1990s Memories
Doctors still use this otherwise obsolete form of communication.
What is a pager (or beeper)? Pager networks are encrypted and more reliable than cell service.
This company owns Rice Krispies, Special K, Raisin Bran, Froot Loops, and Frosted Flakes.
What is Kellogg’s? In 1894, W.K. Kellogg created the first corn flakes. Six years later, he and his brother, Dr. John H. Kellogg, founded the Sanitas Food Company when the cereal had proved popular among his brother’s patients at Dr. Kellogg’s Battle Creek Sanitarium.
This 1980s slang was short for favorite.
What is fave? It was used in teen magazines and caught on with teen girls.
This Cheers’ spinoff with an eponymous title is about a therapist-turned-radio personality.
What is Frasier? Dr. Frasier Crane moves from Boston to Seattle and takes up residence with his father and his father’s dog. He upends everything by giving up his therapy practice to practice over the radio airwaves.
This is the name of the TV game show where families must answer how the audience filled out a survey.
What is Family Feud? It is a spin-off from Match Game.
She had a massive hit with “I Will Always Love You.”
Who is Whitney Houston? It was a cover of Dolly Parton’s hit song.
Ironically, the Marlboro Man died from this form of cancer
What is lung? Three men who appeared in Marlboro commercials died from lung cancer.
This one-word Spielberg film title stars Roy Schneider and Richard Dreyfuss. It’s a story about shark attacks on Amity Island.
What is Jaws? Decades after the film was released, Lee Fierro, who played Mrs. Kintner, went into a restaurant and noticed an Alex Kintner sandwich on the menu. She mentioned that she played his mother in Jaws. The restaurant’s owner ran out to see her, and the owner was Jeffrey Voorhees, who played her son Alex in the film.
Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are a conspiracy theorists’ favorite FBI agents. As partners, they work to solve paranormal cases in this TV drama.
What is The X-Files? During the early years of the show, Mulder believes in unexplained elements of the paranormal, and Scully does not.
Survey says this is the top item to go with peanut butter.
What is jelly? Other answers are chocolate, bananas, Oreos, oats, and celery—in that order.
He stars in the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire.
Who is Robin Williams? The film won a well-deserved Academy Award for Best Makeup. Make-up artists convincingly made Williams look like an older woman for his character to work in disguise as a nanny in order to spend more time with his children.
You’ll be surprised to learn this royal owns a McDonald’s in England.
Who is Queen Elizabeth? The owner of record is the Crown Estate, and the royals don’t pop in for lunch.
Michael Jackson’s hit song from this album by the same name was inspired by Jackson’s interest in the horror genre.
What is Thriller? The spoken parts and ominous, deep laughs you hear come from Vincent Price.
This sitcom is the show about nothing
What is Seinfeld? The show is all about the characters and their character, not the plot
Survey says this is the top answer for famous rivalries between brands
What is Coke vs. Pepsi? It garnered 38 percent of the vote. The No. 2 answer is McDonald’s vs. Burger King
his was the number of the TWA flight number that exploded right after takeoff from JFK airport on July 17, 1996.
What is 800? The flight was en route to Paris.
This TV show and movie streaming company started by renting out DVDs.
What is Netflix? The rise of the company was the beginning of Blockbuster’s demise, primarily because Blockbuster did not acknowledge Netflix as a threat.
“Who ya gonna call?” is the tagline of this film starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramos, Ernie Hudson, and Sigourney Weaver.
What is Ghostbusters? Three university professors lose their jobs for performing unethical paranormal experiments on their students, so they set up business ridding New York City of ghosts and other paranormal phenomena.
This long-running 1990 TV police drama has had several spin-offs. It stars characters such as Detective Lennie Briscoe, Lieutenant Anita Van Buren, and Executive Assistant District Attorneys Ben Stone and Jack McCoy
What is Law and Order? The next-longest-running show in the franchise is Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, which began its run in 1999.
Survey says this is the top food you would buy at a carnival or state fair.
What is cotton candy? It won by only one point, and corn dog was the runner-up.
O.J. Simpson was riding in this type of vehicle during a historic, slow-speed chase.
What is a (Ford) Bronco? It was one of the most memorable TV moments of its day, and pizza sales were off the charts that day because no one could tear themselves away from the TV long enough to cook a meal or go out.
This is a popular jeans manufacturer, but the founder never wore his company’s jeans.
What is Levi’s? Levi Strauss felt he was from the upper class and that the jeans were meant for the working class.
The lead song from Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book album is a word that is sometimes used to refer to a faith in magic or luck.
What is “Superstition”? The music for the hit single was improvised.
This 1999 TV drama stars Martin Sheen and gives us a glimpse of the inner workings of the White House.
What is West Wing? Stockard Channing has a recurring role as first lady.
Survey says this is the top song with the word love in the title.
What is “Love Me Tender”? The popular Elvis tune is followed by Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” which Whitney Houston made a worldwide phenomenon.