2000's
What event in 2000 caused global panic over potential technological failures?
Y2K
Who were the two major party candidates for the presidential election of 1996?
Bob Dole and Bill Clinton
Which 80s movie spawned 6 sequels and a T.V. series?
Police Academy
Launched in 1973, what was the first space station owned and operated by NASA?
Skylab
In 1964, Jack Ruby was convicted of murdering which other accused assassin?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Which hurricane devastated New Orleans in 2005, becoming one of the deadliest in U.S. history?
Hurricane Katrina
What year was the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy instituted within the US military?
1993
“Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?” (Hint: They’re not on a plane.)
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in Raiders of The Lost Ark
Which member of the British Royal Family was the victim of a failed kidnap attempt on 20th March 1974?
Princess Anne
Which film was the highest grossing release of 1963, yet still lost money because it was one of the most expensive films ever made?
Cleopatra
What social networking site launched in 2004, initially exclusive to college students?
What actor won an Oscar in 1995 in part for saying, "Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get"?
Tom Hanks
Which 1980s theme song was recorded in just 3 hours?
“Don’t You (Forget About Me)”
Which actor received his first acting Oscar in the 1980s, but received an Oscar in the 1970s as a co-producer for 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'?
Michael Douglas
Which iconic blonde actress, and rumored lover of President John F. Kennedy, was found dead in her bedroom August 5, 1962?
Marilyn Monroe
Which car company introduced the hybrid Prius to the U.S. market in 2000?
Toyota
Which child star became the first ever to be paid a million dollars for their movie role?
Macaulay Culkin for his role in the movie My Girl
Which film was Disney’s first animated film to use computer graphics?
The Fox and the Hound
In the 1970 movie "Love Story", what are the name of the two main characters who fall in love?
Oliver and Jennifer
What new type of telephone was invented in 1963?
Touch-tone
What was the name of the NASA rover that landed on Mars in 2004?
Opportunity
How old was Tiger Woods when he won his first Masters in 1997?
27
Which 80’s movie was the first to become a hit largely due to MTV?
Flashdance
Which musical act performed the most songs at Woodstock? (Hint - The famous drummer for this band died in 1978).
The Who
What did the U.S. Postal Service add in 1963 that is part of every address today
ZIP codes