One sentence I heard
I heard a sentence：

“Do any of you remember what kind of party that was we talked about? It's been a long time,.......I don't expect you to ,Maybe you did.

I know I am excessively doctrinaire about grammar.
Can somebody tell me whether the question is correct or not?
I think it should be " Do any of you remember what kind of party we talked about ", why it had that was there, that was we talked about

Question

One sentence I heard
I heard a sentence：

“Do any of you remember what kind of party that was we talked about? It's been a long time,.......I don't expect you to ,Maybe you did.

I know I am excessively doctrinaire about grammar. 
Can somebody tell me whether the question is correct or not?
I think it should be " Do any of you remember what kind of party we talked about ", why it had that was there, that was we talked about

Answer

"Do any of you remember what kind of party that was we talked about" and "Do any of you remember what kind of party we talked about"  sound like two different questions to me. It's a very minor difference, but still. The way I parse the first one, the person is asking "do you remember what kind of party it was (that) we talked about?"

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Either you misheard the sentence or didn't remember it correctly, or whoever said it was not a native speaker because it is grammatically incorrect.
"Do any of you remember what kind of party IT WAS THAT we talked about?
You have omitted "it" and you reversed the other two words.
Now it is grammatically correct.
Of yourself Allen, you should say - 
I am extremely particular about grammar.
I am very fussy about grammar.

Answer

I think that is correct question, for instance ``that was`` means ``a party`` which they talked about. Try to understand the meaning.

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