80s Pop Music
1Who sang 'Like a Prayer' in 1989?
Madonna.
2What band performed 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' for 'The Breakfast Club' soundtrack?
Simple Minds (1985).
3What Michael Jackson album became the best-selling album of all time?
'Thriller' (1982).
4Who sang 'Take On Me'?
a-ha (1985).
5What was the best-selling single of the 1980s?
'I Just Called to Say I Love You' by Stevie Wonder (1984).
6Who were 'Wham!'?
George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.
7What 1983 Bonnie Tyler song became a massive hit?
'Total Eclipse of the Heart.'
8Who sang 'Sweet Child O' Mine'?
Guns N' Roses (1987).
9What band released 'With or Without You' in 1987?
U2.
10Who sang 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun'?
Cyndi Lauper (1983).
11What band sang 'Every Breath You Take' in 1983?
The Police.
12Who sang 'Jump' (the 1984 hit)?
Van Halen.
80s Movies
13What 1984 film features Ghostbusters battling 'the Marshmallow Man'?
'Ghostbusters.'
14Who plays Ferris Bueller in the 1986 film?
Matthew Broderick.
15What 1982 Steven Spielberg film features an alien hiding in a boy's closet?
'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.'
16What 1985 film features teenagers stuck in detention on a Saturday?
'The Breakfast Club.'
17Who played Indiana Jones in the 1980s film trilogy?
Harrison Ford.
18What 1984 film features 'wax on, wax off'?
'The Karate Kid.'
19What speed does the DeLorean need in 'Back to the Future'?
88 miles per hour.
20Who directed 'The Shining' (1980)?
Stanley Kubrick.
21What 1987 film features 'Nobody puts Baby in a corner'?
'Dirty Dancing.'
22What 1986 Tom Cruise film features 'Danger Zone'?
'Top Gun.'
80s TV & Pop Culture
23What TV show featured a talking car named KITT?
'Knight Rider' (1982–1986).
24What portable music device did Sony introduce that defined the 80s?
The Walkman.
25What video game console was released by Nintendo in 1985?
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
26What arcade game released in 1980 featured a yellow circle eating dots?
Pac-Man.
27Which U.S. president served two terms in the 1980s?
Ronald Reagan (1981–1989).
28What wall fell in November 1989?
The Berlin Wall.
29What was MTV's very first music video when it launched in 1981?
'Video Killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles.
30What shuttle disaster occurred in January 1986?
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.