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. 

[JenniferC143332]

Swatch watches?

[gunsnglitter69]

What notable branding did Nike launch in 1988?

Answer:

Spoiler

Their slogan "Just Do It"

[gunsnglitter69]

How much did the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man suit for Ghostbusters cost?

Answer: 

Spoiler

$20,000

[gunsnglitter69]

Which Sony product transformed music culture in 1980?

Answer:

Spoiler

Walkman

[gunsnglitter69]

Which brand of running shoes did RUN DMC make popular by featuring them in their music video "Walk This Way"?
Answer:

Spoiler

Adidas

[gunsnglitter69]

Which Madonna song first hit the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1983?

[gunsnglitter69]

Answer: 

Spoiler

Spoiler

Holiday

[AvocadoDog]

According to Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?

Answer:

Spoiler

Three. (Though, per the announcer, "The world may never know.")

[c808969w]

3

[j192761d]

Where's Waldo

[zapatero]

.

[j192761d]

Where's Waldo

[Widowriter]

Where's Waldo

[TCLoudermilk]

Waldo

[MiaL618414]

Who said this line & from what movie: ?

"The past can hurt, but the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it."

[Widowriter]

Rafiki from The Lion King

But, Walt Disney originally said it

[MiaL618414]

Which film does Ben Affleck says this: "You're not brave... Men are brave." ?

[Widowriter]

Good Will Hunting

[NatalieA505631]

where was the last inmate housed in a 
Germann prison in Berlin?

[Widowriter]

Rudolph Hess

[JenniferC143332]

My grandfather served in WWII and was assigned, with a handful of others, the duty of guarding Rudolph Hess while he was in prison. My grandfather told me that they would get handcuffed together to exercise. He said they always ran because it was the only exercise you could get with a person handcuffed to your side. 

[Rhymesometimes]

@JenniferC143332 What an extraordinary story. Thank you for sharing that.

[RMP792154]

Which song was a 1976 disco hit by The Trammps?

1. Last Dance

2. Turn the Beat Around

3. Disco Inferno

4. Love Train

[NancyC808799]

#3

[JoannN844472]

3

[MarilynD489908]

In what borough did "The Jeffersons" live before they moved to Manhattan?

1. Brooklyn

2. Queens

3. The Bronx

4. Staten Island

Spoiler Alert answer:

2

[Widowriter]

Queens

[lynnc1127]

Disco Inferno!

[Widowriter]

The answer is Disco inferno

[rs6696]

2