Tik Tok
Defining a Generation
The Films of a Generation
Price is Right (1976)
Which Generation is it?
400

What country was Tik Tok created in?

China

400

Although commonly referred to as Millennials the generation born between 1980 and 1996 is also known my this name

Gen Y

400

With its deceptively simple premise and small cast of characters, Hughes created the definitive high school comedy, equal parts funny, touching, and honest. This iconic movie takes a group of teenagers and assembles them for a Saturday detention session, during which they lay their souls bare and form some long-lasting alliances.

The Breakfast Club

400

A new house

$48,000

400

59% of this generation are likely to say they have friends with a different sexual orientation than theirs

Gen Z

800

Which year was Tik Tok created?

2008

800

The "baby boom" started in 1946 shortly after WWII and ended after this product gained popularity

The birth control pill

800

The plot centers on a charming, easy going slacker who fakes an illness in order to take the day off from school, much to the consternation of his principal. He convinces his legitimately ill best friend to let them ride around Chicago in his dad’s red Ferrari with Ferris’s girlfriend. Along the way, they learn some valuable life lessons about materialism and the nature of existence.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

800

A dozen eggs

$0.84

800

Only 40% of this generation have ever been married

Millennials

1200

What was the app originally called? 

1200

Often forgotten fact, Gen X got it's name from a book penned by this author

Douglas Copland Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture 

1200

A kid from the wrong side of the tracks, falls in love with a rich kid while her nerdy best friend secretly pines for her. Yet like all Hughes films centered on teenagers, the script contains some achingly honest truths about adolescence, and the girl every guy falls in love with.

Pretty in Pink

1200

Gallon of Milk

$1.65

1200

40 % of this generation's workers have a college degree

Millennials

1600

If you are "cappin" you are doing this

Lying

1600

The often named "Silent Generation" is defined by children born after this historical event

The Great Depression 

1600

Teen misfits design their ideal woman on a computer, and a freak electrical accident brings her to life in the form of the lovely, superhuman. She outfits them in cool clothes, surprises them with a Porsche and helps them stand up to bullies. But, all the while, the boys must hide her existence from a nightmare of a big brother.

Weird Science

1600

Gallon of regular gas

$0.59

1600

This generation spends more than any other

Gen X

2000

According to a trend that takes place in an alternate universe, what does it mean if you have a red dot on your hand?

You die.

2000

Currently Generation Alpha is the youngest on the planet, name at least 2 of the events that will shape this generation so far. 

Global pandemic, social justice movements, Trump-era politics, and Brexit 

2000

When parents have to leave town for a family emergency, there is only one person available to babysit for their three kids: their lazy uncle. While he immediately gets along with the two younger children he must change his bachelor lifestyle if he wants to be a responsible caregiver for the angst-filled teenager.

Uncle Buck

2000

Unemployment rate

8.5 %

2000

This generation is 19% more likely to share digital content

Baby Boomers, esp. on FB

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