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Answers for Game #7
Monday
Sports
The New York Giants defeated what team to take Super Bowl XXI?
Answer: DENVER BRONCOS
Lyrics
ID this song: "I'm gonna swallow my tears. I'm gonna turn and leave you here."
Answer: HARDEN MY HEART
Billboard's Hot 100
Who held the number one Billboard position on the very last day of the 1980s?
Answer: PHIL COLLINS
Definition of Irony
What author of "The Complete Book of Running" dropped deat of a heart attack at age 52 while jogging?
Answer: JAMES FIXX
Television Directors
Who was David Letterman's director throughout the 80s?
Answer: HAL GURNEE
SOL Question
None.
Tuesday
Movie Trivia
What message scribbled on the ceiling of a bus was read by Ed Rooney at the end of Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
Answer: ROONEY EATS IT
Replacements
Who succeeded Emporer Hirohito to the crown in Japan following his death in 1989?
Answer: AKIHITO
80s Supergroups
What band did Ted Nugent form with ex-members of Styx and Night Ranger in 1989?
Answer: DAMN YANKEES
Original Names
What Was The Second Sequel To Star Wars Originally Called?
Answer: REVENGE OF THE JEDI
Famous Quotes
What funnyman said "If it weren't for pickpockets I'd have no sex life at all"?
Answer: RODNEY DANGERFIELD
SOL Question
What 1987 smash followed the adventures of Baby and Johnny?
Answer: DIRTY DANCING
Wednesday
Real Names
What is Purple Rain diva Apollonia's real name?
Answer: PATRICIA APOLLONIA KOTERO
Science
What was the name of the scientist who invented virtual reality in 1989?
Answer: JARON LANIER or LANIER
Dubious Dates
In what year did the United States become the world's largest debtor nation?
Answer: 1985
Dedications
What actress was Toto's hit Rosanna written for?
Answer: ROSANNA ARQUETTE
Sports
What professional tennis player won the Grand Slam by taking titles at Wimbledon and the Australian, French, and U.S. opens in 1988?
Answer: STEFFI GRAF or STEFFI GRAFF or STEFFI GRAPH or STEPHIE GRAF or STEPHIE GRAFF or STEPHIE GRAPH
SOL Question
What was the name of Def Leppard's fourth LP?
Answer: HYSTERIA
Thursday
Premature Deaths
What member of the B-52s died from complications from AIDS in 1985?
Answer: RICKY WILSON
Naked Gun Trivia
What form of birth control did Lt. Frank Drebin use?
Answer: FULL BODY CONDOM
Movie Lines
Name the movie: "Can the Beaver come out and play?"
Answer: DRAGNET
TV Pets
What is the name of Arnold's pet fish on Diff'rent Strokes?
Answer: ABRAHAM
Sports
What former Cincinnati Reds manager was banned from baseball for life in 1989 for betting on games?
Answer: PETE ROSE or PETER ROSE
SOL Question
Eddie Van Halen's wife appeared on what famous sitcom?
Answer: ONE DAY AT A TIME
Friday
More Politics
Name the person that replaced Cyrus Vance as Secretary of State in 1980?
Answer: EDMUND MUSKIE
Movie Lines
Name the movie: "Don't try no fargin' trick, otherwise you wind up with you bells in a sling!"
Answer: JOHNNY DANGEROUSLY
80s Science
1987 had major findings in what things involving ceramics and liquid nitrogen?
Answer: SUPERCONDUCTORS
80s Movies
What movie featured the famous line: "Go ahead, make my day"?
Answer: SUDDEN IMPACT
Rocking Wives
What actress did Bruce Springsteen marry in 1985, making her the unofficial Mrs. Boss?
Answer: JULIANNE PHILLIPS
SOL Question
What 1984 TV movie about spouse abuse starred Farrah Fawcett?
Answer: THE BURNING BED
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