Significant Events and Cultural Highlights of 1983 Quiz

Explore pivotal moments of 1983 with this quiz! Cricket World Cup, Oscars, space missions, iconic albums, and more. How well do you remember?

#1

Which team won the Cricket World Cup in 1983?

Australia
West Indies
India
Pakistan
#2

Which famous musician released the album 'Thriller', which became one of the best-selling albums of all time, in 1983?

Michael Jackson
Madonna
Prince
Bruce Springsteen
#3

Which iconic television show aired its final episode in 1983, after an 11-season run?

M*A*S*H
Cheers
The Brady Bunch
Happy Days
#4

Which iconic arcade game, featuring a yellow character eating dots and avoiding ghosts, was released in 1983?

Pac-Man
Donkey Kong
Space Invaders
Centipede
#5

What was the title of the second Star Wars film, released in 1983, featuring the Battle of Endor?

The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
A New Hope
The Phantom Menace
#6

Who won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1983?

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Gandhi
Tootsie
Terms of Endearment
#7

Which American space mission became the first to launch a woman into space in 1983?

Apollo 11
Challenger STS-7
Voyager 2
Gemini 3
#8

Which computer company introduced the Apple Lisa, one of the first personal computers to feature a graphical user interface, in 1983?

IBM
Microsoft
Apple
Commodore
#9

Which country officially adopted the metric system in 1983?

United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
#10

In 1983, who became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Toni Morrison
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
Zora Neale Hurston
#11

What major event happened in Berlin in 1983, leading to heightened tensions between NATO and the Soviet Union?

Fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Airlift
Reykjavik Summit
Able Archer Exercise
#12

What was the name of the terrorist organization responsible for the bombing of the United States Embassy in Beirut in 1983?

Al-Qaeda
Hezbollah
Taliban
IRA
#13

What was the name of the first mobile phone to be commercially available in the United States, released in 1983?

Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
Nokia 1011
Ericsson GH 172
Siemens S1
#14

What was the name of the terrorist attack on the United States Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983?

Operation Just Cause
Operation Desert Storm
Beirut Bombings
Gulf War
#15

Which famous Hollywood actor made his debut as James Bond in the film 'Never Say Never Again' released in 1983?

Roger Moore
Pierce Brosnan
Sean Connery
Timothy Dalton

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