Good morning! Today we’re headed back to the 1980s, a decade of music videos, arcade games, big movies and world-changing news. Nine questions are waiting, so see how many you remember.
Which video was the very first one played when MTV launched on August 1, 1981?
In the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which candy does Elliott use to lure E.T.?
In April 1981, NASA launched the first Space Shuttle mission. What was the shuttle's name?
In which city did crowds celebrate as the famous wall opened on November 9, 1989?
Which Michael Jackson album, released in 1982, is listed by Guinness World Records as the best-selling album of all time?
In 1980, millions of viewers wondered "Who shot J.R.?" on which TV show?
Which 1980 arcade game starred a round yellow character who eats dots while chased by four ghosts?
The Rubik's Cube, a worldwide craze in the early 1980s, was invented by a professor from which country?
In 1985's Back to the Future, which sports car did Doc Brown turn into a time machine?
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