Getting together with friends over food and drinks is always a good idea, but why not add in the laughter-inducing time of game night? Playing board games or card games can be such a fun and competitive time that you can spend with those closest to you (while trying not to get on each other's nerves!). Another, slightly less competitive option (depending on who you are), is trivia—that fun and exciting way to dredge up some of that knowledge you previously deemed to be useless and triumph on game night. And what better way to do just that than to reminisce on some of that good ol' fashioned nostalgia and take part in 80s trivia. The '80s were a time of big hair for both women and men (lookin' at you, hair bands), the debut of MTV, the initiation of the internet and plenty of bold and colorful fashion choices. There were plenty of video game introductions, never-before-seen snack options, sports events that would make history and actual historical events that will never be forgotten. If you consider yourself to be a 1980s aficionado, then this list of '80s trivia questions and answers should be a breeze for you to enjoy!Even if you're not entirely knowledgeable on this iconic decade, having trivia night with your friends and family can be a fun experience, especially if those who lived through it have memories of their own to share! Keep reading for '80s trivia Q&A inspiration—including music, movies, sports and more.Related: Live From New York, It’s Trivia Night: 100 ‘SNL’ Trivia Questions That Will Put Your Knowledge to the Test
Question: What ice cream brand and amusement park staple was born in the 1980s when Curt Jones used his knowledge of cryogenic technology to create ice cream "beads?"Answer: Dippin' Dots. Question: What game, meaning "to build" in Swahili, was created by British game designer Leslie Scott in the 1980s?Answer: Jenga. Question: What 1980s TV series starred David Hasselhoff as a crime fighter assisted by a talking, self-aware sports car named K.I.T.T.?Answer:Knight Rider.Question: What video game came with the Nintendo Entertainment System when it was released in the late 1980s, and was meant to be played with the NES Zapper gun? It shared a cartridge with "Super Mario Bros."Answer:Duck Hunt.Question: What American TV show from the 1970s and 1980s still holds the record for the most-watched finale ever, with more than 100 million households tuning in?Answer:M*A*S*H.Question: Created in the 1980s to represent all the difficulties of getting a pizza delivered in 30 minutes or less, The Noid is a red-suited villain who appears in advertising for what restaurant chain?Answer: Domino's. Question: Prague-born Jan Hammer composed the music for what 1980s TV series that starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as detectives in Florida?Answer:Miami Vice.Question: Mario first debuted as a playable character in what 1981 video game?Answer:Donkey Kong.Question: Who is He-Man’s arch nemesis? Answer: Skeletor. Question: Known as Presenter when it was initially put out, Microsoft PowerPoint was first released in which year of the 1980s?Answer: 1987. Question: What DMC sports car model is fitted with a flux capacitor to turn it into a time-traveling machine in the Back to the Future films?Answer: DeLorean.Question: Babyland General Hospital was the "birthplace" of what line of collectible dolls that was a huge hit in the 1980s and included an individual birth certificate for each doll?Answer: Cabbage Patch Kids. Question: What year was the Game Boy, Nintendo’s handheld console, first released? Answer: 1989.Question: What is the name of Scooby-Doo’s nephew? Answer: Scrappy-Doo. Question: What was Steve Urkel’s famous catchphrase on Family Matters?Answer: “Did I do that?” Question: What color hat does Papa Smurf wear in The Smurfs?Answer: Red.Question: What was Princess Peach’s original name in the U.S. version of Super Mario Bros.?Answer: Princess Toadstool.
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'80s Music Trivia
Question: Who was known as the “Queen of Pop” in the 80s?Answer: Madonna. Question: What was the first rap song to rank on the Top 40 chart?Answer: "Rapper’s Delight" by The Sugar Hill Gang.Question: What is the name of Def Leppard’s 1987 album that became one of the best-selling rock albums of all time?Answer:Hysteria.Question: Which artist had the most number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 in the 1980s? Answer: Michael Jackson.Question: What year did AC/DC release the album Back in Black?Answer: 1980. Question: "Here I Go Again" is a song by what British rock band?Answer: Whitesnake.Question: According to the hit 1981 song by Tommy Tutone, if you dial 867-5309, you will reach a woman with what first name?Answer: Jenny. Question: How many years did the album Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd remain on the Billboard charts?Answer: Close to 15 years!Question: Which song by Toni Basil became a huge cheerleading anthem in 1982?Answer: "Mickey."Question: What famous drag queen can be seen dancing in the music video for B-52’s Love Shack?Answer: RuPaul. Question: What is the name of Cyndi Lauper’s debut album? Answer:She's So Unusual.Question: Which artist performed at Live Aid in both London and Philadelphia on the same day in 1985?Answer: Phil Collins. Question: What was the first music video played on MTV? Answer: "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.Question: What year did the band Led Zeppelin break up? Answer: 1980. Question: What band was known as “The Most Dangerous Band in the World”?Answer: Guns N’ Roses. Question: David Lee Roth was the lead singer of what band?Answer: Van Halen. Question: How many Grammys did Michael Jackson’s Thriller win in 1984?Answer: Eight.Related: 151 Fun Movie Trivia Questions (With Answers) to Stump All Your Film-Loving Friends
Question: What kind of car does Ferris Bueller borrow from Cameron’s dad in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?Answer: A 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California. Question: What 1982 horror movie features the line, “They’re heeere…”?Answer:Poltergeist. Question: What is the name of the theme park the Griswolds are traveling to in National Lampoon’s Vacation? Answer: Walley World.Question: What is the name of the hotel in The Shining?Answer: The Overlook Hotel.Question: What was the name of the cyborg police officer in RoboCop?Answer: Officer Alex James Murphy. Question: What 1985 John Hughes film features a group of uniquely different high school students, all forced together for Saturday detention?Answer:The Breakfast Club.Question: What are the three rules for taking care of mogwai in Gremlins?Answer: Keep them out of sunlight, don't get them wet and don't feed them after midnight! Question: When the studio didn’t like the title of the movie Beetlejuice, what name did Tim Burton jokingly suggest as an alternative?Answer:Scared Sheetless.Question: What are Marv and Harry called in Home Alone? Answer: The Wet Bandits. Question: What is the name of the villain who haunts people’s dreams in A Nightmare on Elm Street? Answer: Freddy Krueger.Question: What song does Tom Cruise dance to in Risky Business?Answer: "Old Time Rock & Roll" by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.Question: What is the name of the creepy family that moves in next door in The ‘Burbs? Answer: The Klopeks. Question: What is the name of the baby that Sarah is trying to rescue in the movie Labyrinth? Answer: Toby. Question: The 1986 animated movie, Transformers, took place in the future. What year was it? Answer: 2005.Question: Where was the McCallister family traveling to when they left Kevin behind in Home Alone?Answer: Paris, France. Question: What move does Daniel use to win the final fight in The Karate Kid? Answer: The crane kick.Question: What was the highest-grossing movie of the 1980s?Answer:E.T.
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'80s Sports Trivia
Question: Which NFL team went undefeated for the entire 1984 regular season but ended up losing in the Super Bowl?Answer: The Miami Dolphins. Question: Which Hall of Fame Bears running back of the 1980s had the nickname of “Sweetness”?Answer: Walter Payton.Question: Who was the youngest in history to become Heavyweight Champion in 1986 at just 20 years old?Answer: Mike Tyson.Question: Who was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the 1984 Olympics? Answer: Mary Lou Retton. Question: Which famous swimmer won seven gold medals in the 1980s, setting the record before Michael Phelps? Answer: Matt Biondi. Question:Best of Enemies is an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on the 1980s rivalry between the Boston Celtics and what other NBA team?Answer: The LA Lakers.Question: Which NFL team won the most Super Bowls in the 1980s? Answer: The San Francisco 49ers. Question: Which NHL team won four consecutive Stanley Cups in the 1980s? Answer: The New York Islanders. Question: “Joe Cool” and “The Comeback Kid” were two nicknames of what Notre Dame QB who would go on to win multiple Super Bowls as part of an 1980s dynasty with a West Coast NFL franchise?Answer: Joe Montana. Question: Which MLB player broke the all-time hits record in 1985?Answer: Pete Rose. Question: How many points did Wayne Gretzky score in 1986, breaking the NHL single-season points record?Answer: 215. Question: What team was Michael Jordan drafted to in 1984? Answer: Chicago Bulls.Question: What NBA team won the most championships in the 80s? Bonus: How many was it? Answer: The LA Lakers (5 Championships). Question: Which tennis star won three consecutive Wimbledon titles in the 1980s?Answer: John McEnroe. Question: Who was named MVP of the NBA the most times in the 1980s? Answer: Larry Bird. Question: Where were the Summer Olympics held in 1984?Answer: Los Angeles. Question: What sporting event is known as the “Miracle on Ice”?Answer: U.S. vs the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics.Related: Ready, Set, Go! 13 Funny, New Scattergories Lists To Play With Your Friends
'80s History Trivia
Question: What year was the Apple Macintosh first sold? Answer: 1984. Question: What was the most popular name for girls in the 1980s?Answer: Jessica, according to the official Social Security Administration site.Question: In the 1980s, frustrated with limited City Council representation, which of NYC's 5 boroughs attempted to secede from NYC and become an independent city?Answer: Staten Island. Question: Who was the U.S. President for the majority of the 80s? Answer: Ronald Reagan. Question: Which Prime Minister of the United Kingdom—who served in that role for all of the 1980s—was played by Meryl Streep in the film The Iron Lady and Gillian Anderson on Netflix's The Crown?Answer: Margaret Thatcher.Question: What nickname for Delaware, once a tourism tagline, is also the title of a 1980s sitcom starring Tiffany Michelle Brissette as a robot girl?Answer:Small Wonder.Question: A woman ran on a major political party's presidential ticket for the first time in history in the 1984 election. Who was it?Answer: Geraldine Ferraro. Question: What day did the Challenger explode? Answer: January 28, 1986. Question: A 30-kilometer-wide "Zone of Alienation" around the ghost town of Pripyat was created after the April 1986 disaster at what highly radioactive site?Answer: Chernobyl. Question: Born in Killara, New South Wales, what supermodel of the 1980s was nicknamed "The Body?"Answer: Elle Macpherson. Question: What year did the Berlin Wall fall? Answer: 1989.Question: When was the first version of Microsoft Excel released?Answer: 1982 - 1988. Question: Debuting in London's West End in 1986 and on Broadway in 1988, what Andrew Lloyd Webber musical features the songs "All I Ask of You" and "The Music of the Night"?Answer:The Phantom of the Opera.Question: Al Gore sought the Democratic nomination for U.S. president in 1988 as the senator from which state?Answer: Tennessee.Question: What was the name of NASA's third space shuttle, which flew its first mission from August 30-September 5, 1984?Answer: Discovery.Question:Cars is a series of artworks commissioned by Mercedes-Benz in the 1980s from what artist?Answer: Andy Warhol.Question: Ronald Reagan very briefly relinquished the U.S. presidency in 1985, during a surgery to remove cancerous polyps from what organ?Answer: His colon/large intestine.Up Next:
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