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US history since 1980 trivia questions
Every one of the 18 questions in Rewind’s US history since 1980 branch carries a year, running from 1980 to 2020. The branch sits in the History group of the picker, under the line “The eighties to today”.
When the US history since 1980 questions happen
Split by decade, the questions look like this, earliest year 1980, latest 2020:
- 1980s: 4 questions
- 1990s: 5 questions
- 2000s: 5 questions
- 2010s: 3 questions
- 2020s: 1 question
Reading the US history since 1980 questions
Questions here open in a few familiar ways: 7 start with “The”, 6 start with “Which”, 2 start with “Hurricane”. Four choices are shown each time, and the fact line that follows is at most 20 words. 6 of the answers are a single word.
Every question was checked against a written source, and the source is kept with it.
A taste of US history since 1980
Two samples from US history since 1980, chosen from the older questions. Neither is one of the ten the daily quiz is using around now.
Question (1994): The Northridge earthquake of January 1994 shook which metropolitan area?
Answer: Los Angeles. It struck at half past four in the morning, and the Santa Monica Freeway took three months to repair.
The wrong choices on the card were San Francisco, Seattle, and San Diego.
Checked against 1994 Northridge earthquake (Wikipedia).
Question (2005): Hurricane Katrina flooded which city in August 2005 after its levees failed?
Answer: New Orleans. The flooding came from flaws in the federally built levee system, which was rebuilt in the years afterwards.
The wrong choices on the card were Houston, Mobile, and Tampa.
Checked against Hurricane Katrina (Wikipedia).
Pick US history since 1980 in Rewind
To play only US history since 1980, go to the title screen of Rewind and press the Branches button, which reads Mix until you change it. Choose US history since 1980 from the History list (18 questions sit behind it) and confirm with Play these.
Scoring and the clock are in How to play Rewind.
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