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.

Bill Cosby.

Dave Coulier.

Bob Saget.

Screenshot: Bob Saget on YouTube

Bob Saget, best known as single dad Danny Tanner from “Full House,” was the original host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” in the ’90s. His “Full House” partner Dave Coulier hosted America’s Funniest People around the same time. Saget died while on a stand-up tour on Jan. 9, 2022. He was 65.

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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.

Sofia Coppola.

Mira Nair.

Jane Campion.

In 1993 New Zealand’s Jane Campion became the first woman to win the Palme d’Or for “The Piano.”

2021 Palm d’Or News Facts

On Saturday, July 18, 2021, the movie “Titane” by Director Julie Ducournau won the 2021 Palme d’Or – the top award at the Cannes Film Festival. The film tells the story of a young female killer who has sex with cars after surviving a childhood crash, and critics have described it as one of the most shocking films ever shown at the festival. Ducournau is the second woman to receive the Palme d’Or and the first female to win it alone. US director Spike Lee prematurely revealed the award at the beginning of the ceremony.

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

Screenshot: CNN

Al Sharpton.

David Diop.

Darnell Dinkins.

David Dinkins.

 

Photo: The Southern District of New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

David Dinkins was the first African American mayor of New York City, serving in office from 1990 to 1993.

Who’s Eric Adams?

On Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, Eric Adams was elected as the 110th mayor of New York and the second Black mayor in the city’s history. He is a former New York City police captain with a decades-long career in public life.

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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

Krusty the Clown.

Grandpa Van Houten.

Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky.

Abe Simpson.

R.I.P Jackie Mason, who, among other roles, voiced The Simpsons’ Krusty the Clown’s father, Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky, between the years 1991 and 2019. Mason was a rabbi in real life before turning to comedy.

When did Jackie Mason die?

Jackie Mason died Saturday, July 24, 2021, after being hospitalized for over two weeks. He was 93. Among his notable cameo appearances is an uncredited appearance as the voice of a robot tailor in Woody Allen’s 1973 futuristic comedy Sleeper and Jew #1 in Mel Brooks’s “History of the World, Part I.”

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

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

P.W. Botha.

Nelson Mandela.

F.W. de Klerk.

Hendrik Verwoerd.

Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk was South Africa’s last white president, ending apartheid in 1994 and becoming the country’s first Deputy President – under Nelson Mandela. The two shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize. De Klerk died on Nov. 12, 2021, aged 85.

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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 3.0.

A year before Microsoft launched Xbox.

A year before Microsoft launched Windows 95.

A year before Microsoft launched Windows 7.

Bill and Melinda Gates married on the Hawaiian Island of Lanai on January 1, 1994, about one year before the Windows 95 launch.

News Fact:

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates said in a joint statement posted by Bill Gates’ Twitter account on Monday, April 3, 2021,  that they have decided to end their marriage. “We ask for space and privacy for our family as we begin to navigate this new life,” their statement said.

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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.

Bob Dole.

Al Gore.

Newt Gingrich.

In the 1996 US Presidential elections, Bill Clinton won against Republican icon Bob Dole. On Dec. 5, 2021, Dole passed away after being treated for stage 4 lung cancer.

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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 Miami Heat.

Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs.

Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics.

Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz.

The highest-rated Finals in NBA history was the 1998 showdown between the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz, with an 18.7 rating (29 million viewers).

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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

Richard Branson.

John Glenn.

Buzz Aldrin.

Alan Shepard.

In 1998 Astronaut John Glenn flew on a space shuttle at age 77 – becoming the first person over 70 to go into space. In July 2021, the nearly 71-year-old Richard Branson became the second septuagenarian in history to go into space.

What is a septuagenarian?

A septuagenarian is a person in their seventies.

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

Screenshot: DreamWorks Pictures

American Gigolo, and American Pie.

American Psycho, and American Beauty.

American Pie, and American Beauty.

American Sniper, and American Beauty.

In 1999, Mena Suvari played a choir girl in the teen sex comedy “American Pie” and a lusted-after high school cheerleader in “American Beauty.”

Mena Suvari News Fact

In her memoir, “The Great Peace: A Memoir,” released Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 42-year-old Suvari recounts years of drug addiction and sexual abuse.

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• In the 1988 movie "Willow," what was Willow's day job?

  A soldier.

  A queen.

  A princess.

  A farmer.

  In which administration did the late George Shultz serve as the secretary of State?

  Photo: Cmichel67, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  Under George Bush.

  Under Ronald Reagan.

  Under Richard Nixon.

  Under Dwight Eisenhower.

  1986 American coming-of-age movie “Stand By Me” is based on a novella, “The Body,” by whom?

  Screenshot: Stand By Me / Columbia Pictures

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Charles Dickens

  Truman Capote

  Stephen King

  What were the Geneva summits of 1955 and 1985?

  Photo: White House Photographic Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

  They were an effort to ease the cold war.

  They were an effort to end World Wars I & II.

  It was a coalition of 25 human rights NGOs.

  They were the meetings of the seven country leaders with the largest advanced economies.

  In which city does the '80s movie hit Ghostbusters take place?

  Screenshot: Ghostbusters: Afterlife / Sony Pictures

  Sin City.

  The Big Apple.

  Motor City.

  Tinsel town.

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

  Photo: Neil A. Armstrong, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

  Discovery.

  ESPN.

  CNN.

  MTV.

  Who's the NBA's career leader in total points?

  Photo: Frank Bryan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, colorized.

  Carmelo Anthony.

  Giannis Antetokounmpo.

  Ray Allen.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

  How many years after ABBA’s 1981 album "The Visitors" was their album "Voyage" recorded?

  Screenshot: ABBA on YouTube

  4.

  10.

  14.

  40.

  In the hit Broadway (and 1982 film) musical "Annie," what's the name of Annie's dog?

  Screenshot: Annie, Columbia Pictures

  Sandy.

  Simba.

  Sunny.

  Oliver.

  In the third "Live in Front of a Studio Audience" special, recreating 80s TV Shows "The Facts of Life" and "Diff'rent Strokes" in 2021, who played Edna Garrett?

  Screenshot: Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life / ABC

  Aunt Lydia from “A Handmaid's Tale.”

  Aunt Petunia from “Harry Potter.”

  Aunt Becky from “Full House.”

  Aunt Jackie from “Roseanne.”

  Which of these games was available on the first Nintendo console in the US in 1985?

  Photo: GerdeeX, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  Super Mario Bros.

  King Kong.

  Tetris.

  Pokémon.

  What was Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu most famous for in the Eighties?

  Photo: the University of Mount Union, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  Campaigning to end South African apartheid.

  Being South Africa’s leader in exile.

  Being South Africa’s first Black president.

  Being the leader in the American civil rights movement.

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