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. 

[c808969w]

Partridge Family 

[AvocadoDog]

What did bad, bad Leroy Brown look like after he tangled with Doris's husband?

Spoiler

"Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone."

[NancyC808799]

Like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone..

[sv26062713]

Like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone!

[konahic69]

What was the license plate number on Johnny Milner's Piss Yellow Deuce Coupe in American Graffiti? 

[NancyC808799]

Porky

[JohnT703869]

Sunbathe with baby oi and iodine

[gm24193844]

Suntan with baby oil

[WebWiseWoman]

What did young girls do (sometimes in their yards) in the belief it would make them more attractive in the early 70s? 

[NancyC808799]

Mix iodine w/baby oil on themselves to make them look tanner

[DennisC464241]

tan in the nude

[MingoJ]

Suntan

[bethd350196]

Bob Butt claims to have invented this popular alcoholic mixed drink in 1972 in the Hamptons. It  is typically made with  vodka, tequila, light rum, triple sec and gin. 

Answer:  Long Island Iced Tea

[jb72796414]

Who leaked the Pentagon Papers?

[MayH578325]

Daniel Ellsberg

[jb72796414]

Daniel Ellsberg

[bethd350196]

Which actor starred with Danny Glover in the Lethal Weapon series?

Answer:  Mel Gibson

[souzee]

Top rock bands of the 1970's. Most popular songs of the 1970's. Favorite clothing of the i.e.70's bell bottoms, tie dye, tapestry dresses, bikinis. Popular activities of the 70's surfing, parties. Traveling to  popular places places or destinations for youth in the 70's i.e. west coast, the river. I grew up in the early 70's just reminiscing a bit. 

[gomgk]

What was the FULLL name of the movie released in 1984 that answered  the mystery of the "Monolith" ?

[jb72796414]

For what event was the song, "We are the World" introduced?

[CynthiaW617638]

USA for Africa

[NancyC808799]

Band-Aid

[JenniferC143332]

Africa

[AvocadoDog]

Hands Across America—   Nope.

Farm Aid...   Nuh-uh.

Comic Rel—

...I forget.

[DennisC464241]

farm aide

[jb72796414]

In what year was the shooting of students at Kent State University?

[CynthiaW617638]

1970

[sag55]

1970

[PattyS912918]

1972

[gunsnglitter69]

What was introduced by Swiss Company that became a fashion craze in the 80's?

Answer:

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