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The 1990s was a decade full of newsworthy events and stories. How well do you remember the best ten years of the 20th century? Take this quiz to test yourself!Once you answer all the questions, you will get your results from this quiz. Submit your answers by selecting an option below each question. Show More
The 1990s was a decade full of newsworthy events and stories. How well do you remember the best ten years of the 20th century? Take this quiz to test yourself!Once you answer all the questions, you will get your results from this quiz. Submit your answers by selecting an option below each question. All answer options will load for you once you reach them. For best results, answer the questions in a row. Once you know your results, don’t forget to check the rest of the fun quizzes we’ve prepared for you. Good luck!
After 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela was freed in 1990. He was then elected as the first black head of state of which country?
- South Africa
- Rwanda
- Burundi
This six-year-old beauty pageant winner was found dead in her family’s Denver home on Christmas Day in 1996. What was this girl’s name?
- Susie Carmichael
- JonBenét Ramsey
- Renée-Marie Duquette
If the glove don’t fit, you must acquit! The father of which celebrity was on the defense team in the O.J. Simpson murder trial?
On August 31, 1997, Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris, along with her driver and her boyfriend. What was her boyfriend’s name?
- Hasnat Khan
- Dodi Fayed
- Mohamed Al-Fayed
Even presidents don’t always eat their vegetables! In 1990, which vegetable was banned on Air Force One by President George H. W. Bush?
- Broccoli
- Peas
- Asparagus
- Kale
- Carrots
In 1994, the 31-mile Channel Tunnel opened, connecting which two countries from under the sea?
- Finland and Estonia
- Denmark and Sweden
- Britain and France
Which American city hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics?
Dolly the Sheep made headlines in 1996. What was so special about this lamb?
- Her DNA was half sheep, half spider.
- She was the first cloned mammal.
- She saved a dog from being attacked by a coyote.
Starting with the secession of Slovenia, the 1990s saw the collapse of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Which president of the former communist state was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity for the wars in Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo?
- Boris Yeltsin
- Yitzhak Rabin
- Slobodan Milošević
Heaven’s Gate, an American cult lead by Marshall Applewhite, died by mass suicide in San Francisco in 1997. They believed an extraterrestrial spacecraft was following which celestial body?
- Hale-Bopp Comet
- Haley’s Comet
- Pluto
In April 1995, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols carried out a terrorist attack in response to the Waco siege and Ruby Ridge standoff. Which building did they bomb?
- Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City
- World Trade Center, New York City
- Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta
John F. Kennedy Jr. died tragically in August 1999. How did he die?
- Plane crash over the Atlantic.
- Car accident in Detroit.
- Assassination before his run for Boston city mayor.
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