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1990s Trivia
You need to get 45 questions correct to receive full credit.
1. What does “AOL” stand for?
America Online
2. Where were the 1996 Summer Olympics held?
Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
3. Who lost part of his ear to the teeth of Mike Tyson in 1997?
Evander Holyfield
4. What was the most popular cell phone on the market in 1999?
Nokia 3210
5. What was the most popular way to in contact with someone when they were not
at home during the ’90s?
using a pager, which allowed for one-way message delivery, or by calling a
landline phone, or by using a public pay phone.
6. When was the World Wide Web first introduced?
August 6, 1991
7. What was the Federal minimum wage for most of the 90’s?
$4.25 an hour
8. What Sweet-And-Sour treats featured temporary tongue tattoos?
Gerrit's Blue Raspberry Satellite Wafers and lollipops like Dinos Tattoo Blue
Lollipops and Halloween Tongue Tattoo Lollipops
9. What hit song was unwittingly written about a brand of deodorant?
Smells Like Teen Spirit
10. What fad toy was feared to be a tool for foreign spies?
Furby
11. What was the most-watched television episode of the 1990’s?
The Eve of Construction
12. Prior to becoming President of the US, Bill Clinton was the Governor of which
state?
Arkansas
13. Who sued MCA Records over the song “Barbie Girl” for copyright infringement?
Mattel
14. Which candy was marketed as the “Freshmaker”?
Mentos
15. Who had a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Genie in a Bottle”?
Christina Aguilera
16. Which was the last Harry Potter book to be released in the ’90s?
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
17. Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to how many NBA Championships in the
90’s?
six NBA championships
18. What was the best-selling video game console of the 1990s?
SNES
19. What was the name of the bracelets that were banned in a number of schools
after students got injured while using them?
Slap Bracelets
20. Who starred in the movie Clueless?
Alicia Silverstone
21. What was the name of the town where the cartoon family “The Simpsons” live?
Springfield
22. What do the initials of JNCO Jeans stand for?
Judge None, Choose One
23. What 1990s teen movie was re-titled after a Britney Spears song?
Drive Me Crazy
24. Who had a hit song with “U Can’t Touch This”?
MC Hammer
25. In which year did the Spice Girls have their first number-one single?
Wannabe
26. What was the best-selling rock album of the 1990s?
The Black Album
27. What was the first rap/hip-hop song to hit No. 1 on The Billboard Hot 100?
28. Whitney Houston had a massive hit in 1992 with a cover of a song originally
written and released by a country music singer. Who was the singer and what
was the song title?
29. What’s the name of the group responsible for the “Macarena?”
Los del Río
30. What is the name (First and Last) of the boy who owns the toys in Toy Story?
Andrew "Andy" Davis
31. Which movie (1990) was based on Michael Crichton’s best-selling books?
Jurassic Park
32. What year was the movie “Forrest Gump” released?
July 6, 1994
33. Which TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar was a spin-off of a 1992 movie?
Buffy the Vampire Slaye
34. Which movie became the first to gross $1 billion at the box office in 1998?
Titanic
35. What classic Audrey Hepburn film was the title of a 1995 one-hit wonder song?
Breakfast at Tiffany's
36. What movie earned Tom Hanks his third straight Oscar Nomination in 1996?
Apollo 13
37. Macaulay Culkin was paid $1 Million — the first child star ever to do so — for
what film?
My girl
38. What was the first animated feature film to be nominated for a Best Picture
Oscar?
Beauty and the beast
39. What was the bestselling (board) game of 1991 even though it had been around
since 1967?
The Game of Life
40. Who was the best-selling artist of 1999? Their album Millennium sold a whopping
11,446,000 copies that year.
Backstreet boys
41. What was launched into low earth orbit in 1990 that is able to lock onto a target
and is still in operation 30+ years later?
The Hubble Space Telescope
42. What pioneering auction site was launched in 1995?
eBay
43. What is the biggest mall in America that opened in 1992, located in Bloomington,
MN? Mall of America
44. When did the Google search engine first debut?
Sept. 4 1998
45. Who was named the first female Secretary Of State in 1997?
Madeleine Korbel Albright
46. In 1992, LA Gear sold around 5 million pairs of which popular sneakers?
LA Lights
47. What accessory made a comeback in the ’90s as a fashion statement for women?
choker necklaces
48. What was the name of the handheld digital pet which started a worldwide craze?
Tamagotchi
49. What is the music-sharing program launched in 1999 that had 26.4 million users?
Napster
50. What is considered to be the first reality TV show? (Hint….MTV)
The real world
51. It is often regarded as one of the best video games of its generation. What
gaming platform did “Golden Eye 007” debut on?
Nintendo 64
52. Who is the “Sesame Street” star who was tickled with laughter and became the
Christmas 1996 must-have toy?
Elmo(tickle-me Elmo)
53. What band did Zac, Isaac, and Taylor form and peaked at the top of the charts in
1997 with the hit single “MMMBop?”
Hanson
54. What is the name of the TV sitcom in which the characters would gather for
coffee each day at the Central Perk?
F.R.I.E.N.D.S
55. What Nickelodeon animated show starred Tommy, Chuckie, and Angelica?
rugrats
56. In the 1990s, what function was added to portable CD players that enabled both
children and adults to enjoy their music without missing a beat?
Anti-skip
57. What snack was the most effective for applying to your fingers and creating witch
fingernails?
Bugles
58. Which television show’s theme song began with the following line, “Where has
predictability gone?”
Providence
59. What was the name of the sheep that was effectively cloned for the first time in
1996?
Dolly
60. This fad of the '90s was like a purse carried on your waist.
Fanny-pack
61. What team won baseball’s 1994 World Series
Trick there was no winner for there was a strike
62. A FOX television executive paid two University of Colorado students to make a
short film he could send out as a video Christmas card. The finished product was
called "Jesus vs. Santa" and evolved into which animated television show?
South Park
63. The best-selling 90s Hip-Hop star Tupac Shakur died in September. What were
the circumstances of his death?
he was shot
64. In 1998, television watchers mourned as they watched the final episode of which
sitcom, one that starred Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, and a guy named
Jerry?
Seinfeld
65. Who sang the "Star Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl XXV?
Whitney Houston
