Pop Music
This British girl group released "Wannabe" in 1996 and became a global pop phenomenon.
Who are the Spice Girls
This 1994 film directed by Robert Zemeckis tells the life story of a man with low IQ who witnesses and influences several historical events.
What is Forrest Gump?
This handheld gaming device released by Nintendo in 1989 (continued popularity into the 1990s) used interchangeable cartridges and was widely played by kids and teens.
What is the Game Boy?
These loose trousers, often worn low on the hips and popular in 1990s youth fashion, were commonly called by this two-word term.
What are baggy jeans?
This basketball team, led by Michael Jordan, won three consecutive NBA championships from 1991–1993.
Who are the Chicago Bulls
He sang "Smells Like Teen Spirit," the song that helped popularize grunge in the early 1990s and fronted the band Nirvana.
Who is Kurt Cobain?
This sitcom, which premiered in 1994, followed six friends living in New York City and became a defining TV show of the decade
What is Friends?
Released in 1995, this home console by Sony marked the company's entrance into the video game console market.
What is the PlayStation?
This simple clothing item — a flannel button-up worn over a T-shirt — became associated with the grunge look.
What is a flannel shirt?
This major baseball event saw the New York Yankees win the World Series in 1996, their first title since 1978.
What is The World Series?
This R&B group released the album "CrazySexyCool" in 1994, featuring the hits "Creep" and "Waterfalls.
Who is TLC?
This 1997 sci-fi film stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as agents who monitor extraterrestrial activity on Earth.
What is Men in Black?
his worldwide computer network became widely accessible to the public in the mid-1990s and transformed information access and communication.
What is the World Wide Web (the Internet)?
This short, informal exclamation of approval or excitement ("that's cool") was common 1990s slang and is still occasionally used today.
What is "rad" (or "cool")? (accept "rad")
This Canadian tennis player won Wimbledon and the US Open in 1994, becoming a top-ranked female player of the decade.
Who is Martina Navratilova?
In 1999, this pop star released the album "…Baby One More Time" at age 17, launching a major pop career.
Who is Britney Spears
This television drama premiered in 1993 and centers on the professional and personal lives of doctors at County General Hospital; it ran for many seasons and launched several actors' careers.
What is ER?
In 1991, this operating system family by Microsoft introduced a graphical user interface built on MS-DOS; its name included a number that would become iconic.
What is Windows 3.1?
These chunky, platform-soled shoes were a late-1990s fashion trend popularized by some pop groups and youth subcultures.
What are platform shoes (platform sneakers)?
In 1999, this U.S. women's national soccer team won the FIFA Women's World Cup in a memorable final decided by a penalty shootout; name the U.S. coach at the time.
Who is Tony DiCicco?
This 1997 hip-hop single by Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) sampled The Police's "Every Breath You Take" and became a chart-topping tribute track.
What is "I'll Be Missing You"?
This 1999 film by David Fincher centers on an underground fight club and includes the line: "The first rule of Fight Club..."
What is "You do not talk about Fight Club" (accept: "The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club.")
This 1996 online service by America Online (AOL) used dial-up to connect users and became synonymous with early consumer internet access (name the "instant messaging" product that AOL popularized).
What is AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)?
This hairstyle, featuring shortened sides and length on top, was a popular men's haircut in the 1990s and often styled with gel.
What is the Caesar (or spiky gelled top) — accept: "the Caesar" or "spiky/gelled haircut" depending on clues.
This NFL team won back-to-back Super Bowls in the 1990s (1998 and 1999 seasons) led by quarterback Troy Aikman and coach Jimmy Johnson.
Who is the Dallas Cowboys?