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The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1983

Think you know all there is to know about 1983. Guess the answer to each of these questions.

Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye

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1. What did the media call the proposal made by President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983?

Berzerk
Space Invaders
Star Wars
Missile Command

2. Who was elected Chicago's first African-American mayor on April 12, 1983?

Eugene Sawyer
Tom Bradley
Harold Washington
Wilson Goode

3. What was the name of the Maine schoolgirl who was invited by Soviet leader Yuri Andropov to visit the Soviet Union?

Mayim Bialik
Donna Griffiths
Samantha Smith
Jennifer Capriati

4. What country admitted to shooting down KAL Flight 007 after the commercial plane entered their country's airspace?

the Soviet Union
China
Vietnam
North Korea

5. What was the top grossing film of 1983?

Tootsie
Return of the Jedi
Trading Places
WarGames

6. What did an estimated 100 million people watch on the evening of November 20, 1983?

the season finale of Dallas
President Reagan's speech from the Oval Office
the final episode of M*A*S*H
the T.V. movie The Day After

7. What college won the 1983 NCAA men's basketball championship?

North Carolina
Houston
North Carolina State
Georgetown

8. What team won the first USFL Championship in 1983?

New Jersey Generals
Philadelphia Stars
Oakland Invaders
Michigan Panthers

9. Who resigned as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency amid scandal in 1983?

William Casey
Anne Burford
Oliver North
James Watt

10. What country did U.S. Forces invade on October 25, 1983?

Iraq
Panama
Grenada
Lebanon

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<h1>The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1983</h1><p>Think you know all there is to know about 1983.   Guess the answer to each of these questions.</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/mrbadgerhawkeye.shtml">Mr. Badger Hawkeye</a></p><br>1. What did the media call the proposal made by President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Berzerk</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Space Invaders</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Star Wars</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Missile Command</div>
<br>2. Who was elected Chicago's first African-American mayor on April 12, 1983?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Eugene Sawyer</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tom Bradley</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Harold Washington</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Wilson Goode</div>
<br>3. What was the name of the Maine schoolgirl who was invited by Soviet leader Yuri Andropov to visit the Soviet Union?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mayim Bialik</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Donna Griffiths</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Samantha Smith</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jennifer Capriati</div>
<br>4. What country admitted to shooting down KAL Flight 007 after the commercial plane entered their country's airspace?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) the Soviet Union</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) China</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Vietnam</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) North Korea</div>
<br>5. What was the top grossing film of 1983?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tootsie</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Return of the Jedi</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Trading Places</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) WarGames</div>
<br>6. What did an estimated 100 million people watch on the evening of November 20, 1983?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) the season finale of Dallas</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) President Reagan's speech from the Oval Office</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) the final episode of M*A*S*H</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) the T.V. movie The Day After</div>
<br>7. What college won the 1983 NCAA men's basketball championship?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) North Carolina</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Houston</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) North Carolina State</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Georgetown</div>
<br>8. What team won the first USFL Championship in 1983?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New Jersey Generals</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Philadelphia Stars</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Oakland Invaders</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Michigan Panthers</div>
<br>9. Who resigned as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency amid scandal in 1983?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) William Casey</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Anne Burford</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Oliver North</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) James Watt</div>
<br>10. What country did U.S. Forces invade on October 25, 1983?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Iraq</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Panama</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Grenada</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lebanon</div>
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