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Remember 1984? Trivia Quiz

How did the real 1984 compare to Orwell's "1984"?

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
minch

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
105,421

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
7682

Last 3 plays: Guest 96 (3/10), Guest 72 (4/10), Guest 152 (2/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who won the Nobel Peace prize in 1984? Hint

Desmond Tutu

Elie Wiesel

Lech Walesa

Dalai Lama

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where were the Winter Olympic Games held in 1984? Hint

Lake Placid, USA

Calgary, Canada

Innsbruck, Austria

Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which architect designed the Pyramid addition to La Louvre museum?

Answer: (two initials and last name no punctuation)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Of which country was the head of government assassinated in 1984? Hint

Pakistan

Jordan

Israel

India

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which 1984 movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture (at the 1985 Awards ceremony)? Hint

Platoon

Out of Africa

Amadeus

Terms of Endearment

6. Most people know that Charles Lindbergh made the first solo airplane transatlantic flight in 1927, but not many know who made the first solo balloon flight across the Atlantic. Who was the first to achieve this feat? Hint

G Profkoviet

Auguste Picard

Joe Kittinger

Ben Abruzzo

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Question 7 of 10

7. To which artist did the album "Purple Rain" bring fame?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. What disaster took place at Bhopal India in 1984? Hint

Fire

Gas leak

Floods

Cyclone

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Question 9 of 10

9. Newsweek called 1984 "The Year of the ------"

Answer: (One Word - a certain life style for the well heeled)

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was Oprah Winfrey's show called before it was "The Oprah Winfrey Show"? Hint

A.M. St. Louis

A.M. Baltimore

A.M. Chicago

A.M. Atlanta

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who won the Nobel Peace prize in 1984?

Answer: Desmond Tutu

Although all these won the Nobel Peace prize, in 1984 Desmond Tutu won. Desmond Tutu, a clergyman and political activist who spoke out against apartheid. He was the first black bishop of Johannesburg and in 1985 became archbishop of Cape Town. He retired in 1996.

2. Where were the Winter Olympic Games held in 1984?

Answer: Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia hosted the Winter Games in Sarjevo. The Summer Games that year were held in Los Angeles. Calgary hosted the games in 1988, Lake Placid in 1980 and Innsbruck 1976.

3. Which architect designed the Pyramid addition to La Louvre museum?

Answer: Im Pei

The Chinese born American architect, Iohe Ming Pei, has designed many buildings, including Government Center in Boston, and Montreal's Place Ville Marie.

4. Of which country was the head of government assassinated in 1984?

Answer: India

Indira Gandhi, daughter of Jawararhal Nehru, was prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977, and again from 1980 to 1984. On October 31, 1984 she was shot by members of her security guard.

5. Which 1984 movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture (at the 1985 Awards ceremony)?

Answer: Amadeus

The director, Milos Foreman won the award for best director, and
F. Murray Abraham, playing the part of Salieri won the best actor award.

Answer: Joe Kittinger

Joe Kittinger flew from Caribou, Maine and crash landed near Genoa. Ben Abruzzo, with two others crossed the Atlantic earlier, but Wittinger's was the first solo flight.

7. To which artist did the album "Purple Rain" bring fame?

Answer: Prince

The eccentric Prince Rogers Nelson, to give him his original name, became well known with the sound track of the movie "Purple Rain'.

8. What disaster took place at Bhopal India in 1984?

Answer: Gas leak

2,600 people were killed when there was a leak of the very toxic gas, methyl isocyonate, from a pesticide plant operated by Union Carbide.
Over 300,000 others were affected.

9. Newsweek called 1984 "The Year of the ------"

Answer: yuppie

Young Urban Professional or Young, Upwardly mobile Professional.

10. What was Oprah Winfrey's show called before it was "The Oprah Winfrey Show"?

Answer: A.M. Chicago

In 1985 it became "The Oprah Winfrey Show". In 1986 it was syndicated nationwide. Oprah was a morning talk show host on WJZ TV Channel 13 in Baltimore on a show called "People Are Talking" before she went to Chicago.

Source: Author minch

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