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- What agency did Frank Borman say in 1987 was
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- "comatose" and "mesmerized"?NASA
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- What type of craft was the "Kitty Hawk",
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- which crossed North America nonstop in 1980?A balloon
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- What company's personal computer ranked third
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- in U.S. sales in 1986?TANDY's
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- What brand of dog food was the favorite of
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- North American dog owners in 1987?ALPO
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- What phenomenon prompted the slogan: "Don't
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- die of ignorance"?AIDS
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- What is vacuumed out of your body if you
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- undergo "liposuction"?Fat
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- What ailment was responsible for 157 million
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- lost workdays in the U.S. in 1987?Headaches
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- What viral disease killed 14 million people
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- from 1981 to 1988?Measles
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- What illegal activity would CBS's Copycode
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- system make difficult or impossible?Home taping
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- What are you hoping to reduce your level of
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- by taking the drug lovastatin?Cholesterol
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- What year did U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett
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- Koop target for a "smoke-free society"?2000
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- Who was hyped in 1988 ads as "The Guru of
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- Good Times"?Spuds MacKenzie
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- What disease was described as a "metaphor for
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- the problems of society"?AIDS
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- What toothpaste's 1988 ads informed the world
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- that "tartar isn't sexy"?Close-Up's
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- What luxury auto did Mazda introduce after
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- the 323 and 626?The 929
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- What jeans brand uses a question mark on its
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- label?GUESS
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- What make of car do you own after
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- you spring for a "Sentra"?Nissan
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- What disease do California gas pumps warn
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- gasoline is a potential cause of?Cancer
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- What Plymouth minivan is the corporate twin
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- of the Dodge Caravan?The "Voyager"
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- What Ford is the corporate twin of the
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- Mercury "Sable"?The "Taurus"
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- What meat do Americans hate the most,
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- according to a Roper survey?Liver
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- What cereal could you buy to get a
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- secret decoder pen in 1988?KELLOGGS' FROSTED FLAKES
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- What Asian capital welcomed its first
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- Christian Dior boutique in 1981?Beijing
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- What did the Pentagon admit that atomic war
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- would block, resulting in "nuclear winter"?The sun
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- What 1986 date saw a record-setting 257
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- marriages in New York City?February 14
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- What city's '80s in-crowd swarmed to the
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- restaurants "Exterminator Chili" and "Cafe Pig"?New York's
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- How many of every 100 1986 U.S. robberies
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- were committed in a bank?One
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- What metal in jewelry is the most common
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- cause of skin allergies?Nickel
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- What color label did the fashion chain
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- Benetton make its mark with?Green
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- What country banned the sale of booze before
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- 2:00 p.m. in 1985?The Soviet Union
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- What was wrapped around the peanuts in the
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- new 1982 snack TATER NUTS?Potato chips
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- What was the first brand of CD player
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- available to U.S. retailers?SONY
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- What word denotes flights you don't change
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- planes on, but that make at least one stop?Direct
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- What continent's 1988 birthrate was estimated
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- at seven babies born per second?Asia's
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- What are cigarettes as addictive as,
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- according to the U.S. Surgeon General?Heroin
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- What Asian country's citizens were the first
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- to be served by door-to-door condom salesmen?Japan's
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- What section of Manhattan has a tuberculosis
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- rate more than 13 times the national average?Harlem
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- What tape company first plastered the market
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- with POST-IT NOTES in 1980?3M
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- What credit card company claims in ads that
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- "Membership has its privileges"?AMERICAN EXPRESS
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- How many of every 100 U.S. kindergarten
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- teachers in 1987 were men?One
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- What country did 75 percent of the Jews
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- leaving the Soviet Union in 1987 head for?The U.S.
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- What medical acronym required the biggest
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- type size for an '80s "Life" magazine cover?AIDS
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- What country had 183,895 privately-owned
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- machine guns in 1987?The U.S.
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- What Madonna hit was slammed by officials of
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- Planned Parenthood?"Papa Don't Preach"
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- What soft drink said of its caffeine content,
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- "Never had it, never will"?7-UP
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- What's the brand name of Kodak's disposable
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- camera, flung on the market in 1987?FLING
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- What continent was the last Volkswagen
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- Beetle rolled out in, in 1987?Africa
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- What was the first airline to mount TVs on
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- the back of passenger seats?Northwest
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- What did Congress tell cigarette
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- companies to rotate?Health warnings
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- How many photos can you take with a
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- disposable Fuji QUICK SHOT?Twenty-four
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- What was the first country to approve the
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- AIDS drug AZT?Britain
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- What eating disorder did a high percentage of
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- cosmetic surgery junkies suffer as teens?Anorexia
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- What Scandinavian country led the world in
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- per capita use of electricity in 1987?Norway
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- What hamburger chain named the giant bacon
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- burger in its French franchises the "Texan"?Burger King
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- What telephone company calls itself "The
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- Right Choice"?AT&T
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- What pain killer bills itself as "Advanced
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- medicine for pain"?ADVIL
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- What national park is featured on a 1988
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- 25-cent U.S. postage stamp?Yosemite
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- What elective surgery was uppermost for
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- 115,000 U.S. women in 1986?Silicon breast implants
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- How many pounds of chemical additive does an
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- average American consume yearly: 3, 6, or 9?Nine
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- What did the U.S. government seize 3,590,979
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- tabs of in 1985?LSD
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- How many of the 3 bestselling automobiles in
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- 1985 were pickup trucks?Two
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- What country's populace spent 37 billion
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- hours waiting in line for food in 1985?The Soviet Union's
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- What do 87% of professional boxers suffer
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- from?Brain damage
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- How many of every five firefighters' meals
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- are interrupted?three
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- What German-made car's sales increased 350%
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- between 1975 and 1986?BMW's
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- What musical instrument's keys were
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- 2,200,000 Americans pressing in 1986?The accordion's
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- What fraction of the world's population
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- cooked with wood or charcoal in 1985?One-half
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- What was the most popular activity in
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- Catholic churches besides Mass?Bingo
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- What kind of nuts did the U.S. import $14.8
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- million worth of from Iran in 1986?Pistachio nuts
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- What country makes two out of every three
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- pianos?Japan
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- What nationality were 50 of the world's 129
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- billionaires in 1988?American
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- What men's cologne shares its name with a New
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- Mexico city?Santa Fe
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- What Nabisco cookie did an A&P spokesman
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- call "the HULA HOOP of 1988"?TEDDY GRAHAMS
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- What percent of all U.S. prisoners were women
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- in 1988: 4, 14, or 24?4 percent
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- What deodorant's motto is: "Anything less
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- would be uncivilized"?RIGHT GUARD
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- What did thieves steal 1,224,100 of in 1986?Automobiles
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- What animated character was the top selling
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- stuffed animal of Christmas 1988?Roger Rabbit
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- What electronics chain claims to be "The
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- technology store"?Radio Shack
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- What service delivered the slogan: "We run
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- the tightest ship in the shipping business"?United Parcel Service
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- What superpower's citizens made an average of
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- $4,212 per year in 1988?The Soviet Union's
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- What country did a Soviet trade deputy
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- say is "state No.1" in management in 1988?The U.S.
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- How many U.S. households lacked telephones in
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- 1988 - four, five or six hundred thousand?Six hundred thousand
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- What machines can come down with "viruses"?Computers
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- What did "M&A" mean to a Wall Street wizard in 1988?Mergers and Acquisitions
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- What's the "L" in the buyout term "LBO"?Leveraged
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- What chain overtook Sears in 1985 to become
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- the biggest U.S. retail store?K mart
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- What Sears insurance company pitched in
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- 58 percent of Sears' profits in 1987?Allstate
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- What Sears credit card finally hit the
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- black in 1988?Discover
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- What was "Rogaine", with 2 percent minoxidil,
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- the first FDA-approved treatment for?Baldness
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- What did "Fortune" magazine call "the year
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- faxmania hit Main Street"?1988
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- What company shot up business markets with
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- the "Faxphone 20"?Canon
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- What were the "American Eagles" you bought if
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- you called 1-800-USA-GOLD?Gold coins
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- What rental outfit's employees "tried harder"
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- because they owned it?Avis'
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- What city is home to the Japanese-run Hotel
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- Beijing-Toronto?Beijing
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- What currency was 70 percent of world trade
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- conducted with in 1988?U.S. Dollars
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- What currency was Number Two in international
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- bank deposits in 1988?The Deutsche Mark
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- What airline was so inefficient by 1981 that
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- native comics dubbed it as "Bloody Awful"?BRITISH AIRWAYS
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- What international airline carried more
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- passengers by 1986 than any other?BRITISH AIRWAYS
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- What's the definition of the television
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- acronym IDTV?Improved Definition Television
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- What booze were you calling for with the '80s
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- buzzword "Stoli"?STOLICHNAYA Vodka
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- What country's Formosa Plastics saw a billion-dollar future in its Texas plant in 1988?Taiwan's
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- What U.S. auto sloganized: "What a luxury car
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- should be."?LINCOLN
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- What computer equipment corporation's acronym
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- is DEC?Digital Equipment Corporation's
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- What company's HANDYCAM runs on Video 8?Sony's
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- Can you eat chili burgers in China?Yes
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- What country's "President" money mag doubled
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- "Fortune"'s circulation?Japan's
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- What soda outfit invited the media to taste
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- "the REAL real thing" in 1985?Pepsi-Cola
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- Which back pocket boasts the red tab on
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- millions of "Levi's" worn in the '80s?The right pocket
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- How many of every four American grocery
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- stores had magazine racks by 1987?Three
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- How many of every 10 truck drivers were women
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- according to a 1987 U.S. Census report?One
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- What did 7 percent of Americans say a
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- bankrupt person had the right to do?Commit suicide
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- What university's students gazed at a
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- banner saying: "We're Making Magic Together"?Disney University's
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- What company publishes "USA Today" and runs
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- the largest U.S. outdoor billboard outfit?Gannett
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- What U.S. oil city boasted Saudi Arabia as
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- its top trading partner in the early '80s?Houston
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- Which law officers rated more positively in a
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- 1985 Harris poll - local or federal?Local
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- Which news medium did a 1985 Harris poll say
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- Americans trusted more - TV or print?TV news
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- What Iron Curtain capital was only 400 miles
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- from Chernobyl?Warsaw
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- What outfit's trucks are billed "Built fun
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- tough"?Ford's
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- What snuffed over half of the 126
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- firefighters killed on the job in 1986?Heart attacks
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- What southern state had a nation-leading 254
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- inmates on death row in 1987?Florida
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