90s Night

90s Trivia Questions

Rewind the tape. 90s Night covers the decade of dial-up, boy bands, blockbuster films, handheld games and Saturday morning TV. If you remember blowing into a cartridge to make it work, you're in the right place. Below are 25 90s trivia questions with answers, sorted from easy to hard, so the first few should feel like a warm hug and the last few like a pop quiz you didn't revise for.

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Every question has four options. Pick one, then tap "Show answer" to check it, with a short explanation and the source. They're good for a 90s party, a family quiz where the grown-ups finally get to show off, or a quick round with friends.

For more, the quick play deals you 20 fresh 90s questions in the show's format: 5 easy, 10 medium, 4 hard and a Last Call, with ten seconds on each and points for speed. The house crew, badged AI regulars, will race you if you want company. Roxy Midnight hosts 90s Night on YouTube too, and you can play that night's exact 20 questions here on the leaderboard.

Roxy's verdict on the decade: great music, questionable trousers, unforgettable trivia.

25 90s trivia questions and answers

Pick your answer, then tap "Show answer". These questions never turn up in a night or a quick play.

Easy 8 questions

  1. 1. Which actor won the Best Actor Oscar for playing the title role in Forrest Gump?

    1. A.Tom Cruise
    2. B.Tom Hanks
    3. C.Nicolas Cage
    4. D.Kevin Spacey
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    Answer: B. Tom Hanks

    Forrest Gump won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

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  2. 2. In Home Alone (1990), what is the name of the boy whose family leaves him behind?

    1. A.Kevin
    2. B.Fuller
    3. C.Marv
    4. D.Buzz
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    Answer: A. Kevin

    Macaulay Culkin's Kevin McCallister defends his Chicago home from two burglars. The film was the highest-grossing live-action comedy for two decades.

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  3. 3. Which singer recorded 'My Heart Will Go On', the theme of the 1997 film Titanic?

    1. A.Shania Twain
    2. B.Mariah Carey
    3. C.Celine Dion
    4. D.Whitney Houston
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    Answer: C. Celine Dion

    The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Grammy for Record of the Year.

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  4. 4. Which actor played the hacker Neo in the 1999 film The Matrix?

    1. A.Brad Pitt
    2. B.Keanu Reeves
    3. C.Johnny Depp
    4. D.Nicolas Cage
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    Answer: B. Keanu Reeves

    The film was written and directed by the Wachowskis and also starred Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss.

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  5. 5. Which coffee house employs Rachel as a waitress in the sitcom Friends?

    1. A.Central Perk
    2. B.The Max
    3. C.Monk's Café
    4. D.The Peach Pit
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    Answer: A. Central Perk

    Gunther, a barista at Central Perk, appears in every season but is only ever credited as a guest star.

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  6. 6. What kind of animal was Dolly, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell?

    1. A.Goat
    2. B.Pig
    3. C.Sheep
    4. D.Cow
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    Answer: C. Sheep

    Dolly was born on 5 July 1996 and was a Finn-Dorset sheep cloned in Scotland.

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  7. 7. Michael Jordan led which team to six NBA championships between 1991 and 1998?

    1. A.New York Knicks
    2. B.Detroit Pistons
    3. C.Chicago Bulls
    4. D.Los Angeles Lakers
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    Answer: C. Chicago Bulls

    The Bulls won their titles in two separate three-peats, with Jordan, Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson.

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  8. 8. Which company was founded in 1998 by computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin?

    1. A.Amazon
    2. B.Google
    3. C.eBay
    4. D.Yahoo!
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    Answer: B. Google

    It began in January 1996 as a research project by Page and Brin, built around the PageRank algorithm.

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Medium 12 questions

  1. 9. Which actress starred as the vampire-fighting title role in TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

    1. A.Katie Holmes
    2. B.Neve Campbell
    3. C.Alyson Hannigan
    4. D.Sarah Michelle Gellar
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    Answer: D. Sarah Michelle Gellar

    Created by Joss Whedon, the show is set in the fictional California town of Sunnydale, built on a Hellmouth.

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  2. 10. Who directed the 1994 crime film Pulp Fiction?

    1. A.David Fincher
    2. B.Oliver Stone
    3. C.Martin Scorsese
    4. D.Quentin Tarantino
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    Answer: D. Quentin Tarantino

    Tarantino wrote it in 1992 and 1993, using scenes Roger Avary had originally written for True Romance.

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  3. 11. Which actress played FBI agent Dana Scully in The X-Files?

    1. A.Gillian Anderson
    2. B.Sarah Michelle Gellar
    3. C.Calista Flockhart
    4. D.Jennifer Aniston
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    Answer: A. Gillian Anderson

    Scully is a medical doctor and skeptic, paired with believer Fox Mulder, played by David Duchovny.

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  4. 12. Which host nation beat defending champions Brazil 3-0 in the 1998 World Cup final?

    1. A.Spain
    2. B.Italy
    3. C.France
    4. D.Germany
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    Answer: C. France

    It was France's first World Cup title, played at the newly built Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

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  5. 13. Which 90s NBC sitcom was famously described as 'a show about nothing'?

    1. A.Mad About You
    2. B.Friends
    3. C.Frasier
    4. D.Seinfeld
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    Answer: D. Seinfeld

    It aired from 1989 to 1998 and finished among the top two shows in the ratings every year from 1994 to 1998.

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  6. 14. Which company released the 1991 arcade fighting game Street Fighter II?

    1. A.SNK
    2. B.Namco
    3. C.Konami
    4. D.Capcom
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    Answer: D. Capcom

    More than 15 million software units of every version of Street Fighter II have been sold worldwide.

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  7. 15. Who is the archaeologist-adventurer hero of the 1996 game Tomb Raider?

    1. A.Nathan Drake
    2. B.Jill Valentine
    3. C.Samus Aran
    4. D.Lara Croft
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    Answer: D. Lara Croft

    Lara hunts the Scion of Atlantis and rose to become one of gaming's most recognisable characters.

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  8. 16. Which 1991 film won all of the 'Big Five' Academy Awards?

    1. A.Thelma & Louise
    2. B.JFK
    3. C.The Silence of the Lambs
    4. D.Beauty and the Beast
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    Answer: C. The Silence of the Lambs

    Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Adapted Screenplay. It is still the only horror film to win Best Picture.

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  9. 17. Who played Tyler Durden in the 1999 film Fight Club?

    1. A.Brad Pitt
    2. B.Edward Norton
    3. C.Matt Damon
    4. D.Johnny Depp
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    Answer: A. Brad Pitt

    Edward Norton played the unnamed narrator. The film was based on Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel.

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  10. 18. The 1993 sitcom Frasier was a spin-off of which earlier show?

    1. A.Wings
    2. B.Taxi
    3. C.Cheers
    4. D.Seinfeld
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    Answer: C. Cheers

    Frasier Crane moves home to Seattle and becomes a radio show host.

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  11. 19. In Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998), what is the name of Link's fairy guide?

    1. A.Navi
    2. B.Tatl
    3. C.Midna
    4. D.Fi
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    Answer: A. Navi

    Navi also teaches players the game's Z-targeting system and gives hints along the way.

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  12. 20. Grunge, the sound of early-90s rock, was originally known as the sound of which city?

    1. A.Seattle
    2. B.Portland
    3. C.Chicago
    4. D.Los Angeles
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    Answer: A. Seattle

    The scene grew around Seattle and Olympia in Washington state before exploding worldwide.

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Hard 5 questions

  1. 21. Which actor played park founder John Hammond in Jurassic Park?

    1. A.Richard Attenborough
    2. B.Sam Neill
    3. C.Sean Connery
    4. D.Jeff Goldblum
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    Answer: A. Richard Attenborough

    The film grossed over $914 million worldwide in its original run, becoming the highest-grossing film ever until Titanic.

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  2. 22. Which English band released 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' in 1997?

    1. A.Pulp
    2. B.The Verve
    3. C.Suede
    4. D.Ocean Colour Scene
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    Answer: B. The Verve

    It was the lead single from their third album, Urban Hymns.

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  3. 23. The 1990 TV series Twin Peaks is set in which US state?

    1. A.Oregon
    2. B.Washington
    3. C.Montana
    4. D.Maine
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    Answer: B. Washington

    The mystery begins when the body of homecoming queen Laura Palmer is found by a river.

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  4. 24. What was the development codename of Windows 95?

    1. A.Cairo
    2. B.Chicago
    3. C.Whistler
    4. D.Memphis
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    Answer: B. Chicago

    Cairo was the name of a separate, more ambitious project based on Windows NT.

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  5. 25. Jerry Yang co-founded Yahoo in 1994 with which fellow Stanford student?

    1. A.Sergey Brin
    2. B.Marc Andreessen
    3. C.David Filo
    4. D.Jeff Bezos
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    Answer: C. David Filo

    Yahoo was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era.

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Questions about playing

How does scoring work?
Every question has a ten-second countdown. A right answer scores its round's points (100 in the Warm-Up Round, 150 in the Main Stage, 250 in the Hard Round, and 500 in the Last Call), and the faster you answer, the more you keep: an instant answer earns them all, one at the buzzer about half. Wrong answers and timeouts score nothing. Your tier comes from how many you get right: Newcomer (0 to 5), Regular (6 to 10), VIP (11 to 15), and Headliner (16 to 20). A perfect 20 earns the Perfect Night badge.
Is Trivia Night HQ free?
Yes. The sample questions, every quick play and every night are free to play, and you can play as a guest. A free account keeps your scores and puts you on the leaderboard.
How often are there new 90s nights?
Roxy Midnight hosts new themed nights on the Trivia Night HQ YouTube channel every week. Each night premieres there, then you can play its exact 20 questions here. Quick play deals fresh questions any time.
Are these the questions from the show?
No. The sample questions on this page are never used in a night or a quick play, so practising here won't spoil a night. Each night's 20 questions stay secret until you play it.