Statistics for 1980's: A-Z #2

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
B	This bands 1986 album Slippery When Wet included such chart-toppers as "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Living on a Prayer."	Bon Jovi	96%
R	Sylvester Stalone first played this iconic character in the 1982 film First Blood.	John Rambo	84%
P	What singer had a fondness for "Little Red Corvette(s)" and "Raspberry Baret(s)?"	Prince	76%
K	David Hasselhofs prime time, four wheeled co-star.	K.I.T.T.	71%
J	Civil Rights leader who vied for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988.	Jesse Jackson	69%
M	With the aid of prostetics, actor Matt Frewer became this computer generated talking head.	Max Headroom	59%
Q	After comparing himself to John F. Kennedy, his opponent in the Vice Presidential debate, Sen. Lloyd Bensten of Texas retorted "Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."	Dan Quayle	57%
F	Film that put Sean Penn on the map as Jeff Spicoli.	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	57%
V	Winner of the infamous "format war" of the early home video era.	VHS	55%
C	This NBC show premired in 1982 and was ranked at number 74 in the Nielson Ratings. It was rated number one during the 1990-1991 TV season.	Cheers	51%
Y	Incredibly lousy compact car imported from a country that would cease to exist two years after the decade ended.	Yugo	51%
W	Ooops. Matthew Broderick accidently starts World War III in this movie.	War Games	47%
G	Before writing the graphic novel "Maus," cartoonist Art Spiegelman drew these utterly depraved trading cards put out by the Topps company.	Garbage Pail Kids	45%
O	Francis Ford Coppola discovered a plethora of future superstars when he adapted this S.E. Hinton novel for the screen in 1984.	The Outsiders	39%
X	Before it was a televised talent contest, this was the name of an X-Men spin-off.	X-Factor	39%
L	Lead singer of Cult Jam with a very repetitive last name.	Lisa Lisa	37%
T	In 1989 hundreds if not thousands of student protesters (there's no official body count) were killed during a demenstration in this iconic public space in Beijing.	Tiananmen Square	37%
A	Won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1981 and the Oscar for Best Picture in '84.	Amadeus	33%
I	During his first few years in New York, Howard Stern declared that this fellow D.J. was his arch enemy.	Don Imus	33%
E	Became the new CEO of the Walt Disney Company in 1984.	Michael Eisner	29%
S	Broadway composer-lyricist who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama for his 1984 musical Sunday in the Park with George."	Stephen Sondheim	27%
U	Former Milwaukee Brewer turned sportscaster. Nicknamed "Mr. Baseball" by Johnny Carson. Played the Dad on Mr. Belvedere.	Bob Uecker	22%
N	Ill fated product that the above used to advertise.	New Coke	22%
H	Following Ronald Reagan's non-fatal assasination attempt in 1980, this Secretary of State eroneously stated that "I'm In Charge Here."	Alexander Haig	18%
D	This was the only videogame in which Mario played the bad guy.	Donkey Kong, Jr.	6%
Z	Los Angeles pay cable channel that ceased operations after 1989.	Z Channel	2%