Science
This infectious disease was declared globally eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1980.
Measles, Ebola, or Smallpox
What is Smallpox?
This drama featured a New Jersey mob boss and both of his families, debuted in 1999 and won 21 Emmys during its six-season run.
What is The Sopranos?
This young gymnast nailed a vault with one injured ankle to help her team, the Magnificent Seven, win the gold in Atlanta, in 1996.
Who is Kerri Strug?
*Sports Illustrated tagged it as one of the 100 Most Memorable Moments in Sports
This many million Americans tuned in live to witness Kate Middleton and Prince William's nuptials in 2011.
5, 15, or 23
What is 23?
*Just a few million shy of the 29 million who watched Harry and Meghan's wedding in 2018
The first version of this full-keyboard handheld device was released in 1999, allowing users to check email anywhere.
What is the BlackBerry?
The process of profiling this genetic material was developed by Alec Jeffreys in 1984.
What is DNA?
This 30 Minute Meals star started the nonprofit organization Yum-o! in 2007 to empower kids and their families to eat and cook healthier.
Who is Rachael Ray?
This sport was a new addition to the Summer Games in Seoul, in 1988.
karate, skateboarding, table tennis, or surfing
What is table tennis?
This app, launched in May of 2010, and changed the face of the car service and taxi industry.
What is Uber?
* Uber was the first to make on-demand car services available in a mobile app
This pre-Firefox browser adopted a dinosaur named Mozilla as its corporate mascot, in the 90s.
What is Netscape?
Earthlings saw this nearby planet's surface for the first time when the rover Sojourner sent images of it to our planet in 1997.
What is Mars?
*The vehicle was named in honor of Sojourner Truth, a civil rights crusader.
In this 1990s sitcom the main characters hang out and kvetch at a diner called Monk's.
What is Seinfeld?
*The diner's exterior in the show belongs to Tom's Restaurant in New York City.
He lived out every little leaguer's dream when he hit a home run in the ninth inning of Game 6 to win the 1993 World Series for the Blue Jays.
Who is Joe Carter?
*"Touch 'em all, Joe!"
In the U.S. stock market, the 2010's set a record for this kind of market.
bear or bull
What is bull?
*Ending in 2020, the market's rising trend lasted over 10 years
This free music-file-sharing network debuted in 1999, attracting over 70 million users and several lawsuits for copyright infringement.
What is Napster?
* The network was forced to shut down in 2001, after only a 2 year run
The name of the international public venture that undertook the discovery of the complete sequence of our DNA.
What is the Human Genome Project?
*Starting in 1990, the project took 13 years to uncover all 3 billion base pairs
He is the creator of CNN, which began broadcasting from Atlanta in 1980 as the first 24-hour-news cable channel.
Who is Ted Turner?
This commentator hailed Antonio Freeman's seemingly impossible catch of a Brett Favre pass as a "He did what?" play.
Who is Al Michaels?
*The catch happened during a 2000 matchup between the Packers and the Vikings.
These small rotating toys, often marketed as aids for stress or distraction, skyrocketed in popularity in 2017.
What are Fidget Spinners?
This is the current name of AuctionWeb, a company founded in programmer Pierre Omidyar's living room in 1995.
What is eBay?
*The first item sold was a broken laser pointer
This space shuttle flew the most missions a record 39 between its first launch in 1984 and its retirement, in 2011.
What is Discovery?
This Star Trek: The Next Generation actor also hosted the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow, starting in 1983.
Who is LeVar Burton?
Billionaire Mark Cuban bought this losing team for $285 million in 2000, and eventually lead to an NBA championship in 2011.
What are the Dallas Mavericks?
Lonesome George was this kind of animal who died in 2012 at an estimated 100 years old, and was believed to be the last of his subspecies.
What is a Tortoise?
*The giant tortoise lived on the Galapagos Islands
This portable disk storage system was introduced by lomega in 1994, later to be replaced by the more convenient flash drive.
What is a Zip drive (or disk)