Seven days of questions and answers

1990s Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 4 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. In what year did euro notes and coins enter circulation?

    Answer: 2002

    Euro notes and coins entered circulation later in 2002.

  2. Which company released Windows 95?

    Answer: Microsoft

    Microsoft made or published Windows 95.

  3. Which sitcom moves Will from Philadelphia to his relatives’ mansion?

    Answer: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is the sitcom about a Philadelphia teenager moving to wealthy relatives.

  4. How many people can use its local split-screen mode?

    Answer: four

    Its split-screen mode supports four local players.

  5. Which Spice Girls song was their debut single?

    Answer: Wannabe

    Wannabe is the debut single by the Spice Girls.

Daily round

  1. What must players regularly give the virtual pet?

    Answer: food and care

    Players feed and care for a digital creature.

  2. Who directed Jurassic Park?

    Answer: Steven Spielberg

    Steven Spielberg directed Jurassic Park.

  3. Which science-fiction film follows Neo as he learns reality is simulated?

    Answer: The Matrix

    The Matrix is the science-fiction film about a simulated reality.

  4. Which slogan did the Spice Girls help popularize?

    Answer: girl power

    The song helped popularize the phrase girl power.

  5. Which company made PlayStation?

    Answer: Sony Computer Entertainment

    Sony Computer Entertainment made or published PlayStation.

Daily round

  1. Which Disney film follows Simba’s return to the Pride Lands?

    Answer: The Lion King

    The Lion King is the Disney animated film about young lion Simba.

  2. Which Steven Spielberg film opens a theme park of cloned dinosaurs?

    Answer: Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park is the film about cloned dinosaurs in an island theme park.

  3. In what year was Titanic released?

    Answer: 1997

    Titanic was released in 1997.

  4. Who wrote the first Harry Potter novel?

    Answer: J. K. Rowling

    J. K. Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter novel.

  5. Which writing partners co-created the sitcom Friends?

    Answer: David Crane and Marta Kauffman

    Writing partners David Crane and Marta Kauffman co-created Friends for NBC.

Daily round

  1. In what year was South Africa’s first fully democratic national election?

    Answer: 1994

    South Africa’s first fully democratic national election in 1994.

  2. In what year did the Sailor Moon anime premiere in Japan?

    Answer: 1992

    the Sailor Moon anime premiered in Japan in 1992.

  3. Who created SpongeBob SquarePants?

    Answer: Stephen Hillenburg

    Stephen Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants.

  4. Which animated series is set in the underwater town Bikini Bottom?

    Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants

    SpongeBob SquarePants is the animated series about a sea sponge in Bikini Bottom.

  5. Who plays Neo?

    Answer: Keanu Reeves

    Keanu Reeves plays Neo.

Daily round

  1. In what year was Home Alone released?

    Answer: 1990

    Home Alone was released in 1990.

  2. In what year was Tamagotchi first released?

    Answer: 1996

    Tamagotchi was first released in 1996.

  3. What kind of animal is Luna?

    Answer: a cat

    Luna is a talking cat who guides Usagi.

  4. What kind of creature is Mushu?

    Answer: a dragon

    Mushu is a small dragon companion.

  5. Who plays Kevin McCallister?

    Answer: Macaulay Culkin

    Macaulay Culkin plays Kevin.

Daily round

  1. Who directed The Matrix?

    Answer: Lana and Lilly Wachowski

    Lana and Lilly Wachowski directed The Matrix.

  2. Which year launched the original television run of The X-Files?

    Answer: 1993

    The X-Files began its original television run in 1993.

  3. Usagi Tsukino is the schoolgirl alter ego of which 1990s anime heroine?

    Answer: Sailor Moon

    Usagi Tsukino transforms into the magical guardian Sailor Moon.

  4. Which studio created Doom?

    Answer: id Software

    id Software created Doom.

  5. In what year was Doom released?

    Answer: 1993

    Doom was released in 1993.

Daily round

  1. At which research facility does the disaster begin?

    Answer: Black Mesa

    The disaster begins at Black Mesa Research Facility.

  2. In what year was GoldenEye 007 released?

    Answer: 1997

    GoldenEye 007 was released in 1997.

  3. In what year was Google founded?

    Answer: 1998

    Google founded in 1998.

  4. Which developer made Pokémon Red and Green?

    Answer: Game Freak

    Game Freak made Pokémon Red and Green.

  5. Which James Cameron film tells a romance aboard a doomed ocean liner?

    Answer: Titanic

    Titanic is the romantic disaster film set aboard an ocean liner.