Obsolete technology
90's films
Truths & Myths about the Y2K bug
90's music
100

What is the name of this?

Floppy Disk

100

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan fall in love through anonymous emails in this 1998 romcom.

"You've got mail."


100

The root cause of the Y2K bug was that older computers stored years using only this many digits, making the year 2000 look like 1900.

Two digits.

100

Who sings "My heart will go on" the main song from Titanic?

Celine Dion.

200

"I am the father of the DVD"

VHS

200

This 1997 epic film directed by James Cameron cost roughly $200 million.
It won 11 Academy Awards and became the first movie to gross over $1 billion worldwide.

"Titanic"

200

A widespread urban legend caused panic that these massive vehicles would simply fall out of the sky at the stroke of midnight.

Airplanes.

200

A famous boy band that in Y2K had an album called "Millennium".

Backstreet Boys

300

Before cell phones, doctors and teenagers used this clipped in their belts to get instant messages through radio waves.

Pager

300

Who is the bride in the 1999's movie "Runaway Bride" with Richard Gere?

Julia Roberts.

300

Fearing the collapse of the power grid, many people stockpiled bottled water, canned goods, and these fuel-powered machines to keep their lights on.

Generators.

300

In 2000, sold millions of records singing "Oops I didn’t again".

Britney Spears.

400

What was children's favorite digital pet?

Tamagotchi.

400

Keanu Reeves is famous for being in the Matrix franchise. How many Matrix movies are there?

There are 4 movies in total.

400

Many people refused to ride in one of these at midnight on New Year's Eve, terrified that the bug would cause them to plunge a shaft or trap them between floors.

Elevators.

400

Beth recalls being in 8th grade when she saw a music video for "Here's Where The Story Ends," a 1990 hit by this British alternative rock band.

The Sundays.

500

What is the name of this?

Palmtop.

500

In the movie "Eyes Wide Shut" Tom Cruise acts with his then wife, who was the actress?

Nicole Kidman.

500

To prevent disaster, programmers were pulled out of retirement to update systems written in this heavy-duty, 1950s business programming language.

COBOL.

500

This Spanish dance song by Los del Río spent 14 weeks at number one in 1996, and it has everyone doing its choreography until nowadays.

Macarena.