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1. The 1980s saw a panic that believed the growing number of women in the work force would wreck society. The percentage of women in almost all fields grew, but since 1980 which of these occupations saw the percentage of women drop?
2. On April 19, 1987, what world renowned figure helped begin the understanding that dispelled the panic that AIDS could be transmitted by shaking hands?
3. What music band went on trial after rumors about playing their records backwards would cause teens to commit suicide, thus inciting a panic in parents across the nation?
4. Do you recall the name of the daycare center in the U.S. that was the first to receive widespread media attention for accusations of sex abuse? Lasting seven years, the criminal trials become the longest and most expensive in American history.
5. In 1982, the fear of unisex bathrooms, among other concerns, helped lead to the panic and rejection of which of the following?
6. In 1988, what group evacuated 600 men in San Diego, alerting county medical emergency officials who sent over 50 ambulances, but ultimately found no evidence of anything that would cause the ill effects?
7. When the country should have been partying like it was 1999, instead vast numbers of people were fretting that year over the potential technological disaster known as what?
8. In the early part of the millennium, which of these was NOT a panic attack in the U.S.A? Yes, the other 3 really happened but the bogus answer choice here has been made up. Which is it?
9. After a series of very unusual criminal events in 2012, to what did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have to assure Americans that they were in no danger of falling victim?
10. And finally in 2016, an outbreak of people sighting what sort of scary phenomena swept the U.S. and Canada?
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