The 1980s Time Capsule

What this quiz asks

• In which London church did Prince Charles marry Lady Diana Spencer in 1981?
• Which actor played the title role in Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman?
• Which computer was introduced by a famous TV advert shown during the 1984 Super Bowl?
• Before going into politics, US President Ronald Reagan was a Hollywood actor.
• Which US channel, launched by Ted Turner in 1980, was the first to offer television news 24 hours a day?
• Which storage format, introduced by Sony in the early 1980s, came in a hard plastic case with a sliding metal shutter?
• Michael Jackson first performed the moonwalk on television in 1983. Which song was he singing?
• Select ALL of these that first went on sale in the 1980s.
• Which actress released a hugely successful home workout video in 1982?
• Did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happen before the Challenger space shuttle disaster?
• Which 1980s TV series starred Mr. T as the mechanic B.A. Baracus?
• Which brand of colourful plastic Swiss watch was launched in 1983?
• The Channel Tunnel between England and France opened in the 1980s.
• In the 1980 TV mystery known as Who shot J.R.?, which Dallas character turned out to have pulled the trigger?
• The stock market crash of 19 October 1987 is named after which day of the week?
• Select ALL of these leaders who first came to power in the 1980s.
• In 1989 the Soviet Union completed its withdrawal from which country after a war lasting almost ten years?
• The Polish trade union Solidarity was born in 1980 in the shipyards of which city?
• The 1982 Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom lasted how many days?
• Put these 1980s moments in order, earliest first.