Question: What actress and singer born Cherilyn Sarkisian, had two #1 hits in 1989?
Last Song: What game featured 54 wooden blocks and had a name derived from the Swahili word for “to build”?
Answer: Jenga
Category Archives: Toys
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 7/30/21
Question: What was the catchphrase in Bo Jackson’s Nike ads?
Last Question: What grotesque novelty balls had names like Swine Sucker, Screamin Meemie and Slobulous?
Answer: Mad Balls
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 7/8/21
Question: What 1989 sports movie featured a former “California Penal League” player named Rick Vaughn?
Last Question: What was the name of Strawberry Shortcake’s only male friend?
Answer: Huckleberry Pie
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 7/2/21
Question: What actress played a bail bondswoman on The Fall Guy and then played a lawyer for seven seasons on Night Court?
Last Question: What type of animal was the Wacky Wallwalker toy shaped like?
Answer: Octopus
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 7/1/21
Question: What type of animal was the Wacky Wallwalker toy shaped like?
Last Question: What is the number of licks the wise owl claims it takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
Answer: 3
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 3/18/21
Question: In The Greatest American Hero (which debuted 40 years ago today – March 18, 1981), Ralph’s partner Bill Maxwell was part of what government entity?
A. NASA
B. C.I.A.
C. F.B.I.
D. L.A.P.D.
Last Question: What product had a major moment in the ’80s, but they’ve been around since 3000 BC — when Chinese emperor Wong Ti used to kick around a leather ball filled with hair?
Answer: The Hacky Sack
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 3/5/21
Question: In Coming to America, what job was Maurice (Louie Anderson) doing at the time he was telling Akeem and Semi the promotion levels to ultimately make assistant manager?
Last Question: Name all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Answer: Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 2/4/21
Question: What popular line of watches was introduced in 1983, came with watch guards, and came in every imaginable color and design?
Last Question: Red Butler, Lala Orange and Shy Violet were characters in which cartoon series?
Answer: Rainbow Brite
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 1/19/21
Question: Who was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” in 1982?
A. Mikhail Gorbachev
B. The Computer
C. Steven Spielberg
D. Madonna
Last Question: Which cuddly toys started out as characters on greeting cards?
Answer: Care Bears
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 12/29/20
Question: Which famous US pop star’s original name is ‘Annie May Bullock’?
Question: How many wheels did the toy Big Trak have?
Answer: 6
