| Question |
Answer |
Wrong Answers |
| The Berlin Wall falls. |
1989 | | 85% |
| 1982 | | 1.8% |
| 1984 | | 3.4% |
| 1986 | | 5.2% |
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| Ronald Reagan is elected US president for the first time. |
1980 | | 77.7% |
|
| John Lennon is assassinated. |
1980 | | 74.3% |
| 1982 | | 11.8% |
| 1984 | | 5.9% |
| 1986 | | 3.4% |
|
| The space shuttle Challenger explodes. |
1986 | | 65.6% |
| 1982 | | 5% |
| 1984 | | 16.6% |
| 1988 | | 8.2% |
|
| The Tiananmen Square Massacre occurs. |
1989 | | 64.6% |
| 1981 | | 7.2% |
| 1984 | | 11% |
| 1986 | | 12.5% |
|
| The Chernobyl meltdown occurs. |
1986 | | 61.3% |
|
| The 'Miracle on Ice' occurs at the Winter Olympics. |
1980 | | 58.9% |
| 1982 | | 12.1% |
| 1984 | | 18.3% |
| 1988 | | 6.2% |
|
| The Falklands War occurs. |
1982 | | 58.6% |
| 1984 | | 21.1% |
| 1986 | | 10.4% |
| 1988 | | 5.1% |
|
| The US invades Grenada. |
1983 | | 58.4% |
|
| The Iran-Iraq War comes to an end. |
1988 | | 53.2% |
| 1980 | | 9% |
| 1983 | | 14.9% |
| 1985 | | 17.7% |
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| Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington. |
1980 | | 53.1% |
| 1983 | | 20.8% |
| 1986 | | 14.7% |
| 1989 | | 6.6% |
|
| Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System. |
1986 | | 52.7% |
| 1980 | | 6.3% |
| 1982 | | 14.8% |
| 1984 | | 21.3% |
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| Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' album is released. |
1982 | | 52% |
| 1985 | | 30.3% |
| 1987 | | 10.3% |
| 1989 | | 2.7% |
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| Anwar Sadat is assassinated. |
1981 | | 49.2% |
| 1984 | | 19.5% |
| 1987 | | 20.1% |
| 1989 | | 6.2% |
|
| The Exxon Valdez runs aground in Alaska. |
1989 | | 49.2% |
| 1981 | | 9.5% |
| 1983 | | 14.7% |
| 1986 | | 21.7% |
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| Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union. |
1985 | | 49.1% |
| 1981 | | 20.7% |
| 1987 | | 18.1% |
| 1989 | | 7.4% |
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| Soviet jets shoot down Korean Air Flight 007. |
1983 | | 47.1% |
| 1980 | | 11.3% |
| 1986 | | 25.2% |
| 1989 | | 11.4% |
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| Romania's leader Nicolae Ceaucescu is overthrown and executed. |
1989 | | 46.4% |
| 1982 | | 9.7% |
| 1984 | | 14.3% |
| 1987 | | 24.8% |
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| Indira Gandhi is assassinated. |
1984 | | 44.4% |
| 1982 | | 24.1% |
| 1986 | | 16.5% |
| 1988 | | 10% |
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| Pan Am Flight 103 is bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland. |
1988 | | 40.3% |
| 1980 | | 6.7% |
| 1983 | | 24.7% |
| 1985 | | 23.6% |
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Quiz Updated May 21, 2017
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