1. Christopher Hewitt is best known for his portrayal of what seminal television character?
(Mr. Lynn Belvedere)
2. Michael Jackson's "Thriller" had seven singles released, all of which were Top 10 hits. Name five of them.
(The Girl Is Mine (w/Paul McCartney); Billie Jean; Beat It; Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'; Human Nature; P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing); Thriller)
3. Name the three characters who Daniel LaRusso had to fight at the end of the first three Karate Kid movies. (Actors' names are acceptable.)
(KK1: Johnny Lawrence (Daniel Zabka); KK2: Chozen (Yuji Okumoto); KK3: "Tournament Terror" Mike Barnes (Sean Kanan))
4. Name Erin Gray's character's names on the following shows: a) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; b) Magnum, P.I.; c) Silver Spoons.
(a) Colonel Wilma Deering; b) "Digger" Doyle; c) Kate Summers)
5. Name the best-selling Madonna album of the 1980s.
(Like a Virgin (10 million-plus sold)
6. In the first incarnation of The Transformers, name the mega-robot the following groups combined to become (for example, the Terrorcons combined to form Abominus):
a) Constructicons; b) Aerialbots; c) Combaticons; d) Stunticons.
(a) Devastator; b) Superion; c) Bruticus; d) Menasor)
7. During the 1984 Presidential campaign, to whom did Walter Mondale famously utter the line, "Where's the beef?"
(Gary Hart)
8. In the movie "Better Off Dead," John Cusack is constantly being harrassed by a paperboy for what?
(Two dollars)
9. Who was the 1982 NFL Most Valuable Player?
(Mark Moseley, K, Washington Redskins)
10. Who won the Cy Young Awards in 1983?
(John Denny of Philadelphia (19-6, 2.7, 139K) and La Marr Hoyt of Chicago (24-10, 3.66, 148K)
11. How does Sarah Connor finally defeat the Terminator in the sci-fi classic?
(She crushes him in a hydraulic press)
12. What does it take to hold back the rap group Public Enemy?
(A Nation of Millions)
13. What were the final destinations for the passengers in the movies Airplane! and Airplane II: The Sequel?
(Airplane: Chicago. Airplane II: Moonbase Alpha)
14. Name the NBA referee, honorary JAM member, and all-around bad-ass MFer who, in 1982, refused to throw out Jazz coach Frank Layden (who was deliberately trying to get ejected), saying, "I know what you're trying to do, Frank, but if I've got to stay out here and watch this shit, so do you."
(Earl Strom)
15. Who made a cameo as teenage Indiana Jones at the beginning of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?
(River Phoenix)
16. What was the name of Mrs. Garrett's bakery in The Facts of Life? What was the name of the store the girls opened up after it burned down?
(Edna's Edibles; Over Our Heads)
17. Name the six cities that hosted Olympic Games during the 1980s.
(1980: Lake Placid (winter), Moscow (summer); 1984: Sarajevo (winter), Los Angeles (summer); 1988: Calgary (winter), Seoul (summer))
18. In his final examination, Thornton Mellon's Economics professor asks him how many questions?
(One: "Discuss the foundations of modern global business systems..." (He then goes into 27 different parts))
19. Please provide the next line to this song:
Watching every motion in my foolish lover's game
On this endless ocean finally lovers know no shame
Turning and returning to some secret place inside
(Watching in slow motion as you turn around and say, "Take My Breath Away")
20. Name two of the three songs A Flock of Seagulls had in the U.S. Billboard Top 40.
(I Ran (So Far Away) (No. 9); Space Age Love Song (No. 30); Wishing (I Had a Photograph of You) (No. 26))
21. Name the four people who were bailiffs in Judge Harry Stone's courtroom.
(Selma Hacker, Florence Kleiner, Roz Russell, Bull Shannon)
22. In what city was the Drago-Creed boxing match held?
(Las Vegas (at the MGM Grand))
23. Name the four teams defeated in the Stanley Cup Finals by the New York Islanders from 1980 to 1983.
(1980 Philadelphia Flyers, 1981 Minnesota North Stars, 1982 Vancouver Canucks, 1983 Edmonton Oilers)
24. What are the names of the identical twins who served with Zartan as leaders of the Crimson Guard for the terrorist group Cobra?
(Tomax and Xamot)
25. Name three of the four countries primarily responsible for the military invasion of the United States in 1989, which was partially thwarted by a group of patriots known as The Wolverines and began World War III.
(Soviet Union, Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico)
26. Name the actor who played Biff in the Back to the Future movies.
(Thomas F. Wilson)
27. Who bought a statue that bears the message, "The World Is Yours"?
(Tony Montana)
28. Name the four albums released by Def Leppard in the 1980s.
(On Through the Night (1980); High N' Dry (1981); Pyromania (1983); Hysteria (1987))
29. The Police had three Billboard Top-Five hits during the 1980s. Name them.
(Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (1981, No. 3); Every Breath You Take (1981, No. 1 for eight weeks); King of Pain (1984, No. 3))
30. Name the only current NBA Hall of Famer drafted in 1986.
(Drazen Petrovic)
31. Name the hospital in the South End of Boston where St. Elsewhere was primarily set.
(St. Eligius)
32. Sylvester Stallone was originally signed to play the part of what wise-cracking Detroit policeman who ended up in southern California?
(Axel Foley. Stallone left due to creative differences and would make the movie Cobra with the ideas he had for Beverly Hills Cop)
33. Who was the lucky woman who married Phillip Drummond in 1983?
(Maggie McKinney (played by Dixie Carter))
34. Name the 1984 album on which the songs "Everything She Wants," "Freedom" and "Careless Whisper" appear.
(Make It Big)
35. Who won the Heisman Trophy in 1984 and 1987, and where did they play?
(1984: Doug Flutie, Boston College; 1987: Tim Brown, Notre Dame)
36. Name the Prime Minister who oversaw the British invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982.
(The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Margaret Thatcher, LG, OM, PC)
37. Who are the four people who know that the secret alter-ego of He-Man is Prince Adam?
(Orko; Man-At-Arms; The Sorceress; Cringer (BattleCat))
38. Who sang the song "What Would We Do Baby?" better known as the theme from Family Ties?
(Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams)
39. What were the two revolutionary concepts originated in the USFL that have been adopted by the NFL and are in use today?
(Instant Replay; the two-point conversion)
40. Who played the role of Detective Sonny Crockett's second wife, Caitlin Davies?
(Sheena Easton)
41. Name the five stars of The Breakfast Club.
(Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson)
42. Name the song that is Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark's biggest American hit, and the film from whose soundtrack the song came.
("If You Leave," from Pretty In Pink)
43. Who provided the adult expository voice for what should have been Chris Spellman's character on The Wonder Years?
(Daniel Stern)
44. What were the four boys in Stand By Me looking for in the woods?
(A dead body)
45. What's the best that you can do when you get caught between the moon and New York City?
(Fall in love)
46. U2 had two albums reach No. 1 in the U.S. during the '80s. Name them.
(The Joshua Tree, and Rattle and Hum)
47. Name the company that the television series Dallas focuses on.
(Ewing Oil)
48. Which late actor played the role of Ernie "Coach" Pantusso?
(Nicholas Colasanto)
49. Who, in 1984, did Hulk Hogan defeat to win his first World Wrestling Federation Championship?
(The Iron Sheik)
50. According to Billboard, Billy Ocean had three No. 1 songs in his career. Name them.
(Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) (1984); There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) (1986); Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (1988))
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