Question: What 1979 effort by The Clash did Rolling Stone curiously rank as the best album of the ’80s?
Last Question: On July 5, 1980, which male tennis player won his 5th straight Wimbledon title?
Answer: Bjorn Borg
Borg defeated John McEnroe 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7, 8-6 in the Finals, which many consider to be one of the greatest Wimbledon Finals of all-time.
Considered One of the Greatest Wimbledon Finals
Question: On this day in 1980, which male tennis player won his 5th straight Wimbledon title?
Last Question: What movie was the first to receive the PG-13 rating?
Answer: Red Dawn
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Question: On The Golden Girls, what fictional Minnesota town was Betty White’s character from?
Last Question: Pete Rose got his 4,000th hit on this day in 1984. For which team was he playing with when he accomplished this feat?
Answer: The Montreal Expos
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Question: Pete Rose got his 4,000th hit on this day in 1984. For which team was he playing with when he accomplished this feat?
Last Question: What series debuted with reenactments of a boy being swept away in a flood and a seven-year-old helping deliver her mom’s baby?
Answer: Rescue 911
Question: On Matlock, what was Matlock’s first name?
Last Question: What Japanese baseball player retired in 1980 after playing 22 years of professional baseball and hitting 868 home runs?
Answer: Sadaharu Oh
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Question: In the television show, Cagney & Lacey, who played the role of Cagney?
A. Loretta Swit
B. Tyne Daly
C. Sharon Gless
D. Joanna Kerns
Last Question: February 18, 1980, at the age of 21, who became the youngest hockey player to record 5 career hat tricks?
Answer: Wayne Gretzky
Question: Who is known for delivering the Wendy’s catchphrase, “Where’s the beef?”
Last Question: Name the coach of the USA hockey team that participated in the 1980 Olympics.
Answer: Herb Brooks
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Question: Which two Footloose songs were nominated for Academy Award for Best Original song in 1984?
Last Question: Who won the MVP Award in Super Bowl XXI and began the tradition of saying the phrase “I’m going to Disney World!”?
Answer: Phil Simms
Question: In Growing Pains, what was the name of the baby born into the Seaver clan?
Last Question: In 1987, what team’s fans waved “Homer Hankies” at home games?
Answer: Minnesota Twins
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Question: In 1986, who became the first new MTV VJ since the original five?
Last Question: In 1983, what Los Angeles Rams rookie running back led the NFL with 1,808 yards?
Answer: Eric Dickerson
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