World/US History
A country that fell in the 90's and became Russia
What is the Soviet Union (USSR)
A very popular form of mobile communication that was invented in the 90's
What is text messaging?
A band responsible for hits like 'Beverly Hills' and 'Island in the sun'
Who is Weezer?
90's slang word meaning "calm down"
What is chillax/chill?
A play that opened in the 90's and was recently at the Ruth theater
What is Ragtime?
A fear was that when clocks struck midnight on January 1, 2000 it would affect computer systems and they would fail to operate, creating widespread chaos.(spoiler, it didn't happen)
What is the fear of Y2K, aka the "Y2K/Millenium bug"?
A plush toy of a Sesame Street character that giggles, laughs, and shakes when squeezed
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
A popular genre of 90's music featuring all male members that included groups like the Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, and Boyz II Men
What are Boy Bands?
A phrase that means 'stylish' or 'cool', but has an offensive homophone
What is "Phat"?
A musical with the song "All that jazz" that went on a North American tour in 1997
What is Chicago?
A war that ended in the 1990's
What is the Cold War?
The 90's was the rise of _______
What is the internet?
A highly popular animated Disney movie loosely based off the plot of Hamlet
What is the Lion King
A sassy way of telling someone you aren't listening to them
What is the phrase "talk to the hand"?
The playwright who wrote Lost in Yonkers (which was the winner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for drama)
Who is Neil Simon?
A country that was reunified in the 1990's
What is Germany?
A disc that replaced VHS tapes
What are DVD's?
A singer popular in the 90's who is often referred to as the "Princess of Pop"
Who is Britney Spears?
A dismissive phrase popularized by the movie "clueless"
What is "as if"?
A play by Tony Kushner that is considered one of the most influential and thought provoking plays of the 90's
What is Angels in America?
A black man that got elected as president of South Africa and helped end apartheid (segregation)
Who is Nelson Mandela?
A product Apple launched in 1998
What is the iMac computer?
A popular T.V show with characters named Rachel, Monica, Ross, ect.
What is F.R.I.E.N.D.S?
90's slang meaning "annoying"
What is "buggin"?
The year in which Rent (by John Larsen) started showing on both Broadway and Off-Broadway
What is 1996?