The 80's

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1.

The Berlin Wall fell during what year?

1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
None of the above.
I don't know.
2.

Which Stephen Spielberg directed, blockbuster film, was released in 1982?

Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
E. T. the Extraterrestrial
Jurassic Park
I don't know.
3.

In 1988, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the policy known as Glasnost to the Soviet Union. What does glasnost mean?

Freedom
Democracy
Openness
Free-enterprise
Reform
I don't know.
4.

In 1983 U.S President Ronald Reagan announced a new defense plan titled what?

Star Wars
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
Advanced Missile Defense System (AMDS)
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
The Screen Actors Guild
I don't know.
5.

The Chernobyl disaster that occurred on April 26, 1986 in the Ukraine refers to what kind of event?

An outbreak of tuberculosis.
An earthquake.
A nuclear power-plant accident.
Economic collapse.
A combination of tornadoes and flooding.
I don't know.
6.

In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to do what?

Be appointed to the Supreme Court.
Travel in space.
Become C.E.O of a major corporation.
Undergo a sex-change operation.
Win the Nobel Peace Prize.
I don't know.
7.

In 1982, the best-selling album of all time was released by what recording artist(s)?

Pink Floyd
Michael Jackson
Whitney Houston
Fleetwood Mac
Madonna
I don't know.
8.

The followers of infamous cult leader Sun Myung Moon were commonly referred to as what?

God's Children
The Servants of God
The Chosen
Moonies
Sunshiners
I don't know.
9.

In 1984, India's Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi died. How did she die?

She suffered a fatal heart attack.
From complications of malnutrition.
She was murdered.
She drowned.
By ingesting poison.
I don't know.
10.

In 1987, DNA was first used to do what?

Create a clone.
Cure mental illness.
Increase intelligence.
Convict criminals.
Determine sexual orientation.
I don't know.
Before judging a person's actions as wrong, ask yourself what would make someone behave that way.
"Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
Eleanor Roosevelt
When life shuts a door, open it again. It's a door...that's how they work.
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