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On 3 March 1991, which African-American man was severely beaten by four L.A. police officers after being apprehended following a high speed DWI pursuit on the I-210? When three of the four officers were subsequently acquitted of criminal charges on 29 April 1991, six days or rioting ensued in L.A.
a.) Rodney King
b.) Wynton Marsalis
c.) George Walker
d.) Morris Chestnut
e.) Jaleel White
a.) Rodney King
On 30 April 1993, which famous #1-ranked female tennis player was stabbed by a deranged fan named Gunter Parce during a quater final match of the Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany?
a.) Steffi Graf
b.) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
c.) Monica Seles
d.) Lindsey Davenport
e.) Martina Hingis
c.) Monica Seles
Which notorious drug lord was gunned down while trying to escape from the roof of his house in Medellin, Colombia on 3 December 1993?
a.) Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
b.) Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
c.) Salvatore Magluta
d.) Amado Carrillo Fuentes
e.) Pablo Escobar
e.) Pablo Escobar
What 1995 crime thriller directed by Michael Mann and starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Val Kilmer, depicts the story of a veteran professional thief and his crew who are relentlessly tracked and pursued by an LAPD detective as they plan one last bank heist before they retire? This film marked De Niro and Pacino's first on-screen appearance together.
a.) Heat
b.) Ocean's Eleven
c.) Point Break
d.) Righteous Kill
e.) Hell or High Water
a.) Heat
Which critically-acclaimed hip hop group from South Gate, California released the single "Insane in the Membrane" in June 1993?
a.) De La Soul
b.) Wu-Tang Clan
c.) Public Enemy
d.) Geto Boys
e.) Cypress Hill
e.) Cypress Hill
On 31 August 1997, Princess Diana of Great Britain was killed in a tragic car accident when her driver lost control of her vehicle in an underground tunnel during a high speed chase to escape paparazzi. In which European city did this event take place?
a.) London, United Kingdom
b.) Paris, France
c.) Berlin, Germany
d.) Rome, Italy
e.) Madrid, Spain
b.) Paris, France
In 6 September 1995, which MLB player appeared in his 2131st consecutive baseball game, thereby beating Lou Gehrig's all-time record of 2130 consecutive games played that had lasted for 56 years (set in 1939)?
a.) Juan Gonzalez
b.) Tony Gwynn
c.) Cal Ripken Jr.
d.) Frank Thomas
e.)
c.) Cal Ripken Jr.
On 20 April 1999, in which infamous Colorado school did two 12th grade students named Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carry out an unprecedented shooting attack that left twelve students and one teacher dead before they both committed suicide? This event later became the subject of a well-known documentary by Michael Moore.
a.) Sandy Hook Elementary School
b.) Parkland High School
c.) Robb Elementary School
d.) Columbine High School
e.) Santa Fe High School
d.) Columbine High School
In the 1991 psychological horror thriller "The Silence of the Lambs", what is the name of the FBI agent played by Jodie Foster?
a.) Clarissa Starling
b.) Clarice Starling
c.) Claire Starling
d.) Clementine Starling
e.) Clara Starling
b.) Clarice Starling
Which famous hip hop group released the hit single "Jump Around" in May 1992?
a.) N.W.A.
b.) Westside Connection
c.) Kris Kross
d.) House of Pain
e.) Def Squad
d.) House of Pain
On 6 December 1998, which career military officer who later became a leftist guerrilla leader was elected as President of Venezuela with 56.2% of the vote at the head of the Fifth Republic Movement?
a.) Hugo Chavez
b.) Nicolas Maduro
c.) Álvaro Uribe Vélez
d.) Carlos Menem
e.) Vincente Fox
a.) Hugo Chavez
Which of the following NBA players was NOT a member of the famous Dream Team that won the gold medal for basketball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games?
a.) Charles Barkley
b.) David Robinson
c.) Clive Drexler
d.) Larry Bird
e.) Isaiah Thomas
e.) Isaiah Thomas
Which former army veteran - who served in Operation Desert Storm during the First Gulf War and later worked as a security guard - planned and perpetrated the Oklahoma City Bombing on 19 April 1995 in which 168 people were killed as an act of revenge against the federal government for its 1993 siege of a compound of the Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas? This person was later executed by lethal injection in a federal prison in Indiana in 2001.
a.) David Koriech
b.) Timothy McVeigh
c.) Eric Robert Rudolph
d.) Ted Kaczynski
e.) Dzhkohar Tsarnaev
b.) Timothy McVeigh
What 1991 coming-of-age hood crime drama directed by John Singleton and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Lawrence Fishburne, and Ice Cube tells the story of a teenage boy named Tre Styles who is sent to live with his father Furious Styles in South Central L.A., surrounded by the neighborhood's booming gang culture?
a.) Do The Right Thing
b.) Menace II Society
c.) Set It Off
d.) Boyz N The Hood
e.) Friday
d.) Boyz N The Hood
Which rapper released the hit single "Sound of da Police" in December 1993?
a.) KRS-One
b.) Puff Daddy
c.) Dr. Dre
d.) Snoop Dogg
e.) Tupac Shakur
a.) KRS-One
From April to July 1994, which African country witnessed the brutal genocide of the Tutsi minority ethnic group by Hutu militias armed with machetes in which an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were killed?
a.) Uganda
b.) Ethiopia
c.) Democratic Republic of Congo
d.) Rwanda
e.) Sudan
d.) Rwanda
Which country hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup in which Brazil defeated Italy 3-2 in a penalty shootout in the final? This was the most financially successful World Cup of all time.
a.) Italy
b.) France
c.) USA
d.) Mexico
e.) South Africa
c.) USA
Hosted in several cities and supported by big-brand sponsors such as Adidas and Coca-Cola, the 1994 FIFA World Cup delivered a total profit of $620m to L.A. alone during the final – $440m more than the Super Bowl made in the same year. Overall profits are estimated at $1.45bn against total costs of $5.6bn. Even better, the US leveraged long-term gains by establishing its successful Major League Soccer.
On 20 March 1995, which East Asian city was the victim of five coordinated attacks in which members of the Aum Shinrikyo ('Supreme Truth') doomsday cult poured liquid sarin - an extremely toxic chemical nerve agent - along three subway lines during rush hour, killing 13 people, injuring 50, and causing temporary vision problems for nearly 1,000 others?
a.) Seoul, South Korea
b.) Jakarta, Indonesia
c.) Shanghai, China
d.) Manilla, Philippines
e.) Tokyo, Japan
e.) Tokyo, Japan
What 1990 comedy horror film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Kevin Bacon is set in a small town in Nevada where the inhabitants are suddenly thrust in a fight for survival when they are attacked by giant, prehistoric, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh?
a.) Lake Placcid
b.) Tremors
c.) Slither
d.) Critters
e.) The Enemy Below
b.) Tremors
Which New York City rapper released the hit single "Woo-Hah Got You All In Check" from his 1996 debut album The Coming?
a.) LL Cool J
b.) NAS
c.) Busta Rhymes
d.) Method Man
e.) Coolio
c.) Busta Rhymes
Which treaty - signed by the 12 original European member states on 7 February 1992 - established the European Union, created a blueprint for a shared European citizenship, announced the planned introduction of a single currency (the Euro), and outlined common foreign and security policies among the European states?
a.) The Treaty of Paris
b.) The Treaty of Maastricht
c.) The Treaty of The Hague
d.) The Treaty of San Marino
b.) The Treaty of Maastricht
1999 closed out the 1990s decade to see a Wildcard team go to a Super Bowl. Which team was it?
a.) Washington Redskins
b.) Cleveland Browns
c.) Indianapolis Colts
d.) Tennessee Titans
e.) Jacksonville Jaguars
d.) Tennessee Titans
The 13-3 Titans moved past the Bills, Colts, and Jaguars in the playoffs, before losing Super Bowl XXXIV to the Rams, 23-16.
On 3-4 October 1993, the U.S. dispatched a special forces group of 160 men - known as "Task Force Ranger" - on Operation Gothic Serpent which aimed to capture leaders of the Somali National Alliance in Mogadishu, Somalia. The raid was only intended to last an hour but spectacularly backfired when two US helicopters were shot down, trapping the US task force on the ground and forcing President Clinton to send in an extraction team of over 3000 men. By what code name did this operation become better known as?
a.) Red Dragon
b.) Flaming Dart
c.) Eagle Claw
d.) Alpha Centauri
e.) Black Hawk Down
e.) Black Hawk Down
Which of the following was the highest-grossing movie of the 1990s?
a.) The Lion King (1994)
b.) Forrest Gump (1994)
c.) Titanic (1997)
d.) Independence Day (1996)
e.) Jurassic Park (1993)
c.) Titanic (1997)
Which hip hop trio from East Orange, New Jersey - now considered a cult rap group - had two notable hit singles in the early 1990s with O.P.P. (1991) and Hip Hop Hooray (1993)?
a.) Naughty by Nature
b.) A Tribe Called Quest
c.) Run-DMC
d.) Beastie Boys
e.) House of Pain
a.) Naughty by Nature