138 1980s Trivia Questions (Ranked from Easiest to Hardest)

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July 5, 2024
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Get ready to blast off into the past with these 1980s trivia questions and answers!

From iconic movies and TV shows you know and love to legendary music and fashion, the 1980s were the decade of big hair, neon colors, and pure nostalgia.

Grab those neon leg warmers, turn up your favorite 80s playlist, and get seated because we’re about to test your knowledge of this truly unforgettable era.

Are you a true 80s fanatic or just a poser?

There’s only one way to find out!

138 1980s Trivia Questions And Answers (2024 List)

  1. When singer Michael Lee Aday went vegetarian in the 1980s, he could have dropped what non-vegetarian aspect of his stage name, and rebranded himself as “Loaf”?

    Answer: Meat

  2. Originally given the Japanese title “Puckman”, what 1980s arcade game was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Game" in 2005?

    Answer: Pac-Man

  3. In a famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate in June 1987, President Ronald Reagan exhorted Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down what structure that symbolized the division of Germany?

    Answer: Berlin Wall

  4. Gaining popularity sine the 1980s, what is the name of the Polynesian sport that is practiced by racing canoes and other small watercraft? The seven-letter name comes from the Maori phrase for an outrigger canoe.

    Answer: Waka ama

  5. Founded by B. Schavitz in Maine the 1980s, what is the company with an origin in beekeeping and co-founder Roxanne Quimby?

    Answer: Burt's Bees

  6. "Best of Enemies" is an ESPN "30 for 30" documentary on the 1980s rivalry between the Boston Celtics and what other NBA team?

    Answer: Los Angeles Lakers

  7. In the 1980s, "The Ain'ts" was a derisive nickname for what NFC South team that has a fleur-de-lis in its logo?

    Answer: Saints

  8. What 1982 Toto song, whose title is a continent, experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2018 when Weezer covered the song?

    Answer: Africa

  9. 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

  10. 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 (Nuclear Power Plant)

  11. 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

  12. Greg Lemond, who won the Tour de France three times in the late 1980s, was the first cyclist to appear on the cover of what American sports magazine?

    Answer: Sports Illustrated

  13. 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

  14. Featuring the country's name in both English and Hebrew and a fierce-as-hell lion, a one-half-shekel coin was issued in the 1980s by what Middle Eastern nation?

    Answer: Israel

  15. What 1985 John Hughes film features a group of uniquely different high school students, all forced together for Saturday detention?

    Answer: The Breakfast Club

  16. The fictional Atlanta interior decoration firm of Sugarbaker and Associates was the center of the action of what sitcom of the 1980s and 1990s?

    Answer: Designing Women

  17. “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

  18. The activist alliance Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) was founded by Mark Ashton in the 1980s to financially support striking miners in which European country?

    Answer: United Kingdom

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. The Direwolves in the "Game of Thrones" TV series were played by Northern Inuit Dogs, a breed which has been in development since the 1980s. These dogs carry the genes of German Shepherds, Malamutes, and which Russian sled dog breed?

    Answer: Siberian Huskies

  22. Model and actress Tawny Kitaen famously appeared in several 1980s music videos such as "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love" for what reptilian rock band?

    Answer: Whitesnake

  23. Moe from The Three Stooges had one. It regained popularity in the U.S. for straight hair textures in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I'm talking about a mushroom cut—AKA, a style named for what piece of dinnerware?

    Answer: Bowl cut

  24. There's a Finnish rock band that formed in the 1980s led by Pertti Neumann that shares its name with an ancient lineage of dogs found in Australian. What is this band name?

    Answer: Dingo

  25. What Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who served in that role for all of the 1980s, was played by Meryl Streep in the film "Iron Lady" and Gillian Anderson on Netflix's "The Crown?"

    Answer: Margaret Thatcher

  26. With Michael Sembello's song "Maniac" on the soundtrack, what 1983 film stars Jennifer Beals as an exotic dancer whose dream is to become a ballerina?

    Answer: Flashdance

  27. "All the old paintings on the tombs, they do the sand dance, don't ya know?" according to what 1986 hit song by The Bangles?

    Answer: Walk Like an Egyptian

  28. 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

  29. What “P” Hall of Fame Bears running back of the 1980s, for a long period of time the number one rusher in NFL history, had the nickname of “Sweetness?”

    Answer: Walter Payton

  30. What popular acronymic technological service was developed by the Department of Defense under the Navstar program, and eventually released to public use in the 1980s?

    Answer: GPS

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. When it was first founded by Timothy Busfield in the 1980s, it was a touring children’s theater troupe. Today, which theatre on Capitol Ave offers not just live performances but one of the most popular theater schools as well?

    Answer: B Street

  35. Which solar panel maker in the United States was one of the earliest in the industry (no surprise given its name) when Harold McMaster started the original company (Glasstech Solar) in the mid-1980s? (Hint: Today, it’s also the only major manufacturer that’s based in the U.S. and not China)

    Answer: First Solar

  36. That's not a box office gross. THIS is a box office gross: What 1986 film is the highest grossing Australian movie of all time?

    Answer: Crocodile Dundee

  37. Matt and Ross Duffer are the directors and producers for what Netflix television series set in 1980s Indiana?

    Answer: Stranger Things

  38. In her 1983 hit "Holiday," what one-named singer declares that "if we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate just one day out of life, it would be so nice?"

    Answer: Madonna

  39. In the 1980s film "Knight Rider," what was the name of David Hasselhoff's talking car?

    Answer: Kitt

  40. By the late 1980s, Walmart had quickly risen to become more profitable that its two larger U.S. retail competitors, and by 1990 it had surpassed them as the largest U.S. retailer by revenue. One of these retailers was Kmart. What was the other?

    Answer: Sears

  41. Bob Denver, famous for being on "Gilligan's Island," was also Maynard G. Krebs on what sitcom of the late '50s and early '60s? When Maynard showed up in the 1980s reunion movie, he explained that he had been marooned on a desert island, a nod to the actor's role as Gilligan.

    Answer: "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"

  42. What film director played Mars Blackmon, a character from his film "She's Gotta Have It," in a series of late-1980s ads for Nike?

    Answer: Spike Lee

  43. 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

  44. A military program announced by President Reagan in March 1983 promoted funding for lasers and particle beam weapons and was formally known as the Strategic Defense Initiative. However, what two-word name was the program (somewhat mockingly) nicknamed by the public?

    Answer: Star Wars

  45. In the 1980s, Michael Milken rose to prominence by trading what type of bonds?

    Answer: High Yield

  46. Born in Killara, New South Wales, what supermodel of the 1980s was nicknamed "The Body?"

    Answer: Elle Macpherson

  47. What singer went from the massive success of her 1984 album “Private Dancer” to starring as the villain in the 1985 film “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome?”

    Answer: Tina Turner

  48. Featuring 36 silk-screen paintings and 13 drawings in the artist's signature colorful pop style, "Cars" is a series of artworks commissioned by Mercedes-Benz in the 1980s from what artist?

    Answer: Andy Warhol

  49. Within 3 years, in what year was the first version of Microsoft Excel released?

    Answer: 1982 - 1988

  50. What game was created by British game designer Leslie Scott in the 1980s, based on a game she played with her family as a child living in Africa? The game's name came from the Swahili word for "to build."

    Answer: Jenga

  51. On “Modern Family”, Sofia Vergara played what outspoken wife of Ed O’Neill’s Jay Pritchett? Her first name is the same as a Melissa Manchester hit song of the 1980s.

    Answer: Gloria Delgado

  52. After two decades of planning, the first section of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system opened in which decade?

    Answer: The 1980s (1987)

  53. Andrew Ridgeley was the name of the "other guy" in what punctuationnally unique pop duo, who formed in Hertfordshire, England in 1981 and became one of the decade's most successful acts?

    Answer: Wham!

  54. What ABC sitcom, a flashback to “Black-ish”, followed Rainbow Johnson’s 1980s childhood with her hippie parents, a black mother and white father, the latter played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar? Its title is similarly “ish”, and focuses on the Rainbow’s combined racial identity.

    Answer: Mixed-Ish

  55. What 1985 video game begins with a planned departure from Independence, Missouri?

    Answer: The Oregon Trail

  56. Microsoft Disk was one of the original widely used operating systems all the way from the 1980s, but it has been fully unsupported since 2006. What hyphenated nickname is this classic system more commonly known by?

    Answer: MS-DOS

  57. Having a golden era in the 1980s and 1990s, how many Super Bowls have the San Francisco 49ers won in their history?

    Answer: Five

  58. Although it started as a soft drinks company called Bravo, Bochkarev evolved into a brewery in the late 1980s and less than two decades later was purchased by Heineken. In what country was Bochkarev founded?

    Answer: Russia

  59. What real estate group founded in New York City in 1999 shares its name with a TV detective played by Tom Selleck in the 1980s?

    Answer: Magnum Real Estate Group

  60. Based on its title, what actor was “in charge” as the titular character on the 1980s CBS sitcom “Charles In Charge”?

    Answer: Scott Baio

  61. In what decade did the annual mishmash of film, media, and music known as South by Southwest or SXSW first begin in Austin? The festival has remained in the Texas capital since it launched there.

    Answer: 1980s

  62. The "Big Five" is a well-known suggested taxonomy for personality traits that has been developed through psychology trait theory since the 1980s. The grouping is occasionally known by its acronym OCEAN as the five traits are openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and what fifth trait?

    Answer: Neuroticism

  63. Known as Presenter when it was initially put out, Microsoft PowerPoint was first released in which year of the 1980s?

    Answer: 1987

  64. 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

  65. Which women's musical group had Number 1 hits in the 1980s including "Walk Like an Egyptian" and "Eternal Flame"?

    Answer: The Bangles

  66. Ronald Reagan very briefly relinquished the U.S. presidency in 1985, during a surgery to remove cancerous polyps from what organ?

    Answer: Colon / Large intestine

  67. If you wanted to type up a “flawless” document in the 1980s or early 1990s, which Windows word processor would you use? (Hint: It was owned by Novell before being acquired by Corel in 1996, and your file would be saved in “.wpd” format)

    Answer: WordPerfect

  68. What Georgia-born wrestler is known as the most famous wrestler of the 1980s, has 13 world championship belts, and began pivoting his career towards acting with an appearance in Rocky III as a heel?

    Answer: Hulk Hoga

  69. In the affectionate Star Wars parody, “Space Balls,” the film renames the slimy crime lord “Jabba” to something far less sinister and perhaps a bit more delicious. What is this character’s new name?

    Answer: Pizza the Hut

  70. Husband and wife team Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen designed the centerpiece of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden in the 1980s. What is the common food that is part of their design?

    Answer: Cherry (Spoonbridge and Cherry)

  71. The final Sacramento Music Festival was held in 2017 after more than 40 years of being held annually on Memorial Day weekend. Attendance peaked in the 1980s with more than 80,000 attendees. At the time, the festival had what more-festive name?

    Answer: Old Sacramento Dixieland Jazz Jubilee

  72. In what decade was the Harvard Undergraduate Council founded? Today, "the UC" features 51 undergraduate students at any given time.

    Answer: 1980s

  73. The United States baseball team got a surprising gold medal win in the 2000 Olympics, defeating Cuba under the leadership of what manager? The Italian-American with a big personality won two MLB World Series in the 1980s managing on the West Coast.

    Answer: Tommy Lasorda

  74. What influential African-American street artist and Andy Warhol protege produced thousands of his eccentric drawings in the 1970s and 1980s? He was played by Jeffrey Wright in a 1996 Julian Schnabel film.

    Answer: Jean-Michel Basquiat

  75. What 1980s R&B boy band had members such as Bobby Brown and all three future members of Bell Biv Devoe? Their hits include “Cool It Now” and “Mr. Telephone Man”, and their name implies that they were fresh to the scene.

    Answer: New Edition

  76. 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

  77. For two seasons in the 1980s, what animated "Star Wars" series followed the adventures of Wicket W. Warwick and his friends on the forest moon of Endor?

    Answer: Ewoks

  78. Which band consisting of siblings had hits in the 1980s with “You Got It All” and “Make It Real?”

    Answer: The Jets

  79. The Sperry & Hutchinson Company, or S&H, offered a line of trading stamps that allowed consumers to trade them in for discount catalog items. The line peaked in the 1960s and ended in the 1980s, and the stamps were known for coming in what distinctive color?

    Answer: Green

  80. 1970s-1980s South American serial killer Daniel Camargo Barbosa escaped from prison in which country, and subsequently relocated to Ecuador, continuing his crimes? The country of his original capture has capital at Bogota.

    Answer: Colombia

  81. In the early 1980s, cryptographer David Chaum came up with an idea for a cryptographic currency that he called what? (Hint: In 1995, he brought the concept to life with Digicash)

    Answer: ecash

  82. In what state was E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the highest-grossing film of the 1980s, set?

    Answer: California

  83. What Oscar-winning movie tells the story of Texan Ron Woodroof, who helped distribute smuggled pharmaceuticals to AIDS patients throughout Texas and the U.S. in the 1980s?

    Answer: Dallas Buyers Club

  84. What popular brand of thong sandals was founded by a pair of Argentinean brothers who moved to the San Diego community of La Jolla in 1980s?

    Answer: Reef

  85. What mode of therapy was developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan in the 1980s to treat suicidal people with borderline personality disorder? This therapy emphasizes mindfulness, and the idea that both acceptance and change are necessary.

    Answer: DBT

  86. Mononymous '80s singer Tiffany was just 15 when she recorded her hit cover version of what song, written and recorded 20 years prior by Tommy James and the Shondells?

    Answer: I Think We're Alone Now

  87. Having led his country during a conflict in the 1980s, Leopoldo Galtieri was a general and the president of which Spanish-speaking country?

    Answer: Argentina

  88. Which alliterative tech retailer was originally called “Sound of Music” before it rebranded and expanded in the mid-1980s?

    Answer: Best Buy

  89. Today, it’s one of the “Big Four” financial institutions in Australia. Going back in time to the early 1980s, NAB took shape through the merger of the National Bank of Australasia and the Commercial Banking Company of what city?

    Answer: Sydney

  90. What owl was the center of a controversy about the logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest in the 1980s and '90s?

    Answer: Spotted Owl

  91. What famous city nickname—belonging to a non-Cincinnati city—has Cincy to thank for its popularity, as it was originally used by Cincinnati residents who considered that city their rival in the 1980s?

    Answer: Windy City

  92. Mario Menendez was a general who was involved in a conflict in the 1980s. Which country’s forces was he in charge of?

    Answer: Argentina

  93. A 2000s movement to increase methodological diversity in the field of political science took its name from what period of reform in the Soviet Union during the 1980s, whose name is a Russian word meaning "Restructuring?"

    Answer: Perestroika

  94. In the 1980s game show "Press Your Luck" what "W" word signified a villainous character that reset a contestant's score to zero?

    Answer: Whammy

  95. The second-highest selling musical artist in Ireland's history (after U2) has never gone on tour and never performed a live solo concert. She rose to fame as the flag-bearer for new-age music in the late 1980s with songs like "Only Time" and "Orinoco Flow." Who is she?

    Answer: Enya

  96. Meaning roughly "strivers for jihad," what M-word name was given to the various Afghanistan rebel groups that fought against the Soviet Union in the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s?

    Answer: Mujahideen

  97. Al Gore sought the Democratic nomination for U.S. President in 1988 as the junior senator from which state?

    Answer: Tennessee

  98. 1982 saw the release of “The Little Drummer Girl”, about an English actress who is drawn into a plot to help capture a Palestinian terrorist. This book was written by what by British novelist, famed for his espionage novels such as “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.”

    Answer: John Le Carre

  99. Who is the only baseball team to win multiple World Series in the 1980s? In 1981, this team surprisingly trounced the New York Yankees, while a later Series saw one of the most famous pinch hit home runs of all time?

    Answer: Los Angeles Dodgers

  100. Veronica accidentally poisons a popular girl and makes it look like a suicide in what 1988 dark comedy starring Winona Ryder?

    Answer: Heathers

  101. Popularly known for taking his infamous photo-op aboard an M1 Abrams tank, Michael Dukakis served as the governor of what U.S. state during the 1970s and 1980s prior to his 1988 presidential campaign?

    Answer: Massachusetts

  102. What is the two-word, alliterative phrase for the tragic practice of taking Indigenous children in Canada from their families for placement in foster homes or adoption? More than 20,000 children were taken in this way from the late 1950s to the 1980s.

    Answer: Sixties Scoop

  103. Named after a Founding Father associated with Philadelphia, what retro computer company manufactured clones of the Apple II series in the 1980s, including its Ace 1200 model?

    Answer: Franklin

  104. What is the coffee drink, similar to a caffe latte but with a thinner, more velvety layer of foam, that was first described in Australia in the 1980s but is also claimed as a local invention by New Zealanders?

    Answer: Flat White

  105. Patrick Vallencant and Anselme Baud worked together in a variety of extreme skiing stunts in the 1970s and 1980s, including skiing down the face of what “B” Mont, the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe?

    Answer: Mont Blanc

  106. John Hurt starred as Winston Smith and Richard Burton as the sinister O'Brien in what literary adaptation, which came out (rather appropriatly) in the mid-1980s?

    Answer: Nineteen Eighty-Four

  107. Which discontinued spreadsheet program, originally written by Jonathan Sachs, peaked in popularity in the late 1980s after its release in January 1983? This spreadsheet program was the first computer software to use television consumer advertising.

    Answer: Lotus 1-2-3

  108. The "New Parliament House" in Canberra was built and opened in what decade? The building was opened by Elizabeth II and cost more than A$1.1 billion to build.

    Answer: 1980s

  109. What alliterative "M" name is given to a brand of tiny vehicles and matching play-sets first made by Galoob in the mid-1980s?

    Answer: Micro Machines

  110. What 1986 war movie, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, is about a man who won the Medal Of Honor at the titular battle of the Korean War, and is now leading Mario Van Peebles and other soldiers into 1980s Grenada?

    Answer: Heartbreak Ridge

  111. Known for singles (and videos) such as "Take On Me," 1980s pop group a-ha came from what Scandinavian country?

    Answer: Norway

  112. In the mid-1980s, there was an animated Dungeons & Dragons TV show that lasted for three seasons. One of the six main characters was Hank, a 15-year-old with a magical bow that shoots arrows of glowing energy. What character class was Hank?

    Answer: Ranger

  113. Wilmington-born Valerie Bertinelli played Barbara Cooper on what long-running sitcom of the 1970s and 1980s?

    Answer: One Day at a Time

  114. What two-word 1980s British band had their biggest hit with 1986’s “(I Just) Died In Your Arms?”

    Answer: Cutting Crew

  115. What California-set 1982 film was the highest grossing film of the 1980s at the U.S. box office?

    Answer: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

  116. What is the name of the talking animatronic toy that was an "Illiop" but quite closely resembled a bear? The toy reached peak popularity in the mid-1980s and helped aid the launch of 1986's Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

    Answer: Teddy Ruxpin

  117. What Finnish indie pop band, perhaps best known for their 2011 single “Laws of Gravity”, share their one-word name with the last name of a Hungarian inventor best known for one of the most ubiquitous toys of the 1980s?

    Answer: Rubik

  118. "California" burritos are filled with carne asada (thinly sliced steak), cheese, pico de gallo, sour cream, and what unusual ingredient? These burritos were created in San Diego in the 1980s.

    Answer: French fries

  119. W+K is one of the world's largest independent ad agencies and is headquartered in Portland. This makes sense, as the company's flagship client has been Nike, including the first "Just Do It." campaign from the 1980s. What does either the W or the K stand for?

    Answer: Wieden & Kennedy

  120. In a 1980s commercial, actress Kelly LeBrock advertised what haircare brand with the slogan "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful?"

    Answer: Pantene

  121. The rapper Q-Tip was part of what alternative hip-hop group, which was started in the late 1980s and was known for such hits as "Can I Kick It?" which samples Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side?"

    Answer: A Tribe Called Quest

  122. The first a cappella recording to top the Billboard 100 added to its fame with a "Big Mouth Billy Bass" rendition years later. The song was inspired by a Meher Baba saying and won a Grammy in the 1980s. What was this song?

    Answer: Don't Worry Be Happy

  123. What 1989 Spike Lee film, set on a summer's day in New York's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, was named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest movie of the 1980s?

    Answer: Do the Right Thing

  124. The life of Frank Rosenthal, who ran Las Vegas landmarks like the Stardust and the Fremont from the 1960s to 1980s, provided the inspiration for what 1995 film?

    Answer: Casino

  125. The brand Burley is most often-associated with what specific bicycle accessory? The Oregon-based brand has been selling this item since the early 1980s.

    Answer: Kids trailer

  126. Sometimes considered the quintessential novel of the 1980s, what NYC-set satirical work centered on greed, racism, and social class through the lens of a lawyer, investment banker, and journalist? The book's title is a reference to an actual 1497 conflagration.

    Answer: The Bonfire of the Vanities

  127. The World War II submarine U-96 is the titular vessel in what 1981 German-language film that was nominated for six Oscars?

    Answer: Das Boot

  128. A Nike shoe designer was involved in the design and production of a pair of character costume boots for a blockbuster 1980s movie starring Michael Keaton. What was the movie?

    Answer: Batman

  129. What city, planned and built throughout the 1980s, became the capital of Nigeria in 1991, replacing the longtime capital of Lagos?

    Answer: Abuja

  130. Born in County Down to Roman Catholic parents in 1916, what Irish economist and politician served as Secretary of the Department of Finance in the 1950s, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland in the 1970s, and a Senator in the 1980s?

    Answer: T.K. Whitaker

  131. What directionally named ranch is the fictional compound called home by the Ewing family on the 1980s TV drama "Dallas?"

    Answer: Southfork Ranch

  132. Sold in its signature brown-and-white bottles at the time, what haircare brand used the slogan "If you don't look good, we don't look good" in the 1980s?

    Answer: Vidal Sassoon

  133. What restaurant group, named for the Japanese chef who started it in Los Angeles in the 1980s, opened its first luxury hotel inside Caesars Palace in 2013?

    Answer: Nobu

  134. In which decade did serial killers in the United States peak if each serial killer is bucketed by the year of their first victim?

    Answer: 1980s

  135. What “G” word is the name of a channel between Alaska and the Alexander Archipelago that is on the border of capital Juneau? The same word is the last name of a New York Jets defensive end of the 1980s named Mark.

    Answer: Gastineau

  136. Medicaid managed care programs, in whichstates receive waivers from the federal government and then enroll patients in private health plans with fixed monthly premiums, began in what decade?

    Answer: 1980s

  137. What founding member of Chicago left the band in the 1980s to pursue a solo career, scoring a number-one hit on his own with "Glory of Love," the theme from "The Karate Kid Part II"?

    Answer: Peter Cetera

  138. "Like I always say, what's good for the goose is always good for the gander," begins what 1985 number-one hit song by Ready for the World?

    Answer: Oh Sheila

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