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Decades Trivia

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. What 1970’s toy would you ask for advice

to tell you things like ‘it is certain’ and ‘reply hazy, try again later’?

a)

Stretch Armstrong

b)

Mystery Date

c)

Magic 8 Ball

d)

Zoltar

2.

2. Name the movie score (theme).

a)

Rocky

b)

Star Wars

c)

Jaws

d)

 Aliens

3.

3. What musical group had this hit song 

in 1978?

a)

The Village People

b)

Abba

c)

The Beatles

d)

The Beach Boys

4.

4. Come and knock on their door. What TV show featured roomates named Jack, Janet, and Chrissy? 

a)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

b)

Mama's Family

c)

Three's Company

d)

The Jeffersons

5.

5. What popular TV show included a blended family with six kids that showcased their

 singing skills? 

a)

The Partridge Family

b)

The Brady Bunch

c)

Eight is Enough

d)

The Archies

6.

6. What U.S. President created quite a 

“Scandal” in 1972?

a)

J.F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Jimmy Carter

7.

7. Who played the character of Danny 

in the hit 1970’s movie Grease?

a)

Tom Cruise 

b)

Patrick Swayze 

c)

Clint Eastwood

d)

John Travolta

8.

8. Name this 1971 Tune! 

a)

Imagine

b)

Let it Be

c)

Hey Jude

d)

Come Together

9.

9. What 1972 film has the famous line,

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.”?

a)

Aliens 

b)

Planet of the Apes 

c)

Scarface

d)

The Godfather

10.

10. Name the movie score (theme).

a)

Jaws

b)

Planet of the Apes

c)

Rocky

d)

The Godfather

11.

11. What popular 1980 arcade game included eating all of the dots placed in the maze while avoiding four colored ghosts?

a)

Tetris

b)

Donkey Kong

c)

Frogger

d)

Pac-Man

12.

12. Name that movie:

What 1985 John Hughes film features a group of very different high school students, all forced together for Saturday detention?

a)

Pretty in Pink

b)

The Breakfast Club

c)

Sixteen Candles

d)

Uncle Buck

13.

13. Babyland General Hospital was the "birthplace" of what line of collectible dolls that was a huge hit in the 1980s and included an individual birth certificate for each doll?

a)

Care Bears

b)

American Girl

c)

Cabbage Patch

d)

Glow Worm

14.

14. Name the movie:

The DMC sports car model, Delorean, which  is fitted with a flux capacitor to turn it into a time-traveling machine in this movie.

(a)  

15.

15. This personal computer company was founded in 1984 to later be worth 2.65 trillion dollars today. 

a)

Windows PC

b)

Dell

c)

Macintosh

d)

Linux

16.

16. This 1982 movie is considered one of the best movies of the decade. 

a)

E.T. (Extra-Terrestrial)

b)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

c)

Batman

d)

Rain Man

17.

17. What popular 1980s boy boy featured actor Donnie Wahlberg? 

a)

New Kids on the Block (NKOTB)

b)

Boyz 2 Men

c)

New Edition

d)

Duran Duran

18.

18. Name this #1 hit song in 1983.

a)

Thriller

b)

Billie Jean

c)

Beat It

d)

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

19.

19. Which popular hairstyle in the 1980s coined the phrase “Business in the front. Party in the back”.

(a)  

20.

20. Guess the Movie:

“I feel need, the need for speed”.

(a)  

21.

21. What was the first rap song to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100?

a)

“Ice, Ice, Baby”

b)

“Jump Around”

c)

“O.P.P.”

d)

“U Can’t Touch This”

22.

22. What was the best selling video game console of the 1990s?

a)

Nintendo

b)

Sony Playstation

c)

Sega

d)

Atari

23.

23. Name that tune! 

Name this 1995 Spanish pop-dance hit and pop culture phenomenon.

a)

Electric Slide

b)

Mmm..Bop

c)

Macarena

d)

Pump up the Jam

24.

24. What popular early 90s T.V. show once had the title “Good Morning Miss Bliss” which later changed its name to the iconic title of its opening song? 

a)

90210

b)

Melrose Place

c)

Boy Meets World

d)

Saved by the Bell

25.

25. What 90s T.V. sitcom has it’s opening credits on a Warner Brothers lot where the cast members dance in a fountain? 

a)

Friends

b)

Seinfeld

c)

Mad About You

d)

Frasier

26.

26. Finish this T.V show opening song lyric:

“Now, this is a story all about how

My life got flipped-turned upside down

And I'd like to take a minute

Just sit right there

I'll tell you how I became….”

(a)  

27.

27. This famous T.V. personality and singer from the 1970’s had the No. 1 hit song,“Believe”, in 1998?

a)

Olivia Newton-John

b)

Diana Ross

c)

Tina Turner

d)

Cher

28.

28. Which three letter boy band group had the hit single  “Summer Girls” in 1999? (A clothing store featured in the song became very popular in the late 90s and 2000s. )

a)

BTS

b)

BSB

c)

LFO

d)

TLC

29.

29. This 1997 James Cameron movie spent a record of 14 weeks as No. 1 at the box office.  Name the movie.

(a)  

30.

30. These collectable items were the craze in the late 1990’s. The “Princess Bear” was known to sell for over  $500,000 on eBay. What are they?

(a)  

31.

31. Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling and Keri Russell were all child actors on this show in the early 1990s.

a)

The All-New Mickey Mouse Club

b)

 All That

c)

Star Search

d)

The Real World

32.

32. In 1995 these popular cardboard circles had kids stacking em, slamming 'em, and collecting the ones that flipped. What are they?

(a)  

33.

33. In 2002, this singer won American Idol singing their debut hit song “A Moment Like This”?

a)

Jennifer Hudson

b)

Kelly Clarkson

c)

Carrie Underwood

d)

Jordin Sparks

34.

34."The Last One" was the simple name of the final episode of what TV series, which ended its tenth and final season in 2004?

a)

Lost

b)

House

c)

Friends

d)

Entrourage

35.

35. What was the name of Microsoft’s first game console released in 2001?

a)

Playstation

b)

Sega

c)

XBox

d)

Switch

36.

36. Which baseball player scored the maximum number of home runs in the 2000s?

a)

Barry Bonds

b)

Alex Rodriguez

c)

Derek Jeter

d)

Albert Pujols

37.

37. In 'Mean Girls' what are the popular girls known as?

(a)  

38.

38. What  citrus-flavored soft drink  produced by The Coca-Cola Company was discontinued in 2003 and later re-released in 2014? 

a)

Sprite

b)

Starry

c)

Squirt

d)

Surge

39.

39. Who was named the best-selling musician of 2000?

a)

Britney Spears

b)

Christina Aguilera

c)

Eminem

d)

Snoop Dogg

40.

40. “I’m from the Lou and I’m proud” is a lyric from this rapper’s debut album “Country Grammar”. 

(a)  

41.

41. Who played the leading role in the show 'Lizzie McGuire'?

a)

Miley Cyrus

b)

Jamie Lynn-Spears

c)

Hilary Duff

d)

Selena Gomez

42.

42. Name this No. 1 song from 2000.

(a)  

43.

43. This “Princess of Pop,” was the best-selling female artist of the 2000s, having sold over 100 million records globally. 

a)

Jessica Simpson

b)

Mandy Moore

c)

Britney Spears

d)

Christina Aguilera

44.

44. Which boy band from the 2000s sang this hit song?

a)

Backstreet Boys

b)

98 Degrees

c)

O-Town

d)

*NSYNC