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Twenty trivia questions for each of the 1970s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s — with answers, sources, and the historical events your classmates lived through. Pick your decade or run a multi-decade round for combined reunions.
Each decade below has 20 questions ranging from easy (everyone in the room will get this) to challenging (only true trivia heads will land it). For a one-decade reunion, pull 10 questions from the relevant decade and 10 supporting questions from the adjacent decade — most classes lived through both. For a multi-class reunion spanning a decade or more, run separate rounds named for each year span.
Verify every answer against two sources before printing. Trivia answers drift on the internet — release dates get fudged, chart positions get inflated, and famous quotes get misattributed constantly. Billboard.com, IMDb.com, Wikipedia's annual review pages, and the Nielsen archives are your best primary sources. For prices, the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI database is gold.
Mix multiple choice (three plausible options) with open answer. Use multiple choice for hard questions — exact prices, exact dates — and open answer for songs, shows, and famous moments. All-multiple-choice rounds get tedious; all-open-answer rounds frustrate when teams are close but wrong.
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Use the decade you graduated in as the anchor, but pull a few questions from the previous decade if your class was born then. A 1990 graduate class lived through both the 80s and 90s — questions from both decades land. For a 25-year reunion, the era you graduated owns the trivia. For a 50-year reunion, leaning into the decade you came of age in matters more than the year of the actual diploma.
Mix both. Use multiple choice (three options) for harder questions like exact prices, song lyrics, or first-aired-on dates. Use open answer for easier questions where the team's first guess will usually be right. All-multiple-choice gets boring fast; all-open-answer makes the harder rounds frustrating.
If your reunion combines multiple classes (e.g., a joint 1989/1990/1991 reunion), run one round per decade — late 80s, early 90s, mid 90s — and let each class shine in their primary years. Or assign teams across years intentionally so older grads provide context for younger ones. The mixing itself becomes part of the entertainment.
Billboard.com for music chart positions, IMDb.com for movie release dates and box office, Wikipedia's 'Year in [Topic]' pages for general events, the Nielsen TV ratings archives for show rankings, the EIA for historical gas prices, and the USPS history pages for postage. Always verify two sources before printing — internet trivia gets dates wrong constantly.
Plan for 12 to 15 minutes per decade round of 10 questions. Reading, discussion, and scoring add 30 to 45 seconds per question. For a full reunion, run two decade rounds with a break between — about 30 minutes of trivia total, which is the sweet spot before energy fades.
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