1. What little known volcano erupted for the first time in over 120 years in 1980?
A. Mt. Pinatubo, Central Luzon, Phillipines
B: Mt. St. Helens, Washington State, US
C: Mt. Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica


2. What did France abolish in 1981?
A: the guillotine
B: Bastille Day
C: hybrid grapes


3. What popular brainteaser game was introduced in 1982?
A: Trivial Pursuit
B: Rubik's Cube
C: Chess


4. What virus was discovered in 1983?
A: Mumps
B: SmallPox
C: HIV


5. What did the crew of an underwater expedition find in 1985?
A: the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior
B: the wreck of the Titanic
C: the remains of the continent of Atlantis


6. What happened at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986?
A: a fire that wiped out the entire city
B: a massive mud slide
C: a major nuclear accident


7. What worldwide ban was established in 1986?
A: a ban on tuna/dolphin harvesting
B: a ban on commercial whaling
C: a ban on nuclear arms production


8. What was sold for a record-setting price of $53.9 million in 1987?
A: London Bridge to Arizona resort developer Robert McCulloch
B: Irises, a painting by Vincent van Gogh, to Australian businessman Alan Bond
C: the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Museum


9. Where did students hold pro-democracy demonstrations in the spring of 1989?
A: Havana, Cuba
B: St. Petersburg, Russia
C: Beijing, China


10. What barrier was torn down in November of 1989?
A: the Berlin Wall
B: the SALT treaty
C: Hadrian's Wall