living room?

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What was the original Japanese title of the 1986 Miyazaki film known in English as 'Castle in the Sky'?

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What 1984 Apple ad introduced the Macintosh during the Super Bowl?

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Which 1986 disaster destroyed a NASA shuttle shortly after liftoff on live television?

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On what exact date in 1981 did IBM announce the Model 5150 personal computer in New York?

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Which 1989 Disney animated film features the song 'Part of Your World'?

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Which 1981 adventure film introduced archaeologist Indiana Jones with a rolling boulder chase?

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Which nation won the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Ein bißchen Frieden'?

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Which 1983 arcade sequel added a heroine named Pauline to a barrel-jumping hero's world?

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Which microprocessor powered the original Macintosh released in January 1984 at a clock speed of 8 MHz?

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Which track occupies side A, position one on the first U.S. pressing of The Smiths album 'The Queen Is Dead' released in 1986?

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Which music video network launched with the words 'Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll' on August 1, 1981?

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What 1984 Los Angeles setting provided the neon-soaked backdrop for Miami Vice-inspired TV visuals?

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Which 1986 fantasy adventure features a babysitter navigating a maze ruled by Jareth?

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Which 1987 movie had the line 'Nobody puts Baby in a corner'?

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Which 1986 video game introduced the Metroidvania style with a heroine in power armor?

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Which track is the B-side to the 1981 single 'Under Pressure' by Queen and David Bowie on initial UK release?

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Which 1988 buddy comedy starts with a child wish at a fortune teller machine?

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Which 1983 computer from Apple introduced the Lisa Office System with a mouse and graphical UI?

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Which 1981 single by Phil Collins features the gated reverb drum sound that defined the era?

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Which 1986 blockbuster taught viewers the need for speed with pilots at Miramar?

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Which space shuttle completed the first NASA orbiter flight in April 1981?

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Which song was the final track on side B of the original UK LP release of The Stone Roses in 1989?

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Which 1984 Olympics held in Los Angeles featured Carl Lewis winning four gold medals?

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Which 1984 song urges listeners to not stop believing with a small town girl and city boy?

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Which 1986 sports drama won the Best Picture Oscar the same year as Aliens' release?

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What was the total number of episodes produced for Miami Vice during its original 1984-1989 run?

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Which specific catalog number was assigned to the original UK 12-inch release of 'Blue Monday' by New Order on Factory Records?

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Which exact NASA mission first launched the Hubble Space Telescope hardware into orbit as a payload component transport in the 1980s prior to deployment era?

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Which exact date was the first mobile phone call on the UK Vodafone network in the 1980s?

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Which 1985 science fiction movie asked 'Shall we play a game?' with a computer named Joshua?

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Which film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1989?

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Which 1984 Prince single spent 24 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit number one for five?

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Which company manufactured the Z80 CPU used in the Sinclair ZX Spectrum launched in 1982?

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Which exact stadium hosted Live Aid in London on July 13, 1985?

Which 1987 TV show stars Bob Saget as a widowed dad raising three girls in San Francisco?

Which arcade character gobbles power pellets while chased by four ghosts named Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde?

What was the official Olympic mascot name of the 1988 Seoul Summer Games?

Which composer wrote the 1982 theme for Blade Runner in the original theatrical release?

Which 1987 Famicom Disk System game by Nintendo used a microphone in the second controller to shout into?

Which 1983 arcade phenomenon popularized the phrase 'finish him' in later home versions?

Which 1987 album by U2 features 'With or Without You' and 'Where the Streets Have No Name'?

What was the opening weekend gross in U.S. dollars for 'Back to the Future' in July 1985, rounded to the nearest hundred thousand?

What was the original retail price in U.S. dollars for the Apple Lisa at its 1983 launch?

Which 1985 song from the movie Rocky IV became a gym anthem with training montages?

Which precise serial release number identifies the first Japanese pressing of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' on CD by CBS Sony?

Which 1989 handheld puzzle game was created by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union?

What was the final cumulative worldwide gross for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial during its original 1982 run before later reissues, rounded to the nearest million?

Which 1981 album by The Police includes the track 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic'?

Which 1986 fantasy has a young hero named Atreyu and a luckdragon named Falkor?

Which 1982 film's score by Vangelis helped it become a cult classic despite modest box office?

Which toy puzzle invented by a Hungarian professor sold over 100 million units by mid-decade?

Which 1987 single by Rick Astley launched the song that created an internet prank decades later?

What was the official NASA designation of the shuttle mission during the Challenger accident in 1986?

Which 1981 arcade title first used a continue screen countdown that ate quarters?

Which 1988 film by Hayao Miyazaki introduced forest spirits to many Western viewers in later releases?

Which 1980 arcade game by Williams introduced a speech synthesizer that taunted players?

Which 1985 console accessory used a light-sensitive gun for Duck Hunt?

Which 1983 miniseries about nuclear war was broadcast by ABC to massive debate?

Which 1984 comedy pairs a Detroit cop with a Beverly Hills police department?

Which 1984 martial arts film taught the Crane Kick at a beach lesson?

Which 1984 movie has the line 'Who you gonna call?'?

Which 1982 sci-fi film coined the term 'User' to describe human operators inside a computer?

Which 1984 action platformer introduced whip-cracking vampire hunter Simon in the U.S.?

What brand made portable cassette players a must-have accessory of the decade?

Which director won an Oscar for Platoon released in 1986?

What 1981 cable channel began with the song 'Video Killed the Radio Star'?

Which 1985 film features a time-traveling DeLorean and a clock tower struck by lightning?

Which 1985 teen comedy takes place during Saturday detention at Shermer High?

Which 1982 album by Michael Jackson launched with the single 'The Girl Is Mine'?

Which 1985 film used rotoscoped animated owls and live-action Jim Henson creatures?

Which exact day did the World Wide Web proposal by Tim Berners-Lee carry the title 'Information Management: A Proposal' at CERN?

Which team won the 1982 NCAA men's basketball championship with a freshman named Michael Jordan hitting the game-winner?

Which 1984 Macintosh feature was famously demonstrated as speaking 'Hello' during launch?

Which 1983 New Wave song by Eurythmics begins with the line 'Sweet dreams are made of this'?

Which 1987 film by Rob Reiner features the line 'My name is Inigo Montoya'?

Which 1983 family sitcom featured an inventor who built a sarcastic robot named Vicki?

Who became British Prime Minister for a third term after the 1987 general election?

Which 1980 Winter Olympics upset is called the 'Miracle on Ice'?

Which exact venue hosted the first U2 Joshua Tree Tour concert in 1987?

Which chip powered the Commodore Amiga 1000 for graphics co-processing alongside the 68000 CPU?

What exact day in 1989 did the Sega Genesis launch in North America?

Which 1989 event saw crowds with hammers bring down a concrete barrier in Europe?

Which 1986 fantasy adventure features Val Kilmer as a swordsman named Madmartigan?

Which 1982 sci-fi film about a computer world made light cycles iconic?

Which 1989 Batman film cast Jack Nicholson as the Joker opposite Michael Keaton?

Which 1981 arcade maze game features a blue chomper's female counterpart with a bow?

What was the cartridge size in kilobytes for the original The Legend of Zelda release on Famicom Disk, then NES conversion?

What was the launch price in U.S. dollars for the original Game Boy in 1989?

Which 1987 NBA rookie won Slam Dunk Contest with a free-throw line leap?

Which 1982 sports moment saw Italy defeat West Germany 3-1 in Madrid?

Which exact issue of Time magazine named the personal computer 'Machine of the Year' instead of a Person in 1983?

Which 1982 book by Stephen King set in a small coastal town featured vampires taking over?

Which 1985 charity single assembled superstars under the name USA for Africa?

Which 1986 strategy game from MicroProse put players in the cockpit of an F-15 strike fighter?

Which exact date did the Chernobyl nuclear accident begin in 1986 according to the IAEA timeline?

Which pop star's 1984 single 'Like a Virgin' topped charts worldwide?

Which 1985 racing toy line used electrically powered slot cars with change-lane technology?

Which 1985 console game sent the plumber into the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Princess Toadstool?

What was the Japanese launch title lineup count for the Famicom on July 15, 1983?

Which exact date did the Nintendo Entertainment System launch in the U.S. nationwide after the New York test market?

In what year did the Sony Compact Disc format first go on sale in Japan?

Which pop album became the best-selling album of all time after its 1982 release?

Which 1988 song by George Michael won Record of the Year at the Grammys in 1989?

Which 1985 charity concert linked London and Philadelphia by satellite for a global broadcast?

Which Japanese developer created the 1987 RPG Final Fantasy for the Famicom?

Which 1988 album by N.W.A. put Compton on the map with explicit storytelling?

Which TV series set in a Boston bar premiered in 1982 with Sam and Diane?

Which 1987 hip-hop single by Public Enemy opens with Chuck D saying 'Bass, how low can you go'?

Which 1981 arcade hit features a frog crossing a road and a river to reach home?

Which processor powered the Sega Master System at 8-bit with 3.58 MHz in most regions?

Which 1982 arcade game from Namco introduced isometric perspective with a marble-like hero?

Which 1984 movie introduced a car fixed by a flux capacitor to travel through time?