Published: Sunday 29th August 2021A free history quiz about people and events in the 1980s.
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What was Europe's first cable and satellite channel after first broadcasting in April 1982?
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Who made her last appearance in "Coronation Street" in April 1980?
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Which nation won the America's cup in 1983, the first to end the USA's 132 dominance of the trophy?
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Released in 1985 what was the title of Roger Moore's last movie as James Bond?
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Who in 1987 became the first artist to win the Eurovision Song Contest on two occasions?
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The MV Mi Amigo sank off the English coast in March 1980, which pirate radio station did it house?
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What compilation album, first released in 1981, became the all-time best selling album in the UK?
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Which team won their first Super Bowl title in 1983?
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Which car manufacturer opened their factory in Sunderland in 1986?
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In what year did Disney's EPCOT Centre first open it's doors to the public?
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What was formed in March 1988 by the merging of the Liberal and Social Democratic parties?
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Who achieved dart's first televised nine-dart finish in 1984?
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Which politician caused havoc in the egg market in 1988 when she stated that most were infected with Salmonella?
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Nicknamed the "Loonie" what coin was introduced into Canadian currency in 1987?
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Where in London did the marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer take place in 1981?
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Which annual sporting event made its debut at Madison Square Gardens in 1985?
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Which London newspaper closed on October 1st 1980?
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Where were the 1984 Summer Olympics held?
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What controversial tax was introduced in Scotland in 1989 by Margaret Thatcher?
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Where in Ukraine did a nuclear power plant explode in 1986 killing over 4,000 people and extensive ecological damage?
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