90's trivia

90's trivia

Professional Development

10 Qs

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90's trivia

90's trivia

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This quiz focuses on 1990s pop culture and historical knowledge, covering entertainment, technology, politics, and significant events from that decade. The content is appropriate for high school students in grades 9-12, as it requires cultural literacy and historical awareness that develops through adolescence and exposure to media references. Students need broad knowledge of American popular culture, including music (rap and boy bands), television shows (Friends, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), movies (Home Alone), technology trends (Tamagotchi, AOL), dance crazes (Macarena), and major political and world events (Clinton presidency, Princess Diana's death). The questions assess factual recall and cultural awareness rather than analytical thinking, requiring students to recognize specific names, dates, and cultural phenomena that defined the 1990s era. Created by Wendy Ramirez, a Fun teacher in Costa Rica who teaches grade 14. This engaging trivia quiz serves as an excellent tool for building cultural literacy and historical awareness while creating connections between past and present. Teachers can use this quiz as a fun warm-up activity to introduce units on recent American history, popular culture studies, or media literacy, helping students understand the cultural context that shaped the late 20th century. It works particularly well as a review activity for social studies classes covering the 1990s, as homework to encourage students to research cultural phenomena, or as formative assessment to gauge students' background knowledge before diving deeper into the decade's significance. The quiz supports social studies standards such as NCSS.D2.His.1.9-12 (evaluating historical interpretations) and NCSS.D2.Civ.10.9-12 (analyzing the impact of constitutions, laws, treaties, and international agreements), as students explore how cultural and political elements from the 1990s continue to influence contemporary society.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What was the first rap song to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100?

Ice Ice Baby

Doo Wooop (That thing)

My Name is

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What was the name of the virtual pet simulation game that came in a tiny, egg-shaped electronic system and enabled users to eat, play with, and clean

Taguchi

Tonogotchi

Tamagotchi

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What boy band included Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez?

New Kids on the Block

NSYNC

Backstreet Boys

Dream Street

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Who was American President for most of the 1990s between 1993 and 2001?

Bill Clinton

George H. W. Bush

George W. Bush

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the coffee shop where the characters in the sitcom Friends hang out?

Central Perk

Central Park

Central coffee

Central P.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who played Kevin McCallister in the film, “Home Alone?”

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

David Gallagher

Macaulay Culkin

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the abbreviation “AOL” stand for?

Areas Online

All Online

America Online

America Off Limits

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