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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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 4/14/22
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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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 4/13/22
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
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 4/6/22
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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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 2/21/22
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
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 2/9/22
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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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 1/26/22
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
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 10/15/21
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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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 9/13/21
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
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 9/10/21
Question: In 1983, what Los Angeles Rams rookie running back led the NFL with 1,808 yards?
Last Question: What two names did Dustin Hoffman’s character go by in Tootsie?
Answer: Michael Dorsey and Dorothy Michaels
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