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Remember the 90s!

1. 1990 - What actor played the titular character in a gothic fantasy romance film that was a critique of suburban boredom, featuring an iconic scene in which a waterbed deflates?

2. 1991 - What company became the first black-owned company to be traded on New York Stock Excel?

3. 1992 - A revolutionary-sounding phrase- which was actually just a drunken joke about deodorant - inspired what grunge anthem’s title?

4. 1993 - The Consumer Product Safety Commission recommended that the use of what popular summertime toy should be restricted to children only, because 8 people aged 13-and-up suffered neck injuries or paralysis?

5. 1994 - Domino's Pizza reported record sales on June 17 as 95 million viewers tuned in to watch what televised event, live from Los Angeles?

6. 1995 - September 19th marked the first date of what unusual holiday, which purportedly originated during a racquetball game in Oregon, with one injured player exclaiming, "Aaarrr!"?

7. 1996 - What iconic performer told Jane Pauley, “My mom said to me, ‘you know sweetheart, one day you should settle down and marry a rich man.’ And I said, ‘Mom – I am a rich man.’”

8. 1997 - What memoir elevated the career of then-sports-reporter Mitch Albom, who would go on to write sentimental books including The Five People You Meet in Heaven and The Time Keeper?

9. 1998 - What song, originally written for the movie City of Angels, became a Top Five hit in Canada, Italy, Australia, and Iceland? It was also the most played song in the USA that year.

10. 1999 - “CDC” (Century Date Change) and “FADL” (Faulty Date Logic) were both short-lived names for the “millennium bug,” ultimately referred to by what combination of numbers and letters?