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1990s Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which African nation elected a former political prisoner the country's first black president in its first interracial election on April 29, 1994?

a)

Rwanda

b)

Mozambique

c)

South Africa

d)

Democratic Republic of Congo

2.

The most complex and sensitive telescope ever constructed was placed into orbit by the space shuttle Discovery in April 1990. Which astronomer is the device named after?

a)

Carl Sagan

b)

Lyman Spitzer

c)

Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington

d)

Edwin Hubble

3.

In September 1992 the U.S. Navy turned over the Subic Bay naval base to this country off the southeast coast of Asia, ending nearly a century of U.S. military presence there.

a)

Philippines

b)

Vietnam

c)

Indonesia

d)

Cambodia

4.

In a clear sign of communism's impending doom in the Soviet Union, city officials in Leningrad, a city named in honor of V. I. Lenin in 1924, was changed back to this—its original name—in September 1991.

a)

Moscow

b)

St. Petersburg

c)

Kiev

d)

Stalingrad

5.

Dr. Ian Wilmut and his team of scientists announced in February 1997 that they had cloned the world's first sheep from adult cells. What is this infamous sheep's name?

a)

Molly

b)

Holly

c)

Connie

d)

Dolly

6.

The tenuous road to peace in the Middle East was damaged further on Nov. 4, 1995 when this prime minister of Israel was assassinated by a Jewish extremist.

a)

Shimon Peres

b)

Yitzhak Rabin

c)

Ehud Barak

d)

Yasser Arafat

7.

Who was Russia’s first elected president?

a)

Boris Yeltsin

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Vladimir Putin

8.

How many Americans tuned in to watch the O.J. Simpson trial verdict?

a)

103,900

b)

95 million

c)

500,000

d)

10 million

9.

The "Dream Team" won Olympic gold in what year's games?

a)

1991

b)

1996

c)

1992

d)

1995

10.

What was the federal minimum wage for most during the 1990s?

a)

$3.25

b)

$4.25

c)

$5.00

d)

$5.25

11.

What actor starred in two of the top 10 highest grossing films of the 1990s?

a)

Will Smith

b)

Samuel L Jackson

c)

Wesley Snipes

d)

Denzel Washington

12.

How old was Notorious B.I.G. when he was murdered?

a)

24

b)

30

c)

25

d)

27

13.

What year did the Mall of America open?

a)

1998

b)

1995

c)

1991

d)

1992

14.

When was the World Wide Web first introduced?

a)

1991

b)

1999

c)

1995

d)

1997

15.

Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to how many championships?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

6

d)

5