Q 01/05

Gen X is generally defined as people born between which years?

A) 1980 and 1995

B) 1965 and 1980

C) 1970 and 1985

D) 1975 and 1990

Answer · why

B) 1965 and 1980

Pew's 1965-1980 range is the most widely used; the cohort numbered tens of millions of Americans in 2019.

Q 02/05

Gen X sits between which two generations?

A) Silent Generation and boomers

B) Millennials and Gen Z

C) The Greatest Generation and boomers

D) Baby boomers and millennials

Answer · why

D) Baby boomers and millennials

Gen X sits between the baby boomers (born 1946-1964) and millennials (born 1981-1996) in the Pew scheme, which places Gen X at 1965-1980.

Q 03/05

Why were Gen X children nicknamed 'latchkey' kids?

A) They were often locked out

B) They collected house keys

C) They came home to empty houses

D) They lived in apartment blocks

Answer · why

C) They came home to empty houses

Rising divorce rates and more working mothers, before widespread childcare, meant many let themselves in after school.

Q 04/05

As teens and young adults, Xers were dubbed the what, after a cable music channel?

A) VH1 Generation

B) MTV Generation

C) CMT Generation

D) BET Generation

Answer · why

B) MTV Generation

Gen X were dubbed the MTV Generation after the music channel that launched in August 1981, when the oldest Xers were in their mid-teens; they were als...

Q 05/05

What is the nationality of Douglas Coupland, author of the 1991 novel Generation X?

A) Canadian

B) American

C) British

D) Australian

Answer · why

A) Canadian

Douglas Coupland is Canadian: born on a Canadian air base in West Germany and raised in Vancouver, where he is also known as a visual artist.