Chicken with its
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9/11
World
Wide Web
Back to
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Newspapers
100

Are chickens social or solitary animals?

Social.

100

This was the name of the first airplane to strike the World Trade Center's North Tower.

Flight 11

100

During the tail end of this decade, the World Wide Web came to be.

What is the 1980s?

100

Stars of the popular franchise include this actor, in the iconic role of Marty McFly.

Who is Michael J. Fox?

100

Despite a peak in the early 1970s, newspapers soon faced competition from cable news, like this network, which first broadcast in 1980.

What is CNN?

200

Tryptophan, an amino acid found in turkey, is thought to make people what?

Sleepy/drowsy.

200

This passenger flight crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew fought back against the hijackers.

United Airlines Flight 93 

200

Released in 1990, Archie is considered to be the first of these information-finding engines.

What are search engines?

200

This is the name of Christopher Lloyd’s zany character in the films.

What is Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown?

200

Newspapers joined the digital age during this decade, with many news websites becoming popular.

What is the 1990s?

300

How many species of turkey exist?

Two

300

This organization was founded in response to 9/11 and is dedicated to helping the families of 9/11 victims.

What is the 9/11 Memorial & Museum?
300

The World Wide Web was developed on a NeXT computer, an early model by this Apple mogul.

Who is Steve Jobs?

300

 In the film, this iconic-looking car was chosen as the time machine.

What is a DeLorean?

300

In the 1970s, these newspaper companies become involved in the Pentagon Papers controversy, appearing before the Supreme Court.

What are The New York Times and The Washington Post?

400

Which are larger: male or female turkeys?

Males 

400

This was the term used to describe the immediate aftermath of the attacks, referring to the thousands of emergency and rescue workers involved.

What was the "Ground Zero" response?

400

The creator of the World Wide Web believed it could reach its true potential only if it were this, rather than hidden behind paywalls.

What is Free

400

Back to the Future is one of the films preserved in the National Film Registry by this organization.

What is the Library of Congress?

400

 During this decade, modern computers with desktop terminals became more common than older tech, such as Linotype machines, in most news offices.

What is the 1970s?

500

Turkeys are most closely related to which other bird?

Pheasants.

500

This is the year 9/11 took place 

2001 

500

One of the fundamental technologies of the web is a URL, standing for this.

What is Uniform Resource Locator?

500

This U.S. president had to approve part of the script that referenced him.

Who is Ronald Reagan?

500

 A news icon, she took over The Washington Post in 1963, and by the ’70s, led the paper to great popularity.

Who is Katharine Graham?

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