World Wide Web
During the tail end of this decade, the World Wide Web came to be.
What is the 1980s?
Stars of the popular franchise include this actor, in the iconic role of Marty McFly.
Who is Michael J. Fox?
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?
In 1976, the FDA banned this color dye No. 2, citing studies that it was carcinogenic.
What is red?
In 1981, fifty-two hostages were freed in Tehran, in this Middle Eastern nation.
What is Iran?
Released in 1990, Archie is considered to be the first of these informationfinding engines.
What are search engines?
This is the name of Christopher Lloyd’s zany character in the films.
What is Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown?
Newspapers joined the digital age during this decade, with many news websites becoming popular.
What is the 1990s?
Trademarked in 1986, the name turducken refers to a specific method of combining these three meats.
What are turkey, duck, and chicken?
In the early ’90s, this former world power was split into 15 independent countries, including Georgia, Estonia, and Belarus.
What is the Soviet Union (USSR)?
The World Wide Web was developed on a NeXT computer, an early model by this Apple mogul.
Who is Steve Jobs?
In the film, this iconiclooking car was chosen as the time machine.
What is a DeLorean?
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?
Despite unclear origins (either invented in Italy or New York), this tomato-cream sauce made with this alcohol remains a favorite for penne lovers.
What is vodka?
World leader Indira Gandhi was assassinated in this nation in 1984.
What is India?
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?
Back to the Future is one of the films preserved in the National Film Registry by this organization.
What is the Library of Congress?
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?
1973 saw the beginning of this science, often used in food production, in which an organism’s DNA is manipulated to alter its traits or produce desired characteristics.
What is genetic engineering?
In this tiny nation inside of Italy, Pope John Paul II was wounded in May 1981.
What is Vatican City?
One of the fundamental technologies of the web is a URL, standing for this.
What is Uniform Resource Locator?
This U.S. president had to approve part of the script that referenced him.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
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?
In 1977, this New York town declared an annual “Chicken Wing Day” to honor a spicy invention by Teressa Bellissimo.
What is Buafflo?
Bellissimo created buffalo wings as a midnight snack for her son and some friends.
Across the pond in 1992, this church voted to allow female priests.
What is the Church of England?