90's and Early 2000's
This “Friends” character had a pet monkey named Marcel.
Who is Ross?
This chocolate-coated wafer treat was a lunchbox staple.
What is Kit Kat?
This boy band had hits like “I Want It That Way” and “Everybody.”
Who are the Backstreet Boys?
This service allowed instant messaging on computers in the early 2000s.
What is MSN Messenger?
The government takes this portion of your paycheck to fund Social Security and Medicare.
What are payroll taxes?
This ancient civilization built the pyramids at Giza and used a writing system called hieroglyphics.
What is Ancient Egypt?
This video-sharing website, launched in 2005, quickly became the go-to platform for viral videos.
What is YouTube?
These fruit-flavored, gel-filled snacks came in packets and were often eaten at school.
What are Gushers?
Known for “Complicated” and “Sk8er Boi,” this Canadian singer became a pop-punk icon.
Who is Avril Lavigne?
This website was a virtual pet paradise where kids fed and cared for digital animals.
What is Neopets?
A monthly payment many adults make to live in an apartment.
What is rent?
This 13th-century Mongol leader created the largest contiguous land empire in history.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This teen drama, set in California, followed the lives of Ryan, Seth, and Summer.
What is The O.C.?
This snack featured colorful frosting designs on cookies and often had “dunking” instructions.
What are Dunkaroos?
This 2001 hit from Smash Mouth eventually became an internet meme.
What is “All Star”?
This peer-to-peer file-sharing service was infamous for music downloads (and viruses).
What is LimeWire?
The type of loan most 30-year-olds take out to buy a house.
What is a mortgage?
Sparked by a 1914 assassination in Sarajevo, this global conflict introduced trench warfare and chemical weapons.
What is World War I?
This video game console, released in 2001, introduced gamers to titles like Halo: Combat Evolved and became a rival to Sony’s PlayStation 2.
What is the Xbox?
These sweet rolls came in a foil pack and were often marketed as “fun to eat.”
What are Fruit by the Foot?
This rapper’s 2004 hit “Yeah!” featured Lil Jon and Ludacris.
Who is Usher?
Before Facebook, this platform was where many teens customized profiles with music and HTML layouts.
What is MySpace?
This type of insurance helps cover medical expenses for adults and families.
What is health insurance?
This trade network, spanning from China to the Mediterranean, allowed silk, spices, and ideas to flow across continents.
What is the Silk Road?
Before becoming a global pop icon, this singer starred in The Mickey Mouse Club alongside Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, and Ryan Gosling.
Who is Christina Aguilera?
These mini cracker-and-cheese combinations were a popular convenience lunch.
What are Lunchables?
This British girl group dominated charts with “Wannabe” and “Say You’ll Be There.”
Who are the Spice Girls?
This viral 3D animation of an infant doing a cha-cha dance became one of the first major internet memes.
What is the Dancing Baby?
This personal financial tool tracks spending, budgeting, and investments.
What is a personal finance app or budgeting app?
This empire, led at its height by Suleiman the Magnificent, controlled parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa for over 600 years.
What is the Ottoman Empire?