| Question |
Answer |
Wrong Answers |
| The Berlin Wall falls. |
1989 | | 85.2% |
|
| Ronald Reagan is elected US president for the first time. |
1980 | | 78.3% |
| 1982 | | 8.5% |
| 1984 | | 7.5% |
| 1988 | | 1.3% |
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| John Lennon is assassinated. |
1980 | | 73.6% |
| 1982 | | 12.2% |
| 1984 | | 6% |
| 1986 | | 3.5% |
|
| The space shuttle Challenger explodes. |
1986 | | 65.4% |
| 1982 | | 4.9% |
| 1984 | | 16.8% |
| 1988 | | 8.2% |
|
| The Tiananmen Square Massacre occurs. |
1989 | | 64.1% |
| 1981 | | 7.5% |
| 1984 | | 11.2% |
| 1986 | | 12.5% |
|
| The Chernobyl meltdown occurs. |
1986 | | 60.7% |
| 1981 | | 9.2% |
| 1984 | | 17.1% |
| 1989 | | 8.3% |
|
| The 'Miracle on Ice' occurs at the Winter Olympics. |
1980 | | 60.5% |
| 1982 | | 11.6% |
| 1984 | | 17.3% |
| 1988 | | 6% |
|
| The Falklands War occurs. |
1982 | | 58.2% |
| 1984 | | 21.4% |
| 1986 | | 10.4% |
| 1988 | | 5.2% |
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| The US invades Grenada. |
1983 | | 58.2% |
| 1980 | | 11.2% |
| 1986 | | 19.4% |
| 1989 | | 6.1% |
|
| The Iran-Iraq War comes to an end. |
1988 | | 53.7% |
| 1980 | | 8.6% |
| 1983 | | 15% |
| 1985 | | 17.6% |
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| Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System. |
1986 | | 53% |
| 1980 | | 6.3% |
| 1982 | | 14.7% |
| 1984 | | 21% |
|
| Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington. |
1980 | | 52.8% |
| 1983 | | 21.1% |
| 1986 | | 14.8% |
| 1989 | | 6.5% |
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| Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' album is released. |
1982 | | 50.9% |
| 1985 | | 31.5% |
| 1987 | | 10.2% |
| 1989 | | 2.6% |
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| The Exxon Valdez runs aground in Alaska. |
1989 | | 49.7% |
| 1981 | | 9.5% |
| 1983 | | 14.5% |
| 1986 | | 21.2% |
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| Anwar Sadat is assassinated. |
1981 | | 49.2% |
| 1984 | | 18.9% |
| 1987 | | 20.7% |
| 1989 | | 6.1% |
|
| Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union. |
1985 | | 48.4% |
| 1981 | | 21.5% |
| 1987 | | 18.2% |
| 1989 | | 7.3% |
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| Soviet jets shoot down Korean Air Flight 007. |
1983 | | 47.6% |
| 1980 | | 11.4% |
| 1986 | | 25.1% |
| 1989 | | 10.7% |
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| Romania's leader Nicolae Ceaucescu is overthrown and executed. |
1989 | | 44.8% |
| 1982 | | 10% |
| 1984 | | 14.1% |
| 1987 | | 26.2% |
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| Indira Gandhi is assassinated. |
1984 | | 42.7% |
| 1982 | | 25.3% |
| 1986 | | 16.6% |
| 1988 | | 10.3% |
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| Pan Am Flight 103 is bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland. |
1988 | | 39.3% |
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Quiz Updated May 21, 2017
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