2008
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Flashback
This blockbuster vampire teen movie was released in 2008.
What is Twilight?
At 18 in the U.S., you gain this important right for the first time.
What is the right to vote?
This Disney Channel show starred a teenage girl who led a double life as a pop star.
What is Hannah Montana?
People often close their eyes and hope for something special while doing this on their birthday cake.
What is making a wish / blowing out the candles?
The cost of a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. in 2008 peaked around this amount.
What is $4?
This first phone of this Apple series was released in 2008.
What is the iPhone 3G?
Turning 18 lets you legally do this with contracts, loans, and your own finances.
What is having a binding signature?
This 2008 animated movie featured a penguin named Mumble who loved to dance.
What is Happy Feet?
At some birthday parties, children take turns hitting this colorful object hanging from above to release candy inside.
What is a piñata?
Nintendo Wii released its first model in 2006, but in 2008 it still sold for around this price.
What is $300?
This superhero made his solo movie debut in 2008, launching the modern Marvel cinematic universe.
Who is Iron Man?
This legal term describes a person who has reached the age where they are fully responsible for their own actions in court.
What is age of majority/legal adult?
This teen drama about wealthy Upper East Side New Yorkers follows Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf.
What is Gossip Girl?
Many people try to guess this before cutting their birthday cake, sometimes saying it will bring good luck if they get it right.
What is the number of cake slices / pieces?
A movie ticket in 2008 cost roughly this amount in the U.S.
What is $7-8?
In 2008, this global event was caused by a massive economic crash affecting banks and mortgages.
What is the Great Recession?
In ___ year, the minimum legal drinking age in the U.S. was raised from 18 to 21.
What is 1984?
In 2010, this movie about a teen boy surviving a magical boarding school became a global phenomenon.
What is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1?
This birthday gift color is traditionally associated with an 18th birthday.
What is gold?
This iPhone model was released in 2008, and the starting price for a 16GB version was around this amount.
What is $199-$299?
This hit song by Katy Perry became a summer anthem in 2008, reaching #1 in multiple countries.
What is I Kissed a Girl?
Before the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, some states allowed people as young as 18 to buy alcohol. This state was the last to raise its minimum drinking age to 21, in 1988.
What is Wyoming?
This actor played the main character in the 2002–2007 Spider-Man trilogy but did not return for later reboots.
Who is Tobey Maguire?
The world’s oldest documented birthday celebration was for this Egyptian pharaoh, recorded in this year.
What is 3000 BCE?
The average price of a new car in 2008 was approximately this number.
What is $27,000?