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spygirl 30-Mar-07, 07:39	Pop Culture - Question and Answer 3 things.... Like the other threads, only about current and past, well, popular culture. I'll start with a question and answer...name 3 toys/games from the 1980's... And the answer would be: Rubik's cube Atari 2600 Trivial Pursuit (was first introduced in the 80's).... Next question...name 3 popular coffee chains.
rilke 30-Mar-07, 09:52	coffe chains Startbucks Peet's coffee Port City Java Very good thread Spygirl! Name 3 popular Ice cream chains?
spygirl 30-Mar-07, 16:35	Ice cream chains Cold Stone Creamery - my current favorite Baskin Robbins Ben and Jerry's Name 3 clothing store chains that are currently popular.
rilke 31-Mar-07, 02:41	clothing store JC Penny Nordstrom Macys Name 3 current cigarretes brands?
chessbeatswork 31-Mar-07, 12:53	Good topic, spygirl! Marlboro Newport Camel Name three reality shows.
rilke 31-Mar-07, 15:16	reality shows Survivor The Apprentice Amercian Idol Name 3 famous musuems?
spygirl 01-Apr-07, 04:33	famous museums MOMA - New York The Louvre - Paris The Smithsonian Institution in DC...several museums...Museum of Natural History (dinosaurs), museum of american history, air and space museum.... Name 3 things you associate with the 1980's.
rilke 01-Apr-07, 04:55	1980 Berlin Wall fall John Lennon's death The birth of MTV Very good question Spygirl! Name 3 entertainers (singers,actors,etc) who emerge from the 1980's?
rilke 02-Apr-07, 06:53	1980's Madonna The Police Men at work Name 3 popular events of the 1960's?
spygirl 02-Apr-07, 07:06	3 popular events of the 1960's The British Invasion - i.e. the Beatles et. al coming to america The Vietnam War - though not popular...kinda spurred the flower-child movement Neil Armstrong's moon walk Name 3 popular events of the 1970's.
rilke 02-Apr-07, 07:09	1970's Good choices spygirl.....I was thinking of the last two ! Watergate Nixon open relations with China The Hostages in Iran Name 3 popular events of the 1950's?
spygirl 02-Apr-07, 08:38	1950's Elvis Presley McCarthyism and the whole fear of communism begins (probably as a result of the escalation of the cold war) Segregation ruled unconstitional by the U.S. Supreme Court Name 3 popular events of the 1990's.
rilke 02-Apr-07, 08:57	1990 's events Bosnia war NATO Somalia Name 3 popular events from 1910-1919?
spygirl 05-Apr-07, 11:56	1910-1919 Thanks to an internet search: 1912 - Oreo Cookies were first introduced 1914 - Panama Canal was officially opened 1917 - First Pulitzer prizes awarded Name 3 fashion trends of the 1980's.
rilke 05-Apr-07, 12:03	trends I had in mind>>>>Titanic 1912, WWII 1914, Womens vote..(forgot what year) trend: Levis Jeans Fedora Hats (after Indiana Jones film) Armani dress Name 3 popular inventions of the 20th century?
spygirl 05-Apr-07, 12:15	popular inventions of the 20th century cell phones television computers name 3 fashion trends of the 1970's.
chessbeatswork 06-Apr-07, 05:40	Sartorial Nightmares Bell Bottom Jeans Big, ugly gold medallions Insanely wide collars Name three songs from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
spygirl 09-Apr-07, 09:49	Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack Oh boy...I used to have this on record... Night Fever Stayin Alive Disco Inferno Name three songs from the Grease soundtrack (staying with the Travolta theme).
chessbeatswork 11-Apr-07, 05:34	I freaking love Grease! You're the One That I Want Sandra Dee Greased Lightnin' And the Travoltathon continues.... Name three John Travolta movies prior to Pulp Fiction.
spygirl 11-Apr-07, 06:18	Travoltathon Well, excluding Saturday Night Fever and Grease, I'll say..... Urban Cowboy The Boy in the Bubble (am I the only one who remembers this movie?) Look Who's Talking I would've said face off and broken arrow, but they were after Pulp Fiction. And I also LOVE Grease...I used to have the soundtrack on record....yikes! It only follows...name 3 songs sung by Olivia Newton-John.
chessbeatswork 11-Apr-07, 06:33	Thunder from Down Under Physical- Accompanied by what may have been the worst music video ever made. Although, in defense, it was the early days of MTV. Magic Heart Attack- sublimely titled considering the theme of song number one mentioned above. I remember The Boy in the Bubble! That was a made-for-TV movie, I believe, just as Vinnie Barbarino was hitting it big. Good lord, with a mind like this, how is it possible that I'm not a chess grandmaster yet?!   Name the Pink Ladies form Grease.
spygirl 11-Apr-07, 13:56	Pink Ladies Rizzo Marty Maraschino (the sexy one who flirts with Vince Fontaine) Frenchie Jan (the chubby one..brush-a brush-a brush-a) I've seen that movie wayyyyy too many times.... Ok...that begs the question... Name the t-birds from Grease.
spygirl 11-Apr-07, 13:58	as an aside chessbeatswork.... I used to think Olivia Newton-john's song Physical was about working out, partly due to the horrible music video you mentioned... what can i say? I was a naive kid in the 80's.......
spygirl 17-Apr-07, 08:34	T-Birds Kenicke Sonny Putzie Doodie Name 3 popular brands of athletic shoes.
spygirl 25-Apr-07, 12:26	athletic shoes Nike Adidas Puma Name 3 major events that happened in between 1985 and 1990.
rilke 25-Apr-07, 13:26	Events The fall of The Berlin Wall San Francisco's earthquake in 1989 USA sending more troops to El Salvador. Name 3 DJ's from the popular MTV?
spygirl 25-Apr-07, 16:00	MTV DJ's Downtown Julie Brown Martha Quinn Adam Curry Is it sad that I know these from memory? Is that telling my age?   Name 3 of the earliest music videos ever played on MTV.
spygirl 09-May-07, 11:17	3 earliest music videos Video Killed the Radio Star - the Buggles - actually was the first music video She Blinded me with Science - Thomas Dolby You better Run - Pat Benatar Name 3 popular candy bars.
rilke 26-Oct-07, 12:34	Olivia Newton John Physical Grease theme Xanadu Name 3 men's colognes?
spygirl 27-Oct-07, 15:40	3 men's colognes Tommy Chrome CK One Name 3 beers from around the world.
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