Sporting Events
During the 1990's, baseball's "home run race" featured players Mark McGwire and this Chicago Cub.
Who is Sammy Sosa?
John Williams won the Oscar in 1976 for the soundtrack to this Spielberg summer blockbuster.
What is Jaws?
These Hasbro favorite toys had a catchy tagline—they “wobble, but they don’t fall down!”
What are Weebles?
One of the longest-standing No. 1 hits, “Candle in the Wind 1997” is a song by him.
Who is Elton John?
In the ’80s, Cher made headlines with her relationship with this future Top Gun star.
Who is Val Kilmer?
The 1992 Olympic Games featured a star-studded American team in this sport, with players like Larry Bird taking the court.
What is basketball?
1976’s Bound for Glory won an Oscar for Best Adaptation Score and features the early life of this folk singer.
Who is Woody Guthrie?
Abbreviated “D&D,” this popular tabletop game emerged in the 1970s.
What is Dungeons & Dragons?
The year-end No. 1 hit for 1970 was their “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”
Who are Simon and Garfunkel?
In 1986, prominent businessman Arne Næss Jr. married this iconic Supremes singer.
Who is Diana Ross?
In the lead-up to the 1994 Winter Olympics, a bitter rivalry between these two athletes led to an attack.
Who are Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding?
Another win for John Williams came in 1983, for the score of this beloved tale of a friendly alien.
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
In 1956, a chemist invented this popping, crackling candy that comes in a small pouch.
What are Pop Rocks?
With an incredible 18 weeks on the Billboard charts in 1972, her song “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” was an undeniable hit.
Who is Roberta Flack?
In 1987, this actor married Brigitte Nielsen, his Rocky IV costar.
Who is Sylvester Stallone?
This golfer took his first swing as a professional on the PGA tour in 1996 and won the Masters in 1997.
Who is Tiger Woods?
In 1990, the winning score was for this Disney animated feature about a sea-dwelling girl.
What is The Little Mermaid?
In the 1970s, a surprisingly simple favorite pet were these.
In 1975, this duo declared that “Love Will Keep Us Together”—it certainly put them on top!
Who are the Captain and Tennille?
The 1986 wedding of this couple, the Terminator himself and JFK’s niece, made headlines.
Who are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver?
Between 1993 and 2000, this tennis superstar won at Wimbledon seven times and ranked No. 1 globally for 286 weeks.
Who is Pete Sampras?
In 1997, the win for Best Dramatic Score went to this Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche World War II tale.
What is The English Patient?
Throughout the ’70s, action figures based on this George Lucas film were popular toys.
What is "Star Wars"?
“Macarena,” a massive hit song and dance craze of the ’90s, is by this band.
Who are Los Del Rio?
A ’90s power couple was born at a barbecue when Richard Gere met this young supermodel, whom he would later marry.
Who is Cindy Crawford?