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
Category Archives: Sports
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
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 8/9/21
Question: In Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (which was released on this date in 1985), where does Madame Ruby tell Pee-wee his bike is?
Last Question: Who was the first American to win the “all-around” competition in Olympic women’s gymnastics?
Answer: Mary Lou Retton
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 8/6/21
Question: Who was the first American to win the “all-around” competition in Olympic women’s gymnastics?
Last Question: On Valerie, who played the family matriarch after actress Valerie Harper left the show?
Answer: Sandy Duncan
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 8/2/21
Question: In History of the World, Part I, who played Moses?
Last Question: What was the catchphrase in Bo Jackson’s Nike ads?
Answer: Bo Knows
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 7/27/21
Question: What was the first film to feature Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman:
A.) Airplane!
B.) The Jerk
C.) Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie
Last Question: Who accused Zola Budd of tripping her in women’s 3,000m final in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) Maricica Puica
b) Mary Decker
c) Wendy Sly
d) Lyn Williams
Answer: b) Mary Decker
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 7/23/21
Question: Who accused Zola Budd of tripping her in women’s 3,000m final in Los Angeles Olympics 1984?
a) Maricica Puica
b) Mary Decker
c) Wendy Sly
d) Lyn Williams
Last Question: In 1986, Ralston Purina introduced what breakfast cereal based on a brand of candy that comes in a two-sided box?
Answer: Nerds
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 4/27/21
Question: What Yankees outfielder was cleared of animal cruelty charges, after Canadian officials decided he hadn’t intentionally beaned a seagull?
Last Question: What series aired episodes titled, It’s a Wonderful Job, Fetal Attraction, and I Am Curious…Maddie?
Answer: Moonlighting
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 4/5/21
Question: What Bloom County character dreamed of having an interspecies relationship with Diane Sawyer?
Last Question: What National League team posted the best overall record in baseball in 1981, but missed the playoffs thanks to the strike-spawned “split season”?
Answer: The Cincinnati Reds
The Reds finished the first half of the season in second place with a record of 35-21, just one-half game behind the eventual World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers, and one-and-a-half games behind the Houston Astros in the second half, in which the Reds were 31-21, good for second place, again.
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 4/2/21
Question: What National League team posted the best overall record in baseball in 1981, but missed the playoffs thanks to the strike-spawned “split season”?
Last Question: What miniseries was largely set at Drogheda, a sheep station in the Aussie Outback?
Answer: The Thorn Birds
This miniseries aired 38 years ago this week (1983)
