Raised in the 80s Trivia Quiz 1 Answers

1. What was the name of Uncle Jesse's band on Full House?
   Jesse and the Rippers [Yeah, they were badasses.]
   
2. What was the band Europe's biggest hit in the US?
   The Final Countdown [Which is currently my ringtone.]
   
3. What did Frankie say?
   Relax [Just check the T-shirt.]
   
4. What's the name of Cap'n Crunch's ship?
   S.S. Guppy [The original Cap'n lapsed into a diabetic coma in 1994, leading to the swift promotion of Commander Crunch to fill his place. You can tell by the different eyebrows.]
   
5. What 1984 film was the first to be rated PG-13?
   Red Dawn. [The Soviet Union and its Central American allies invade the US! Chilling.]
   
6. Before 'Straight Up' or American Idol, what basketball team was Paula Abdul a cheerleader for?
   The LA Lakers
   
7. In what year was the Koosh ball first released?
   1987 [The Koosh was so named because that's the noise it made when it landed]
   
8. What was the name of Mr. T's character in Rocky III?
   Clubber Lang [It was also from this film that the phrase 'I pity the fool' comes.]
   
9. Who is the villain in the 1986 film ¡Three Amigos!?
   El Guapo [played by Alfonso Arau]
   
10. What animal has the scientific name Artema Nyos?
    Sea monkeys [also the only animal to be patented!]
    
11. What game's name is derived from the Swahili word for 'to build'?
    Jenga [J-J-J-Jenga!]
    
12. What was B.A. Baracus's main fear?
    Flying
    
13. What fruit is the bonus on the first level of Pac-Man?
    Cherries [Then strawberry, orange, bell, apple, grapes, and some other stuff I could never identify]
    
14. Who 'built this city on rock 'n' roll'?
    Starship
    
15. Which Bruce Springsteen video did Courtney Cox appear in?
    Dancing in the Dark