Q 01/05

Which company did Larry Page and Sergey Brin set up in 1998, working from a friend's garage in Menlo Park?

A) Yahoo

B) Google

C) eBay

D) Amazon

Answer · why

B) Google

Google took its name from a misspelling of googol, the number written as a 1 followed by 100 zeros. The garage belonged to Susan Wojcicki.

Q 02/05

Which film won 11 Oscars in March 1998, matching a record that Ben-Hur had held alone for nearly four decades?

A) Amistad

B) The Full Monty

C) Jackie Brown

D) Titanic

Answer · why

D) Titanic

Titanic turned 14 nominations into 11 wins, including Best Picture. More than 57 million Americans watched the ceremony, a record audience for an Osca...

Q 03/05

Which owl-like robotic toy from Tiger Electronics became the must-have gift of the 1998 holiday season?

A) Furby

B) Tamagotchi

C) Giga Pet

D) Poo-Chi

Answer · why

A) Furby

Furby starts out speaking only its own language, Furbish, and swaps in English words over time. About 1.8 million were sold in 1998 and 14 million the...

Q 04/05

Which NBC sitcom ended in May 1998 with a finale that sent its four main characters to prison?

A) Frasier

B) Mad About You

C) Seinfeld

D) NewsRadio

Answer · why

C) Seinfeld

Seinfeld drew an average of 76 million viewers for its last episode, written by co-creator Larry David. A 30-second advert cost about $1 million, a fi...

Q 05/05

Which former Mickey Mouse Club member's debut single, released in September 1998, topped charts in over 20 countries?

A) Christina Aguilera

B) Britney Spears

C) Jessica Simpson

D) Mandy Moore

Answer · why

B) Britney Spears

Britney Spears pushed for the song's video to be set in a school so that it reflected her fans' lives. Max Martin wrote the track, ...Baby One More Ti...