Cultural Crazes

Slang

100

This slang term from the 2010s means "You Only Live Once." 

YOLO

200

This slang term from the 2000s means "Fear of missing out"

FOMO

300

This popular term from the 1930s means "elegant or fancy.

Ritzy 

400

This term from the 1990s is not a dish from your local diner, but a way to refer to your good friend.

"Home Skillet."

500

People in the 1870s refer to this food when describing someone how is calm. They are as cool as a...

"cucumber."

Fashion

100

Seattle's "Grunge" fashion includes ripped jeans, combat jeans, and this type of top.

Flannel shirt

200

This woman's fashion item from the 1840s, used to sinch waists was once made of whalebone.

Corset

300

This fashionable hat from the 1820s was made from this animal. Its wearers didn't "give a dam."

Beaver

400

Skirts from the 1950s took their name from this canine.

Poodle

500

This type of men's pants from the 1880s has a very silly name. It contains a slang word from "underwear" often used in British English.

Knickerbockers

Music Artists

100

This popular musician from the 2010s has devoted fans called "Swifties." 

Taylor Swift

200

This British band from the 1960s made their audiences go wild with songs like, "Eleanor Rigby," "Yellow Submarine," & "Let it Be."

The Beatles

300

In the 1970s, Freddy Mercury sang for this band whose hits included "Bohemian Rhapsody," and "Killer Queen."

Queen

400

This singer from the 1940s & 50s went by the nickname "old blue eyes" and wooed audiences with songs like, "The Way you Look Tonight," & "Fly me to the Moon."

Frank Sinatra.

500

This "Material Girl" was pop music's darling of the 1980s with hits like, "Vogue," "Into the Groove," & "Holiday."

Madonna

Toys & Games

100

This boxy toy, popular since the 1970s, requires the player to match colorful squares on each side of a cube. How fast can you do it?

Rubik's Cube

200

A movie from 2023 made a pink splash in theatres, celebrating this popular toy which debuted in 1959. 

Barbie.

300

Ms. Straight, being a young child in the 1980s, would have asked her parents for this popular horse themed toy.

My Little Pony

400

This toy, popular in the 1920s, let kids do tricks like, "walk the dog," "cat's cradle," & "Rock the Baby."

Yo-yo

500

This game, popular in the 1930s Great Depression, let its players choose tokens such as: iron, shoe, top hat, & wheelbarrow.

Monopoly.

Potpourri

100

This popular book of the 2010s follows the story of Katniss Everdeen as she fights for her life in these games. 

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

200

Disco fashion (polyester, sequins, & platform shoes) became popular in this decade. 

1970s

300

The 1880s saw this man publish the novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

Mark Twain

400

This famous horror writer of the 1840s published stories like, "The Tell-Tale Heart" & "The Black Cat."

Edgar Allan Poe

500

This actress became famous in the 1960s when she starred in films such as "Mary Poppins," & "The Sound of Music." 

Julie Andrews.