Thread: Am qriting a quiz based on 80s. Can you lot dry run it for me (a few UK based)

Here's the first ten (remember it refers to UK)

• What were the 3 rules if you ever had a mogwai?

• Name the Year

• • CDs went on sale for the first time?
  • The Wispa bar was launched
  • “Only You” by the Flying Pickets was the Xmas Number One

• What was the name of the dog in Fraggle Rock?

• In Knight Rider, what does K.I.T.T.'s name stand for?

• 1st video played on MTV in 1981?

• Which 80s show centred around the activities of the Mermaid boatyard?

• How many Colours on a Rubik’s Cube? Name Them.

• In which film would you find a flux capacitor?

• How many police academy films are there?

• In Japanese what does Rambo mean? (a) violence (b) peace (c) mayhem

next lot

• Paolo Rossi and which other footballer won the golden boot in the two 1980s world cups?

• Who sang the first line in Band Aid’s “Do they know it’s Christmas”

• What year was the 20p coin introduced ?

• What was the name of the dog in Jamie and his magic torch?

• which lager 'stayed sharp to the bottom of the glass' ?

• In which year was Pac Man launched?

• The 1980 Olympics were boycotted because of the USSR's invasion of which country?

• Name the 6 fruits in Fruit & fibre according to the ad ?

• Which ad started with the line “The red car and the blue car had a race”?

• In the advert for the popular juice drink which animal said “I know we’ll call it um bongo”? (a) Hippo (b) Rhino (c) Python

• How much (in £s) was a correct answer worth in Blockbusters?

• All but one of the artists appeared in the Stock Aitken Waterman produced Band Aid II in 1989 – name the odd one out:

· Bros
· Rick Astley
· Chris Rea
· Cliff Richard
· Lisa Stansfield
· Technotronic

• Name the 5 Bond Films released in the 80s?

• How many Oscars did ET win?

• Match the film to the Year of it’s release:

1 – Back to the Future A) 1988
2 - return of the Jedi B) 1985
3 – Ghostbusters C) 1983
4 - Raiders of the Lost Ark D) 1984
5 – Rainman E) 1981

The tabs havent cut and pasted but you get the general idea !

Well those are pretty tough for this Canadian. I can usually remember what happened, but seldom when, and almost never in the right order.

But I'd say cds first came out in the late '80s, probably 1988

And the 80 olympics were boycotted because the USSR invaded afghanistan.

six sides to a cube, therefore six colors. Red, yellow, white, green, blue, and uhmmm.... Orange?

Off the top I'm thinking.....crazy i remember this 'Sprocket" name of Fraggle rock dog

USSR invaded afghanistan......(Whoops)
Fluks compasitor....Back to the future ?
Mogwai....No water,no feeding after midnight,and No light ?
1st Vid on MTV....I want to say it was a Dire straits video...but thinking "Video killed the radio star"
Rambo in Japanese means......endless ever lasting sequels
some good thinkers there

Hey Mark TKO.go check out VH-1's "remember the 80's" series.Hillarious and full of retro stuff.Good show

Originally Posted by Mark TKO

Here's the first ten (remember it refers to UK)

• What were the 3 rules if you ever had a mogwai? Never get it wet, never feed it after midnight and avoid bright lights, especially sunlight.

• Name the Year

• • CDs went on sale for the first time?
  • The Wispa bar was launched
  • “Only You” by the Flying Pickets was the Xmas Number One 82

• What was the name of the dog in Fraggle Rock? Sprockett

• In Knight Rider, what does K.I.T.T.'s name stand for?

• 1st video played on MTV in 1981?

• Which 80s show centred around the activities of the Mermaid boatyard?

• How many Colours on a Rubik’s Cube? Name Them. Red Blue green orange yellow white

• In which film would you find a flux capacitor? BTTF

• How many police academy films are there? 7

• In Japanese what does Rambo mean? (a) violence (b) peace (c) mayhem B

Ive tried a few

What were the 3 rules if you ever had a mogwai?
1. Don't get them wet
2. No food after midnight
3. Sunlight kills them

• Name the Year

• • CDs went on sale for the first time?
  • The Wispa bar was launched
  • “Only You” by the Flying Pickets was the Xmas Number One

• What was the name of the dog in Fraggle Rock? Sprokit

• In Knight Rider, what does K.I.T.T.'s name stand for? No idea...sorry, not a fan of Knight Rider

• 1st video played on MTV in 1981? ....on MTV in England Dire Straits "Money For Nothing"

• Which 80s show centred around the activities of the Mermaid boatyard?

• How many Colours on a Rubik’s Cube? Name Them. 6 yellow, green, red, white, orange, and teal?

• In which film would you find a flux capacitor? Back to The Future I-III

• How many police academy films are there? In the 80's probably 5

• In Japanese what does Rambo mean? (a) violence (b) peace (c) mayhem

In the US for MTV's debut it was The Buggles-Video Killed The Radio Star