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Quiz about A Slice in Time 1990s World History
Quiz about A Slice in Time 1990s World History

A Slice in Time: 1990s World History Quiz


See how much you know about the people, places and events of the last decade of the 20th century.

A multiple-choice quiz by brewster76. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
brewster76
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
300,509
Updated
Aug 11 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
5139
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 73 (8/10), Guest 68 (6/10), Guest 136 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. 1990: On March 1 the Royal New Zealand Navy stopped its daily ration of what commodity to sailors? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. 1991: What ceased to exist on December 31? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. 1992: A tribute rock concert benefitting AIDS research was telecast live from London's Wembley Stadium in April to more than 1 billion people world-wide. In whose memory was the concert held? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. 1993: Deranged fan Gunter Parche rushed onto the court during the quarter-finals of a tennis tournament in Hamburg, Germany and stabbed which #1 ranked player in the back? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. 1994: In February, this famous painting by Norwegian Edvard Munch was stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo on the same day as the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer. Name the artwork. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. 1995: In March the religious cult Shinrikyo Aum took credit for releasing a deadly poison into the Tokyo subway system resulting in the immediate death of 12 passengers and as many as 5,000 people ultimately affected. What was the chemical that was used? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. 1996: World chess champion Garry Kasparov of Russia lost one game (but eventually won the match) against which opponent(s)? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. 1997: On August 31 Diana, Princess of Wales, died tragically in a famous car accident in the Pont de l'Alma Tunnel in Paris. Where is "The People's Princess" buried? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. 1998: On March 27 the US Food and Drug Administration approved the pharmaceutical compound sildenafil citrate for use and some women still haven't forgiven them. By what brand name is the drug more commonly known? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. 1999: On New Year's Eve, The Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E) broadcast "The Biography of the Millennium: 100 People, 1000 Years." Who was ranked as the most influential person of the second thousand years? (Hint: He has been called the father of the communications revolution). Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 1990: On March 1 the Royal New Zealand Navy stopped its daily ration of what commodity to sailors?

Answer: Rum

The New Zealand Navy was the last of the former fleets of Her Majesty to stop the "rum tot." Canada ended it in 1972.
2. 1991: What ceased to exist on December 31?

Answer: The USSR

Michail Gorbachev officially resigned as President of the USSR on December 25, 1991 and the office became extinct. Powers were handed over to Boris Yeltsin, as President of Russia. On December 26 the USSR's ruling government body, the Supreme Soviet, dissolved itself. This date is often seen as the true end of the nation formerly known as the United Soviet Socialist Republic, which became official on December 31.

Magdalene College, in the University of Cambridge, began admitting women in 1988, the last Cambridge college to do so. The end of white rule in South Africa began with gradual reforms in the late 1980s and is said to have ended in 1994 with the election of Nelson Mandela as president.
3. 1992: A tribute rock concert benefitting AIDS research was telecast live from London's Wembley Stadium in April to more than 1 billion people world-wide. In whose memory was the concert held?

Answer: Freddie Mercury

Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, died of AIDS in 1991. Arthur Ashe and Elisabeth Glaser (wife of "Starsky and Hutch" star Paul Michael Glaser) contracted AIDS through blood transfusions. Glaser and the infant daughter she was nursing at the time of the transfusion later succumbed to the disease. Showman Peter Allen, second husband of Liza Minnelli, was also a victim of HIV.
4. 1993: Deranged fan Gunter Parche rushed onto the court during the quarter-finals of a tennis tournament in Hamburg, Germany and stabbed which #1 ranked player in the back?

Answer: Monica Seles

Seles was ranked the top women's player in the world at the time of the attack by the mentally ill fan of her rival, Graf. She didn't compete professionally for more than two years after the incident.
5. 1994: In February, this famous painting by Norwegian Edvard Munch was stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo on the same day as the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer. Name the artwork.

Answer: The Scream

Munch painted several versions of "The Scream." Marcel Duchamp painted "Nude"; Andrew Wyeth is the artist responsible for "Christina's World"; "Guernica" is by Pablo Picasso.
6. 1995: In March the religious cult Shinrikyo Aum took credit for releasing a deadly poison into the Tokyo subway system resulting in the immediate death of 12 passengers and as many as 5,000 people ultimately affected. What was the chemical that was used?

Answer: Sarin

The name of the cult roughly translates into "supreme truth of the universe." Founded in the 1980s, the group's membership peaked at an estimated 40,000 people worldwide just prior to the subway attacks and then fell off precipitously. Later re-named Aleph, the Japanese government estimated its membership at less than 2,000 people.
7. 1996: World chess champion Garry Kasparov of Russia lost one game (but eventually won the match) against which opponent(s)?

Answer: IBM Deep Blue computer

The following year Deep Blue defeated Kasparov in match play. Kasparov cried foul because the computer's programmers were able to review hundreds of his matches prior to the event, but he wasn't allowed to see the computer's play history. Bobby Fischer was the world chess champion from 1973-75. Jiang Qing was the wife of China's Chairman Mao and leader of the Gang of Four.
8. 1997: On August 31 Diana, Princess of Wales, died tragically in a famous car accident in the Pont de l'Alma Tunnel in Paris. Where is "The People's Princess" buried?

Answer: A private island in Althorp Park, her family's ancestral estate

The Princess' brother, Earl Spencer, created the island retreat as a means of allowing the public to view her grave from a distance yet provide a private sanctuary for her children and other family to visit her grave.
9. 1998: On March 27 the US Food and Drug Administration approved the pharmaceutical compound sildenafil citrate for use and some women still haven't forgiven them. By what brand name is the drug more commonly known?

Answer: Viagra

Viagra was originally developed for angina and high blood pressure. It wasn't particularly good at treating either condition but the patients in the clinical trials were found to routinely have erections. Voila!
10. 1999: On New Year's Eve, The Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E) broadcast "The Biography of the Millennium: 100 People, 1000 Years." Who was ranked as the most influential person of the second thousand years? (Hint: He has been called the father of the communications revolution).

Answer: Johannes Gutenberg

Prior to Gutenberg's (also referenced as "Johann" Gutenberg) movable type printing press only the wealthy could afford books as they were all hand-written. With mass book reproduction possible ideas about religion, politics and other subjects were now available to the middle classes and beyond, which also resulted in a marked increase in literacy. "Time Magazine" chose Gutenberg's printing press as the most important invention of the second millennium.
Source: Author brewster76

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