Fun '90s Quiz: If You Were Awake in the Nineties, Ace This!

News Quiz for Jan. 11, 2022: 10 fun ’90s quiz trivia questions with multiple answers and reliably sourced news facts on nineties politics, entertainment, technology, and sports. Who was the original host of the ’90s TV hit “America’s Funniest Home Videos”? Who was the first Black mayor of New York City? Which teams played the highest-rated Finals in NBA history in 1998? And who was the first septuagenarian to go into space? Take the Nineties Quiz!

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2022 Quizzes: 10 Nineteens-themed multiple-choice general knowledge trivia questions with answers and fun facts from 2021 and 2022. Click “Start Quiz.”

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1. He was the original host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos.”

John Stamos.

Dave Coulier.

Bill Cosby.

Bob Saget.

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2. Titan Director Julie Ducournau is the second woman to win Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or. Who was the first?

Screenshot: Titane

Kathryn Bigelow.

Jane Campion.

Sofia Coppola.

Mira Nair.

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3. Eric Adams is the second elected Black mayor of New York City. Who was the first?

Screenshot: CNN

Darnell Dinkins.

Al Sharpton.

David Dinkins.

David Diop.

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4. Which of these Simpsons characters was voiced by rabbi-turned-comedian Jackie Mason?

Photo: Carl Lender, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Grandpa Van Houten.

Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky.

Abe Simpson.

Krusty the Clown.

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5. Who was South Africa’s last white president?

Photo: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Nelson Mandela.

P.W. Botha.

F.W. de Klerk.

Hendrik Verwoerd.

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6. When did Bill and Melinda Gates get married?

Photo: Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A year before Microsoft launched Windows 95.

A year before Microsoft launched Xbox.

A year before Microsoft launched Windows 7.

A year before Microsoft launched Windows 3.0.

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7. Who was Bill Clinton running against in the 1996 US Presidential elections?

Photo: White House Photograph Office (Clinton Administration), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Dan Quayle.

Newt Gingrich.

Al Gore.

Bob Dole.

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8. Which teams played the highest-rated Finals in NBA history in 1998?

Screenshot: NBA on YouTube

Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs.

Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz.

Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics.

Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat.

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9. Who was the first septuagenarian to go into space?

Photo: NASA / ROBERT MARKOWITZ, MARK SOWA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Alan Shepard.

Richard Branson.

Buzz Aldrin.

John Glenn.

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10. Which 1999 movies broke Mena Suvari’s career?

Screenshot: DreamWorks Pictures

American Pie, and American Beauty.

American Gigolo, and American Pie.

American Psycho, and American Beauty.

American Sniper, and American Beauty.

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1. He was the original host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos.”

2. Titan Director Julie Ducournau is the second woman to win Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or. Who was the first?

Screenshot: Titane

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3. Eric Adams is the second elected Black mayor of New York City. Who was the first?

Screenshot: CNN

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4. Which of these Simpsons characters was voiced by rabbi-turned-comedian Jackie Mason?

Photo: Carl Lender, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

When did Jackie Mason die?

5. Who was South Africa’s last white president?

Photo: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

6. When did Bill and Melinda Gates get married?

Photo: Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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7. Who was Bill Clinton running against in the 1996 US Presidential elections?

Photo: White House Photograph Office (Clinton Administration), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

8. Which teams played the highest-rated Finals in NBA history in 1998?

Screenshot: NBA on YouTube

9. Who was the first septuagenarian to go into space?

Photo: NASA / ROBERT MARKOWITZ, MARK SOWA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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10. Which 1999 movies broke Mena Suvari’s career?

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Which TV channel launched in 1981 with NASA footage of the historic Apollo 11 landing?

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