Choose a font size: A A A

Home > Miscellaneous > User Submitted Miscellaneous Quizzes > The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1985

Site Index › Home/What's New › About Us › Submission History › Quiz Authors › Latest Comments › Random Quiz › Search Quizzes › Messageboard

Music Index › Latest Music Quizzes › Album Discography › Album Cover Guess › Album Cover Sort › Band Name Hangman › Band Nationality › Song Year Order › Match Song to a Band › Which Song Came First › Submit a Music Quiz

Movies Index › Latest Movie Quizzes › Match Actor to a Movie › Who Played a Character › Famous Directors › Sort the Movies › Which is Older › Movie Quotes › Movie Title Hangman › Submit a Movie Quiz

Television Index › Latest TV Quizzes › Match Actor to a Show › Who Played a Character › Which Network › Which Ran Longer › Order by # of Episodes › Show Year Order › Which Debuted First › TV Show Title Hangman › TV Show Quotes › Submit a TV Quiz

Miscellaneous Index › Latest Misc. Quizzes › Arcade Name Hangman › Submit a Misc Quiz

The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1985

1985 - I was in the 10th Grade in High School
Let's see how much you remember about 1985

Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye

Bookmark at Del.icio.us

Bookmark at Digg

Bookmark at Furl

Bookmark at Kinja

Bookmark at Linkagogo

Bookmark at Magnolia

Bookmark at Newsvine

Bookmark at reddit

Bookmark at Squidoo

Bookmark at Technorati

Bookmark at Yahoo My Web

Bookmark at AskJeeves

Bookmark at Google

Bookmark at MediaMatrix

Bookmark at PubSub

Bookmark at Rojo

Bookmark at Windows Live Favorites

1. In what city did a 8.1 earthquake hit on September 19, 1985?

San Francisco, California
Tokyo, Japan
Anchorage, Alaska
Mexico City, Mexico

2. Where did Pres. Reagan meet with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for the first time on November 19, 1985?

on a ship off the coast of Malta
New York City
Reyjavik, Iceland
Geneva, Switzerland

3. What was the top grossing film of 1985?

Rambo: First Blood Part II
Back to the Future
Rocky IV
The Color Purple

4. What was broadcast on NBC on May 10, 1985 which was the first time since the 1950s that this was on network TV?

National Spelling Bee
roller derby
professional wrestling
professional boxing

5. What team won the 1985 World Series?

Kansas City Royals
St. Louis Cardinals
Toronto Blue Jays
Detroit Tigers

6. What song did various famous artists in a group called USA for Africa record on January 28, 1985?

Amazing Grace
God Bless the USA
I Like To Teach The Whole World To Sing
We Are The World

7. Where did Pres. Reagan make a controversial visit to a cemetery that contained the graves of 55 elite Nazi SS troops on May 5, 1985?

Bitburg, West Germany
Munich, West Germany
Nuremburg, West Germany
Bonn, West Germany

8. What was the main event of the first Wrestlemania on March 31, 1985?

Hulk Hogan vs. Vince McMahon
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant
Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff
Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy

9. What TV show did not first premiere in 1985?

MacGyver
Gimme A Break
Growing Pains
Mr. Belvedere

10. What brand of automobiles was founded on January 7, 1985 as a "Different Kind of Car Company"?

Yugo
Hyundai
Saturn
Hummer

Share this quiz on MySpace

Click anywhere in this box to select all the code. Then hit control-C to copy the code.

<div style="background-color: #f0e8e8;"><div style="background-color: #050505;"><a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/"><img src="http://www.amiwrong.com/images/amiwrong-logo.gif" alt="sitelogo" style="border: none; padding:10px;" /></a></div>
<h1>The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1985</h1><p>1985 - I was in the 10th Grade in High School<br />Let's see how much you remember about 1985</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/mrbadgerhawkeye.shtml">Mr. Badger Hawkeye</a></p><br>1. In what city did a 8.1 earthquake hit on September 19, 1985?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) San Francisco, California</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tokyo, Japan</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Anchorage, Alaska</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mexico City, Mexico</div>
<br>2. Where did Pres. Reagan meet with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for the first time on November 19, 1985?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) on a ship off the coast of Malta</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York City</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Reyjavik, Iceland</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Geneva, Switzerland</div>
<br>3. What was the top grossing film of 1985?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rambo: First Blood Part II</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Back to the Future</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rocky IV</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The Color Purple</div>
<br>4. What was broadcast on NBC on May 10, 1985 which was the first time since the 1950s that this was on network TV?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) National Spelling Bee</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) roller derby</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) professional wrestling</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) professional boxing</div>
<br>5. What team won the 1985 World Series?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Kansas City Royals</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) St. Louis Cardinals</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Toronto Blue Jays</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Detroit Tigers</div>
<br>6. What song did various famous artists in a group called USA for Africa record on January 28, 1985?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Amazing Grace</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) God Bless the USA</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) I Like To Teach The Whole World To Sing</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) We Are The World</div>
<br>7. Where did Pres. Reagan make a controversial visit to a cemetery that contained the graves of 55 elite Nazi SS troops on May 5, 1985?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bitburg, West Germany</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Munich, West Germany</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Nuremburg, West Germany</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bonn, West Germany</div>
<br>8. What was the main event of the first Wrestlemania on March 31, 1985?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hulk Hogan vs. Vince McMahon</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy</div>
<br>9. What TV show did not first premiere in 1985?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) MacGyver</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Gimme A Break</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Growing Pains</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mr. Belvedere</div>
<br>10. What brand of automobiles was founded on January 7, 1985 as a "Different Kind of Car Company"?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Yugo</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hyundai</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Saturn</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hummer</div>
<br><a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/misc/custom/The-Ultimate-Year-Quiz-1985-1204516040.shtml">Click here to take this quiz and post a reply with your score.</a>
<br>
</div>