1. 36
   38
2. 41
   48

George Herbert Walker Bush was elected in 1988 and took office in 1989 as the 41st president. His son, George W. Bush, would be the 43rd.

1. A repair project on China's Great Wall
   The division between the Republicans and the Democrats in the Senate
2. The dividing line between capitalist and Communist Europe
   A metal band

The "Iron Curtain" went up after World War II, when the Soviet Union gained a number of satellite states in Eastern Europe. In 1989, it was still a vital, functioning concept in world politics -- though it wouldn't be for much longer.

1. Tony Blair
   Gordon Brown
2. Margaret Thatcher
   Cornelius Fudge

Margaret Thatcher held office from 1979 to 1990; she was England's counterpart to the equally conservative Ronald Reagan. Her life and rise to power were chronicled, not very favorably, in the 2011 film, "The Iron Lady."

1. Ric Flair
   Hulk Hogan
2. Bret "the Hitman" Hart
   What's the WWE?

For many years, and all of the '80s, Vince McMahon's organization was the WWF, which stood for World Wrestling Federation. After losing a lawsuit to the World Wildlife Fund, the company changed the name to World Wrestling Entertainment.

1. Joseph Biden
   George H.W. Bush
2. Walter Mondale
   George McGovern

Walter Mondale, the Democrat from Minnesota, chose Geraldine Ferraro as his vice-presidential candidate in 1984. It was a historic choice, but the incumbent Reagan-Bush ticket steamrolled over them for re-election.

1. Gorbachev
   Lee
2. Blair
   Khrushchev

This was President Ronald Reagan's famous sound bite at the Berlin Wall. Mikhail Gorbachev, whom he addressed in absentia, was leader of the USSR. Nikita Khrushchev, another Soviet premier, came earlier in the history of U.S.-USSR relations.

1. England
   Kenya
2. Scotland
   South Africa

Desmond Tutu was ordained in 1961 and rose to the level of Archbishop of Cape Town. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. Today, he is still sought after as a speaker on theology, politics and world affairs.

1. Pierce Brosnan
   Timothy Dalton
2. David Niven
   Daniel Craig

Brosnan is an Irish actor who had previously been known for the TV series, "Remington Steele." He portrayed Ian Fleming's dashing spy until 2002. But Bond will always be George Lazenby to us!

1. "As the World Turns"
   "General Hospital"
2. "The Edge of Night"
   "Passions"

"Luke and Laura" were one of the most famous couples on daytime television. They married on a 1981 episode of the powerhouse ABC soap, set in fictitious Port Charles, which still airs today.

1. Beethoven
   Mozart
2. Verdi
   Dylan

Mozart's full name was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Tom Hulce starred in this popular movie that not only won the Best Picture Oscar, but fed into a Mozart boom in the mid-1980s. (We still can't get the techno-pop hit "Rock Me, Amadeus" out of our heads!)

1. Bono
   Bob Geldof
2. Brian May
   Neil Gaiman

Geldof, now "Sir Robert," founded the famine-relief supergroup with Scottish musician Midge Ure. Band Aid released "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in 1984, to benefit hunger relief in Ethiopia. (And yes, we know Neil Gaiman isn't a musician, but we threw him in because he's got that same sunlight-challenged, tousle-haired look that Geldof rocks so well.)

1. Armenia
   Haiti
2. Surinam
   Canada

Thanks to their anti-Communist stance, both "Baby Doc" and his father, "Papa Doc" Duvalier, had enjoyed support from the United States. It wasn't enough to protect Baby Doc from a people's revolution in Haiti, and he left the country in 1986.

1. Five
   Six
2. Seven
   Eight

We're being inclusive when we say "astronaut" -- one was a schoolteacher, Christa McAuliffe. She went through a rigorous NASA training program to win her spot on the shuttle, so we think the title applies to her, too. She and the other six died when the Challenger exploded on launch in January 1986.

1. "Billie Jean"
   "Like a Virgin"
2. "Jailhouse Rock"
   "Video Killed the Radio Star"

The Music Television channel -- now universally known as "MTV" -- aired with a wink, playing this infectious hit by the Buggles. Fortunately, it turned out that reports of the death of music as an audio-only format were severely premature.

1. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
   Sandra Day O'Connor
2. Sonia Sotomayor
   Elena Kagan

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had a moment recently, with the release of the 2018 film, "On the Basis of Sex." However, O'Connor preceded her onto the Supreme Court in 1981. Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan were both Obama-era nominations.

1. Czechoslovakia
   Egypt
2. Tanzania
   Studio 54

The Velvet Revolution was the name of a peaceful transfer of power from the one-party Communist government to a multi-party, democratic system. 1989 was, in general, a bad year for Communism, as the USSR broke up and lost its hold on Eastern European nations.

1. A dance craze
   A computer virus
2. A newly-discovered species
   A children's toy

The Morris worm was the first well-known virus. It was launched in 1988 as a way (its creator said) to highlight security flaws. Robert Morris was a Cornell student at the time​ and has since avoided talking about his notorious creation.

1. China
   Denmark
2. England
   None of these; it is independent

Hong Kong -- the name means "fragrant harbor" in Cantonese -- came under English control in 1842, and a 100-year lease was agreed upon between England and China in 1898. The "handover" to China occurred, to great fanfare, in 1997.

1. Drew Barrymore
   Bob Hoskins
2. Michael Madsen
   Sigourney Weaver

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (yes, there's really no question mark in the title) had a game-changing mix of live action and animation; audiences were enthralled. British actor Bob Hoskins played the detective who had to exonerate Roger Rabbit of murder.

1. Argentina
   India
2. Morocco
   Italy

The Falkland Islands conflict was a brief one in 1982, with England sending military forces to regain control. The Falkland Islanders themselves have voted overwhelmingly for remaining a British territory, despite the islands' nearness to mainland Argentina.

1. W.H. Auden
   T.S. Eliot
2. Sylvia Plath
   J.K. Rowling

Thomas Stearns Eliot, the American-born poet who made the U.K his home, wrote both "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "The Waste Land." This is one of those answers that would have been the same in 1979, 1989 or today.

1. Niels Bohr
   Max Planck
2. Cold fusion was not yet a reality in 1989.
   Cold fusion has never been a reality.

Cold fusion is the name for -- theoretically -- creating a nuclear reaction at low(ish), Earth-like temperatures instead of those hot as the center of a star. Many physicists consider it a pipe dream, like alchemy.

1. Eight
   Nine
2. Ten
   Eleven

From 1930 to 1992, the correct answer was "nine." But in 1992, the discovery of several astronomical objects about the size of Pluto in the Kuiper Belt cast doubt on its status. It has since been downgraded to a "dwarf planet."

1. Chechnya
   Latvia
2. Russia
   Uzbekistan

Russia was one of the Soviet Union's constituent republics, though "first among equals." It's Chechnya that was never a republic of the USSR -- it's currently considered a "breakaway republic" from Russia itself.

1. Kolkata
   Goa
2. New Delhi
   Bangalore

Kolkata (once "Calcutta") used to be the capital of India. New Delhi has served in that role since 1931. Its greater metro area is home to more than 2 million people.

1. "Smart" and "watch"
   "Second" and "watch"
2. "Swiss" and "watch"
   "Smile" and "watch"

"Swatch" was a Swiss creation, so you can be forgiven for thinking the first word is "Swiss." But it was "Second," because the watches were meant to be inexpensive, and not for frequent or longtime wear.

1. Ethiopia
   Namibia
2. Ghana
   None; it is independent

We admit this is a tricky one unless you're a world-geography buff. Eritrea is now a small independent state, which seceded in 1991. Its name is taken from the Greek word for "red" because of its proximity to the Red Sea.

1. Compton
   Jones
2. Rhodes
   Taylor

In addition to Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes, Duran Duran's members were John, Andy and Roger Taylor. No relation, they say; just a coincidence. The pop group dominated the charts in the '80s with hits like "The Reflex" and "Hungry Like the Wolf."

1. Lily-Rose Depp
   Keira Knightley
2. Nicole Kidman
   Claudia Schiffer

Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford were the top models of the era, and Schiffer landed the coveted position of Chanel ambassador. Lily-Rose Depp, daughter of Johnny, was not yet born in 1989, but was 2016's choice for the "face of Chanel."

1. 1981
   1986
2. 1988
   This has not yet happened in 1989.

The Space Shuttle program was NASA's way of providing efficient, partially-reusable transport into space. The last shuttle flew in 2011. The program was very successful, though with two notable disasters (one of which is mentioned elsewhere in this quiz.)

1. Burma
   Ghana
2. Myanmar
   Zimbabwe

Rhodesia was named for a British explorer and colonialist, Cecil Rhodes. The country's native denizens rejected the name in 1989, due to its roots in colonialism. The chose "Zimbabwe" instead, after the name of a great but ruined city.

1. Tim Burton
   McG
2. David Fincher
   Kimberly Peirce

Since 1987's "Beetlejuice," Burton's career has been legendary. To this day, he often collaborates with Johnny Depp, who was also just starting out in the late '80s. This was when they made "Edward Scissorhands."

1. Their own show, "The Simpsons"
   "In Living Color"
2. "Saturday Night Live"
   "The Tracey Ullman Show"

Tracey Ullman is a prolific and talented comedienne, but her 1987 show was short-lived. The yellow-skinned family who made their debut in animated segments, however, showed real promise. "The Simpsons" was a breakthrough hit for the new Fox network.

1. Tyra Banks
   Pat Cleveland
2. Beverly Johnson
   Naomi Campbell

Johnson appeared on the cover of U.S. Vogue in 1974. However, Donyale Luna was on the cover of U.K. Vogue nearly a decade earlier, in 1966. Banks and Campbell were models who rose to stardom in the late '90s and the 2000s.

1. Buenos Aires
   Cuzco
2. Lima
   Santiago

This answer is one of those which would have been right in 1889 as well as 1989. Buenos Aires, Spanish for "good/healthful air," is one of the world's great capitals and highly recommended as a tourist spot.