70s
Which iconic film features the famous warning: “you’re gonna need a bigger boat”
JAWS
Which arcade game gained popularity in the early 80s?
PacMan (1980)
Bruce Willis famously repeated this whispered phrase by Cole Sear in the 1999 hit The Sixth Sense.
"I see dead people"
This social networking site, launched in 2004, became the world's largest social media platform.
This dance craze, popularized in 2012 by Psy, became the first YouTube video to reach 1 billion views.
Gangnam Style
Which movie was released in 1977 and became a global phenomenon?
Star Wars
Which music video revolutionized pop culture and featured groundbreaking zombie choreography in 1983?
Thriller
This group of New York pals famously hung out at a coffee shop called Central Perk, but originally their story was heavily inspired by the show Living Single.
Friends
In 2001, this fantasy film began a blockbuster trilogy based on books by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
This video-sharing app, originally known as Musical.ly, became hugely popular among teens in the late 2010s.
TikTok
Disco music became popular during this time, what was the most common way to listen to music in the 70s?
Cassette tapes
Which music television channel launched in 1981 and became very popular throughout the decade?
This virtual digital pet constantly demanded feeding and attention, causing kids to panic if they accidentally let it die.
Tamagotchi
This singer's 2008 hit "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" inspired countless dance videos.
Beyoncé
In 2016, this augmented reality mobile game had people searching parks and neighborhoods for virtual creatures.
Pokémon GO
What major U.S. political scandal in the 70s led to a president resigning?
Watergate (1972)
Which popular science fiction film came out in the 80s directed by Steven Spielberg?
E.T. (1982)
What hip-hop group famously had a hit with the single "C.R.E.A.M." in 1994?
Wu-Tang Clan
This portable music player, introduced by Apple in 2001, changed how people listened to music.
In 2012, scientists at CERN announced evidence for this particle critical to the Standard Model of physics, often nicknamed the "God Particle."
Higgs boson
What was the name of the NASA space station famously launched in 1973?
Skylab
Which high school in Indiana did the characters of The Breakfast Club attend?
Shermer High (1985)
Published in 1997, the first novel in this fantasy series introduced readers to a boy living at 4 Privet Drive.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
This U.S. president was elected in 2008 and became the first African American president.
Barack Obama
This whistleblower leaked classified NSA surveillance documents in 2013.
Edward Snowden