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Trivia quiz

Published: Friday, Aug. 13, 2004 10:05 a.m. MDT
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Test your knowledge of '90s trivia with sample questions from the '90s Time Capsule edition of Trivial Pursuit:

OOPS (the mistakes and mishaps that made the headlines)

1.1998: What former Bond girl was so hostile to hunk Howie Long in RadioShack ads that many viewers incorrectly assumed they were married?

2.1992: What nickname did a confidant James Gilbey give Princess Diana in a phone chat leaked to the press?

3.1997: What U.S. president, when handed a Romanian flag with a hole where the communist emblem has been, burbled: "Thanks for the poncho"?

WIRED (technology, gadgets and the Internet)

4.1992: What was the battery-operated Robi Comb designed to detect, kill and remove from humans?

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5.1995: What video game hero ran a lot faster than his two-tailed sidekick, Tails?

6.1994: What search engine was born when six Stanford students sat around Rosita's Taqueria looking for an exciting way to stay together after graduation?

VIEWING (movies, television and the things we watched)

7.1998: What cable channel unleased the two-headed CatDog upon an unsuspecting public?

8.1994: What novelist dreamed up the TV series "ER"?

9.1996: Who refused a Tony nomination for "Victor/Victoria" because the show itself wasn't nominated?

TRENDS (food and fashion)

10.1993: What L-word, according to "The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook," has been updated to the phrase "nontraditional shoppers"?

11.1998: What chair did Edwin Shoemaker invent in 1928, then die lounging in 70 years later?

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