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Decades quiz questions

A round of six questions for every decade from the 1980s to now: the music, films, telly and crazes. This is the free version. Each decade also has its own full quiz of 80 new questions: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s and the 2020s.

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30 questions to play on your own, online. Type your answers and get your score at the end. No PDFs and no group play.

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Questions
30
Rounds
5
Difficulty
Easy to hard

Round 01 / 80s

The 1980s

  1. Which American singer had a 1987 hit with 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody'?

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    Whitney Houston

    Also accept: Houston

  2. Which 1980 comedy includes the line 'Surely you can't be serious'?

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    Airplane!

    Also accept: Airplane, Flying High

  3. What was Mario called in the 1981 arcade game 'Donkey Kong'?

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    Jumpman

  4. What was the name of the BBC's first breakfast TV programme, launched in 1983?

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    Breakfast Time

  5. Which 1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood single was banned by BBC Radio 1?

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    Relax

  6. Which puppet rat was credited with saving TV-am in 1983?

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    Roland Rat

Round 02 / 90s

The 1990s

  1. Which toy company sued Aqua over their 1997 hit 'Barbie Girl'?

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    Mattel

  2. Which 1995 film starred Alicia Silverstone as Beverly Hills teenager Cher?

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    Clueless

  3. Which Saturday morning show was hosted by Ant and Dec and Cat Deeley from 1998?

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    SMTV Live

    Also accept: SM:tv Live, SMTV

  4. Which 1997 Nintendo 64 game was based on a James Bond film?

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    GoldenEye 007

    Also accept: GoldenEye

  5. Which England player flicked the ball over Colin Hendry's head to score against Scotland at Euro 96?

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    Paul Gascoigne

    Also accept: Gazza, Gascoigne

  6. Which brand of trainers was famous in the 1990s for heels that lit up?

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    LA Gear

    Also accept: L.A. Gear

Round 03 / 2000s

The 2000s

  1. What was Britney Spears' 1998 debut single?

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    ...Baby One More Time

    Also accept: Baby One More Time, Hit Me Baby One More Time

  2. Which ringtone character topped the charts in 2005 with 'Axel F'?

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    Crazy Frog

    Also accept: The Crazy Frog

  3. Which 2004 teen comedy starred Lindsay Lohan as the new girl at school?

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    Mean Girls

  4. Which Channel 4 teen drama set in Bristol began in 2007?

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    Skins

  5. Roughly how many Nokia 3310 phones were sold?

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    126 million

    Also accept: 126m, About 126 million

  6. Which comedian had a 2005 number one with 'Is This the Way to Amarillo'?

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    Peter Kay

    Also accept: Kay

Round 04 / 2010s

The 2010s

  1. What was Zayn Malik's 2016 debut solo single?

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    Pillowtalk

    Also accept: Pillow Talk

  2. Which Pharrell Williams song, from 'Despicable Me 2', was the UK's best-selling single of 2014?

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    Happy

  3. Who directed the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony?

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    Danny Boyle

    Also accept: Boyle

  4. Which Finnish company made the phone game 'Angry Birds'?

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    Rovio

    Also accept: Rovio Entertainment

  5. Which actor played Thor in 'The Avengers' (2012)?

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    Chris Hemsworth

    Also accept: Hemsworth

  6. Who is the Taskmaster on 'Taskmaster'?

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    Greg Davies

    Also accept: Davies

Round 05 / 2020s

The 2020s

  1. Who plays the title role in the 2022 Netflix series 'Wednesday'?

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    Jenna Ortega

    Also accept: Ortega

  2. Which Swedish singer won Eurovision for the second time in 2023, with 'Tattoo'?

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    Loreen

  3. Which zoo owner was the star of the 2020 Netflix documentary 'Tiger King'?

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    Joe Exotic

    Also accept: Joseph Maldonado-Passage, Joe Maldonado

  4. Which Ukrainian band won Eurovision in 2022?

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    Kalush Orchestra

    Also accept: Kalush

  5. What was Collins Dictionary's Word of the Year in 2023?

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    AI

    Also accept: Artificial intelligence

  6. Roughly how much did Elon Musk pay for Twitter in 2022?

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    $44 billion

    Also accept: 44 billion, $44bn, 44bn

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How to run it

  1. Run it as a decades party: ask teams to dress as their favourite decade.
  2. Mix the teams by age. The 80s round belongs to the parents; the 2010s round to the kids.
  3. Play a few seconds of a song from each decade between rounds.