Ex-Tabula Rasa

1980s Quiz

Do you consider yourself a child of the 80s? An adolescent of the 80s? Some other 80s dependant? Try my quiz and see how much you really remember about the decade that came before the 90s (and after the 70s)! (Answers below)

1. In the 1980s, what was “strong and sudden, and cruel sometimes”?
2. Who was “talking away; I don’t know what to say, I’ll say it anyway”?
3. “If I stare too long, I’ll probably break down and cry” - what was this referring to?
4. Europe achieved prominence in the 80s with The Final …what?
5. Which “Wild Boys” were “Hungry Like the Wolf” in the 1980s?
6. Who was “Dancing on the Ceiling” in 1986?
7. In 1984, who was “Born in the USA”?
8. “I Think We’re Alone Now”…who did?

Answers:

1. Margaret Thatcher’s reaction to striking coal miners
2. Ronald Reagan at the 1985 Geneva Summit
3. The famine in Ethiopia
4. Days of the Berlin Wall
5. Saturday Mthiyane and ‘Robert’, feral children discovered in the jungles of Africa at different points in the 1980s
6. The crew of the Mir Space Station, which was launched into orbit in that year
7. Cheryl Burke, professional dancer on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ (May 3)
8. The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, which was granted independence from Britain in 1983