90s Olympics
The location of the 1996 Summer Games
Atlanta
This breakout hit was on Nirvana's album Nevermind
On April 24, 1990, NASA deployed this orbiting observatory that changed humanity’s view of deep space
What is HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE?
Launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, this dominant search engine was originally known as “BackRub”
What is Google?
At the 1998 Oscars, this blockbuster tied the record for most Academy Awards won by a single film, taking home 11 Oscars including Best Picture
What is Titanic?
This figure skater who was associated with the attack on Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 Olympics
Who is Tanya Harding?
This bands debut album was released in 1991 and was called Ten
Broadcast to a global audience of millions, this long-imprisoned anti-apartheid leader was freed in South Africa on February 11, 1990
Who is Nelson Mandela?
Introduced by Tiger Electronics in 1998, this owl-like, furry electronic pet could speak “Furbish"
What is Furby?
This rock band swept the 2000 Grammys (honoring 1999 releases) by winning Album of the Year for Supernatural
Who is Santana?
What are gold spikes/shoes?
Who is Soundgarden?
The official collapse and dissolution of the massive Eurasian superpower took place on Christmas Day in 1991
What is THE SOVIET UNION USSR
This operating system released by Microsoft in August 1995 introduced the Start button, the taskbar, and 32-bit computing
What is Windows 95?
This legendary R&B singer famously filled in for an ailing Pavarotti at the 1998 Grammys, performing “Nessun Dorma” with just minutes of notice
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This American Boxing Legend lit the cauldron at the 1996 Atlanta Games
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This band, led by Layne Staley, released the iconic 1992 acoustic EP Dirt
Who is Alice In Chains?
In 1996, scientists in Scotland announced successful birth of what specific animal cloned from adult somatic cell.
Who is Dolly the Sheep?
This storage floppy disk format introduced in 1995 by Iomega held a massive 100 megabytes of data?
What is a Zip disk/Zip drive?
This late rapper won posthumous Video of the Year honor at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards for “California Love
Who is Tupac Shakur?
Led by Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird, this legendary team crushed all opponents by an average of 44 points for gold in 1992
Who was The Dream Team?
This grunge band features Mark Arm and Steve Turner took its name from a guitar distortion and a 1965 Japanese Horror Movie
Who is Mudhoney?
In his 1998 State of the Union address, President Bill Clinton announced that the federal government had achieved this major fiscal milestone for the first time since 1835
What is BALANCED BUDGET or FEDERAL BUDGET SURPLUS?
Released in 1993 by the NCSA, this groundbreaking web browser was the first to display images inline with text, popularizing the World Wide Web and paving the way for Netscape.
What is Mosaic? (NCSA Mosaic)
This alternative rock icon skipped the 1991 Grammys entirely, refusing to accept her award for Best Alternative Music Performance for I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
Who is Sinead O'Connor?