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Name That Year
100

Bon Jovi's 1986 anthem was named after this state of being. Name the song.

'Wanted Dead or Alive'

100

This Netflix show set in the 1980s featured a gang of kids fighting supernatural creatures.

Stranger Things

100

"The happiest place on Earth" belongs to this entertainment company.

Disneyland

100

UTM parameters help track campaign performance in analytics tools. What does the U-T-M stand for?

Urchin Tracking Module (named after Urchin Software, acquired by Google)

100

The Super Bowl halftime show featured Beyoncé, the iPhone launched, and Netflix launched its streaming service. Name this year & bonus points if you know the Super Bowl headline singer.

2007 & Prince!

200

This British duo had a massive 1984 hit with 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.' Name the group.

Wham!

200

In 2023, this Mattel toy's live-action movie grossed over $1 billion globally and became a cultural phenomenon.

Barbie

200

This company's slogan is 'We are farmers, bum ba dum bum bum bum bum' — but what is their full company name?

Farmers Insurance

200

This person spends their day making things beautiful, then watches a client ask to 'make the logo bigger.' Their soul quietly leaves their body.

Creative Designer

200

Facebook went public, 'Gangnam Style' became the first YouTube video to hit 1 billion views, and The Avengers hit theaters. Name the year.

2012

300

This female artist's 1984 hit 'What's Love Got to Do with It' became her signature comeback song after years out of the spotlight. Name her.

Tina Turner

300

Launched in 2016, this short-video app was initially called Musical.ly before being rebranded by ByteDance.

TikTok

300

This brand told you 'Impossible is Nothing' and bonus points if you know how it originated.

Adidas

The slogan originated from a quote by boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who said: “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men… Impossible is nothing”.

300

This app, originally called 'Burbn,' was pivoted and relaunched in 2010 as a photo-sharing app.

Instagram

The founder Kevin Systrom was a whiskey enthusiast, specifically bourbon, so he named the app "Burbn" as a nod to that. The original app was actually a check-in app—where you could check into locations, make plans with friends, and earn points for hanging out. The photo feature was just one small part of it.

When Systrom and his co-founder Mike Krieger decided to strip everything back and focus only on the photo-sharing element, they rebranded it Instagram; a mashup of "instant camera" and "telegram."

300

Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' became the highest-grossing concert tour in history. In what year did it begin?

2023

400

Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' was released in 1991 on this album, which is widely credited with bringing grunge to mainstream America. Name the album.

Nevermind

400

This reality TV franchise, which premiered in 2003, launched the careers of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie living on a farm.

The Simple Life

400

"The ultimate driving machine" has belonged to this company since 1973. Name the brand.

BMW

400

Google's display advertising platform was rebranded in 2018 from this former name to Google Marketing Platform.

DoubleClick

400

Instagram launched, the first iPad was released, and 'Inception' was in theaters. Name the year.

2010

500

Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' topped charts in 1992, but who originally wrote and recorded it in 1973?

Dolly Parton

500

The phrase 'Winter is Coming' is the house motto of which family in Game of Thrones?

House Stark

500

This slogan 'Fly the Friendly Skies' has been one of the most recognizable taglines in travel advertising since 1965. Name the airline.

United Airlines

500

This Google campaign type uses machine learning to automatically serve ads across Search, Display, YouTube, Gmail, and Maps from a single campaign setup. It launched in 2021.

Performance Max (PMax)

500

Snapchat launched, LinkedIn went public, and Adele's '21' dominated every chart worldwide. Name the year.

2011