AARP Right Again! Trivia Contest 2021

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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. 

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Boy George

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This iconic 80s rocker was voted as Prom Queen.

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Boy George 

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Boy George

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This actor person is a distant relative of Prince.

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Who was the original lead singer for the band Journey, before Steve Perry?

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Gregg “Feeling that Way” Rolie 

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What kind of candy became popular because of ET?

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Reese's Pieces

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Reeses pieces

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Reeses Pieces

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Skittles

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What was the first movie released on VHS?

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The young teacher 

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Full metal Jacket 

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Who was Teddy Ruxpin?

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A talking teddy bear

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A talking bear.

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talking teddy bear

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He was my kids' best friend. He read books to them via a cassette tape you inserted in his back. He actually kind of scared them a bit because it was so strange a stuffed toy could talk, blink, and read a book. I loved him and his friend the caterpillar too....can't remember his name.

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A talking reading stuffed bear

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Taking teddy bear, wearing g a vest and bow tie

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talking bear

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Q: With John Belushi, who was the other half of the duo The Blues Brothers that hit the charts with an album called 'Briefcase Full of Blues' in 1978?
A: Dan Ackroyd

Q: What was the name of the all-girl rock group that featured Joan Jett on guitar?
A: The Runaways

Q: What famous costume designer dressed both Reginald Kenneth Dwight and Cherilyn
Sarkisian at the height of their fame?

A: Bob Mackie dressed both Elton John and Cher at the height of their fame.

Q: Diva is Ahmet and Moon Unit's younger sister. Who is their father?
A: Frank Zappa

Q: What was the name of the musical 'side project' group formed by two members of the Talking Heads in 1981?
A: The Tom Tom Club

Q: The theme song from the soap opera 'Young and the Restless' became a hit single under what name when it was associated with a famous Olympian?
A: 'Nadia's Theme', for Nadia Comanici, who used the song in a record-breaking performance on the uneven bars in the 1976 Olympic Games.

Q: Which popular musical group has released at least nine studio albums whose titles all begin with the letter 'H'?
A: The group America's albums include 'Hideaway', 'Harbor', 'Here and Now', 'Human Nature', 'History', 'Homecoming', 'Hearts', 'Hat Trick' and 'Hourglass'!

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Who was the neighbor who called out Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman?

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Mary Kay Place

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Who played the parts of Brad and Janet in the Rocky Horror Picture Show?

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Jeff Daniels and Susan sarandon 

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Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon

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What TV vehicle had a sign on the back that read "Careful - Nervous Mother Driving"?

Spoiler

The bus from "The Partridge Family."