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Easy 90s Trivia Questions
The easy questions from our 90s set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The easy 90s round covers the things that outlived the decade: Friends, Titanic, Toy Story, Pokemon and the Spice Girls. These are the questions most tables clear without discussion, which makes them a fair way to open a game before the dates start biting.
14 easy 90s trivia questions with answers
Which sitcom about six friends sharing apartments in Manhattan began in 1994?
Answer: Friends It ran for ten seasons and was filmed almost entirely on a Burbank sound stage.
Who directed the 1997 film Titanic?
Answer: James Cameron Cameron dived to the real wreck several times while preparing the film.
Nirvana's breakthrough album, released in 1991, carried which title?
Answer: Nevermind It pushed guitar bands from Seattle into the mainstream almost overnight.
Which company launched the original PlayStation console?
Answer: Sony It grew out of an abandoned CD add-on Sony had been building for Nintendo.
Toy Story, the first feature film animated entirely by computer, came from which studio?
Answer: Pixar It was released in 1995 after four years of production.
The Spice Girls came from which country?
Answer: The United Kingdom Their 1996 debut single Wannabe topped charts in dozens of countries.
Which egg-shaped digital pet toy became a playground craze after its 1996 release?
Answer: Tamagotchi Bandai's toy needed feeding at intervals, and many schools banned it.
Jurassic Park, released in 1993, was directed by whom?
Answer: Steven Spielberg Most of the dinosaurs on screen were animatronic rather than computer generated.
Who wrote the first Harry Potter novel, published in 1997?
Answer: J. K. Rowling The first print run was only a few hundred hardback copies.
The 1994 animated film The Lion King was made by which studio?
Answer: Disney It was Disney's own original story rather than an adaptation of a folk tale.
Pokemon was created in which country?
Answer: Japan Satoshi Tajiri drew on his childhood insect-collecting for the idea.
Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film with interlocking Los Angeles crime stories is known by which title?
Answer: Pulp Fiction Its scenes are deliberately shown out of chronological order.
Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa in which year?
Answer: 1994 He had been released from prison four years earlier, in February 1990.
Which 1996 dance craze came from the Spanish duo Los del Rio?
Answer: The Macarena The original song had been out for three years before a remix made it a hit.
Answer key
- Friends
- James Cameron
- Nevermind
- Sony
- Pixar
- The United Kingdom
- Tamagotchi
- Steven Spielberg
- J. K. Rowling
- Disney
- Japan
- Pulp Fiction
- 1994
- The Macarena
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 90s list and a separate answer key are printed below, and the print layout drops the game and keeps the paper.
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