Music, movies, TV and video games from the decade of grunge, dial-up and the Game Boy. How much do you really remember?
10 questions on the decade of grunge, dial-up internet and the Game Boy. Music, movies, TV and video games: only true 90s kids will score a perfect 10.
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The 90s packed a lot into one decade: flannel shirts and Nevermind on repeat, a Tamagotchi beeping in your backpack, the screech of a dial-up modem tying up the phone line, and half the planet queuing to watch a certain ship sink. No smartphones, no streaming, just mixtapes, VHS rentals and a Game Boy running on four AA batteries.
This quiz covers the whole ride: the Seattle sound that changed rock, the sitcom that made a coffee shop couch famous, the launch that had people lining up at midnight for an operating system, and the pocket monsters that took over the world. Ten questions to find out whether your 90s memory is crystal clear or as worn out as an overplayed cassette.
All ten easy level questions, with the answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, whose theme song you may now find yourself singing.
Correct answer: Victoria Adams
Victoria Adams, later Victoria Beckham.
Correct answer: Google
Google, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Correct answer: Nintendo 64
The Nintendo 64, with a controller shaped like nothing else on Earth.
Correct answer: Furby
The Furby, which never quite stopped talking, even at night.
Correct answer: Oasis
Oasis, and every guitarist at every party has played it since.
Correct answer: Kevin
Kevin McCallister. Harry and Marv are the burglars, and Buzz is his brother.
Correct answer: Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls, with two separate three-peats.
Correct answer: Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton, the former governor of Arkansas.
Correct answer: Buffy
Buffy Summers, and Sarah Michelle Gellar handled the stakes.
Want to warm up before playing or double-check something? Open any question to reveal the correct answer and a short explanation.
Correct answer: Friends
Friends premiered on September 22, 1994 and ran for ten seasons. The orange couch at Central Perk became one of the most famous sofas on television.
Correct answer: Nirvana
Nevermind came out in September 1991, and Smells Like Teen Spirit turned Nirvana into the reluctant face of grunge almost overnight.
Correct answer: Wannabe
Wannabe eventually hit number one in 37 countries and turned Girl Power into a global catchphrase.
Correct answer: Windows 95
Windows 95 launched on August 24, 1995, with Start Me Up fronting the ad campaign. People actually queued at midnight to buy an operating system.
Correct answer: The Tamagotchi
Bandai released the Tamagotchi on November 23, 1996. Schools around the world ended up banning them because the little creatures kept dying during class.
Correct answer: Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park mixed animatronics with pioneering CGI from Industrial Light & Magic and won three Oscars for its visual and sound work.
Correct answer: Game Boy
The games landed in North America on September 28, 1998, two and a half years after Japan, and turned the aging Game Boy into a must-have all over again.
Correct answer: Britney Spears
Released in October 1998, the single hit number one in January 1999 and launched one of the biggest pop careers of all time.
Correct answer: Titanic
Titanic tied Ben-Hur's record of 11 Oscars and spent 15 straight weekends at number one at the US box office.
Correct answer: AOL
The greeting was recorded by Elwood Edwards on a cassette recorder in his living room for just 200 dollars. It even inspired the 1998 Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movie.
Stuck on one, or just curious how nasty it gets? Every hard mode question is here with its answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee, at CERN, and the first website went live in 1991.
Correct answer: Hubble
Hubble, whose flawed mirror had to be corrected in orbit in 1993.
Correct answer: Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump, and life is indeed like a box of chocolates.
Correct answer: Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland, after three decades of the Troubles.
Correct answer: 1997
1997, at midnight on 30 June, and in the rain.
Correct answer: Blur
Blur, with Country House against Roll With It. Oasis rather won the long game.
Correct answer: Saturn
The Saturn, launched in Japan just before the PlayStation.
Correct answer: Iraq
Iraq, which set off the Gulf War.
Correct answer: Las Vegas
Las Vegas, after a boxing match. He died six days later.
Correct answer: Netscape Navigator
Netscape Navigator, the first victim of the browser wars.