Tech & Internet
This web browser, released in 2004 by the Mozilla Foundation, was widely credited with helping end Internet Explorer's near-monopoly.
What is Firefox?
Before becoming a solo superstar, Beyoncé was a member of this R&B group.
What is Destiny's Child?
This rover, along with its twin Opportunity, landed on Mars in January 2004.
What is Spirit?
In 2005, this Broncos head coach earned his first trip to the AFC Championship Game after defeating the defending champion Patriots in the playoffs.
Who is Mike Shanahan?
This animal has the largest eyes of any creature on Earth, measuring up to 10 inches across.
What is the giant squid?
Founded in 2003, this professional networking site was acquired by Microsoft in 2016.
What is LinkedIn?
This singer's debut single "Fallin'" won Song of the Year at the 2002 Grammy Awards.
Who is Alicia Keys?
This particle accelerator near Geneva officially began operations in 2008.
What is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)?
This golfer dominated the early 2000s and won the Masters Tournament in 2001, 2002, and 2005.
Who is Tiger Woods?
The only national flag in the world that is not rectangular has this shape.
What is two overlapping triangles? (Nepal)
This company purchased Android Inc. in 2005 before launching the first Android-powered phone in 2008.
What is Google?
This rock band released the albums American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown.
Who is Green Day?
The H5N1 strain is commonly known by this name and raised global pandemic concerns throughout the decade.
What is Avian (Bird) Flu?
This nation hosted both the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 1988 Summer Olympics.
What is South Korea?
This scientist developed the first successful vaccine against rabies.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
This peer-to-peer communication service, created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, was acquired by eBay in 2005.
What is Skype?
This band's 2000 album Kid A debuted at No. 1 despite having no major radio singles.
Who is Radiohead?
In 2005, this object became the first dwarf planet discovered beyond Pluto and ultimately helped trigger Pluto's reclassification by the International Astronomical Union.
What is Eris?
This quarterback was selected 199th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft.
Who is Tom Brady?
This tiny European country has no airport and can only be reached by road, helicopter, or foot from neighboring nations.
What is Liechtenstein?
This codename was used internally by Apple for the first-generation iPhone project.
What is Project Purple?
This artist's 2008 album included the songs "Love Story" and "You Belong With Me."
Who is Taylor Swift?
Graphene, first isolated in 2004, consists of carbon atoms arranged in this geometric structure.
What is a two-dimensional hexagonal lattice?
This player, selected by Denver in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft, never played a regular-season snap for the Broncos after tearing his ACL during training camp.
Who is George Foster?
This country has the most time zones of any nation in the world.
What is France?