2010s
On April 3, 2010 Apple released the first _____________.
What is an iPad?
This social media site was launched in 2004 from a Harvard dorm room.
What is Facebook?
This film was the first animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, in 1992.
What is Beauty and the Beast?
A best-selling book in 1981 explained how to crack the code of this puzzle.
What is the Rubik's cube?
In 1970, this US president signed legislation that officially banned cigarette ads on television and radio.
Who is Richard Nixon?
On September 17, 2011, hundreds of demonstrators set up camp in New York City’s Zuccotti Park to protest income inequality, corporate greed and the political elite in a movement known as _________.
In 2000, 51 million viewers made it to the end as they watched the first season finale of this reality show.
What is Survivor?
The World Wide Web was first introduced to the general public in this year.
What is 1991?
This 1984 film by John Hughes only took Hughes two days to write.
What is Sixteen Candles?
What show planted butts in front of the TV as it set a record when it had nearly 100 million people tune in for its finale on January 30th, 1977?
What is Roots?
On July 10, 2018, 12 members of the Wild Boar soccer team and their coach were rescued after being trapped for more than two weeks inside a _________ in Thailand.
What is a cave?
Put your hands in the air! Coldplay won the 2003 Grammy for Record of the Year with __________.
What is Clocks?
He was Russia's first elected President in 1991.
Who is Boris Yeltsin?
The Iran-Iraq war began in September when this Iraqi dictator ordered his forces to invade Western Iran. Over 1,000,000 people were killed by the time a cease-fire was agreed in 1988.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
In 1972, this car scuttled past Ford's iconic Model T to become the most highly produced car in the world.
What is the VW Beetle?
On January 21, 2010, NBC announced that __________ would step down from his "Tonight Show" seat to make room for former host Jay Leno.
Who is Conan O'Brien?
In 2001, A series of attacks spreads fear amongst the American Public and several people are infected with this by handling infected letters.
What is Anthrax?
1996 was the inaugural season of this sports league, with 10 teams competing from all over the United States.
What is Major League Soccer (MLS)?
The Miracle On Ice: At the 1980 Winter Olympics held here, the US men’s hockey team amazed the world (and themselves) by beating the Soviet Union.
What is Lake Placid, NY?
Released in 1979, this device allowed for the idea of "personal listening" and "portable music" for the first time.
What is the walkman?
In the summer of 2011, teens across the globe took pictures of themselves laying horizontally in precarious positions as part of the phenomenon known as this.
What is planking?
The 2000 Olympics was the first time that women were allowed to compete at the Olympics in this event.
What is weightlifting?
Ay caramba! Dubbed "the greatest one-hit wonder of all time" by VH1, the "Macarena" was released in 1993 and performed by __________.
Who are Los del Rio?
The Voyager 2 spacecraft provided the first images of the rings of this true blue planet in 1989.
What is Neptune?
In response to an oil spill in the Santa Barbara killing over 10,000 sea creatures, this holiday was proposed and celebrated in 1970.
What is Earth Day?