I love Entertainment Weekly. A few years ago they had a massive “Pop Culture Quiz” that I was obsessed with. It was so popular that they now have a mini-quiz every other week on their back page.
This year is their 15th anniversary so they will be devoting their back-page quizzes to specific years, starting in 1990.
Here’s this week’s 1990 quiz, which drove me crazy as everything sounded familiar, but I couldn’t quite remember most of the answers. Enjoy!
1. In November 1990, the Grammy committee took back the Best New Artist award they had given to Milli Vanilli after it turned out the duo had not sung a single note on their album. What was the name of this album?
2. Everyone knows that TV’s The Simpsons is set in a town called Springfield. But on what street does America’s favourite yellow-skinned family live?
3. Which of these celebs did NOT have a talk show in 1990? Chevy Chase, Pat Sajak, Arsenio Hall, or Joan Rivers?
4. What was the name of Mary McDonnell’s character in Dances With Wolves?
5. Name the two long-maned brothers who fronted the group Nelson.
6. Who was the canine member of the Bush family who “wrote” a best-selling book about living in the White House?
7. Edith Fore, a 74-year-old retired nurse, uttered what famous seven words on a TV ad that soon became a national catchphrase?
8. What was the name of the silent propulsion system that powered the titular Russian submarine in The Hunt For Red October?
9. Julia Roberts followed up her success in Pretty Woman with what movie (in which she met her then boyfriend Kiefer Sutherland)?
10. What character was NOT a recurring character on Twin Peaks? The Log Lady, BOB, The Coffee Man, or The Giant?
Here are the answers…
1. Girl You Know It’s True
2. Evergreen Terrace
3. Chevy Chase (his was in 1993)
4. Stands With A Fist
5. Matthew and Gunnar
6. Millie
7. I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!
8. The Caterpillar Drive
9. Flatliners
10. The Coffee Man