What do you know or remember from just 25 years ago
Question 1
1. What was the price of a US Postage Stamp in 1987?


Question 2
2. The first criminal was convicted using DNA evidence in England in 1987, what was his name?


Question 3
3. In 1987, Paul Volcker was succeeded by whom as the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board?


Question 4
4. Which of these movies did not debut in 1987: The Money Pit, Lethal Weapon, RoboCop, or Three Men and a Baby?


Question 5
5. In 1987, a "naked-eye" supernova was observed, the first since what year?


Question 6
6. On October 19th, the US Stock Market crashed by how many points?


Question 7
7. What was the average cost of a gallon of gas?


Question 8
8. In 1987, Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the ______ time?


Question 9
9. What US channel on network TV made its prime time debut in 1987?


Question 10
10. Work on what tunnel that connects Frances to England began?


Question 11
11. The year 1987 was shortened by how many seconds to adjust the Gregorian calendar?


Question 12
12. What was the average cost of a new house ?


Question 13
13. The special envoy to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Terry Waite, was kidnapped in Beirut when trying to negotiate the release of hostages, how long was he held?


Question 14
14. In 1987, Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie was found guilty of crimes against humanity, what was he called?


Question 15
15. British Airways merged with what other airline in 1987 in order to compete with the large US airlines?


Question 16
16. Which of these movies was not released in 1987: Fatal Attraction, A Fish Called Wanda, Wall Street, or Dirty Dancing?


Question 17
17. What was the price of a new Chevrolet Corsica/Berreta in 1987?


Question 18
18. What cross-channel ferry capsized outside a harbor where in Europe killing 193 passengers and crew ?


Question 19
19. What was the estimated US population in 1987?


Question 20
20. In 1987, an IRA bomb was set off at a Remembrance Day Service where?







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1. 24 cents 2. Robert Melias 3. Alan Greenspan 4. The Money Pit (1986) 5. 1604 6. 508 points 7. 89 cents 8. Third 9. Fox Broadcasting Company 10. Channel Tunnel 11. 1 second 12. $92,000 13. 1,763 days (Just under 5 years, 4 of those years in solitary confinement) 14. The Butcher of Lyon 15. British Caledonian 16. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) 17. $9,955 18. MS Herald of Free Enterprise at Zeebrugge, Belgium 19. 244.6 Million 20. Eniskillin, Northern Ireland