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Medium 2000s Trivia Questions
The medium questions from our 2000s set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
Keys 1-4 pick an answer, Enter moves on. Nothing is saved to an account.
The medium questions ask for a specific year or a specific title rather than a general memory. Which console launched when, which album came first, which Best Picture winner belongs to which ceremony. Players who followed music or film closely pull ahead here, because the answers depend on ordering events rather than simply recognising them.
14 medium 2000s trivia questions with answers
Which film won the Best Picture Oscar for 2008?
Answer: Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle also took Best Director for it.
Coldplay's debut album, released in 2000, was called what?
Answer: Parachutes It won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.
Which HBO drama about a New Jersey crime family ended in 2007?
Answer: The Sopranos Its abrupt final scene was argued over for years.
Sony released which handheld console in 2004?
Answer: PlayStation Portable It played games from a proprietary disc format called UMD.
Which hurricane flooded New Orleans in 2005?
Answer: Katrina The city's levee failures caused most of the flooding.
Which of these countries joined the European Union in the 2004 enlargement?
Answer: Poland Ten states joined at once that May.
Microsoft entered the console market in 2001 with which machine?
Answer: Xbox Its online service, Xbox Live, followed a year later.
Ridley Scott's Gladiator won Best Picture for which year?
Answer: 2000 Russell Crowe took Best Actor for the same film.
The 2003 album Elephant was recorded by which duo?
Answer: The White Stripes It won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.
Which space shuttle broke apart during re-entry in 2003?
Answer: Columbia Foam striking the wing during launch caused the damage.
The American version of The Office premiered in which year?
Answer: 2005 It ran for nine seasons on NBC.
Which body was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006?
Answer: Pluto A new definition of planet was adopted that August.
Which Finnish company led global mobile phone sales through the early 2000s?
Answer: Nokia Its handsets were known for sturdiness and long battery life.
Which site launched in 2006 originally capped posts at 140 characters?
Answer: Twitter The limit came from the length of a text message.
Answer key
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Parachutes
- The Sopranos
- PlayStation Portable
- Katrina
- Poland
- Xbox
- 2000
- The White Stripes
- Columbia
- 2005
- Pluto
- Nokia
How to play
- Pick a mode: multiple choice, true or false, a 60-second sprint, or the daily quiz.
- Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
- Finish the round to see your score, copy the result grid, and step up a difficulty.
- Hosting a night? The full 2000s list and a separate answer key are printed below, and the print layout drops the game and keeps the paper.
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