40 90s Trivia Questions (With Answers)
Forty questions from the decade of grunge, dial-up and Friends, sorted into four rounds and answered underneath. Read them as a list, or skip to the bottom — they're also a ready-made Jeopardy board you can put on a screen and have people buzz in on.
40 questions, with answers
Movies of the 90s
1. What 1994 film starring Tom Hanks features the line "Life is like a box of chocolates"?
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Forrest Gump
2. What 1997 James Cameron film starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet aboard a doomed ship?
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Titanic
3. What 1993 Steven Spielberg film brought dinosaurs to the screen with groundbreaking CGI?
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Jurassic Park
4. What 1994 animated Disney film follows a lion cub named Simba?
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The Lion King
5. What 1999 sci-fi film starring Keanu Reeves introduced "bullet time"?
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The Matrix
6. What 1990 film starring Macaulay Culkin follows a boy accidentally left behind at Christmas?
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Home Alone
7. What 1991 Best Picture winner starred Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter?
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The Silence of the Lambs
8. What 1995 film was the first feature-length movie made entirely with computer animation?
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Toy Story
9. What 1997 comedy starred Mike Myers as a groovy secret agent thawed out from the 1960s?
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
10. What 1996 disaster film about tornado chasers starred Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton?
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Twister
Music of the 90s
1. What Seattle band, fronted by Kurt Cobain, released the album "Nevermind" in 1991?
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Nirvana
2. Which British girl group released "Wannabe" in 1996?
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The Spice Girls
3. What Canadian singer released the album "Jagged Little Pill" in 1995?
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Alanis Morissette
4. Which rapper released the influential album "The Chronic" in 1992?
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Dr. Dre
5. Which R&B group sang "No Scrubs" and "Waterfalls"?
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TLC
6. Which artist released "...Baby One More Time" in 1998?
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Britney Spears
7. What Whitney Houston song, from the "Bodyguard" soundtrack, became one of the best-selling singles of all time?
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"I Will Always Love You"
8. What Orlando-formed boy band featured Justin Timberlake?
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NSYNC
9. Which grunge band released "Black Hole Sun" in 1994?
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Soundgarden
10. Which duo, made up of Andre 3000 and Big Boi, released "ATLiens" in 1996?
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OutKast
TV of the 90s
1. What NBC sitcom followed six friends living in New York City?
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Friends
2. What show followed Will Smith as a Philadelphia teen sent to live with wealthy relatives?
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
3. What animated sitcom, created by Matt Groening, became a defining show of the decade?
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The Simpsons
4. What series starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson followed FBI agents investigating paranormal cases?
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The X-Files
5. What sitcom, set in a New York apartment building, starred its creator as a fictionalised version of himself?
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Seinfeld
6. What teen drama was set in a fictional Beverly Hills zip code?
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Beverly Hills, 90210
7. What game show, hosted by Regis Philbin, asked contestants "Is that your final answer?"
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
8. What animated MTV show followed two teenage boys who laughed at everything?
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Beavis and Butt-Head
9. What children's show, hosted by Steve Burns, featured a dog and a thinking chair?
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Blue's Clues
10. What legal drama, created by David E. Kelley, was set at a Boston law firm?
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Ally McBeal
World Events & Tech of the 90s
1. What was the first web browser to become widely popular with home users?
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Netscape Navigator
2. In what year did the Soviet Union officially dissolve?
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1991
3. What South African leader, released from prison in 1990, became president in 1994?
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Nelson Mandela
4. What handheld gaming device, released by Nintendo in 1989, dominated the decade?
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The Game Boy
5. What search engine, founded in 1998, went on to dominate the market?
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Google
6. What treaty, which took effect in 1993, formally created the European Union?
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The Maastricht Treaty
7. What conflict in the Persian Gulf region took place in 1990 and 1991?
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The Gulf War
8. What company released Windows 95?
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Microsoft
9. What small robotic toy became a massive holiday fad in 1998?
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The Furby
10. What was the name of the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, born in 1996?
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Dolly
Common questions
How many 90s trivia questions are in this list?
Forty, split into four rounds of ten: movies, music, TV, and world events and technology.
Can I play these as an actual game instead of just reading them?
Yes. They're written to match a 90s Trivia board in the template library — copy it into your own editor for free, put it on a screen, and everyone buzzes in from their own phone.
Are these good for a work happy hour or a milestone birthday?
Yes — the decade tends to land hardest with anyone who was a teenager or young adult in it, which makes it a reliable pick for a themed office event or a birthday for someone turning 40-something.
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