1
Which actress was NOT born in 1990?
Shailene Woodley
Jennifer Lawrence
Sarah Hyland
Kristen Stewart
19% got this right
2
Which country was hit by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake on June 21, 1990?
Iran
USA
Indonesia
Portugal
10% got this right
The Iran - Manji-Rudbar Earthquake left 400,000 people homeless.
3
What did Tim Berners-Lee publish a proposal for in November 1990?
World Wide Web
DVD
Text messages
MP3s
59% got this right
4
What did NASA’s STS-31 mission deploy in April 1990?
Hubble Space Telescope
Broad Band X-ray Telescope
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
Astro 2
75% got this right
5
What is the name of the most complete skeleton of a T-Rex, found in August 1990?
Sue
Rex
Betsy
Chuck
27% got this right
Sue was named after paleontologist Sue Hendrickson, who found the skeleton.
6
Who was released from prison in South Africa after 27 years of imprisonment?
Nelson Mandela
Robert Sobukwe
Timothy Peter Jenkin
Harry die Strandloper
80% got this right
7
Who resigned as the British Prime Minister in 1990?
Margaret Thatcher
John Major
James Callaghan
Tony Blair
46% got this right
8
Which country declared its independence from the Soviet Union on March 11, 1990?
Lithuania
Poland
Ukraine
Latvia
11% got this right
9
Which war began on August 2, 1990?
Gulf War
Ten-Day War
War on Terror
Civil war in Afghanistan
56% got this right
10
What was the highest-grossing film at the US box office in 1990?
Ghost
Pretty Woman
Home Alone
Total Recall
