1980s quiz
The answers to the clues given below all relate to events or people from the 1980s. How many can you answer correctly? One guess per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5am tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. What city was divided by a wall until 1989?
2. What world leader had a prominent birthmark on his head?
3. What comet was visible in 1986?
4. Who scored "The Goal of the Century" in the 1986 World Cup?
5. What deadly disease was first clinically observed in 1981?
6. What drug caused a crime wave in American inner cities?
7. What country had a famine that killed over 400,000?
8. What 1982 music album remains, to this day, the best-selling album of all-time?
9. In what city were democracy protestors massacred in 1989?
10. What famous musician was murdered in New York City shortly after the
release of his final album "Double Fantasy"?
11. What Colombian drug lord became one of the world's richest people?
12. What now immensely popular product was commercially released for the first time in 1983?
13. Who directed "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", the highest grossing film of the decade?
14. What deep-fried McDonald's menu item was first introduced in 1981?
15. What stretchy synthetic fabric became so popular that DuPont, its creator,
had trouble meeting demand?
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5am tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. What city was divided by a wall until 1989?
2. What world leader had a prominent birthmark on his head?
3. What comet was visible in 1986?
4. Who scored "The Goal of the Century" in the 1986 World Cup?
5. What deadly disease was first clinically observed in 1981?
6. What drug caused a crime wave in American inner cities?
7. What country had a famine that killed over 400,000?
8. What 1982 music album remains, to this day, the best-selling album of all-time?
9. In what city were democracy protestors massacred in 1989?
10. What famous musician was murdered in New York City shortly after the
release of his final album "Double Fantasy"?
11. What Colombian drug lord became one of the world's richest people?
12. What now immensely popular product was commercially released for the first time in 1983?
13. Who directed "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", the highest grossing film of the decade?
14. What deep-fried McDonald's menu item was first introduced in 1981?
15. What stretchy synthetic fabric became so popular that DuPont, its creator,
had trouble meeting demand?
