# Test your 80s knowledge **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2006, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134 "2006-01-09T10:18:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/21 "2006-01-09T16:34:18Z")
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**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/22 "2006-01-09T16:40:03Z")
A slightly different quiz perhaps, but I present you with the Brunching Shuttlecocks’ [Smartass Answers to the 80s Quiz](http://www.brunching.com/smartass80s.html) ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/23 "2006-01-09T16:40:07Z")
> [@BoBettie](#): > > I got a 65 with the advice: “No so good…Maybe you should play a little more Pac-Man?” > > Hey, I’m an 80’s girl all the way, but 50 of the questions were about 80’s TV, which I watched hardly any of. Some of the shows I hadn’t even heard of. I aced the music, though, and did pretty good on the movies. Same score, same conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/24 "2006-01-09T17:00:33Z")
I got 77. That test is TOTALLY CULTURALLY BIASED, man. I grew up listening to rap and hip-hop in the 80s, man. That music section killed me. Not ONE rap question in the entire bunch! Duran Duran? Depeche Mode? Men Without Hats? How the fuck would I know which band member Boy George was (reportedly) sleeping with? How am I supposed to know that “I’m turning Japanese” was about masturbation? Grrr. We had one oblique question about “Thriller.” There were no Cosby Show questions! There were no questions about B.A. Baracus! Nothing about the Fat Boys movies, Berry Gordy’s “The Last Dragon” or the name of the black actress in the “Thriller” video. They didn’t even reference Menudo or La Bamba! Did we really need multiple questions about “Cheers,” “Back to The Future” and “Alf?” I wuz robbed! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/25 "2006-01-09T17:10:44Z")
1. They tell me I should play more Pac Man. Which I played a lot of. All in all, not too bad for someone who graduated in '74. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/26 "2006-01-09T17:19:21Z")
Well, holy shit. I got 100. “Members Only - Perfect score! I bet you can finish a Rubik’s Cube with your legwarmers tied behind your back!” Helps that I was a very inquisitive and impressionable child during the 80s. However, I also need to get out more. Way more. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/27 "2006-01-09T17:21:53Z")
Woot, a 93, Gold Cube, I’m Rad-ilicious; “Good job. . .you’re so godo you can actually gag a spoon!” I actually knew about 70 of the answers so I felt pretty good about it, the rest were either guesses or ones I just sort of “felt out” from vague memories. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/28 "2006-01-09T17:32:46Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > How am I supposed to know that “I’m turning Japanese” was about masturbation? This is where I gave up. In addition to the grotesque spelling, according to VH1’s \*[True Spin\*](http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/true_spin/69735/episode.jhtml) show, “Turning Japanese” was _not_ about masturbation (which does upset me because I like the song better that way). The right answer (“falling in love”) was an option, so I picked it, and then I got mad and quit. But I was kicking ass, till then. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/29 "2006-01-09T17:37:21Z")
67 - wooden cube. I agree that there were entire genres that were completely ignored - what about post-punk and new wave, Run-DMC, breakdancing or pop that was actually popular (Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, “Pop goes the world,” “Safety Dance,”) god help us all? Too many TV questions. And horrible, horrible spelling. But a fun way to waste time. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/30 "2006-01-09T17:42:12Z")
So I swallowed my spelling-Nazi pride and took the rest of the test, I got a 92. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/31 "2006-01-09T17:42:18Z")
1. Also a “Brat-Packian” I’m not sure how to feel about this… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/32 "2006-01-10T01:02:04Z")
I got a 74, and Brat Packian. What killed me were the cartoon related t.v. questions. ---
**Author:** ![Atheist\_Princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Atheist\_Princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atheist_Princess)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/33 "2006-01-10T01:04:27Z")
I scored a 45 which isn’t bad for someone who wasn’t even born until the late 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/34 "2006-01-10T01:16:16Z")
1. The cartoon questions and everything Brat pack kicked my ass. I did ace the music though! ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/35 "2006-01-10T01:16:47Z")
62- I aced the music and “other” sections, but I performed poorly on the TV and movies section. All in all, not too bad a showing for a man born midway through the decade. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/36 "2006-01-10T01:20:10Z")
94, rad-ilicious. Cartoons and masturbation…grrr. ---
**Author:** ![purple\_haze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@purple\_haze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_haze)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/37 "2006-01-10T01:33:33Z")
71 - Brat Packin’. The cartoon questions are what really messed me up. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/38 "2006-01-10T01:45:58Z")
Only a 68 Knight Rider No so good…Maybe you should play a little more Pac-Man? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/39 "2006-01-10T01:54:48Z")
78 Brat Packian Silver Cube Not bad…Are you sure you’re not related to Molly Ringwald? I might have done a little better if a took a couple seconds to think about some of the questions, a few times I realized I was clicking the wrong answer a nanosecond after clicking. ---
**Author:** ![DrLoveGun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@DrLoveGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLoveGun)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/40 "2006-01-10T02:11:38Z")
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