Category Archives: Television

Return to the ’80s Trivia – 4/5/22

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Question: What Japanese baseball player retired in 1980 after playing 22 years of professional baseball and hitting 868 home runs?


Last Question: Who was the original host of Unsolved Mysteries?

Answer: Robert Stack

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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 3/24/22

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Question: Complete this line from The Breakfast Club: “You know how you said your parents use you to get back at each other? Wouldn’t I be ___________ __ ____ ________?”


Last Question: Which Happy Days spinoff aired from March 23, 1982 to May 24, 1983?

Answer:< Joanie Loves Chachi

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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 3/21/22

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Question: In the movie WarGames, David arrives late for biology class. He is gratuitously handed his test back, which has a grade of ‘F’. The biology teacher poses the question: “Who first suggested the idea of reproduction without sex?” What is David’s reply?

A. Female sharks
B. Einstein
C. Herschfeld
D. Your wife


Last Question: In The Greatest American Hero, in addition to his superhero duties, Ralph was also a high school teacher. What class did he teach?

A. Algebra
B. Spanish
C. Astronomy
D. Special Ed

Answer: D. Special Ed

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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 3/18/22

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Question: In The Greatest American Hero, in addition to his superhero duties, Ralph was also a high school teacher. What class did he teach?

A. Algebra
B. Spanish
C. Astronomy
D. Special Ed


Last Question: What were the years of the television show, Remington Steele‘s original run on NBC TV in the United States?

A. 1983 to 1988
B. 1981 to 1986
C. 1986 to 1991
D. 1982 to 1987

Answer:  D. 1982 to 1987

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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 3/17/22

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Question: What were the years of the television show, Remington Steele‘s original run on NBC TV in the United States?

A. 1983 to 1988
B. 1981 to 1986
C. 1986 to 1991
D. 1982 to 1987


Last Question: What craft toy involved cutting plastic figures, coloring them in, and then baking them in the oven?

Answer: Shrinky Dinks

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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 3/11/22

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Question: What is the relationship between He-Man and She-Ra?
A. Brother and sister
B. Cousins
C. Friends
D. Divorced couple


Last Question: What commercial mascots got so popular they had their own primetime special?
A. Snap, Crackle and Pop
B. The M&M’s guys
C. California Raisins
D. Cinnamon Toast Crunch chefs

Answer: C. California Raisins

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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 3/10/22

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Question: What commercial mascots got so popular they had their own primetime special?
A. Snap, Crackle and Pop
B. The M&M’s guys
C. California Raisins
D. Cinnamon Toast Crunch chefs


Last Question: On March 9, 1981, who replaced Walter Cronkite as the anchor of CBS Evening News?

Answer: Dan Rather

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CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather photographed in 1981. (Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images)

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