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1981

It was the beginning of a new era. Good? Bad? Indifferent? You tell me...

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1. Which team won Super Bowl XV?

San Francisco 49'ers
Oakland Raiders
Los Angeles Raiders
Philadelphia Eagles

2. A sports stampede and earthquake hit one city in the same month. Name the city.

Los Angeles
London
Rio de Janeiro
Athens

3. Which news anchor signed off for the last time?

Mike Wallace
Herb Caen
Edward R. Murrow
Walter Cronkite

4. Which rock band broke up, only to reunite in 1983?

Queen
Genesis
Van Halen
Yes

5. François Mitterrand became president of which nation?

Switzerland
France
Canada
Belgium

6. The CDCP report a rare form of Pneumonia. Name the disease eventually identified from this.

Rubella
Herpes
Lymphoma
AIDS

7. What was the marriage of the year?

Luke & Laura
Tiny Tim & Miss Vicki
Diana & Charles
Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson

8. Who was appointed the first U. S. Supreme Court Justice?

Ruth Ginsberg
Rose Bird
Sandra Day O'Connor
Ruth Westheimer

9. Who had a concert in New York's Central Park for about half a million people?

Simon & Garfunkel
Billy Joel
Bruce Springsteen
The Rolling Stones

10. Which world leader was assassinated?

Anwar Sadat
Pope John Paul II
Ronald Reagan
Hosni Mubarak

11. Reagan gave the CIA the authority to recruit and support who?

The Sandinistas
The Contras
Che Guevara and his followers
Al Qaeda

12. Who is Elizabeth Jordan Carr?

The first female recipient of an artificial heart
The first woman in space
The first test-tube baby
The first recipient of a sex-change operation.

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<h1>1981</h1><p>It was the beginning of a new era. Good? Bad? Indifferent? You tell me...</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/billgraves.shtml">Bill Graves</a></p><br>1. Which team won Super Bowl XV?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) San Francisco 49'ers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Oakland Raiders</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Los Angeles Raiders</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Philadelphia Eagles</div>
<br>2. A sports stampede and earthquake hit one city in the same month. Name the city.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Los Angeles</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) London</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rio de Janeiro</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Athens</div>
<br>3. Which news anchor signed off for the last time?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mike Wallace</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Herb Caen</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Edward R. Murrow</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Walter Cronkite</div>
<br>4. Which rock band broke up, only to reunite in 1983?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Queen</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Genesis</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Van Halen</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Yes</div>
<br>5. François Mitterrand became president of which nation?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Switzerland</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) France</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Canada</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Belgium</div>
<br>6. The CDCP report a rare form of Pneumonia. Name the disease eventually identified from this.
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rubella</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Herpes</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lymphoma</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) AIDS</div>
<br>7. What was the marriage of the year?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Luke & Laura</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tiny Tim & Miss Vicki</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Diana & Charles</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson</div>
<br>8. Who was appointed the first U. S. Supreme Court Justice?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ruth Ginsberg</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rose Bird</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sandra Day O'Connor</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ruth Westheimer</div>
<br>9. Who had a concert in New York's Central Park for about half a million people?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Simon & Garfunkel</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Billy Joel</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bruce Springsteen</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The Rolling Stones</div>
<br>10. Which world leader was assassinated?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Anwar Sadat</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Pope John Paul II</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ronald Reagan</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hosni Mubarak</div>
<br>11. Reagan gave the CIA the authority to recruit and support who?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The Sandinistas</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The Contras</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Che Guevara and his followers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Al Qaeda</div>
<br>12. Who is Elizabeth Jordan Carr?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The first female recipient of an artificial heart</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The first woman in space</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The first test-tube baby</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The first recipient of a sex-change operation.</div>
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