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This famous country singer is the father of an ex-Disney Channel star turned pop star.
Who is Billy Ray Cyrus?
This movie, which was released in 1995, was the first full-length CGI movie, revolutionising animated films.
What is Toy Story?
In April of 1993, Tim Berners-Lee released an information sharing system over the Internet, which is shortened down to "www."
What is the World Wide Web?
At the turn of the century, this war between Iraq and the United Nations, led by the United States, was a result of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein invading and conquering Kuwait over economic disputes.
What is The Gulf War?
This deragatory word was popularised by a TLC song, meaning a man who is at the bottom of the dating pool, typically without a lot of money.
What is "scrub"?
This grunge band released their most famous album, Nevermind, featuring songs like Smells Like Teen Spirit in 1991.
Who is Nirvana?
This crime-drama film, featuring rap icon Ice Cube, follows the lives of three young men living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.
What is Boyz n the Hood?
This doomsday event was feared throughout the United States, as people stockpiled supplies in fear of worldwide disaster as a result of computer clocks malfunctioning when turning from 1999 to 2000 in the new year.
What is Y2K?
A 1993 bombing precedes a deadlier bombing nearly a decade later on these same buildings, which led to broader public awareness in the US of domestic terrorism and international terrorism as a potential threat.
What is the World Trade Centre?
This dismissive phrase is used when you want to let someone know you aren't listening to them, typically followed by a gesture.
What is "talk to the hand"?
Destiny's Child, an American R&B girl group that later broke up in the mid-2000s, finally consisted of Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and ________.
Who is Michelle Williams?
This movie was the highest-grossing film in the 1990s and remains in the top 3 films that have been nominated for, and won the most Oscars.
What is Titanic?
When Amazon was first launched, it was originally intended to sell these items.
In 1998, US president Bill Clinton was caught in a media-frenzied scandal involving inappropriate relations with this White House intern.
Who is Monica Lewinsky?
This phrase is used to ask for information or the latest news, derived from the phone number for directory assistance.
What is "What's the 411?"
The 90s saw many musician deaths, but the death of this world-famous British rock singer in 1991 caused international upset.
Who is Freddie Mercury?
Including movies like The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, this period in Disney studio's history focused on returning to family-oriented animated musical films, and revitalised the studio's popularity.
What is the "Disney Renaissance"?
This type of media format was invented in 1995 and sought to replace many outdated physical media formats, including the VHS.
What is a DVD?
In a heart-stopping tragedy that shook the world, Diana, Princess of Wales and her fiancé, Dodi Al-Fayed, were killed in a car accident in this city in 1997.
This popular phrase involving a kitchen utensil is often used in disgust or annoyance.
What is "gag me with a spoon"?
The Dixie Chicks became one of the most popular country bands in the '90s, with their debut album __________ coming out in 1998
What is Wide Open Spaces?
A former Disney employee, Jeffrey Katzenberg, founded this successful studio, producing its first two animated films: The Prince of Egypt and Antz. In the same year of Antz's release, Disney's A Bug's Life came out, the similarity of which sparked the rivalry between Disney and this studio.
What is DreamWorks?
The year 1990 saw the release of the first search search engine called ______.
What is Archie?
As popularised by the successful movie Erin Brokovich, a court case against this massive utility company for contaminating drinking water with hexavalent chromium was settled for $333 million, a new record for a direct-action lawsuit.
What is Pacific Gas & Electric?
This phrase was derived from a food-themed episode of Seinfeld, used to deny someone something they want.
What is "no soup for you"?