DECADES
This all-female pop group told us what they “really, really want” in 1986.
Spice Girls
This slang term describes someone who walks into every room like the camera just started rolling and the soundtrack kicked in.
“main character energy”
Truths (1977)
Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)
Ceviche, made with raw fish cured in citrus, developed in this South American country with a long Pacific coastline and rich fishing tradition.
Peru
This city was the host of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Paris
This egg-shaped device housed a virtual pet and required constant feeding and attention, and died if neglected.
Tamagotchi
Who did Forbes name the youngest "self-made billionaire ever" in 2019?
Kylie Jenner
Motel Arizona (1976)
Hotel California (Eagles)
In this country, injera doubles as both plate and utensil.
Ethiopia
This 2016 incident involved a gorilla, a zoo, and the internet losing its collective mind.
Harambe
This social media platform launched in 2003 and asked users to rank their Top 8 friends.
This former Disney Channel star shocked audiences at the 2013 VMAs with a foam finger and viral performance.
Miley Cyrus
Clean Sitting (1987)
Dirty Dancing
This national dish reflects French colonial influence through its use of beef and baguette-style bread served alongside it.
Pho
This 2012 Greta Gerwig film chronicled a drifting 20-something in black-and-white New York.
Frances Ha
This stretchy alien toy was famously thrown against walls in 1999 commercials.
Stretch armstrong
This author of American Psycho became a literary celebrity of the 1980s.
Miley Cyrus
Arnold Palmer (2016)
Lemonade (Beyonce)
This country’s feijoada — a black bean and pork stew — reflects a blend of Indigenous, Portuguese, and African culinary traditions.
Brazil
This Joan Didion essay famously begins, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”
The White Album
This U.S. President was impeached in 1998.
Bill Clinton
How many kids does Angelina Jolie have?
6
Sunday Morning Stillness (1977)
Saturday Night Fever (Bee Gees)
This island nation’s dish “flying fish and cou-cou” reflects both its Atlantic geography and its colonial-era cornmeal traditions.
Barbados
Who tweeted the following: "Does anyone think Global Warming is a good thing? I love Lady Gaga. I think she's a really interesting artist."
Britney Spears