Question | Answer | % Correct |
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What city was divided by a wall until 1989? | Berlin | 99%
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What deadly disease was first clinically observed in 1981? | AIDS | 85%
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Who was Prime Minister of the U.K. for the entire decade? | Margaret Thatcher | 83%
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What comet was visible in 1986? | {Halley}'s Comet | 81%
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Who did Diana Spencer marry? | Prince Charles | 80%
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Who directed "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", the highest grossing film of the decade? | Steven Spielberg | 79%
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What war was fought between Argentina and the United Kingdom? | Falklands War | 75%
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What world leader had a prominent birthmark on his head? | Mikhail Gorbachev | 74%
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What drug caused a crime wave in American inner cities? | Crack cocaine | 73%
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What famous musician was murdered in New York City shortly after the release of his final album "Double Fantasy"? | John Lennon | 73%
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What 1982 music album remains, to this day, the best-selling album of all-time? | Thriller | 65%
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In what city were democracy protestors massacred in 1989? | Beijing | 64%
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What Colombian drug lord became one of the world's richest people? | Pablo Escobar | 64%
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What product was commercially released for the first time, costing $4000 and having the approximate shape and weight of a brick? | Mobile phone | 63%
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What hugely-popular video game was invented in 1984 in Russia? | Tetris | 62%
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What country had a famine that killed over 400,000? | Ethiopia | 57%
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Who scored "The Goal of the Century" in the 1986 World Cup? | Diego Maradona | 55%
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What deep-fried McDonald's menu item was first introduced in 1981? | Chicken McNuggets | 53%
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What country was to blame for blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland? | Libya | 48%
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What stretchy synthetic fabric became so popular that DuPont, its creator, had trouble meeting demand? | Spandex | 46%
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