The 1980s
I know you might find this inconceivable, but this 1987 cult classic wasn’t a big hit in theaters.
The Princess Bride
While working at CERN in 1990, Tim Berners-Lee created the foundation of what wonderful, widely-used resource?
The World Wide Web
This James Cameron movie, which debuted in the UK in 2009, holds the current record for highest-grossing film of all time.
Avatar
In 2010 Volcanic ash from a volcano in this country resulted in the largest air-traffic shut-down since World War II
Iceland
This section of Disneyland was originally designed to imagine the far future of 1986
Tomorrowland
This science book, written for non-scientists and first published in 1988, spent a not-so-brief 4.5 years on the New York Times’ best-seller list
A Brief History of Time
This cartoon, featuring two brothers, their sister, and an ensemble cast of pigeons, dogs, squirrels, and rats, debuted in 1993.
Animaniacs
This sensational and unexpected event during the 2004 Super Bowl reportedly was the inspiration for the creation of YouTube, according to founder Jawed Karim.
The Wardrobe Malfunction
In 2013 Pope Benedict the 16th became the first pope to do this since 1451
Resign
This Hulu show chronicles the exploits of an underachieving janitor in his attempts to save the world
Future Man
This personal computer, introduced at CES in January 1982 and selling continuously through 1994, has been labeled the all-time best-selling single personal computer model
Commodore 64
This creepy 1991 sequel to the 1986 movie Manhunter, was only the third film to win Oscars in all the top five categories at the Academy Awards.
The Silence of the Lambs
This device, which - according to 2016 data - 43% of you have with you today, first sold in the US in 2007.
Apple iPhone
The 2011 suicide of a street vendor sparked region-wide protests which came to be known as what?
The Arab Spring
The Amazon show Upload takes place in what futuristic year?
2033
The first ban on smoking cigarettes in restaurants was passed in what state in 1985?
Colorado
This 1998 multi-party agreement led to the end of a roughly 30-year period known as “The Troubles”
The Good Friday Agreement (aka Belfast Agreement)
In 2003 teams from this state won both the Super Bowl AND the World Series
Florida
This English monarch was re-buried, at Leicester Cathedral, after being discovered buried under a grocery store parking lot.
Richard III
This Cloud Atlas author gave a new novel to Norway's Future Library but you can't read it until 2114
David Mitchell
This publication created the Big Mac Index, which tells you how far your dollar will go abroad, in 1986
The Economist
31 years later and after two failed attempts, Byron de la Beckwith, the killer of this WWII veteran, lawyer, and early civil rights activist was convicted.
Medgar Evars
This American author, YouTuber, writer, producer, actor, editor, and educator wrote Looking for Alaska, winner of the 2006 Michael L. Printz literary award.
John Green
The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was notable in that it was jointly awarded to individuals from these 2 rival Asian nations
India & Pakistan
Some misfires from this 1970 book by Alvin Toffler: paper clothes & the world's urban population doubling by 1981
Future Shock