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03/10/2026 1980’S Trivia   Leave a comment

Here’s the fifth and last installment of the retro trivia series. I hope you’ve had as much fun with them as I had putting them together. The answers will be listed below. See how you do.

  • What craze included terms like “handglide” and backslide”?
  • Whose visit to South Korea in May, 1984, promoted the tightest security in that nations history?
  • What brand of sweetener did G.D. Searle & Company put on the market in 1983?
  • The U.S. mining of what nation’s harbors caused a congressional uproar in April, 1984?
  • What was the name of Jesse Jackson’s hoped for coalition?

  • What was the bug that caused havoc in California?
  • Who was shot and killed at the airport in Manila in 1983?
  • What group in 1981 was compensated $5,000.00 per person for their unusual stint overseas?
  • Seven people died after popping these cyanide-spiked pills?
  • In what nation did a Soviet submarine find itself beached in 1981?

BONUS QUESTION

What celebrated figures were married in St. Paul’s Cathedral?

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Answers

Breakdancing, Pope John Paul II, NutraSweet, Nicaragua, The Rainbow Coalition, Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Benigno Aguino, The Iranian Hostages, Extra Strength Tylenol, Sweden, BONUS-Prince Charles & Lady Diana Spencer,

TA! DA!

03/03/2026 1950’s Trivia   Leave a comment

Here is the next installment of more retro trivia facts from the 1950’s. Lets see if you can improve on your score from the 1940’s quiz. As always the answers will be listed below. Have fun!

  • How man presidents were elected in the 1950’s?
  • Name the pope elected in 1958.
  • Who did George Jorgensen become?
  • Name the first atomic submarine.
  • What lamp reached it’s height of popularity in the 1950’s?

  • What British king died in 1952?
  • The Ford Motor Company has never lived down the failure of what car, introduced in the 50’s?
  • Name the political group that was established in 1950 by H.N. Arrowsmith, Jr,
  • Established in 1953, NASA stands for what?
  • What Russian word, popularized in the late 1950’s , means “fellow wayfarer”?

BONUS Question

Where did the unoccupied Soviet spacecraft Lunik journey?

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Answers

One, John XXIII, Christine Jorgensen, The Nautilus, Pole Lamp, King George VI, The Edsel, The American Nazi Party, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Sputnik, BONUS- To the Moon,

THE 1960’S ARE NEXT