Question: What type of multi-layered skirt became popular in 1982?
Question: What company produced the Vic-20 and C64 home computer?
Answer: Commodore
Category Archives: Technology
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 2/10/21
Question: What supergroup was formed to raise funds for relief of the 1983–85 famine in Ethiopia? And what was the song?
Last Question: What company patented the instant camera in 1986?
Answer: Polaroid
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 2/9/21
Question: What company patented the instant camera in 1986?
Last Question: Put these inventions in the order they hit the market from earliest to latest:
A) Camcorder
B) Microsoft Windows
C) Prozac
Answer: Camcorder (’83), Microsoft Windows (’85), Prozac (’87)
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 2/5/21
Question: Let’s do the math!
Joe Montana’s San Francisco jersey number
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Joe Montana’s Kansas City jersey number
Last Question: What popular line of watches was introduced in 1983, came with watch guards, and came in every imaginable color and design?
Answer: Swatch Watch
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 1/20/21
Question: If you saw this while watching something on your VCR, what button would you use to adjust the picture?
Last Question: Who was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” in 1982?
A. Mikhail Gorbachev
B. The Computer
C. Steven Spielberg
D. Madonna
Answer: B. The Computer
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 12/18/20
Question: What is the number of fingers on the right hand of the man who killed Inigo Montoya’s father in the film, The Princess Bride?
Last Question: Which one of these 80s arcade games cost more than a quarter to play?
A. Pac-Man
B. Burger Time
C. Dragon’s Lair
D. Galaga
Answer: C. Dragon’s Lair
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 12/17/20
Question: Which one of these 80s arcade games cost more than a quarter to play?
A. Pac-Man
B. Burger Time
C. Dragon’s Lair
D. Galaga
Last Question: What pesky character did Domino’s Pizza really want us to avoid?
Answer: The Noid
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 12/11/20
Question: Whose 1981 fictional wedding brought in 30 million viewers?
Last Question: What was the name of the first act of the intermissions in a game of Ms. Pac Man?
Answer: “They Meet”
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 12/10/20
Question: What was the name of the first act of the intermissions in a game of Ms. Pac Man?
Last Question: What clothing brand promised “when you put it on, something happens”?
Answer: Member’s Only (jackets)
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 12/2/20
Question: On The A-Team, what was Mr. T’s character B.A. Baracus deathly afraid of?
Last Question: In his classic arcade game, what does Donkey Kong ask you before starting each level?
Answer: “How high can you get?”
