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90s music quiz
How well do you really know 90s music? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of 90s music questions for your group.
The questions
- Warm-up
A playground chant became a global pop blast: which band sang “Wannabe,” and what country did the group come from?
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- The Spice Girls
- They came from the United Kingdom
- They were a British girl group
- Easy
The 1990s had a pop star dubbed royalty: who was called the “Queen of Pop,” and name one of her hits from that decade.
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- Madonna
- “Vogue” (1990)
- “Frozen” (1998)
- “Ray of Light” (1998)
- Easy
Who released the pop smash “...Baby One More Time,” and what year did the song first come out?
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- Britney Spears
- 1998
- The song was her debut single
- Easy
What music movement linked Nirvana and Pearl Jam, and what sound helped define it?
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- Grunge
- It grew out of Seattle’s music scene
- It often featured distorted guitars and raw vocals
- Medium
Which British band released *Definitely Maybe* and *(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?*, and which album came out first?
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- Oasis
- *Definitely Maybe* came out first
- It was released in 1994, before *(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?* in 1995
- Medium
Dr. Dre and Queen Pen joined a group on the hit “No Diggity.” Which group recorded it, and what year was it released?
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- Blackstreet recorded “No Diggity.”
- The song was released in 1996.
- Dr. Dre and Queen Pen are featured on the track.
- Medium
A landmark hip-hop album called *The Chronic* changed the sound of the ’90s. Which rapper released it, and what year did it arrive?
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- Dr. Dre released *The Chronic*.
- The album came out in 1992.
- It is a hip-hop album, closely associated with West Coast hip-hop.
- Boss
An Icelandic singer named an album *Debut*—who was she, and what year did the album come out?
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- The singer is Björk.
- *Debut* came out in 1993.
- Björk is an Icelandic singer and songwriter.
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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