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About This Quiz
Every generation has a few key events that shape their perspective. These can be so specific that they can be clues as to the exact decade people were born in. Can we guess which one was yours?
How well do you remember the fall of the Berlin Wall?
I remember seeing ads selling pieces of it.
I remember being told I saw it on TV.
The fall of the what?
I remember it like it was yesterday.
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What is Pink Floyd?
The greatest prog rock band of all time
It's a kind of laser light show.
Is it a sequel to "The Pink Panther"?
It's an eye infection.
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What was this city built on?
Rock and Roll!
Greed?
Bedrock?
The pain and suffering of the indigenous people.
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How do you remember Bill Clinton?
He was cool.
He was a slut.
He was a conservative.
He cheated on his wife.
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What TV show did you watch after school?
ABC Afterschool Special
Duck Tales! Whoo-hoo!
Dinosaurs
In my day, we'd listen to the radio after school
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When you called your girl/boyfriend in high school, what was your greatest fear?
That his or her mom or dad would pick up the phone.
That he or she'd be on the internet.
Call? What do I look like? A caveman/woman?
That I'd get stuck with a big bill.
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What shoes were cool when you were growing up?
Reebok Pumps
Sketchers
Chuck Taylor All Stars
Converse
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What is "Cross Colors?"
Awful clothing that was inexplicably popular in the 1990s.
It's an arena football team.
Is that a DJ?
Isn't that a thing in sailing?
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Who was The Grease Man?
Wasn't he a radio DJ who got in trouble for saying Lauryn Hill should be murdered?
He was a filthy radio DJ.
He was a "don't do this" example in Health Class.
It's a term of art for a guy who works in a garage.
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Which Star Wars movie is the third best?
"Return of The Jedi"
"The Phantom Menace"
"The Force Awakens"
"The Temple of Doom"
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What did you wear to your prom?
A tux with tapered trousers. Pleated ones.
A white tux
A faux-meat dress
A tux with ruffles
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Kurt Cobain was who exactly?
A great musician
A decent musician
An original member of the Foo Fighters
The paperboy on my block when I was growing up?
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Who is Laetitia Casta?
She was a Victoria's Secret Angel. The best one.
Wasn't she an actress?
Is that a rash?
Is that the girl who tutored me in French?
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What is Pearl Jam?
A great band
A bunch of has-beens
Stuff you eat at a Thai restaurant
Anti-aging cream?
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How clearly do you remember 9/11?
Like it was yesterday
I was pretty baked.
I was too busy being comforted by my parents.
I remember the shooting of JFK a lot better.
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Did Bin Laden do anything prior to 2001?
Sure, the USS Cole, Dar Es Salaam, the 1992 Yemen Hotel Bombings. Do you want me to draw you a map?
Didn't they attack the Nakatomi tower?
You mean 9/11 was a remix?
Sure, he was in construction, then he got radicalized, and was helped by the CIA to fight the Russians in the 1980s.
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What is a "Locked Box?"
It's a thing Al Gore wanted to do.
It's a thing on an airplane that records the data in the event of a crash.
It's an app.
It's a safe.
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How much of your childhood nonsense is preserved on the internet?
One photo. I posted it.
Almost none of it.
All of it.
Nothing.
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How adept are you with technology?
I know how to plug in an RCA cable.
I can take apart a CPU.
I know how to hand something to the geniuses at the Apple store.
I can build a crystal radio.
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Can you sew a button?
Yes
I think I saw an article on Lifehacker about how to do it...
Can I find a how to video on YouTube?
I can also mend a zipper.
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How often do you use words like "very" and "really"?
More than I'd like.
I like those words very much.
I really use them a lot.
Not much.
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Could you make it through the day without using a simile?
Like, totally.
Like, maybe.
Like, what?
Sure.
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