Gen X Pop Culture
Name used to describe young urban professionals seen as too career-driven, money-obsessed, shallow, and materialistic in the 1980s.
Who are Yuppies?
What is 'bromance'? (men)
Well before the iPad, what colorful puzzle kept Gen X & maybe even a few Millennials, busy when their parents wanted some quiet time.
What is the Rubik's Cube?
This generation is born between 1981 to 1996.
What is Gen Y or Millennials?
Members of this generation are most likely to live with their parents after they reach age 25.
Who are Millennials?
This slang term, originally used by surfer culture but used by everyone, meant "beyond difficult or extreme".
What is "totally gnarly"?
At an average of 17+ hours a week, six times the national average, Millennials do this activity.
What is be online (for activities other than work)?
Millennial-speak: this word is used to describe someone who is politically active, aware of racial tensions, and supports socioeconomic diversity.
What is "woke"?
This generation is born between 1965 & 1980.
What is Gen X?
The oldest member of this generation is now 40.
What is Gen Y/Millennial?
These girls made the phrase "gag me with a spoon" part of the pop culture, both seriously and ironically. (Extra credit if the correct accent is used when answering.)
Who are Valley Girls?
These toys turned into collectible items that everyone had to have, and they thought one day they'd be worth a lot of money, until they weren't.
What are Beanie Babies?
Generation X saw the end of the Cold War, the fall of communism, and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall. The wall fell in this year.
What is 1989?
This generation is born between 1997 and 2012.
What is Gen Z?
Bill Clinton was President when the youngest of this generation were born.
What is Gen Z?
These were two very popular trends, within a few years of each other. Although at different ends of the fashion spectrum, Gen Xs coming of age embraced both.
What are Preppy and Grunge?
Alicia Silverstone was the star of this movie, one of the '90s most defining. (Extra credit for naming the book and/or author it was based on.)
What is Clueless? (Emma, Jane Austen)
This generation's NetFlix movie queue might include: -Easy Rider, The Graduate, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and The Godfather.
Who are Baby Boomers?
This generation was born between 1946 & 1964.
Who are the Baby Boomers?
We have _______ number of team members that are technically part of Gen Z, but none of them consider themselves to be. (Extra credit - name them.)
What is three? Who are Lily, Lauren, and Kyle?
These two movies frequently top various lists of movies that "defined" Gen X. (Extra credit for naming three honorable mentions.)
What are Breakfast Club and Reality Bites? (honorable mentions: Risky Business, Dazed and Confused, Singles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, & Heathers)
"On Wednesday's we, we wear pink", "One time, she punched me in the face. It was awesome," and "It's October 3rd," are quotes from another 'era defining' movie according to multiple lists.
What is Mean Girls?
Finish this lyric: _____ killed the radio star? (Extra credit if you can name any of the following: the artist, what the song is most famous for and the generation.)
What is Video? (The Buggles, first video ever played on MTV, Gen X)
74M, 71M, and 66M are the number of adults as of 2016 in the US. These Generations represents each number in respectively.
What are Baby Boomers, Millennials, and Gen X?
What are Friends and Seinfeld? (Gen X and Millennials)