1980s
This legendary comic actor starred in two of Adreon's childhood favorite comedies, Trading Places and Coming to America.
Who is Eddie Murphy?
Adreon's favorite reality series first aired in 1992, featuring seven strangers living together and spawning numerous seasons and spin-offs.
What is The Real World?
Adreon watched this major event unfold on television, changing the United States' approach to international relations and global conflicts for years to come.
What is September 11th?
What is 9/11?
This third-generation video game system made its North American debut, leading the revitalization of the American gaming industry following the 1983 video game crash.
What is the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)?
This iconic American symbol serves as the mascot for Adreon's alma mater, Greenwood High School.
What is the eagle?
Adreon's favorite music artist catapulted from solo superstardom to global domination with the release of their 1982 blockbuster album Thriller.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This feature-length Disney Renaissance film became one of Adreon's favorite films and the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time.
What is The Lion King?
This precursor to Facebook became the first social media platform that Adreon joined, longing to be on his friends' Top 8.
What is MySpace?
This federal day, named after a late prominent civil rights leader, was officially observed in 1986 after President Ronald Reagan signed it into law in 1983.
What is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day?
Greenwood purchased numerous farm properties in the late 1930s to comprise the bed of this namesake body of water.
What is Lake Greenwood?
This autoimmune disease was officially recognized as an epidemic by the global community.
What is AIDS?
Adreon became obsessed with this children's action series about five teenage superheroes upon its 1993 Saturday morning debut.
What is Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers?
Adreon watched this Super Bowl moment in real time, changing the trajectory of Janet Jackson's music career and introducing the five-second delay.
What is Nipplegate?
These two Black female artists, both coming from notable musical lineages, achieved their breakthrough moments, transforming mainstream culture's view of Black women in pop music.
Who are Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson?
Greenwood is one of several towns and communities located in their namesake county, including Troy, Promised Land, and these two towns with rival high schools.
What are Ware Shoals and Ninety-Six?
These two tech company pioneers took the computer from corporate rooms to family rooms.
What is IBM and Apple?
This technology movement pushed the internet forward and birthed several tech giants, including Google and Amazon, before the bubble burst in 2003.
What is the dot-com boom?
This planet, and one of Adreon's favorite Sailor Moon characters, was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006 after classification changes.
What is Pluto?
Adreon was born on the day this notable NFL team won Super Bowl XX, marking the franchise's debut, following the release of "Super Bowl Shuffle."
Who are the Chicago Bears?
These two local restaurants are often frequented by Adreon upon his hometown visits, sparking numerous memories.
What are Garden Grille, and/or The Dixie Drive-In, and/or Cheeseburger House?
This horrific nuclear disaster served as the inspiration for a critically-acclaim hit HBO miniseries.
What is Chernobyl?
The end of this system of institutionalised racial segregation in the 1990s culminated in Nelson Mandela becoming South Africa's Black president.
What is Apartheid?
This financial decline was triggered by the United States housing bubble, sparking crises and bailouts for various industries and stimulus checks.
What is the Great Recession?
What is the global financial crisis?
What was the 2008 financial crisis?
Adreon was born two days before this aerospace tragedy occurred, claiming the lives of the entire crew.
What is the Challenger explosion?
Greenwood is one of several cities in the United States to claim this title.
What is the widest Main Street?