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This Ke$ha song was on the Billboard Hot 100 List in January 2010.
What is "Tik Tok"?
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This is a video game console released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. It is a tablet that can either be docked for home console use or used as a portable device, making it a hybrid console.
What is the "Nintendo Switch"?
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This is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players control Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie, across a post-apocalyptic United States.
What is "The Last of Us"?
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This movie, Directed by Anthony Russo in 2019, was the highest grossing movie of the 2010's. It made $2.7994 Billion with a Budget of $356 Million.
What is "Avengers: Endgame"?
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This Mariah Carey song was on the Billboard Hot 100 List in June 2005.
What is "We Belong Together"?
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This company founded in 2003 was initially intended to build an operating system for digital cameras. It is considered to be the most successful (in terms of the number of users) operating system in history.
What is "Android"?
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In 2007, this game allows up to four players to simulate the performance of popular songs by playing with controllers modeled after musical instruments
What is "Rock Band"?
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This movie, Directed by James Cameron in 2009, was the highest grossing movie of the 2000's. It made $2.9237 Billion with a Budget of $237 Million.
What is "Avatar"?
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This Spice Girls song was on the Billboard Hot 100 List in February 1997.
What is "Wannabe"?
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In 1995 this device became the dominant desktop environment for the next two decades.
What is "Windows 95"?
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This franchise currently holds the record for the longest-running mini-game series. Still going strong today, it started back in December 1998, featuring characters like Yoshi and Princess Peach.
What is "Mario Party"?
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This movie, Directed by James Cameron in 1997, was the highest grossing movie of the 1990's. It made $2.2647 Billion with a Budget of $200 Million.
What is "Titanic"?
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This Prince song was on the Billboard Hot 100 List in July 1984.
What is “When Doves Cry”?
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Launched in the US and UK in 1980, this Sony device was simply the must-have gadget of the decade, allowing you to take your favorite tunes with you wherever you went.
What is the "Walkman"?
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This puzzle video game created in 1985, has since been released on just about every computer, console and portable format imaginable, including the iPod.
What is "Tetris"?
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This movie, Directed by Steven Spielberg in 1982, was the highest grossing movie of the 1980's. It made $796 Million with a Budget of $10.5 Million.
What is "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"?
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This Michael Jackson song was on the Billboard Hot 100 List in October 1979.
What is "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"?
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This device with a fruit in its name changed the face of personal computing in 1977.
What is the "Apple II Computer"?
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In 1978, Mattel Electronics released a handheld electronic LED game based on a popular TV series of the same name. The player tries to defend the titular spaceship from kamikaze Cylon Raiders.
What is "Battlestar Galactica"?
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This movie, Directed by George Lucas in 1977, was the highest grossing movie of the 1970's. It made $775.5 Million with a Budget of $11 Million.
What is "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope"?
