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This is Donna Summer’s disco hit with lyrics that claim it is her “last chance for romance tonight.”
What is “Last Dance”? The chorus continues, “So let’s dance the last dance/Let’s dance the last dance/Let’s dance this last dance tonight.”
AOL stands for this.
What is America Online? AOL was founded in 1985 as an online bulletin board called Quantum. It was renamed in 1991. With quantum computing now a reality, it’s interesting that the original name would be more relevant today than it was when the company was founded.
This company owns Rice Krispies, Special K, Raisin Bran, Froot Loops, and Frosted Flakes.
What is Kellogg’s? In 1894, W.K. Kellogg created the first corn flakes. Six years later, he and his brother, Dr. John H. Kellogg, founded the Sanitas Food Company when the cereal had proved popular among his brother’s patients at Dr. Kellogg’s Battle Creek Sanitarium.
The expensive, fictitious prediction for the year 2000 was that this computer bug, known by two letters and a number, would cause everything powered by computers to malfunction
What is Y2K? Nothing of consequence happened, and life went on without interruption after billions of dollars were spent worldwide on the Y2K bug. The high estimate of the cost of Y2K preparation was $858 billion for an industry with $1 trillion in revenue at the time
This 1980s slang was short for favorite.
What is fave? It was used in teen magazines and caught on with teen girls.
This 1977 hit film about dance competition hopefuls Tony Monero (John Travolta) and Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney) featured songs by the Bee Gees.
What is Saturday Night Fever? Filming had finished when the Bee Gees were commissioned to write songs for the film. They also repurposed some songs they had already written.
Doctors still use this otherwise obsolete form of communication.
What is a pager (or beeper)? Pager networks are encrypted and more reliable than cell service.
Ironically, the Marlboro Man died from this form of cancer
What is lung? Three men who appeared in Marlboro commercials died from lung cancer.
) It is estimated that by 2040, 95 percent of shopping will be handled this way.
What is online? Eighty percent of companies already offer a combination of online and brick-and-mortar shopping.
This one-word Spielberg film title stars Roy Schneider and Richard Dreyfuss. It’s a story about shark attacks on Amity Island.
What is Jaws? Decades after the film was released, Lee Fierro, who played Mrs. Kintner, went into a restaurant and noticed an Alex Kintner sandwich on the menu. She mentioned that she played his mother in Jaws. The restaurant’s owner ran out to see her, and the owner was Jeffrey Voorhees, who played her son Alex in the film.
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The Spanish duo known as Los Del Rio made this 1996, one-word dance song beginning with an M.
What is “Macarena”? The song is about a woman who cheats on her husband while he’s away on military duty. The original lyrics are in Spanish, but it was a hot dance song throughout North America.
She had a massive hit with “I Will Always Love You.”
Who is Whitney Houston? It was a cover of Dolly Parton’s hit song.
You’ll be surprised to learn this royal owns a McDonald’s in England.
Who is Queen Elizabeth? The owner of record is the Crown Estate, and the royals don’t pop in for lunch.
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One inventor incorrectly predicted that these would never render the landline obsolete.
What is cell or mobile phone? In 1981, inventor and pioneer in the wireless communications industry Marty Cooper said, “Cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems.”
This top British modeling sensation of the late 1960s was known for her especially slender frame
Who is Twiggy? She has since worked on TV and film as well as on stage.
Turn the Beat [missing word]” was recorded by Vicki Sue Robinson and covered by Laura Branigan and Gloria Estefan. Lyrics include “Turn it upside down/Love to hear the percussion/Love to hear it/Love to hear it.”
What is Around? Robinson is also an actress who appeared in Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar.
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He stars in the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire
Who is Robin Williams? The film won a well-deserved Academy Award for Best Makeup. Make-up artists convincingly made Williams look like an older woman for his character to work in disguise as a nanny in order to spend more time with his children.
This company was founded in 1994 and originally named Cadabra until Jeff Bezos realized it looked too similar to cadaver
What is Amazon? The name Amazon was chosen because it sells products from A to Z.
Steve Chen, CTO and co-founder of this company, doubted the long-term viability of the company, saying, “There’s just not that many videos I want to watch.”
What is YouTube? More than 15 years later, it’s a spectacular success.
Michael Jackson’s hit song from this album by the same name was inspired by Jackson’s interest in the horror genre
What is Thriller? The spoken parts and ominous, deep laughs you hear come from Vincent Price
One of Martha and the Vandellas’ greatest hits is “Dancing in the [missing word].”
What is Street? It was on the Billboard charts for more than a year.
This was the number of the TWA flight number that exploded right after takeoff from JFK airport on July 17, 1996.
What is 800? The flight was en route to Paris.
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This TV show and movie streaming company started by renting out DVDs
What is Netflix? The rise of the company was the beginning of Blockbuster’s demise, primarily because Blockbuster did not acknowledge Netflix as a threat.
Steve Balmer, former CEO of Microsoft, once said, “There’s no chance that this Apple product is going to get any significant market share.”
What is the iPhone? In December 2020, Apple’s iPhone market share reached 64 percent.
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Who ya gonna call?” is the tagline of this film starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramos, Ernie Hudson, and Sigourney Weaver.
What is Ghostbusters? Three university professors lose their jobs for performing unethical paranormal experiments on their students, so they set up business ridding New York City of ghosts and other paranormal phenomena.