📼90s Trivia Questions and Answers
The decade of dial-up, Tamagotchis and TRL. These twenty-five questions are pitched at adults who actually lived it, with answers included and a difficulty curve that keeps the room in it.
Don't read these out — play them.
This whole set is ready as a live game called 90s Nostalgia. Players join with a QR code on their phones, answers score themselves, and a leaderboard runs on the big screen. Free for up to 25 players.
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Gimmes to get the room warmed up.
Which 1997 film became the highest-grossing movie ever made at the time?
AnswerTitanic
What was the name of the coffee shop in Friends?
AnswerCentral Perk
Which egg-shaped virtual pet became a global craze?
AnswerThe Tamagotchi
Which console did Sony launch in 1994?
AnswerThe PlayStation
Which plush collectibles were the great 90s speculative bubble?
AnswerBeanie Babies
Will Smith starred in which 90s sitcom?
AnswerThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Which country did Pokémon originate in?
AnswerJapan
Which sitcom "about nothing" ended its run in 1998?
AnswerSeinfeld
Medium
The middle of the decade's memory.
Which band released the album Nevermind in 1991?
AnswerNirvana
Which Spanish duo recorded "Macarena"?
AnswerLos del Río
What was the name of the cloned sheep announced to the world in 1997?
AnswerDolly
Which 1999 film features the line "I see dead people"?
AnswerThe Sixth Sense
What was the Spice Girls' 1996 debut single?
Answer"Wannabe"
Which boy band released "I Want It That Way" in 1999?
AnswerThe Backstreet Boys
Which grunge band was fronted by Eddie Vedder?
AnswerPearl Jam
Which 1995 film was the first fully computer-animated feature?
AnswerToy Story
Which basketball star co-starred with Bugs Bunny in Space Jam?
AnswerMichael Jordan
Hard
Where the bragging rights live.
Which search engine was founded in 1998?
AnswerGoogle
Which web browser dominated the mid-90s before Internet Explorer?
AnswerNetscape Navigator
What did the "Y2K" problem actually refer to?
AnswerComputers storing years as two digits, and the risk that "00" would be read as 1900
Which Nintendo console launched in 1996 as the PlayStation's rival?
AnswerThe Nintendo 64
Which 1994 film's protagonist says "Life is like a box of chocolates"?
AnswerForrest Gump
Which 1993 Spielberg film was the first to gross over $900 million worldwide?
AnswerJurassic Park
Which animated Fox family debuted in December 1989 and defined 90s television?
AnswerThe Simpsons
Which 1996 film asked audiences to "show me the money"?
AnswerJerry Maguire
How to run this round well
- →This set lands hardest with a room aged roughly 35–50. Younger crowds will bounce off the tech questions — swap in more music if so.
- →Nostalgia rounds run long because everyone tells a story after each answer. Budget about 45 seconds per question, not 20.
- →Play the songs if you can. A five-second clip before the question doubles the noise in the room.
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