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The 1980s Internet Scavenger Hunt Using the internet, try to answer as many of these questions as you can.

Submit your answers on a word document to mrscafaro@gmail.com. 1. In which Fox TV show did Johnny Depp play an undercover cop in high school?_ 2. Name the couple united in the marriage of the decade. _ 3. Name the oil tanker that crashed in Alaska and led to one of the most harmful spills in American history. _ 4. In 1981, two famous men were shot in assassination attempts. Name them. 5. What year did the space shuttle Challenger have its first flight? 6. What were the colors of a Rubik's Cube? _ 7. What two countries fought in the Falklands War? 8. Who launched the programs of glasnost and perestroika? 9. Name the author of Satanic Verses, who was issued a death sentence by the Ayatollah. 10. Name the three Canadian Prime Ministers who held office in 1984. 11. Name the author of the novel Schlinders' List. 12. What year was the MacIntosh computer (with mouse) launched? 13. Who had a hit with the song Mickey? _ 14. What was the first video played on MTV? _ 15. When did the Tiananmen Square massacre occur? _ 16. Name three of the popular fashions of the 1980s. 17. Name the movie that used the first product placement - Reece's Pieces. 18. Who was the first woman in space? _ 19. This film had the quotation - Nobody puts Baby in a corner! Name it. 20. What film had the quotation - Hello.McFly! 21. What was the top TV show in 1987? 22. What show of the 1980s featured Andy Griffith as a lawyer from Atlanta? (Hint: I hear that the seniors in the Springfield Retirement Castle would definitely know this one!). 23. What TV show featured Michael J. Fox as the character Alex P. Keaton? 24. Millions of people read Stephen King novels during the decade. Name four novels that he wrote in the 1980s. 25. What group featured the lead singer of the androgynous Boy George? 26. What city hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics? 27. What city hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics? _ 28. What film had the quotation - I feel the need, the need for speed! 29. They are cute! They are tiny! They are blue! Who are they? _ 30. Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael are otherwise known as 31. What group had a hit with the song Love Shack? _ 32. Name two of the huge money making musicals of the 1980s. _ _ 33. Name the singer whose album Born in the USA went platinum. 34. What film had the quotation - "Life can pass you by if you don't stop and take a look around." _ 35. Name the film that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. 36. What band got their name from the 1960's movie Barbarella? 37. Who sang "I Want My MTV" on the Dire Straits song "Money For Nothing"? 38. Who was the female Prime Minister of England throughout the eighties? _ 39. Which sitcom star liked to eat cats? _ 40. List two movies from the 80's about Vietnam. One starred Charlie Sheen, the other Robin Williams. 41. What movie contained the characters "Mavrick," and "Goose?" .

42. List five "Big Hair" bands of the 1980's. 43. Who was Tom Cruise's second wife? 44. Which music group wanted you to "Walk like an Egyptian"? 45. When you hear a strange sound in the middle of the night..."Who you gonna call?" 46. This TV show had weekly fights between Alexis and Krystal. 47. Who were the two "Coreys" from multiple movies in the 1980's? 48. What was President Reagan's quote to the Soviet leader Gorbechev? 49. What were three female fashion trends from the 1980's? 50. Which volcano erupted in Washington State in the 1980's?

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