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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?

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

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

London
Los Angeles
Athens
Rio de Janeiro

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

Herb Caen
Mike Wallace
Walter Cronkite
Edward R. Murrow

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

Yes
Genesis
Van Halen
Queen

5. François Mitterrand became president of which nation?

Belgium
Switzerland
Canada
France

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

AIDS
Rubella
Lymphoma
Herpes

7. What was the marriage of the year?

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

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

Rose Bird
Ruth Westheimer
Sandra Day O'Connor
Ruth Ginsberg

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

Bruce Springsteen
Simon & Garfunkel
The Rolling Stones
Billy Joel

10. Which world leader was assassinated?

Pope John Paul II
Hosni Mubarak
Ronald Reagan
Anwar Sadat

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

The Contras
Al Qaeda
Che Guevara and his followers
The Sandinistas

12. Who is Elizabeth Jordan Carr?

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

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