Question: What prime-time soap booted 60 Minutes from the top of the ratings in 1981?
Last Question: What chew candies were hyped in ads where folks were conked by giant falling fruits?
Answer: Bonkers!
Tag Archives: 80s Commercials
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 3/17/22
Question: What were the years of the television show, Remington Steele‘s original run on NBC TV in the United States?
A. 1983 to 1988
B. 1981 to 1986
C. 1986 to 1991
D. 1982 to 1987
Last Question: What craft toy involved cutting plastic figures, coloring them in, and then baking them in the oven?
Answer: Shrinky Dinks
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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 3/11/22
Question: What is the relationship between He-Man and She-Ra?
A. Brother and sister
B. Cousins
C. Friends
D. Divorced couple
Last Question: What commercial mascots got so popular they had their own primetime special?
A. Snap, Crackle and Pop
B. The M&M’s guys
C. California Raisins
D. Cinnamon Toast Crunch chefs
Answer: C. California Raisins
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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 2/2/22
Question: In the film Harlem Nights, what is the name of the speakeasy where Eddie Murphy’s character works?
Last Question: Complete the commercial jingle:
Get a little closer, now don’t be shy. Get a little closer, with _____________
A. Arrid Extra Dry
B. Big Red
C. Close-Up Toothpaste
D. Doublemint Gum
Answer: A. Arrid Extra Dry
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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 11/12/21
Question: What is the real name of Baby in ‘Dirty Dancing’?
Last Question: Which Company Introduced The First Mobile Phone To The United States In 1983?
Answer: Motorola
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 10/25/21
Question: Which movie of the Halloween franchise did not feature Michael Myers?
Last Question: In 1988, what new “Ken” doll played in “Barbie’s” rock band while sporting a silver metallic suit and platinum blond hair?
Answer: Rocker Ken
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 10/20/21
Question: What show was I Love the 80s: Strikes Back panelist John Fugelsang referring to when he said, “I was just happy to see Kunta Kinte in space.”?
Last Question: What video game company released the Megamania game cartridge in 1982?
Answer: Activision
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 10/5/21
Question: What 1980 miniseries told the story of an English ship navigator named “Major John Blackthorne” in feudal Japan?
Last Question: 7-UP introduced what fruit-flavored variation in early 1987?
Answer: Cherry 7-UP
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 8/5/21
Question: On Valerie, who played the family matriarch after actress Valerie Harper left the show?
Last Question: What doll made by Kenner Toys required its owners to change its diapers because it wet its pants?
Answer: Baby Alive
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 8/2/21
Question: In History of the World, Part I, who played Moses?
Last Question: What was the catchphrase in Bo Jackson’s Nike ads?
Answer: Bo Knows
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