AARP Right Again! Trivia Contest 2021

[AARPTeri]

Do you love trivia?  Who doesn’t? Trivia games aren’t just fun – they also test your knowledge and help you learn new things! 

In our new AARP Online Community Right Again! Trivia Contest we’re looking for the best 70’s and 80’s Pop Culture Trivia from our community members like you. We’re talking music, movies, TV, fashion, dance crazes, games … even food.  To be entered in the contest, share your ideas for questions and answers and you’ll get a chance to win one of five (5) $50 VISA gift cards along with 50 AARP Rewards Points.  A panel of judges appointed by AARP will select the top five trivia question winners, which may be selected for use in AARP’s new Right Again! Trivia game, coming soon.

Contest Details

Reply to this discussion to share your 70’s and 80’s Pop Culture trivia question. Entries are accepted from Monday, September 6 until midnight September 25, 2021. Official Rules here. 

[KathleenM465092]

She was 60 years old and played Dorothy’s Mother, Sophia. 

[JudyT17013]

60 Sophia 

[karenkram]

Age 60 played Sophia

[TinaS125916]

Who was the top female artist in the 80's?

[NancyC808799]

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@TinaS125916 wrote:

Who was the top female artist in the 80's?

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Olivia Newton-John

[j607955j]

She had one of the biggest selling albums of the 1980s. 
Name the album AND the year it came out.

[JudyT17013]

Madonna

[JohnL366875]

Madonna

[RobinF206131]

This artist broke out with her first live performance of the following song at Danceteria in NYC in 1982:

Answer: Everybody

[Bajaz1]

I want my MTV…. That’s the way you do it

[BRozycki]

Dire Straits

[DoubleK193]

What was the very first music video played on MTV in 1981?

[j607955j]

Video killed the radio star

[MayH578325]

don't remember the 80's working all the time...did dance a little! at the bar!

[JenniferC143332]

Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles.

[EricR683796]

Video killed the radio star 

[pm32869283]

Who did the USA play against in the 1980 olympics gold medal hockey game?

[NancyC808799]

Finland

[CynthiaW617638]

Russia.  Will never forget it.  I chose that day to have my 2nd child baptized.  Who knew we'd be in the gold medal game?  We rushed home from church to get the TV on.  No vcrs or cable back then.   I was very popular with the guys.  They saw the win.

[RobertD265415]

Finland

[EricR683796]

Russia 

[m512464r]

Russia

[RobertP789424]

Russia

[jewels638861]

Canada

[janetlw53]

What is the name of the stadium the 49ers last played in 1971?

[EricR683796]

Candlestick

[RobertP789424]

Candlestick Park

[qh5558]

This singer once said “They do not want a dodgy pop star to perform at their wedding.”

[EricR683796]

Boy George 

[RobertP789424]

Boy George