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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!