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The 1990s

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Hubble Space telescope was launched with which space shuttle

a)

Challenger

b)

Columbia

c)

Endeavor

d)

Discovery

2.

What was the first broadcast of digital HDTV in history?

a)

1990 Super bowl

b)

1990 World Series

c)

1990 FIFA World Cup

d)

1990 Winter Olympics

3.

Who was freed from prison after 27 years in 1990?

(a)  

4.

Who resigned from being prime minister of the UK in 1990?

a)

John Major

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

Theresa May

d)

Queen Elizabeth III

5.

What is the Persian Gulf war also known as?

a)

Operation Desert Storm

b)

Operation Desert Shield

c)

Operation Desert Sabre

d)

Operation Desert Sequel

6.

In 1990, Douglas Wilder became the first African American governor. What state was he the governor of?

a)

Virginia

b)

Maryland

c)

North Carolina

d)

South Carolina

7.

Which president signed the Americans with Disabilities Act?

a)

#42

b)

#43

c)

#41

d)

#40

8.

What was the first content web search engine called?

a)

Yahoo

b)

Archie

c)

Google

d)

Bing

9.

What was the first country in Eastern Europe to begin abolishing its state socialist economy?

a)

Poland

b)

Romaine

c)

Ukraine

d)

Lithuania

10.

In 1990, the longest-running musical in Broadway history, closes after 6,137 performances. What was this musical called?

a)

Mamma Mia

b)

Hairspray

c)

Anything Goes

d)

A Chorus Line

11.

The best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (1947–1991), known as Checkpoint C, was dismantled in 1990. What does the C in Checkpoint C mean?

a)

Carl

b)

Capitol

c)

Charlie

d)

Christopher

12.

Which of the following people was confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court in the 1990s?

a)

Samuel Alito

b)

John Roberts

c)

Antonin Scalia

d)

David Souter

13.

The leaders of Canada, the United States, and 32 European states met in which city to formally mark the end of the cold war?

a)

New York

b)

Berlin

c)

London

d)

Paris

14.

The Channel Tunnel, also known as the Chunnel, was the first land connection for around 8,000 years between what two places?

a)

Northern Africa and Mainland Europe

b)

Great Britain and Ireland

c)

Great Britain and Mainland Europe

d)

Northern Africa and Ireleand

15.

Which of the following countries did gain independence in 1991?

a)

Myanmar

b)

Romania

c)

Estonia

d)

Yemen

16.

Who was the first president of Russia?

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Boris Yeltsin

c)

Vladimir Putin

d)

Dmitry Medvedev

17.

The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was enacted in 1991. What did this amendment do?

a)

The succession for presidency shall something happen to the President

b)

No poll taxes are allowed

c)

Congress cannot get a pay raise until the next term

d)

Income tax is legal

18.

What is special about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the person he replaced, Thurgood Marshall?

a)

They were the first Italian-American Supreme Court Justices

b)

They were the first African American Supreme Court Justices

c)

They were the first Jewish Supreme Court Justices

d)

They were the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justices

19.

Which hurricane killed 65 people and caused $26 billion in damage to Florida and other areas of the U.S. Gulf Coast in 1992?

a)

Katrina

b)

Wilma

c)

Harvey

d)

Andrew

20.

Who was the vice president under Bill Clinton?

a)

George Bush

b)

Joe Biden

c)

Al Gore

d)

Barack Obama

21.

Who was the only college basketball player on the 1992 Dream Team?

a)

Shaquille O'Neal

b)

Christian Laettner

c)

Michael Jordan

d)

John Stockton

22.

Who was the first African-American woman to travel into space?

a)

Mae Jemison

b)

Sally Ride

c)

Christa McAuliffe

d)

Eileen Collins

23.

What was the disaster that happened at the World Trade Center in 1993?

a)

Planes crashed into the buildings

b)

Fire

c)

Hurricane destroyed buildings

d)

Bomb

24.

What sport did Michael Jordan play when he retired from basketball for about 2 years?

a)

Football

b)

Hockey

c)

Track

d)

Baseball

25.

What does NAFTA stand for?

a)

North American Free Trade Agency

b)

North American Free Trade Agreement

c)

North African Free Trade Agreement

d)

North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement

26.

What American figure skater was clubbed in the knee one month before the winter olympics?

a)

Nancy Kerrigan

b)

Michelle Kwan

c)

Tonya Harding

d)

Tara Lipinski

27.

The players of what sports league went on strike, canceling the remainder of the 1994 season?

a)

MLB

b)

NBA

c)

NFL

d)

NHL

28.

What city was bombed in 1998, leading to the arrests of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols?

a)

Tulsa

b)

Omaha

c)

Oslo

d)

Oklahoma City

29.

What did the World Trade Organization (WTO) replace?

a)

N. A. F. T. A.

b)

N. A. T. O.

c)

W. H. O.

d)

G. A. T. T.

30.

Which Israeli prime minister was assassinated by Yigal Amir?

a)

David Ben Gurion

b)

Yitzhak Rabin

c)

Benjamin Netanyahu

d)

Golda Meir

31.

What color replaced the tan M&M?

a)

Pink

b)

Yellow

c)

Blue

d)

Brown

32.

In what city did the Centennial Olympic Park Bombing at the Summer Olympics kill 1 and injure 111 people?

a)

Atlanta

b)

Miami

c)

Las Vegas

d)

Barcelona

33.

Who did Prince Charles divorce from in 1996?

a)

Princess Kate

b)

Princess Elizabeth

c)

Meghan Markle

d)

Princess Diana

34.

What is the name of the sheep that was cloned?

a)

Dora

b)

Dory

c)

Dolly

d)

Diana

35.

Who was the coach of the Chicago Bulls when they finished with a 72-10 record in the regular season in 1995-96?

a)

Michael Jordan

b)

Phil Jackson

c)

Gregg Popovich

d)

Scottie Pippen

36.

Who was the director of the movie Titanic?

a)

James Cameron

b)

Steven Spielberg

c)

Leonardo DiCaprio

d)

George Lucas

37.

Where did Princess Diana die?

a)

Paris

b)

London

c)

Edinburgh

d)

Berlin

38.

What was the name of the first Harry Potter book to be published?

a)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

b)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

c)

Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix

d)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone

39.

What is the name of the American electronic robotic toy that was originally released in 1998 by Tiger Electronics?

a)

Tickle Me Elmo

b)

Kirby

c)

Furby

d)

Ernie

40.

At what high school did teenage students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murder 13 other students and teachers, as well as themselves?

a)

Sandy Hook

b)

Virginia Tech

c)

Columbine

d)

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

41.

Who was the first female to head a space shuttle mission?

a)

Sally Ride

b)

Eileen Collins

c)

Mae Jemison

d)

Christa McAuliffe

42.

What population milestone did the world reach in 1999?

a)

1 billion

b)

5 billion

c)

6 billion

d)

7 billion

43.

Freddie Mercury was the lead singer of ___, and he died in 1991.

a)

Queen

b)

The Beatles

c)

Nirvana

d)

The Rolling Stones

44.

What did Jim Henson, who died of Pneumonia in 1990, create?

a)

The Simpsons

b)

Family Guy

c)

Sesame Street

d)

The Muppets

45.

What baseball team did Joe DiMaggio, who died in 1991, play for?

a)

Boston Red Sox

b)

San Francisco Giants

c)

New York Yankees

d)

New York Mets

46.

AOL was the primary way for people to use the internet in the 1990s. What did AOL own?

a)

Warner Bros.

b)

Time Warner

c)

Time Magazine

47.

Who left the Tonight Show in 1992?

a)

Johnny Carson

b)

Larry King

c)

Walter Cronkite

d)

Matt Lauer