To ask you to help me write a quiz about 1980?

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I’ve been tasked with writing a quiz about the year 1980 (will extend to general 80s if I have to)

Do you have any cracking trivia? General knowledge, politics music, sport etc

TIA !

Who was the subject of an attempted assassination by his sister-in-law Kristin Shepard in 1980? (J.R. Ewing)

Name two of Blondie's 3 UK Number 1 singles from 1980? (Call Me, Atomic, The Tide Is High)

Price-related stuff is quite good too (e.g. what was the price of a pint of milk/beer, 1st class stamp, average house price, etc)

Name either of the TV police dramas (one on BBC, one on ITV) featuring a female lead character which began in 1980?

Juliet Bravo or The Gentle Touch

The UK did not boycott the 1980 Olympic Games nor the 1984 games. You could ask a question about the SAS storming the Iraq embassy in May of that year. Also, who the Blue Peter presenters were that year - Peter Duncan, Sarah Greene, Simon Groom, Christopher Wenner, Tina Heath. You could ask for any three of them.

I should have said the Iranian embassy.

Q.
What links Olivier Award winning actor, Jonathan Pryce; punk icon, Hazel O’Connor and Egyptian billionaire’s son, Dodi Fayed?

A.
The film, Breaking Glass (1980)
Pryce acted in it, O’Connor acted and recorded the soundtrack, and Fayed produced it.

genius.com/Blondie-call-me-lyrics
Verse 3 mentions 1980

featured in the film 'American Gigolo'

What insect recommended we unplugged the jukebox to do us all a favour?

Answer - Ant as in adam & the ants Antmusic

Who wrote the feme toon and sang the feme toon?

No. Moscow (Russia) was the summer olympics, Lake Placid (USA, it's in NY state) were the winter olympics.

Ask what sporting event's tv coverage was stopped to go to the Iranian embassy storming? I remember being grumpy at missing the snooker.

Q The F1 drivers championship in 1980 was won by an Australian. What was his name? Bonus point for the team he was driving for.

A Alan Davies. The team was Williams.

Alan Jones! Not Alan Davies!

(I've just been watching taskmaster...)

Here are a few

What was the price of a 1st Class Postage Stamp ?
Who were the notable people ( other than The Queen ) on the £1 Note, £5 Note, £10 Note, £20 Note, £50 Note
or name them and ask what notes they were on or what the connection is ?

What was the average price of a gallon of petrol ?
Price of a pint of milk, loaf of bread, pint of beer ?

What was the price of an adult London bus single ?
What was the bestselling car model ?
How many million flights departed London Heathrow ?

Which horse won the Grand National ?
Which team won the FA Cup ?
Which man won Wimbledon mens singles ?
Which lady won Wimbledon ladies singles ?
Who was the BBC Sports Personality of the year ?

Name a regular newsreader who read the BBC 9 o clock news ?
Names a regular newsreader who read the ITN news ?

What day of the week was Christmas Day ?

What was the 1st number one of 1980?

Brass in pocket - The Pretenders

These would work for 'Who had a hit with a song including these lyrics in 1980?'

If you like piña coladas
And gettin' caught in the rain
If you're not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you like makin' love at midnight
In the dunes on the cape
Then I'm the love that you've looked for
Write to me and escape

Escape (Pina Colada song), Rupert Holmes

So, you think you're a Romeo
Playing a part in a picture show
Well, take the long way home
Take the long way home

Take the Long Way Home, Supertramp

I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my name

Fame, Irene Cara

Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my sidestep
Gonna use my fingers
Gonna use my, my, my, imagination

Brass in Pocket, The Pretenders

"Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done
Walk away from trouble if you can
Now it won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
I hope you're old enough to understand
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man"

Coward of the County, Kenny Rogers

Upside down
Boy, you turn me
Inside out
And round and round
Upside down
Boy, you turn me
Inside out
And round and round

Upside Down, Diana Ross

Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It's the only way to live in cars

Cars, Gary Numan

This thing called love
I just can't handle it
This thing called love
I must get 'round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love

Crazy little thing called love, Queen

Call me (call me) on the line
Call me, call me any, anytime
Call me (call me) my love
You can call me any day or night
Call me

Call Me, Blondie

We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher, leave them kids alone

Another Brick in the Wall, Pink Floyd

Her friends are so jealous
You know how bad girls get
Sometimes it's not so easy
To be the teacher's pet

Don't Stand So Close to Me, The Police

A few more.

Oh what fun we had
But, did it really turn out bad
All I learnt at school
Was how to bend not break the rules

Baggy Trousers, Madness

I am a woman in love
And I'd do anything
To get you into my world
And hold you within
It's a right I defend
Over and over again
What do I do

Woman in Love, Barbra Streisand

Super Trouper beams are gonna blind me
But I won't feel blue
Like I always do
'Cause somewhere in the crowd there's you

Super Trouper, ABBA

She is D, delirious
She is I, incredible
She is S, superficial
She is C, complicated
She is O, oh, oh, oh

D.I.S.C.O., Ottawan

My mama said, "To get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom."

Ashes to Ashes, David Bowie

Didn't know you
Would be jammin' until the break of dawn
I bet nobody ever told you that you
would be jammin' until the break of dawn
You would be jammin' and jammin' and jammin', jam on

Master Blaster, Stevie Wonder

If you want to, I'll change the-e situation
Right people, right time, just the wrong location
I've got a good idea, just you keep me near
I'd be so goo-ood for you

I Could Be So Good For You, Dennis Waterman

(Blondie and Madness had lots of terrific songs that year, so there are other options. Here are the UK top hits for 1980. www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-50-best-selling-songs-of-1980__32562/ )

A few political things:

Reagan beat Carter in the American presidential election.

George HW Bush was his vice president.

The Republicans won control of the Senate for the first time in many years.

The Olympics were held in Moscow, and America boycotted them, due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - which had happened just at the end of 1979.

Siege of the Iranian Embassy in London.

First CND protests at Greenham Common

Rishi Sunak was born! (makes me feel horribly old!)

Non-political things:

Steve Ovett and Seb Coe were great rivals in athletics, and both won gold medals at aforementioned Olympics. Ovett won the 800m and Coe won the 1500m.

Eruption of Mount St Helens volcano

Oh, and Ireland won the Eurovision Song Contest with Johnny Logan singing 'What's Another Year'.