Q 01/05

On Halloween in Stranger Things 2, Mike, Will, Dustin and Lucas wear matching costumes from which hit film?

A) Star Wars

B) Ghostbusters

C) The Karate Kid

D) Gremlins

Answer · why

B) Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters is the boys' new favorite movie as eighth grade begins: the season is set in the fall of 1984, only months after the film reached theater...

Q 02/05

In Stranger Things 2, Joyce's boyfriend Bob Newby runs the Hawkins branch of which electronics chain?

A) RadioShack

B) Circuit City

C) Crazy Eddie

D) Best Buy

Answer · why

A) RadioShack

RadioShack is Bob's workplace, and the set dressers stocked it faithfully: an Armatron, a product the chain really sold at the time, sits on a shelf a...

Q 03/05

In Stranger Things 2, which candy bar does Dustin feed the slimy creature he adopts, inspiring its name?

A) Charleston Chew

B) Butterfinger

C) Hershey's Krackel

D) Three Musketeers

Answer · why

D) Three Musketeers

Three Musketeers nougat wins the creature over, so Dustin names it D'Artagnan, Dart for short. The same treat later persuades a much bigger Dart to le...

Q 04/05

In Stranger Things 2, how does the possessed Will secretly tell his family to close the gate?

A) Blinking the house lights

B) Humming a favorite song

C) Tapping out Morse code

D) Drawing on the walls

Answer · why

C) Tapping out Morse code

Tapping out Morse code on his chair lets Will slip a message past the Mind Flayer while his family and Mike keep it busy with happy memories of his ch...

Q 05/05

Which star of The Goonies joined Stranger Things 2 as Joyce's kind-hearted boyfriend, Bob Newby?

A) Sean Astin

B) Corey Feldman

C) Josh Brolin

D) Ke Huy Quan

Answer · why

A) Sean Astin

Sean Astin made his film debut as Mikey in The Goonies, one of the 1980s adventure films the Duffer Brothers name as an influence on the series.