# Test your 80s knowledge
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134
**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
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/41 "2006-01-10T02:12:22Z")
1. I didn’t watch TV during the '80’s. The music questions were stupid, IMO.
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### Author:  [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/42 "2006-01-10T02:26:13Z")
I agree, **Askia**. They sampled a bunch of movies–_Breakfast Club_, _St. Elmo’s Fire_, _Sixteen Candles_]–but they were all in the same genre. And although I’m a fan of Duran Duran and the Culture Club, it wouldn’t have killed them to put in more trivia from other genres.
They need a black version of this test.
1. Which movie features a jheri-curl-wearin’ shogun?
2. I’m scratching a Buddhist prayer wheel like it’s a record. Who am I?
3. Who rapped about brass monkeys and fighting for the right to party?
4. What’s the name of the dance named after a popular doll of the 80s?
5. Who was Prince’s rival in _Purple Rain_?
6. What character says “jamming on the one” in front of Stevie Wonder?
7. Who played Willis’s girlfriend on _Diff’rent Strokes_?
The test needs shit like this to be legit, man.
I got a 66. Damn all internet tests to hell.
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### Author:  [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/43 "2006-01-10T02:31:45Z")
Just 55 for me. I think I missed all but one in the TV section …
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### Author:  [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/44 "2006-01-10T02:48:34Z")
1. Apparently I wasn’t watching enough tv in the 80s (I’m sure my parents would’ve loved that argument: “But Moooommmm, I need to stay up just a little bit longer so I can ace a quiz on the internet in 20 years.”) Good to know I wasn’t the only one breathing a sigh of relief when the music section _finally_ came up.
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### Author:  [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/45 "2006-01-10T02:59:30Z")
I got 69, platinum cube - Members Only
I got murdered on the TV section, I wasn’t allowed to watch TV as a kid. I got a few right about Fraggle Rock, The Smurfs, Growing Pains, and a few obvious ones but that’s about it. Thank goodness for movies and music.
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### Author:  [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/46 "2006-01-10T04:18:49Z")
67/100. I found one question that wasn’t right, though I managed to guess the correct answer for that one anyway. It asked “Who was the leader of the Transformers?” and gave both Megatron and Optimus Prime as options. They were the leaders of their respective rival factions (Decepticons/Autobots) but AFAIK neither were ever the leader of the Transformer community as a whole.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/47 "2006-01-10T04:55:37Z")
1. I’m so disappointed. It was the tv section that did me in, too - I’ve never seen an episode of many of those question shows, in spite of the fact I graduated high school in '84.
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### Author:  [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/48 "2006-01-10T05:31:51Z")
57 - Knight Rider, Wooden Cube.
I was born in '81, and the group of people who would be watching He-Man, Thundercats and The Smurfs does not overlap much with those watching Cheers, Taxi, and Growing Pains.
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### Author:  [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/49 "2006-01-10T05:52:34Z")
1.
Not too horrid, considering I was born in 86 and grew up on far more classical music and PBS than whatever godawful 80’s pop and Cartoon Network.
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### Author:  [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/50 "2006-01-10T06:35:59Z")
68/100. I missed most of the music ones, did fairly well on the others.
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/51 "2006-01-10T07:07:55Z")
1. I missed all the damn cartoon questions. I never watched cartoons.
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### Author:  [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/52 "2006-01-10T13:31:39Z")
> [@monstro](#):
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> I agree, **Askia**. They sampled a bunch of movies–_Breakfast Club_, _St. Elmo’s Fire_, _Sixteen Candles_]–but they were all in the same genre. And although I’m a fan of Duran Duran and the Culture Club, it wouldn’t have killed them to put in more trivia from other genres.
>
> They need a black version of this test.
>
> 1. Which movie features a jheri-curl-wearin’ shogun?
Predator?
> [@](#):
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> 1. I’m scratching a Buddhist prayer wheel like it’s a record. Who am I?
Murray Head!
> [@](#):
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> 1. Who raped brass monkeys for the right to party?
The Beastiality Boys, duh!
> [@](#):
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> 1. What’s the name of the dance named after a popular doll of the 80s?
The Worm?..we were poor.
> [@](#):
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> 1. Who was Prince’s rival in _Purple Rain_?
Acid Rain.
> [@](#):
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> 1. What character says “jamming on the one” in front of Stevie Wonder?
I forget his name, but he’s the guy with one testicle.
> [@](#):
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> 1. Who played Willis’s girlfriend on _Diff’rent Strokes_?
Easy, Gary Coleman.
What do I win?
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### Author:  [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/53 "2006-01-10T15:13:04Z")
> [@monstro](#):
>
> I agree, **Askia**. They sampled a bunch of movies–_Breakfast Club_, _St. Elmo’s Fire_, _Sixteen Candles_]–but they were all in the same genre. And although I’m a fan of Duran Duran and the Culture Club, it wouldn’t have killed them to put in more trivia from other genres.
>
> They need a black version of this test.
>
> 1. Which movie features a jheri-curl-wearin’ shogun?
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> 2. I’m scratching a Buddhist prayer wheel like it’s a record. Who am I?
>
> 3. Who rapped about brass monkeys and fighting for the right to party?
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> 4. What’s the name of the dance named after a popular doll of the 80s?
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> 5. Who was Prince’s rival in _Purple Rain_?
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> 6. What character says “jamming on the one” in front of Stevie Wonder?
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> 7. Who played Willis’s girlfriend on _Diff’rent Strokes_?
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> The test needs shit like this to be legit, man.
>
> I got a 66. Damn all internet tests to hell.
I got 90/100. I’m rad-ilicious! Now for **monstro** ’s test. FTR, I’m extra super white.
1. The Last Dragon, sho’nuff!!
2. Eddie Murphy, in _The Golden Child_
3. The Beastie Boys
4. The Cabbage Patch
5. Morris Day and the Time
6. Theo Huxtable
7. Janet Jackson
I’m ready for my afro Mr. Demille! 😃
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### Author:  [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/54 "2006-01-10T15:44:00Z")
I only got 56 right. Could that be because I was born in 1980 and don’t remember the first 5-6 years of the 80s??
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### Author:  [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/55 "2006-01-10T16:10:17Z")
1. Spoon gagger. Ha Ha.
I went to college in the 80’s and had much fun. The only TV I watched was lunchtime at the Pizza Hut and it was always on MTV. At least I got the news events right, I just missed all the TV, most of the movie, and maybe a third of the music stuff.
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### Author:  [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/56 "2006-01-10T16:23:16Z")
84, but I was class of '88 and a latchkey kid so I have an edge.
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### Author:  [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/57 "2006-01-10T16:49:58Z")
> [@TommyTutone](#):
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> 84, but I was class of '88 and a latchkey kid so I have an edge.
I would have expected better from someone actually named for a minor 80’s icon. 😉
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### Author:  [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/58 "2006-01-10T19:36:42Z")
I got an 85. And yes, their spelling is horrid.
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### Author:  [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/59 "2006-01-10T20:19:21Z")
> [@Dante](#):
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> I got 90/100. I’m rad-ilicious! Now for **monstro** ’s test. FTR, I’m extra super white.
You absolutely got _flava_, **Dante**. Hella flava.
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-80s-knowledge/339134/60 "2006-01-10T21:01:46Z")
**monstro** , I am so impressed with your example, I have decided to take heed.
MUSIC - 12 questions
MUTLTIPLE CHOICE.
1. In what direction does one pass the dutchy?
a) on the blackhand side
b) on the left hand side
c) to the east, my brother, to the east.
d) WEST SIDE, beeytotch!
1. What does the letters of KRS-ONE (of Boogie Down Producations) stand for?
a) Kris’ Righteous Sounds Of Nubian Energy
b) Kwanzaa Remains Simple - Open New Efforts
c) Khemet Rise - Saction Our Negro Evolution
d) Knowledge Rules Supreme Over Nearly Everyone
1. According to song, where’s the Bristol Hotel? \*
a) Queens
b) Brooklyn
c) Bronx
d) Manhattan
- Extra points if you know the rapper.
1. Who did Kangol, Dr. Ice and EMD, The Educated Rapper vie for a date with?
a) Mona Lisa
b) Roxanne
c) Roxanne Shante
d) MC Lyte
SHORT ANSWER. IMPRESS ME WITH YOUR RAP-FU BY NOT CHEATING ON “GOOGLE.”
5. Forget east coast and west coast rappers. Name the Grammy-nominated song AND the pioneering 10-member rap crew from midwest that dominated the radio and video charts in early 1985.
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1. Who said, “I don’t get even, I get odd, Todd?” From whence in the nethers did this come from?
* * *
1. Name the three (rotating) hosts of Yo! MTV Raps. For extra points, what BET show did “Da Mayor” host?
* * *
EASY, 'CUZ I LUH U
8. This song’s lyrics include the phrase, “It’s like a jungle sometimes…”
1. The classic four cornerstones of hip-hop culture are MC-ing, DJ-ing and what other two elements…?
a) basketball and big bodacious booties
b) graffitti and breakdancing
c) basketball and graffiti
d) turntabling and rapping
BIT MORE CHALLENGING
10. What Jamaican national is known as the father of hip-hop?
LET’S SEE IF YOU WERE PAYING AT ALL ATTENTION TO ME EARLIER
11. Her first and last name had a total of six letters. She was MJs girlfriend in “Thriller.” [This chick is still fine as hell.](http://www.geocities.com/payamjj/Thriller.JPG) Uhm uhm uhm.
GRANDMASTER STATUS:
12. Match the 80s rapper with their real first name!
a) Dana
b) Calvin
c) O’Shea
d) Clive
e) Andre
f) Robert
g) Lolita
1. Dr. Dre (of NWA)
2. Dr. Dre (of Yo MTV raps)
3. Queen Latifah
4. Roxanne Shante
5. DJ Kool Herc
6. Snoop Doggy Dogg
7. Ice Cube
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