Q 01/05

Which disco queen soared to international fame with her 1978 anthem "I Will Survive"?

A) Donna Summer

B) Diana Ross

C) Gloria Gaynor

D) Aretha Franklin

Answer · why

C) Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" became an empowering disco anthem and a Grammy Award winner, released in late 1978 and topping charts in early 1979.

Q 02/05

Which visionary director helmed the 1982 science fiction blockbuster 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'?

A) Steven Spielberg

B) James Cameron

C) Ridley Scott

D) Robert Zemeckis

Answer · why

A) Steven Spielberg

Melissa Mathison wrote the script from the director's idea of an imaginary friend he invented after his parents' divorce. It overtook Star Wars to bec...

Q 03/05

Leather-jacketed greaser Arthur 'The Fonz' Fonzarelli was a central character in which 1970s sitcom?

A) M*A*S*H

B) The Jeffersons

C) All in the Family

D) Happy Days

Answer · why

D) Happy Days

Fonzie, played by Henry Winkler, was a breakout character on 'Happy Days,' a sitcom that initially focused on Richie Cunningham and his family in the ...

Q 04/05

Which 'King of Pop' released the 1982 album 'Thriller'?

A) Prince

B) Stevie Wonder

C) Michael Jackson

D) Lionel Richie

Answer · why

C) Michael Jackson

Sales exploded after Jackson unveiled the moonwalk on the Motown 25 special, and by early 1984 the album had passed 30 million copies to become the be...

Q 05/05

What 1970s novelty 'pet' came in a cardboard box with straw and breathing holes?

A) Cabbage Patch Kid

B) Rubik's Cube

C) Pet Rock

D) Weebles

Answer · why

C) Pet Rock

Advertising executive Gary Dahl dreamed it up in a bar in 1975 while friends complained about their pets. Each came with a training manual for command...