1960's
Originally worn by sailors, these flared jeans became popular on college campuses in 60's and 70's.
What are Bellbottoms?
Disco emerged as a popular genre of dance music in the late 70's with the success of this hit film that starred actor John Travolta.
What is Saturday Night Fever?
Marty McFly when back to 1955 in this classic 1985 science fiction adventure comedy.
What is Back to the Future?
Actor Tom Hanks won an Academy Award for Best Actor in this 1994 comedy-drama that follows the life of this southern American boy through many important moments during the twentieth century.
Who or what is Forrest Gump?
Before the beginning of the new century, this catchy saying describing the imminent possibleworld-wide computer crash was added to our vernacular of everyday language.
What is Y2K?
Popular dance songs of the 60's included ones called this and the Peppermint this. It was Chubby Checker's 1960 cover version tht broke the doors wide open, topping the charts twice and spawning countless imitations.
What is the Twist?
Luke, Leia, Han and Chewy are part of the cast of this popular franchise, created by George Lucas in 1977.
What is Star Wars?
In the 1980's, this company adopted the slogan, "We run the tightest ship in the shipping business."
What is UPS/United Parcel Service?
A controversy emerged concerning the use of steroids during the 1998 Major League Baseball home run record race. The name of the player who beat the record that year only admitted years later that he took performance enhancing drugs.
Who is MARK McGWIRE?
On September 11, 2001, these two sites were attacked by Nineteen al-Queda militants who hijacked four airplanes to carry out an attack on America, killing over 3,000 Americans? We Will Never Forget!
What is the World Trade Center and Pentagon?
The fourth plane didn't meet its target because of the brave men and women who took down the plane to thwart another strike. These attacks led to anti-terrorism initiatives which became a cornerstone of President George W. Bush's tenure.
At the 1964 Worlds Fair, Henry Ford II unveiled this pony car with a price under $2500. Over 250,000 were sold the first year.
What is the Mustang?
Four college students were killed and nine others wounded by the Ohio National Guard while protesting the Vietnam War in 1970 at this university.
What is Kent State?
"WAKA WAKA" is the sound this yellow arcade game character makes.This game gained world-wide popularity after its creation in 1980.
What is PAC-MAN?
The bidding began in 1995 when Pierce Omidyar launched this auction website.
What is EBAY?
Claiming over 1800 lives and displacing thousands more, this hurricane became the costliest natural disaster in United States history, resulting in large parts of the city of New Orleans and outlying areas submerged in water.
What is Katrina?
President G W Bush ordered the National Guard and FEMA relief efforts during and after the storm.
Name the animated series that was considered the Space Age equivalent of the Flintstones. George, Jane, Judy and Elroy were featured characters.
What is The Jetsons?
This was the only prime-time TV series to be #1 in the ratings in the 70's, 80's and 90's. It continues to be a Sunday evening favorite. It recieved the most Emmy Award nomination and wins over any other broadcast network news show in television history.
What is 60 Minutes?
President Ronald Reagan used this Bruce Springsteen hit as a patriotic anthem during his re-election campaign, despite lyrics like
'Got in a little hometown jam.
So they put a rifle in my hand.
Sent me off to a foreign land
to go and kill the yellow man,'
referring to the unpopular war in Vietnam.
What is Born in the USA?
This country was invaded by Iraq in 1990 under the orders of Saddam Hussein. The move would allow Iraq control of 20% of the world's available oil. This prompted a coalition of nations led by the US to launch Operation Desert Storm
What is Kuwait?
Launched in February of 2004, this social media website has grown into the largest social media network on Earth.
What is FaceBook?.
It has been passed to the older generation to use as the younger folks are frequenting other platforms.
July 20, 1969 the United States won the Space Race with Apollo 11 landing on the lunar surface. Name the two astronauts who first set foot on the moon.
Who are Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin?
This British rock group's "Dark Side of the Moon" album cover features a black background with a prism bending a beam of light into a colorful spectrum.
Who is Pink Floyd?
In this former Soviet Union republic, the worst nuclear disaster in history occured at the Chenobyl power plant.
What is UKRAINE?
A 100 day genocide that killed over 800,000 people took place in this African country between the ethnic Hutu and minority Tutsi people.
What is Rwanda?
The US and the UN were criticized for their limited involvement as it was a human rights crisis.
In this Middle Eastern country, sits Burj Khalifia, the world's tallest manmade structure at 2,717 feet. Finished in 2009, it brought international recognition with about a million tourists per year.
What is The United Arab Emirates?