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1. What 1980s sitcom theme song begins with the line: Believe it or not, Im walking on air?
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2. What was the name of Mr. Drummonds daughter in TVs Diffrent Strokes?
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3. What soap opera did actress Demi Moore star in before beginning her movie career?
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4. In 1985, who first took off his trousers in the launderette to advertise Levis 501 jeans?
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5. What two countries did Princess Diana visit on her first overseas royal tour in 1983?
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6. Which Hollywood star played the 1st Irishman in movie The Long Good Friday?
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7. Which 1986 British cult film starred Richard E Grant and Paul McGann?
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8. In which year did Gandhi win Best Film at the Academy Awards?
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9. Kevin Kline won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1988 for his role in which UK film?
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10. What performer released the 1985 album Hounds of Love?
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11. What artist recorded the song Hand in Glove with the band The Smiths?
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12. Whos 1982 song Modern Girl was both a debut song and a huge hit for the artist?
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13. The song Caravan of Love was a number one hit in the 1980s for which band?
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14. What Australian artist had the best selling album in the UK in 1988?
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15. In 1983, who described the Labour Partys General Election Manifesto as the longest suicide note in history?
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16. Actor Hugh Laurie rowed for which University in the 1980 Boat Race?
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17. Which British golfer won the Womens US Open in 1987?
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18. At which Olympics did Daley Thompson set his fourth and final world record?
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19. Who is the only woman to have held the European, World, Commonwealth and Olympic 400 metre hurdles titles at the same time?
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20. In which year was TVs Brookside first broadcast?
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21. In which year did the TV series Tuckers Luck begin?
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22. TVs Bread is set in which city?
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23. Name the holiday camp in TVs Hi De Hi.
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24. Who was the male lead in TVs Just Good Friends?
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25. Which British actress appeared in both the TV series Dynasty and Tenko?
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26. What was the call sign of Maverick’s second in the movie Top Gun?
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27. Who wrote the novel The Commitments in 1988?
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28. Susanne Sulley and Joanne Catherall were members of which 80s band?
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29. Who claimed it was the hand of god that led him to put the ball in the net during the FIFA World Cup 1986 Quarter Final?
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30. What Australian playwright wrote The Club in 1977?
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31. What Australian TV soap featured a pet wombat called Fatso?
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32. What actress played the teddy-bear-clutching Doreen Anderson in TVs Prisoner?
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33. What 1980s soap was based on the intertwined lives of two families, the working class Palmers and the well off Hamiltons?
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34. At the very end of the UK sitcom The Young Ones, the gang drive a double decker through a billboard advertising which famous singer?
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35. What does Alf stand for in the 1980s sitcom Alf?
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36. Which star of the movie An Officer and a Gentleman provided the voice of E.T.?
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37. What actor went from Beggar to Broker in the movie Trading Places?
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38. What was the name of the bartender on TVs The Love Boat?
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39. Which movie stars the impressive line-up of Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Shirley MacClaine, Dolly Parton and Darryl Hannah?
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40. In what movie did a chilling Jack Nicholson spell Murder backwards in blood?
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41. Which of Azaria Chamberlains parents served time in prison for her 1980 murder and was later released?
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42. What body of water did the oil tanker Exxon Valdez leak oil into in 1989?
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43. What group sings The Supernanny theme song Johnny be Good?
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44. What singer/songwriter used to have a back-up band call The Coloured Girls?
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45. Name the Hoodoo Gurus first album, released in 1984.
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46. Who is older, musicians Neil or Tim Finn?
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47. What 1980 Richard Gere movie used Blondies song Call Me as its theme song?
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48. What deceased rocker was born by the name Frederick Bulsara?
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49. Which member of the group KISS is known for his long tongue?
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50. Who released the album titled Appetite for Destruction?
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51. The film clip for which 1989 Cher song was set on a Navy battleship?
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52. Who sang the hit song Bette Davis Eyes in 1981?
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53. What was the name of the group that asked people to Pass the dutchie from the left hand side in 1983?
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54. Blue Monday was a hit song in 1983 for which band?
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55. What rocker wed band manager Sharon Arden in 1982?
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56. What singer wrote the song Manic Monday for the 80s group The Bangles?
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57. What band had a hit with the song Love Shack in 1989?
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58. What 1980s Latin dance craze was named after the Portuguese word meaning crack of a whip?
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59. What did rock group KISS deliberately forget in their 1983 MTV appearance?
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60. Who skippered the Australia II to America’s Cup victory in 1983?
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61. Who caused an international cricket uproar when he delivered an underarm bowl against New Zealand in 1981?. .
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62. What athlete was a member of the 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 US Olympic teams?
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63. In the American sitcom, what planet was ALF from?
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64. In the TV. series Knight Rider what did KITT stand for?
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65. Knots Landing was a spin-off of what show?
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66. Of what 80s TV show is Frasier a spin-off?
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67. On Diffrent Strokes, what pet did Arnold keep in his room?
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68. On The Cosby Show, what were Cliff and Clairs occupations?
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69. What TV show was about an ex-model and a private detective who ran the Blue Moon Detective Agency?
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70. What type of car was The General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard?
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71. Who was Alex P. Keatons political idol on Family Ties?
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72. Which airline does Dustin Hoffmans character in the movie Rainman say is the worlds safest?
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73. Name the town in Scotland where a terrorist bomb exploded on a Pan-Am aircraft in 1988, killing 270 people, including towns people.
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74. Which band released the album The Joshua Tree?
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75. Name the four students sharing a house in the TV series The Young Ones.
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76. Who was the Paranoid Android with a Brain the size of a planet in A Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy?
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77. What type of car could travel in time in the Back to the Future movies?
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78. What actor stared as Roger Rabbits human friend in the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
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79. What is Jennifer Greys unfortunate nickname in the movie Dirty Dancing?
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80. What movie is the following quote from: I have a brain for business and a body for sin?
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81. What 70s and 80s game show featured Peter, the Phantom Puller, and Ugly Dave Grey?
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82. What actor founded the Sundance Institute in 1981, and the Sundance Film Festival in 1985?
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83. Which character invented the time-travelling DeLorean in the Back to the Future movies?
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84. What was Princess Dianas maiden name?
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85. What year did Diana marry the Prince of Wales?
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86. What disorder was Diana suffering from in 1987 triggered by the breakdown of her marriage?
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87. At what venue was the 1985 disaster, involving the soccer teams Liverpool and Juventus?
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88. What actress began her career as Wondergirl and went on to receive three Academy Award nominations for movies such as Terms of Endearment?
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89. During the filming of which Brat Pack movie did Demi Moore and Emelio Estervez begin dating?
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90. In what year was the movie St Elmos Fire released internationally?
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91. What event caused Samanthas family to forget her birthday in the movie Sixteen Candles?
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92. Which Brat Pack movie is the following quote from: My best friends sisters boyfriends brothers girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid whos going with a girl who saw him pass out at 31 Flavours last night. I guess its pretty serious.
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93. Which Brat Packer played John Bender in the movie The Breakfast Club?
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94. Which Brat Packer played the lead in the movie Sixteen Candles?
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95. How many Oscars did the movie Amadeus win?
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96. Name the monitoring station used to control the area into and out of East Berlin before 1989.
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97. Which general took Argentina into the Falklands War?
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98. Name the three actresses who played the Witches of Eastwick in the movie of that title.
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99. Prior to playing James Bond, which TV series detective did Pierce Brosnan portray?
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100. What actor played Alex P. Keaton in TVs Family Ties?
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101. What actor played Iceman in the movie Top Gun?
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102. What was the name of Roseannes gay boss in the sitcom Rosanne?
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103. Im still standing was a hit song for which performer?
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104. Jeff Fatt and Anthony Fields from the Wiggles played in which popular Australian band in the 1980s?
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105. Rick Allen, the drummer from which legendary band, lost his arm in a 1984 auto accident?
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106. What band was headed by the legendary Doc Neeson?
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107. What was 80s group Culture Clubs first number one single?
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108. Who replaced Glen Shorrock in the Little River Band?
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109. Who re-released Gloria Joness song Tainted Love in the 1980s?
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110. What was Australian athlete Debbie Flintoff-Kings specialist Olympic event?
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111. For what movie did John Cleese receive a Best Screenplay Academy Award nomination?
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112. Which film introduced the character Freddy Krueger to horror fans?
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113. In the movie ‘Friday the 13th’, what piece of sporting equipment does Jason wear on his face?
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114. Which Australian group achieved a number one record in the US in 1981?
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115. At the beginning of the movie ‘Beaches’, two young girls, CC Bloom and Hillary Whitney Essex, meet on a beach in which city?
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116. In 1989, what was the largest city in the world ever to declare martial law?
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117. What two players contested the epic 1980 men’s Wimbledon Final, taking one set to the 34th point in the tie-break?
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118. What ‘Wham!’ song proclaims: ‘I’m never gonna dance again, guilty feet have got no rhythm’?
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119. Woody Harrelson starred in which popular TV series before becoming a movie star?
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120. Which singer does Rick idolize in the British sitcom ‘The Young Ones’?
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121. Breakfast at Sweethearts’ was a hit song and album for which band?.
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122. What organization launched the first clone of an IBM personal computer in 1984?
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123. What 1986 movie remains the highest-grossing Australian-made film of all time?
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124. In what movie does Patrick Swayze say the words ‘Nobody puts Baby in a corner’?
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125. What 1980 movie was based around the students at New York City High School for the Performing Arts?
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126. What American state is private investigator Magnum P.I. based in?
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127. What rocker released an album in 1981 with her band ‘the Blackhearts’ entitled ‘I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll’?
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128. A hospital in which US city suspended workers in 1980 for betting on when patients would die?
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129. What is Clair Huxtable profession in ‘The Cosby Show’?
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130. What performer’s hair caught fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984?
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131. What were the first names of the Simon brothers in TV’s ‘Simon and Simon’?
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132. What 80s American group released the song ‘Gangsters of Love’?
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133. What cosmic band released a song called ‘Quiche Lorraine’ in 1980?
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134. In 1988, who had a hit with Elvis Presley’s song ‘Always on my Mind’?
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135. What group recorded the album ‘Emotional Rescue’ in 1980?
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136. Who covered the Beatles song ‘Helter Skelter’ in 1988?
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137. What is the. theme song for the Bette Midler movie ‘Beaches’?
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138. In which office based film did Dolly Parton make her screen acting debut?
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139. Who stars as Roy Hobbs in the baseball movie The Natural?
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140. Played by Charlie Sheen, what was Rich Vaughns nickname in the baseball movie Major League?
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141. What basketball team averaged 126.5 points per game during the 1981-82 season, setting a new NBA record?
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142. What Kurt Russell movie is based on the true story of the 1980 United States Olympic Hockey Team who defeated the mighty Russians?
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