Soon-to-be classic TV
Politics
Name that Tune
The Culture Wars
Tragedy (yes, even in the '90's)
100
TV's first Saturday-morning live action show aimed at teens. When I wake up in the morning and the alarm gets out of warning...
What is Saved By the Bell?
100
This politician offered America a "contract" in 1994, which a majority decided to join.
Who is Newt Gingrich?
100
This song was for lonely girls everywhere.
What is Stay, by Lisa Loeb?
100
Where the 2nd Amendment meets safety concerns.
What is gun control?
100
This high school witnessed a shooting that killed 12 students and a teacher.
What is Columbine?
200
The show that introduced the timeless question: were they on a break?
What is Friends?
200
This Nebraskan challenged Bill Clinton for the presidency in 1996.
Who is Bob Dole?
200
The song that made girls swoon.
What is I want it that way, by the Backstreet Boys?
200
The fights over this issue culminated in "don't ask don't tell" in the military.
What is gay rights?
200
In retrospect, the 1993 attack on this building may have foreseen the attacks of September 11, 2001.
What is the World Trade Center?
300
The already classic sitcom about nothing.
What is Seinfeld?
300
This man was the special prosecutor investigating the Clintons, first for Whitewater, then for the Monica Lewinsky affair.
Who is Kenneth Starr?
300
Classic commentary on American culture, plus the only song I know that EVERYONE likes.
What is Mr. Jones, by Counting Crows
300
Conservatives accused Bill and Hillary Clinton of advocating this "on-demand."
What is abortion?
300
Timothy McVeigh blew up a federal building in this city as a statement against the American government.
What is Oklahoma City?
400
This is what NBC called its Thursday night line-up.
What is Must-See TV?
400
This independent politician was thought to have thrown the election to Clinton by dividing the Republican party.
Who is Ross Perot?
400
The song everyone spent most of 1998 figuring out the lyrics to.
What is One Week, by the Barenaked Ladies?
400
This issue tested Jefferson's "wall of separation."
What is the church/state relationship?
400
The murder of this woman and Ron Goldman remain unsolved after the acquittal of the leading suspect.
Who is Nicole Simpson (O.J. Simpson's ex-wife is an acceptable answer).
500
This show created the most famous zip code in America.
What is Beverly Hills 90210?
500
This woman, President Clinton's Secretary of State, discovered that she had Jewish roots which had been hidden to save her family from the Holocaust.
Who is Madeleine Albright.
500
The band that played this song had no fewer than 7 hit singles from the same album.
What is Name, by the Goo Goo Dolls?
500
Controversy arose over whether or not sales clerks should say this in December.
What is "Merry Christmas"?
500
The beating of this man led to racial riots in Los Angeles in 1992.
Who is Rodney King?
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