📼 90's Trivia - Mind-Blowing Decade Secrets That Will Shock You

Q: On what date in 1992 did Vodafone engineer Neil Papworth send the first SMS and what two-word greeting did it contain?

December 3, 1992 with 'Merry Christmas'

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Which software platform from Sun Microsystems hit version 1.0 in 1996 with the promise 'Write once, run anywhere'?

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Which pocket-sized digital pet from Japan beeped for food and attention in 1997?

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When the ESRB debuted in 1994, what rating denoted content suitable for ages thirteen and up?

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Who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992 for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity?

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Which year saw the World Series canceled for the first time since 1904 due to a players' strike?

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Which 1996 game let players run and jump through Peach's Castle in full 3D?

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Which 1996 Coen Brothers film earned Frances McDormand the Oscar for Best Actress?

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Which 1998 studio album by Lauryn Hill won five Grammys and set a then-record for a female artist?

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Which animated series became a prime-time phenomenon in the early 1990s with Bart writing on a chalkboard in the opening?

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How many megabytes of data fit on a standard 74-minute Compact Disc widely used in the 1990s?

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Which game console came with a controller that had three prongs and an analog stick in the middle?

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Which club won the 1996 UEFA Champions League final in Rome after penalties against Ajax?

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Which Nickelodeon show launched in 1994 with 'Good Burger' sketches and future SNL star Kenan Thompson?

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What formatted capacity did the original Iomega Zip 100 disk provide in the mid-1990s?

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Which British developer created Donkey Kong Country with pre-rendered graphics for Super NES in 1994?

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What is the title of the Seinfeld series finale that aired on May 14, 1998 to massive ratings?

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Which 1997 blockbuster had Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones wearing black suits and flashy neuralyzers?

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How many consecutive weeks did 'I Will Always Love You' hold number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992-1993?

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Which country hosted and won the 1998 FIFA World Cup final in Saint-Denis on July 12?

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Which girl group exploded globally in 1996 with the debut single Wannabe?

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Which early ThinkPad model introduced the red TrackPoint pointing stick in 1992?

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Which 1995 film was the first full-length movie created entirely with computer animation?

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Which Apple product with a translucent shell marked Steve Jobs' return to the company in 1998?

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Who composed the choral track 'One-Winged Angel' for a 1997 PlayStation role-playing epic?

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Which team with tie-dye jerseys funded by the Grateful Dead won bronze in men's basketball at Barcelona 1992?

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Which novel began George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series in 1996?

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Which basketball star led the Chicago Bulls to three straight NBA titles from 1996 to 1998 after returning from baseball?

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What default TCP port number does HTTP 1.1 use as standardized in the late 1990s?

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In which magazine did Eiichiro Oda publish the first chapter of One Piece in 1997?

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On what date did Sega launch the Dreamcast in Japan ahead of the North American release?

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How many Academy Awards did The English Patient win at the 69th ceremony in 1997?

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Which RFC number published in 1996 defines private IPv4 address ranges used by home routers and offices?

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Which sitcom brought Will Smith to prime-time in 1990 with a theme song about moving to Bel-Air?

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Which 1995 album by Alanis Morissette became a generation-defining bestseller with 'You Oughta Know'?

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Which animated Disney film released in 1994 features a meerkat and a warthog singing Hakuna Matata?

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What was the final score of the USA versus Croatia men's basketball gold medal game at the 1992 Olympics?

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Which sitcom featured a coffee shop called Central Perk in Manhattan?

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On what date in 1992 did Vodafone engineer Neil Papworth send the first SMS and what two-word greeting did it contain?

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Which 1999 music file-sharing service shook the recording industry by letting users trade MP3s?

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Which Nintendo accessory from the late 1990s let kids snap grainy selfies and print sticker sheets?

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Which British author debuted a boy wizard at Hogwarts in 1997?

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Which 1998 video game for Game Boy introduced many American kids to catching and trading pocket monsters?

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Which 1994 comedy showcased early digital face warping by Industrial Light and Magic for its title character?

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Which Super NES adventure is known for atmospheric music by Kenji Yamamoto and a baby Metroid finale in 1994?

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Which 1999 debut album by a teen pop star entered at number one with the title track as a hit single?

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On what cover-numbered issue did DC kill Superman in 1992 during The Death of Superman storyline?

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On what exact date did Windows 95 launch to consumers with a global marketing blitz?

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Which 1999 survival horror title set in a fog-shrouded town introduced Harry Mason searching for his daughter?

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Which Nintendo 64 shooter by Rare set the template for console multiplayer in 1997 with four-player split-screen?

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Which Final Fantasy title was sold as Final Fantasy II on Super NES in North America in 1991?

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Which 1992 radio hit by Sir Mix-A-Lot famously praises big butts?

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Which Nintendo handheld introduced a color display to the Game Boy family in 1998?

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What was the brand name of Motorola's 1996 flip phone that helped popularize the clamshell design?

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Which 1997 novel by Arundhati Roy won the Booker Prize for its portrayal of a Kerala family?

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Which 1996 book series had kids morph into animals to fight alien parasites called Yeerks?

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Approximately how many minutes of computer-generated dinosaurs appear on screen in Jurassic Park from 1993?

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How did the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final end and who took the winning kick for the USA?

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What quirky feature came in the EarthBound North American strategy guide bundled with the 1995 SNES release?

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How many compact discs did the PC adventure Riven ship on in 1997?

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Which 1993 film features a theme park where dinosaurs are cloned from amber-preserved DNA?

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Which 1999 teen comedy launched a pie gag and the phrase 'This one time at band camp'?

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Which Bullfrog simulation from 1994 let players tweak salt on fries to sell more sodas at an amusement park?

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At which European research center near Geneva did Tim Berners-Lee release the World Wide Web software to the public in 1991?

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Which 1995 Westwood Studios release kicked off the Command & Conquer real-time strategy franchise?

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Which 1991 Super Nintendo launch title let you ride Yoshi and spin jump through Dinosaur Land?

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Which 1998 PlayStation release brought stealth action to a wide audience with Solid Snake infiltrating Shadow Moses?

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Which 1991 hip-hop single by Naughty by Nature spelled out 'O.P.P.' in the chorus?

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Which R.E.M. single with a mandolin hook became a global hit in 1991?

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Which 1994 console from Sony debuted the brand in gaming and used CD-based games?

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On which date did the DVD video format officially launch for retail in the United States?

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Which internet service popularized the voice prompt 'You have got mail' for dial-up users in the 1990s?

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What exact subtitle identifies the 1998 Nintendo 64 release The Legend of Zelda that introduced Z-targeting?

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Which first-person shooter popularized deathmatch multiplayer with a shareware release in 1993?

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Which 1995 Windows release introduced the Start menu to millions of PC users?

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Which color handheld from Sega accepted a plug-in TV tuner and launched against Game Boy in the early 1990s?

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Which 1992 power ballad by Whitney Houston set chart records after The Bodyguard opened?

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Which early 1990s hit by MC Hammer sampled Rick James' 'Super Freak' and warned 'You can't touch this'?

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Which 1998 single popularized the robotic pitch correction effect later nicknamed after its singer?

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Which 1996 song by Los del Río sparked a line dance at weddings worldwide?

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Which Space Shuttle and date were responsible for deploying the Hubble Space Telescope?

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On which date did Sony launch the original PlayStation in the United States?

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Which 1991 album by Nirvana shows a baby swimming after a dollar bill?

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Which purple dinosaur told kids 'I love you, you love me' on a PBS show that debuted in 1992?

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What was the US launch price of the Nintendo 64 in September 1996?

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Which 1992 arcade fighting game ignited a US ratings debate with digitized actors and finishing moves?

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Which 1992 USA basketball Dream Team won Olympic gold in Barcelona?

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Which 1998 animated film about Moses won the Oscar for Best Original Song for 'When You Believe'?

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On what date did the Pokémon episode 'Electric Soldier Porygon' air in Japan causing a national broadcast pause?

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Which Pearl Jam debut album from 1991 includes 'Alive,' 'Even Flow,' and 'Jeremy'?

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On what date did sovereignty of Hong Kong transfer from the United Kingdom to China?

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Which 1995 anime directed by Mamoru Oshii about cybernetic minds influenced The Matrix?

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How large was the ROM size of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time cartridge when it launched in 1998?

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Which legal thriller set in Memphis and directed by Sydney Pollack hit theaters in 1993?

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Which PlayStation role-playing game launched in 1997 with the materia system and a villain named Sephiroth?

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How many species were listed in the original Japanese Pokédex when Pokémon Red and Green launched in 1996?

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What was the added memory size of the Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak introduced in 1998?

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What was the code name for the US-led combat phase of the Gulf War in 1991?

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Which Japanese TV network premiered the Pokémon anime on April 1, 1997?

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Which 1994 film introduced the line 'Life is like a box of chocolates'?

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Which 1991 shoegaze landmark by My Bloody Valentine became infamous for studio costs and dense guitar textures?

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Which player ended the 1993 World Series with a walk-off home run for the Toronto Blue Jays?

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What accessory released in 1994 allowed Super Nintendo users to play Game Boy cartridges on a TV screen?

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How many days did Major League Baseball's 1994-1995 strike last from August 12 to April 2?

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Which Super Nintendo release in 1993 introduced the Super FX chip for polygonal graphics?

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How many playable characters were on the roster of the original Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 64 in 1999?

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Which 1994 Green Day album carried 'Basket Case' and pushed punk into the mainstream?

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Which leader signed South Africa's post-apartheid constitution into law at Sharpeville on December 10, 1996?

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Which 1993 album by A Tribe Called Quest features 'Award Tour' and electric jazz samples?

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What US launch price did Sega announce for Saturn at E3 in May 1995 hours before Sony announced a lower price?

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Which search engine company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998?

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Which movie about a sinking ocean liner won 11 Oscars at the 1998 ceremony?

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Which 1999 science fiction film introduced bullet-time action sequences as Neo dodged bullets?

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Which 1996 live-action cartoon mashup put Michael Jordan on a basketball court with Bugs Bunny?

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Which 1992 animated film featured a blue genie who granted three wishes to a street-smart hero?

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Which 1998 war film opened with a harrowing D-Day sequence on Omaha Beach?

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Which IBM machine beat Garry Kasparov in 1997 and what was the final match score?

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Which toy bears with heart-shaped tags became a collecting craze in the mid-1990s?

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Which 1995 teen comedy features the quote 'As if' and a yellow plaid outfit?

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Which Space Shuttle mission in December 1993 installed corrective optics to fix Hubble's blurry vision?

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Questions (120 of 120)

Which software platform from Sun Microsystems hit version 1.0 in 1996 with the promise 'Write once, run anywhere'?

Which pocket-sized digital pet from Japan beeped for food and attention in 1997?

When the ESRB debuted in 1994, what rating denoted content suitable for ages thirteen and up?

Who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992 for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity?

Which year saw the World Series canceled for the first time since 1904 due to a players' strike?

Which 1996 game let players run and jump through Peach's Castle in full 3D?

Which 1996 Coen Brothers film earned Frances McDormand the Oscar for Best Actress?

Which 1998 studio album by Lauryn Hill won five Grammys and set a then-record for a female artist?

Which animated series became a prime-time phenomenon in the early 1990s with Bart writing on a chalkboard in the opening?

How many megabytes of data fit on a standard 74-minute Compact Disc widely used in the 1990s?

Which game console came with a controller that had three prongs and an analog stick in the middle?

Which club won the 1996 UEFA Champions League final in Rome after penalties against Ajax?

Which Nickelodeon show launched in 1994 with 'Good Burger' sketches and future SNL star Kenan Thompson?

What formatted capacity did the original Iomega Zip 100 disk provide in the mid-1990s?

Which British developer created Donkey Kong Country with pre-rendered graphics for Super NES in 1994?

What is the title of the Seinfeld series finale that aired on May 14, 1998 to massive ratings?

Which 1997 blockbuster had Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones wearing black suits and flashy neuralyzers?

How many consecutive weeks did 'I Will Always Love You' hold number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992-1993?

Which country hosted and won the 1998 FIFA World Cup final in Saint-Denis on July 12?

Which girl group exploded globally in 1996 with the debut single Wannabe?

Which early ThinkPad model introduced the red TrackPoint pointing stick in 1992?

Which 1995 film was the first full-length movie created entirely with computer animation?

Which Apple product with a translucent shell marked Steve Jobs' return to the company in 1998?

Who composed the choral track 'One-Winged Angel' for a 1997 PlayStation role-playing epic?

Which team with tie-dye jerseys funded by the Grateful Dead won bronze in men's basketball at Barcelona 1992?

Which novel began George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series in 1996?

Which basketball star led the Chicago Bulls to three straight NBA titles from 1996 to 1998 after returning from baseball?

What default TCP port number does HTTP 1.1 use as standardized in the late 1990s?

In which magazine did Eiichiro Oda publish the first chapter of One Piece in 1997?

On what date did Sega launch the Dreamcast in Japan ahead of the North American release?

How many Academy Awards did The English Patient win at the 69th ceremony in 1997?

Which RFC number published in 1996 defines private IPv4 address ranges used by home routers and offices?

Which sitcom brought Will Smith to prime-time in 1990 with a theme song about moving to Bel-Air?

Which 1995 album by Alanis Morissette became a generation-defining bestseller with 'You Oughta Know'?

Which animated Disney film released in 1994 features a meerkat and a warthog singing Hakuna Matata?

What was the final score of the USA versus Croatia men's basketball gold medal game at the 1992 Olympics?

Which sitcom featured a coffee shop called Central Perk in Manhattan?

On what date in 1992 did Vodafone engineer Neil Papworth send the first SMS and what two-word greeting did it contain?

Which 1999 music file-sharing service shook the recording industry by letting users trade MP3s?

Which Nintendo accessory from the late 1990s let kids snap grainy selfies and print sticker sheets?

Which British author debuted a boy wizard at Hogwarts in 1997?

Which 1998 video game for Game Boy introduced many American kids to catching and trading pocket monsters?

Which 1994 comedy showcased early digital face warping by Industrial Light and Magic for its title character?

Which Super NES adventure is known for atmospheric music by Kenji Yamamoto and a baby Metroid finale in 1994?

Which 1999 debut album by a teen pop star entered at number one with the title track as a hit single?

On what cover-numbered issue did DC kill Superman in 1992 during The Death of Superman storyline?

On what exact date did Windows 95 launch to consumers with a global marketing blitz?

Which 1999 survival horror title set in a fog-shrouded town introduced Harry Mason searching for his daughter?

Which Nintendo 64 shooter by Rare set the template for console multiplayer in 1997 with four-player split-screen?

Which Final Fantasy title was sold as Final Fantasy II on Super NES in North America in 1991?

Which 1992 radio hit by Sir Mix-A-Lot famously praises big butts?

Which Nintendo handheld introduced a color display to the Game Boy family in 1998?

What was the brand name of Motorola's 1996 flip phone that helped popularize the clamshell design?

Which 1997 novel by Arundhati Roy won the Booker Prize for its portrayal of a Kerala family?

Which 1996 book series had kids morph into animals to fight alien parasites called Yeerks?

Approximately how many minutes of computer-generated dinosaurs appear on screen in Jurassic Park from 1993?

How did the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final end and who took the winning kick for the USA?

What quirky feature came in the EarthBound North American strategy guide bundled with the 1995 SNES release?

How many compact discs did the PC adventure Riven ship on in 1997?

Which 1993 film features a theme park where dinosaurs are cloned from amber-preserved DNA?

Which 1999 teen comedy launched a pie gag and the phrase 'This one time at band camp'?

Which Bullfrog simulation from 1994 let players tweak salt on fries to sell more sodas at an amusement park?

At which European research center near Geneva did Tim Berners-Lee release the World Wide Web software to the public in 1991?

Which 1995 Westwood Studios release kicked off the Command & Conquer real-time strategy franchise?

Which 1991 Super Nintendo launch title let you ride Yoshi and spin jump through Dinosaur Land?

Which 1998 PlayStation release brought stealth action to a wide audience with Solid Snake infiltrating Shadow Moses?

Which 1991 hip-hop single by Naughty by Nature spelled out 'O.P.P.' in the chorus?

Which R.E.M. single with a mandolin hook became a global hit in 1991?

Which 1994 console from Sony debuted the brand in gaming and used CD-based games?

On which date did the DVD video format officially launch for retail in the United States?

Which internet service popularized the voice prompt 'You have got mail' for dial-up users in the 1990s?

What exact subtitle identifies the 1998 Nintendo 64 release The Legend of Zelda that introduced Z-targeting?

Which first-person shooter popularized deathmatch multiplayer with a shareware release in 1993?

Which 1995 Windows release introduced the Start menu to millions of PC users?

Which color handheld from Sega accepted a plug-in TV tuner and launched against Game Boy in the early 1990s?

Which 1992 power ballad by Whitney Houston set chart records after The Bodyguard opened?

Which early 1990s hit by MC Hammer sampled Rick James' 'Super Freak' and warned 'You can't touch this'?

Which 1998 single popularized the robotic pitch correction effect later nicknamed after its singer?

Which 1996 song by Los del Río sparked a line dance at weddings worldwide?