Statistics for Newsmakers of the 1980's

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
First U.S. President to have also served as president of a labor union.	Ronald Reagan	88%
One month after his NBA debut he made the cover of "Sports Illustrated" with the headline "A Star Is Born".	Michael Jordan	75%
Soviet Premiere responsible for both "Glasnost" and "Perestroika".	Mikhail Gorbachev	73%
Earns $310 million when his company goes public in 1986. In twenty years he'll be worth 165 times that.	Bill Gates	67%
On December 9, 1984, he performed with his brothers for the last time at Dodgers Stadium. Seventeen years would pass before they performed together again.	Michael Jackson	67%
Had the number one TV show in the country for five seasons. The fact that he played an OBGYN is kind of unsettling today.	Bill Cosby	64%
Filmmaker responsible for five of the ten highest grossing films of the decade and he didn't direct any of them.	George Lucas	63%
At twenty years, four months and twenty-two days, he became the youngest heavyweight champion of the world.	Mike Tyson	61%
He ended his nineteen year stint as the anchor of the "CBS Evening News" in 1981.	Walter Cronkite	61%
American gymnast who won one gold medal plus two silver and bronze medals at the 1984 Olympic Games.	Mary Lou Retton	59%
New York based filmmaker who caused plenty of controversy with his third "joint" "Do The Right Thing".	Spike Lee	59%
Vice Presidential running mate and the first woman on a major party ticket.	Geraldine Ferraro	56%
Military leader of Panama who was charged with drug trafficking and taken prisoner in 1989.	Manuel Noriega	55%
Her sketch-comedy show introduced the world to "The Simpsons".	Tracy Ullman	53%
Prolific videogame character who played the villain for the first (and we can assume only) time in "Donkey Kong, Jr.".	Mario	52%
Heavily made up lead singer of Twisted Sister.	Dee Snider	45%
The first theatrical composer to ever have three shows running simultaneously in both London and New York.	Andrew Lloyd Webber	36%
The only person thus far to host "Saturday Night Live" while still a cast member.	Eddie Murphy	36%
Bull terrier who starred in a much criticized ad campaign for Bud Light.	Spuds MacKenzie	36%
Her eponymous 1985 debut album spun off three number-one hits.	Whitney Houston	33%
Secretary of State who claimed that "I am in control here" while the president was in the hospital.	Alexander Haig	30%
Between 1984 and 1989 he wrote and directed seven films, all of which were at least partially set in the greater Chicago area.	John Hughes	30%
Had his own prime-time action series when he tagged teamed with Hulk Hogan in the first "Wrestlemania".	Mr. T	30%
Newsman who's nightly reports on the Iran-Hostage crisis lead to a late night news program which he anchored for twenty-five years.	Ted Koppel	28%
After losing the Oscar six times he decided to stay home instead of attend the 1987 ceremony. He was therefore not present when he finally did win.	Paul Newman	17%