Movies & Literature
This 1985 movie follows Marty McFly as he accidentally travels back in time in a DeLorean.
What is Back to the Future?
This singer was known as the King of Pop.
Who is Michael Jackson?
What is the largest organ in the human body?
What is the skin?
In 1991, this country officially dissolved.
What is the Soviet Union?
This Nintendo character first appeared in the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong.
Who is Mario?
This 1990 film, based on a 1987 novel by William Goldman, features the famous line "As you wish."
What is The Princess Bride?
This British band released the hit song "Bohemian Rhapsody."
Who is Queen?
In 1969, this NASA mission made history by landing the first humans on the Moon.
What is Apollo 11?
This 1986 nuclear disaster occurred in what is now Ukraine.
What is the Chernobyl disaster?
This portable Nintendo gaming device was first released in 1989 and came with the game Tetris.
What is the Game Boy?
This dystopian novel introduced the concepts of Newspeak and thoughtcrime.
What is 1984?
This band's 1977 album Rumours features songs such as "Dreams" and "Go Your Own Way."
Who is Fleetwood Mac?
This Scottish scientist discovered penicillin in 1928.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
In 1975, the Khmer Rouge took control of this country and established a brutal communist regime.
What is Cambodia?
Before streaming, people commonly used this device to rewind VHS tapes.
What is a VCR?
This 1994 movie stars Jim Carrey as a man who discovers he has a split personality.
What is The Mask?
This musician signed a copy of his album Double Fantasy before being murdered on December 8, 1980.
Who is John Lennon?
This Soviet cosmonaut became the first human to travel into space in 1961.
This Soviet leader introduced the policies of glasnost and perestroika during the 1980s.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This 1993 first-person shooter helped popularize multiplayer gaming on personal computers.
What is Doom?
This 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess was adapted into a Stanley Kubrick film about a teenager named Alex and his gang.
What is A Clockwork Orange?
This fictional rock star alter ego was introduced by David Bowie in 1972.
Who is Ziggy Stardust?
This famous scientist developed the first widely used polio vaccine in 1955.
Who is Jonas Salk?
Which 1968 reform movement in Czechoslovakia was ended by a Soviet-led invasion?
What is Prague Spring?
This 1995 operating system introduced the Start menu and taskbar to Windows users.
What is Windows 95?